Off Season in Season Simulator ?!?!?!?

LedgerSko · 04-07-2003, 02:10 PM

It is for HH but has anyone used it for OOTP? I know the commish of a now defunct league did.

Here is the page for the specifics.

http://baseballsimcentral.com/dloads...led/1282.shtml

and here is what it does

Here are the main features:

-Players demanding to be traded, sometimes to a certain team
-Players demanding to be released
off season injuries (such as a para-sailing accident, or a car accident)
-Illnesses (These will range from the common cold to cancer and HIV)
and other things that can effect a player, such as a movie deal takes the player away, or the team loudmouth spouts off at the team rival and cannot play any games in the other teams park, or maybe one of your players is arrested for a sexual crime, assault and battery or possesion of illegal substances.

Although this program CANNOT change any game files (it will be included in v2.0) and does not specify players names (it is in the works for v1.0), it is still a great simulator and can make High Heat much more engaging than it already is.

Cuss16 · 04-07-2003, 02:50 PM

woo, nice!

LedgerSko · 04-07-2003, 03:25 PM

Now I cant really do anything with it until I get home but it says that it doesnt actually change anything in HH.

So maybe what it does is use the player dat file and then churns out results based on the utility and the dat file.

Anyway it would be cool if thats what it did, and you could make it work for OOTP

Cuss16 · 04-07-2003, 04:02 PM

it will work nicely for sure for online leagues.

LedgerSko · 04-07-2003, 04:04 PM

I'll mess with it later today and see if I come up with anything, but hopefully we will get word from someone who has used it before. I dont get home for another 200 minutes

GForce22 · 04-07-2003, 04:06 PM

I'm not just saying this because I've done stuff for High Heat, but without mod makers that game would have bitten the dust already. A great group come out and bail that game out every year. That game SHOULD be great, and it just keeps missing the boat.

GH

LedgerSko · 04-07-2003, 04:10 PM

Yeah, I agree. I have the 2003 version I think, and I never saw a need to buy it again.

goroyals · 04-07-2003, 05:05 PM

Whats the 'password?' anyone know??

rangers85 · 04-07-2003, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by goroyals
Whats the 'password?' anyone know??

Scroll through the agreement lazy and find it. It'll say something like, "Your access code is: xxxxxxxx"

Oh, and nice find. I think I'm going to end up using it for my sim hockey league. I've already thought of how to use it there.

Steve Kuffrey · 04-07-2003, 06:54 PM

Ok, this is a program that I used before and could be useful in both solo and league settings. I guess you would just "number" the players on the teams and then use those to hand out the results.

BTW, the password is in the readme, but it changes each time until you activate it.

Markmeister · 04-07-2003, 07:55 PM

Cool, I was looking for something like this for a solo league. Tried some fictional story generators but was about ready to give up.

Psicosis · 04-07-2003, 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by GForce22
I'm not just saying this because I've done stuff for High Heat, but without mod makers that game would have bitten the dust already. A great group come out and bail that game out every year. That game SHOULD be great, and it just keeps missing the boat.

Agreed completely. It's terribly sad to think of the promise that game had that's gone to waste.

William4192 · 04-07-2003, 09:07 PM

This is very cool. Thanks.

LedgerSko · 04-07-2003, 11:55 PM

I guess the only draw back is that the program works ONLY with a 30 team MLB league.

Oh well, it was a good idea.

potatoman · 04-08-2003, 12:39 AM

can someone make it for OOTP5?

LedgerSko · 04-08-2003, 01:48 AM

I dunno, maybe someone like Commish Jim or Pierre might be able to. I have no idea how hard it could be.

ctorg · 04-08-2003, 11:27 AM

I made something like that for myself using an Excel workbook once. It worked on the same basic principle. I had three spreadsheets:

One contained a variety of possible occurances, mostly "nothing happens". To the left of each occurance was a randomly generated number.

The second contained numbers 1-25, again with a randomly generated number to the left.

The third contained a list of each team and two slots under it, with randomly generated numbers in two columns to the left. Using a "VLOOKUP" function, I had it use the two random columns on the left look up corresponding numbers on the other two sheets to produce both a player number and a result. Sometimes it was a team-wide result, in which case the player number was not relevant (i.e. stadium damaged in storm, must play first five games at alternate site).

It worked really well. If I were a programmer, I'd write it as a stand alone program, but alas I am not. If I can find the sheet, maybe I'll post it.

Le Grande Orange · 04-08-2003, 03:36 PM

Hmmm, could you work something up like this for determining other events if you had the percentage probabilities?

I ask this because I recently calculated the chances of a player being drafted into military service in WWII, based on the real MLB rosters. For those who wanted to recreate the effects a war might have on team rosters, they now had some guiding percentages with which to apply to the players.

I detailed the results here http://www.400softwarestudios.com/bo...threadid=30553

It certainly would be another interesting event to add to the list of things that could happen...

ctorg · 04-08-2003, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Le Grande Orange
Hmmm, could you work something up like this for determining other events if you had the percentage probabilities?

I ask this because I recently calculated the chances of a player being drafted into military service in WWII, based on the real MLB rosters. For those who wanted to recreate the effects a war might have on team rosters, they now had some guiding percentages with which to apply to the players.

I detailed the results here http://www.400softwarestudios.com/bo...threadid=30553

It certainly would be another interesting event to add to the list of things that could happen...

I actually posted a version I found of it here:
http://www.400softwarestudios.com/bo...threadid=31143

It can get as detailed as something only happening one in every 250,000 times, so it could handle that.

rangers85 · 04-08-2003, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by LedgerSko
I guess the only draw back is that the program works ONLY with a 30 team MLB league.

