
Footnote: in my detailed historical replays I also manually set all field managers to have the same values and the same strategy based upon the era I wish to simulate. If you do tinker with the values for the GMs make sure that each of the GMs have the exact same field manager strategies. You may tweak the Strategy settings for the GMs but I think that the individual AI managers are most important here and not the AI GMs. In Prospect Strategy have all GMs at the exact midpoint for Draft Value, International FA Value, Development Value, and for Scouting Value.ĩ.

In Trading Strategy have all GMs at midpoint for Trade Frequency, Trade Aggressiveness, and for Trading Preference, and have Player Loyalty just beyond midpoint towards High.Ĩ. In Player Evaluation set Scout Value, Current Year Stats, and Last Year Stats at midpoint but for 2 Years Ago Stats have all GMs at 7 clicks left of midpoint and into the red for all GMs.ħ. In Overall Roster Strategy set the slider scales for all GMs two clicks right of midpoint to Favoring Prospects Over Favoring Veterans, have it two clicks left of midpoint for Favoring Pitching over Favoring Offense, from midpoint go three clicks towards Favor Offense over Favor Defense, from midpoint go four clicks towards Favor Power over Favor Speed, and use one click left of midpoint for modern day play to Favor AVG over Favor OBP but go five clicks towards Favor AVG from midpoint for historical play prior to about the year 2000.Ħ. Don't bother with Trainer Ratings for the GMs but do make some changes for all of them in Strategy Tendencies. Set all GMs to have Neutral for Scouting Preference.ĥ. For Scouting Ratings, have all GMs set to 100 for Scouting Majors, Scouting Minors, Scouting Internationally, and for Scouting Amateurs. Don't worry about changing the GM teaching numbers but give each GM a Normal Manager Personality, a Conventional Manager Style, and Neutral for both Hitting Focus and for Pitching Focus.Ĥ. For Manager Ratings, have all GMs set to 100 for handle players, handle veterans, and handle rookies. Click on the GM and then click Editor on his page.ģ.
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Feel free to have them set differently than my preferences but be sure to set them all the same. Click on each and every team's GM (Team>FrontOffice>Personnel>Name) and set them to how you think. Create any new game from start either modern or historical but be sure to check the box that you will be in Commissioner Mode.Ģ. The "new and improved" GMs will then all think like you do and none of them will likely make very stupid trades nor other strange roster moves. The important change is to manually fix all MLB GMs while being in commissioner mode.
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With this one change do not expect to take any poor team and make them World Series champions in three or four years as your task will become much more difficult. OOTP21 is worth repeated play and all results will vary but you may do one thing to most improve the game experience and to make the game more of a challenge.

Unfortunately many of us think that with experience in OOTP that we can take any team to the World Series within three or four years and some of us will quit the game after once winning the Fall Classic. Both should be rewarding this winter and both can involve hundreds or even thousands of hours with game time depending upon how detailed and involved is your preference for human intervention. Others will start at some historical year to both replay seasons past and to imagine what if some historical team had done things differently or had better luck. Some of you will replay the 2020 MLB season and continue the simulation into the unknown future in quest of a dynasty. We all face the prospect of no real baseball until next spring and I assume that many of us will spend some of our snow days playing OOTP21.
