Initial Contracts Creation - Historical

SittingDuck · 08-24-2008, 11:32 PM

Found out an interesting thing about the inaugural season and the initial contracts that are created for players in historical leagues. We are talking leagues where the full history has been imported.

If you use the default AI Evaluation Settings (50-30-15-5), then that 30% devoted to 'current year stats' is ignored. That is because there are no current year stats. Leagues are generally created with Jan 1st as a start date, and if you check the players for OVERALL stats (meaning current year stats), you'll see there are none.

So I found that in '62, there were some oddball contract levels being handed out, with Mantle and some better players down the line and some not as talented getting better rates. What I did was this for AI Evaluation Settings (note it is just temporary to get the contracts set):

70-0-20-10 (thereby ignoring the current 'null' stats - the 20% is actually the year just concluded).

Now I've done this on a league already created with the default levels. So I went to league setup and reran the player contracts in the 'financial' section of the FUNCTION menu (down at the bottom). Voila! Much better contracts with the higher paid contracts going to the top talent like Mays, Aaron and Mantle.

Having set the initial contracts, I then changed the AI Evaluation settings back to what I wanted to use long-term (which I still struggle with...).

NOTE: if you are playing a historical recalc league, then if a player's ratings have a truly bad season or two factored in, thus lowering his ratings in a significant manner, then this will affect his annual salary level. I am not sure there is anything to do about that situation, as any changes would affect things league-wide.

Anyhow, works well for me. Others might like to try it.

SittingDuck · 08-25-2008, 12:30 AM

Obviously there is a random element involved in the process. Doing it a few times with any group of settings will prove that. However, I just did it with some extreme settings, such as 100% ratings, then 100% current year stats, and also 67% last year/33% two year's ago. Depending on what you put in, you can get some funky guys in the top 20. Maybe not terrible, but not that great.

No Pepper · 08-25-2008, 11:29 AM

Thank you for the insight SD. Makes perfect sense but probably has gone unnoticed by all.

SittingDuck · 08-25-2008, 12:09 PM

No prob. I don't think it is a massive difference. Just does a bit better job, that's all.

08-24-2008, 11:32 PM	#1
SittingDuck All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,834	Initial Contracts Creation - Historical Found out an interesting thing about the inaugural season and the initial contracts that are created for players in historical leagues. We are talking leagues where the full history has been imported. If you use the default AI Evaluation Settings (50-30-15-5), then that 30% devoted to 'current year stats' is ignored. That is because there are no current year stats. Leagues are generally created with Jan 1st as a start date, and if you check the players for OVERALL stats (meaning current year stats), you'll see there are none. So I found that in '62, there were some oddball contract levels being handed out, with Mantle and some better players down the line and some not as talented getting better rates. What I did was this for AI Evaluation Settings (note it is just temporary to get the contracts set): 70-0-20-10 (thereby ignoring the current 'null' stats - the 20% is actually the year just concluded). Now I've done this on a league already created with the default levels. So I went to league setup and reran the player contracts in the 'financial' section of the FUNCTION menu (down at the bottom). Voila! Much better contracts with the higher paid contracts going to the top talent like Mays, Aaron and Mantle. Having set the initial contracts, I then changed the AI Evaluation settings back to what I wanted to use long-term (which I still struggle with...). NOTE: if you are playing a historical recalc league, then if a player's ratings have a truly bad season or two factored in, thus lowering his ratings in a significant manner, then this will affect his annual salary level. I am not sure there is anything to do about that situation, as any changes would affect things league-wide. Anyhow, works well for me. Others might like to try it. Last edited by SittingDuck; 08-25-2008 at 12:23 PM.

08-25-2008, 11:29 AM	#3
No Pepper All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 1,570	Thank you for the insight SD. Makes perfect sense but probably has gone unnoticed by all. __________________ Uniforms compatible with OOTP23/24 Historical Major League Baseball 1901-current Historical Major League Baseball 1871-1900 Historical Federal League Historical Negro Leagues

08-25-2008, 12:30 AM	#2
SittingDuck All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,834	Obviously there is a random element involved in the process. Doing it a few times with any group of settings will prove that. However, I just did it with some extreme settings, such as 100% ratings, then 100% current year stats, and also 67% last year/33% two year's ago. Depending on what you put in, you can get some funky guys in the top 20. Maybe not terrible, but not that great.

08-25-2008, 12:09 PM	#4
SittingDuck All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,834	No prob. I don't think it is a massive difference. Just does a bit better job, that's all.