2 issues with financials.txt

actionjackson · 06-14-2009, 02:31 PM

I'm pretty sure the first issue has been reported, but I could not find the second issue in doing a search in the tech support, closed or claim fixed and logged issues.

Issue #1) In the 2009 line of financials.txt, cash max was left out all together which means the computer reads the cash max as being $236,440 (avg coaches salary), the average coaches salary as being $390,000 (minimum player), and the best one is the mimimum player salary being read as higher than the superstar salary ($9,324,072 to $7,970,339). Of course it goes without saying that this is going to wreak all kinds of havoc on the structure of financials for anyone trying to play 2009 forward (not me, but perhaps the majority of OOTPers?).

Issue #2) I'm not sure what the financial coefficient does, but it does appear to be directly involved in setting the cash max. All is well down to 2002 when it's 0.9092 and even 2003 when it's 0.9547, but then in 2004 it catapults to 10.002, and then continues increasing at the same type of steady rate from 2005-2009 that it was going up at from 1871-2003. If you follow the way it's been progressing from 1871, it should be 1.0002 (i.e. decimal point is in the wrong place, which unfortunately makes all the subsequent financial coefficients 10 times too high as well, but fortunately there are only 5 subsequent seasons). However cash max does not follow this phenomenal inflationary rate as it stays at $10,002,000, which it should be as it was $9,547,000 in 2003 and $9,092,000 in 2002. If it were to follow the financial coefficient in the way it had been since 1871 it would be $100,020,000, which would be insane. Like I said I'm not sure of the exact effect of the financial coefficient, but I can see where this could be part of the financial chaos that is being reported.

It's amazing the mayhem that 1 tiny misplaced decimal point or leaving out 1 number in a string of thousands can have isn't it? Two wrong turns and you've got a complete spin out. Probably 99.8% error free and yet the 0.2% errors that are in there makes all the good work moot. I don't envy you guys. Pretty tough when frustration results even when you have a 99.8% success rate. Hope this helps. If both have already been mentioned, please feel free to shred this thread, so more pressing issues can be addressed. Good luck guys.

Spritze · 06-14-2009, 02:57 PM

Both issues have been fixed.

actionjackson · 06-14-2009, 03:30 PM

Wickedness. Please shred the thread.

06-14-2009, 02:31 PM	#1
actionjackson Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 6,179	2 issues with financials.txt I'm pretty sure the first issue has been reported, but I could not find the second issue in doing a search in the tech support, closed or claim fixed and logged issues. Issue #1) In the 2009 line of financials.txt, cash max was left out all together which means the computer reads the cash max as being $236,440 (avg coaches salary), the average coaches salary as being $390,000 (minimum player), and the best one is the mimimum player salary being read as higher than the superstar salary ($9,324,072 to $7,970,339). Of course it goes without saying that this is going to wreak all kinds of havoc on the structure of financials for anyone trying to play 2009 forward (not me, but perhaps the majority of OOTPers?). Issue #2) I'm not sure what the financial coefficient does, but it does appear to be directly involved in setting the cash max. All is well down to 2002 when it's 0.9092 and even 2003 when it's 0.9547, but then in 2004 it catapults to 10.002, and then continues increasing at the same type of steady rate from 2005-2009 that it was going up at from 1871-2003. If you follow the way it's been progressing from 1871, it should be 1.0002 (i.e. decimal point is in the wrong place, which unfortunately makes all the subsequent financial coefficients 10 times too high as well, but fortunately there are only 5 subsequent seasons). However cash max does not follow this phenomenal inflationary rate as it stays at $10,002,000, which it should be as it was $9,547,000 in 2003 and $9,092,000 in 2002. If it were to follow the financial coefficient in the way it had been since 1871 it would be $100,020,000, which would be insane. Like I said I'm not sure of the exact effect of the financial coefficient, but I can see where this could be part of the financial chaos that is being reported. It's amazing the mayhem that 1 tiny misplaced decimal point or leaving out 1 number in a string of thousands can have isn't it? Two wrong turns and you've got a complete spin out. Probably 99.8% error free and yet the 0.2% errors that are in there makes all the good work moot. I don't envy you guys. Pretty tough when frustration results even when you have a 99.8% success rate. Hope this helps. If both have already been mentioned, please feel free to shred this thread, so more pressing issues can be addressed. Good luck guys.

06-14-2009, 02:57 PM	#2
Spritze OOTP Historical Czar Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Bothell Wa Posts: 7,253	Both issues have been fixed.

06-14-2009, 03:30 PM	#3
actionjackson Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 6,179	Wickedness. Please shred the thread.