*** OOTP 5.01 Patch RELEASED! *** - Page 5

KWhit · 03-05-2003, 10:02 PM

Woo Hoo! Patch looks great so far.

Darren Drewitz · 03-05-2003, 11:04 PM

Something i noticed. When playing the game it will sometimes say the player goes back to the warning track and catches it off his shoe tops. I dont think someone is gonna run back then catch it just before it hits the ground.

jimbolewis8 · 03-06-2003, 06:31 AM

any consideration having arrows on the league transaction screen? I know that was a hot topic and I would like to see them there (and yes I know they are on the minors report screen).

anyway ... it's a great service you do for your customers markus and I am glad I am one.

asaintsfan · 03-06-2003, 10:13 AM

patch looks great. Thanks again for the awesome game.

rasnell · 03-06-2003, 10:20 AM

I agree with the odd number of times that you're racing to the wall and dive to make a shoestring catch.

On the other hand, what is really nicely done, is that after a rain delay, my outfielder slipped on the wet grass while coming in on a play. That is a nice touch and some real attention to detail.

Ktulu · 03-07-2003, 01:44 PM

Quote:

I actually like the current system. It adds some challenge to the game.

The challenge of guessing what a player wants? You make 2 offers he doent like and he wont resign with you. Then during the free agent season you right click on the same player and he tells you exactly what he wants. Why? Shouldnt a player with high loyalty make it known what he is looking for? If a player didnt like your 'guesses' why would he listen to your offers once he is a free agent?

You can make resigning players challenging. But it should be for reasons related to baseball and financial matters not on making a couple guesses to what a player wants.

earlg · 03-07-2003, 02:53 PM

Guessing what a player wants seems unrealistic to me unless you would reciece a counter offer.For example if you offered a player 5 million for 4 years and you recieced a reply like I was thinking more like 5.5 million for 5 years. Then you could try to bring him down some closer to your figure and years. the penalty then could be if it went back and forth too much the player would get mad and test free agency.

rasnell · 03-07-2003, 04:00 PM

I really like earlg's idea. Also would like the player to tell us what the other team is offering so we can try to out-bid.

Alanb · 03-07-2003, 06:43 PM

Mark,

I'm a proud owner of OOTP5.

Any chance that we could see a kind of minimal play-by-play option. For example, instead of the long description of a grounder to third, we'd get,

"Groundout to third."

I like playing my games manually but after a while the PBP gets old.

Thanks,

Alanb

Sweed · 03-07-2003, 07:59 PM

Alanb, have you tried turning the pbp speed all the way up? Seems to me it would go by fast enough you wouldn't be able to read it but would just see the end of the play. Don't know if that will work but would be worth a try.

PoisonMaddux · 03-08-2003, 12:48 AM

Over spring training for the last 3 years until this one, I bought the new edition of the High Heat series. But now I'm glad I found OOTP.

This customer service beats the hell out of 3do, which wasn't all that bad.

Thanks Markus and .400, this is a great game! My $35 was well spent! And it made the fact that I didn't go to New Orleans for spring break this week (because I'm short on cash) is not sooo bad

I found too many hours of enjoyment with this game.

I hope yall get away from that source code every once in a while and get to sim a few seasons yourselves...hehe

thanks again

-bob

kilroy · 03-08-2003, 11:55 PM

I used HH2k+1 for years and I am a recent OOTP convert, mainly because of the 'little-guy' programming shop and great, prompt customer service.

Dean Gordon · 03-09-2003, 03:38 PM

As a commish, in-game draft picks would be so damn nice... I know Mogul does it.. as a commish, would simplify life so nicely to have draft picks in-game, and not have to screw around with an external draft picks page, the draft order program, making multiple trades, etc...

Dean Gordon
Commish - NABL, EBl, GMC

Tresclub · 03-09-2003, 07:00 PM

DG, I got around this by "creating" a Draft Pick player.
ie. [First Name]1st Round [Last Name]Draft Pick etc, etc
In some cases, had to create more than one of these.
Where three teams had traded their 1st round pick,
I had to create three of these 1st round "players".
After the draft round, just went to each team and released
the draft pick, then to Edit Free Agents and deleted them.

Dean Gordon · 03-09-2003, 07:19 PM

....yes, but notice the effort you had to go to create the player, etc...

Currently, this is what i have to do, as a commish, when a team trades for a pick...

Trade Example: Chicago trades Sammy Sosa to Montreal for a 1st round pick...

