OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post - Ultimate Guide to Auto-Calc/Recalc (?)

Rain King · 03-26-2025, 12:25 PM

I'm not one to write big ole guides, but I think people tend to get too in the weeds on these things and you are obviously confusing the two terms quite a bit in your original post so I'll try to provide a more basic guide.

Recalc is purely utilized in Historical leagues with real players. It is a process that re-sets (i.e. recalculates) the player ratings each season based on their real-life season (or group of seasons, you can choose 1-year, 3-year, or 5-year Recalc options).

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Auto-Calc is a process that can be used to set your league's statistical environment. It's name represents an auto-calculation of the modifiers. It is used in conjunction with the League Totals. It runs simulated seasons and then adjusts the Modifiers that you see on the same page as the League Totals based on the results of those simulations (i.e. if home runs are hit at a higher rate than the league totals then it lowers the home run modifier).

Whether using historical players or fictional players it is generally a good idea to run Auto-Calc anytime the League Totals change as the process fine tunes your environment.

The simplest way I can put what Auto-Calc is aiming to do is that it is adjusting your expected environment (i..e League Totals) based on the talent distribution (i.e. player ratings) that are in your league.

Opening Day is the best time to run auto-calc (and is when the game will run it if you have the "Use Auto-Calc of modifiers (Recommended)" box checked because the game uses the actual lineups that the the teams currently have set to run the simulations and if you are in the off-season/pre-season/spring training those may not be very representative.

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It is going to be pretty difficult for anyone to write a guide that will be able to cover every single way someone may want to set up a league/environment. Since the game is so modifieable there are many moving parts. If anyone were to want to get into the weeds on this stuff, I would recommend setting things up based on what makes sense to you, backing up your league, and testing. If you do not get the results you were hoping for, post your results/settings and ask for help.

03-26-2025, 12:25 PM	#2
Rain King Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,110 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	I'm not one to write big ole guides, but I think people tend to get too in the weeds on these things and you are obviously confusing the two terms quite a bit in your original post so I'll try to provide a more basic guide. Recalc is purely utilized in Historical leagues with real players. It is a process that re-sets (i.e. recalculates) the player ratings each season based on their real-life season (or group of seasons, you can choose 1-year, 3-year, or 5-year Recalc options). --- Auto-Calc is a process that can be used to set your league's statistical environment. It's name represents an auto-calculation of the modifiers. It is used in conjunction with the League Totals. It runs simulated seasons and then adjusts the Modifiers that you see on the same page as the League Totals based on the results of those simulations (i.e. if home runs are hit at a higher rate than the league totals then it lowers the home run modifier). Whether using historical players or fictional players it is generally a good idea to run Auto-Calc anytime the League Totals change as the process fine tunes your environment. The simplest way I can put what Auto-Calc is aiming to do is that it is adjusting your expected environment (i..e League Totals) based on the talent distribution (i.e. player ratings) that are in your league. Opening Day is the best time to run auto-calc (and is when the game will run it if you have the "Use Auto-Calc of modifiers (Recommended)" box checked because the game uses the actual lineups that the the teams currently have set to run the simulations and if you are in the off-season/pre-season/spring training those may not be very representative. --- It is going to be pretty difficult for anyone to write a guide that will be able to cover every single way someone may want to set up a league/environment. Since the game is so modifieable there are many moving parts. If anyone were to want to get into the weeds on this stuff, I would recommend setting things up based on what makes sense to you, backing up your league, and testing. If you do not get the results you were hoping for, post your results/settings and ask for help. Last edited by Rain King; 03-26-2025 at 01:54 PM.