scheduling an All-Star game

[J.HenryWaugh]

maybe I am missing something, but the 1927 season of my Universal Baseball Association was the league's 25th anniversary. So I wanted to add a couple of fun pieces to the league: a Hall of Fame, which opened as planned with half a dozen personally chosen inductees, and a league All-Star game.

The 1927 season was played in OOTP 13, and I don't recall when I tried to add the ASG, but when the season started, it wasn't there. The 1928 season was played in OOTP 15, and again, I tried to add the ASG but it didn't stick.

Heading into 1929, I was in the offseason (January), and I went to League Settings and checked both Hold All-Star Game and Automatically Schedule All-Star Game, then simmed ahead to the beginning of pre-season, and the two boxes were no longer checked.

I checked them again, and even regenerated a new fictional schedule, and while the boxes are still checked, I don't see the All-Star game listed in the league events. Am I missing a step to ensure the ASG sticks? Or does it no longer show up in the list of league events?

EDIT: just simmed ahead to the start of spring training and at that point the schedule editing options vanish, but still no All-Star game showed in the league events and I could find no All-Star break when looking at teams' schedules.

[Bigrod]

Originally Posted by J.HenryWaugh

maybe I am missing something, but the 1927 season of my Universal Baseball Association was the league's 25th anniversary. So I wanted to add a couple of fun pieces to the league: a Hall of Fame, which opened as planned with half a dozen personally chosen inductees, and a league All-Star game.

The 1927 season was played in OOTP 13, and I don't recall when I tried to add the ASG, but when the season started, it wasn't there. The 1928 season was played in OOTP 15, and again, I tried to add the ASG but it didn't stick.

Heading into 1929, I was in the offseason (January), and I went to League Settings and checked both Hold All-Star Game and Automatically Schedule All-Star Game, then simmed ahead to the beginning of pre-season, and the two boxes were no longer checked.

I checked them again, and even regenerated a new fictional schedule, and while the boxes are still checked, I don't see the All-Star game listed in the league events. Am I missing a step to ensure the ASG sticks? Or does it no longer show up in the list of league events?

EDIT: just simmed ahead to the start of spring training and at that point the schedule editing options vanish, but still no All-Star game showed in the league events and I could find no All-Star break when looking at teams' schedules.

What's your league structure like?? If it's not correct, you can't schedule an allstar game. I can't remember the exact requirements, but I think it's at least 1 subleague with 2 divisions or 2 subleagues minumum.

[J.HenryWaugh]

Originally Posted by Bigrod

What's your league structure like?? If it's not correct, you can't schedule an allstar game. I can't remember the exact requirements, but I think it's at least 1 subleague with 2 divisions or 2 subleagues minumum.

It is a pretty straight forward association, 16 teams, 8 each in two leagues. No playoffs except the best-of-seven Diamond King Championship between the two league pennant winners. Basically, JUST like the MLB of the early 20th century.

[Padreman]

If is historical then all-star game did not come into okay till 1933

[J.HenryWaugh]

Originally Posted by Padreman

If is historical then all-star game did not come into okay till 1933

It's a fictional league. I unchecked the ASG boxes when I first started the league, but now I can't get it to schedule. However, I only deselected it for the parent league; every minor league has an ASG and has had one since day one (1903).

I just think I must be missing something or trying to do it at the wrong time, since this problem happened in both 13 AND 15.

[Bigrod]

Originally Posted by Padreman

If is historical then all-star game did not come into okay till 1933

That would explain it, however you might be able to force the allstar game by editing the .lsdl schedule file and manually addding it, then reimport the schedule. Just export your schedule and open the .lsdl in any text editor and add a line like this.
day= is the number of days starting from season start day.
<GAME day="108" time="2005" away="0" home="0" type="4" />
You'd have to renumber some of the day= so that you'd have days off before and after.
Also, you'd have to add to the element line (always the second line in the schedule) allstar_game_day="108" (day= matches the day= in above) to the end just before the >

[Bigrod]

Originally Posted by J.HenryWaugh

It's a fictional league. I unchecked the ASG boxes when I first started the league, but now I can't get it to schedule. However, I only deselected it for the parent league; every minor league has an ASG and has had one since day one (1903).

I just think I must be missing something or trying to do it at the wrong time, since this problem happened in both 13 AND 15.

Have you got "override start date if matching schedule found" checked...if so try unchecking it and regenerating the schedule and see what happens.

[J.HenryWaugh]

Originally Posted by Bigrod

Have you got "override start date if matching schedule found" checked...if so try unchecking it and regenerating the schedule and see what happens.

I will make a note to check this come 1930....I am heading into June of 1929, so I can't alter the schedule now. I also assume your "force" edit above this post couldn't be done during the season either, so I will look at this option first in the offseason, and move to your more drastic measures if I need to. Thanks for the input though. At least I have a new possibility.