OOTP24....regarding 2024 MLB season

[Bobbyraz49]

Finished 2023 season as GM/MGR of the Cards playing in MLB. After playing my 1st game in the 2024 season I looked at the remainder of my team's schedule.... Well......I don't play any games against the AL the entire season!

I didn't change a thing.

[Bobbyraz49]

I just started the 2024 season. I play as GM/MGR of the MLB Cards. After my 1st game against the Beds, I looked at my schedule. We have ZERO games against AL teams ! In the 2023 season games we played AL teams.

[David Watts]

Originally Posted by Bobbyraz49

I just started the 2024 season. I play as GM/MGR of the MLB Cards. After my 1st game against the Beds, I looked at my schedule. We have ZERO games against AL teams ! In the 2023 season games we played AL teams.

Just curious, did you change the league structure in any way? For example, did you expand?

[LansdowneSt]

These are the two pages to look at. One is the aforementioned League Evolution history. Go to League Menu>League History>History Index and then far right tab.

The second screenshot is the default 2024 schedule in OOTP. (I simmed 2023 as the Cards to get to the same place you are). What looks different on your screen (far right-hand side). Esp. the Interleague Play (enabled) line and the "Schedule Loaded From" line.

The Cards, in my sim, open 2024 against the O's...

[Pelican]

Do you have the “balanced schedule” box checked? At least in 23, that plus “interleague play” was the way to make sure your team played every team in the other league. But merely checking “interleague play” ought to be enough for some interleague games.

[Bobbyraz49]

Thanks Pelican.

[Bobbyraz49]

Originally Posted by Pelican

Do you have the “balanced schedule” box checked? At least in 23, that plus “interleague play” was the way to make sure your team played every team in the other league. But merely checking “interleague play” ought to be enough for some interleague games.

Since I played a game in 2204, can I re-generate the 2024 schedule uing my 2023 team ? If possible can you tell me how to do it ?

Many thanks...Bob in Buffalo

[Bobbyraz49]

Originally Posted by Pelican

Do you have the “balanced schedule” box checked? At least in 23, that plus “interleague play” was the way to make sure your team played every team in the other league. But merely checking “interleague play” ought to be enough for some interleague games.

Hi, I wouldn't even consider checking that box since the game came with AL vs NL games in the first season.

[Bobbyraz49]

[QUOTE=David Watts;5007359]Just curious, did you change the le
ague structure in any way? For example, did you expand?[/QUOTE

I did not expand. But MLB did in Portland and OKC. Still should have AL vs NL teams. And if something needed to be altered the game should have told me what to do.

[David Watts]

[QUOTE=Bobbyraz49;5008517]

Originally Posted by David Watts

Just curious, did you change the le
ague structure in any way? For example, did you expand?[/QUOTE

I did not expand. But MLB did in Portland and OKC. Still should have AL vs NL teams. And if something needed to be altered the game should have told me what to do.

That's the rub. OOTP isn't able to create interleague schedules. So if you have league evolution on(or even manually expand) and the league expands, you have to find a schedule with interleague games and import it.

[Le Grande Orange]

Originally Posted by David Watts

[That's the rub. OOTP isn't able to create interleague schedules.

Correction: it cannot generate an interleague schedule when the subleagues have an odd number of teams. If it was a 14-16 subleague arrangement instead of 15-15, it could generate a schedule.

Or at least, that's how it used to work.

[David Watts]

Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange

Correction: it cannot generate an interleague schedule when the subleagues have an odd number of teams. If it was a 14-16 subleague arrangement instead of 15-15, it could generate a schedule.

Or at least, that's how it used to work.

I don't thinks that's ever been the case. If there happens to be a schedule in the schedule file that matches your setup, it may appear that OOTP created a schedule, but building an interleague schedule from scratch, I don't think it can do that. If you're at home, load the game up and see if you can get it to do so. I would love to be wrong.

