Birthdate changes playing Historical with Fictional minors

Linus · 07-31-2025, 02:14 PM

I currently am playing a historical game with fictional minors. Thanks to Tiger Fan. https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=339170

However, when I moved the draft to June I found something curious. The birthdates to all the players introduced in the draft are born one year younger than real life. For example, I have Chipper Jones below. IRL, he was born in 1972 not 1973. I find it interesting that the game actually changes the date. This hasn't really affected my enjoyment of the game just something I find puzzling.

LansdowneSt · 07-31-2025, 02:31 PM

Their birthdate is impacted by the import process. If you import a 21-year-old version of Chipper into 1920, it will do the math and adjust the birthday. Your movement of the draft, and thus his arrival relative to default expectations, adjusted it in the same way, just not as dramatically as the 1920 in my example.

Linus · 07-31-2025, 03:26 PM

Thanks! That makes sense.

07-31-2025, 02:14 PM	#1
Linus Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 29	Birthdate changes playing Historical with Fictional minors I currently am playing a historical game with fictional minors. Thanks to Tiger Fan. https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=339170 However, when I moved the draft to June I found something curious. The birthdates to all the players introduced in the draft are born one year younger than real life. For example, I have Chipper Jones below. IRL, he was born in 1972 not 1973. I find it interesting that the game actually changes the date. This hasn't really affected my enjoyment of the game just something I find puzzling. Attached Images

07-31-2025, 02:31 PM	#2
LansdowneSt Global Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: From Duxbury, Mass residing Baltimore Posts: 7,366	Their birthdate is impacted by the import process. If you import a 21-year-old version of Chipper into 1920, it will do the math and adjust the birthday. Your movement of the draft, and thus his arrival relative to default expectations, adjusted it in the same way, just not as dramatically as the 1920 in my example. __________________ Complete Universe Facegen Pack 2.0 (mine included) https://www.mediafire.com/file_premi...k_2.0.zip/file Just my Facegen Pack: https://www.mediafire.com/file_premi..._Pack.zip/file

07-31-2025, 03:26 PM	#3
Linus Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 29	Thanks! That makes sense. __________________ "I now inform you that you are to far from reality"