If you could choose one single new feature for OOTP 10... - Page 9

satchel · 02-23-2009, 02:22 PM

I'd love to see more detail in Game Replays.

It would be nice to see the players' ratings, just as they're visible when playing out a game: the fielding ratings of the players in the field, the running ratings of the players on base, etc. It would also be great if something revealed defensive alignments; right now, if you're watching a replay, you don't know if the infield is in, etc.

I'm in online leagues, and the game replays are very important to me, so I'd like to see them fleshed out better.

Childress · 02-23-2009, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by satchel

It would be nice to see the players' ratings, just as they're visible when playing out a game: the fielding ratings of the players in the field, the running ratings of the players on base, etc. It would also be great if something revealed defensive alignments; right now, if you're watching a replay, you don't know if the infield is in, etc.

Agreed, but as an option.

The ranges and skills of fielders have a definite impact effect on the game but it's all in the background unless you study the PbP. I'd appreciate some statistical addenda to the box score recording the number of hits turned into outs by my guys, by player. And the hits that should have been outs.

MimesisBTG · 02-23-2009, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ashantewarrier

Retired Jerseys!

I like this suggestion!

Curtis · 02-24-2009, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Isura

I'll save Curtis the trouble. Mass delete function.

Thank you for thinking of me, Isura, but it's just a little more complicated than that. What I really want is the ability to mass SELECT players and other things. Once some players have been selected you could do with them whatever you could do with one player now — delete, change position or role, move/promote/demote… whatever. You should also be able to use this function to copy things over from place to place, like manager tendencies and situational strategies.

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Originally Posted by RonCo

This thread is basically the twin of the Fundamentals thread, isn't it?

More like the mirror image. That one was supposed to be about broken things that need fixing; this one is supposed to be about new things to be added. The fact that the posters aren't distinguishing between the two doesn't cancel out Markus' intention.

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Originally Posted by blalock84

Minor League Contracts with bonuses.....

This would be my second choice, and it should be part of any revamping of the financial model.

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Originally Posted by Siv

I would like it to track my style of play and create a manager file from that. Then i could incorporate it later on.

That's such a great idea that I wish I'd thought of it, but it's not as high a priority for me. More like a Christmas present.

EMSoccerCoach · 02-24-2009, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by glenn

Nice idea. I'd even love to see a way to import a simple 2 column CSV file. Historical player ID, and then Season Year. Seems like it would save quite a bit of time when you want to import many players, rather than going one by one.

That would be great, but honestly I would be satisfied with just not having to pick the master.csv file for EVERY player I select. It's an unnecessary step. Draw from the same master.csv unless I say I want a different one. It sounds like a little thing, but when you do a lot of roster work with historical players, that couple of clicks repeated over and over adds time I'd rather be spending playing the game.

While we're at it, how about letting us import players straight into a draft class. Unless I've missed it, this can't be done at present.

jg2977 · 02-24-2009, 11:16 AM

I would like to see more news reports concerning team performance. For example, a report if a team wins or loses 10 games in a row. Also, a news report if a team scores 15 or more runs in a game. Finally, I'd like to see reports about amazing games, such as a huge comeback in the ninth inning, or a game that goes 15 innings or more. I just had a game in my league go 24 innings, yet there was no mention of it.

It would also be nice to see news reports congratulating a team for winning a division or clinching a playoff spot, and also winning a playoff series.

The news reports seem to focus on the players' performance, which is fine. But I'm the type of OOTP player who likes to look at the bigger picture. I'm fascinated by which teams win the most championships and which teams struggle the most.

rogmax11 · 02-24-2009, 12:17 PM

Aside from a true working Normalization feature ( customizeable of course ),
what I find myself wishing for is a way to import from a historical DB any draft class at any time. I suppose this ties in with the many requests for a "mass-select" feature since the functions are related. We'd still need the ability to normalize easily for wildly disparate draft years/seasons.

Antonin · 02-24-2009, 07:41 PM

I'd love to have a way to access pitch counts for the last 5 days for all of my pitchers while playing out a game. In other words, one screen that provides that data for all of my pitchers at once, to make it easier to decide who to use during that particular game.

As it is, you have to click on each individual pitcher to see when he last worked.

Curtis · 02-24-2009, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Antonin

I'd love to have a way to access pitch counts for the last 5 days for all of my pitchers while playing out a game. In other words, one screen that provides that data for all of my pitchers at once, to make it easier to decide who to use during that particular game.

As it is, you have to click on each individual pitcher to see when he last worked.

Ooh, nice!

flaquis010285 · 02-27-2009, 01:48 PM

I have two "original" proposes for OOTP X:

1): National team tournaments, like the upcoming WBC. This could be an interesting feature.

