I've successfully upgraded the game to OOTP13 and am now testing a few things.
For now, the following new features are disabled:
10/5 rule (veterans have right to veto trades)
Advanced Draftee Signing (Signing bonus negogtiations)
2012 CBA rules
Enable automatic evolution of the league
The following new features are activated:
Generate International Free Agents -- Default (2 per year)
Average Player Development Budget -- $8m
Average Scouting Budget -- $4m (up from $2m in OOTP9)
Hall of Fame Waiting Period -- 5 years
As always, your comments/suggestions are appreciated and encouraged.
I hope to have the league reports up soon, followed by the actual league file when I finish testing.
Zev
This is awesome Zev, I like to see things moving forward. I like the rules that you have activated and disabled.
ReplyDeleteJust out of curiosity, what does "Automatic Evolution of the League" mean? Like, if we play a few million seasons, will our players end up having gills or eleventh fingers?
ReplyDeleteAlso, should we all be upgrading at this time?
ReplyDeleteFrank,
ReplyDeleteAutomatic Evolution is described here:
http://manuals.ootpdevelopments.com/index.php?man=ootp13&page=options#dynamically_evolving_leagues
And yes, you should be upgrading to OOTP13 in the next few days (if you have not yet done so).
Zev
One modification I'd suggest is to lower the HoF waiting period to 3 years, instead of 5.
ReplyDeleteZev: This sounds pretty good.
ReplyDeleteThe only part I'm dubious about is the Player Development Budget. $8M seems like an awful lot of money for something that has an unknown, but relatively minor effect on the game, based on the one thread about it that I read at the OOTP forums. Maybe a lower leaue average would fit better? Then again, the "right" league average depends on the other changes to the game's financial model and it may be that the default $8M is the right amount to make everything else balance out.
I'd also be in favor of more international free agents, but two per year is ok with me.