A custom schedule generator - Page 18

bwburke94 · 06-15-2022, 11:09 PM

Try uninstalling and reinstalling Java.

uruguru · 08-01-2022, 09:14 PM

This is a great program but I'd like to point out one glitch I encountered in hopes that the dev will devise an improvement for it.

I was trying to generate a properly unbalanced 162-game schedule for 2 divisions of 7 teams, with 20 games per divisional opponents (6x20=120 games) and 6 games per subleague opponent (7x6=42 games).

Ideally, it would generate one 3-game home series and a 3-game road series for subleague series. The divisional series are best as 3, 3 and 4 game series at home and on the road.

The program could not generate a schedule if I selected a "preferred" 3-game series.

If I used a preferred series of 4 games, the divisional opponents would have 12/8 home/road splits, which is obviously not ideal.

Ultimately, I used a preferred series of 2 games, so divisional opponents now have five two-games at home and on the road. Curiously, it handled the subleague series fine, generating 3-game series at home and on the road.

I will probably edit the generated file to fix the divisional series, but I was hoping this test case may be of interest to the dev

bwburke94 · 08-01-2022, 09:57 PM

Odd numbers of teams per division don't work well with this program. Thankfully, a hand-created schedule for this already exists, which I've attached below. Credit for this one goes to gmo.

uruguru · 08-01-2022, 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bwburke94

Odd numbers of teams per division don't work well with this program. Thankfully, a hand-created schedule for this already exists, which I've attached below. Credit for this one goes to gmo.

Thank you! That's great. It shaves a few days off of the longer schedule that I had with the 2-game series.

As I was fumbling through the program-generated schedule, I could quickly see the issue with the odd number of teams :P

Ramzavail · 08-06-2022, 01:02 PM

is it possible to have random days off throughout the year by team, instead of a specific day that the whole league is off?

bwburke94 · 08-06-2022, 03:43 PM

You'll have to do that manually.

Ramzavail · 08-06-2022, 10:51 PM

got it, thanks.

sdw1000 · 10-21-2022, 07:59 PM

Can someone make a video on how to use this??

sdw1000 · 10-28-2022, 09:42 PM

This lack of editing schedules has basically put a stop to the game for me.

stiffy · 11-04-2022, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Ty Cobb

For a long time, I enviously spied all the Windows/Linux folk, and wiser Mac users than myself running this and was cluelessly beating my head against the wall. This morning, I checked another site for tips on the execution of shell scripts, and had an epiphany. Those other folk...they're right. This is easy once you understand the rules.

Once you've installed Java (free download from Oracle), don't change any of the filenames.

1. Open settings.ini. It's very well documented inside.
2. Adjust the schedule parameters to your liking. (You can use TextEdit, but BBEdit makes it easier for me, and it's free)
3. Save the file.
4. Copy the pathname of the folder you've got this app stored in by doing a get info on the FOLDER and selecting the pathname from that window (see Pic)
5. Open the Terminal.
6 Type cd, a space, and paste the pathname you just copied. This tells the Terminal where to look.
7. Type "chmod +x run.sh" without the quotes. This tells the Terminal the script hs permission to be run.This is where a lot of us were falling down. Mac OS is Unix based, and therefor all about permissions.
8. Type "sh run.sh" without the quotes.

9. Follow the prompts as it runs. Don't forget to use the write command before you exit the Terminal, or your script won't be saved!

10. Schedule is written to the same folder the Java app is in.

Thank you so much for this, finally got it working on Mac.

sdw1000 · 11-08-2022, 09:14 PM

Is this dead or does Fishbreath not come on anymore!??

bwburke94 · 11-08-2022, 10:56 PM

Fishbreath hasn't been online since December 2021.

sdw1000 · 11-09-2022, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bwburke94

Fishbreath hasn't been online since December 2021.

I would love to know how to use the generator he made. I can't get it to spread 17 games out from April to September!

tonnage · 12-20-2022, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sdw1000

I would love to know how to use the generator he made. I can't get it to spread 17 games out from April to September!

I can't get it to work at all, even after installing Java?

lnpgaceta · 01-28-2023, 12:32 PM

Hi all,

I've been able to get the Schedule Generator to work pretty well with all my other leagues, but I just created one with only one subleague, four divisions of five teams apiece, in which I intended for each division to only play within itself for 120 games. It is going extremely poorly—I keep getting an error that the league is "a different structure" when I attempt to import the schedule file into OOTP 23.

After checking, I saw that OOTP 23 considers the league to have a "T20" structure, rather than "D1T5_D2T5_D3T5_D4T5" etc., and if I try to create a schedule along those lines, there's just no divisions anymore; teams play willy-nilly within their subleague. Any advice on this one?

bwburke94 · 01-28-2023, 07:27 PM

This schedule should be tagged as unbalanced. Have you double-checked that?

lnpgaceta · 01-28-2023, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bwburke94

This schedule should be tagged as unbalanced. Have you double-checked that?

Huh! I did at one point have it as unbalanced (I remember I had to uncheck it in OOTP because it was "BGN" on the header) but I must've had it set as "T20" at that point. It worked. Thank you!

sportsfan388 · 01-30-2023, 11:10 AM

I am using the schedule generator but whenever I generate a schedule for one division when I try to import it into the game it says I am using the wrong league structure. Does anyone have any advice?

bwburke94 · 02-05-2023, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sportsfan388

I am using the schedule generator but whenever I generate a schedule for one division when I try to import it into the game it says I am using the wrong league structure. Does anyone have any advice?

