Schedule Question

[deanemj]

I've never attempted this before, so I'm not sure if the game will automatically generate it for me.

I would like to create a fictional league which would consist of 20 teams. I would like each team to play each other twice; once at home and once away. Is it possible to have the game automatically generate this for me?

I'm sorry if this has been asked before...

[CalvinHobbes]

I'm not sure that it'll set it up exactly as you've outlined, but it's easy enough to generate a schedule. Just go to the main setup screen and edit Schedule (from the functions menu). Input the amount of games (19 x 6? (114)) and press Generate Schedule. You might have to clear the schedule if it already exists. If you set it to balanced it should come pretty close, I think. The only problem, for me, is that every team will have the same off day. It's for that reason that I have manually created my own schedules and then saved them for future use, so I can't truly answer your question. But I hope that I helped?

[Questdog]

Originally Posted by deanemj

I've never attempted this before, so I'm not sure if the game will automatically generate it for me.

I would like to create a fictional league which would consist of 20 teams. I would like each team to play each other twice; once at home and once away. Is it possible to have the game automatically generate this for me?

I'm sorry if this has been asked before...

If you only want a 38 game schedule, then yes, the automatic schedule creator ought to handle this. Just set it up with a 38 game schedule, check the balanced option and set the typical series length to "1".

[deanemj]

That's what I figured, thanks!

[Questdog]

There are also many user created schedules here: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...-use-ootp.html

Setups for a whole bunch of configurations are available for ones the schedule generator can't handle.

[deanemj]

The schedule generator created what I was looking for.

Is there any way to adjust the number of days in between games? When I exported the schedule file and opened it in a text editor, I see several lines like this:

<GAME day="1" time="1905" away="3" home="12" />

If I changed game days in increments of seven, would that space every game apart by a week or is it more complicated than that? Also, would I have to manually create a new schedule file every season or would the game reuse it each year?

Thanks again!

[Questdog]

Originally Posted by deanemj

The schedule generator created what I was looking for.

Is there any way to adjust the number of days in between games? When I exported the schedule file and opened it in a text editor, I see several lines like this:

<GAME day="1" time="1905" away="3" home="12" />

If I changed game days in increments of seven, would that space every game apart by a week or is it more complicated than that? Also, would I have to manually create a new schedule file every season or would the game reuse it each year?

Thanks again!

Yes, that would make the games play once a week (as simple as that). Just make sure after editing the file, the you import it back into the game (and this is only possible during the preseason). After that the game should use the file for every subsequent season as long as there is not another file in the schedules folder that meets the criteria.