Salary Capped league - extension bug

bigphesta · 03-07-2003, 02:16 PM

There's a slight bug in leagues with a salary cap and offering player extensions. Here's what I've got:

80 mil salary cap. My CURRENT salary is at $76 million. I have a guy who is currently making $9 mil at age 36 offering to take 4.5 next season. I make him that offer and he accepts but then the game tells me this move would put me over the cap. That makes no sense since next year, I'll be saving $4.5 mil and actually have a team salary of $71.5 (if all things stay the same - and I've yet to resign anyone else). I ponder this for quite a while. Unfortunately he won't accept anything LESS than $4.5 so I can't go that route.

So I do what any good gm with a new game would do and back up my game and cheat. I reduce his CURRENT salary down to $4.5 and offer him again.... this time, he accepts. And the game lets it go through. I then reload my season and reduce his salary to the point that the $4.5 extension would put me just below the salary cap, he signs. I then reload and put his salary so the $4.5 extension would put me just above the cap, and the game says this would put me over the cap.

What seems to be going on here, is extensions are being ADDED to the current contract when determining if it is allowed per salary cap. So although, in reality, my salary will be going down next season, the game is not taking off his current salary before adding in the extension salary. Definately a bug which needs addressed, and one I haven't seen mentioned.

clarnzz · 03-08-2003, 12:15 AM

I meantioned it about a week ago and it seemed to be ignored.

bigphesta · 03-08-2003, 11:44 AM

As does this post. Hmmm. This is a MAJOR bug for leagues with a cap. Maybe some response would be in order?!?

clarnzz · 03-11-2003, 11:27 AM

bump

statfreak · 03-11-2003, 11:47 AM

Didn't see this thread until now, but I am seeing this as well. I've only noticed it since the first patch (5.01) though.

Scott, read?

Scott Vibert · 03-11-2003, 11:47 AM

We've read it and are trying to track it down... but since we didn't have anything really to add to the post it wasn't replied too.... I can assure you that almost every thread in this forum gets read, so just because there is no reply you shouldn't assume that its been ignored... it could just be that we didn't have an answer when we read it.

Scott Vibert · 03-11-2003, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by sttfrk
Didn't see this thread until now, but I am seeing this as well. I've only noticed it since the first patch (5.01) though.

Scott, read?

Good timing to post that..

Please note bumping every thread that deals with this topic makes it very hard to follow the post and get all of the information needed to track down this bug.

Please try and keep all information on the bug to one post... its much easier for us to reference that one post and get all the details provided to track it down... rather than having to search through the various posts (at least 5 I've read for the second time in the last few minutes)

I can understand the zeal of wanting to make sure something's noticed... but following one thread is much easier then trying to find each nugget of information from numerous threads.

clarnzz · 03-11-2003, 02:32 PM

Apologies for bumping all the reports of this if it causes some sort of confusion. Is just none of them even got a reply of. `We are aware of this and are looking into a fix`.

Now that Im aware of that it is known there is no reason to bump the posts anymore.

Thanks for the reply Scott.

Steve Kuffrey · 03-11-2003, 02:42 PM

This has been properly reported, thanks for the help.

Ragnar · 03-18-2003, 01:37 AM

It is also not subtracting any contracts that are up the next year.

Steve Kuffrey · 03-18-2003, 06:48 AM

Thanks for the added detail.

03-07-2003, 02:16 PM	#1
bigphesta Banned Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 1,366	Salary Capped league - extension bug There's a slight bug in leagues with a salary cap and offering player extensions. Here's what I've got: 80 mil salary cap. My CURRENT salary is at $76 million. I have a guy who is currently making $9 mil at age 36 offering to take 4.5 next season. I make him that offer and he accepts but then the game tells me this move would put me over the cap. That makes no sense since next year, I'll be saving $4.5 mil and actually have a team salary of $71.5 (if all things stay the same - and I've yet to resign anyone else). I ponder this for quite a while. Unfortunately he won't accept anything LESS than $4.5 so I can't go that route. So I do what any good gm with a new game would do and back up my game and cheat. I reduce his CURRENT salary down to $4.5 and offer him again.... this time, he accepts. And the game lets it go through. I then reload my season and reduce his salary to the point that the $4.5 extension would put me just below the salary cap, he signs. I then reload and put his salary so the $4.5 extension would put me just above the cap, and the game says this would put me over the cap. What seems to be going on here, is extensions are being ADDED to the current contract when determining if it is allowed per salary cap. So although, in reality, my salary will be going down next season, the game is not taking off his current salary before adding in the extension salary. Definately a bug which needs addressed, and one I haven't seen mentioned.

03-11-2003, 11:47 AM	#5
statfreak Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 2,434	Didn't see this thread until now, but I am seeing this as well. I've only noticed it since the first patch (5.01) though. Scott, read? __________________ Roll out the barrel!

03-11-2003, 02:32 PM	#8
clarnzz All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Following everyone off a cliff. Posts: 1,522	Apologies for bumping all the reports of this if it causes some sort of confusion. Is just none of them even got a reply of. `We are aware of this and are looking into a fix`. Now that Im aware of that it is known there is no reason to bump the posts anymore. Thanks for the reply Scott. Last edited by clarnzz; 03-11-2003 at 03:17 PM.

03-11-2003, 02:42 PM	#9
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 17,036	This has been properly reported, thanks for the help. __________________ 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

03-18-2003, 06:48 AM	#11
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 17,036	Thanks for the added detail. __________________ 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

03-08-2003, 12:15 AM	#2
clarnzz All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Following everyone off a cliff. Posts: 1,522	I meantioned it about a week ago and it seemed to be ignored.

03-08-2003, 11:44 AM	#3
bigphesta Banned Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 1,366	As does this post. Hmmm. This is a MAJOR bug for leagues with a cap. Maybe some response would be in order?!?

03-11-2003, 11:27 AM	#4
clarnzz All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Following everyone off a cliff. Posts: 1,522	bump

03-11-2003, 11:47 AM	#6
Scott Vibert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: My Computer Posts: 8,260	We've read it and are trying to track it down... but since we didn't have anything really to add to the post it wasn't replied too.... I can assure you that almost every thread in this forum gets read, so just because there is no reply you shouldn't assume that its been ignored... it could just be that we didn't have an answer when we read it.

03-18-2003, 01:37 AM	#10
Ragnar Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,583	It is also not subtracting any contracts that are up the next year.