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The second tab on the left side of the [[OOTP 25:Creating Games/Custom Games - Advanced Mode|Create New Game]] screen displays the '''Game Settings''' screen:

This screen sets important global variables for your baseball universe. The settings on this screen affect every league in your world, although they do not affect other saved games.

OOTP also has some additional global options ("Report Options" and "Global Database Functions") that are only available after the creation of a game, from the [[OOTP 25:Screens and Menus/Game Settings|Global Setup]] screen.

===== Scouting Settings =====
Scouting Settings allows you to change the way the game's scouting systems operate in your game.

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{| class="wikitable"
|'''Option'''
|'''Description'''
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|Use Complete Scouting System
|If this box is checked, OOTP's [[OOTP 25:Important Game Concepts/Scouting|scouting system]] will be in use. If this box is unchecked the scouting system will not be in play, and all player ratings and potential values you see in the game will be the actual values.
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|Scouting Accuracy
|This allows you to select how accurate scouts are in your game world. This can be set from very low to very high. There is also an option called "100% accurate." This option is specifically for use by people who really don't want to deal with scouting,  but still want the game to scout players periodically.
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|Scouting Report Updates
|This allows you to determine how often players will try to be re-scouted or updated by your head scout: monthly, bi-monthly, or only at the start and end of the season.
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|Report History
|This allows you to determine how many scouting reports are retained for each player: all of them, one per season, or none at all.
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|Reports of Retired Players
|This allows you to determine whether or not scouting reports are retained or deleted when the player retires.
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===== Player Rating Scales =====
OOTP uses a number of ratings to describe the abilities of players and coaches. These rating scales can be changed at any time. They don't actually change player ratings, just the scale on which they are displayed. Player ratings are defined in more detail in [[OOTP 25:Important Game Concepts/Baseball Ratings|Current Ratings and Potential Ratings]], but the numeric range you choose is strictly a matter of preference.

[[File:Player Ratings Scales.jpg|frameless|500x500px]]

OOTP supports any of the ratings scales listed below. In each numeric scale, the higher a player's rating, the better he is at that particular skill.

* NONE displayed
* 1 to 5
* 2 to 8
* 1 to 10
* 1 to 20
* 20 to 80 (in increments of 5)
* 1 to 100

'NONE displayed' will prevent ratings from displaying. Even if ratings are not displayed, they still exist and are used by the computer in decision-making. They are simply not visible to the human player. You can change rating scales at any time during a game without adversely affecting your league.
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Option'''
|'''Description'''
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|Player Ratings
|Defines the scale used to view current player ratings.
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|Player Potential
|Defines the scale used to view player potential ratings.
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|Other Ratings
|Defines the scale used to view other player ratings (such as speed and baserunning skills).
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|Show Ratings greater than Max
|By default, OOTP limits ratings to the scale defined. However, if this option is enabled, some exceptionally rare players might have ratings above the top end of the defined ratings scale. For example, on a scale of 1-100, there could be players with 120 ratings.
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|Show Potential less than Actual
|By default, OOTP limits ratings to the scale defined. However, if this option is enabled, there may be some cases where a player's potential ratings are lower than their actual ratings. This could be an indicator that the player's current performance is an anomaly.
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|Overall/Talent Ratings
|Scouts in OOTP give each player an overall rating. You can choose not to show these overall ratings, use a 20-80 scale, or use a star-based system. The star-based system displays player ratings from one-half to five stars, in half-star increments. The 20-80 system can be set to either display values only in increments of 5 or all values.
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|Ratings relative to leagues
|By default, OOTP ratings are scaled relative to the chosen league, usually the best league in the universe. If this option is disabled, then player ratings will show using their absolute values. If enabled, then ratings will be scaled to the average of the league, so that a player who is a 50 on a 20-80 will be exactly league average.
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|Overall rating based on all players, not position
|By default, OOTP overall ratings compare position players to other players at the same position. For example, shortstops are rated relative to all other shortstops. If you select this check box, the game will instead rate all players compared to all players in the entire league, across positions.
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===== Coaching Staff Settings =====
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{| class="wikitable"
|Use Complete Coaching System
|If this box is checked, OOTP's [[OOTP 25:Important Game Concepts/The Personnel Model|coaching/personnel system]] will be in use. If coaches are turned off, all teams are treated as if they had an average coaching staff. 'Coaching' in this case includes other team personnel such as team trainers.
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|Enable Owner Goals
|Enables the Owner Goals system, which will have your team's owner set specific goals for you to accomplish.
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|Legacy Mode
|By default, players who play GM-only may hire coaches who will prevent them from being able to set lineups or strategy. If enabled, managers will always allow the GM to set lineups and player strategies (they may still prevent edits to team strategy setting).
|}

