New Game Options - MLB w/ Fictional Players

ecd1973 · 06-23-2011, 03:16 PM

I'm looking to start a new game with a full MLB structure but with fictional players. I see three ways to make a new MLB game:

1. "Create new Major League Game"
2. "Load from Quickstart" and pick Majors.quick
3. "Create new custom game" and pick MLB Structure as the basis.

What is the difference between option one and two above? I used option one and cleared all rosters into free agency. I then deleted all free agents and filled teams with fictional players. Of the fictional players generated for all teams, the highest power rating was 9 out of 20. Is this normal? Also the minor leagues were all gutted as well and I had to pick each individual league and fill them with fictional players who had similar weak ratings.

Is this the easiest way to start with real-life MLB structure (stadiums, etc) and fictional players?

ECD

philliesphan26 · 06-23-2011, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ecd1973

I'm looking to start a new game with a full MLB structure but with fictional players. I see three ways to make a new MLB game:

1. "Create new Major League Game"
2. "Load from Quickstart" and pick Majors.quick
3. "Create new custom game" and pick MLB Structure as the basis.

What is the difference between option one and two above? I used option one and cleared all rosters into free agency. I then deleted all free agents and filled teams with fictional players. Of the fictional players generated for all teams, the highest power rating was 9 out of 20. Is this normal? Also the minor leagues were all gutted as well and I had to pick each individual league and fill them with fictional players who had similar weak ratings.

Is this the easiest way to start with real-life MLB structure (stadiums, etc) and fictional players?

ECD

Have you tried Option C? Or does using MLB template fill it with MLB players as well? I feel like that would be the easiest approach, though I haven't tried it yet

ecd1973 · 06-23-2011, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by philliesphan26

Have you tried Option C? Or does using MLB template fill it with MLB players as well? I feel like that would be the easiest approach, though I haven't tried it yet

Option C kind of fits the bill, but generates fake stadiums ("Mets Ballpark", "Arizona Grounds", etc). The first option associates the correct stadiums/dimensions with each team, including the minor league teams.

philliesphan26 · 06-23-2011, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ecd1973

Option C kind of fits the bill, but generates fake stadiums ("Mets Ballpark", "Arizona Grounds", etc). The first option associates the correct stadiums/dimensions with each team, including the minor league teams.

Ah I see. Looks like it might come down to what bothers you least, inaccurate stadiums or low-talent rosters. You could work around the former by importing one of the stadium mods and renaming them all, though that would still make the field dimensions an issue. It would look like that's the lesser of two evils in this case though

Markus Heinsohn · 06-23-2011, 03:38 PM

Go "Create custom league" -> Standard League -> select "Major American League" -> that gets you the real MLB structure with real minor leagues. Start the game and it will be populated with fictional players for an inaugural draft. That's it!

ike121212 · 06-23-2011, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ecd1973

I'm looking to start a new game with a full MLB structure but with fictional players. I see three ways to make a new MLB game:

1. "Create new Major League Game"
2. "Load from Quickstart" and pick Majors.quick
3. "Create new custom game" and pick MLB Structure as the basis.

What is the difference between option one and two above? I used option one and cleared all rosters into free agency. I then deleted all free agents and filled teams with fictional players. Of the fictional players generated for all teams, the highest power rating was 9 out of 20. Is this normal? Also the minor leagues were all gutted as well and I had to pick each individual league and fill them with fictional players who had similar weak ratings.

Is this the easiest way to start with real-life MLB structure (stadiums, etc) and fictional players?

ECD

I'd take what you did (release all, delete fa's, generate new) then save it as a world template. Create a new league from the template, which allows you to change the year. Sim for 20 years to allow the league to fill with players generated for the draft. Erase the league history (to purge the effect of the initial players), then sim a few additional years to build a league history.

ecd1973 · 06-23-2011, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Go "Create custom league" -> Standard League -> select "Major American League" -> that gets you the real MLB structure with real minor leagues. Start the game and it will be populated with fictional players for an inaugural draft. That's it!

Thanks for this Markus (and thanks for OOTP12 too by the way, it rocks). This works except for the stadiums which are all fictionally generated stadiums. If that option included the real stadiums that get included with the quickstart or the Major League option, then that would get me most of the way there. Maybe I'm missing something...

ike121212 · 06-23-2011, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ecd1973

Thanks for this Markus (and thanks for OOTP12 too by the way, it rocks). This works except for the stadiums which are all fictionally generated stadiums. If that option included the real stadiums that get included with the quickstart or the Major League option, then that would get me most of the way there. Maybe I'm missing something...

