Computer stops managing team - commissioner mode

Dukie98 · 07-04-2021, 03:14 AM

I have a 48-team random debut league, which is in its 56th season. I play in commissioner mode -- I don't actively manage teams, but I generally edit a few free agents shortly before spring training to fill major holes on teams. I had a problem arise today which I have never seen before on one of the teams for which I signed a couple players.

At the start of spring training, I received an error message "Attention! Scheduled game cannot be completed due to illegal roster" (or words to that effect). For one team, it had 32 players on the active spring training roster, and 20 on the reserve list (I have a reserve roster but no minor leagues). I moved all the players from the reserve list to the spring training roster, and spring training progressed normally. However, for Opening Day, I received the same error message, so I had to manually transfer the players back to the reserve roster to make it compliant.

Meanwhile, the computer manager did not fill holes in the lineup or rotation, and when one of the players got injured on Opening Day, it didn't make any roster changes. I advanced a few weeks, and the computer GM has made zero transactions- and it appears not to have made any since January 2 (right before my HOF voting, though that may be coincidental).

I've double checked- I did not inadvertently set myself as the manager or GM, and those roles are filled. I've never had this situation happen in the prior 55 seasons. This is one of the teams I assigned free agents to in the offseason by using the "edit player" function, but I've done that 100 times before without incident. Any idea how to fix this? (My backup is way too far in the past for me to consider going back to). Thanks.

cbbl · 07-05-2021, 12:18 PM

That's unfortunate, Dukie, and I may not have the solution for you as you likely know all of the switches to check to ensure that the AI knows its role. I find it challenging that every so often (too often, IMHO) it seems like the AI doesn't follow the rules you set for it, and I too am baffled as to why not. For me, its usually the other direction--the AI doing things when I want sole control

Anyway...the settings I know of:

* Is the team controlled by a human manager? If so, what are the Manager Options set to?

* Is the human manager set to "Act As" for the team? Again, if so, what are the Manager Options?

* Are you seeing movement and transactions on other teams? If not, perhaps you've clicked "Set All Teams to Not Allow Roster Changes"?

* If it's limited to this single team, perhaps only this team has been set to disallow AI changes. Check the Roster AI setting in the team settings.

Hopefully one of these work.

Dukie98 · 07-05-2021, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by cbbl

That's unfortunate, Dukie, and I may not have the solution for you as you likely know all of the switches to check to ensure that the AI knows its role. I find it challenging that every so often (too often, IMHO) it seems like the AI doesn't follow the rules you set for it, and I too am baffled as to why not. For me, its usually the other direction--the AI doing things when I want sole control

Anyway...the settings I know of:

* Is the team controlled by a human manager? If so, what are the Manager Options set to?

* Is the human manager set to "Act As" for the team? Again, if so, what are the Manager Options?

* Are you seeing movement and transactions on other teams? If not, perhaps you've clicked "Set All Teams to Not Allow Roster Changes"?

* If it's limited to this single team, perhaps only this team has been set to disallow AI changes. Check the Roster AI setting in the team settings.

Hopefully one of these work.

Thanks - I'm not quite sure how it happened, but the "Roster AI setting" was toggled, and undoing it appeared to do the trick.

07-04-2021, 03:14 AM	#1
Dukie98 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 902	Computer stops managing team - commissioner mode I have a 48-team random debut league, which is in its 56th season. I play in commissioner mode -- I don't actively manage teams, but I generally edit a few free agents shortly before spring training to fill major holes on teams. I had a problem arise today which I have never seen before on one of the teams for which I signed a couple players. At the start of spring training, I received an error message "Attention! Scheduled game cannot be completed due to illegal roster" (or words to that effect). For one team, it had 32 players on the active spring training roster, and 20 on the reserve list (I have a reserve roster but no minor leagues). I moved all the players from the reserve list to the spring training roster, and spring training progressed normally. However, for Opening Day, I received the same error message, so I had to manually transfer the players back to the reserve roster to make it compliant. Meanwhile, the computer manager did not fill holes in the lineup or rotation, and when one of the players got injured on Opening Day, it didn't make any roster changes. I advanced a few weeks, and the computer GM has made zero transactions- and it appears not to have made any since January 2 (right before my HOF voting, though that may be coincidental). I've double checked- I did not inadvertently set myself as the manager or GM, and those roles are filled. I've never had this situation happen in the prior 55 seasons. This is one of the teams I assigned free agents to in the offseason by using the "edit player" function, but I've done that 100 times before without incident. Any idea how to fix this? (My backup is way too far in the past for me to consider going back to). Thanks.

07-05-2021, 12:18 PM	#2
cbbl All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,179	That's unfortunate, Dukie, and I may not have the solution for you as you likely know all of the switches to check to ensure that the AI knows its role. I find it challenging that every so often (too often, IMHO) it seems like the AI doesn't follow the rules you set for it, and I too am baffled as to why not. For me, its usually the other direction--the AI doing things when I want sole control Anyway...the settings I know of: * Is the team controlled by a human manager? If so, what are the Manager Options set to? * Is the human manager set to "Act As" for the team? Again, if so, what are the Manager Options? * Are you seeing movement and transactions on other teams? If not, perhaps you've clicked "Set All Teams to Not Allow Roster Changes"? * If it's limited to this single team, perhaps only this team has been set to disallow AI changes. Check the Roster AI setting in the team settings. Hopefully one of these work.