Trade 1: sosa and a scrub to montreal for scrub
Trade 2: scrub for scrub

Afterwards, I have to go update the draft picks page

Come draft time, have to use Draft Order to change the draft...

Would be SO much easier to just have in-game draft picks, say, Rounds 1-5 for current plus two additional seasons....

Baseball Mogul does it, Front Office Football does it, and since they are vastly inferior and do not have the incomperable Marcus et al prgramming, should be a damn snap to do, imo...

Would also improve the Alamanac, as it would list the one trade - Sosa for a 1st, rather than the two trades....

Dean

PassTheBottle · 03-10-2003, 10:13 PM

I agree with Dean-O.

Ingame draft pick trading would be ideal, especially for Solo Leagues also..

Tresclub · 03-10-2003, 11:50 PM

I do it the way I do so that the trade appears in the team histories as it should.

If you create the 1st Round Draft Pick player, then you can trade Sosa for the draft pick,
and the histories will say Sosa was traded for a 1st Round Draft Pick.

Check out my OTL's Transactions: OTL Transactions

Dean Gordon · 03-12-2003, 01:42 PM

Yes, it shows up in the history, but at a considerable cost in terms of time and effort by the commish to:

1) create the player "Cle Draft Pick 1"
2) after the trade release the player
3) then edit and delete them....

In a league like EBL, which trades draft picks like candy, this is a lot of extra work...

SO much simpler to just add in-game draft picks...

For the solo game, it will add an extra bit because it gives you one extra strategic trading decision...

For online leagues, imo as a commish, its damn essential...

Dean
Commish - EBL, GMC, NABL

Tresclub · 03-12-2003, 05:19 PM

Yup, diff strokes for diff folks.

b3_black · 03-16-2003, 03:51 PM

Just a question but will manager mode be available with multiple managers at any point? Ie Online Leagues?

03-05-2003, 10:02 PM	#81
KWhit Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 413	Woo Hoo! Patch looks great so far. __________________

03-05-2003, 11:04 PM	#82
Darren Drewitz Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mother Warsaw Posts: 28	Something i noticed. When playing the game it will sometimes say the player goes back to the warning track and catches it off his shoe tops. I dont think someone is gonna run back then catch it just before it hits the ground. __________________ Darren Drewitz Warsaw Warriors

03-06-2003, 10:13 AM	#84
asaintsfan All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: New Orleans LA Posts: 559	patch looks great. Thanks again for the awesome game. __________________

03-06-2003, 10:20 AM	#85
rasnell Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Frankfort, Kentucky Posts: 3,746	I agree with the odd number of times that you're racing to the wall and dive to make a shoestring catch. On the other hand, what is really nicely done, is that after a rain delay, my outfielder slipped on the wet grass while coming in on a play. That is a nice touch and some real attention to detail. __________________ Charlie Root won more games for the Cubs than any pitcher (201), yet was remembered for one pitch to Babe Ruth. Find out more about the 1929 World Series in my book, "Root for the Cubs: Charlie Root and the 1929 Chicago Cubs." See the web site at www.rootforthecubs.com. The book is at http://www.amazon.com/Root-Cubs-Char...t+for+the+cubs. Beta tester, OOTP 2007-2023 and iOOTP 2011-2014.

03-07-2003, 04:00 PM	#88
rasnell Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Frankfort, Kentucky Posts: 3,746	I really like earlg's idea. Also would like the player to tell us what the other team is offering so we can try to out-bid. __________________ Charlie Root won more games for the Cubs than any pitcher (201), yet was remembered for one pitch to Babe Ruth. Find out more about the 1929 World Series in my book, "Root for the Cubs: Charlie Root and the 1929 Chicago Cubs." See the web site at www.rootforthecubs.com. The book is at http://www.amazon.com/Root-Cubs-Char...t+for+the+cubs. Beta tester, OOTP 2007-2023 and iOOTP 2011-2014.

03-06-2003, 06:31 AM	#83
jimbolewis8 Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2002 Location: St. Petersburg, Florida Posts: 132	any consideration having arrows on the league transaction screen? I know that was a hot topic and I would like to see them there (and yes I know they are on the minors report screen). anyway ... it's a great service you do for your customers markus and I am glad I am one.

03-07-2003, 02:53 PM	#87
earlg Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: birmingham Posts: 27	Guessing what a player wants seems unrealistic to me unless you would reciece a counter offer.For example if you offered a player 5 million for 4 years and you recieced a reply like I was thinking more like 5.5 million for 5 years. Then you could try to bring him down some closer to your figure and years. the penalty then could be if it went back and forth too much the player would get mad and test free agency.