===== Facegen Settings =====
OOTP can create fictional pictures for your players and coaches. Fictional faces appear with their team's cap and jersey, and their logos as well. Faces are divided into several facial types. They can be displayed at multiple angles with multiple backgrounds, and change as players age, change in mood, or even change in weight.
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Option'''
|'''Description'''
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|Player Pictures for
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* '''All Players''' - All players in your game will receive fictional player pictures.
* '''Major League Players Only''' - Players in the major leagues receive fictional pictures. All other players will not automatically receive pictures.
* '''None''' - No players will receive fictional player pictures.
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|Create Player Pictures
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* '''Upon Player Creation''' - Fictional pictures are created at the time players are newly created, such as when an first-year player draft pool is generated.
* '''On Demand''' - Fictional pictures are created automatically whenever required to display the image on-page. For example, when you open a player's profile, the picture will be generated.
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|Update Player Pictures
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* '''Yearly Only''' - Pictures are updated on January 1. Updates include changes based on age, weight, or team.
* '''On Status Change''' - Pictures are updated immediately whenever there are changes based on age, weight, team, or mood change.
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|Coach Pictures for
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* '''All Coaches/Scouts/Managers''' - All coaches, scouts, and managers will have fictional pictures.
* '''No Fictional Pictures''' - No coaches or other personnel will receive fictional pictures.
|}

===== Player Injury, Fatigue, and Suspensions =====
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These options affect how player suspensions, injuries, and fatigue are handled in your universe.
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Option'''
|'''Description'''
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|Enable Injuries
|When this box is selected injuries will occur in your league. When it is deselected players will not experience injuries.
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|Short Term Injury Frequency
|This setting changes the frequency of short-term injuries in your universe. You can select from the range of extremely low (frequency) to Very High (frequency). The default setting is normal for OOTP. Realistic Modern Day MLB is set at high. So be careful with your selection or you may be surprised with just how many injuries a real-life MLB GM faces during a season.
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|Long Term Injury Frequency
|This setting changes the frequency of long-term injuries in your universe. You can select from the range of extremely low (frequency) to Very High (frequency). The default setting is normal for OOTP. Realistic Modern Day MLB is set at high. So be careful with your selection or you may be surprised with just how many injuries a real-life MLB GM faces during a season.
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|Delayed Injury Diagnosis
|Delayed Injury Diagnosis means that when a player is injured, the extent and exact nature of the injury will not be readily apparent to GMs. The GM will be informed as soon as the team trainers have a better idea of the injury. This can be set to "Occasionally" or "Never."
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|Hide Injury Rating
|Controls whether or not you can see a player's Injury History in the [[OOTP 25:Screens and Menus/Player Profile/Profile/Player Profile|Health Status section of the Player Profile]] or in [[OOTP 25:Screens and Menus/Common Interface Elements/Views|views]].
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|Position Player Fatigue
|Controls how quickly position players become fatigued during the season. The value can be set from None to Very High.
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|Enable Suspensions
|When this check box is deselected, no players will experience suspensions due to in-game brawls, etc.
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|Suspension Frequency
|Controls the frequency of suspensions when they are enabled. Options range from "very low" to "very high".
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See [[OOTP 25:Important Game Concepts/The Player Model/Suspensions|Suspensions]], and [[OOTP 25:Important Game Concepts/The Player Model/Injuries and Fatigue|Injuries, Fatigue, and Aging]] for more information.

===== Player Personality Settings =====
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{| class="wikitable"
|'''Option'''
|'''Description'''
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|Use player personality ratings
|This checkbox will turn on or off the use of the player personality ratings in OOTP. Players in OOTP have distinct personalities based on a number of personality ratings. See [[OOTP 25:Important Game Concepts/Personality Ratings/Player Personalities|Player Personality]] for more information.
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|Show player personality ratings on profile page
|If this option is checked, the game will display these player personalities in the player profile and use them in game decision-making.
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|Show and use player morale system
|Players in OOTP have morale, which affects how they play, and of course whether they are interested in signing a contract with your team. If this option is checked, the game will display player morale information and use it in game decision-making. See [[OOTP 25:Important Game Concepts/Personality Ratings/Player Morale|Player Morale]] for more information.
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|Show and use team chemistry system
|If the team chemistry system is enable, players may have relationships (including personality conflicts) with each other and/or their manager, which may help or hurt the team.
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|Show player nicknames
|Unchecking this box will remove the display of player nicknames from their profile screen.
|}

