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Cryomaniac · 09-30-2008, 08:27 AM

My previous thread on this subject got mired in a pointless discussion (I would appreciate it if that sh- stays out of this thread, bump this if you want to carry on the discussion...)

Anywhere, here are my suggestions, some from the other thread (minus the one that caused the consternation, for now) and a couple of new ones.

I have been thinking of these over the past few weeks, and just wondered what everyone has to say about them. These will be re-posted when the suggestions forums re-open, but I just thought I'd see what people think now.

1. Allow us to use byes in playoffs.
-Pretty self explanatory, and I'm sure LGO will be including this in his suggestions as well, but allowing byes in playoffs would lets us do just about any type of playoffs we like

2. Allow us to customize end of season tie-breaking scenarios.
-Let us choose how the game decides what happens when teams are tied at the end of the season. At the very least, the game should do what happens in real life.

2a. Allow us to customize end of game tie-breaking scenarios
-i.e let us have it like in Japan, or let us have games be tied after nine innings (eg, have a drop down that says "play to a finish; play 15 innings; play 12 innings; play 9 innings).

3. Allow switch pitching (Or allow us to edit players during a game as a work around.)
-I'm tempted to annotate this solely with the words "Pat Venditte" lol. Anyway, I don't see any reason at all why this can't be done, the AI is pretty similar to switch hitters. Also let us choose what happens when a switch pitcher faces a switch hitter (i.e, who declares first)

4. Not used...

4a. Let us use different names.txt and english.xml files for each league in a universe.
Also, try to remove as much hard-coded play-by-play as possible.

5. Make the interactions between Feeder leagues and the majors as realistic as possible.
-How it should work is that a high school player should do one of 3 things: Go to college, Turn pro, retire from baseball. For college leagues, instead of a min / max age there should be a "years of eligibility" option, from 3 to say 7. One thing ot add to this, let us choose if high school players can turn pro or not, or if they have to go to college. Or maybe let us have a "three years out of highschool" rule. Hell, just improve feeder leagues...

6. Allow us to edit the average lengths of suspensions in the league rules.
-Anything that gives us more customization can only be a good thing. We should be able to have really strict rules or pretty lenient disipline rules, but harsh drug suspensions. I suppose to go with this, more player personality, with certain players more likely to argue balls & strikes / fight / use drugs.

7. Add a Minor league DL
-Everyone (well, ok a lot) have been asking for this.

Also, open the suggestion forum already lol.

09-30-2008, 08:27 AM	#1
Cryomaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Hucknall, Notts, UK Posts: 4,903	More OOTP10 suggestions My previous thread on this subject got mired in a pointless discussion (I would appreciate it if that sh- stays out of this thread, bump this if you want to carry on the discussion...) Anywhere, here are my suggestions, some from the other thread (minus the one that caused the consternation, for now) and a couple of new ones. I have been thinking of these over the past few weeks, and just wondered what everyone has to say about them. These will be re-posted when the suggestions forums re-open, but I just thought I'd see what people think now. 1. Allow us to use byes in playoffs. -Pretty self explanatory, and I'm sure LGO will be including this in his suggestions as well, but allowing byes in playoffs would lets us do just about any type of playoffs we like 2. Allow us to customize end of season tie-breaking scenarios. -Let us choose how the game decides what happens when teams are tied at the end of the season. At the very least, the game should do what happens in real life. 2a. Allow us to customize end of game tie-breaking scenarios -i.e let us have it like in Japan, or let us have games be tied after nine innings (eg, have a drop down that says "play to a finish; play 15 innings; play 12 innings; play 9 innings). 3. Allow switch pitching (Or allow us to edit players during a game as a work around.) -I'm tempted to annotate this solely with the words "Pat Venditte" lol. Anyway, I don't see any reason at all why this can't be done, the AI is pretty similar to switch hitters. Also let us choose what happens when a switch pitcher faces a switch hitter (i.e, who declares first) 4. Not used... 4a. Let us use different names.txt and english.xml files for each league in a universe. Also, try to remove as much hard-coded play-by-play as possible. 5. Make the interactions between Feeder leagues and the majors as realistic as possible. -How it should work is that a high school player should do one of 3 things: Go to college, Turn pro, retire from baseball. For college leagues, instead of a min / max age there should be a "years of eligibility" option, from 3 to say 7. One thing ot add to this, let us choose if high school players can turn pro or not, or if they have to go to college. Or maybe let us have a "three years out of highschool" rule. Hell, just improve feeder leagues... 6. Allow us to edit the average lengths of suspensions in the league rules. -Anything that gives us more customization can only be a good thing. We should be able to have really strict rules or pretty lenient disipline rules, but harsh drug suspensions. I suppose to go with this, more player personality, with certain players more likely to argue balls & strikes / fight / use drugs. 7. Add a Minor league DL -Everyone (well, ok a lot) have been asking for this. Also, open the suggestion forum already lol. __________________ Last edited by Cryomaniac; 09-30-2008 at 08:33 AM. Reason: As a programmer, unclosed brackets annoy the hell out of me...