fictional player in a historical replay

zuty · 05-13-2015, 09:23 PM

Hi there — I'm trying to figure out how to do a historical replay with authentic rosters and transactions (but not lineups), and insert a fictional person into the history.

For example, I'd like to start in the mid-1970s, and basically make myself into a new superstar member of the Boston Red Sox. I'd play alongside Yaz and Rice and so on.

But when I do this, my fictional guy gets injured a lot (13-month bereavement seems popular), and then he was automatically retired during the first off season.

What do I need to do to make this fantasy come true?

ohms_law · 05-16-2015, 08:51 AM

How, exactly, are you adding yourself into the game?

One option to explore would be to edit the player (enable Commish mode, then edit the player) and change his injury rating.

It kinda sounds as though there's something in the game itself that's limiting your fictional player though, based on the "13-month bereavement seems popular" comment. If that's the case, there's probably nothing that could be done about that.

italyprof · 05-18-2015, 12:27 PM

Maybe you have it set to exclude "all those who did not make it to the majors"? That might be causing the early retirement.

05-13-2015, 09:23 PM	#1
zuty Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 173	fictional player in a historical replay Hi there — I'm trying to figure out how to do a historical replay with authentic rosters and transactions (but not lineups), and insert a fictional person into the history. For example, I'd like to start in the mid-1970s, and basically make myself into a new superstar member of the Boston Red Sox. I'd play alongside Yaz and Rice and so on. But when I do this, my fictional guy gets injured a lot (13-month bereavement seems popular), and then he was automatically retired during the first off season. What do I need to do to make this fantasy come true?

05-16-2015, 08:51 AM	#2
ohms_law Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 232	How, exactly, are you adding yourself into the game? One option to explore would be to edit the player (enable Commish mode, then edit the player) and change his injury rating. It kinda sounds as though there's something in the game itself that's limiting your fictional player though, based on the "13-month bereavement seems popular" comment. If that's the case, there's probably nothing that could be done about that. __________________ You insist that there is something a machine cannot do. If you will tell me precisely what it is that a machine cannot do, then I can always make a machine which will do just that! -J. von Neumann

05-18-2015, 12:27 PM	#3
italyprof All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 983	Maybe you have it set to exclude "all those who did not make it to the majors"? That might be causing the early retirement.