Commish Pitfalls To Avoid

Ben E Lou · 06-04-2008, 08:28 AM

Others, please feel free to chime in. Thought this would be a good list for new commishes.

Do not import files more than once in the same stage, especially the franchise stage. The Franchise Tag will be applied twice, and the players who get franchised twice will refuse to re-sign.
Do not put the .fpn file in the zip that you send to the owners. It will cause their game plans to be reset on their machines.

Subby · 06-04-2008, 09:13 AM

Do not sim games or midweeks on separate machines unless you have copied the FPN file that was used in the previous sim to your Leagues folder.

Location of FPN:

\Solecismic Software\Front Office Football 2007\leagues

The FPN file contains all of the latest depth chart and saved gameplan information for each team.

During the offseason stages it isn't necessary to maintain a current FPN file on separate machines.

sovereignstar · 06-04-2008, 11:33 AM

-*.fmk (ie commish file) is another thing that shouldn't be handed out to GM's.

-I'm not totally sure on this one, but do commishes need to check out the stadium proposal/league suspension e-mails after they enter the draft and before they start late free agency? If I'm remembering right they are deleted before users even get a chance to see them themselves.

Ben E Lou · 06-04-2008, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by sovereignstar

-I'm not totally sure on this one, but do commishes need to check out the stadium proposal/league suspension e-mails after they enter the draft and before they start late free agency? If I'm remembering right they are deleted before users even get a chance to see them themselves.

Yes. And that reminds me of another one.

If you're going to enter draft picks in before free agency is done, do not enter in the 7(32) pick.

Vinatieri for Prez · 06-08-2008, 12:48 AM

Also, if you have a team in your league, you should not re-sim the current week's games more than 10 times. If you can't win 1 in 10, you should take the loss.

JetsIn06 · 06-08-2008, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Vinatieri for Prez

Also, if you have a team in your league, you should not re-sim the current week's games more than 10 times. If you can't win 1 in 10, you should take the loss.

marcmoustache · 06-14-2008, 02:44 PM

Thinking you can please everyone - you can't!

Saying that, I think most players are reasonable and realise that the commish does the work on their own time for nothing. I know the GMs in the league I commish are great at accepting what I can do and can't do and how I deal with any issues.

headtrauma · 06-14-2008, 03:45 PM

To back up your league (and always do this before each sim), copy the "leagues" directory. May seem obvious, but I didn't know this for the first few weeks commishing the Shiba League.

OldSchool · 08-27-2008, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by headtrauma

To back up your league (and always do this before each sim), copy the "leagues" directory. May seem obvious, but I didn't know this for the first few weeks commishing the Shiba League.

worst commish evar

PhinsFan · 06-03-2012, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by sovereignstar

-I'm not totally sure on this one, but do commishes need to check out the stadium proposal/league suspension e-mails after they enter the draft and before they start late free agency? If I'm remembering right they are deleted before users even get a chance to see them themselves.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

Yes. And that reminds me of another one.

If you're going to enter draft picks in before free agency is done, do not enter in the 7(32) pick.

This is great stuff and a very helpful thread to have.

My question is about Ben's post quoted above. How do you input draft picks during the FA period? Maybe this is referring to late free agency? or is it referring to early free agencey?

How can I input draft picks during early free agency? Is this possible? I haven't seen where this could be done in-game

Firefly · 06-15-2012, 07:43 PM

Just open the draft window and start making the picks. Nothing to it.

PhinsFan · 06-16-2012, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Firefly

Just open the draft window and start making the picks. Nothing to it.

thanks, felt dumb on that one after I was told how by another league member...

Firefly · 02-15-2013, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

Others, please feel free to chime in. Thought this would be a good list for new commishes.

Do not import files more than once in the same stage, especially the franchise stage. The Franchise Tag will be applied twice, and the players who get franchised twice will refuse to re-sign.

I didn't know about this one. Did it during the regular season (found a late export) and the game applied the bonuses twice (only the bonuses, though). Luckily no one was hit too hard.

Btw, I don't think it's here: do not sim the Bowl game and End of Season at the same time. If you do not have separate files for each of those, participants won't be able to see the Bowl in Solevision.

06-04-2008, 09:13 AM	#2
Subby lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Shut up, rowech.	Do not sim games or midweeks on separate machines unless you have copied the FPN file that was used in the previous sim to your Leagues folder. Location of FPN: \Solecismic Software\Front Office Football 2007\leagues The FPN file contains all of the latest depth chart and saved gameplan information for each team. During the offseason stages it isn't necessary to maintain a current FPN file on separate machines. __________________ Superman was flying around and saw Wonder Woman getting a tan in the nude on her balcony. Superman said I going to hit that real fast. So he flys down toward Wonder Woman to hit it and their is a loud scream. The Invincible Man scream what just hit me in the ass!!!!!

06-14-2008, 03:45 PM	#8
headtrauma H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: D/FW	To back up your league (and *always* do this before each sim), copy the "leagues" directory. May seem obvious, but I didn't know this for the first few weeks commishing the Shiba League. Last edited by headtrauma : 06-14-2008 at 03:45 PM.

06-04-2008, 11:33 AM	#3
sovereignstar In The Penalty Box Join Date: Feb 2004	-*.fmk (ie commish file) is another thing that shouldn't be handed out to GM's. -I'm not totally sure on this one, but do commishes need to check out the stadium proposal/league suspension e-mails after they enter the draft and before they start late free agency? If I'm remembering right they are deleted before users even get a chance to see them themselves.

06-08-2008, 12:48 AM	#5
Vinatieri for Prez College Starter Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Seattle	Also, if you have a team in your league, you should not re-sim the current week's games more than 10 times. If you can't win 1 in 10, you should take the loss.

06-14-2008, 02:44 PM	#7
marcmoustache H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Jun 2005	Thinking you can please everyone - you can't! Saying that, I think most players are reasonable and realise that the commish does the work on their own time for nothing. I know the GMs in the league I commish are great at accepting what I can do and can't do and how I deal with any issues.

06-15-2012, 07:43 PM	#11
Firefly High School JV Join Date: Dec 2007	Just open the draft window and start making the picks. Nothing to it.

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