[Cup competitions: teams wrongly receiving "byes"]

1 minute ago, BoyInGreen said:

The only way I can think of that this isn't a bug is if you are switching a competition to different rules after those three years. Given that you say that every nation is affected, this is more likely a bug and it would definitely be worth reporting it.

Just double checked my spreadsheet and it is only nations that have fluctuating lower league divisions. 

E.g. Bahrain has 12 teams in D1, 8 in D2. There aren't any byes in this cup.

Meanwhile Saudi Arabia, which has 4 divisions (with division 4 split into 8 regions), always has the lowest teams just shifted into the round where top division teams enter. 

The team numbers for each division in general don't fluctuate, but the team numbers for the regions do, so I thought that maybe it would have to do with that. 

[Cup competitions: teams wrongly receiving "byes"]

1 hour ago, BoyInGreen said:

Hi,

If you're using advanced rules, you need to make sure that the 'Reverse Teams' checkbox is active and ticked. The screenshot below shows where it is located.

If you've any further questions, please feel free to let me know.

 

Hey, thank you very much.

Reverse teams is ticked, and so is sort teams to "division reputation (descending)". 

It is worth noting that I have vacationed in-game, and three seasons in (for every single nation in my database), everything goes back to normal and every team is sorted correctly. I would just prefer if I could solve this without having to vacation three years in.

[Cup competitions: teams wrongly receiving "byes"]

I've created a database for many Middle Eastern Nations and one issue I am having is that the lowest division teams get byes into the round that top division teams are supposed to start in.

They are seeded by division reputation, but I'm wondering if there is a way in which I can fix this so that lower division teams are the ones starting and no one is getting a bye into the next rounds.

I have calculated the numbers correctly and there are no inactive divisions that can make the numbers fluctuate in the future, so I don't know how else to solve this problem.

[Where to find files such as inter_copa_america?]

9 minutes ago, krlenjushka said:

No need for verification after you delete basic editor part. Also keep your files as xml files. For many reasons.

Alright, cool. If you could help me with the last step that would be great. I saw how you deleted the basic part on list.xml, but where do I find the list.xml?

[Where to find files such as inter_copa_america?]

1 minute ago, krlenjushka said:

No need for editor test. Only reliable test is in-game test. Editor test is here only to help rookies. Also test often gives some errors for nothing. I use this method for 10 years and never had any issues. TBH some bugs in the past was related to "basic editor" part in the file - especially dbc files.

I tried to explain this in bugs forum but SI changed staff related to editor bugs and i couldn't explain this to a new guy.

BTW this is good way to learn how to set almost everything without any test.

I don't disagree with you but when I come in-game it doesn't choose the editor file because it hasn't been tested. How to get it activated in game?

[Where to find files such as inter_copa_america?]

On 27/04/2020 at 00:59, krlenjushka said:

You can delete all other files from list if you go to "list" section of advanced panel, mark your files and click remove. Save your file and you will have only that specific competition in advanced list. Problem is this - its still "nation rules" and best way to get rid of this is to manualy remove "basic" part of editor from xml. Its listed as "rule_group" in xml file and you can delete it with notepad ++ or some similar program.  Delete everything from opening      <record id="rule_group">   line

 

 

to closing "record" line

 

 

As you can see notepad ++ mark closing record line when you click on opening line. Just mark everything between and delete it.  Save your file and thats it.  Its basic text editing- just need to understand what to delete.

Question, how do we test rules when we are done?

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