Upcoming Update #4 -> New stuff

Markus Heinsohn · 07-11-2012, 07:46 AM

Hey guys,

here's the list of the changes /features implemented (so far) in the update which we'll release Friday:

- Added a "GM only mode" (manager options) which prevents the human GM from winning the manager of the year award or appearing in the manager-related history reports
- Added a feature which enables online leagues to broadcast the real time simulation screen to the league website as a real-time report, so league members can watch the league being simulated live
- Added a "Check teams for roster violations" function to the commish home screen
- Added the ability to edit "Projected Budget". If set, all future budgets of a team can remain constant.
- Added the ability to add leagues to (and remove from) existing associations
- Added a "Reset all Injuries & DL status" function to the league setup screen
- Added a "Reset Player Fatigue" function to the league setup screen
- Added a "Reset Player Morale" function to the league setup screen
- Added a "Reset Compensation Type of all Free Agents" function to the league setup screen
- Added an option to disable automatic Hall of Fame inductions (league setup)
- Added two new player split stat categories, "As Starter" and "As Reliever / Substitution", these only work for the current season though
- Added coach pictures to the team personnel screen
- Added player picture to the in-game player profile screen
- The payroll between the start of the offseason and the date of free agent filings is now a projection rather than the salaries from the just finished season, resulting in more accurate projected budgets and funds available
- Shortlisted players are now highlighted by having their name displayed in upper case in player lists
- Improved various aspects on the in-game & roster AI
- Fixed several bugs

Cheers,
Markus

1998 Yankees · 07-11-2012, 07:50 AM

Very nice, thank you.

philthepat · 07-11-2012, 07:51 AM

Good stuff Markus!

madJ · 07-11-2012, 07:55 AM

Great additions. Although I guess the request for a scouting report queue got lost somewhere. Would be a nice feature for a future patch.

Thread can be found here.

Tycobbler · 07-11-2012, 08:03 AM

Appreciate it Markus, thanks again man !

Bowtie · 07-11-2012, 08:29 AM

As always Markus, thanks for all that you guys do to keep wowing us. There is a feature I and others have been waiting for some time to be added. OOTP, imho, needs to start showing more love towards uniform numbers. What I would like to see added in a future patch is the ability to deactivate certain numbers. For example, if I want to prevent the AI from assigning a player in my minors a number that's in the 60's, 70's, 80's and/or 90's, I could do so in the Game Setup. Not only that but prevent the AI from assigning the same number to two players. And I still think managers and coaches should be given numbers since in real life they are assigned a number.

Again, thanks for the new features.

shawa666 · 07-11-2012, 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

- Added the ability to add leagues to (and remove from) existing associations

Jordan · 07-11-2012, 09:49 AM

Only if NCAA Football could get it this right every time

The Wolf · 07-11-2012, 10:52 AM

And nothing that I hoped for made it in. Rats.

renojedi · 07-11-2012, 11:06 AM

Any updates to the MLB quickstart? And, did the owners who were 0/0 in patience and spending get fixed?

Thanks.

Pacoheadley · 07-11-2012, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Hey guys,

here's the list of the changes /features implemented (so far) in the update which we'll release Friday:

- Added a "GM only mode" (manager options) which prevents the human GM from winning the manager of the year award or appearing in the manager-related history reports
- Added a feature which enables online leagues to broadcast the real time simulation screen to the league website as a real-time report, so league members can watch the league being simulated live
- Added a "Check teams for roster violations" function to the commish home screen
- Added the ability to add leagues to (and remove from) existing associations
- Added a "Reset all Injuries & DL status" function to the league setup screen
- Added a "Reset Player Fatigue" function to the league setup screen
- Added a "Reset Player Morale" function to the league setup screen
- Added a "Reset Compensation Type of all Free Agents" function to the league setup screen
- Added an option to disable automatic Hall of Fame inductions (league setup)
- Added two new player split stat categories, "As Starter" and "As Reliever / Substitution", these only work for the current season though
- Added coach pictures to the team personnel screen
- Added player picture to the in-game player profile screen
- The payroll between the start of the offseason and the date of free agent filings is now a projection rather than the salaries from the just finished season, resulting in more accurate projected budgets and funds available
- Shortlisted players are now highlighted by having their name displayed in upper case in player lists
- Improved various aspects on the in-game & roster AI
- Fixed several bugs

Cheers,
Markus

Bolded the changes I love, which is most of them

. I don't even use associations, but from what I've heard that is an awesome addition.

