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Importing Games from Previous Versions

4/19/2022

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One of the best things about Baseball Mogul 2022 is that it effortlessly loads saved games from previous versions. If the previous version was installed to the default folder (e.g. "C:/Sports Mogul/Baseball Mogul 2021") Baseball Mogul should automatically find these files the first time you run the game, and ask if you would like them copied to the Baseball Mogul 2022 folder.
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f you don't see the above message the first time you run Baseball Mogul 2022, try installing the most recent patch and running Baseball Mogul again.

You also have the option to copy the files manually:

1) Open the folder where the previous version (e.g. Baseball Mogul 2021) was installed. If you don't know what folder this is, run that version of Baseball Mogul and choose "Open Game Output Folder" from the Help Menu.

2) Open the folder where Baseball Mogul 2022 was installed. Again, if you don't know where this is, run Baseball Mogul 2022 and choose "Open Game Output Folder" from the Help Menu.

3) Copy all files of type "MOG File" from the old folder to the new folder.
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4) Run Baseball Mogul 2022 and click "Resume a Previously Saved Game". Those files should now be available.
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Two-Way Players in Baseball Mogul 2022

4/7/2022

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​This year, I finally added support for two-way players like Babe Ruth and Shohei Ohtani. Two-way players can be used as both pitchers and position players over the course of a season. And, thanks to the designated hitter rule, players like Ohtani can even pitch and DH in the same game.

Because the Baseball Mogul Scouting Report was designed to show either a pitcher or a position player, two-way players like Ohtani now have two different "views":

Click "Scouting" from the Lineup Dialog and you'll see Ohtani's Scouting Report as a DH, with his hitter ratings, skill at each defensive position, and batting splits versus lefty and righty pitchers:
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Click "Scouting" from the Bullpen and you get his pitching ratings, pitch arsenal, fastball velocity, and pitching splits versus lefty and right hitters:
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The "Two-Way Player" button below his ratings lets you know he's a two-way player — and you can click it to toggle back and forth between his hitter ratings and pitcher ratings.

Creating Two-Way Players
Most players in the game are flagged as "one-way" players. To convert a player to a two-way player:
1. Click "Edit Player" in their Scouting Report.
2. Click "Edit Stats".

3. Click "Convert to Two-Way Player".

You can also use the same button to convert a two-way player back to a one-way player.
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​Work In Progress
Because there are only a handful of two-way players, this feature wasn't beta-tested extensively. This means that there are still bugs. For example, it's possible to insert Ohtani as a pinch hitter in a game even if he is also the starting pitcher. My philosophy has been to err on the side of letting you break the rules. I would rather get an bug report that says "Baseball Mogul let me do something that violates MLB rules" than get a report that says "Baseball Mogul won't let me do something that is legal within MLB rules".

That being said, I would of course like to eliminate both types of bugs. So please let me know when this functionality misbehaves, and I'll get the bugs worked out.
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We Fixed The Quarterback Tackling Bug!

8/28/2021

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If you've played Football Mogul for a while, you may have encountered the bug where your starting quarterback tackles the kick returner during a kickoff (?!). Or, worse, your QB is injured during the kickoff  (#$%&?!):
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Quarterbacks probably shouldn't tackle people. But, more importantly, they shouldn't even be on the field during a kickoff. Either way, you'll be happy to know this bug is fixed Football Mogul 22.
Why was this happening?
Football Mogul has 22 different offensive formations, 17 defensive formations, and 9 formations used on special teams. The problem was that the Kickoff Team only listed 10 players, meaning that Football Mogul inserted player "zero" in the 11th spot. Because computers count from zero, player #0 is your starting quarterback.
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Andy Dalton breaks his thumb trying to tackle Stephon Truitt (2015)
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Football Mogul's "Playbook Analyzer"

8/28/2021

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Football Mogul 22 introduces the "Playbook Analyzer", a simple but useful tool in the Playbook Editor. Just click any playbook before loading it, and the Playbook Analyzer shows how often each formation is used in that playbook, and calculates the average number of players used at each position.

The first example below shows the "Run + Shoot" offensive playbook, used by teams like the Lions, Oilers and Falcons in the early 1990s. It features 3 or 4 wide receivers on most plays. But unlike many of today's offenses, it doesn't require a highly-rated tight end.

On the right is the "Featured FB" playbook, typified by the 1972 Miami Dolphins, which had 1000-yard rushers at both halfback and fullback.
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This feature should make it easier to pick the best playbook for your team. But it should also make it easier to create and manage new custom playbooks.
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We Fixed the Tom Glavine Bug!

7/8/2021

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Some of you noticed that Tom Glavine is right-handed in Baseball Mogul 2021. I fixed this bug in the most recent patch, but you might be wondering why it took 3 months to fix.

