How to avoid Schedule Shuffling year-to-year?

annies-b00bs · 07-02-2018, 10:17 PM

Hey all,

I've been building an NCAA baseball world, and having some trouble with schedules. I created an NCAA schedule, where games only occur on Friday/Saturday/Sunday, and sometimes Tuesdays. It also plays random round-robin opponents for the first 8 weeks of the season (30 games), and round-robin IN DIVISION ONLY series for the last 8 weeks (24 games).

I'm running in to some trouble with that last part. For instance, I have my ACC teams with TeamIDs 1-12, and I can set the schedule so they only play each other to end the regular season. It works great in year 1! But, after year 1, OOTP has functionality to 'shuffle' teams such that the schedule is not identical year-to-year. But, when TeamIDs are shuffled internally (and not outputted anywhere), I can't ensure the ACC teams play each other at the end of the season.

Has anyone come across this problem, and found a way around the schedule Team 'shuffling'?

Thanks!

bwburke94 · 07-03-2018, 01:06 AM

The "shuffling" should only happen between teams in the same division. So if the league's first division has 12 teams, those 12 should be shuffled.

Another option is to "trick" the game into thinking it's alternating schedules, but have the two schedules be the same (or a home/away flip of the same).

Markus Heinsohn · 07-03-2018, 05:31 AM

You could export the schedule before the start of the season and then import it again before the next (.league setup -> edit schedule).

NoOne · 07-03-2018, 01:00 PM

export it, but also name it for your league.

e.g.
ncaa_ml.lsdl

otherwise i believe it will just rotatate back to the other schedule that fits?

that will still result in randomization of matchups after the first year, but still sticks to that schedule's format. if you want it the exact same each year make a copy of the schedule you exported and name:

ncaa_ml_C_a.lsdl
ncaa_ml_C_b.lsdl

it should rotate between those two in perpetuity as long as structure doesn't change, of course. ( "..._C_1" .2, 3... etc will work too)

if it's not a 'ml' league, name it appropriately. aaa, aa etc

always re-load the schedule to get it going the first time -- just the "a" file or the 1 file that results in different end of year matchups.

annies-b00bs · 07-03-2018, 04:52 PM

Thanks guys, will try this out tonight

07-02-2018, 10:17 PM	#1
annies-b00bs Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 58	How to avoid Schedule Shuffling year-to-year? Hey all, I've been building an NCAA baseball world, and having some trouble with schedules. I created an NCAA schedule, where games only occur on Friday/Saturday/Sunday, and sometimes Tuesdays. It also plays random round-robin opponents for the first 8 weeks of the season (30 games), and round-robin IN DIVISION ONLY series for the last 8 weeks (24 games). I'm running in to some trouble with that last part. For instance, I have my ACC teams with TeamIDs 1-12, and I can set the schedule so they only play each other to end the regular season. It works great in year 1! But, after year 1, OOTP has functionality to 'shuffle' teams such that the schedule is not identical year-to-year. But, when TeamIDs are shuffled internally (and not outputted anywhere), I can't ensure the ACC teams play each other at the end of the season. Has anyone come across this problem, and found a way around the schedule Team 'shuffling'? Thanks!

07-03-2018, 05:31 AM	#3
Markus Heinsohn Developer OOTP Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 24,803	You could export the schedule before the start of the season and then import it again before the next (.league setup -> edit schedule). __________________ Buy Out of the Park Baseball 25 now! Download OOTP Go 25 for iOS Download OOTP Go 25 for Android

07-03-2018, 01:00 PM	#4
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 0/1 (3)	export it, but also name it for your league. e.g. ncaa_ml.lsdl otherwise i believe it will just rotatate back to the other schedule that fits? that will still result in randomization of matchups after the first year, but still sticks to that schedule's format. if you want it the exact same each year make a copy of the schedule you exported and name: ncaa_ml_C_a.lsdl ncaa_ml_C_b.lsdl it should rotate between those two in perpetuity as long as structure doesn't change, of course. ( "..._C_1" .2, 3... etc will work too) if it's not a 'ml' league, name it appropriately. aaa, aa etc always re-load the schedule to get it going the first time -- just the "a" file or the 1 file that results in different end of year matchups. Last edited by NoOne; 07-03-2018 at 01:04 PM.

07-03-2018, 01:06 AM	#2
bwburke94 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Belchertown, MA, USA Posts: 4,522	The "shuffling" should only happen between teams in the same division. So if the league's first division has 12 teams, those 12 should be shuffled. Another option is to "trick" the game into thinking it's alternating schedules, but have the two schedules be the same (or a home/away flip of the same).

07-03-2018, 04:52 PM	#5
annies-b00bs Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 58	Thanks guys, will try this out tonight