You rule Markus!

For the Glory · 07-11-2012, 11:14 AM

Question about GM mode: Will it also allow you to jump in and out of your own games without having to switch subs, strategy etc..from the GM to the manager?

wiggins · 07-11-2012, 11:45 AM

Markus, Great job!! This may be a little late in the party and I'm not at my game screen now, so I'm going off memory here. But, is there a way to add the players height/weight to the in-game player profile page? I think it was there in the previous versions. I play out almost all my games and when the other team brings a reliever into the game, for immersion purposes I love checking out the height/weight for the "minds eye" Great news bringing the picture back!!!! Secondly, and I'm probably missing this but there used to be a drop down option on the tool bar at the top of, I think all screens, to open up a list of all the teams, making it easy to get to any team you wanted to. Maybe it's here somewhere, but I can't find it. It was one click and I got to whatever team I wanted to. Now it seems that I have to get to my own team home screen to get to that option. If I'm missing it somewhere can someone please tell me where it is?

DCG12 · 07-11-2012, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wiggins

Marcus, Great job!! This may be a little late in the party and I'm not at my game screen now, so I'm going off memory here. But, is there a way to add the players height/weight to the in-game player profile page? I think it was there in the previous versions. I play out almost all my games and when the other team brings a reliever into the game, for immersion purposes I love checking out the height/weight for the "minds eye" Great news bringing the picture back!!!! Secondly, and I'm probably missing this but there used to be a drop down option on the tool bar at the top of, I think all screens, to open up a list of all the teams, making it easy to get to any team you wanted to. Maybe it's here somewhere, but I can't find it. It was one click and I got to whatever team I wanted to. Now it seems that I have to get to my own team home screen to get to that option. If I'm missing it somewhere can someone please tell me where it is?

Still there

wiggins · 07-11-2012, 11:53 AM

Thank You. So clicking on the "Boston Red Sox" where the logo is, opens up the drop down?

JWay · 07-11-2012, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Wolf

And nothing that I hoped for made it in. Rats.

Yep

MizzouRah · 07-11-2012, 12:18 PM

Awesome stuff Markus.

If it's ready, release it today.

Would love to see a couple of more skins! They are too hard to edit now!

bailey · 07-11-2012, 12:31 PM

What about international scouting finds signing for minor league contracts only?

Also, about international scouting finds: how about a check box to auto-sign these guys to minor leagues? (Mostly for online leagues where people just can't check this stuff every day.)

gentlemanofleisure · 07-11-2012, 12:47 PM

Has the bug been fixed that sometimes certain AI controlled teams don't have minor league personnel? Some teams go into a season with only a manager or hitting coach and not all 3.

Markus Heinsohn · 07-11-2012, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by renojedi

And, did the owners who were 0/0 in patience and spending get fixed?

Yes!

07-11-2012, 07:46 AM	#1
Markus Heinsohn Developer OOTP Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 24,803	Upcoming Update #4 -> New stuff Hey guys, here's the list of the changes /features implemented (so far) in the update which we'll release Friday: - Added a "GM only mode" (manager options) which prevents the human GM from winning the manager of the year award or appearing in the manager-related history reports - Added a feature which enables online leagues to broadcast the real time simulation screen to the league website as a real-time report, so league members can watch the league being simulated live - Added a "Check teams for roster violations" function to the commish home screen - Added the ability to edit "Projected Budget". If set, all future budgets of a team can remain constant. - Added the ability to add leagues to (and remove from) existing associations - Added a "Reset all Injuries & DL status" function to the league setup screen - Added a "Reset Player Fatigue" function to the league setup screen - Added a "Reset Player Morale" function to the league setup screen - Added a "Reset Compensation Type of all Free Agents" function to the league setup screen - Added an option to disable automatic Hall of Fame inductions (league setup) - Added two new player split stat categories, "As Starter" and "As Reliever / Substitution", these only work for the current season though - Added coach pictures to the team personnel screen - Added player picture to the in-game player profile screen - The payroll between the start of the offseason and the date of free agent filings is now a projection rather than the salaries from the just finished season, resulting in more accurate projected budgets and funds available - Shortlisted players are now highlighted by having their name displayed in upper case in player lists - Improved various aspects on the in-game & roster AI - Fixed several bugs Cheers, Markus __________________ Buy Out of the Park Baseball 25 now! Download OOTP Go 25 for iOS Download OOTP Go 25 for Android Last edited by Markus Heinsohn; 07-12-2012 at 04:55 AM.

