A new patch was just announced. Here is is with what's been fixed/added:
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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn
Andreas was busy coding some new features for OOTP 12, but we decided that they'd be a good fit for OOTP 11 as well, so we will release a new patch very soon. The new version will support Facebook & Twitter, which should be useful for online leagues and dynasty writers, as well as people who want to bug their friends with OOTP-related news 
During the development time I tried to fix a few bugs as well, and here is the current list of fixes:
- Fixed issues with awards not going to deserving players when they are not on a team
- Fixed projected payroll calculation when extension offers exist
- Fixed rare crashes when enabling the DH prior to a game
- Fixed some PbP issues
- Fixed issue that resulted in duplicated players when manually activating minor league players from the DL and asking for AI minor setup afterwards
- Fixed rare instances when players have no demands listed in the free agent list but asked for a major league contract in the offer screen
- Fixed a bug which caused bad fielding ratings when importing a historical league with custom CSV files and neutralized stats enabled
- Fixed problem where story line messages did not contain person names
- Ongoing stories will now be saved in world.dat instead of an extra file
- Added several baseball card features
- File version of english.xml file displayed on database info page
- Fixed multiple small bugs, mainly cosmetic ones
Andreas will explain the new stuff in a later post 
All the best!
Markus
PS: iOOTP is progressing nicely, and full-time OOTP 12 development will start very soon. |
I've bought every version since V2. I have also worked in software development companies for close to 30 years (getting old is not so much fun). The companies I worked for had competition, but I hope the philosophy there was the standard in the software industry. BUGS GET FIXED FIRST. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. If we didn't fix them, the customers would look elsewhere for their software solutions.
With OOTP there is not a boatload of competition so their arrogance and disregard for their customer base doesn't seem to be hurting sales. The silence of those people who see these bugs and don't say anything doesn't help. I've noticed there are more people complaining about legacy bugs but all we can do about it is not buy the game.
Regarding this latest patch I will mention 2 things not there that I feel are more important than "baseball card features". Bugs vs. Baseball Cards. The only reason I can think of why Baseball Cards trump bugs is that they're easier to do and there are plenty of sales regardless of what you throw to the customers. However, that's no excuse.
1. When offering a free agent a contract and I meet demand, I will often get an email telling me my offer is way off base. I go back into the free agent and he's asking for what I just gave him. If the plan is to drive the gameplayer crazy, it's working. Otherwise it's a legacy bug that is being ignored.
2. When I go into my pitching lineup screen (for example) and I set it up to see pitchers and their stats, I get them. Then I look elsewhere and when I return to the pitching lineup screen who knows what's there. Maybe it's pitcher's batting averages, maybe it's batters pitching stats, but I can guarantee you it won't be pitchers and their stats.
When I look at free agents and I subset to catchers and then I go and try to trade for one (for example), when I go back to the free agent screen I have to setup the subset for catchers again.
That's not a bug, that's just plain user unfriendly. These are not huge things but they are annoying things that kill the enjoyment of the game. But if you think baseball cards is what your customer base is clamouring for instead of a friendly, low bug game than this isn't the game for me.
I've been patient and I'm not writing here about the other things I've noticed. I just bring these up as things that have been around a while and should have been fixed before some of these other things.
This is not professional on your part, but if you can get away with it, then that's not nice but it's reality. The respect I used to have for you and what you were attempting was quite high. You've lost it all.
Does it matter if you lose one customer? Probably not. But if other disgruntled customers also stop buying you might have a problem.
You want to play with the big boys and be a software company, then act like a big boy and stop ignoring the bugs.
Martin