Inaugural draft - some issues

sporr · 10-07-2010, 10:56 AM

Setting up our new online league and some interesting issues....

Started with the 2010 MLB set and released all players for an inaugural draft. If an owner views "Free Agents" there are 1911 players. However, if you "Show all Players", you only see 760 players. I'm wondering why there's a difference there. What is the best way for an owner to see the entire draft pool since they can't view it in the Inaugural Draft section of the league?

Also, from what I can see there is no way to tell what salary these guys will have before they're drafted. And the salary cap limits in the Inaugural Draft settings screen don't really work well at all, so there is really no way to put salary limits on teams prior to the draft.

fintach · 10-07-2010, 11:08 AM

I just noticed yesterday that Show All Players only showed me players in the Major Leagues (or it might have been those with ML contracts - I didn't check). The minors were excluded for some reason. I suspect that's the difference here.

sporr · 10-18-2010, 11:42 AM

Hmmm....so apparently "Releasing all players and scheduling an inaugural draft" didn't put all players in the draft pool. In fact, there are probably a thousand free agents still sitting in free agency. Is there any way to get these guys into the draft pool or are they destined to remain free agents until the league begins?

Jaxxvain · 10-18-2010, 11:58 AM

I am guessing the filter is showing just the ML players in the draft pool.

If you change the filter to show everyone you should get all the players....

or it's a bug.

Markus Heinsohn · 10-18-2010, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by sporr

Setting up our new online league and some interesting issues....

Started with the 2010 MLB set and released all players for an inaugural draft. If an owner views "Free Agents" there are 1911 players. However, if you "Show all Players", you only see 760 players. I'm wondering why there's a difference there. What is the best way for an owner to see the entire draft pool since they can't view it in the Inaugural Draft section of the league?

Also, from what I can see there is no way to tell what salary these guys will have before they're drafted. And the salary cap limits in the Inaugural Draft settings screen don't really work well at all, so there is really no way to put salary limits on teams prior to the draft.

Make sure you have no filter set. Only those players become draft eligible who have played for the selected league in the past.

Regarding the salary, simply enable the enhanced financial draft feature in the draft rules screen. Teams will have a budget and cannot draft past that, and players have draft demands which will transform into proper contracts after the draft.

sporr · 10-18-2010, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Make sure you have no filter set. Only those players become draft eligible who have played for the selected league in the past.

Regarding the salary, simply enable the enhanced financial draft feature in the draft rules screen. Teams will have a budget and cannot draft past that, and players have draft demands which will transform into proper contracts after the draft.

Thank you, Markus. Is there any way to get players listed as Free Agents into the draft pool? We have quite a few players that are still considered Free Agents and were not placed in the Inaugural Draft pool.

Markus Heinsohn · 10-19-2010, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by sporr

Thank you, Markus. Is there any way to get players listed as Free Agents into the draft pool? We have quite a few players that are still considered Free Agents and were not placed in the Inaugural Draft pool.

Unfortunately not automatically. The game only makes the players draft eligible which it can associate with the league somehow (i.e. by playing for that league in the past or at the moment)... this is basically a safety check for universes where you have multiple leagues and do not want players from other leagues in the draft.

10-07-2010, 10:56 AM	#1
sporr Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Muscatine, IA Posts: 8,277	Inaugural draft - some issues Setting up our new online league and some interesting issues.... Started with the 2010 MLB set and released all players for an inaugural draft. If an owner views "Free Agents" there are 1911 players. However, if you "Show all Players", you only see 760 players. I'm wondering why there's a difference there. What is the best way for an owner to see the entire draft pool since they can't view it in the Inaugural Draft section of the league? Also, from what I can see there is no way to tell what salary these guys will have before they're drafted. And the salary cap limits in the Inaugural Draft settings screen don't really work well at all, so there is really no way to put salary limits on teams prior to the draft.

10-07-2010, 11:08 AM	#2
fintach Major Leagues Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 481	I just noticed yesterday that Show All Players only showed me players in the Major Leagues (or it might have been those with ML contracts - I didn't check). The minors were excluded for some reason. I suspect that's the difference here. __________________ Currently managing: The Bridgetown Gruffs History: Portland Purple Knights of the USBL: 1x NL Champs 1970-74 Berkeley Free Radicals of the BBL: 4x Division Title, 3x LCS, 2x Left Coast Cup Champions 2011 Portland River Dragons of the SPL: 1x Division Title 2011 Las Vegas Coyotes (MLB): half season before DH bored me to death.

10-18-2010, 11:58 AM	#4
Jaxxvain All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 531	I am guessing the filter is showing just the ML players in the draft pool. If you change the filter to show everyone you should get all the players.... or it's a bug. __________________ Jaxxvain aka Molson ~~~~~

10-18-2010, 11:42 AM	#3
sporr Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Muscatine, IA Posts: 8,277	Hmmm....so apparently "Releasing all players and scheduling an inaugural draft" didn't put all players in the draft pool. In fact, there are probably a thousand free agents still sitting in free agency. Is there any way to get these guys into the draft pool or are they destined to remain free agents until the league begins?