Long Term Game Cleanup

Kasabian · 09-18-2016, 05:00 PM

I've been playing my current save for several in-game years. Just wanted to know what the typical save file cleanup process was for everyone?

Thanks!

NoOne · 09-19-2016, 01:28 AM

~20-50 years you may want to purge the dB. just make sure you don't remove anything you wanted... sounds simple, eh? easy to screw up

i think that's ~5-10k deleted players that don't make the majors.... on second thought, i only use 24 draft rounds and reduce other player creation quantities....

check after 10 years and see how many records it removes. if it's only a few hundred, wait longer next time.

always backup before purging. must purge to realize benefits of deleting players. not sure about cleaning up scouting reports... i like to keep that history, personally, but one more thing to look into.

deleting messages/news/transaction logs are another option... make sure you don't want it, first. if you change these settings (1year vs 10yr etc), it could take upto a year's cycle before it deletes old messages and such, depending on when you make the change.

you can delete more players before purging, if you want... say all with < 10AB ? if you do choose to delete some with mlb stats, just make sure not to be too cavalier... oyu don't want to delete a player with an MLB record, for example.

BBGiovanni · 09-19-2016, 02:08 PM

I am evolving my league by decades, roughly, so when I reach the end of the decade, before I add a new league, I make a full backup, then do a purge. I also delete useless free agents annually as some years seem to produce a squidillion of them.

ttaka808 · 09-19-2016, 07:14 PM

I delete 1/2 star players who have never made it to the majors, game replays, old messages, box scores, and game logs.

09-18-2016, 05:00 PM	#1
Kasabian Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 50	Long Term Game Cleanup I've been playing my current save for several in-game years. Just wanted to know what the typical save file cleanup process was for everyone? Thanks!

09-19-2016, 01:28 AM	#2
NoOne Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,258 Infractions: 1/0 (0)	~20-50 years you may want to purge the dB. just make sure you don't remove anything you wanted... sounds simple, eh? easy to screw up i think that's ~5-10k deleted players that don't make the majors.... on second thought, i only use 24 draft rounds and reduce other player creation quantities.... check after 10 years and see how many records it removes. if it's only a few hundred, wait longer next time. always backup before purging. must purge to realize benefits of deleting players. not sure about cleaning up scouting reports... i like to keep that history, personally, but one more thing to look into. deleting messages/news/transaction logs are another option... make sure you don't want it, first. if you change these settings (1year vs 10yr etc), it could take upto a year's cycle before it deletes old messages and such, depending on when you make the change. you can delete more players before purging, if you want... say all with < 10AB ? if you do choose to delete some with mlb stats, just make sure not to be too cavalier... oyu don't want to delete a player with an MLB record, for example.

09-19-2016, 02:08 PM	#3
BBGiovanni All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Republic of California Posts: 1,883	I am evolving my league by decades, roughly, so when I reach the end of the decade, before I add a new league, I make a full backup, then do a purge. I also delete useless free agents annually as some years seem to produce a squidillion of them.

09-19-2016, 07:14 PM	#4
ttaka808 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 278	I delete 1/2 star players who have never made it to the majors, game replays, old messages, box scores, and game logs.