Reference

Training settings

Training and development: how hours on the practice board turn into attributes, how AI players grow and decline between seasons, and how form, confidence and fatigue drift week to week. Every field is optional; records apply in load order, later fields winning (per area for areas, per attribute for decline). See Training and development.

Content type: training
Files: data/training.json
Shape: One settings object (a file may hold the object itself)
Patch target: training:<id>, for example training:core.training
In the base game: 1 record
Guide: Training and development

Fields#

Indented fields belong to the field above them. [] marks the items of a list. A field that is not required may be left out; the default is used.

Field	Type	Required	Notes
`id`	id	Yes	Namespaced id, e.g. "core.player.rory-calder"
`hours`	object		Training hours a week: with the day job, and full-time (default 16 and 32).
`hours.dayJob`	number, 0 to 80
`hours.fullTime`	number, 0 to 80
`plan`	object		The plan a new career starts with, hours per area.
`plan.scoring`	number, 0 to 80	Yes
`plan.doubles`	number, 0 to 80	Yes
`plan.bull`	number, 0 to 80	Yes
`plan.fitness`	number, 0 to 80	Yes
`plan.mental`	number, 0 to 80	Yes
`plan.rest`	number, 0 to 80	Yes
`areas`	object		What each area trains (rest trains nothing). An area given replaces the game's list for it.
`areas.scoring`	map (key: value)
`areas.doubles`	map (key: value)
`areas.bull`	map (key: value)
`areas.fitness`	map (key: value)
`areas.mental`	map (key: value)
`rate`	number, 0 to 1		Attribute points per effective hour, before every multiplier (default 0.03).
`span`	number, 1 to 100		Gains taper once an attribute is within this many points of its ceiling (default 50)…
`curve`	number, 0 to 4		…as (gap / span) ^ curve (default 0.5).
`spread`	pair [number, number]		Each week's gains are multiplied by a random factor in this range (default [0.8, 1.2]).
`diminishing`	object		Hours in one area beyond `from` count at `rate` (default 8 and 0.5).
`diminishing.from`	number, 0 to 80
`diminishing.rate`	number, 0 to 1
`professionalism`	object		Professionalism's effect: × (base + range × professionalism / 100) (default 0.6 and 0.8).
`professionalism.base`	number, 0 to 2
`professionalism.range`	number, 0 to 2
`age`	object		Growth by age: the first band whose `under` is above the player's age applies; `after` beyond the last.
`age.bands`	list, 1 to 12 items
`age.bands[].under`	number, 14 to 99	Yes
`age.bands[].factor`	number, 0 to 5	Yes
`age.after`	number, 0 to 5
`fatigue`	object		Fatigue from a week's training: (hours worked − freeHours) × perHour, less rest hours × restRelief.
`fatigue.freeHours`	number, 0 to 80
`fatigue.perHour`	number, 0 to 0.1
`fatigue.restRelief`	number, 0 to 0.1
`morale`	object		Morale from a week's training: +rest with at least restHours of rest, overwork past overworkHours worked.
`morale.restHours`	number, 0 to 80
`morale.rest`	number, -10 to 10
`morale.overworkHours`	number, 0 to 80
`morale.overwork`	number, -10 to 10
`offseason`	object		The AI's off-season growth towards their ceiling: gain × age factor × professionalism × development speed × (gap / span) ^ curve, times a random factor in `spread`, plus N(0, noise). Past `erodeFrom` potential erodes by `erosion` a season. `tierGain`: five multipliers on the growth, by the player's tier (tier 1 first). `tierCeiling`: the overall level a player of each tier grows towards and not past (0 = none); in tiers 3 to 5 each player's own mark lies up to `tierCeilingSpread` under it.
`offseason.gain`	number, 0 to 50
`offseason.span`	number, 1 to 100
`offseason.curve`	number, 0 to 4
`offseason.spread`	pair [number, number]
`offseason.noise`	number, 0 to 5
`offseason.declineSpread`	pair [number, number]
`offseason.erodeFrom`	number, 14 to 99
`offseason.erosion`	number, 0 to 10
`offseason.tierGain`	list
`offseason.tierCeiling`	list
`offseason.tierCeilingSpread`	number, 0 to 40
`decline`	map (key: value)		Age decline per attribute ("default" for the attributes not listed).
`decline.<key>`	object	Yes	How much an attribute declines with age: `rate` points a season for every year past `from`.
`decline.<key>.from`	number, 14 to 99	Yes
`decline.<key>.rate`	number, 0 to 5	Yes
`drift`	object		Week-to-week drift for every player: form and confidence settle, fatigue recovers.
`drift.form`	object		form × keep + N(0, noise).
`drift.form.keep`	number, 0 to 1
`drift.form.noise`	number, 0 to 1
`drift.confidence`	object		Moves `pull` of the way to `target`, + N(0, noise).
`drift.confidence.target`	number, 0 to 100
`drift.confidence.pull`	number, 0 to 1
`drift.confidence.noise`	number, 0 to 20
`drift.morale`	object
`drift.morale.target`	number, 0 to 100
`drift.morale.pull`	number, 0 to 1
`drift.fatigue`	object		fatigue × keep − recover.
`drift.fatigue.keep`	number, 0 to 1
`drift.fatigue.recover`	number, 0 to 1

