Option to use OOTP development engine greyed out

[NickG]

I'm trying to start a historical league in 2016, but using the OOTP development engine instead of real stats. However, when I go to create the league, the option to change from recalculating based on real stats is locked in and greyed out so that I cannot change it. How do I fix this?

[Reed]

Originally Posted by NickG

I'm trying to start a historical league in 2016, but using the OOTP development engine instead of real stats. However, when I go to create the league, the option to change from recalculating based on real stats is locked in and greyed out so that I cannot change it. How do I fix this?

Did you try to click on that? When you do a drop down menu should appear. Otherwise I don’t know what you can do.

[NickG]

Originally Posted by Reed

Did you try to click on that? When you do a drop down menu should appear. Otherwise I don’t know what you can do.

I did, nothing happened. I tried a few different settings too - real and normalized stats, imports based on same season, 3 year, 5 year career, and the same for pitching and fielding stats. It all seems to do the same thing.

I have had historical leagues in past OOTPs where this was not an issue.

[David Watts]

Originally Posted by NickG

I'm trying to start a historical league in 2016, but using the OOTP development engine instead of real stats. However, when I go to create the league, the option to change from recalculating based on real stats is locked in and greyed out so that I cannot change it. How do I fix this?

Okay, I see what's going on. You are selecting to use challenge mode. I just created 2016 with challenge mode selected and when you get to the option where you choose whether you want to use the develoment engine or recalc it's greyed out and recalc is locked in. That being said, if you continue the league creation process it looks like you can go to the historical menu and turn off recalc.

[NickG]

Ah, yeah, I am using Challenge Mode. But it still won't let me uncheck the box in Historical settings either before creating the league or after.

[David Watts]

Originally Posted by NickG

Ah, yeah, I am using Challenge Mode. But it still won't let me uncheck the box in Historical settings either before creating the league or after.

My mistake. What I was able to uncheck is recalculate player potential after each year. The recalc player ratings based on real stats is greyed out like you said. Thing is, in the greyed out recalc option, no checkmark exists, so that would lead me to believe that recalc is not on. I've never used challenge mode before. I wonder if recalc is not an option in this mode?