Try using the header from a game-generated schedule.

the doctor · 06-29-2023, 06:42 PM

Shot in the dark here, but I have no other idea how to resolve this: I'm using the schedule generator with a standard MLB divisional structure (2 leagues, 3 divisions per league, 5 teams per division), albeit with some teams moved around to different divisions.

When I run the schedule generator using the default params that are in the MLB file included in the .zip, it ends up creating a schedule where a handful of teams play a single team in their division nearly twice as often as they should (i.e. playing 3 teams in the division 16 times, but the fourth 32 or 33 times).

Oddly, this is exactly what happened when I let Out of the Park generate the schedule last year. I'm totally clueless on how to resolve this and have zero interest in building a schedule by hand. Any ideas on what I should be troubleshooting?

01-28-2023, 12:32 PM	#355
lnpgaceta Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: San Juan, PR Posts: 127	Hi all, I've been able to get the Schedule Generator to work pretty well with all my other leagues, but I just created one with only one subleague, four divisions of five teams apiece, in which I intended for each division to only play within itself for 120 games. It is going extremely poorly—I keep getting an error that the league is "a different structure" when I attempt to import the schedule file into OOTP 23. After checking, I saw that OOTP 23 considers the league to have a "T20" structure, rather than "D1T5_D2T5_D3T5_D4T5" etc., and if I try to create a schedule along those lines, there's just no divisions anymore; teams play willy-nilly within their subleague. Any advice on this one? __________________ Blog: Gaceta de la LNP Twitch: LNP En Vivo \| watch old games BlueSky: @LNPGaceta Mastodon: @LNPGaceta on allpro.social Merch: Tiendita de la LNP

01-30-2023, 11:10 AM	#358
sportsfan388 Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2022 Posts: 7	Schedule Generator for 1 division I am using the schedule generator but whenever I generate a schedule for one division when I try to import it into the game it says I am using the wrong league structure. Does anyone have any advice? Last edited by sportsfan388; 01-30-2023 at 01:48 PM.

06-15-2022, 11:09 PM	#341
bwburke94 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Belchertown, MA, USA Posts: 4,493	Try uninstalling and reinstalling Java.

08-01-2022, 09:14 PM	#342
uruguru All Star Starter Join Date: May 2022 Posts: 1,221	This is a great program but I'd like to point out one glitch I encountered in hopes that the dev will devise an improvement for it. I was trying to generate a properly unbalanced 162-game schedule for 2 divisions of 7 teams, with 20 games per divisional opponents (6x20=120 games) and 6 games per subleague opponent (7x6=42 games). Ideally, it would generate one 3-game home series and a 3-game road series for subleague series. The divisional series are best as 3, 3 and 4 game series at home and on the road. The program could not generate a schedule if I selected a "preferred" 3-game series. If I used a preferred series of 4 games, the divisional opponents would have 12/8 home/road splits, which is obviously not ideal. Ultimately, I used a preferred series of 2 games, so divisional opponents now have five two-games at home and on the road. Curiously, it handled the subleague series fine, generating 3-game series at home and on the road. I will probably edit the generated file to fix the divisional series, but I was hoping this test case may be of interest to the dev

08-06-2022, 01:02 PM	#345
Ramzavail All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NY Posts: 611	is it possible to have random days off throughout the year by team, instead of a specific day that the whole league is off?

08-06-2022, 03:43 PM	#346
bwburke94 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Belchertown, MA, USA Posts: 4,493	You'll have to do that manually.

08-06-2022, 10:51 PM	#347
Ramzavail All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NY Posts: 611	got it, thanks.

10-21-2022, 07:59 PM	#348
sdw1000 All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: SC USA Posts: 918 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Can someone make a video on how to use this??

10-28-2022, 09:42 PM	#349
sdw1000 All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: SC USA Posts: 918 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	This lack of editing schedules has basically put a stop to the game for me.

11-08-2022, 09:14 PM	#351
sdw1000 All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: SC USA Posts: 918 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Is this dead or does Fishbreath not come on anymore!??

11-08-2022, 10:56 PM	#352
bwburke94 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Belchertown, MA, USA Posts: 4,493	Fishbreath hasn't been online since December 2021.

01-28-2023, 07:27 PM	#356
bwburke94 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Belchertown, MA, USA Posts: 4,493	This schedule should be tagged as unbalanced. Have you double-checked that?

06-29-2023, 06:42 PM	#360
the doctor Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 94	Shot in the dark here, but I have no other idea how to resolve this: I'm using the schedule generator with a standard MLB divisional structure (2 leagues, 3 divisions per league, 5 teams per division), albeit with some teams moved around to different divisions. When I run the schedule generator using the default params that are in the MLB file included in the .zip, it ends up creating a schedule where a handful of teams play a single team in their division nearly twice as often as they should (i.e. playing 3 teams in the division 16 times, but the fourth 32 or 33 times). Oddly, this is exactly what happened when I let Out of the Park generate the schedule last year. I'm totally clueless on how to resolve this and have zero interest in building a schedule by hand. Any ideas on what I should be troubleshooting?