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Nutlaw · 05-19-2008, 09:42 PM

Sounds like a fun plan, and I'm fairly sure that the Smith Smith issue shouldn't be a regular occurrence. You do want to back up your saved game regularly just in case, however.

Since you are going to to be simming far ahead into the future anyway, do you need to run the league as a historical game? It might reduce some potential issues to simply begin with a modern roster set.

When running a long-term sim, you have to be aware of the file sizes that you will be creating. I'm not sure what your computer's specs are, but unless they are mind-blowing you are going to want to scale a few things back.

If you are using an existing roster set, go to Game -> Game Setup while in commissioner mode. Under the Global Setup tab, you'll want to save no box scores or game logs. You'll likely also want to limit the news logs, injury logs, and transactions logs history. Under the League Setup tab, you'll want to view the Options tab for each league and carefully select the Select Stats Detail that you feel that you need. You may want to turn the minor league details down to Low.

If you are planning to use FaceGen, you may want to disable it until such time that you actually begin to play out your games, or at least only create pictures On Demand. Otherwise, you'll end up with a bunch of images that you'll never see.

If you are creating a new league from scratch, you'll want to look under the Create Game tab and deselect the Create and Maintain Hidden Players box if you aren't using scouting. You may also wish to consider limiting your settings on keeping career L/R splits, fielding stats, and postseason stats, at least to the major league level only.

Sticking to only one league structure is a safe move. If you end up with a roster set that includes other leagues, you might want to simply delete them from get-go.

After going through your long sim periods, you may also wish to delete all of the files found in the messages folder within your .lg saved game folder. They start to add up.

That's ... just about everything I've got for long-term sims. Is there anything else that I can help you with right now?

05-19-2008, 09:42 PM	#6
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	Sounds like a fun plan, and I'm fairly sure that the Smith Smith issue shouldn't be a regular occurrence. You do want to back up your saved game regularly just in case, however. Since you are going to to be simming far ahead into the future anyway, do you need to run the league as a historical game? It might reduce some potential issues to simply begin with a modern roster set. When running a long-term sim, you have to be aware of the file sizes that you will be creating. I'm not sure what your computer's specs are, but unless they are mind-blowing you are going to want to scale a few things back. If you are using an existing roster set, go to Game -> Game Setup while in commissioner mode. Under the Global Setup tab, you'll want to save no box scores or game logs. You'll likely also want to limit the news logs, injury logs, and transactions logs history. Under the League Setup tab, you'll want to view the Options tab for each league and carefully select the Select Stats Detail that you feel that you need. You may want to turn the minor league details down to Low. If you are planning to use FaceGen, you may want to disable it until such time that you actually begin to play out your games, or at least only create pictures On Demand. Otherwise, you'll end up with a bunch of images that you'll never see. If you are creating a new league from scratch, you'll want to look under the Create Game tab and deselect the Create and Maintain Hidden Players box if you aren't using scouting. You may also wish to consider limiting your settings on keeping career L/R splits, fielding stats, and postseason stats, at least to the major league level only. Sticking to only one league structure is a safe move. If you end up with a roster set that includes other leagues, you might want to simply delete them from get-go. After going through your long sim periods, you may also wish to delete all of the files found in the messages folder within your .lg saved game folder. They start to add up. That's ... just about everything I've got for long-term sims. Is there anything else that I can help you with right now?