teams from 1871 to 1899

[captkirk685]

First of all I wanted to say this is a great game and I think you all did a great job on it, I was reading we would be able to play using teams from 1871 until 2004, I Downloaded the stats file like it said to be able to access the teams but it starts at 1900 instead of 1871, there is a newer file version 5.3 which has the teams from 1871 but it doesn't seem to work with the game,, just wondering if anybody has had the same problem, like I said this is a great game and was hoping somebody can help me, thanks

[puresimmer]

There are not enough players available in those years to create full-blown leagues based exactly on them (this is supported for 1900+). If we say 1871 somewhere then that needs to be fixed and I apologize.

[captkirk685]

Hello thanks for the fast reply, i appreciate it, this is the first line on your webpage

Play with fictional players or real players from any season since 1871 with PureSim's integrated support for the free Lahman 2004 MLB player database!


Im not complaining im just letting you know, being able to go back to 1900 is awesome and makes this game alot of fun...

[redeck]

we used to be able to use teams from 1871, but as Shuan said, the game doesnt support the small roster sizes well and it would crash nearly everytime. to quick fix that, Shuan closed the games ability to use teams strictly before 1900. however you can still create a league and import players from 1871 on, into it. even whole teams. what you have to do from there is fill in the roster with other players, fictional or other real imported players. this is all done from the "players" screen once you create a league.

[redeck]

me again, thought id share what ive done

the league that im running started in 1901, using the 16 teams from that season and their rosters as a set point. i then imported ALL of 1871s players into my free agent pool, and let the computor sign them up for 10 days of regbular season play. then for my team i signed a couple of the best of the rest. i then played for about 24 seasons. after most or all of the players from 1871 retired, i then imported all players from 1889, then force retiring players like cy young who have already been in my league from 1901. I played until the 1950 season when i then "created most negro league stars that never played in MLB and many pre 1950s Japan stars as well. im now in the 1960 season and when i reach about 1968 or so im going to create post 50s Japan stars like OH and Nagashima.

Ive expanded the League to 30 teams over the seasons to make room for the extra star power, and am having lots of fun with this. even still i wish i could have started from 1871 from the start. i would have liked to use less pitchers on my rosters than minimum of ten. Heres to hoping these types of changes will be in puresim 2006 release.

but still this is a great game Shaun.

[captkirk685]

thanks for the info, this is a great game and i wasn't trying to complain to shaun at all, im going to start a league from 1900,,,