Transitional Issues from OOTP4 to OOTP5

Steve Strzepek of BTTF · 03-10-2003, 01:06 PM

What are some of the issues that need to be dealt with when an existing OOTP4 league is imported to OOTP5 ? We have a salary cap and with the minimum salary changing from $100k to $300k affects the salary cap. How does arbitration affect transition? What other leagues out there has changed over and what were some of the issues that you had to deal with and how did you change things to work for your leagues ? Please advise. Thanks

sporr · 03-10-2003, 01:15 PM

If you are planning on converting right before proceeding to next season, be aware that there are some arbitration glitches that you need to watch out for. I'll post them here if that's the case.

Steve Strzepek of BTTF · 03-10-2003, 01:30 PM

Please post them..........but I believe arbitration will be disabled for the 1st year of the transition. Is this wise or just delaying the problem?

Steve Strzepek of BTTF · 03-10-2003, 01:32 PM

We plan to make the switch after spring training on opening day !!! Will that be a problem too ?

sporr · 03-10-2003, 01:36 PM

If arbitration is disabled the first season, be aware that some Auto renewal contracts will come over as "1 Yr FA" and will be listed at $350K per year instead of the league minimum $300K. These can be fixed by editing their contracts. Just make sure to make a copy of the upcoming FA list in v4 and compare it to that in v5 and edit the players appropriately.

If arbitration is enabled, be aware that players go to arbitration after their 2nd season. I believe that this is a slight bug as well and that they shouldn't be going until after their 3rd season.

One last thing, the game-generated html page names will be different in v5. The file names for most of the files are the same, but the file extensions change from .htm to .html.

CLWB Commish · 03-10-2003, 02:42 PM

With arbitration turned off, when exactly will a young player become a free-agent? Is it after their 4th season of experience or 5th? Or 3rd?

This was an issue in v4 as well. Some players would enter FA earlier than others.

If I need to edit contracts after converting, I'd like a definite answer on this one..

Thanks..

sporr · 03-10-2003, 03:06 PM

The way it is supposed to work is that with arbitration off, it will be identical to OOTP4. However, with converted leagues, this isn't true during the 1st year.

03-10-2003, 01:06 PM	#1
Steve Strzepek of BTTF Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Corning, N.Y. Posts: 171	Transitional Issues from OOTP4 to OOTP5 What are some of the issues that need to be dealt with when an existing OOTP4 league is imported to OOTP5 ? We have a salary cap and with the minimum salary changing from $100k to $300k affects the salary cap. How does arbitration affect transition? What other leagues out there has changed over and what were some of the issues that you had to deal with and how did you change things to work for your leagues ? Please advise. Thanks __________________ Steve Strzepek BTTF Commish <a href="http://www.staudernet.com/bttf" target="_blank">http://www.staudernet.com/bttf</a>

03-10-2003, 01:30 PM	#3
Steve Strzepek of BTTF Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Corning, N.Y. Posts: 171	Please post them..........but I believe arbitration will be disabled for the 1st year of the transition. Is this wise or just delaying the problem? __________________ Steve Strzepek BTTF Commish <a href="http://www.staudernet.com/bttf" target="_blank">http://www.staudernet.com/bttf</a>

03-10-2003, 01:32 PM	#4
Steve Strzepek of BTTF Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Corning, N.Y. Posts: 171	We plan to make the switch after spring training on opening day !!! Will that be a problem too ? __________________ Steve Strzepek BTTF Commish <a href="http://www.staudernet.com/bttf" target="_blank">http://www.staudernet.com/bttf</a>

03-10-2003, 02:42 PM	#6
CLWB Commish Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Vegas, Baby! Posts: 31	With arbitration turned off, when exactly will a young player become a free-agent? Is it after their 4th season of experience or 5th? Or 3rd? This was an issue in v4 as well. Some players would enter FA earlier than others. If I need to edit contracts after converting, I'd like a definite answer on this one.. Thanks.. __________________ Continental League of Web Baseball

03-10-2003, 01:15 PM	#2
sporr Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Muscatine, IA Posts: 8,277	If you are planning on converting right before proceeding to next season, be aware that there are some arbitration glitches that you need to watch out for. I'll post them here if that's the case.

03-10-2003, 01:36 PM	#5
sporr Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Muscatine, IA Posts: 8,277	If arbitration is disabled the first season, be aware that some Auto renewal contracts will come over as "1 Yr FA" and will be listed at $350K per year instead of the league minimum $300K. These can be fixed by editing their contracts. Just make sure to make a copy of the upcoming FA list in v4 and compare it to that in v5 and edit the players appropriately. If arbitration is enabled, be aware that players go to arbitration after their 2nd season. I believe that this is a slight bug as well and that they shouldn't be going until after their 3rd season. One last thing, the game-generated html page names will be different in v5. The file names for most of the files are the same, but the file extensions change from .htm to .html.

03-10-2003, 03:06 PM	#7
sporr Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Muscatine, IA Posts: 8,277	The way it is supposed to work is that with arbitration off, it will be identical to OOTP4. However, with converted leagues, this isn't true during the 1st year.