03-07-2003, 06:43 PM	#89
Alanb Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1	Mark, I'm a proud owner of OOTP5. Any chance that we could see a kind of minimal play-by-play option. For example, instead of the long description of a grounder to third, we'd get, "Groundout to third." I like playing my games manually but after a while the PBP gets old. Thanks, Alanb

03-08-2003, 12:48 AM	#91
PoisonMaddux Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 156	Over spring training for the last 3 years until this one, I bought the new edition of the High Heat series. But now I'm glad I found OOTP. This customer service beats the hell out of 3do, which wasn't all that bad. Thanks Markus and .400, this is a great game! My $35 was well spent! And it made the fact that I didn't go to New Orleans for spring break this week (because I'm short on cash) is not sooo bad I found too many hours of enjoyment with this game. I hope yall get away from that source code every once in a while and get to sim a few seasons yourselves...hehe thanks again -bob __________________ Atlanta Braves in 2003!

03-08-2003, 11:55 PM	#92
kilroy Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 37	I used HH2k+1 for years and I am a recent OOTP convert, mainly because of the 'little-guy' programming shop and great, prompt customer service.

03-09-2003, 03:38 PM	#93
Dean Gordon Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: vancouver, canada Posts: 354	One Thing I Would LOVE to see As a commish, in-game draft picks would be so damn nice... I know Mogul does it.. as a commish, would simplify life so nicely to have draft picks in-game, and not have to screw around with an external draft picks page, the draft order program, making multiple trades, etc... Dean Gordon Commish - NABL, EBl, GMC

03-09-2003, 07:00 PM	#94
Tresclub All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: La Mesa, CA USA Posts: 1,908	DG, I got around this by "creating" a Draft Pick player. ie. [First Name]1st Round [Last Name]Draft Pick etc, etc In some cases, had to create more than one of these. Where three teams had traded their 1st round pick, I had to create three of these 1st round "players". After the draft round, just went to each team and released the draft pick, then to Edit Free Agents and deleted them.

03-09-2003, 07:19 PM	#95
Dean Gordon Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: vancouver, canada Posts: 354	Yes, but.... ....yes, but notice the effort you had to go to create the player, etc... Currently, this is what i have to do, as a commish, when a team trades for a pick... Trade Example: Chicago trades Sammy Sosa to Montreal for a 1st round pick... Trade 1: sosa and a scrub to montreal for scrub Trade 2: scrub for scrub Afterwards, I have to go update the draft picks page Come draft time, have to use Draft Order to change the draft... Would be SO much easier to just have in-game draft picks, say, Rounds 1-5 for current plus two additional seasons.... Baseball Mogul does it, Front Office Football does it, and since they are vastly inferior and do not have the incomperable Marcus et al prgramming, should be a damn snap to do, imo... Would also improve the Alamanac, as it would list the one trade - Sosa for a 1st, rather than the two trades.... Dean

03-10-2003, 10:13 PM	#96
PassTheBottle Minors (Single A) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Palm Coast, FL Posts: 72	I agree with Dean-O. Ingame draft pick trading would be ideal, especially for Solo Leagues also.. __________________ Brian "BJ" Jordan CBL - Daytona Beach FatBoys NABL - Newark Bears

03-10-2003, 11:50 PM	#97
Tresclub All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: La Mesa, CA USA Posts: 1,908	I do it the way I do so that the trade appears in the team histories as it should. If you create the 1st Round Draft Pick player, then you can trade Sosa for the draft pick, and the histories will say Sosa was traded for a 1st Round Draft Pick. Check out my OTL's Transactions: OTL Transactions

03-12-2003, 01:42 PM	#98
Dean Gordon Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: vancouver, canada Posts: 354	yes... but... Yes, it shows up in the history, but at a considerable cost in terms of time and effort by the commish to: 1) create the player "Cle Draft Pick 1" 2) after the trade release the player 3) then edit and delete them.... In a league like EBL, which trades draft picks like candy, this is a lot of extra work... SO much simpler to just add in-game draft picks... For the solo game, it will add an extra bit because it gives you one extra strategic trading decision... For online leagues, imo as a commish, its damn essential... Dean Commish - EBL, GMC, NABL

03-12-2003, 05:19 PM	#99
Tresclub All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: La Mesa, CA USA Posts: 1,908	Yup, diff strokes for diff folks.

03-16-2003, 03:51 PM	#100
b3_black Bat Boy Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 17	MANAGER MODE QUESTION Just a question but will manager mode be available with multiple managers at any point? Ie Online Leagues? __________________ Brent MBL Commish