OOTP 2006 Impressions ...

Bill_Abner · Post by **Bill_Abner** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 11:39 am

wabash97 wrote:Any independent leagues?

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Yep. They're there.

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 12:12 pm

jcalvert wrote:Not trying to pimp - rarely if ever do that these days. Chris has been posting some good stuff about the new game on our blog that some of you may find interesting reading.

Thanks, I'm heading over there now.

Edit: Wow, LOTS of great reading there, thanks!

Leebo33 · Post by **Leebo33** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 11:47 pm

dbdynsty25 wrote:I did screw up a couple leagues starting them before I knew what was going on, so that is one thing you should read about before doing.

I have a couple of quick questions regarding leagues. I pretty much just used the default leagues to learn the interface:

1. None of the players in my database have historical stats. What have I done wrong?

2. Do I need to choose all the leagues in the world to have players from other nations appear in non-US leagues? I looked at the players from Japan and either they were in the US or no team was listed, which I thought was odd.

I've only had the game for about 30 minutes. It looks amazing and I've played Championship Manager so it's not too confusing to me.

James_E · Post by **James_E** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:37 am

Pretty ambitious folks over here:

www.neonbaseball.com

They're setting up a pretty big "universe" over there. Quite ambitious. They're looking for players.

Bill_Abner · Post by **Bill_Abner** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:36 am

Leebo33 wrote:
dbdynsty25 wrote:I did screw up a couple leagues starting them before I knew what was going on, so that is one thing you should read about before doing.
I have a couple of quick questions regarding leagues. I pretty much just used the default leagues to learn the interface:

1. None of the players in my database have historical stats. What have I done wrong?

2. Do I need to choose all the leagues in the world to have players from other nations appear in non-US leagues? I looked at the players from Japan and either they were in the US or no team was listed, which I thought was odd.

I've only had the game for about 30 minutes. It looks amazing and I've played Championship Manager so it's not too confusing to me.

1. Are you starting a "new" career? In 2006?

2. No. If you want to be able to manage, scout, or sign players from actual foreign leagues then yes, you need to include them. If you leave them out you will still see foreign players in upcoming drafts, though. I was talking to a buddy who activate4d all of the leagues and he said it was pure insanity -- getting trade offers from Japan, etc.

JOZ · Post by **JOZ** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:43 am

Is there a way to draft your own all time greats league using the database in OOTP 6? We ran a league like this in Basball for windows once where we went thru and picked the greatest single seasons ever and ran a league. I couldn't figure out how to do this with OOTP.

If not, does anyone know of a roster set that already has this done?

Leebo33 · Post by **Leebo33** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:40 am

Bill_Abner wrote:1. Are you starting a "new" career? In 2006?

Yeah, I started a new career in 2006 as the manager of the Harrisburg Senators and none of the players in the database have any historical stats. I am using fictional players, but I still expected to see fictitious stats for each player.

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:18 pm

Patch due out today: TONS o' fixes

This is the fixlist so far. Not every fix is listed in the changelist though, generally it's the major issues

OOTP Baseball 2006

This is a patch for the original release of OOTP Baseball 2006. Every effort has been made to ensure that save games and quickstarts are compatible.

1.0.1
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Additions

Added the option to disable the news ticker to the game preferences
Added "Run computer manager on all teams" to the "Other Functions" menu of the league setup
Added ratings to the player lists used in the transaction screen and the trade screen
Added the option to turn off playoffs
Added the option to prevent any AI moves on computer controlled teams
Added the option to erase the service time of every player
Added more checks for a human controlled lineup before entering the game screen (#1617)

General

Fixed Draft Log report will now show 10 rounds per page instead of a single round per page
Fixed crash problems when creating very small leagues (less than 5 teams)
Fixed the problem of pitchers playing other positions too often late in ballgames
Fixed several scoring errors
Fixed crash when opening empty game logs
Fixed problems with rookie drafts being in the preseason
Fixed crashing on inning-ending injuries
Fixed problems with offering extensions during the offseason
Reports "Free Agents" and "Upcoming Free Agents" now on 4 pages each, one for each category
Team logo on player report now linked to team home page