07-11-2012, 08:29 AM	#6
Bowtie All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,315	As always Markus, thanks for all that you guys do to keep wowing us. There is a feature I and others have been waiting for some time to be added. OOTP, imho, needs to start showing more love towards uniform numbers. What I would like to see added in a future patch is the ability to deactivate certain numbers. For example, if I want to prevent the AI from assigning a player in my minors a number that's in the 60's, 70's, 80's and/or 90's, I could do so in the Game Setup. Not only that but prevent the AI from assigning the same number to two players. And I still think managers and coaches should be given numbers since in real life they are assigned a number. Again, thanks for the new features. __________________

07-11-2012, 11:45 AM	#13
wiggins All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 892	Markus, Great job!! This may be a little late in the party and I'm not at my game screen now, so I'm going off memory here. But, is there a way to add the players height/weight to the in-game player profile page? I think it was there in the previous versions. I play out almost all my games and when the other team brings a reliever into the game, for immersion purposes I love checking out the height/weight for the "minds eye" Great news bringing the picture back!!!! Secondly, and I'm probably missing this but there used to be a drop down option on the tool bar at the top of, I think all screens, to open up a list of all the teams, making it easy to get to any team you wanted to. Maybe it's here somewhere, but I can't find it. It was one click and I got to whatever team I wanted to. Now it seems that I have to get to my own team home screen to get to that option. If I'm missing it somewhere can someone please tell me where it is? Last edited by wiggins; 07-11-2012 at 01:14 PM.

07-11-2012, 11:53 AM	#15
wiggins All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 892	Thank You. So clicking on the "Boston Red Sox" where the logo is, opens up the drop down? Last edited by wiggins; 07-11-2012 at 11:56 AM.

07-11-2012, 07:50 AM	#2
1998 Yankees Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yankee Stadium, back in 1998. Posts: 8,645	Very nice, thank you.

07-11-2012, 07:51 AM	#3
philthepat Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Dover, UK Posts: 279	Good stuff Markus!

07-11-2012, 07:55 AM	#4
madJ Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 361	Great additions. Although I guess the request for a scouting report queue got lost somewhere. Would be a nice feature for a future patch. Thread can be found here. Last edited by madJ; 07-11-2012 at 07:58 AM.

07-11-2012, 08:03 AM	#5
Tycobbler Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 20 minutes from Comerica Park Posts: 2,037	Appreciate it Markus, thanks again man !

07-11-2012, 09:49 AM	#8
Jordan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Chi Suburbs now... Posts: 2,065	Only if NCAA Football could get it this right every time

07-11-2012, 11:06 AM	#10
renojedi All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2003 Location: Richmond, Virginia Posts: 503	Any updates to the MLB quickstart? And, did the owners who were 0/0 in patience and spending get fixed? Thanks.

07-11-2012, 11:14 AM	#12
For the Glory Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 58	Question about GM mode: Will it also allow you to jump in and out of your own games without having to switch subs, strategy etc..from the GM to the manager?

07-11-2012, 12:18 PM	#17
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Troy, Mo Posts: 6,266	Awesome stuff Markus. If it's ready, release it today. Would love to see a couple of more skins! They are too hard to edit now!

07-11-2012, 12:31 PM	#18
bailey Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,447	What about international scouting finds signing for minor league contracts only? Also, about international scouting finds: how about a check box to auto-sign these guys to minor leagues? (Mostly for online leagues where people just can't check this stuff every day.)

07-11-2012, 12:47 PM	#19
gentlemanofleisure Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 198	Has the bug been fixed that sometimes certain AI controlled teams don't have minor league personnel? Some teams go into a season with only a manager or hitting coach and not all 3.