Illegal Roster Issue

cmonks · 06-07-2013, 07:39 PM

I posted this on the bug thread, but haven't received any guidance. Apologies for the double post!...

I have a fictional league and am 9 seasons into it. It's been great. But during the most recent off season I've run into an issue where my roster (and about a half-dozen other CPU-controlled rosters) is suddenly empty. If I try to advance a day I get an "Illegal Roster number of players on roster" message.

When I go to the TRANSACTIONS screen my roster is fine. All the players are listed and where they'e supposed to be, be it on the Major League roster or my AAA roster. But if I click on the ROSTERS screen it's empty. Completely empty. Same goes for about 6 other teams in my 26 team league.

Further investigation shows that the budgets for all 26 teams are out of whack, even for the teams who have full rosters. On the budget screens every single team has tons of money, none devoted to the players on their team. Yet when you click on a player, you see his salary listed as normal.

The game won't let me advance with this roster error, so I've been stuck at the beginning of spring training. Frustrating as I just made a few trades to strengthen my team and I'm itching to start the new season.

I checked out the FAQ and the instructions for fixing the "illegal number of players on roster" error, but in '14 there's no button for allowing ghost players on the LEAGUE SETUP/OPTIONS screen. Besides, my minor league team (as well as the other teams that have "illegal rosters") has plenty of players on it, not short on players at all.

Would the LEAGUE SETUP/FUNCTIONS "Fill teams with fictional players" option resolve this?

Any advice on how to resolve this would be much appreciated.

scott1964 · 06-07-2013, 10:14 PM

Turn on ghost players.

cmonks · 06-08-2013, 07:51 AM

As far as I can tell, there is no option to allow ghost players in '14. Can't find it anywhere. It's not where it used to be in older versions of game (LEAGUE SETUP/OPTIONS).

Bluenoser · 06-08-2013, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by cmonks

As far as I can tell, there is no option to allow ghost players in '14. Can't find it anywhere. It's not where it used to be in older versions of game (LEAGUE SETUP/OPTIONS).

It's still there, same place it's always been, on the rules tab.

Have you tried going to league setup and "Run Computer Manager on all Teams"?

Padreman · 06-08-2013, 09:17 AM

What exactly is ghost players and do they accumulate stats like any other player?

Bluenoser · 06-08-2013, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Padreman

What exactly is ghost players and do they accumulate stats like any other player?

Out of the Park Baseball Manual

cmonks · 06-08-2013, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Bluenoser

It's still there, same place it's always been, on the rules tab.

Have you tried going to league setup and "Run Computer Manager on all Teams"?

Thanks. Found it. Enabled incomplete minor league rosters. No change. I also ran computer manager on all teams and that had no effect either. Six teams still have empty rosters on Roster screen. Everything looks fine on their Transactions screen, full active roster, full AAA roster, etc., though. Still can't advance a day, though.

Bluenoser · 06-08-2013, 09:59 AM

Do you have an earlier back-up of your league?

One other thing you can try is filling each level with fictional players. The option is in league setup. Be sure to select each level and then click the button.

Gil Thorp · 06-08-2013, 10:37 AM

Maybe try checking the roster screen and making sure that you don't have some kind of filter applied.

cmonks · 06-08-2013, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Bluenoser

Do you have an earlier back-up of your league?

One other thing you can try is filling each level with fictional players. The option is in league setup. Be sure to select each level and then click the button.

Alas, I don't have a backup of my league. Regret not doing that.

I tried filling the league with Fictional players but that had no effect. It also didn't give me the option to select at which levels to fill. Just asked if I was sure I wanted to do it. I clicked OK, and there was no change to any of the teams' rosters.

boshk · 06-08-2013, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Padreman

What exactly is ghost players and do they accumulate stats like any other player?

they show up everywhere in your leader boards, and box scores as j. unknown. they are very annoying and screw up the stats of the entire league.

cmonks · 06-08-2013, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Gil Thorp

Maybe try checking the roster screen and making sure that you don't have some kind of filter applied.

