Historical league finances issues

mwetz · 04-21-2023, 09:50 AM

Anybody else seeing issues with historical finances? I've started historical leagues w/ 1983, 1984 and 1985 Cubs. At the start of each game (end of February), the Cubbies usually are $500,000-$1 million in the red, as is about every other team but occasionally the Dodgers. This basically prevents trades, etc., as no teams have money. For my Cubs teams, this happens regardless of owner fiscal personality. I've started each league using default financial settings.

Another issue I've seen is that even though I may end a season with a big budget surplus, the day after the season ends and the owner assigns a new budget, I'm back to millions in the red (even w/ owner giving me a budget increase). The same thing happens to most other teams in the league (except for the Dodgers and a few others), which prevents early free agent signings. What's weird is that somewhere around Dec 10 or so, my team will occasionally see my budget go from being deep in the red to having money to spend overnight for no apparent reason.

What am I missing? Help would be appreciated, as this creates confusing gameplay.

MickDaQuick · 04-22-2023, 08:52 PM

I have the same issue, even with the latest patch .52. The only fix I found is to use commissioner mode to change cash and budget for each team one by one.

mwetz · 04-23-2023, 03:01 PM

Do you have any idea if the developer's are working on this? To be honest, given that I mainly play historical leagues, this really detracts from the fun of the game and I've thought about just going back to ootp 22 or 23 and asking for a refund.

Matt Arnold · 04-24-2023, 06:07 AM

We'll make some changes in the next update to balance this out a little more.

mwetz · 04-25-2023, 01:31 PM

Thanks, Matt. Since we're talking about finances in historical leagues, the other thing that I've noticed is that I am always deep in the negative on "money for extensions" throughout the season and can't re-sign anyone. This happens no matter what my owner fiscal personality is or how well my team is doing (and I'm not stocked up on a bunch of long-term high contracts). This is unusual compared to previous years of ootp in my opinion. The only thing I have noticed is that my projected budget for the next season is always significantly lower than my current budget (again, regardless of owner personality or team performance). For example, in the 1984 Cubs season I am playing, my current budget is $16 million but it is giving me a projected budget for 1985 of $10.6 million and I don't know why (charitable owner, currently in 1st place). I can post a screenshot example later on.

04-21-2023, 09:50 AM	#1
mwetz Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2023 Posts: 8	Historical league finances issues Anybody else seeing issues with historical finances? I've started historical leagues w/ 1983, 1984 and 1985 Cubs. At the start of each game (end of February), the Cubbies usually are $500,000-$1 million in the red, as is about every other team but occasionally the Dodgers. This basically prevents trades, etc., as no teams have money. For my Cubs teams, this happens regardless of owner fiscal personality. I've started each league using default financial settings. Another issue I've seen is that even though I may end a season with a big budget surplus, the day after the season ends and the owner assigns a new budget, I'm back to millions in the red (even w/ owner giving me a budget increase). The same thing happens to most other teams in the league (except for the Dodgers and a few others), which prevents early free agent signings. What's weird is that somewhere around Dec 10 or so, my team will occasionally see my budget go from being deep in the red to having money to spend overnight for no apparent reason. What am I missing? Help would be appreciated, as this creates confusing gameplay.

04-22-2023, 08:52 PM	#2
MickDaQuick Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 26	I have the same issue, even with the latest patch .52. The only fix I found is to use commissioner mode to change cash and budget for each team one by one.

04-23-2023, 03:01 PM	#3
mwetz Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2023 Posts: 8	Do you have any idea if the developer's are working on this? To be honest, given that I mainly play historical leagues, this really detracts from the fun of the game and I've thought about just going back to ootp 22 or 23 and asking for a refund.

04-24-2023, 06:07 AM	#4
Matt Arnold OOTP Developer Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Here and there Posts: 15,930	We'll make some changes in the next update to balance this out a little more.

04-25-2023, 01:31 PM	#5
mwetz Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2023 Posts: 8	Thanks, Matt. Since we're talking about finances in historical leagues, the other thing that I've noticed is that I am always deep in the negative on "money for extensions" throughout the season and can't re-sign anyone. This happens no matter what my owner fiscal personality is or how well my team is doing (and I'm not stocked up on a bunch of long-term high contracts). This is unusual compared to previous years of ootp in my opinion. The only thing I have noticed is that my projected budget for the next season is always significantly lower than my current budget (again, regardless of owner personality or team performance). For example, in the 1984 Cubs season I am playing, my current budget is $16 million but it is giving me a projected budget for 1985 of $10.6 million and I don't know why (charitable owner, currently in 1st place). I can post a screenshot example later on.