Example#

A record from the base game’s data/training.json, shortened.

{
  "id": "core.training",
  "hours": {
    "dayJob": 16,
    "fullTime": 32
  },
  "plan": {
    "scoring": 5,
    "doubles": 4,
    "bull": 1,
    "fitness": 2,
    "mental": 2,
    "rest": 2
  },
  "areas": {
    "scoring": {
      "scoring": 0.6,
      "consistency": 0.25,
      "tempoControl": 0.15
    },
    "doubles": {
      "finishing": 0.6,
      "checkoutKnowledge": 0.4
    },
    "bull": {
      "bullAccuracy": 0.75,
      "finishing": 0.25
    },
    "fitness": {
      "stamina": 0.5,
      "fitness": 0.4,
      "concentration": 0.1
    },
    "mental": {
      "composure": 0.35,
      "resilience": 0.25,
      "concentration": 0.2,
      "crowdHandling": 0.2
    }
  },
  "rate": 0.03,
  "span": 50,
  "curve": 0.5,
  "spread": [
    0.8,
    1.2
  ],
  "diminishing": {
    "from": 8,
    "rate": 0.5
  },
  "professionalism": {
    "base": 0.6,
    "range": 0.8
  },
  "age": {
    "bands": [
      {
        "under": 20,
        "factor": 1.35
      },
      {
        "under": 24,
        "factor": 1.2
      },
      /* … 4 more */
    ],
    "after": 0.25
  },
  "fatigue": {
    "freeHours": 14,
    "perHour": 0.008,
    "restRelief": 0.02
  },
  "morale": {
    "restHours": 2,
    "rest": 1,
    "overworkHours": 24,
    "overwork": -1.5
  },
  "offseason": {
    "gain": 9,
    "span": 30,
    "curve": 0.8,
    "spread": [
      0.6,
      1.3
    ],
    "noise": 0.6,
    "declineSpread": [
      0.6,
      1.4
    ],
    "erodeFrom": 34,
    "erosion": 0.8,
    "tierCeiling": [
      91.5,
      91.5,
      /* … 3 more */
    ],
    "tierCeilingSpread": 12
  },
  "decline": {
    "eyesight": {
      "from": 36,
      "rate": 0.35
    },
    "stamina": {
      "from": 34,
      "rate": 0.3
    },
    "fitness": {
      "from": 34,
      "rate": 0.3
    },
    "scoring": {
      "from": 40,
      "rate": 0.25
    },
    "finishing": {
      "from": 40,
      "rate": 0.25
    },
    "bullAccuracy": {
      "from": 40,
      "rate": 0.25
    },
    "consistency": {
      "from": 42,
      "rate": 0.2
    },
    "tempoControl": {
      "from": 42,
      "rate": 0.2
    },
    "default": {
      "from": 48,
      "rate": 0.15
    }
  },
  "drift": {
    "form": {
      "keep": 0.88,
      "noise": 0.07
    },
    "confidence": {
      "target": 60,
      "pull": 0.06,
      "noise": 1.2
    },
    "morale": {
      "target": 65,
      "pull": 0.05
    },
    "fatigue": {
      "keep": 0.55,
      "recover": 0.03
    }
  }
}

Written for Darts Player Simulator 0.50.32. Built from the game's own schemas and its base pack.