Historical Minors with Fictional Players

doubles · 03-20-2016, 09:52 AM

I tried to start a fictional league but with real minor league affiliations and it seems like even if I uncheck the Import Historical Players option, the real minor league option still brings in players. The draft classes are fictional but there are still real players that enter the league.

Is there a way to not have this option? I would like the realism of real minor leagues but not have any real players

Markus Heinsohn · 03-20-2016, 10:08 AM

No sorry, this is not possible.

Habsfan18 · 03-20-2016, 10:09 AM

I would like to see this as well.

My favorite way to play is to play out a complete fictional MLB history will all fictional players but the correct teams, expansions etc..

prisonerno6 · 03-20-2016, 10:12 AM

Same here!

mgom27 · 03-20-2016, 10:52 AM

You can just dump all people into Free-Agent Market then fill Teams with frictional people or take like 2015 Historical Leage don't check real people.

Habsfan18 · 03-20-2016, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by mgom27

You can just dump all people into Free-Agent Market then fill Teams with frictional people or take like 2015 Historical Leage don't check real people.

Well, yes. But real minor league players will still import in draft classes with the historical minor league settings on.

edm · 06-26-2016, 04:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doubles

I tried to start a fictional league but with real minor league affiliations and it seems like even if I uncheck the Import Historical Players option, the real minor league option still brings in players. The draft classes are fictional but there are still real players that enter the league.

Is there a way to not have this option? I would like the realism of real minor leagues but not have any real players

I think I figured out a way to do this. What I did was. Once the league was setup the way I wanted it (I started in 1979) I edited the "historical_minor_database.odb" and "historical_database.odb" (in the stats folder) so they were empty files.

That prevented real players from entering the league while allowing everything else to update correctly (expansion teams, real minor league affiliates, etc.).

I simmed ahead about 15 season and all seems to be working ok.

Here's what I did step by step.

1. Created historical league (Settings. Keep import and maintain real minors and automatically expand league checked. Use the ootp engine and set recalc off of coarse. )

2. Release and delete all real players. to delete minor leaguers go into find all players and select "include minor leaguers". Tag and delete them.

3. Clear league history if you want.

4. Uncheck import historical rookies.
* at this point I exit and create a backup of the league

5. Fill teams with fictional players. I also did a release & draft, created fictional contracts, team financials, etc. but those steps shouldn't be necessary.

6. Exit game and replace default "historical_minor_database.odb" and "historical_database.odb" with the blank ones. I've attached mine so you dont have to edit them. Just make sure you backup the originals of coarse as you'll still need them for other leagues or when you create a new league.

ProphetEyes · 06-26-2016, 10:41 PM

Haven't tried it yet, but seems like a good fix

edm · 06-27-2016, 01:10 PM

One issue I've come across in playing out my league is immediately following the playoffs the number of rounds for the rookie draft changes itself to 64. I assume because it still thinks it's importing real rookies.

That's fine if you want that many rounds, but otherwise you'll need to manually set it back to your desired amount after each season. I looked through the settings and don't really see away around this. If anyone can think of a way, please let me know.

03-20-2016, 09:52 AM	#1
doubles Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 485	Historical Minors with Fictional Players I tried to start a fictional league but with real minor league affiliations and it seems like even if I uncheck the Import Historical Players option, the real minor league option still brings in players. The draft classes are fictional but there are still real players that enter the league. Is there a way to not have this option? I would like the realism of real minor leagues but not have any real players

03-20-2016, 10:08 AM	#2
Markus Heinsohn Developer OOTP Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 24,803	No sorry, this is not possible. __________________ Buy Out of the Park Baseball 25 now! Download OOTP Go 25 for iOS Download OOTP Go 25 for Android

03-20-2016, 10:52 AM	#5
mgom27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,536	You can just dump all people into Free-Agent Market then fill Teams with frictional people or take like 2015 Historical Leage don't check real people. __________________ Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

03-20-2016, 10:09 AM	#3
Habsfan18 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 2,249	I would like to see this as well. My favorite way to play is to play out a complete fictional MLB history will all fictional players but the correct teams, expansions etc..

03-20-2016, 10:12 AM	#4
prisonerno6 Major Leagues Join Date: May 2014 Location: SW Florida Posts: 479	Same here!

06-26-2016, 10:41 PM	#8
ProphetEyes Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 77	Haven't tried it yet, but seems like a good fix

06-27-2016, 01:10 PM	#9
edm Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 2,001	One issue I've come across in playing out my league is immediately following the playoffs the number of rounds for the rookie draft changes itself to 64. I assume because it still thinks it's importing real rookies. That's fine if you want that many rounds, but otherwise you'll need to manually set it back to your desired amount after each season. I looked through the settings and don't really see away around this. If anyone can think of a way, please let me know.