CPU-controlled teams signing free agents then immediately releasing/waiving them

gregpapillon · 03-18-2020, 07:11 PM

As a test I've been simming the first 10 years and viewing the result. One thing I've noticed happening repeatedly is teams signing free agents, often prominent free agents and to big contracts, but then immediately releasing them. This seems like a glitch in the beta. If it's a mistake in my settings somewhere, could someone let me know?

Matt Arnold · 03-18-2020, 07:14 PM

There was a bug in the initial version. It should be better in the patch we just released, and there's a few more improvements that will come in the next build.

gregpapillon · 03-19-2020, 10:19 AM

Hi Matt - I ran a few more tests post-patch and it seems to still be happening pretty regularly.

tlowe77 · 03-30-2020, 07:55 AM

This has been an issue for years, has always happened in my leagues.

I mainly play leagues without minors, there is a 30 man roster and 15 man reserve roster. In my current game it is only 3 teams doing it, I fixed one by firing the GM but the other two were not fix by that.

Currently in the league those 3 teams have Misc. Expenses that are 60% higher then every other team due to the Sign/Release bug.

Makes the game also unplayable.

03-18-2020, 07:11 PM	#1
gregpapillon Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 2	CPU-controlled teams signing free agents then immediately releasing/waiving them As a test I've been simming the first 10 years and viewing the result. One thing I've noticed happening repeatedly is teams signing free agents, often prominent free agents and to big contracts, but then immediately releasing them. This seems like a glitch in the beta. If it's a mistake in my settings somewhere, could someone let me know?

03-19-2020, 10:19 AM	#3
gregpapillon Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 2	Hi Matt - I ran a few more tests post-patch and it seems to still be happening pretty regularly. Last edited by gregpapillon; 03-19-2020 at 10:21 AM.

03-18-2020, 07:14 PM	#2
Matt Arnold OOTP Developer Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Here and there Posts: 15,840	There was a bug in the initial version. It should be better in the patch we just released, and there's a few more improvements that will come in the next build.

03-30-2020, 07:55 AM	#4
tlowe77 Major Leagues Join Date: May 2015 Location: Geelong, Australia Posts: 473	This has been an issue for years, has always happened in my leagues. I mainly play leagues without minors, there is a 30 man roster and 15 man reserve roster. In my current game it is only 3 teams doing it, I fixed one by firing the GM but the other two were not fix by that. Currently in the league those 3 teams have Misc. Expenses that are 60% higher then every other team due to the Sign/Release bug. Makes the game also unplayable.