Please help a senior league softball player!

[doggiraffe1]

Hi OOTP community,

I'm a player in a senior softball league, and COVID-19 has forced us to suspend our season until it's safe to gather again. But we all miss each other very much, and I thought it would be fun to try to simulate some games. I downloaded OOTP20 and have looked through the online manuals and some of the discussion board, but I can't figure out how to do these four things.

1) Create a league with just four teams. (This might not be possible.)

2) Create and modify the stats of about 35-40 players, including names and abilities

2a) Somehow make the average game score something like 15-12 ... I imagine this could be done just by making the pitchers terrible?

3) Place specific players on specific teams.

4) Ensure that there are no substitutions during games. No pinch-hitters, no relievers, no injuries, no DH - just nine guys and gals on each team, playing the whole game.

Is it possible to do these things? If so, can someone explain it, or point me in the direction of the instructions on how to do them, either in the discussion forum or in the manual?

Thank you all so very much!

[doggiraffe1]

I should add that if it's possible for someone to do some of this for me, I'd be happy to paypal you for your time!

[Gruber_Tagged_Him]

Originally Posted by doggiraffe1

Hi OOTP community,

I'm a player in a senior softball league, and COVID-19 has forced us to suspend our season until it's safe to gather again. But we all miss each other very much, and I thought it would be fun to try to simulate some games. I downloaded OOTP20 and have looked through the online manuals and some of the discussion board, but I can't figure out how to do these four things.

1) Create a league with just four teams. (This might not be possible.)

2) Create and modify the stats of about 35-40 players, including names and abilities

2a) Somehow make the average game score something like 15-12 ... I imagine this could be done just by making the pitchers terrible?

3) Place specific players on specific teams.

4) Ensure that there are no substitutions during games. No pinch-hitters, no relievers, no injuries, no DH - just nine guys and gals on each team, playing the whole game.

Is it possible to do these things? If so, can someone explain it, or point me in the direction of the instructions on how to do them, either in the discussion forum or in the manual?

Thank you all so very much!

You will be able to come very close to what you want.

Create a fantasy league using the wizard. In order of how things pop up in the wizard: Select the option "1 subleague, 1 division, 4 total teams". Name the league and the teams. Uncheck minor leagues. Uncheck "inaugural fantasy draft, it's moot. Don't worry about the schedule settings at first, nor the scouting and player ratings. Definitely select "Play in commissioner mode" and "Cannot be fired".

Don't click the start button when you get to the end of the wizard. Instead click the advanced mode button.

In the rules tab you can set your roster size. Note the minimum is 15 players. This is one of the things that will cause you a bit of irritation. Turn off trading, turn off draft. Turn off financials in financial tab. Lots of stuff in the options tab, must of which you'll want to turn off. Stats & AI - here is where you can select a 1- or 2-man rotation, set pitcher stamina to very high, and hook for starting pitchers to very slow. Turn down everything you see for pinch-hitting as low as you can.Then you'll see a block of numbers that say league totals which have a number of hits, doubles HR's etc. You will want to modify them somewhat to drive up the scores of the games. (Essentially this will make the pitchers "terrible"). It's tricky to get it right though. You may have to try a few times get averages you want, and note if you want 15-12 games you're going to get some 40-30 games.

Assuming you don't want a 162-game schedule, you'll need a custom schedule. You may find what you want near the top of the list here: https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=249096 (I can help you with a schedule if you want, just PM me.)

If you find you're still getting more substitutions in-game than you want, you'll have to set their individual game strategies to "never use". Also in the settings tab you can uncheck the box which says "enable injuries".

That's a starting point. Good luck!

[doggiraffe1]

This is excellent, thank you so much!

We've never had a 40-30 game, but we've definitely had some 30-20 ones.

Thank you again for your help!

[ablobj]

Originally Posted by doggiraffe1

This is excellent, thank you so much!

We've never had a 40-30 game, but we've definitely had some 30-20 ones.

Thank you again for your help!

Brings back memories of playing in the 8-9 year old league as a kid (in my town it was called "Minor League" as opposed to "Little League" which was 10-12). Even with 6 inning games, 20 runs per team was not uncommon...I guess kids learn to hit before they learn to pitch, catch, and throw