Finances: "Money left for contract extensions" calculations reset.

Killebrew · 04-03-2007, 11:14 PM

"Money left for contract extensions" calculations reset.
The money left for contract extensions resets itself to just under the old value after you sign a player. This can be duplicated every time and does not require any special set up. This was first mentioned in this thread, where I was able to get a team payroll 500 million over the league cap with these kinds of signings. I promised to write a more concise tech support post about this so here it is. Maybe this example explains things a bit more clearly:
Screen-shot: The game correctly holds my offer to player A to under the $6,815,000 left for contract extensions - if I bump this up by $600K the "submit" button disappears and I can't offer the deal. After I submit this offer to player A I have a new limit of $515K to offer other players, all is in order so far. Unfortunately, when player A signs his deal a few days later, the money left for contract extensions will jump back up to almost the same amount available before Player A was signed, in this example it went from from $6,815,000 available to $6,645,000 available after player A signed. I'm not sure how serious this is but it certainly something that could make some of the financial rules (like payroll cap) in the game appear broken, even if they are working correctly.

IMO this is a high importance issue.

Nutlaw · 04-03-2007, 11:32 PM

Do you see this same behavior during all points of the year, or only particular ones? (I.e. off-season vs. start of regular season vs. mid-way through regular season)

Killebrew · 04-04-2007, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Nutlaw

Do you see this same behavior during all points of the year, or only particular ones? (I.e. off-season vs. start of regular season vs. mid-way through regular season)

I've been able to recreate the error throughout portions of the pre-season and season in several test leagues - it has been easy to recreate. I am not positive if my tests were done in each calendar month but I know that this issue is not restricted to a small group of weeks though. For example, to get a team to a $550+ million dollar payroll would have been done over the course of several sim months. I would usually offer up to my max money left for contract extensions, then sim 1-4 weeks to make sure everyone had signed, then offer up to my reset max money left for contract extensions again. I believe you can repeat that process until some $ values on the finance page "roll over".

thomamon · 04-10-2007, 01:11 PM

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04-03-2007, 11:14 PM	#1
Killebrew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,326	Finances: "Money left for contract extensions" calculations reset. "Money left for contract extensions" calculations reset. The money left for contract extensions resets itself to just under the old value after you sign a player. This can be duplicated every time and does not require any special set up. This was first mentioned in this thread, where I was able to get a team payroll 500 million over the league cap with these kinds of signings. I promised to write a more concise tech support post about this so here it is. Maybe this example explains things a bit more clearly: Screen-shot: The game correctly holds my offer to player A to under the $6,815,000 left for contract extensions - if I bump this up by $600K the "submit" button disappears and I can't offer the deal. After I submit this offer to player A I have a new limit of $515K to offer other players, all is in order so far. Unfortunately, when player A signs his deal a few days later, the money left for contract extensions will jump back up to almost the same amount available before Player A was signed, in this example it went from from $6,815,000 available to $6,645,000 available after player A signed. I'm not sure how serious this is but it certainly something that could make some of the financial rules (like payroll cap) in the game appear broken, even if they are working correctly. IMO this is a high importance issue. Attached Images __________________ FOBL Capital City Metropolitans CDL Minnesota Twins

04-10-2007, 01:11 PM	#4
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04-03-2007, 11:32 PM	#2
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	Do you see this same behavior during all points of the year, or only particular ones? (I.e. off-season vs. start of regular season vs. mid-way through regular season)