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- Strategic Baseball Simulator
- Version 3.41 - January 2000
-
- To start the game, just type "baseball". To learn more about the
- features and capabilities of SBS, be sure to read the documentation file
- BASEBALL.DOC. You can do this while running "baseball", but you might
- want to print out the .DOC file if you are a new user.
-
- A document you may want to read is BASEBALL.INF. This explains
- in some detail how SBS goes about the simulation process.
-
- ************************ Late Information ***************************
-
-
- >> COMPATIBILITY WITH PREVIOUS VERSIONS
-
- Statistics Files.
- The compiled statistics files (.STS, .STB, .STP, etc.) in version 3.xx
- are NOT COMPATIBLE with the statistics files from earlier versions. Do
- NOT attempt to use any old stat files you may have with version 3.xx.
- Also, do not attempt to use new version 3.xx stat files with an older
- version of this program.
-
- Team .DAT Files.
- Beginning with the 1994 season, the data (.DAT) files have a new,
- expanded format. Your old .DAT files (team rosters/statistics) should
- work just fine, but the newer format includes information about
- games-played by position and pitcher's games and games started.
- Unfortuneately, it was deemed necessary to slightly encrypt player's
- names so no actual current player's name is used. Of course these files
- remain completely editable by the user.
-
- Old Schedule (.SCH) Files.
- If you have an older version (pre-3.00) of SBS, you must copy or rename
- your old .SCH files to have the extention .SER in order to work under
- 3.xx. For example, if you have some old .SCH files in the directory
- \SBS251 and you want to move them to \SBS34:
-
- cd \SBS251
- copy *.SCH \SBS34\*.SER
-
-
- >> BACKUP YOUR STATISTICS FILES!
-
- Version 3.xx offers much better and faster management of statistics than
- previous versions. However, because much of the manipulation of the
- statistics is done in memory there is an added risk of data loss due to
- power failures, accidently turning off the computer, computer lock-ups
- or Heaven Forbid, program bugs. To help protect yourself from such
- events I strongly recommend that you use the /pw: (path-write) switch
- which writes your stat files to a separate directory. Then you should
- regularly back-up that directory to diskette.
-
- 1. For example, create a directory called \STATS:
- >MD \STATS
-
- 2. Then when you run SBS, start is with the /pw switch:
- >BASEBALL /PW:\STATS
-
- [You may want to create a little batch file to start SBS if you don't
- want to type that in all the time. If you start SBS from Windows you can
- add the "/PW:\STATS" to the icon that launches SBS or to the .PIF file
- if you use one.]
-
- Alternatively, you can also edit your BASEBALL.CFG file with a line that
- begins WRITE-PATH=.
- Example: WRITE-PATH=\STATS
-
- Now it's easy to backup whatever is in the \STATS directory to a floppy.
-
- >COPY \STATS A:
-
-
- >> COMMENT ABOUT THE "AUTO-LINEUP" FEATURE:
-
- Version 3.xx now uses expanded .DAT files with "Games by Position"
- columns. You will notice there are three columns in which you may split
- up a player's playing time among three positions. This information is
- used by the program in selecting starting lineups so that a player's
- correct amount of playing time is approximated. The current method works
- great for bench players, but it does not always do a good job in moving
- around your default starting eight to other defensive positions. Perhaps
- I can work on this in the future.
-
-
- >> PROGRAM LIMITS
-
- Statistics Tracking Limits:
- Unique Batters in a simulation............900
- Unique Pitchers in a simulation...........500
- Total Games in a simulation.................?
-
- Website:
- http://www.geocities.com/dbschmidt1/
-
- Email:
- dbschmidt1@yahoo.com
-