[italyprof]

I have held off on commenting till now really, because yesterday my very first reactions were not positive. I initially found the dark skin and new background of a playing field behind the screens we use to set lineups etc. distracting and hard to read (I have eyesight problems): I thought the new 3D was a clear improvement, but as someone else said, it was like watching a game from the Goodyear Blimp, and I thought the layout was too busy.

BUT...first, thanks for some great, hard work and commitment that went into OOTP 19, and I now, on the second day of messing around with it, see that it is a distinct improvement.


I imported an OOTP 18 league and opened the same league, day and game to play on both versions to see which I preferred today. I now see that the older version is more of an eye strain and the new one with dark skin easier to see, not sure why I didn't get that yesterday. The play through is certainly more interesting, and only the effect of distance is an issue, but the graphics are much superior.

Also, the fact that you can go to small player icons, move around, reduce or get rid of widgets, and even make the top of the screen go away when playing means the clutteredness of the initial impression is not really important, since you can unclutter it to a much greater degree now.

I like it and am grateful as always. I do have one question, which I asked in two places yesterday but can't find if anyone has answered: the link to the historical stadiums, since I play nearly exclusively Historical Leagues and Random Debut - when I click on it it takes me to some platform I don't know that asks me to register and pay something to join, and has limited access to that particular page.

So, is that right? Do I need to join some site to get access to the historical stadiums, and pay them for it? And is it a trustworthy site?

Second, once I manually download, assuming I am able to, that file, will the stadium come up automatically when in a historical league we play in the Polo Grounds or whatever, or do I have to go into each historical team and "edit stadium" to add the right one?

One other thing: is there a way to get the in-game scoreboard to show hits and errors? It only shows runs. Thanks.

Thanks and thanks again for a wonderful new version of the best baseball game ever. Wish I were retired so I could spend more time playing OOTP !