Does temperature affect anything?

greengold01 · 11-13-2009, 04:07 PM

I just started a winter league (November to roughly March) and some of the 24 includes Minnesota, Buffalo, Portland, and Billings. Clearly not warm weather cities. So should I expect my players to have ratings drop when their freezing their butts off? Obviously I'll have to content with some snowed out games

I actually wanted all their stadiums to be domed, but when I click the edit colors and ballparks etc. button I can only rename the ballpark. Shouldn't I be able to change the dimensions, roof structure etc?

oh and P.S. Hello to all of you on the ootp board. I've been skimming this boards for years now but only today decided to join the community

jmknpk2 · 11-13-2009, 04:30 PM

I know that rain affects pitchers adversly. I would assume that cold weather might also.

You should be able to change the ballpark to dome. Do you have a demo version? I know you can in the full version.

norva13x · 11-13-2009, 04:32 PM

You have to be in commissioner mode to edit stadiums. Just switch to comish mode, put a roof on the stadiums, then you can switch back.

RchW · 11-13-2009, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by greengold01

I just started a winter league (November to roughly March) and some of the 24 includes Minnesota, Buffalo, Portland, and Billings. Clearly not warm weather cities. So should I expect my players to have ratings drop when their freezing their butts off? Obviously I'll have to content with some snowed out games

I actually wanted all their stadiums to be domed, but when I click the edit colors and ballparks etc. button I can only rename the ballpark. Shouldn't I be able to change the dimensions, roof structure etc?

oh and P.S. Hello to all of you on the ootp board. I've been skimming this boards for years now but only today decided to join the community

No snow outs will happen but I do believe temp and rain affect play.

You may want to consider using a different weather file for each city. After all it is your universe.

Welcome to the board. Have you been playing the game all this time?

conception · 11-13-2009, 05:53 PM

I'm just kind of openly pondering here, but even if his league is set in winter, wouldn't it still match up roughly to the league totals modifiers? I guess it kind of depends what is factored in first. But it seems to me that the league totals should pretty much say what the total statistical output of the league should be when averaged out over the length of the season, no matter what the weather is. But the game could pretty much be programmed to start at the league totals, and then penalize for poor weather. In which case, one would have to think of the league totals as what the league totals would be in optimal weather.

Either way, I usually factor weather conditions into my park factors. For example, in my European League, I have teams in northern Russia (in outdoor stadiums). One can bet that the offenses will have a hard time getting going in the cold weather, and so I adjust accordingly.

OakDragon · 11-13-2009, 06:09 PM

Injuries are more likely to occur in cold weather.

Afino · 11-13-2009, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by conception

I'm just kind of openly pondering here, but even if his league is set in winter, wouldn't it still match up roughly to the league totals modifiers? I guess it kind of depends what is factored in first. But it seems to me that the league totals should pretty much say what the total statistical output of the league should be when averaged out over the length of the season, no matter what the weather is. But the game could pretty much be programmed to start at the league totals, and then penalize for poor weather. In which case, one would have to think of the league totals as what the league totals would be in optimal weather.

Either way, I usually factor weather conditions into my park factors. For example, in my European League, I have teams in northern Russia (in outdoor stadiums). One can bet that the offenses will have a hard time getting going in the cold weather, and so I adjust accordingly.

Maybe that's why my Moscow team can never hit homers....to tell you the truth, I've never bothered to think about it.

Going to have to put a dome up!

Raidergoo · 11-14-2009, 07:39 AM

Injuries go up in the cold.

greengold01 · 11-14-2009, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by norva13x

You have to be in commissioner mode to edit stadiums. Just switch to comish mode, put a roof on the stadiums, then you can switch back.

Awesome, just what I wanted to know. Thanks.

Good to know also that cold weather incurs more injuries, as it should. I was about to change the weather files to 70 degrees across the board to compensate for the lack of a dome

And yes, I'm a OOTP 6 vet

Raidergoo · 11-14-2009, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by greengold01

Awesome, just what I wanted to know. Thanks.

Good to know also that cold weather incurs more injuries, as it should. I was about to change the weather files to 70 degrees across the board to compensate for the lack of a dome

And yes, I'm a OOTP 6 vet

If you did that, there will still be a lot of variability of temperature. Temps will vary from day to day on several factors. Time of day is one of them. Precip is another. Chance is a third.

Your best bet is to build a dome.

11-13-2009, 04:07 PM	#1
greengold01 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: a rather long island Posts: 28	Does temperature affect anything? I just started a winter league (November to roughly March) and some of the 24 includes Minnesota, Buffalo, Portland, and Billings. Clearly not warm weather cities. So should I expect my players to have ratings drop when their freezing their butts off? Obviously I'll have to content with some snowed out games I actually wanted all their stadiums to be domed, but when I click the edit colors and ballparks etc. button I can only rename the ballpark. Shouldn't I be able to change the dimensions, roof structure etc? oh and P.S. Hello to all of you on the ootp board. I've been skimming this boards for years now but only today decided to join the community Last edited by greengold01; 11-13-2009 at 04:09 PM.

11-13-2009, 05:53 PM	#5
conception All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,150	I'm just kind of openly pondering here, but even if his league is set in winter, wouldn't it still match up roughly to the league totals modifiers? I guess it kind of depends what is factored in first. But it seems to me that the league totals should pretty much say what the total statistical output of the league should be when averaged out over the length of the season, no matter what the weather is. But the game could pretty much be programmed to start at the league totals, and then penalize for poor weather. In which case, one would have to think of the league totals as what the league totals would be in optimal weather. Either way, I usually factor weather conditions into my park factors. For example, in my European League, I have teams in northern Russia (in outdoor stadiums). One can bet that the offenses will have a hard time getting going in the cold weather, and so I adjust accordingly. Last edited by conception; 11-13-2009 at 05:54 PM.

11-13-2009, 04:30 PM	#2
jmknpk2 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 982	I know that rain affects pitchers adversly. I would assume that cold weather might also. You should be able to change the ballpark to dome. Do you have a demo version? I know you can in the full version.

11-13-2009, 04:32 PM	#3
norva13x Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 476	You have to be in commissioner mode to edit stadiums. Just switch to comish mode, put a roof on the stadiums, then you can switch back.

11-13-2009, 06:09 PM	#6
OakDragon Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Jose, CA USA Posts: 3,494	Injuries are more likely to occur in cold weather.

11-14-2009, 07:39 AM	#8
Raidergoo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 9,005	Injuries go up in the cold.