Smoothed era_stats File

Seviien · 04-16-2010, 01:22 PM

Most of my play experience with OOTP has included long term sims (50-100 years) to build up a fictional league history. I noticed that my single season HR leader would usually come from around 1987-1990... and I started to wonder why. As it turns out, MLB wide HR/AB was rather high around 1987, and that gets reflected in OOTP's era_stats.txt file.

I borrowed the idea of 3 to 5 year recalcs used in historic sims (which is intended to smooth the arc of a players career), and decided to take 3, 5, and 7 year averages of the data in the era_stats file. It required a little tinkering in Excel as everything needed to be normalized to a constant basis, but sparing you those details, I really liked the results when I ran long term sims. Stats still changed as they did in real life, but the variance from year to year was never sharp. History *evolved* rather than out right changed.

The attached file is the fruit of my efforts, using a 7 year average each year. Feel free to use as you see fit. It goes in the database folder, and should be renamed "era_stats.txt"

PhillieFever · 04-16-2010, 01:27 PM

Unfortunately the link isn't present, because I'd be very interested in this.

Seviien · 04-16-2010, 01:59 PM

Oops. I'll fix that when I get home.

Seviien · 04-16-2010, 05:54 PM

here you go.

04-16-2010, 01:22 PM	#1
Seviien All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 925	Smoothed era_stats File Most of my play experience with OOTP has included long term sims (50-100 years) to build up a fictional league history. I noticed that my single season HR leader would usually come from around 1987-1990... and I started to wonder why. As it turns out, MLB wide HR/AB was rather high around 1987, and that gets reflected in OOTP's era_stats.txt file. I borrowed the idea of 3 to 5 year recalcs used in historic sims (which is intended to smooth the arc of a players career), and decided to take 3, 5, and 7 year averages of the data in the era_stats file. It required a little tinkering in Excel as everything needed to be normalized to a constant basis, but sparing you those details, I really liked the results when I ran long term sims. Stats still changed as they did in real life, but the variance from year to year was never sharp. History evolved rather than out right changed. The attached file is the fruit of my efforts, using a 7 year average each year. Feel free to use as you see fit. It goes in the database folder, and should be renamed "era_stats.txt"

04-16-2010, 01:27 PM	#2
PhillieFever Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Elk Twp. NJ Posts: 6,763	Unfortunately the link isn't present, because I'd be very interested in this.

04-16-2010, 01:59 PM	#3
Seviien All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 925	Oops. I'll fix that when I get home.