Odd behavior for suspended games and players no longer the roster

siobhan · 04-05-2024, 12:32 AM

(I haven't posted in this forum (or any OOTP forum) in a few years, so I hope I have this right.)

Every so often, when I auto-sim seasons to test league layouts or namesets, I will find a "phantom game" appended to some players' records, where they are credited with one game and no other stats. I haven't caught a lot of them in time to figure out why it does so before the new league year begins, but after one I did catch in time, I'm starting to suspect that it has to do with suspended games.

In the example I found, a game between Oklahoma City and Houston was suspended and rescheduled for later completion; in the meantime, several players from the Oklahoma City lineup were traded. When the scheduled game restarted, the traded Oklahoma City players were, correctly, removed from the lineup but are listed in the boxscore without stats (even as one of them hit a home run before the delay) and a phantom game listed with Houston. I think this also happens to someone who was sent to AAA before the restart of the scheduled game, where the stats are zeroed out and a phantom game for the home side is given. This may also affect players who start the game but are on the IL when a game restarts or two-way players, based on things I've noticed in seasons where I didn't catch the exact issues in time.

I don't think I've seen phantom games before in any prior version of OOTP that has rainouts and suspended games. Anyway, let me know if this all made sense.

For the OOTP bug-fixers: My league file on the FTP, "54 Team Test", has the boxscore and game log saved along with the .dat files; you'll see them with a listing of "ID 1341". The players who are in the boxscore without a position represent players who are being given phantom games. Let me know if I've added them correctly.

LansdowneSt · 04-05-2024, 08:52 AM

Welcome back to posting

Issue reported and is being tracked here:

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=353460

Trust it is on a list for patching. It was indeed coming from suspended games and make-up games based on the initial looks.

04-05-2024, 12:32 AM	#1
siobhan Minors (Single A) Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 86	Odd behavior for suspended games and players no longer the roster (I haven't posted in this forum (or any OOTP forum) in a few years, so I hope I have this right.) Every so often, when I auto-sim seasons to test league layouts or namesets, I will find a "phantom game" appended to some players' records, where they are credited with one game and no other stats. I haven't caught a lot of them in time to figure out why it does so before the new league year begins, but after one I did catch in time, I'm starting to suspect that it has to do with suspended games. In the example I found, a game between Oklahoma City and Houston was suspended and rescheduled for later completion; in the meantime, several players from the Oklahoma City lineup were traded. When the scheduled game restarted, the traded Oklahoma City players were, correctly, removed from the lineup but are listed in the boxscore without stats (even as one of them hit a home run before the delay) and a phantom game listed with Houston. I think this also happens to someone who was sent to AAA before the restart of the scheduled game, where the stats are zeroed out and a phantom game for the home side is given. This may also affect players who start the game but are on the IL when a game restarts or two-way players, based on things I've noticed in seasons where I didn't catch the exact issues in time. I don't think I've seen phantom games before in any prior version of OOTP that has rainouts and suspended games. Anyway, let me know if this all made sense. For the OOTP bug-fixers: My league file on the FTP, "54 Team Test", has the boxscore and game log saved along with the .dat files; you'll see them with a listing of "ID 1341". The players who are in the boxscore without a position represent players who are being given phantom games. Let me know if I've added them correctly.

04-05-2024, 08:52 AM	#2
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