World Cup League Mod - "World Cup Soccer baseball style"

Silent Nature · 06-19-2008, 08:29 PM

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I came up with an idea to create a World Cup style for World Baseball League. I created all countries as their team name without nicknames (no need for nicknames).

I set up adjustments to the rules to have no foreign players on the teams, which should keep all players on their national teams. I turned off Rule 5 draft, amateur draft, and Finances. Those are not needed to run an international team (trading and free agents will cause players to play for a team that is not their nationality).

I went with 1 league with 12 divisions. Each division have 10 teams each. I haven't determined a playoff format. My ideal plan is to take top 4 teams from each division to have 32 teams (8 wild card teams) playoffs with 5 games series in first 2 rounds then 7 games series in quarterfinals to championship.

Here is my current league set up at the moment. It may be changed because it may not be balanced with all divisions.

I am open to any suggestions. I may have missed some countries that should be very important to this league, which can be replaced with insignificant nations.

Code:

   ALPHA DIVISION
  USA
  Senegal
  Belize
  Jamaica
  Czech Republic
  Austria
  Bangladesh
  Fiji
  England
  South Korea
  <o:p> </o:p>
  BETA DIVISION
  Nigeria
  France
  Benin
  Virgin Islands
  Albania
  Burundi
  Dominican Republic
  Guyana
  Swaziland
  Canada
  <o:p> </o:p>
  GAMMA DIVISION
  Cuba
  Bermuda
  Botswana
  Italy
  Ireland
  Libya
  Chad
  Iraq
  Australia
  Pakistan
  <o:p> </o:p>
  DELTA DIVISION
  Brazil
  Kenya
  Colombia
  Kazakhstan
  Oman
  Congo
  Germany
  Bhutan
  El Salvador
  Jordan
  <o:p> </o:p>
  PSI DIVISION
  Japan
  Israel
  Cote d’Ivoire
  Armenia
  Belgium
  Panama
  Myanmar
  Ethiopia
  Costa Rica
  Russia
  <o:p> </o:p>
  ZETA DIVISION
  Denmark
  Argentina
  Ghana
  Iran
  Cape Verde
  Angola
  Ecuador
  Sweden
  Burkina Faso
  Azerbaijan
  <o:p> </o:p>
  SIGMA DIVISION
  Afghanistan
  Bahrain
  Haiti
  Chile
  Indonesia
  Djibouti
  New Zealand
  Greece
  Egypt
  Latvia
  <o:p> </o:p>
  KAPPA DIVISION
  Belarus
  Finland
  Honduras
  Luxembourg
  Mexico
  Nepal
  Barbados
  Kiribati
  Qatar
  <o:p> </o:p>
  IOTA DIVISION
  Faroe Islands
  Cyprus
  Norway
China
  Cameroon
  Liechtenstein
  Portugal
  Turkey
  Ukraine
  Vietnam
  <o:p> </o:p>
  OMEGA DIVISION
  Netherlands
  Anguilla
  Philippines
  Spain
  Romania
  Georgia
  Switzerland
  Malaysia
  Venezuela
  Uruguay
  <o:p> </o:p>
  PI DIVISION
  Wales
  Zimbabwe
  Guadeloupe
  India
  Niger
  Trinidad and Tobago
  East Timor
  Saudi Arabia
  Peru
  Cook Islands
  <o:p> </o:p>
  RHO DIVISION
  Spain
  Sri Lanka
  Nauru
  Taiwan
  Scotland
  St. Vincent
  United Arabs Emirates
  Papua New Guinea
  Poland
  Serbia and Montenegro

jayharvill · 06-19-2008, 09:03 PM

I'm very interested to see if you can get this to work with no foreign players....the tests I've ran so far create MAJOR problems with that(and I've altered the nations.dat file more than once)

Silent Nature · 06-19-2008, 09:20 PM

I'm running into the same problem.

When I start up the league with USA, I still had all players that are foreign on my team. No American players at all.

I wonder if we can get some tips from Markus about this issue.

I just spent over 5 hours to set up the league while setting all teams to the correct nationality. Those flags are so small and hard to see, but I managed to select all of the correct flags for those countries. I just want to fix this issue with "No Foreign Players" option.

hydrostar · 06-19-2008, 10:10 PM

This is an AWESOME idea, and I hope that you can get it to work. I am curious to find out how this goes....

Silent Nature · 06-19-2008, 10:55 PM

Yes, it really is. All of the players have their name styles correct from their countries.

It really adds a lot to the realism.

Right now, I had the playoff format with 32 teams. Top 2 from each division qualifies, along with 8 wild card teams that have the best records. First 2 rounds will be 5 games series: 2 home, 2 away, 1 home

Then the rest will be 7 games series: 2 home, 3 away, 2 home

I had the format set by seeding so #1 play #32, #2 plays #31.

It'll have some kind of March Madness tournament style, along with World Cup experience.

Better seed will have the home field advantage every round.

