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Originally Posted by thehef
And to expound & expand upon #3, you can set the level that Player Development will affect players via the Talent Change Randomness factor: on a scale of 1 (minimum), to 200 (max), with 100 being average (go to the Game dropdown, select Game Settings ? Players & Facegen, then halfway near the bottom on the left...). So, as examples...
1) With recalc on and the TCR factor set at the max of 200, you will see pretty significant variations from real life each season, but recalc will "bring players back" each offseason.
2) With recalc off and the TCR factor set at 200, you will see pretty significant variations from real life over the course of players' careers. Some real life Hall of Famers might sputter out in your game, whereas some average Joe's might turn into HOFers, etc., etc.
If you're curious about any of this but don't want to invest a lot of time (you'd rather invest your time in your main league), it's a good & fun idea to simply test it out. Set a test game up and let it run for several years over your favorite era, don't jump in and manage games or GM an organization. Just let it run, and then after 10, 20, 50 years, jump and it just look at the results - the year-by-year champions and their player stats; career & single-season leaderboards, who's in the HOF, etc... Good luck!  |
I had to restart due to issues with my now former laptop. I'm a bit better prepared to make a go of it this time. Back in season one and I chose recalc AND player development, but as I read your note here about Talent Change Randonmness, I'm thinking that maybe isn't what I want to do. Playing a historical era, I like that it starts in the real-world position, but it seems like a player developing one way or the other, only to totally be reset at the beginning of the next season, is kind of an odd way to do it. I would think one would want recalc only if they are committed to teams and players exactly as they were back then, OR, to player development only (with maybe that 100 default TCR rating) so there will be a progression of one sort of the other.
Now I need to get back home and look at the settings to see if I can switch this to OOTP Development
only before I finish the first season. I think that is what i want now.
Thanks again for the information. Having a great time with this.
So, is the '21 version of the game better than '19 for someone who prefers to play historical leagues?