Can I Change Today's Date?

AdamLindsBeard · 03-19-2016, 01:29 PM

I (finally) got around to installing the game yesterday.

When I opened it and started a new game, it opens my season on March 18. Except that my season starts April 3. So there's no Spring Training.

Can I change it so that "today" is some other date instead, like February 1 or January 15 or something?

james17 · 03-19-2016, 02:27 PM

IIRC the inaugural season does only start on the date you currently have. After the first season you will have spring training plus all the other stages of the normal baseball year.

AdamLindsBeard · 03-19-2016, 02:31 PM

So what if I change the system date to January 15 and start a new game? Will it start it on January 15?

(I know I could just try this - thought I'd ask in case anyone knew.)

AdamLindsBeard · 03-19-2016, 02:51 PM

Okay - tried changing the system date to January 3 and started a new game. When the game finally loads, it tells me today's date is March 18.

So it's not getting the date from my system; maybe a setting in a file I can actually edit?

bwburke94 · 03-19-2016, 06:00 PM

It has nothing to do with the system date. It's the day before the Opening Day of the earliest selected league, and the CPBL opens March 19 so the in-game start date is March 18.

(And no, Cheat Engine doesn't work either. Causes the game to crash.)

There's a workaround, but it's a bit tedious and involves .wtp files.

froghair · 03-26-2016, 05:59 PM

Yes, I do wish we could play spring training 2016 in the standard game. Seems like a natural for when the game comes out and the ideal way to learn whole organization in relatively short order.

mgom27 · 03-26-2016, 08:43 PM

Yes I second it. You could take like All-Time Greats or so on that has a January start date.

03-19-2016, 01:29 PM	#1
AdamLindsBeard Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 46	Can I Change Today's Date? I (finally) got around to installing the game yesterday. When I opened it and started a new game, it opens my season on March 18. Except that my season starts April 3. So there's no Spring Training. Can I change it so that "today" is some other date instead, like February 1 or January 15 or something?

03-26-2016, 08:43 PM	#7
mgom27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,536	Yes I second it. You could take like All-Time Greats or so on that has a January start date. __________________ Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

03-19-2016, 02:27 PM	#2
james17 All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,305	IIRC the inaugural season does only start on the date you currently have. After the first season you will have spring training plus all the other stages of the normal baseball year.

03-19-2016, 02:31 PM	#3
AdamLindsBeard Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 46	So what if I change the system date to January 15 and start a new game? Will it start it on January 15? (I know I could just try this - thought I'd ask in case anyone knew.)

03-19-2016, 02:51 PM	#4
AdamLindsBeard Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 46	Okay - tried changing the system date to January 3 and started a new game. When the game finally loads, it tells me today's date is March 18. So it's not getting the date from my system; maybe a setting in a file I can actually edit?

03-19-2016, 06:00 PM	#5
bwburke94 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Belchertown, MA, USA Posts: 4,527	It has nothing to do with the system date. It's the day before the Opening Day of the earliest selected league, and the CPBL opens March 19 so the in-game start date is March 18. (And no, Cheat Engine doesn't work either. Causes the game to crash.) There's a workaround, but it's a bit tedious and involves .wtp files.

03-26-2016, 05:59 PM	#6
froghair Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Rocky River, Ohio Posts: 67	Yes, I do wish we could play spring training 2016 in the standard game. Seems like a natural for when the game comes out and the ideal way to learn whole organization in relatively short order.