Scheduling and Playing Games

The Schedule Maintenance pane is located in the Play tab.  Using this pane, you can manage the schedule for your player library.  The Schedule Maintenance pane ensures that games are played in order (if you really want to play the games out of order, you can by setting an option in the General Options dialog box).  This pane also keeps track of which games have been played, and which games remain.  You can perform the following operations in the Schedule Maintenance pane using either the pane's tool bar or by right-clicking on a scheduled game:

1. Creating a New Scheduled Game: To create a new scheduled game click on the New button located at the top of the Schedule Maintenance pane and enter the required information in the Create Schedule Item dialog box.  This operation only allows you to create one game at a time.  If you want to create a large schedule (e.g., one for an entire season), please see Managing a Season. 
2. Editing a Scheduled Game: To edit a game, select the game you want to edit and click on the Edit button located at the top of the Schedule Maintenance pane.  You cannot edit games that have already been played.  Played games are shown in red in the Schedule Maintenance pane.
3. Deleting a Scheduled Game: To delete a game, select the game you want to delete and click on the Delete button located at the top of the Schedule Maintenance pane.  You cannot delete games that have already been played.  Played games are shown in red in the Schedule Maintenance pane.
4. Playing a Scheduled Game: To play a scheduled game, highlight the game you want to play and click on the Play button located at the top of the Schedule Maintenance pane.  The Schedule Maintenance pane will only allow you to play games in chronological order.  For example, games on 4/26/2011 cannot be played until all games have been completed on 4/25/2011.  Games that are available to be played are shown in black, and games that cannot be played yet are shown in gray.  If you really want to play the games out of order, you can by setting an option in the General Options dialog box.
   
   When you click on the Play button to play a scheduled game, the Play button will change to a Cancel button.  In addition, the the team drop-down list boxes in the Lineup pane with be populated with the teams that are scheduled to play (these list boxes will also be disabled).  At this point, you can select the starting lineups (see Setting Lineups) and play the scheduled game.  If you change your mind, and don't want to play the scheduled game, click on the Cancel button located at the top of the Schedule Maintenance pane.
   
   For information about how to fast play several games at once, please see Fast Playing Games.
5. Fast Play: Clicking on the Fast Play button will allow you to quickly play several games in a schedule.  See Fast Playing Games for more information.
   
6. Viewing Boxscores and Play-By-Play Accounts: To view boxscores or play-by-play accounts for a completed game, right click on the completed game and select Show Boxscore/Play-By-Play... from the pop-up menu.
7. Exporting and Importing Games: If you participate in a league with other Digital Diamond Baseball players, you can export game results and send them to the league commissioner so they can be imported into the master library file (see Running a League). 
   
   To export a game, simply right-click on any played game(s) and select Export Games.  This will create a zip file that contains the boxscores and play-by-play files for the exported games.  You can email this zip file to the league commissioner so it can be imported.  You can select more than one game to export.
   
   To import a played game the commissioner can right-click on an un-played game and select Import Game.  This will prompt the commissioner to select the export file the game that he/she wishes to import.  Games must be imported one at a time in the order they were played.
   
   NOTE: Importing games produces the same results as fast playing a game.  As a result, be sure to import games in the order they were played.  Importing games out of order will cause issues with pitcher fatigue because the players will not be rested as they were when the games were actually played.