Oh well, it was a good idea.

If you're creative, it can work with less. If you have a 20 team league, only use the first 20 teams. If you have a player demandng a trade to one of the last 10 teams, you can just change the demand to either a team over .500 OR use a random number generator and randomly draw a team for him to demand it to.

04-07-2003, 02:10 PM	#1
LedgerSko All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,085	Off Season in Season Simulator ?!?!?!? It is for HH but has anyone used it for OOTP? I know the commish of a now defunct league did. Here is the page for the specifics. http://baseballsimcentral.com/dloads...led/1282.shtml and here is what it does Here are the main features: -Players demanding to be traded, sometimes to a certain team -Players demanding to be released off season injuries (such as a para-sailing accident, or a car accident) -Illnesses (These will range from the common cold to cancer and HIV) and other things that can effect a player, such as a movie deal takes the player away, or the team loudmouth spouts off at the team rival and cannot play any games in the other teams park, or maybe one of your players is arrested for a sexual crime, assault and battery or possesion of illegal substances. Although this program CANNOT change any game files (it will be included in v2.0) and does not specify players names (it is in the works for v1.0), it is still a great simulator and can make High Heat much more engaging than it already is.

04-07-2003, 02:50 PM	#2
Cuss16 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: BC, CANADA Posts: 2,994	woo, nice! __________________

04-07-2003, 04:02 PM	#4
Cuss16 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: BC, CANADA Posts: 2,994	it will work nicely for sure for online leagues. __________________

04-07-2003, 06:54 PM	#10
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 17,023	Ok, this is a program that I used before and could be useful in both solo and league settings. I guess you would just "number" the players on the teams and then use those to hand out the results. BTW, the password is in the readme, but it changes each time until you activate it. __________________ Steve Kuffrey DABS Atlanta Braves - 2008 Eastern Division Champ *DBLC Atlanta Braves - 2011, 2014 East Division Champ, 2012, 2013 NL Wildcard Baseball Maelstrom-Montreal Expos-2013 Tourney winner, 2014 WC Team Sparky's League - Tampa Bay D'Rays Epicenter Baseball League - Astros 2014 The CBL Rewind - Phillies '95

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04-07-2003, 03:25 PM	#3
LedgerSko All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,085	Now I cant really do anything with it until I get home but it says that it doesnt actually change anything in HH. So maybe what it does is use the player dat file and then churns out results based on the utility and the dat file. Anyway it would be cool if thats what it did, and you could make it work for OOTP

04-07-2003, 04:04 PM	#5
LedgerSko All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,085	I'll mess with it later today and see if I come up with anything, but hopefully we will get word from someone who has used it before. I dont get home for another 200 minutes

04-07-2003, 04:06 PM	#6
GForce22 Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,654	I'm not just saying this because I've done stuff for High Heat, but without mod makers that game would have bitten the dust already. A great group come out and bail that game out every year. That game SHOULD be great, and it just keeps missing the boat. GH

04-07-2003, 04:10 PM	#7
LedgerSko All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,085	Yeah, I agree. I have the 2003 version I think, and I never saw a need to buy it again.

04-07-2003, 05:05 PM	#8
goroyals All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 930	Whats the 'password?' anyone know??

04-07-2003, 09:07 PM	#13
William4192 All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 1,625	This is very cool. Thanks. __________________ What is this about Rhode Island? It is neither Road or Island. Come check out the PBA. http://www.pioneerbaseballassociation.com Or email at pbacommish@pioneerbaseballassociation.com

04-07-2003, 11:55 PM	#14
LedgerSko All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,085	I guess the only draw back is that the program works ONLY with a 30 team MLB league. Oh well, it was a good idea.

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04-08-2003, 01:48 AM	#16
LedgerSko All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,085	I dunno, maybe someone like Commish Jim or Pierre might be able to. I have no idea how hard it could be.

04-08-2003, 11:27 AM	#17
ctorg Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 9,848	I made something like that for myself using an Excel workbook once. It worked on the same basic principle. I had three spreadsheets: One contained a variety of possible occurances, mostly "nothing happens". To the left of each occurance was a randomly generated number. The second contained numbers 1-25, again with a randomly generated number to the left. The third contained a list of each team and two slots under it, with randomly generated numbers in two columns to the left. Using a "VLOOKUP" function, I had it use the two random columns on the left look up corresponding numbers on the other two sheets to produce both a player number and a result. Sometimes it was a team-wide result, in which case the player number was not relevant (i.e. stadium damaged in storm, must play first five games at alternate site). It worked really well. If I were a programmer, I'd write it as a stand alone program, but alas I am not. If I can find the sheet, maybe I'll post it. __________________ My music "When the trees blow back and forth, that's what makes the wind." - Steven Wright Fjord emena pancreas thorax fornicate marmalade morpheme proteolysis smaxa cabana offal srue vitriol grope hallelujah lentils

04-08-2003, 03:36 PM	#18
Le Grande Orange Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Up There Posts: 15,644	Hmmm, could you work something up like this for determining other events if you had the percentage probabilities? I ask this because I recently calculated the chances of a player being drafted into military service in WWII, based on the real MLB rosters. For those who wanted to recreate the effects a war might have on team rosters, they now had some guiding percentages with which to apply to the players. I detailed the results here http://www.400softwarestudios.com/bo...threadid=30553 It certainly would be another interesting event to add to the list of things that could happen...