===== Player Development Settings =====
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The Player Development Settings allow you flexibility regarding OOTP's player model. The first several options in this section are ''modifiers''. The default setting of 1.000 for modifiers produces results that are consistent with modern-day baseball. You can change these modifiers to suit your baseball universe. To decrease a modifier, enter a number less than 1. For example, a modifier of .500 should roughly halve the expected results. To increase a modifier, enter a number greater than 1.
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Option'''
|'''Description'''
|-
|Batter Aging Speed
|This modifier affects the speed with which players lose their hitting skills as they age. The lower this modifier is set, the more slowly players will lose their skills as they age. So, a modifier of .500 would result in players maintaining their hitting skills much later in their careers. A modifier of 1.500 would cause players' hitting skills to drop much earlier in their careers.
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|Batter Dev. Speed
|This modifier affects the speed with which players' hitting skills develop. The lower this modifier is set, the more slowly players will develop their hitting skills. So, a modifier of .500 would result in players developing hitting skills at a slower pace. A modifier of 1.500 would cause players to develop hitting skills at a quicker pace.
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|Pitcher Aging Speed
|This modifier affects the speed with which players lose their pitching skills as they age. The lower this modifier is set, the more slowly players will lose their skills as they age. So, a modifier of .500 would result in players maintaining their pitching skills much later in their careers. A modifier of 1.500 would cause players' pitching skills to drop much earlier in their careers.
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|Pitcher Dev. Speed
|This modifier affects the speed with which players' pitching skills develop. The lower this modifier is set, the more slowly players will develop their pitching skills. So, a modifier of .500 would result in players developing pitching skills at a slower pace. A modifier of 1.500 would cause players to develop pitching skills at a quicker pace.
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|Talent Change Randomness
|This modifier controls how random player talent changes are.  If the number is raised above 100, the possible amount of a talent change will have a larger minimum and maximum, leading to more significant changes in talent over the course of a player's career; if it's lowered below 100, the changes will be smaller and the player's general talent will remain unchanged.  The effect will be most noticeable among the most skilled players.
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|Disable Player Development
|Select the Disable Player Development check box if you do not want players to develop in your game world. This option is generally used by historical simulation fans who want the game to generate very specific statistical results, which could be thrown into disarray if player skill levels change during a season.
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|Disable Player Development for Draft-Eligible Players
|Select the Disable Player Development check box if you do not want players who are draft-eligible to develop, unless they're playing in a feeder league.
|}
''Note: As a rule, it's safest to make only small changes in modifiers at first, until you are more certain of the effect.''

===== Delete Players Who Never Reached Majors =====
This option allows you to automatically delete players from the game database if they have retired without ever playing in a major league. This can potentially help keep the size of the database file down somewhat, it also helps removes clutter when looking at league history. This option is turned off by default, meaning that all player history is retained forever.

===== Don't Re-Use Player ID's =====
The second option allows users to choose if they would like the game to re-use player IDs. This will cause the game to have larger file sizes as player ID's won't be re-used and instead will continue to be unique to each player.

===== Stats Settings =====
The settings below will govern whether disk space and memory are used to preserve data regarding L/R splits, career fielding stats, and career postseason stats. These settings have no effect on your gameplay but choosing to not record these could increase your game speed.
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Option'''
|'''Description'''
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|Keep career L/R splits
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* '''Keep All''' - Saves the player's career left/right splits (highest disk/memory usage).
* '''Major League Stats Only''' - Saves only the player's major league left/right splits.
* '''Keep None''' - Does not save career splits (lowest disk/memory usage).
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|Keep career fielding stats
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* '''Keep All''' - Saves the player's career fielding stats (highest disk/memory usage).
* '''Major League Stats Only''' - Saves only the player's major league career fielding stats.
* '''Keep None''' - Does not save career fielding stats (lowest disk/memory usage).
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|Keep career postseason stats
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* '''Keep All''' - Saves the player's career postseason stats (highest disk/memory usage).
* '''Major League Stats Only''' - Saves only the player's major league postseason stats.
* '''Keep None''' - Does not save career postseason stats (lowest disk/memory usage).
|}

===== Financial Settings =====
The financial coefficient is an easy way to adjust the monetary figures that appear across your entire league. Changing this value will cause a corresponding increase or decrease in financial values throughout your universe. For example, if a player has a $1,000,000 contract, changing the financial coefficient to 1.100 would cause the contract to become a $1,100,000 contract.

The financial coefficient is a strict multiplier. For example, lowering the financial coefficient might lower player salaries, but it would not change the curve of salary distributions. See [[OOTP 25:Important Game Concepts/Finances and Player Contracts/The Team Financial Model|here]] for more information on OOTP's team financial model.

