Those pesky fictional Martinez boys

bigMatt · 12-30-2011, 02:05 PM

Here's what I'm trying to do:

1. Start historical league in 1961.

2. Auto-play league until October, 1968.

3. Become GM of one of the expansion teams. Thinking, Seattle.

4. Draft my team.

5. Play Ball!

Here's what keeps happening:

1. I set all of the settings to prevent fictional players - minors filled with ghost player, no fictional player, players deleted if no historical MLB.

2. I let my computer chunk away for an hour or two, until it gets to October, 1968.

3. I move the calendar forward a day at a time until Seattle becomes available, at which time I "apply."

4. I check out the draft pool. Invariably, there are several dozen players who don't actually exist. Some of them HAVE EVEN ACCUMULATED BIG LEAGUE STATS! Most, but not all of these OOTP fictions are from Latin America. A few are Asian. Some are even American.

Is there anyone who can tell me how to absolutely, positively prevent this? I don't want no stinking fictions!

I've checked the manual and I thought I had everything set just so. But after the 5th unsuccessful try, I'm figuring a shout out is in order.

Thanks!

dynaboyj · 01-29-2012, 12:43 AM

You got Automatically Import Historical Rookies on?

mjj55409 · 01-29-2012, 12:28 PM

You are using v12, I assume? This is a bug, or feature, of the new world xml file. The standard USA is hardcoded to bring in foreign free agents each season. Yes, even in a historical league. So you need to either delete the handful of foreign free agents created each year (first day of off season). Or, clone the USA in the world xml file and use the clone to create your league.

Biggio509 · 01-29-2012, 02:33 PM

I used a clone but that creates another problem. I set my league to historical for 1901 and moved the teams and deleted real players. Create fictional players. In 1902 every team was moved to the hardcoded US and my FA pool was from the now non-existent level USA. Not a big deal if using historical players other than no team has a city they are based in because my original US has only one city now to save a ton of time on recoding cities and states. It could impact your minors if you use fictional players.

12-30-2011, 02:05 PM	#1
bigMatt Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 2,375	Those pesky fictional Martinez boys Here's what I'm trying to do: 1. Start historical league in 1961. 2. Auto-play league until October, 1968. 3. Become GM of one of the expansion teams. Thinking, Seattle. 4. Draft my team. 5. Play Ball! Here's what keeps happening: 1. I set all of the settings to prevent fictional players - minors filled with ghost player, no fictional player, players deleted if no historical MLB. 2. I let my computer chunk away for an hour or two, until it gets to October, 1968. 3. I move the calendar forward a day at a time until Seattle becomes available, at which time I "apply." 4. I check out the draft pool. Invariably, there are several dozen players who don't actually exist. Some of them HAVE EVEN ACCUMULATED BIG LEAGUE STATS! Most, but not all of these OOTP fictions are from Latin America. A few are Asian. Some are even American. Is there anyone who can tell me how to absolutely, positively prevent this? I don't want no stinking fictions! I've checked the manual and I thought I had everything set just so. But after the 5th unsuccessful try, I'm figuring a shout out is in order. Thanks!

01-29-2012, 12:28 PM	#3
mjj55409 All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,166	You are using v12, I assume? This is a bug, or feature, of the new world xml file. The standard USA is hardcoded to bring in foreign free agents each season. Yes, even in a historical league. So you need to either delete the handful of foreign free agents created each year (first day of off season). Or, clone the USA in the world xml file and use the clone to create your league. __________________ FABL -- Chicago Chiefs

01-29-2012, 12:43 AM	#2
dynaboyj Major Leagues Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Baltimore Posts: 307	You got Automatically Import Historical Rookies on?

01-29-2012, 02:33 PM	#4
Biggio509 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,027	I used a clone but that creates another problem. I set my league to historical for 1901 and moved the teams and deleted real players. Create fictional players. In 1902 every team was moved to the hardcoded US and my FA pool was from the now non-existent level USA. Not a big deal if using historical players other than no team has a city they are based in because my original US has only one city now to save a ton of time on recoding cities and states. It could impact your minors if you use fictional players.