1981 season with strike

kborsuk · 03-22-2025, 11:20 AM

hi everyone, i asked this question once before but I lost what the answer was so please forgive me for asking again.

I'm looking to play the 1981 season with the strike and the expanded playoffs and all of that. How can I do that? Is there a way to simulate it?

thanks!

Brad K · 03-22-2025, 07:44 PM

Load the 1981 as played schedule. It has "ap" at the end of the file name.

thehef · 03-22-2025, 07:51 PM

For the playoffs the '81 format was similar to the format that was implemented for the '95 postseason, so you could do that by going to game Settings > League Settings > Options and editing the playoff structure at the bottom right. What I don't know if you can do is implement the split-season component of real-life '81...

kborsuk · 03-22-2025, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad K

Load the 1981 as played schedule. It has "ap" at the end of the file name.

thank you! How do I find this file to load?

kborsuk · 03-22-2025, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thehef

For the playoffs the '81 format was similar to the format that was implemented for the '95 postseason, so you could do that by going to game Settings > League Settings > Options and editing the playoff structure at the bottom right. What I don't know if you can do is implement the split-season component of real-life '81...

thanks! i'll do that

thehef · 03-22-2025, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by kborsuk

thank you! How do I find this file to load?

It should be here: C:\ .... Out of the Park Baseball 25\data\schedules

kborsuk · 03-22-2025, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by thehef

It should be here: C:\ .... Out of the Park Baseball 25\data\schedules

thanks. sorry to be a pain but I'm very un tech savvy hah. is that supposed to be a link because it wasn't working and i couldn't find it in the "schedules" section of the game's files on my hard drive
thanks

Brad K · 03-22-2025, 10:44 PM

In the game go to league settings then options. On the right is a box with a button next to it that will display schedules. Scroll until you come to the one named major_league_ml_c_1981_ap.lsdl and select it.

David Watts · 03-23-2025, 03:03 PM

League Settings, Options, top right Edit League Schedule, Actions, Import from file and then select the schedule Brad listed. You have to do this is preseason.

If you're starting your league in 1981 another option would be to create your league with Use Real Lineups/Use real Transactions. Then once league is created, you could turn those options off. OOTP will load the 1981 as played schedule if you have real lineups selected.

kborsuk · 03-23-2025, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad K

In the game go to league settings then options. On the right is a box with a button next to it that will display schedules. Scroll until you come to the one named major_league_ml_c_1981_ap.lsdl and select it.

many thanks

kborsuk · 03-23-2025, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Watts

League Settings, Options, top right Edit League Schedule, Actions, Import from file and then select the schedule Brad listed. You have to do this is preseason.

If you're starting your league in 1981 another option would be to create your league with Use Real Lineups/Use real Transactions. Then once league is created, you could turn those options off. OOTP will load the 1981 as played schedule if you have real lineups selected.

many thanks

Brad K · 03-23-2025, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Watts

League Settings, Options, top right Edit League Schedule, Actions, Import from file and then select the schedule Brad listed. You have to do this is preseason.

If you're starting your league in 1981 another option would be to create your league with Use Real Lineups/Use real Transactions. Then once league is created, you could turn those options off. OOTP will load the 1981 as played schedule if you have real lineups selected.

That's a great idea.

03-22-2025, 11:20 AM	#1
kborsuk Minors (Single A) Join Date: Dec 2021 Posts: 92	1981 season with strike hi everyone, i asked this question once before but I lost what the answer was so please forgive me for asking again. I'm looking to play the 1981 season with the strike and the expanded playoffs and all of that. How can I do that? Is there a way to simulate it? thanks!

03-22-2025, 07:44 PM	#2
Brad K Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2016 Location: St Petersburg Florida USA Posts: 6,441 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Load the 1981 as played schedule. It has "ap" at the end of the file name. __________________ Pirates Play Moneyball 1951 to 2008 46,000 views and counting!... Wow, up to 47,000, thank you. Wow, I hadn't checked for weeks. Oct 9 2024 its 79,561. THIS must be a great idea. My consistent detractors didn't show up en masse to argue against it. They didn't show up HERE either.

03-22-2025, 10:44 PM	#8
Brad K Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2016 Location: St Petersburg Florida USA Posts: 6,441 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	In the game go to league settings then options. On the right is a box with a button next to it that will display schedules. Scroll until you come to the one named major_league_ml_c_1981_ap.lsdl and select it. __________________ Pirates Play Moneyball 1951 to 2008 46,000 views and counting!... Wow, up to 47,000, thank you. Wow, I hadn't checked for weeks. Oct 9 2024 its 79,561. THIS must be a great idea. My consistent detractors didn't show up en masse to argue against it. They didn't show up HERE either.

03-22-2025, 07:51 PM	#3
thehef Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,325	For the playoffs the '81 format was similar to the format that was implemented for the '95 postseason, so you could do that by going to game Settings > League Settings > Options and editing the playoff structure at the bottom right. What I don't know if you can do is implement the split-season component of real-life '81...

03-23-2025, 03:03 PM	#9
David Watts Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Looking for a place called Leehofooks Posts: 9,519 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	League Settings, Options, top right Edit League Schedule, Actions, Import from file and then select the schedule Brad listed. You have to do this is preseason. If you're starting your league in 1981 another option would be to create your league with Use Real Lineups/Use real Transactions. Then once league is created, you could turn those options off. OOTP will load the 1981 as played schedule if you have real lineups selected.