Adjusting a historical fiction league

Tram2Whitaker · 07-29-2014, 02:04 PM

All my years of playing, I've never run historical fiction, and I'm beginning to realize why. I've checked adjust financials and player creation modifiers, which means as my league progresses, it will become more popular and salaries will increase. The problem is, that the original teams built in 1901 will perpetually play in stadiums that seat 5000 fans; any expansion teams will play in venues 3 times that size, naturally generating more revenue. Shouldn't the stadium (capacities) be getting a tweeking as the league evolves?
Another problem I have, is when I add a new league (say around 1945), the new league's financials, and the adjusted league financials are not equal, creating disparity in league talent distribution.

How do I handle these situations, short of adjusting 60 individual teams?

Biggio509 · 07-29-2014, 04:14 PM

The stadium sizes can be fixed by downloading the park files from OOTPmods.com. This will allow you to import historic parks sometimes they are a little big because they reflect the park after the last expansion.

Financials can be a little more tricky if you play reserve clause era. I find this one harder to fix. Teams seem to have a lot of money especially in the 19th century. I usually cut average attendance by about 75% but you have to do this every year. I think the default financials are off for the early years but work well for modern baseball with free agency. Extra money just means bigger contracts with free agency. Without it you don't have the bidding wars for top players and teams seem to be flush with cash. average attendance is easiest to adjust.

07-29-2014, 02:04 PM	#1
Tram2Whitaker All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 619	Adjusting a historical fiction league All my years of playing, I've never run historical fiction, and I'm beginning to realize why. I've checked adjust financials and player creation modifiers, which means as my league progresses, it will become more popular and salaries will increase. The problem is, that the original teams built in 1901 will perpetually play in stadiums that seat 5000 fans; any expansion teams will play in venues 3 times that size, naturally generating more revenue. Shouldn't the stadium (capacities) be getting a tweeking as the league evolves? Another problem I have, is when I add a new league (say around 1945), the new league's financials, and the adjusted league financials are not equal, creating disparity in league talent distribution. How do I handle these situations, short of adjusting 60 individual teams? __________________ 404'd!

07-29-2014, 04:14 PM	#2
Biggio509 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,027	The stadium sizes can be fixed by downloading the park files from OOTPmods.com. This will allow you to import historic parks sometimes they are a little big because they reflect the park after the last expansion. Financials can be a little more tricky if you play reserve clause era. I find this one harder to fix. Teams seem to have a lot of money especially in the 19th century. I usually cut average attendance by about 75% but you have to do this every year. I think the default financials are off for the early years but work well for modern baseball with free agency. Extra money just means bigger contracts with free agency. Without it you don't have the bidding wars for top players and teams seem to be flush with cash. average attendance is easiest to adjust.