Silent Nature · 06-20-2008, 12:10 AM

Bump for Markus to view this issue and hopefully help us to resolve this situation.

Silent Nature · 06-20-2008, 10:30 AM

Anyone else interested in helping me to figure out how to solve this issue.

Markus Heinsohn · 06-20-2008, 10:37 AM

Go to the league rules setup, under the foreigner limit option there is a "base limit on..." option, select "team nationality" there. Note: The option is only visible when a limit is set.

darkcloud4579 · 06-20-2008, 10:41 AM

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Tony M · 06-20-2008, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Go to the league rules setup, under the foreigner limit option there is a "base limit on..." option, select "team nationality" there. Note: The option is only visible when a limit is set.

If you choose No Foreigners does it default to Team Nationality or League Nationality and how do you change it?

Markus Heinsohn · 06-20-2008, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redsoxford

If you choose No Foreigners does it default to Team Nationality or League Nationality and how do you change it?

It defaults to league nationality. You can simply change it just there, it is the option right below the foreigner limit if a limit is set!

Markus Heinsohn · 06-20-2008, 10:51 AM

Ups... small bug: Set it to foreigner limit of 1, then set to team nationality, then set limit back to no foreigners, that will fix it!

Silent Nature · 06-20-2008, 10:53 AM

I want to check with you, Markus, about this mod that I am hoping to create.

Is it possible to create this kind of mod where all players will stay on their national team without moving around to other teams?

I turned off Amateur draft, Rule 5 draft, and trading off. I also turned off Finances because it won't be necessary since all players should stay on their national team.

My other problem that I think may arise is that there won't be enough players to continue the league without feeder leagues. Will I need to create feeder leagues that is located in that country to keep generating players for EACH national team to keep players going into their team without running dry?

MorseMoose · 06-20-2008, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Ups... small bug: Set it to foreigner limit of 1, then set to team nationality, then set limit back to no foreigners, that will fix it!

What is "ups"? I've seen him use that before.

Markus Heinsohn · 06-20-2008, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MorseMoose

What is "ups"? I've seen him use that before.

Ups = german for OOOOOPS.

Tony M · 06-20-2008, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silent Nature

I want to check with you, Markus, about this mod that I am hoping to create.

Is it possible to create this kind of mod where all players will stay on their national team without moving around to other teams?

I turned off Amateur draft, Rule 5 draft, and trading off. I also turned off Finances because it won't be necessary since all players should stay on their national team.

My other problem that I think may arise is that there won't be enough players to continue the league without feeder leagues. Will I need to create feeder leagues that is located in that country to keep generating players for EACH national team to keep players going into their team without running dry?

I tried to create that sort of setup using feeder leagues to vary the quality of players per country but found that the free agents that were produced each season were of better quality and got the active roster roles. Even setting the PCM for the major league to 0.01 didn't seem to affect this. It's as if the PCMs for the feeder leagues were then based on this 0.01?

MorseMoose · 06-20-2008, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Ups = german for OOOOOPS.

oooo...i see. ups myself

.

Silent Nature · 06-20-2008, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redsoxford

I tried to create that sort of setup using feeder leagues to vary the quality of players per country but found that the free agents that were produced each season were of better quality and got the active roster roles. Even setting the PCM for the major league to 0.01 didn't seem to affect this. It's as if the PCMs for the feeder leagues were then based on this 0.01?

The game auto generates free agents on a yearly basis?

I think I turned off free agents to avoid this.

Silent Nature · 06-20-2008, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Ups... small bug: Set it to foreigner limit of 1, then set to team nationality, then set limit back to no foreigners, that will fix it!

I tried that. When I start up the game, I got no players at all on my roster. I tried clearing up the roster and fill the rosters with fictional players, but that put a whole bunch of foreigners together on all teams.

Markus Heinsohn · 06-20-2008, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silent Nature

I tried that. When I start up the game, I got no players at all on my roster. I tried clearing up the roster and fill the rosters with fictional players, but that put a whole bunch of foreigners together on all teams.

Schedule an inaugural draft!

