Schedule problems w/ 12 team league

[Shaggyra]

Public Football League

US East
Boston
Florida
New York
Washington


US West
Arizona
Carolina
Chicago
Oklahoma


Canada
Calgary
Montreal
Toronto
Vancouver


Schedules


Arizona Wranglers
Week 1 vs Florida Pirates
Week 2 vs Montreal Thunder
Week 3 at Calgary Bandits
Week 4 vs Calgary Bandits
Week 5 vs Carolina Lightning
Week 6 vs Toronto Blizzard
Week 7 at Toronto Blizzard
Week 8 at Vancouver Force
Week 9 at Vancouver Force
Week 10 vs Washington Federals
Week 11 vs Carolina Lightning
Week 12 vs Montreal Thunder
Home Games: 8 Div games: 2

Boston Breakers
Week 1 at Calgary Bandits
Week 2 vs Florida Pirates
Week 3 vs Florida Pirates
Week 4 at Chicago Wind
Week 5 at Vancouver Force
Week 6 at Chicago Wind
Week 7 vs Montreal Thunder
Week 8 at Chicago Wind
Week 9 at Montreal Thunder
Week 10 at Vancouver Force
Week 11 at Toronto Blizzard
Week 12 at Oklahoma Outlaws
Home Games: 3 Div games: 2

Calgary Bandits
Week 1 vs Boston Breakers
Week 2 at Chicago Wind
Week 3 vs Arizona Wranglers
Week 4 at Arizona Wranglers
Week 5 at Florida Pirates
Week 6 vs Carolina Lightning
Week 7 at Vancouver Force
Week 8 vs Carolina Lightning
Week 9 at Washington Federals
Week 10 at Florida Pirates
Week 11 at Vancouver Force
Week 12 vs Washington Federals
Home Games: 5 Div games: 2

Carolina Lightning
Week 1 vs Chicago Wind
Week 2 vs Washington Federals
Week 3 at Chicago Wind
Week 4 vs Oklahoma Outlaws
Week 5 at Arizona Wranglers
Week 6 at Calgary Bandits
Week 7 at Oklahoma Outlaws
Week 8 at Calgary Bandits
Week 9 vs Toronto Blizzard
Week 10 at Oklahoma Outlaws
Week 11 at Arizona Wranglers
Week 12 vs Toronto Blizzard
Home games: 5 Div games: 7

Chicago Wind
Week 1 at Carolina Lightning
Week 2 vs Calgary Bandits
Week 3 vs Carolina Lightning
Week 4 vs Boston Breakers
Week 5 at Washington Federals
Week 6 vs Boston Breakers
Week 7 vs Florida Pirates
Week 8 vs Boston Breakers
Week 9 vs Oklahoma Outlaws
Week 10 vs New York Blazers
Week 11 vs Oklahoma Outlaws
Week 12 vs Florida Pirates
Home games: 10 Div games:4

Florida Pirates
Week 1 at Arizona Wranglers
Week 2 at Boston Breakers
Week 3 at Boston Breakers
Week 4 vs Toronto Blizzard
Week 5 vs Calgary Bandits
Week 6 at Montreal Thunder
Week 7 at Chicago Wind
Week 8 at Oklahoma Outlaws
Week 9 vs New York Blazers
Week 10 vs Calgary Bandits
Week 11 vs New York Blazers
Week 12 at Chicago Wind
Home Games: 5 Div games: 4

Montreal Thunder
Week 1 at Washington Federals
Week 2 at Arizona Wranglers
Week 3 at Oklahoma Outlaws
Week 4 at New York Blazers
Week 5 at Oklahoma Outlaws
Week 6 vs Florida Pirates
Week 7 at Boston Breakers
Week 8 vs New York Blazers
Week 9 vs Boston Breakers
Week 10 vs Toronto Blizzard
Week 11 vs Washington Federals
Week 12 at Arizona Wranglers
Home Games: 5 Div games: 1

New York Blazers
Week 1 vs Vancouver Force
Week 2 at Oklahoma Outlaws
Week 3 at Toronto Blizzard
Week 4 vs Montreal Thunder
Week 5 vs Toronto Blizzard
Week 6 vs Oklahoma Outlaws
Week 7 vs Washington Federals
Week 8 at Montreal Thunder
Week 9 at Florida Pirates
Week 10 at Chicago Wind
Week 11 at Florida Pirates
Week 12 at Vancouver Force
Home Games: 5 Div games: 3

Oklahoma Outlaws
Week 1 at Toronto Blizzard
Week 2 vs New York Blazers
Week 3 vs Montreal Thunder
Week 4 at Carolina Lightning
Week 5 vs Montreal Thunder
Week 6 at New York Blazers
Week 7 vs Carolina Lightning
Week 8 vs Florida Pirates
Week 9 at Chicago Wind
Week 10 vs Carolina Lightning
Week 11 at Chicago Wind
Week 12 vs Boston Breakers
Home Games: 7 Div games: 5

Toronto Blizzard
Week 1 vs Oklahoma Outlaws
Week 2 vs Vancouver Force
Week 3 vs New York Blazers
Week 4 at Florida Pirates
Week 5 at New York Blazers
Week 6 at Arizona Wranglers
Week 7 vs Arizona Wranglers
Week 8 at Washington Federals
Week 9 at Carolina Lightning
Week 10 at Montreal Thunder
Week 11 vs Boston Breakers
Week 12 at Carolina Lightning
Home Games: 5 Div games: 2

Vancouver Force
Week 1 at New York Blazers
Week 2 at Toronto Blizzard
Week 3 at Washington Federals
Week 4 at Washington Federals
Week 5 vs Boston Breakers
Week 6 vs Washington Federals
Week 7 vs Calgary Bandits
Week 8 vs Arizona Wranglers
Week 9 vs Arizona Wranglers
Week 10 vs Boston Breakers
Week 11 vs Calgary Bandits
Week 12 vs New York Blazers
Home Games: 8 Div games: 3

Washington Federals
Week 1 vs Montreal Thunder
Week 2 at Carolina Lightning
Week 3 vs Vancouver Force
Week 4 vs Vancouver Force
Week 5 vs Chicago Wind
Week 6 at Vancouver Force
Week 7 at New York Blazers
Week 8 vs Toronto Blizzard
Week 9 vs Calgary Bandits
Week 10 at Arizona Wranglers
Week 11 at Montreal Thunder
Week 12 at Calgary Bandits
Home Games: 6 Div games: 1


Just for information.