#1029 - Autoplay does not stop when you get a trade offer
#1323 - Fixed free agent Compesation Draft Picks not being Given
#1348 - Fixed CF importing from OOTP 6.5, some did not get an overall fielding rating
#1405 - Fixed illegal number of pitcher problem
#1410 - Spring stats now appear in team reports
#1412 - Fixed inaugural draft report issue
#1416 - Fixed parser errors in reports (sometimes)
#1417 - Fixed game log error (sometimes)
#1420 - Fixed parse error when clicking on a player from History/Players
#1424 - Fixed filter coaches by league bug
#1425 - Fixed problem with crediting saves
#1430 - Fixed problems with player photos
#1435 - Fixed scorecard/box Score problem in Minors
#1445 - Fixed problem with amateur drafts
#1450 - Adjusted the platoon advantage for LH/RH Hitters vs. LH/RH pitching
#1454 - Improved batter development algorythm
#1457 - Fixed option year news item problem
#1459 - Improved AI minor league roster management
#1460 - Adjusted the frequency of staff members refusing to resign
#1461 - Fixed problem where the delete button on news items was too sensitive.
#1462 - Fixed problem where nations for cities changed to USA
#1463 - Fixed game not ending properly when hitting "enter" after the game ended
#1464 - Fixed stats problem concerning hits after game over
#1465 - Minor league staffing issues resolved
#1469 - Fixed drag and drop issue on disabled list
#1469 - Fixed drag&drop from DL to active roster
#1470 - Fixed problems with the AI messing with lineups when managing a minor league team
#1471 - Fixed ratings scales and reports
#1474 - Fixed default Minor League city repeating
#1475 - Fixed contract strangeness
#1476 - Fixed buttons not adding correct amounts on the contract screen
#1478 - Fixed some inaugral draft head scout rating issues
#1480 - Fixed splitseason issue with playoffs
#1481 - Fixed crashing on right-clicking on certain players
#1482 - Fixed unaffiliated minor league teams spending silly money on trades
#1483 - Fixed crashing after importing certain OOTP 6.5 leagues together with standard leagues
#1484 - Fixed issue where subleague was duplicated on setup page
#1490 - Fixed crash problem when asking manager to set up depth charts
#1493 - Fixed problems with nationalities and filters
#1496 - Fixed Taiwanese filter problem
#1497 - Fixed problems with insufficient players on AI rosters
#1498 - Fixed problem when you take players off the 40-man roster
#1501 - Fixed FTP upload errors
#1514 - Search for a city is no longer cap-sensitive
#1525 - Fixed players getting moved multiple times in one day (sometimes)
#1539 - Fixed problem where you could delete the currently active Universe!
#1540 - Historical leagues now only auto when both options enabled
#1542 - Improved trade AI when cash is involved
#1544 - Fixed crash when sorting players by nickname
#1547 - Fixed some DFA issues with player on minor league contracts
#1549 - Improved retiring logic
#1551 - Added notification on auto-fill lineups when the depth chart is not filled properly
#1552 - Added awards to the league news log
#1553 - Fixed League News page doesn't have weekly/monthy player awards
#1561 - Fixed in-game crash problems
#1565 - Fixed crash with DOB filter on roster screen
#1572 - Fixed missing results from game log
#1573 - Fixed incorrect position in reports
#1580 - Fixed human manager age calculation when creating new game
#1605 - Fixed Player Photo Assigments
#1605 - Adjusted player photo loading, named photos have priority now and png's work now
#1607 - Fixed unwanted AI substitutions when simming to inning X
#1607 - Fixed problem where when you sim the bottom 1/2 of an inning game will PH
#1610 - Fixed error message add_line_to_txt_file
#1611 - Fixed long ERA Cutoff on Player Pitching Splits Screen
#1611 - Fixed several cosmetic issues
#1614 - Improved rookie draft AI
#1614 - Balanced Drafting
#1615 - Fixed a problem with assigning SB stats on double-steals
#1615 - Fixed game issue concerning double steals where only the lead runner is credited with SB
#1617 - Fixed lineup bug with DH
#1621 - Fixed crash on injury "no batter?"
#1623 - Opening day starting pitchers selction improved
#1625 - Fixed difficulties Deleting League
#1626 - Fixed players becoming coaches birthdate
#1632 - Fixed player LOB calculation
#1639 - Improved opponent pitchers playing in the field
#1640 - Fixed issue where back to back homer line was called at incorrect times
#1645 - Fixed game log crash
#1648 - Fixed an historical league crash where there are not enough minor league players.
#1655 - Fixed some issues with expansion
#1656 - Joe is no longer a common name
#1658 - Fixed problems with substituting an injured DH
#1663 - Fixed a problem whereby too many pitchers were being created
#1664 - Fixed some fictional league crashes
#1665 - Fixed Pull down menu for year on HTML page only shows current year
#1666 - Fixed ground rule double glitch
#1670 - Fixed issues with the waiver wire not being displayed
#1676 - Fixed Depth Charts Crash
#1678 - History section no longer crashes
#1680 - Fixed problem with draft classes in imported leagues
#1682 - Fixed Japanese Free Agents happy to sign minor contracts
#1683 - Fixed Japanese Rule 5 Draft problems
#1686 - Fixed problem whereby when you took over a team you were unable to give extensions
#1687 - Improved bullpen usage AI
#1696 - Made players on the 60-day DL ineligible for the rule 5 draft
#1708 - Improved Minor League human manager lineups changed by AI
#1716 - Fixed play To selected day going 1 too many days
#1718 - Alt-tabbing no whilst simulating no longer stops the game from auto-playing
#1720 - Fixed transaction Screen Filters changing continually
#1723 - Fixed Deleted teams offering jobs
#1726 - Fixed league total historical modifier adjust not working for minors

