Migration to v19
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 4:03 pm
After tonight’s sim we will be making the move to v19 – Yay!! With that, we should soon have an updated posting on the OOTP forums, with the hope that we will get more than a few nibbles and fill a few of the spots – if not all, that we have open. I really appreciate you all stepping up and helping guide these teams forward. If you could take the time to work a tad bit with them - aside from simple roster management, that would be appreciated. I’ve noticed that there’s a few things needing attention – like London’s $12 ticket prices.
I have already done a test import into v19 and scoured the League settings and it all looked good – although I will warn you that after looking over the Borealis, there were some shifts in the ratings that seemed greater than in the past – the trend seemed to be an upward tick, though not limited to that. This may be related to an ‘under the hood’ setting, where in v18 there were three check boxes and v19 has only two – eliminating one of them. You play with what they give you.
There are a few things that need attention and/or tweaking (because they are annoying). They include:
Buyouts – as some of you may know, v19 makes buyouts a more permanent feature by allowing one to set a minimum percentage when you offer team options. Our Constitution currently reads that a team option must be at least $2M – which seems disproportionate if the contract is small in comparison to a $20M deal with the same buyout.
My question to the group is: should we leave the buyout issue as is or should we set it to a fixed minimum percentage – say 5% or 10% (noting that 10% of a $10M deal is $1M)?
International Feeders – The International College and HS leagues look to have been just thrown together for the sake of being there when we made the international push, and need a little TLC as far as Division titles, etc, plus maybe a bit of realignment. If no one objects, I’m going to play with this. My sense of (accuracy) aesthetics drives me crazy when I see SL2 in the news…
Reliever Award – We have the Reliever Award set as a custom award – a remnant of past versions, but today there is an actual award that is simply turned off – I know we do our own voting and all, so it probably doesn’t matter, but should I fix this?
I will begin the importing of the League File tonight – and time permitting, will upload it and test it out – making sure it can be imported and exported to. Aside from the League file, I am not aware of anything that also needs to go up – so advise as needed – I depend on the community to learn from. Although I have the weekend listed as the time the file will be available, in reality I hope to be able to get that to you tomorrow, so that you each have plenty of time to make sure things work before the first v19 sim Boxing Day and the arrival of PEBA Preseason.
I do ask that, when the time comes, everyone please export from the new file with your team and your Foster Team.
If all works out, we are on-schedule to have Spring Games January 4 and Opening Day 2028 January 16. WHOO HOOO!!
I have already done a test import into v19 and scoured the League settings and it all looked good – although I will warn you that after looking over the Borealis, there were some shifts in the ratings that seemed greater than in the past – the trend seemed to be an upward tick, though not limited to that. This may be related to an ‘under the hood’ setting, where in v18 there were three check boxes and v19 has only two – eliminating one of them. You play with what they give you.
There are a few things that need attention and/or tweaking (because they are annoying). They include:
Buyouts – as some of you may know, v19 makes buyouts a more permanent feature by allowing one to set a minimum percentage when you offer team options. Our Constitution currently reads that a team option must be at least $2M – which seems disproportionate if the contract is small in comparison to a $20M deal with the same buyout.
My question to the group is: should we leave the buyout issue as is or should we set it to a fixed minimum percentage – say 5% or 10% (noting that 10% of a $10M deal is $1M)?
International Feeders – The International College and HS leagues look to have been just thrown together for the sake of being there when we made the international push, and need a little TLC as far as Division titles, etc, plus maybe a bit of realignment. If no one objects, I’m going to play with this. My sense of (accuracy) aesthetics drives me crazy when I see SL2 in the news…
Reliever Award – We have the Reliever Award set as a custom award – a remnant of past versions, but today there is an actual award that is simply turned off – I know we do our own voting and all, so it probably doesn’t matter, but should I fix this?
I will begin the importing of the League File tonight – and time permitting, will upload it and test it out – making sure it can be imported and exported to. Aside from the League file, I am not aware of anything that also needs to go up – so advise as needed – I depend on the community to learn from. Although I have the weekend listed as the time the file will be available, in reality I hope to be able to get that to you tomorrow, so that you each have plenty of time to make sure things work before the first v19 sim Boxing Day and the arrival of PEBA Preseason.
I do ask that, when the time comes, everyone please export from the new file with your team and your Foster Team.
If all works out, we are on-schedule to have Spring Games January 4 and Opening Day 2028 January 16. WHOO HOOO!!