? about Talent Change

Royalsusedtorule · 08-06-2017, 11:01 AM

OK, although I am a long time OOTP user (if I remember correctly, going back to OOTP7), there is one thing I have never understood fully and cannot seem to pin down in the online manual. Quite possibly have just missed the explanation or am looking in wrong place, but decided to finally pose the ? here.

It concerns the Talent Randomness Change in Game Settings. I get the Aging and Developing tools, such as setting down to .800 to slow aging and up to 1.200 to advance development. However, I have never been able to figure out exactly how the Talent Randomness Change sliding scale works, other than assuming the game's neutral setting is the 100 mark.

Could someone knowledgeable explain this to me and maybe give me an example or two of what you should expect to see by changing from the 100 setting?

Thanks in advance!

Bluenoser · 08-06-2017, 12:53 PM

Talent Change Randomness (not Talent Randomness Change)

Drives the probability of players having random changes to their talent, either good or bad.

Set it to 200, and talent changes occur often, set it to say 50, and changes won't happen as often.

Random is the key word - it could affect the top prospect in your system, suddenly he loses a lot of potential. Or that scrub who's been playing part time at AA might suddenly "see the light" so to speak, and take some positive changes. He was a scrub, now he's a key prospect.

All the 0 - 200 does is set the possibility of it happening - 1 = rarely, 200 = often.

08-06-2017, 11:01 AM	#1
Royalsusedtorule Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Nebraska Posts: 281	? about Talent Change OK, although I am a long time OOTP user (if I remember correctly, going back to OOTP7), there is one thing I have never understood fully and cannot seem to pin down in the online manual. Quite possibly have just missed the explanation or am looking in wrong place, but decided to finally pose the ? here. It concerns the Talent Randomness Change in Game Settings. I get the Aging and Developing tools, such as setting down to .800 to slow aging and up to 1.200 to advance development. However, I have never been able to figure out exactly how the Talent Randomness Change sliding scale works, other than assuming the game's neutral setting is the 100 mark. Could someone knowledgeable explain this to me and maybe give me an example or two of what you should expect to see by changing from the 100 setting? Thanks in advance!

08-06-2017, 12:53 PM	#2
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 14,521	Talent Change Randomness (not Talent Randomness Change) Drives the probability of players having random changes to their talent, either good or bad. Set it to 200, and talent changes occur often, set it to say 50, and changes won't happen as often. Random is the key word - it could affect the top prospect in your system, suddenly he loses a lot of potential. Or that scrub who's been playing part time at AA might suddenly "see the light" so to speak, and take some positive changes. He was a scrub, now he's a key prospect. All the 0 - 200 does is set the possibility of it happening - 1 = rarely, 200 = often. Last edited by Bluenoser; 08-06-2017 at 02:04 PM.