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NEW GAME DIALOG
The New Game Dialog lets
you set all the parameters of your game of Baseball Mogul before
you begin play:
Mogul Name:
Type your name in this field. This is the name by which your accomplishments
will be recorded in the Baseball Mogul Hall of Fame if you earn
a place.
Team City:
Choose the city of the team that you would like to play from among
the list. Because New York and Chicago each have two teams, they
are each listed twice. If you wish to play a New York or Chicago
team, be sure you have selected the exact team you wish to play.
Team Name:
This field contains the name of the team you are controlling. You
can personalize your game by editing this name.
Difficulty:
This controls the intelligence of your computer opponents during
Baseball Mogul. On the lowest and highest difficulty levels, the
game engine and financial model are also altered somewhat. On the
'Fan' level, you actually have an easier time being profitable than
the computer-controlled opponents. But on the 'Mogul' level, the
cards are stacked against you.
The levels of difficulty in Baseball Mogul are:
- Fan
(Beginner)
- Coach
(Intermediate)
- Manager
(Difficult)
- Mogul
(Very Difficult)
After you have selected your team
and preferences, click the 'Play' button and Baseball Mogul will
take you to the Calendar
Screen at the beginning of your first season. To simulate games, use the Play Menu. To play a game in live Play-By-Play, click that game on the Calendar Screen.
New Game Options
Equalize Cities
A team's success in Baseball Mogul depends largely on the resources of it's home city. Checking 'Equalize Cities' causes all cities to be given the same population and financial stats. This will put all teams on a level playing field as far as monetary resources. When running a league, you can combine this feature with a draft (using Roster File) or with Shuffle Players to create a more balanced game. Team financial stats are equalized only if you choose Equalize Cities AND Shuffle players.
Shuffle All Teams
This randomly distributes all the players in the league. If you've gotten tired of starting with the standard team rosters, you may wish to choose this option and see how you do with a random selection of players to start with.
All Fictional Players
Checking this will replace all the players loaded from the Lahman Database with entirely fictional players.
Drafting Players
Please note that the Fantasy Draft option has been moved from the New Game Dialog to the Tools Menu. You can now being a Fantasy Draft at any point during a game.
Player Development Options
Historical Rookies
When you play in a season before 2006, Baseball Mogul fills the Amateur Draft with historical players. The game looks through the Lahman Baseball Database and finds all the players that turned 18 in any given year and makes these players available for drafting.
If you uncheck 'Historical Rookies', Baseball Mogul will instead create fictional rookies in every season.
(This option is disabled for seasons starting in 2006, because there are no Historical Rookies in future seasons).
Simulation
Mode
Part of what makes Baseball
Mogul enjoyable is the degree of unpredictability each time you
play. One young player might develop into a superstar the first
time you play, and be mediocre the next. Simulation Mode removes
much of this randomness from Baseball Mogul. Players will mature
and age along pretty much the same career path every time you play
in Simulation Mode. This is useful if you wish to use Baseball Mogul
as a tool to predict the outcome of a baseball season or a player's
career. Or if you just prefer a more predictable version of the
game.
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