2): Generate umpires for use at the game, with ratings like: Out-Safe Eye, (for homeplate umpires) Strike-Ball Eye, Foul-Fair Ball Eye (the last three separates between, but all linked between them), Ability for Being Argued, Ejection, (for leagues with challenge) Challenging HRs, and Ability for different umpiring duties: HP Umpire, 1B Umpire, 2B Umpire, 3B Umpire and (for MLB All-Stars and playoffs) LF Umpire and RF Umpire.

noel33 · 02-27-2009, 09:00 PM

I'm not sure if something similar to this has been mentioned yet, and it probably seems really minor compared to everything else, but I'd like to see a ratings scale option that goes by the scouting scale you see normally, 20-80 in increments of 5 with ML average being 50 (honestly unsure if ML average is 50 in the current scale it doesn't seem to be that way but I could be wrong).

Curtis · 02-27-2009, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by noel33

I'm not sure if something similar to this has been mentioned yet, and it probably seems really minor compared to everything else, but I'd like to see a ratings scale option that goes by the scouting scale you see normally, 20-80 in increments of 5 with ML average being 50 (honestly unsure if ML average is 50 in the current scale it doesn't seem to be that way but I could be wrong).

Not mentioned in this thread. I did submit it in the Suggestions forum for OotPB 10.

edm · 02-28-2009, 12:16 AM

Ability to import faces from the FACEGEN program directly into the game (not a static picture, but faces that age, change uniforms when traded, etc)

Youkilis4MVP · 03-01-2009, 06:06 PM

a few new features, some of which have been mentioned before, that would be cool, but not deal breakers if they weren't included, would be

1. A WBC-like tournament, this could also go towards creating realistic winter and fall leagues

2. realistic spring training, especially non-roster invitees

3. futures all-star game

4. more awards, for example, Comeback Player of the Year, All-Star MVP, World Series MVP, Hank Aaron, Silver Slugger, Tony Conigliaro...

5. more news stories, for example walk-off wins, comebacks from injuries, maybe manager-player conflicts

6. customizable in-game music, hearing "Shippin Up to Boston" or "Enter Sandman" when a specific closer comes in would make my day.

Antonin · 03-01-2009, 07:29 PM

I'd like to have an easier way to print. I've always disliked the 'external browser' feature, because it opens my web browser and I get a message that certain content is being blocked.

I also have to reconfigure printing every time I print something out, because the pages are always too big, even when I use landscape. Tedious.

satchel · 03-01-2009, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by noel33

I'm not sure if something similar to this has been mentioned yet, and it probably seems really minor compared to everything else, but I'd like to see a ratings scale option that goes by the scouting scale you see normally, 20-80 in increments of 5 with ML average being 50 (honestly unsure if ML average is 50 in the current scale it doesn't seem to be that way but I could be wrong).

I must not understand this suggestion, because there is already a ratings option in the game which uses this scale?

Curtis · 03-04-2009, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by satchel

I must not understand this suggestion, because there is already a ratings option in the game which uses this scale?

There's a 20-80 by ones scale, and a 2-8 scale (which is 20-80 by tens), but no 20-80 by fives in my edition. 20-80 by fives is what Mets Inside Pitch magazine claims real scouts use for their evaluations.

noel33 · 03-05-2009, 10:30 PM

Yeah basically what Curtis said, along with the fact that I believe there should be an option at least to slide the scale somewhat up. A player whose potential grades out at 30 in real life is not considered to be able to play in the major leagues, generally you have to get to about 40 to start talk about major leaguers at all. There are a few too many players who grade out at 70+ in the game as well compared to how a realistic scouting scale would work, but thats a lesser problem I think.

Curtis · 03-06-2009, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by noel33

A player whose potential grades out at 30 in real life is not considered to be able to play in the major leagues, generally you have to get to about 40 to start talk about major leaguers at all.

My understanding matches this. I think 40 is the rating for that 'replacement player' in VORP, and as noel said above, the average major leaguer would be a 50. 70s should be all-stars and 80s future hall of famers.

Wilt · 03-07-2009, 12:41 AM

Just getting back into the game, still would like to see a few things......

more customizable awards

signing bonuses/demands for draftees

a more detailed rich, customizable Hall of Fame

more work on the AI although things seem much better than where I last left off!

