warning re "bench player for x days"

BBGiovanni · 05-10-2020, 01:29 PM

Hi all, I just noticed today that two of my relievers that had gone to the minors for a few days were "unavailable" after the All Star Break. When I tried to insert them into a game, all I got was a dialog saying "Robert Gsellman is unavailable". At first I thought it was a bug, then maybe that OOTP had finally changed to enforce the "no returns within 10 days" rule on minor assignments. Eventually I figured out that when I assigned them to the minors I had set "bench player for x days" on the Game Strategy tab (so they wouldn't get blown up pitching for the AAA manager as usually happens). That setting stuck when I called them back up, and couldn't be overridden during the game when I tried to put them in. Finally in the third game of a series I figured it out and cleared out the game strategy setting. Just FYI, I had never noticed those kind of settings binding on the human manager before but if you have odd unavailable players check those settings in case you forgot them!

05-10-2020, 01:29 PM	#1
BBGiovanni All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Republic of California Posts: 1,910	warning re "bench player for x days" Hi all, I just noticed today that two of my relievers that had gone to the minors for a few days were "unavailable" after the All Star Break. When I tried to insert them into a game, all I got was a dialog saying "Robert Gsellman is unavailable". At first I thought it was a bug, then maybe that OOTP had finally changed to enforce the "no returns within 10 days" rule on minor assignments. Eventually I figured out that when I assigned them to the minors I had set "bench player for x days" on the Game Strategy tab (so they wouldn't get blown up pitching for the AAA manager as usually happens). That setting stuck when I called them back up, and couldn't be overridden during the game when I tried to put them in. Finally in the third game of a series I figured it out and cleared out the game strategy setting. Just FYI, I had never noticed those kind of settings binding on the human manager before but if you have odd unavailable players check those settings in case you forgot them! __________________ Let's Go (San Jose) Giants, Let's Go Mets! Current Project: WBAT/AABBA: Organized Base Ball And the "New Normal" World Baseball Aid Tournament 2023 trophy round underway!