by kicknbuckets » Mon May 10, 2021 3:00 am
It's cool that Gary seems to be willing to engage directly with fans/users of the game. I guess that's one of the perks of buying a game that's smaller in scale than those churned out by the big, faceless developers (EA etc.), where you're always going to get an automated response that doesn't even come close to answering your question.
I had the same approach for options... I follow the NBA pretty closely so luckily it has been pretty simple to find real world examples of things I'm looking for. But you can always just sort the columns, too, which I've found quite helpful. I'd incorrectly thought the numbers for options might be the number of years of the extension at first... Kawhi's 2+2, for example. When I found a '2' in the 2nd year of his options, I'd thought this might have been for two more years at that point, but then through trial and error realised that '2' was the code for player option, '1' for team option. Like you say, a bit of messing about and you can usually get to the bottom of something.
Don't suppose you've found where the draft picks are stored in the database(s)? Were you able to move them when you completed the Harden trade, for example, or did you just make sure the players landed in the right spot and nothing more (not a criticism; I haven't been able to figure out how to do it either, not without using the in-game editor and trade the picks with the commissioner; won't be doing that before every new game, that's for sure!)? I'm not sure if I've done something wrong but it seems that the picks haven't been assigned to the right teams even in the default database - for example, OKC should have a tonne of extra draft picks in the next few years but have nothing beyond their own. GSW should get the Timberwolves' first rounder at the end of the first season. Let me know if you know where to look, but I'm a bit lost on this one.