02-23-2009, 02:22 PM	#161
satchel Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ft Smith Ark. USA Posts: 2,681	I'd love to see more detail in Game Replays. It would be nice to see the players' ratings, just as they're visible when playing out a game: the fielding ratings of the players in the field, the running ratings of the players on base, etc. It would also be great if something revealed defensive alignments; right now, if you're watching a replay, you don't know if the infield is in, etc. I'm in online leagues, and the game replays are very important to me, so I'd like to see them fleshed out better. __________________ JL Commish NPBL Rhode Island Reds ’33 ’34 ’35 TCBA San Francisco Railbornes ’74 ’76 ’77 ’78 FL New Orleans Black Sox ’56 ’57 ’58 ’59

02-24-2009, 11:16 AM	#166
jg2977 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 25,270	I would like to see more news reports concerning team performance. For example, a report if a team wins or loses 10 games in a row. Also, a news report if a team scores 15 or more runs in a game. Finally, I'd like to see reports about amazing games, such as a huge comeback in the ninth inning, or a game that goes 15 innings or more. I just had a game in my league go 24 innings, yet there was no mention of it. It would also be nice to see news reports congratulating a team for winning a division or clinching a playoff spot, and also winning a playoff series. The news reports seem to focus on the players' performance, which is fine. But I'm the type of OOTP player who likes to look at the bigger picture. I'm fascinated by which teams win the most championships and which teams struggle the most. Last edited by jg2977; 02-24-2009 at 11:17 AM.

02-24-2009, 07:41 PM	#168
Antonin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,537	I'd love to have a way to access pitch counts for the last 5 days for all of my pitchers while playing out a game. In other words, one screen that provides that data for all of my pitchers at once, to make it easier to decide who to use during that particular game. As it is, you have to click on each individual pitcher to see when he last worked. __________________ "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" - Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols), San Francisco, 14 January 1978

02-27-2009, 01:48 PM	#170
flaquis010285 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 225	My proposals I have two "original" proposes for OOTP X: 1): National team tournaments, like the upcoming WBC. This could be an interesting feature. 2): Generate umpires for use at the game, with ratings like: Out-Safe Eye, (for homeplate umpires) Strike-Ball Eye, Foul-Fair Ball Eye (the last three separates between, but all linked between them), Ability for Being Argued, Ejection, (for leagues with challenge) Challenging HRs, and Ability for different umpiring duties: HP Umpire, 1B Umpire, 2B Umpire, 3B Umpire and (for MLB All-Stars and playoffs) LF Umpire and RF Umpire. Last edited by flaquis010285; 02-27-2009 at 01:54 PM.

03-01-2009, 06:06 PM	#174
Youkilis4MVP Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Worcester, MA Posts: 39	a few new features, some of which have been mentioned before, that would be cool, but not deal breakers if they weren't included, would be 1. A WBC-like tournament, this could also go towards creating realistic winter and fall leagues 2. realistic spring training, especially non-roster invitees 3. futures all-star game 4. more awards, for example, Comeback Player of the Year, All-Star MVP, World Series MVP, Hank Aaron, Silver Slugger, Tony Conigliaro... 5. more news stories, for example walk-off wins, comebacks from injuries, maybe manager-player conflicts 6. customizable in-game music, hearing "Shippin Up to Boston" or "Enter Sandman" when a specific closer comes in would make my day. __________________ Yooooooouk!

02-24-2009, 12:17 PM	#167
rogmax11 All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,320	Aside from a true working Normalization feature ( customizeable of course ), what I find myself wishing for is a way to import from a historical DB any draft class at any time. I suppose this ties in with the many requests for a "mass-select" feature since the functions are related. We'd still need the ability to normalize easily for wildly disparate draft years/seasons.

02-27-2009, 09:00 PM	#171
noel33 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 70	I'm not sure if something similar to this has been mentioned yet, and it probably seems really minor compared to everything else, but I'd like to see a ratings scale option that goes by the scouting scale you see normally, 20-80 in increments of 5 with ML average being 50 (honestly unsure if ML average is 50 in the current scale it doesn't seem to be that way but I could be wrong).

02-28-2009, 12:16 AM	#173
edm All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,999	Ability to import faces from the FACEGEN program directly into the game (not a static picture, but faces that age, change uniforms when traded, etc)

03-01-2009, 07:29 PM	#175
Antonin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,537	I'd like to have an easier way to print. I've always disliked the 'external browser' feature, because it opens my web browser and I get a message that certain content is being blocked. I also have to reconfigure printing every time I print something out, because the pages are always too big, even when I use landscape. Tedious. __________________ "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" - Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols), San Francisco, 14 January 1978

03-05-2009, 10:30 PM	#178
noel33 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 70	Yeah basically what Curtis said, along with the fact that I believe there should be an option at least to slide the scale somewhat up. A player whose potential grades out at 30 in real life is not considered to be able to play in the major leagues, generally you have to get to about 40 to start talk about major leaguers at all. There are a few too many players who grade out at 70+ in the game as well compared to how a realistic scouting scale would work, but thats a lesser problem I think.

03-07-2009, 12:41 AM	#180
Wilt Minors (Double A) Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: in the paint Posts: 179	Just getting back into the game, still would like to see a few things...... more customizable awards signing bonuses/demands for draftees a more detailed rich, customizable Hall of Fame more work on the AI although things seem much better than where I last left off! __________________ Blank until I can find my tripping penguin again!