Schedule request

legendsport · 10-15-2019, 04:56 PM

I have a request regarding the schedule. To set the stage for why I'm asking, I am attempting to run a fictional online league with a historical basis. So think small league and short seasons (at least to start). Now this works great with the historical side because the real schedules are built in. With fictional though, there are problems.

Since I know asking for the ability to import schedules like OOTP has is probably a non-starter, I'd like to ask for the ability to change the start date of the season.

Here's my example - a 4-team league playing a 24-game schedule. The game can generate the schedule no problem. The issue is the season starts in October and ends by mid-December. Which makes hockey a fall sport and not a winter one. The October start is fine for modern-ish leagues playing 70+ games, but the season ends too early with shorter schedules and much too early with historically-correct lengths from the 30s and earlier.

My suggestion is to allow the user to set the date of opening day. If Opening day is December 15, instead of October 10, then the season would run into February and that's a much better fit.

I know this is somewhat nitpicky and you guys are getting a lot of requests & feedback on things that are likely to be higher profile, but I wanted to throw this out there on the off-chance it would be something that could be added in without too much difficulty.

Thanks!

legendsport · 10-15-2019, 04:59 PM

Oh, and not to double post really, but it just occurred to me that you could also solve this by setting the start date later for shorter schedules. If the schedule is less than 30 games, the season starts mid December, if it's 31-40 it starts late November, etc.

By this I mean have it hard-coded into the game to start the season later based on shorter schedules. Just want to be clear.

I've looked at the files in the schedule folder, and they look like the OOTP files in general with the start date in the file. I'm not sure that the game actually uses them though and with a custom schedule generated by the game, obviously the files aren't used at all.

Stealcompany · 10-16-2019, 11:41 AM

Agree with this 100%. I'm doing an altered historical NHL and even once I'm in the era of 48 game seasons the finals are over before the end of February.
I've also noticed a quirk in that games seem to be predominantly on weekdays rather than weekends.

thim1960 · 10-17-2019, 07:28 AM

totally agree with you two

10-15-2019, 04:56 PM	#1
legendsport Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Behind The Lens Posts: 2,867	Schedule request I have a request regarding the schedule. To set the stage for why I'm asking, I am attempting to run a fictional online league with a historical basis. So think small league and short seasons (at least to start). Now this works great with the historical side because the real schedules are built in. With fictional though, there are problems. Since I know asking for the ability to import schedules like OOTP has is probably a non-starter, I'd like to ask for the ability to change the start date of the season. Here's my example - a 4-team league playing a 24-game schedule. The game can generate the schedule no problem. The issue is the season starts in October and ends by mid-December. Which makes hockey a fall sport and not a winter one. The October start is fine for modern-ish leagues playing 70+ games, but the season ends too early with shorter schedules and much too early with historically-correct lengths from the 30s and earlier. My suggestion is to allow the user to set the date of opening day. If Opening day is December 15, instead of October 10, then the season would run into February and that's a much better fit. I know this is somewhat nitpicky and you guys are getting a lot of requests & feedback on things that are likely to be higher profile, but I wanted to throw this out there on the off-chance it would be something that could be added in without too much difficulty. Thanks! __________________ Hexed & Countered on YouTube Figment League - A fictional history of baseball - Want to join in the fun? Shoot me a PM! Read the story of the Barrell Family - A Figment Baseball tale The Figment Sports Universe - More Fake Sports Than You Can Shake a Stick At!

10-15-2019, 04:59 PM	#2
legendsport Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Behind The Lens Posts: 2,867	Oh, and not to double post really, but it just occurred to me that you could also solve this by setting the start date later for shorter schedules. If the schedule is less than 30 games, the season starts mid December, if it's 31-40 it starts late November, etc. By this I mean have it hard-coded into the game to start the season later based on shorter schedules. Just want to be clear. I've looked at the files in the schedule folder, and they look like the OOTP files in general with the start date in the file. I'm not sure that the game actually uses them though and with a custom schedule generated by the game, obviously the files aren't used at all. __________________ Hexed & Countered on YouTube Figment League - A fictional history of baseball - Want to join in the fun? Shoot me a PM! Read the story of the Barrell Family - A Figment Baseball tale The Figment Sports Universe - More Fake Sports Than You Can Shake a Stick At!

10-16-2019, 11:41 AM	#3
Stealcompany Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 285	Agree with this 100%. I'm doing an altered historical NHL and even once I'm in the era of 48 game seasons the finals are over before the end of February. I've also noticed a quirk in that games seem to be predominantly on weekdays rather than weekends.

10-17-2019, 07:28 AM	#4
thim1960 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Canada Posts: 202	totally agree with you two