Seasons, Simulation, and League Rules

Run Your Season and Shape Your League

HLM league settings control how your career advances and how each league is structured. Use this section to choose simulation controls, review the leagues included in a career, edit schedules and playoffs, plan future expansion or relocation, and decide whether Commissioner Mode should give you control of more than one team.

Choose the HLM league settings guide you need

Simulation controlsAdvance to a selected date, stop a simulation, and understand which scheduled events interrupt it.

League customizationEdit schedules, conferences, divisions, playoffs, draft lotteries, expansion, relocation, and other league rules.

Available leaguesReview which leagues are included, how league strength differs, and which leagues can exchange loaned players.

Commissioner ModeControl multiple teams and choose which teams remain managed by the AI.

Advance the career calendar

Use simulation controls when you want to move to a specific date or understand an interruption. When HLM cannot continue, an alert names the problem or scheduled decision and shows the actions available.

Change league structure and rules

Use league customization for playoff team count, seeding, games per round, draft-lottery settings, schedules, conferences, and divisions. Expansion and relocation changes are applied through the career’s season-to-season league configuration rather than changing completed seasons.

Review leagues in the career

Use available leagues to compare league strength, team structure, contract rules, and loan connections.

Control more than one team

Use Commissioner Mode when you want direct control of multiple teams. Its settings let you select controlled teams by league while leaving the other teams under AI management.

Pick the correct starting point

An alert interrupted simulation: open Simulation controls to understand the message and its actions.
You want to change next season’s playoffs, divisions, expansion, or relocation: open League customization.
You want to know which leagues and loan connections exist in the career: open Available leagues.
You want to manage several teams: open Commissioner Mode.