MAL doesn't include the stadiums, templates do retain the stadiums.

udbacker58 · 06-23-2011, 04:23 PM

My best guess would be start a historical league beginning in 2011 without importing history. When you get the league created, release the players and delete them from the universe. Then fill the rosters with fictional players and fictional contracts.

Craig Scarborough · 06-23-2011, 05:35 PM

But it sounds like the fictional players generated aren't as good as the players when created as a pure fictional universe. It must use a different routine for player creation.

LeiterFanatic · 07-21-2011, 07:21 PM

Bumping this thread because I have a similar itch. I want to have a historical setup- say 1974 teams and financials but with fictional players. Is this possible?

Cinnamon J. Scudworth · 07-21-2011, 07:58 PM

I don't have the game in front of me so I may be remembering the options screen differently than how it is presented in-game, but couldn't you just begin with the MLB quickstart, enter the game, then use the league global set-up options to delete all of the players, and fill with fictional players?

Edit: oops, looks like udbacker58 and Craig already addressed this.

Toado · 07-21-2011, 09:47 PM

Here's a hint for the stadiums... I always just copy the stadiums folder from the MLB quickstart and overwrite the default stadiums folder in my "fictional players" MLB league.

You'll still have to manually assign the right stadiums to each team (they'll be all jumbled to begin with), but all the dimensions / park factors / other info will be good to go. I find this much, much easier than manually inputting everything for each individual stadium.

NOTE: Doing it this way leaves all my minor league stadiums incorrect... but I don't really care about those enough to fix them.

06-23-2011, 03:16 PM	#1
ecd1973 Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 309	New Game Options - MLB w/ Fictional Players I'm looking to start a new game with a full MLB structure but with fictional players. I see three ways to make a new MLB game: 1. "Create new Major League Game" 2. "Load from Quickstart" and pick Majors.quick 3. "Create new custom game" and pick MLB Structure as the basis. What is the difference between option one and two above? I used option one and cleared all rosters into free agency. I then deleted all free agents and filled teams with fictional players. Of the fictional players generated for all teams, the highest power rating was 9 out of 20. Is this normal? Also the minor leagues were all gutted as well and I had to pick each individual league and fill them with fictional players who had similar weak ratings. Is this the easiest way to start with real-life MLB structure (stadiums, etc) and fictional players? ECD

06-23-2011, 03:38 PM	#5
Markus Heinsohn Developer OOTP Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 24,805	Go "Create custom league" -> Standard League -> select "Major American League" -> that gets you the real MLB structure with real minor leagues. Start the game and it will be populated with fictional players for an inaugural draft. That's it! __________________ Buy Out of the Park Baseball 25 now! Download OOTP Go 25 for iOS Download OOTP Go 25 for Android

06-23-2011, 04:23 PM	#9
udbacker58 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,140	My best guess would be start a historical league beginning in 2011 without importing history. When you get the league created, release the players and delete them from the universe. Then fill the rosters with fictional players and fictional contracts. __________________ Heartland Baseball League Commissioner Fictional - Stats Only - 30 years of History! HBL HOME PAGE \| HBL REPORTS HOME \| HBL UTILITIES HOME

06-23-2011, 05:35 PM	#10
Craig Scarborough All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 551	But it sounds like the fictional players generated aren't as good as the players when created as a pure fictional universe. It must use a different routine for player creation.

07-21-2011, 07:21 PM	#11
LeiterFanatic All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 1,348	Bumping this thread because I have a similar itch. I want to have a historical setup- say 1974 teams and financials but with fictional players. Is this possible?

07-21-2011, 07:58 PM	#12
Cinnamon J. Scudworth All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 1,119	I don't have the game in front of me so I may be remembering the options screen differently than how it is presented in-game, but couldn't you just begin with the MLB quickstart, enter the game, then use the league global set-up options to delete all of the players, and fill with fictional players? Edit: oops, looks like udbacker58 and Craig already addressed this.

07-21-2011, 09:47 PM	#13
Toado Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 107	Here's a hint for the stadiums... I always just copy the stadiums folder from the MLB quickstart and overwrite the default stadiums folder in my "fictional players" MLB league. You'll still have to manually assign the right stadiums to each team (they'll be all jumbled to begin with), but all the dimensions / park factors / other info will be good to go. I find this much, much easier than manually inputting everything for each individual stadium. NOTE: Doing it this way leaves all my minor league stadiums incorrect... but I don't really care about those enough to fix them.