[Marauders]

That's not right. [&:]

[Magnum357]

What do you mean Marauders? Shaggy, are you complaining that its not producing a balanced schedule?

[Antmeister71]

ORIGINAL: Magnum357

What do you mean Marauders? Shaggy, are you complaining that its not producing a balanced schedule?

Well the problem is that a team should be playing half their games at home. That doesn't seem to be the case. On top of that, you should at least play each divisional opponent at least once (it should probably be twice with the longer schedule in this case). Scheduling is something that is fundamental to any football game.

[22sec]

Has anyone tried editing the schedules?

[Shaggyra]

ORIGINAL: Magnum357

What do you mean Marauders? Shaggy, are you complaining that its not producing a balanced schedule?

Exactly. Boston has 3 home games and 9 away. Chicago has 10 home games and 2 away.

Divisional games are a mess. Montreal only plays 1.

Not to mention things like Vancouver playing Washington 3 out of 4 weeks in a row.

So, yeah, it's not balanced.

[Magnum357]

Ok, I can understand what you mean by that. Maybe the reason why David didn't make the game have balanced schedules is because with such vast differences in league structures that it would be very difficult for him to make balanced schedules. And with leagues with Odd number of teams, its even harder to get perfectly balanced schedules. He probably figured that 3rd party developers could easily handle the Scheduling duties and let the users schedule there own games.

21SEC, I'm actually working on a schedule utility for the game, but its taking me some time too make it work right.

[22sec]

Looking forward to see what you come up with Magnum

[mbMike]

ORIGINAL: Shaggyra

ORIGINAL: Magnum357

What do you mean Marauders? Shaggy, are you complaining that its not producing a balanced schedule?

Exactly. Boston has 3 home games and 9 away. Chicago has 10 home games and 2 away.

Divisional games are a mess. Montreal only plays 1.

Not to mention things like Vancouver playing Washington 3 out of 4 weeks in a row.

So, yeah, it's not balanced.

Dude,

Can't you just be happy for one second? Who cares if the schedule is not balanced? It'll get fixed some other day. Just play the game and stop moaning so much.

[Shaggyra]

ORIGINAL: mbMike

Dude,

Can't you just be happy for one second? Who cares if the schedule is not balanced? It'll get fixed some other day. Just play the game and stop moaning so much.

Excuse me?

And just what are you doing to help things?

This is a problem with the game. I'm pointing it out here. Just like we are supposed to do.

Grow up or kiss my ......................................

[Tbird]

I don't even think he owns the game

[Eyeman79]

I'm having the same problem with the 1959 NFL league. My Steelers are scheduled to play the Packers three times in a 14 game season, all on the road. While this would have been nice last season its a bit frustrating. I tried generating new scheldules but this imbalance showed up every time.

This is obviously an issue that needs attention. I am suprised that this is the first time its been reported.

[Magnum357]

Didn't the NFL only play a 12 game season during 1959? I may be wrong on that, would need too look that up.

As I said before, I'm working on a Utility as we speak to edit schedules, but its taking me a little longer then I thought. Also, at the rate things are going, my utility will only be useful with Custom made leagues because it seems the Stock League Databases are designed slightly differently then the Custom ones.

[Rottweiler69]

I completed a custom 40 team league but the scheduling makes it unplayable at this point. Hopefully there will be at least a manual scheduler in a future patch. Tried the scheduler.txt utility from fbmax, but when it opens it gives me a "something is wrong, we're sorry for the inconvenience error". Anyone else having any luck with schedules at this point?

[Tbird]

You can modify it

but you have to know the team ID number it doesn't show the team name

[Rottweiler69]

Is that in the mdb file?

[Magnum357]

Hey guys, just a quick update on my Schedule program. At this point, the untility can function, but I'm still having some problems with the program. Right now, it can load needed League file, but it only displays the ID number for each teams matchup. I wanted it too be able too display the actual teams name but I haven't figured out to do that yet. Also, I'm trying to add a feature that allows you too print out a .txt file of a Particular Teams schedule if the user wants too. This has also delayed my progress of releasing my utiltity as I'm having trouble trying to get Team names to display right in the program.

[Rottweiler69]

Just good to know that you are still working on it.Though I can't seem to get ANY utility from fbmax to work. This includes the database viewer and scheduler.txt.I'm sure it's something missing on my part, but I'm not saavy enough to figure out too much. In other words, the problem is probably between the chair and the keyboard.I may have to wait for a patch to get it done in the future. **crosses fingers**

[Magnum357]

Hey Rottweiler, where you able to use the DataConstant Utility I made for MaxFB? It allows you too adjust Gameplay settings sort of like how Madden has its slider settings. The only other files that you need to make it run is the vb6 runtime files, but I think almost all up to date XP OS's should have those in Windows already.

That is another thing I'm trying to do while making my utilities. I'm trying to make them pretty easy to install and use on anybodies system. So you don't have to have the latest version of Access or Jet Database to make it function.

[Tbird]

Can't wait for you utility Magnum

I have a small league right now so it might not be too hard for me to make my own schedules [:)]