Skins

Fixed Pearl skin loading times

Schedules

Added information to the schedule evaluation report
#1485 - Fixed scheduler bug (wrong number of home and away games
Added MAL2006 schedule renamed into the generic format
Fixed errors in the 1901-1952 major_league schedule files

Importing

Fixed problem with importing multiple OOTP 6 leagues into a signle OOTP 2006 game (#1495)

Play-by-Play and In-Game Text

Fixed issue with PbP showing a fielder named Davis when no player was named Davis
Fixed issue where text (nL) would show up in some PbP commentary(#1590)
Fixed issue where (%game fielder] was displayed(#1591)
Fixed issue where "OBP" was incorrectly written as "OPB"
Fixed issue where player is credited with a sacrifice bunt when the runner didn't advance (#1570)
Fixed hard coded reference to Drysdale

Bill_Abner · Post by **Bill_Abner** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 3:03 pm

Leebo33 wrote:
Bill_Abner wrote:1. Are you starting a "new" career? In 2006?
Yeah, I started a new career in 2006 as the manager of the Harrisburg Senators and none of the players in the database have any historical stats. I am using fictional players, but I still expected to see fictitious stats for each player.

Ah, no. Fictional leagues all start with no stat background. To get that you need to play an historical league

Bill_Abner · Post by **Bill_Abner** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:32 pm

Patch #1

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/s ... p?t=122555

Arkin710 · Post by **Arkin710** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:37 pm

And the Mac version is available for download...

Leebo33 · Post by **Leebo33** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 5:08 pm

Bill_Abner wrote:Ah, no. Fictional leagues all start with no stat background. To get that you need to play an historical league

OK, that's fine. Maybe I'll just sim forward a decade or so before taking a job. I don't want it to seem like baseball started when I was named manager of the Senators

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 5:09 pm

Arkin710 wrote:And the Mac version is available for download...

Awesome. And if you check the forum, there is a code for 10% off the Mac version.

Hope to download this tonight.

JRod · Post by **JRod** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 5:48 pm

Leebo33 wrote:
Bill_Abner wrote:Ah, no. Fictional leagues all start with no stat background. To get that you need to play an historical league
OK, that's fine. Maybe I'll just sim forward a decade or so before taking a job. I don't want it to seem like baseball started when I was named manager of the Senators

Go back to 1901 and fire up a sim. That way you feel like you walk into a baseball universe.

I think I'm going to buy this for the Mac tonight, hopefully its like other SI games where there's not too much a deley between PC and Mac patches.

Arkin710 · Post by **Arkin710** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:14 pm

i believe the mac version is already patched.

JRod · Post by **JRod** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:45 pm

One thing that worries me about OOTP and this has always been a part of the game. I blame it on DMB, but OOTP for many turns into a game of simming then a game.

Granted in FM you are forced to play every team game.

It seems that OOTP is slowly turning into a simulator of stats. But then again, baseball is entirely about stats. How many WS wins, HRs, ERA, ratios to the extreme sabermetrics or whatever that is called. I sure there are guys that sim and sim just to see if Babe Ruth breaks 62 homers.

JRod · Post by **JRod** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 2:05 am

Does anyone know how to activate the license for OOTP.

I bought it from the website, not straight from the game. And I can find where to put my license code.

Arkin710 · Post by **Arkin710** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 7:09 am

There seems to be an issue with the Mac version and entering the license code if you preordered it on the website. They will be fixing it today.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 9:01 am

Does anyone have a direct link to the PDF manual for the game? Don't want to snoop around on their site all morning here at work looking for it. Should have just e-mailed it from my home comptuer...

Really looking forward to digging into the game this weekend.

Bill_Abner · Post by **Bill_Abner** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 9:17 am

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/s ... p?t=119941

Manual + the massive 300+ page game guide

rubba19 · Post by **rubba19** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 9:19 am

Dave,

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/s ... p?t=119941

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 9:35 am

Awesome, thanks guys!

Now I just need to buy it tonight and figure out where I want to start the game.

A couple options interest me: the 1994 season or sometime in the midst of the Twins' Central Division run to see if I could keep it going better than the current regime.

Leebo33 · Post by **Leebo33** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 11:21 pm

I've been goofing around with importing various historical leagues. In all instances, the Pirates teams from the 1970s I looked at only had from zero to 2 "reserve" players on the roster. Am I doing something wrong? I'd never be able to play a season with injuries on and only 25 guys.

Sudz · Post by **Sudz** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 1:08 am

i d/l the demo

whoa! totally overwhelming!!!

Blublub · Post by **Blublub** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:00 am

Leebo,

There seems to be quite a few issues with the lehman 5.3 database. Try going back to an earlier version or better yet installing the Arod23Garlon database fixes over the top.

I'm using the Mac version and importing the straight lehman 5.3 results in all pitchers showing up as position players.