Negro League Player Ratings

[omg_pwnasaurus]

These seem to be lower globally in '24 than they were in '23, just curious was there something changed in the engine that altered the ratings, was comparing 1933 season NEL ratings historical from '23 release to '24.

[luckymann]

Originally Posted by omg_pwnasaurus

These seem to be lower globally in '24 than they were in '23, just curious was there something changed in the engine that altered the ratings, was comparing 1933 season NEL ratings historical from '23 release to '24.

I'd check the default "make-bad" AKA weaken / adjust settings for each - I get the feeling they may have changed but don't know 100%. If they are higher in 24 than they were in 23, that might explain it.

[omg_pwnasaurus]

Cool I'll check that out, thanks much

[omg_pwnasaurus]

Originally Posted by luckymann

I'd check the default "make-bad" AKA weaken / adjust settings for each - I get the feeling they may have changed but don't know 100%. If they are higher in 24 than they were in 23, that might explain it.

I can't find this in 23 (or 24) for the life of me lol. Where do I check out these settings?

[pstrickert]

Historical League wizard - Step 1, I believe.

[omg_pwnasaurus]

Ha, I totally thought that button would take me to the large advanced setup screen and not just expand a few more fields there. lol.

Is that the only place you can view/change these because I couldn't find them anywhere on the typical advanced screen, but thanks much! Appreciate it.

[omg_pwnasaurus]

And....they did change the default settings on these. Thanks for the help on this, gonna try and set these to 23 and see what it looks like.

Appreciate it

[omg_pwnasaurus]

That looks a lot better now, ty ty.

Now how do I make the fielding ratings globally like they were in '23 lol. They look a lot worse here as well, at least in '23 they were average-y.

[LansdowneSt]

Originally Posted by omg_pwnasaurus

That looks a lot better now, ty ty.

Now how do I make the fielding ratings globally like they were in '23 lol. They look a lot worse here as well, at least in '23 they were average-y.

check that same page or the Advanced tab for another change in defaults. Fielding can be based on single-imported year, three-years, career, etc.

[omg_pwnasaurus]

Hmm, both are set to 3 year but in '24, the pitchers all have far superior fielding ratings at infield/outfield positions than the actual infielders/outfielders do. Very odd.

[omg_pwnasaurus]

Just in comparing the export files of NEL 1933 in '23 vs NEL 1933 in '24, the ratings are still pretty nerfed in the new version compared to last year's even when using the same weaken/adjust settings as in '23.

I think the easiest thing to do is probably just create the league in '23 and then export it into '24 to retain the ratings from last year's version which seem more in line with reality. I can always manually adjust the newly created players I suppose as '24 advances. Not ideal but I'm out of ideas on what else to change in '24 to get the ratings to behave the same way.

[luckymann]

Historical will likely stay buggy for a few patches as a lot of changes have been made, so I'd advise against diving too deep or importing long-term saves just yet until you start seeing things settle down. That's how I'll be proceeding, anyhow.

G