Filters are set to NONE. Not sure if this helps, but here are my ROSTER and TRANSACTIONS screens:

boshk · 06-08-2013, 11:02 AM

edit: duplicate post

Biggio509 · 06-08-2013, 11:32 AM

I had noticed in some fictional leagues after start the financials were all screwed up in earlier versions. If you had a draft and all teams have players you use the button to set financials based on current payroll in league set up. To be safe you might want to generate fictional contracts for every one first. The method I have used for years on creation of a fictional league is draft then generate financials based on payroll.

If teams do not have players due to bad financials you might have to go into commissioner mode and assign them free agents first.

Biggio509 · 06-08-2013, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by cmonks

As far as I can tell, there is no option to allow ghost players in '14. Can't find it anywhere. It's not where it used to be in older versions of game (LEAGUE SETUP/OPTIONS).

Ghost players are only for minor league teams. If you major league teams are the problem this will not work. I am not sure if a financial reset would work or something is corrupted in your league file. Unfortunately, I don't think there is anyway to uncorrupt a league file. However, if this has happened for more than one league I would suggest to uninstall the game and reinstall something might have glitched on install.

06-07-2013, 07:39 PM	#1
cmonks Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 7	Illegal Roster Issue I posted this on the bug thread, but haven't received any guidance. Apologies for the double post!... I have a fictional league and am 9 seasons into it. It's been great. But during the most recent off season I've run into an issue where my roster (and about a half-dozen other CPU-controlled rosters) is suddenly empty. If I try to advance a day I get an "Illegal Roster number of players on roster" message. When I go to the TRANSACTIONS screen my roster is fine. All the players are listed and where they'e supposed to be, be it on the Major League roster or my AAA roster. But if I click on the ROSTERS screen it's empty. Completely empty. Same goes for about 6 other teams in my 26 team league. Further investigation shows that the budgets for all 26 teams are out of whack, even for the teams who have full rosters. On the budget screens every single team has tons of money, none devoted to the players on their team. Yet when you click on a player, you see his salary listed as normal. The game won't let me advance with this roster error, so I've been stuck at the beginning of spring training. Frustrating as I just made a few trades to strengthen my team and I'm itching to start the new season. I checked out the FAQ and the instructions for fixing the "illegal number of players on roster" error, but in '14 there's no button for allowing ghost players on the LEAGUE SETUP/OPTIONS screen. Besides, my minor league team (as well as the other teams that have "illegal rosters") has plenty of players on it, not short on players at all. Would the LEAGUE SETUP/FUNCTIONS "Fill teams with fictional players" option resolve this? Any advice on how to resolve this would be much appreciated.

06-07-2013, 10:14 PM	#2
scott1964 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Denver Posts: 5,626	Turn on ghost players. __________________ This just feels more like waiting in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles. PETA.....People Eating Tasty Animals.

06-08-2013, 07:51 AM	#3
cmonks Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 7	As far as I can tell, there is no option to allow ghost players in '14. Can't find it anywhere. It's not where it used to be in older versions of game (LEAGUE SETUP/OPTIONS).

06-08-2013, 09:17 AM	#5
Padreman Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2013 Location: Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico (formally San Diego, CA.) Posts: 4,131	What exactly is ghost players and do they accumulate stats like any other player?

06-08-2013, 09:59 AM	#8
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 14,491	Do you have an earlier back-up of your league? One other thing you can try is filling each level with fictional players. The option is in league setup. Be sure to select each level and then click the button.

06-08-2013, 10:37 AM	#9
Gil Thorp Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Milford Posts: 349	Maybe try checking the roster screen and making sure that you don't have some kind of filter applied.

06-08-2013, 11:02 AM	#13
boshk All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 532	edit: duplicate post

06-08-2013, 11:32 AM	#14
Biggio509 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,027	I had noticed in some fictional leagues after start the financials were all screwed up in earlier versions. If you had a draft and all teams have players you use the button to set financials based on current payroll in league set up. To be safe you might want to generate fictional contracts for every one first. The method I have used for years on creation of a fictional league is draft then generate financials based on payroll. If teams do not have players due to bad financials you might have to go into commissioner mode and assign them free agents first.