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Originally Posted by jslmsca
Not to be an apologist, but it's not that simple. First, the simulation engine could not just be ported over since baseball is a completely different game. Football Manager would probably have an easier time of translating a "pitch" into a "rink" and modelling player interactions since a soccer "pass" could be equated into a hockey "pass" but even then, the play area is substantially smaller, the number of players involved different, the interactions and events unique between the sports. That's large enough of a job in itself but now you're asking to take a *baseball* engine and convert it to hockey? It make sense that a new engine needed to be written.
Second, other engines such as finances could possibly be incorporated with tweaks to accommodate different CBAs, salaries, team budgets, etc. The big assumption here is that OOTP was developed in such a way to support a "plug-and-play" system. Did OOTP have the foresight to do this, in anticipation of eventually developing a hockey game? My guess is probably not. As a developer, I know I've wished to make re-use of elements in our products and ended up just having to rewrite them because the architecture did not support a simple "plugin" of existing code. It wouldn't surprise me if it's the same case here.
Why can't SI port Football Manager to the National Football League? It's just not as simple as it sounds.
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Great reply *clap, clap*
The problem is, ppl donīt have patience anymore...now,now,now,cheap,cheap,cheap......the curse of our times
Despite itīs flaws i still canīt stress enough that itīs a good game on a bumpy way to a great game.
And for all the whiners - €30 a year is too much to support the only managment game based on our favourite sport (at least for me, sorry, Austrian here - i couldnīt care less about Baseball) ???
As for myself I gave them the €30 in a heartbeat even if the game is buggy atm but as mentioned before with huge upside - exactly that gives them the breathing space to develop it for years to come