(Most of you will find this boring, unless you are a programmer, or interested in editing or using the Baseball Mogul database.)

I started by opening "Master.csv" in Baseball Mogul's Database folder (inside the "Input" folder). This file stores the biographical information for every player (height, weight, batting hand, throwing hand, birthplace, birthdate, etc.). It is loaded when you start a new game in "Classic" mode.
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When I searched for "Glavine" (using Ctrl+F in Microsoft Excel) it brought me down to line 29628 where I saw that he was correctly listed as a lefty (with an 'L' in the "throws" column).
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Tom Glavine
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Bizarro Tom Glavine
Knowing that my data was accurate, I created a breakpoint in the debugger to ensure that the data was being loaded correctly — and it was. At this point I just gave up and went to work on other tasks (like the case of the missing pitch). Sometimes your brain just needs a break.

I came back to the Glavine bug over the weekend and saw the same thing: the data was correct and it was being loaded correctly. Then I clicked 'F4' in Excel and the cursor jumped all the way down to line number 90160 where Tom Glavine was listed a second time — but without the 'L' flagging him as a lefty. With a blank data field, Baseball Mogul was giving Glavine the default throwing hand (righty).

Oops.

I have no idea how this bad data ended up at the bottom of the "master.csv" file (for Glavine and ~8,200 other players whose last names start with 'G'). I get biograhical data from the Baseball Databank, and I guess I grabbed a file that hadn't been finalized yet.

Anyway, Version 24.13 fixes this bug by removing the bad data (although you will need to start a new game to see the changes). Sorry it took so long.

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Baseball Mogul 2021
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Baseball Mogul 2021

$39.99

(Published March 23, 2021)


NEW FEATURES IN BASEBALL MOGUL 2021:


NEW LEADERS PAGE

Filter by season, league, team and/or level of play.

Examples of the lists you can display:

  • Boston's single-season HR leaders between 1986 and 2003.
  • Best cumulative postseason OPS since integration (1947-2020).
  • Most total HBP between 2020 and 2040.
  • Most HR hit at AAA between 1901 and 2020.


NEW "REPLAY MODE"

  • Loads each player's historical statistics at the beginning of each season.
  • Uses only these statistics to determine the player's performance in that season.


NEW PLAY-BY-PLAY FEATURES

  • Give runners the "green light" to steal (instead of all-or-nothing).
  • Specify whether the runner at 3B "Goes On Contact" or plays it safe.
  • 12 new Stadium backdrops.


UPDATED ROSTERS

Rosters Built From Scratch for Opening Day of the 2021 Season

  • More than 2,600 active major league and minor league players.
  • Updated stats from rookies league to the majors through the 2020 season.


NEW INSTALLER AND IMPROVED CERTIFICATION

  • Eliminates warning messages from Windows during installation.


ADDITIONAL FEATURES

  • Customizable Game Logs
  • Expanded Statistical Database
  • Automatically Downloads Team Logos* and Player Photos


Baseball Mogul is backed by our 100% money-back guarantee. If you're not happy for any reason, let us know and we'll process your refund immediately.


System Requirements:

  • 1 GB hard drive space
  • Windows 7 / WIndows 8 / Windows 10


*Baseball Mogul® is not endorsed by Major League Baseball or its affiliates. All league trademarks are property of their respective owners and are not included with the game. Team logos and player photos are downloaded from open source sites after installation. Product images showing the product being used in this manner do not indicate or imply endorsement by any league, team, or player.

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Football Mogul 21

$34.95

Football Mogul 21 is a complete football franchise simulator, putting you in charge of all aspects of the game, from free agent signings and draft picks to individual play calls on game day.


New Features in Football Mogul 21:


New and Updated Player Data


  • Rosters updated as of September 13 for all 2020 teams.
  • New ratings and projections for more than 1,600+ active players.
  • New Replay Mode for more accurate historical season replays.
  • Every rookie drafted in 2020 — from Joe Burrow (#1) to Tae Crowder (#255).


Includes the 70 years of NFL and AFL history.


  • Rosters and player ratings for every team from 1951-2020.
  • Includes franchise moves, new stadiums and expansion drafts.
  • Automatically adds new teams and adjusts league and division alignment.
  • Automatically updates league rules for each season.
  • Includes every season schedule for every team from 1951-2020.


Football Mogul's powerful play designer lets you specify everything from formation and personnel to specific pass routes and blocking assignments. The "best football engine you can buy" simulates every play and records detailed stats that even NFL.com and Pro-Football-Reference don't track.


Football Mogul is backed by our 100% money-back guarantee. If you're not happy, let us know and we'll process your refund immediately.

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