Injured..Stop Simulation?

mrusignola · 07-25-2002, 01:22 AM

.... Often times, a player will get injured during the simulation of a week, month or season. If the team is controlled by a human manager, OOTP will say something like "Joe Blow, Pitcher, has been injured for 1-2 weeks. Stop simulation?" When it prints this, I'm unclear what exactly happens if I *don't* stop simulation. Does he continue to play? Does the computer fill in the best alternative? Or does the team (somehow) play without that position? ..... What would be a more useful feature would be for the computer to print out a message like this: "Joe Blow, Pitcher, has been injured for 1-2 weeks. Substituting Harvey Smart. Stop simulation?" That way, I know exactly what the computer AI is doing, and who they are replacing my injured player with.

DavidM · 08-04-2002, 02:38 PM

If you continue to play without stopping. You are playing with one less player on your roster 24 instead of 25 (unless he is day-to-day) and the computer decides who to fill in with at the injured position, which I assume would be the next guy on the depth chart.

Dwolfson20 · 08-04-2002, 05:30 PM

Right. The computer just decides what to do, as if the team was on AI control.

edm · 08-04-2002, 07:39 PM

one thing though, say your power guy who hits cleanup in the line-up gets injured and you don't stop, simply letting the CPU use the next guy on the depth chart, the AI will not (to my knowledge) re-order the batting order. So even if his backup is not a power guy he will still be placed in the clean-up spot.

Best thing is to stop and put in the player you want and re-order the lineup yourself. Although I admit, when a player is injured for just a week I tend to just skip the message and play though

07-25-2002, 01:22 AM	#1
mrusignola Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 103	Injured..Stop Simulation? .... Often times, a player will get injured during the simulation of a week, month or season. If the team is controlled by a human manager, OOTP will say something like "Joe Blow, Pitcher, has been injured for 1-2 weeks. Stop simulation?" When it prints this, I'm unclear what exactly happens if I don't stop simulation. Does he continue to play? Does the computer fill in the best alternative? Or does the team (somehow) play without that position? ..... What would be a more useful feature would be for the computer to print out a message like this: "Joe Blow, Pitcher, has been injured for 1-2 weeks. Substituting Harvey Smart. Stop simulation?" That way, I know exactly what the computer AI is doing, and who they are replacing my injured player with.

08-04-2002, 05:30 PM	#3
Dwolfson20 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Not St. Louis Posts: 2,872	Right. The computer just decides what to do, as if the team was on AI control. __________________

08-04-2002, 07:39 PM	#4
edm All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,999	one thing though, say your power guy who hits cleanup in the line-up gets injured and you don't stop, simply letting the CPU use the next guy on the depth chart, the AI will not (to my knowledge) re-order the batting order. So even if his backup is not a power guy he will still be placed in the clean-up spot. Best thing is to stop and put in the player you want and re-order the lineup yourself. Although I admit, when a player is injured for just a week I tend to just skip the message and play though Last edited by edm; 08-04-2002 at 07:41 PM.

08-04-2002, 02:38 PM	#2
DavidM Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Diego Posts: 31	If you continue to play without stopping. You are playing with one less player on your roster 24 instead of 25 (unless he is day-to-day) and the computer decides who to fill in with at the injured position, which I assume would be the next guy on the depth chart.