AI Salary cap management

[PSUColonel]

Quick question: I haven't gotten a chance to check it out yet, but do AI teams still go over the cap frequently in FOF 2007?

[Deattribution]

From what I understand it's still somewhat a work in progress, it's suppose to be tweaked more in a patch but currently they *try* to hold onto their core players but eventually they end up going crazy. Seattle in one of my games released their entire roster, including the #1 overall pick from the previous year. They had 140 million in lost cap space with a salary cap of only 144 million.

[Axxon]

Originally Posted by Deattribution

From what I understand it's still somewhat a work in progress, it's suppose to be tweaked more in a patch but currently they *try* to hold onto their core players but eventually they end up going crazy. Seattle in one of my games released their entire roster, including the #1 overall pick from the previous year. They had 140 million in lost cap space with a salary cap of only 144 million.

They didn't go crazy at all. They were just taking an empty cupboard challenge. DUH.

[robbgmaier3]

Originally Posted by Deattribution

From what I understand it's still somewhat a work in progress, it's suppose to be tweaked more in a patch but currently they *try* to hold onto their core players but eventually they end up going crazy. Seattle in one of my games released their entire roster, including the #1 overall pick from the previous year. They had 140 million in lost cap space with a salary cap of only 144 million.

if those figures are accurate, i don't see how they could have built a legal team, whad did they do next?

[Deattribution]

Originally Posted by robbgmaier3

if those figures are accurate, i don't see how they could have built a legal team, whad did they do next?

I have no idea, I never have finished that FA. (figured it was a good sign to wait for a patch)

The specific numbers -

Salary cap $144,600,000

Lost cap $142,890,000

Room under $1,710,000

Lost cap next yr $43,620,000

[Vince]

Aren't minimum-salary players not counted against the cap once you get over it, in order to allow teams to field a legal team?

[-Mojo Jojo-]

Arizona just pulled the same stunt in my game (pre-patch). They've got 3 non-rookies on the team now with $102m in lost cap space (out of a $128m cap), with another $109m in lost cap next season. What burns me is that they signed Matt Leinart to a huge new contract right before they cut him. Ouch.

[highfiveoh]

Originally Posted by Vince

Aren't minimum-salary players not counted against the cap once you get over it, in order to allow teams to field a legal team?

No. The top 53 salaries count against the cap, regardless. Of course, the CPU will go over the cap and will even force a human to go over the cap to allow for a legal roster. At least that was my experience with 2004.