06-19-2008, 08:29 PM	#1
Silent Nature Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 20	World Baseball League Mod - "World Cup Soccer baseball style" YES, I WILL APPRECIATE ANYONE WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN MODDING THIS WITH ME. BETA TESTERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. SEND ME A PM, IF INTERESTED. I came up with an idea to create a World Cup style for World Baseball League. I created all countries as their team name without nicknames (no need for nicknames). I set up adjustments to the rules to have no foreign players on the teams, which should keep all players on their national teams. I turned off Rule 5 draft, amateur draft, and Finances. Those are not needed to run an international team (trading and free agents will cause players to play for a team that is not their nationality). I went with 1 league with 12 divisions. Each division have 10 teams each. I haven't determined a playoff format. My ideal plan is to take top 4 teams from each division to have 32 teams (8 wild card teams) playoffs with 5 games series in first 2 rounds then 7 games series in quarterfinals to championship. Here is my current league set up at the moment. It may be changed because it may not be balanced with all divisions. I am open to any suggestions. I may have missed some countries that should be very important to this league, which can be replaced with insignificant nations. Code: ALPHA DIVISION USA Senegal Belize Jamaica Czech Republic Austria Bangladesh Fiji England South Korea <o:p> </o:p> BETA DIVISION Nigeria France Benin Virgin Islands Albania Burundi Dominican Republic Guyana Swaziland Canada <o:p> </o:p> GAMMA DIVISION Cuba Bermuda Botswana Italy Ireland Libya Chad Iraq Australia Pakistan <o:p> </o:p> DELTA DIVISION Brazil Kenya Colombia Kazakhstan Oman Congo Germany Bhutan El Salvador Jordan <o:p> </o:p> PSI DIVISION Japan Israel Cote d’Ivoire Armenia Belgium Panama Myanmar Ethiopia Costa Rica Russia <o:p> </o:p> ZETA DIVISION Denmark Argentina Ghana Iran Cape Verde Angola Ecuador Sweden Burkina Faso Azerbaijan <o:p> </o:p> SIGMA DIVISION Afghanistan Bahrain Haiti Chile Indonesia Djibouti New Zealand Greece Egypt Latvia <o:p> </o:p> KAPPA DIVISION Belarus Finland Honduras Luxembourg Mexico Nepal Barbados Kiribati Qatar <o:p> </o:p> IOTA DIVISION Faroe Islands Cyprus Norway China Cameroon Liechtenstein Portugal Turkey Ukraine Vietnam <o:p> </o:p> OMEGA DIVISION Netherlands Anguilla Philippines Spain Romania Georgia Switzerland Malaysia Venezuela Uruguay <o:p> </o:p> PI DIVISION Wales Zimbabwe Guadeloupe India Niger Trinidad and Tobago East Timor Saudi Arabia Peru Cook Islands <o:p> </o:p> RHO DIVISION Spain Sri Lanka Nauru Taiwan Scotland St. Vincent United Arabs Emirates Papua New Guinea Poland Serbia and Montenegro Last edited by Silent Nature; 06-19-2008 at 08:46 PM. Reason: error

06-19-2008, 09:03 PM	#2
jayharvill Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 90	I'm very interested to see if you can get this to work with no foreign players....the tests I've ran so far create MAJOR problems with that(and I've altered the nations.dat file more than once)

06-19-2008, 09:20 PM	#3
Silent Nature Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 20	I'm running into the same problem. When I start up the league with USA, I still had all players that are foreign on my team. No American players at all. I wonder if we can get some tips from Markus about this issue. I just spent over 5 hours to set up the league while setting all teams to the correct nationality. Those flags are so small and hard to see, but I managed to select all of the correct flags for those countries. I just want to fix this issue with "No Foreign Players" option. Last edited by Silent Nature; 06-19-2008 at 09:21 PM.

06-19-2008, 10:10 PM	#4
hydrostar Minors (Single A) Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 57	This is an AWESOME idea, and I hope that you can get it to work. I am curious to find out how this goes....

06-19-2008, 10:55 PM	#5
Silent Nature Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 20	Yes, it really is. All of the players have their name styles correct from their countries. It really adds a lot to the realism. Right now, I had the playoff format with 32 teams. Top 2 from each division qualifies, along with 8 wild card teams that have the best records. First 2 rounds will be 5 games series: 2 home, 2 away, 1 home Then the rest will be 7 games series: 2 home, 3 away, 2 home I had the format set by seeding so #1 play #32, #2 plays #31. It'll have some kind of March Madness tournament style, along with World Cup experience. Better seed will have the home field advantage every round.

06-20-2008, 12:10 AM	#6
Silent Nature Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 20	Bump for Markus to view this issue and hopefully help us to resolve this situation.

06-20-2008, 10:30 AM	#7
Silent Nature Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 20	Anyone else interested in helping me to figure out how to solve this issue.

06-20-2008, 10:37 AM	#8
Markus Heinsohn Developer OOTP Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 24,805	Go to the league rules setup, under the foreigner limit option there is a "base limit on..." option, select "team nationality" there. Note: The option is only visible when a limit is set.

06-20-2008, 10:41 AM	#9
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,689	World Baseball Ranking

06-20-2008, 10:51 AM	#12
Markus Heinsohn Developer OOTP Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 24,805	Ups... small bug: Set it to foreigner limit of 1, then set to team nationality, then set limit back to no foreigners, that will fix it!

06-20-2008, 10:53 AM	#13
Silent Nature Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 20	I want to check with you, Markus, about this mod that I am hoping to create. Is it possible to create this kind of mod where all players will stay on their national team without moving around to other teams? I turned off Amateur draft, Rule 5 draft, and trading off. I also turned off Finances because it won't be necessary since all players should stay on their national team. My other problem that I think may arise is that there won't be enough players to continue the league without feeder leagues. Will I need to create feeder leagues that is located in that country to keep generating players for EACH national team to keep players going into their team without running dry?