Unknown City of Birth

Bluenoser · 09-30-2013, 03:52 PM

Did a search, found 2 threads with questions only.

Has anyone ever found a cure/cause for this problem?

I have a fictional league now, 24 teams and of the 600+ players well over 50% have "Unknown" for City of Birth.

BIG17EASY · 09-30-2013, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Bluenoser

Did a search, found 2 threads with questions only.

Has anyone ever found a cure/cause for this problem?

I have a fictional league now, 24 teams and of the 600+ players well over 50% have "Unknown" for City of Birth.

Is the fictional league located in a very small region? I have a 15-team fictional league with three levels of minors located in the eastern part of Pennsylvania as well as NJ and MD. and I get a lot of unknown cities. I assumed it was because there just aren't enough cities in that part of the state in the database and the game stops itself from having 100s of players from the same handful of cities.

Bluenoser · 09-30-2013, 06:10 PM

That's a thought - but my region covers N.A. (USA, Canada, Mexico). Should be lots of cities there.

I haven't modified anything other than to get rid of nick names.

Tks for the feedback.

BIG17EASY · 10-01-2013, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Bluenoser

That's a thought - but my region covers N.A. (USA, Canada, Mexico). Should be lots of cities there.

I haven't modified anything other than to get rid of nick names.

Tks for the feedback.

Yeah, the lack of cities shouldn't be an issue, which throws my theory out the window.

Rich Tiger Fan · 10-19-2013, 03:26 PM

Anything on this? I would be interested to know. I created a Continent with 4 nations. I created a region so I could create a league that only uses my Nations.

90% of my players are unknown city of birth. Also it only seems I get cities of birth from 2 of the 4 nations when I get them.

There are only 16 cities per nation. Maybe that is the issue.

Any ideas anyone?

chucksabr · 10-19-2013, 05:56 PM

I'm dry-running a league starting in the 1800s and a lot of those guys born in the 1850s and 60s were born in unknown places. I jut figured that was pretty common then.

as5680 · 10-19-2013, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Bluenoser

Has anyone ever found a cure/cause for this problem?

I have seen a few players in my league with 'Unknown' city of birth and the only pattern I can come up with for when it seems to happen is with players who have entered the game when I have used the option to fill teams with fictional players.

I did that about three seasons ago when I added a new AA league and some teams didn't have enough players on their roster, and it appears to be the players created then who don't have a city of birth.

Anyone who has entered the league through any other means seems to be fine.

EDIT: I have quickly done a little further research looking at players created in the same way prior to upgrading my league to OOTP14. The players created in OOTP13 (those I have looked at, anyway) have a city of birth. Wouldn't like to call it a bug without doing more research but it does appear to be a pattern in my game.

Bluenoser · 10-19-2013, 06:46 PM

I added this to the bug thread in tech support. Hopefully Andreas looks into it.

I think aa5680 and RTF may have something. My fictional leagues use regions and I auto-fill teams. Maybe something to do with those 2 things.

Rich Tiger Fan · 10-19-2013, 10:03 PM

Maybe something with Regions? I've never seen it before. This is the first time I've used regions but it was also one that I created so there is the possibility I messed something up but everything else is working fine.

Rich Tiger Fan · 10-19-2013, 10:22 PM

I decided to remove my region in the setup and once I did that all of the players were assigned cities in the next draft where I was only getting about 10% before. So the regions could be the cause some how.

The Wolf · 10-19-2013, 11:14 PM

So what if the guy doesn't know where he was born, I say stop hating on orphans.

as5680 · 10-21-2013, 03:01 PM

From the bug report thread - seems that filling rosters with fictional players is to blame.

Link

Rich Tiger Fan · 10-21-2013, 08:48 PM

In my case I didn't fill rosters with fictional players and my draft class each year was filled with players without cities until I removed the region I was using. Maybe multiple setups cause the issue. No biggie for me right now because I was able to accomplish what I wanted without the region, so all is good.

09-30-2013, 03:52 PM	#1
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 13,680	Unknown City of Birth Did a search, found 2 threads with questions only. Has anyone ever found a cure/cause for this problem? I have a fictional league now, 24 teams and of the 600+ players well over 50% have "Unknown" for City of Birth.

10-19-2013, 03:26 PM	#5
Rich Tiger Fan Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wayne,MI Posts: 482	Anything on this? I would be interested to know. I created a Continent with 4 nations. I created a region so I could create a league that only uses my Nations. 90% of my players are unknown city of birth. Also it only seems I get cities of birth from 2 of the 4 nations when I get them. There are only 16 cities per nation. Maybe that is the issue. Any ideas anyone? __________________ Crystalis Robins 1904 LBA Champs

10-19-2013, 05:56 PM	#6
chucksabr Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: In the canyons of your mind Posts: 3,172	I'm dry-running a league starting in the 1800s and a lot of those guys born in the 1850s and 60s were born in unknown places. I jut figured that was pretty common then. __________________ The (English) Baseball League (est. 1888): A History The 1932 Season is Underway Dynasty Mission \| Creation Story \| Subscribe 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 (Great War Hiatus) 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 The OOTP Interview about the Baseball League

10-19-2013, 10:03 PM	#9
Rich Tiger Fan Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wayne,MI Posts: 482	Maybe something with Regions? I've never seen it before. This is the first time I've used regions but it was also one that I created so there is the possibility I messed something up but everything else is working fine. __________________ Crystalis Robins 1904 LBA Champs

10-19-2013, 10:22 PM	#10
Rich Tiger Fan Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wayne,MI Posts: 482	I decided to remove my region in the setup and once I did that all of the players were assigned cities in the next draft where I was only getting about 10% before. So the regions could be the cause some how. __________________ Crystalis Robins 1904 LBA Champs

09-30-2013, 06:10 PM	#3
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 13,680	That's a thought - but my region covers N.A. (USA, Canada, Mexico). Should be lots of cities there. I haven't modified anything other than to get rid of nick names. Tks for the feedback.

10-19-2013, 06:46 PM	#8
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 13,680	I added this to the bug thread in tech support. Hopefully Andreas looks into it. I think aa5680 and RTF may have something. My fictional leagues use regions and I auto-fill teams. Maybe something to do with those 2 things.

10-21-2013, 03:01 PM	#12
as5680 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Didcot, England Posts: 1,426	From the bug report thread - seems that filling rosters with fictional players is to blame. Link

10-21-2013, 08:48 PM	#13
Rich Tiger Fan Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wayne,MI Posts: 482	In my case I didn't fill rosters with fictional players and my draft class each year was filled with players without cities until I removed the region I was using. Maybe multiple setups cause the issue. No biggie for me right now because I was able to accomplish what I wanted without the region, so all is good. __________________ Crystalis Robins 1904 LBA Champs