Auto Park Factors?

[playitliketebow]

Hi, i was wondering is there a way the ootp auto factors parks or is there a calculator i could use or something because i want to create a small park for one of my teams in my fictional world (I'm thinking like 250 down the line and like 320 at center with like 10 foot fences) but I need a way for the park factors does ootp 15 do this for me automatically or is there a way to figure it out

[playitliketebow]

I found what I was looking for if anyone stumbles across this post in the future go here Ballparks | OOTPMODS.COM if you want to create your own park download "2013 Stadium Chart" or if you want to import real parks download "Gambo's Importable Ballpark PRK Files" and trust me it has tons of parks even the park in my home town which holds about 5,000 people and is currently only being used for summer league college baseball.

[Gambo]

OOTPmods.com

Some clown created a stadium chart that has a factor generator. The factor generator is based on an ancient design that has been tweaked and modified through alchemy to make it more "accurate". It's the best we have for OOTP since the game does not create the factors automatically.

[Questdog]

Originally Posted by Gambo

OOTPmods.com

Some clown created a stadium chart that has a factor generator. The factor generator is based on an ancient design that has been tweaked and modified through alchemy to make it more "accurate". It's the best we have for OOTP since the game does not create the factors automatically.

So we can now call you Gambo the Clown?....

[playitliketebow]

Originally Posted by Gambo

OOTPmods.com

Some clown created a stadium chart that has a factor generator. The factor generator is based on an ancient design that has been tweaked and modified through alchemy to make it more "accurate". It's the best we have for OOTP since the game does not create the factors automatically.

Thank you very much i've been playing around with it for a little now. It certainly does the job!

[t-bone shuffle]

Originally Posted by playitliketebow

Hi, i was wondering is there a way the ootp auto factors parks or is there a calculator i could use or something because i want to create a small park for one of my teams in my fictional world (I'm thinking like 250 down the line and like 320 at center with like 10 foot fences) but I need a way for the park factors does ootp 15 do this for me automatically or is there a way to figure it out

Speaking of this. Does anyone know how the game handles park factors for expansion teams? Does it create factors that keep the league factor totals equaling 1 for each team/category?

And since we're here, can anyone with knowledge, expound on the overall specific importance of the league factors totaling 1/team, as opposed say, to the specific park factors?

I'd really a appreciate some knowledgeable feedback.

[Cinnamon J. Scudworth]

Originally Posted by t-bone shuffle

And since we're here, can anyone with knowledge, expound on the overall specific importance of the league factors totaling 1/team, as opposed say, to the specific park factors?

I think you are referring to how a new fictional league will have parks whose different park factors all average to 1.000 for each category. So generally speaking you will have some hitter's parks, some pitcher's parks, but the league-wide average across all parks is neutral.

My understanding is that this is important only for ensuring the total statistical output of the league will correspond to the league totals and modifiers. If the league average park factors are not neutral, the league totals will end up slightly skewed. Unless you have a very small league with really dramatic park factors, though, I don't think it's actually something you need to worry a lot about. The effect would be minor, I think.

I don't know how the game handles expansion teams' park factors, but, for that reason, I've never really cared.

[Questdog]

Park factors not totaling to a 1.000 average across the board is not a problem as far as skewing the overall stats of a league since OOTP sets the LTMs with the park factors in place to get the overall league stats in line with what they should be.

The problem with the factors not averaging to 1.000 is that you cannot know exactly what the actual affect of the factors are by just looking at the settings.

For instance, if the park factors of one category in a league average out to say 1.500, then a park with a 1.000 setting is actually below average in that league and not neutral. A park factor setting of 1.200 would actually be below average and so when you look at the home/road stats for that category the team should perform better on the road.

If all the factors average to 1.000 then you'd know to expect a team with a 1.200 factor to perform better at home.

[t-bone shuffle]

Originally Posted by Questdog

Park factors not totaling to a 1.000 average across the board is not a problem as far as skewing the overall stats of a league since OOTP sets the LTMs with the park factors in place to get the overall league stats in line with what they should be.

The problem with the factors not averaging to 1.000 is that you cannot know exactly what the actual affect of the factors are by just looking at the settings.

For instance, if the park factors of one category in a league average out to say 1.500, then a park with a 1.000 setting is actually below average in that league and not neutral. A park factor setting of 1.200 would actually be below average and so when you look at the home/road stats for that category the team should perform better on the road.

If all the factors average to 1.000 then you'd know to expect a team with a 1.200 factor to perform better at home.

Thanks very much for this. I suppose some of it should have been obvious, but it wasn't coming to me. Regards...

[Gambo]

Originally Posted by playitliketebow

I found what I was looking for if anyone stumbles across this post in the future go here Ballparks | OOTPMODS.COM if you want to create your own park download "2013 Stadium Chart" or if you want to import real parks download "Gambo's Importable Ballpark PRK Files" and trust me it has tons of parks even the park in my home town which holds about 5,000 people and is currently only being used for summer league college baseball.

I would avoid the importable prk files off ootpmods. They are using the old factor formula and are not as good as the new ones. I have posted the updated park.dat which you can put in any league then export the .prk files then.