Help with Independent League

[Masson26]

I keep trying to creating independent leagues of baseball, however they seem to always end of filled with 4-5 star players, is their any way to get it to a more realistic level of mostly 1 star players?

[bwburke94]

You should try editing player creation modifiers in League Setup.

[Masson26]

Originally Posted by bwburke94

You should try editing player creation modifiers in League Setup.

whats settings would u recommend?

[MUFC1878]

Originally Posted by Masson26

I keep trying to creating independent leagues of baseball, however they seem to always end of filled with 4-5 star players, is their any way to get it to a more realistic level of mostly 1 star players?

Do you mean created players for that specific league or players being signed from another league?

If it's the latter, you should lower the financial settings. You could use something from the 1970s or 60s.

[Masson26]

Originally Posted by MUFC1878

Do you mean created players for that specific league or players being signed from another league?

If it's the latter, you should lower the financial settings. You could use something from the 1970s or 60s.

Yeah i mean players created for that league, i know no major leaguers are gonna sign for the 10k a year salary

[Peregrine]

I find that if I just edit the salaries of the players in the league, and make sure the team's budgets don't get too high, that will handle most of the problem for me. The only question is with new players created for the league - if you want to reduce their skill you will have to change the PCMs as mentioned above. Personally I like to have a few good players in the league, with the understanding they will almost certainly leave once they become free agents (unless they have sky high loyalty, etc.)

[Masson26]

Originally Posted by Peregrine

I find that if I just edit the salaries of the players in the league, and make sure the team's budgets don't get too high, that will handle most of the problem for me. The only question is with new players created for the league - if you want to reduce their skill you will have to change the PCMs as mentioned above. Personally I like to have a few good players in the league, with the understanding they will almost certainly leave once they become free agents (unless they have sky high loyalty, etc.)

i have the salaries set to reality ($3k-$20k), and the salary caps are at the actualy level ($115k or less), but when i play it comes up with all major league calibur players and i really dont know what to set it at to get primarily one star players.

[Masson26]

Anyone have any ideas what i might want to change the setting to to make it more realistic?

[MUFC1878]

Originally Posted by Masson26

Anyone have any ideas what i might want to change the setting to to make it more realistic?

Try setting the player creation modifiers to something similar to minor leagues. Or change them until you find a combination that you consider realistic.

Also, if you have individual ratings on, look at them and not at the star ratings. You will always have 4-5 stars players in an indy, but they might be 1 or 2 in the majors.

I think if you set the indy league to AA or single A, it will use those ratings. Not sure if it only works during creation.

[Masson26]

Originally Posted by MUFC1878

Try setting the player creation modifiers to something similar to minor leagues. Or change them until you find a combination that you consider realistic.

Also, if you have individual ratings on, look at them and not at the star ratings. You will always have 4-5 stars players in an indy, but they might be 1 or 2 in the majors.

I think if you set the indy league to AA or single A, it will use those ratings. Not sure if it only works during creation.

I have them set to between R-AA depending on the particular league.

So if i traded a 4 star indy player to the majors, he could then become a 1 star player in the majors?

[MUFC1878]

Originally Posted by Masson26

I have them set to between R-AA depending on the particular league.

Then check the creation modifiers. I believe Majors are set all at 1.000. Try, maybe around .850 or .800 for the indys. Maybe less. Run some test leagues until you get results you want.

So if i traded a 4 star indy player to the majors, he could then become a 1 star player in the majors?

I think I read that here somewhere. Maybe do a search in the forums, see if you find it.

In my indy league + MLB test save, indy at single A level, its best player was 2 stars. The majority of players were half a star.

[Masson26]

Originally Posted by MUFC1878

Then check the creation modifiers. I believe Majors are set all at 1.000. Try, maybe around .850 or .800 for the indys. Maybe less. Run some test leagues until you get results you want.

I think I read that here somewhere. Maybe do a search in the forums, see if you find it.

In my indy league + MLB test save, indy at single A level, its best player was 2 stars. The majority of players were half a star.

thanks the overall star ratings are adjusted based on the league they play in, now just gotta figure out the realistic level.