''Note: When you change the financial coefficient, values such as the 'typical salary' values in the league setup will change automatically. For example, if your typical coach salary was set to $200,000, and you change the financial coefficient to .500, the typical coach salary would become $100,000. However, you must switch tabs before the changes will become apparent. To make sure you are looking at the most recent information after changing the financial coefficient, click on any tab and then return to the tab that you want to view.''

===== Auto-Save and Log Options =====
The Auto-Save and Log Options section contains a few additional choices for administering your league. These options mainly give you some flexibility in terms of what files OOTP saves over the course of your game's history. Depending on what you're interested in, adjusting these settings can drastically impact the size of your league files.
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Option'''
|'''Description'''
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|Auto-Save
|Tells the game how frequently to auto-save the progress in your game. You can choose Once a year, Once a month, Once a week, Daily, or Dynamic. The Dynamic option will allow the game to pick major events and moments to autosave your game therefore allowing you to let the game manage autosaving instead of setting it at a periodic time frame. The time frames given are in-game times, not real-world times.
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|Save Box Scores from . . .
|Allows you to choose which [[OOTP 25:Screens and Menus/Play Menu/Playing OOTP Overview/Box score|box scores]] will be saved. The more box scores you save, the more space is taken up on your computer. You can choose to save box scores from all leagues, human leagues, human organizations, human teams, all major leagues, or none. Box scores and game logs are stored and overwritten each season. Each game in your universe is given an ID. For example, the first game on the schedule is game 1. The box scores and game logs for game 1 will be saved until the next season, when game 1 of that season is played. At that time, the old game 1 box score and game log will be overwritten. Therefore, if you want to save all your old box scores and game logs, be sure to back them up at the end of each season, or consider using [[OOTP 25:Important Game Concepts/Tools,Functions, and Editors/The Almanac|OOTP's Almanac]].
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|Generate Game Recaps for . . .
|Allows you to choose which game recaps will be saved. The more replays you save, the more space is taken up on your computer. You can choose to save replays from All Leagues, All Major Leagues, Human Leagues, Human Organizations, Human Teams, and None.
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|Generate WPA Graphs for . . .
|Allows you to choose which WRA Graphs will be saved. The more replays you save, the more space is taken up on your computer. You can choose to save replays from All Leagues, All Major Leagues, Human Leagues, Human Organizations, Human Teams, and None.
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|Delay WPA Graph generation
|Allows you to choose whether or not WPA Graphs will be delayed.  If delayed, WPA graphs will only be generated when needed.  This will cause replays to be saved for selected games.
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|Save Game Logs from . . .
|Allows you to choose which [[OOTP 25:Screens and Menus/Play Menu/Playing OOTP Overview/Game Log|game logs]] will be saved. The more game logs you save, the more space is taken up on your computer. You can choose to save game logs from all leagues, human leagues, human organizations, human teams, all major leagues, or none. Box scores and game logs are stored and overwritten each season. Each game in your universe is given an ID. For example, the first game on the schedule is game 1. The box scores and game logs for game 1 will be saved until the next season, when game 1 of that season is played. At that time, the old game 1 box score and game log will be overwritten. Therefore, if you want to save all your old box scores and game logs, be sure to back them up at the end of each season, or consider using [[OOTP 25:Important Game Concepts/Tools,Functions, and Editors/The Almanac|OOTP's Almanac]].
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|Save Replays from . . .
|Allows you to choose which [[OOTP 25:Screens and Menus/Play Menu/Watch Saved Replay|replays]] will be saved. The more replays you save, the more space is taken up on your computer. You can choose to save replays from All Leagues, All Major Leagues, Human Leagues, Human Organizations, Human Teams, and None.
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|Store Replays in Pitch by Pitch Mode
|Allows you to choose how detailed you would like your replays to be. Either yes for pitch-by-pitch or no for one-pitch mode.
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|Generates Highlights for . . .
|Allows you to choose which teams' games will generate highlights.
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|Save 3D Movements from . . .
|Allows you to choose whether 3D movements are generated in games where either replays or highlights are generated.
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|Keep news logs . . .
|Allows you to define whether to discard old news log files to save disk space. You can choose to keep none, all, or just the logs from the last two or ten years. Discarding news log files means that you will no longer be able to read news articles from those years.
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|Keep injury logs . . .
|Allows you to define whether to discard old injury log files to save disk space. You can choose to keep none, all, or just the logs from the last two or ten years. Discarding injury log files means that you will no longer be able to see injury reports from those years.
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|Keep transaction logs . . .
|Allows you to define whether to discard old transaction log files to save disk space. You can choose to keep none, all, or just the logs from the last two or ten years. Discarding transaction log files means that you will no longer be able to view transaction logs from those years.
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