[LansdowneSt]

Bobby, here's where schedules that may not be in the game are kept:

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=324385

You may be stuck in 2024 if you already started the season but you can load a schedule from this list and use it for 2025 going forward at least. Blame Manfred for 2024. Always tweaking something...

[Le Grande Orange]

Originally Posted by David Watts

I don't thinks that's ever been the case. If there happens to be a schedule in the schedule file that matches your setup, it may appear that OOTP created a schedule, but building an interleague schedule from scratch, I don't think it can do that.

No, it used to be able to do it, provided there was an even number of teams in each subleague. This was years ago, however, so perhaps the built-in schedule generator has changed since then.

[David Watts]

Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange

No, it used to be able to do it, provided there was an even number of teams in each subleague. This was years ago, however, so perhaps the built-in schedule generator has changed since then.

That's interesting. How did it work? I create a league with 16 teams in the AL, using a two 8 team divisions. 14 teams in the NL using two 7 team divisions. When creating a schedule you enter the number of games you want, for example 140. Whether you want the schedule to be balanced and whether you want interleague play. How does the game know how many interleague games to schedule? How many games a team plays within their division?

[Le Grande Orange]

Originally Posted by David Watts

That's interesting. How did it work? I create a league with 16 teams in the AL, using a two 8 team divisions. 14 teams in the NL using two 7 team divisions. When creating a schedule you enter the number of games you want, for example 140. Whether you want the schedule to be balanced and whether you want interleague play. How does the game know how many interleague games to schedule? How many games a team plays within their division?

I wish I could tell you, but I don't remember. I was too busy digging up real-world major and minor league schedules.

This page on the OOTP website lists all the prior versions of the game that can still be downloaded. You could try downloading and installing the demo versions of one of the older versions and see what its schedule generator can do.

[David Watts]

Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange

I wish I could tell you, but I don't remember. I was too busy digging up real-world major and minor league schedules.

This page on the OOTP website lists all the prior versions of the game that can still be downloaded. You could try downloading and installing the demo versions of one of the older versions and see what its schedule generator can do.

I buy from Steam. Only have 23 and 24 installed on my desktop. Think I have every version going back to 16 installed on my laptop. I'm actually almost 99.9% sure I'm right. The example you gave above of a 14-16 setup would definitely have no issues with interleague play. As long as you set it up with 5-5-4 in AL and 5-6-5 in NL and used a 162 game schedule. OOTP would simply use the major league schedule from say 2012. Doubt you would have much luck if you made the AL 16 teams and the NL 14. Doubt you would have any luck if you changed the AL to 4-5-5.

[Carplos]

Yeah, I don't remember OOTP ever being capable of doing interleague schedules through the "generate schedule" button.

It doesn't even handle generating unbalanced schedules well.

[Le Grande Orange]

Originally Posted by David Watts

I buy from Steam. Only have 23 and 24 installed on my desktop. Think I have every version going back to 16 installed on my laptop. I'm actually almost 99.9% sure I'm right. The example you gave above of a 14-16 setup would definitely have no issues with interleague play. As long as you set it up with 5-5-4 in AL and 5-6-5 in NL and used a 162 game schedule. OOTP would simply use the major league schedule from say 2012. Doubt you would have much luck if you made the AL 16 teams and the NL 14. Doubt you would have any luck if you changed the AL to 4-5-5.

Hmmm, I think it required balanced scheduled to be ticked when generating an interleague schedule?

In any event, test out something like a 6-6 6-6 league and see what happens. That would rule out any real-life schedule being used since interleague play did not happen under that MLB league arrangement.

[David Watts]

Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange

Hmmm, I think it required balanced scheduled to be ticked when generating an interleague schedule?

In any event, test out something like a 6-6 6-6 league and see what happens. That would rule out any real-life schedule being used since interleague play did not happen under that MLB league arrangement.

There are other schedules that come with the game other than just major league schedule, so there is a 6-6 6-6 interleage 162 game schedule. So, you might be fooled into thinking OOTP created it, if you don't know better But, if you set it to create a 6-6 6-6 140 game interleague schedule. No interleague games occur.