Not Catching On

ovccsteve · 04-24-2014, 04:18 PM

Or not learning to catch. I've got this super utility player I wanted to teach to catch during spring training. In OOTP14 I discovered the minimum catcher ability and catcher arm to generate a rating, so I gave him those. But no matter what I do in the editor in 15, he won't catch and his games caught in spring training don't make their way into games played in the editor. Other positions are working (His games at 1B and LF are showing.) I tried another player and he won't learn to catch either. Any idea what's up?

Mikex5 · 04-24-2014, 04:35 PM

Have you tried, under option on the specific player, to set game strategy? If you click on that, you should be able to foce starts at a specific position.

RchW · 04-24-2014, 04:38 PM

Catchers are rarely made. The very fact that he was a utility guy suggests that he is good not great. With apologies to you I'm glad this doesn't happen easily.

ovccsteve · 04-24-2014, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by RchW

Catchers are rarely made. The very fact that he was a utility guy suggests that he is good not great. With apologies to you I'm glad this doesn't happen easily.

I'm wanting him to be a bad catcher. ; ) I plan to DH the starting catcher against lefties, meaning there is no catcher on the bench. Basically, I wan't to make him the designated emergency catcher. But I can't get the editor let me "teach" players new positions. As an experiment I tried to "teach" a speedy outfielder to play a middle infield, adjusting all his ratings to excellent and putting 200 games played. No rating. Not sure what's going on.

JohnHoward · 04-24-2014, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ovccsteve

I'm wanting him to be a bad catcher. ; ) I plan to DH the starting catcher against lefties, meaning there is no catcher on the bench. Basically, I wan't to make him the designated emergency catcher.

Save yourself the trouble and just trade for Ryan Doumit.

ovccsteve · 04-24-2014, 05:10 PM

Here's where the real problem comes in. I've got an infielder in AAA. He has outstanding speed and range. He is Very High in Intelligence and Work Ethic. In the real world, if I want him to learn to play left field (way down on the defensive spectrum), he'd learn quickly and be outstanding. In OOTP, he has an unrealistic outfield rating of 1. (His other OF ratings are fair.) And with OOTP15, at least mine right now, even if I up his range to a pessimistic 110, he still can't seem to learn LF. As I'm developing young talent, I like to move them to where they have a better chance of success. (For example, moving a mediocre fielding but fast 3B who hits great to left so he'll be above average defensively as well.) If I can't do that, it decreases both realism and enjoyment, at least for me.

Tyler87898 · 04-24-2014, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ovccsteve

I'm wanting him to be a bad catcher. ; ) I plan to DH the starting catcher against lefties, meaning there is no catcher on the bench. Basically, I wan't to make him the designated emergency catcher. But I can't get the editor let me "teach" players new positions. As an experiment I tried to "teach" a speedy outfielder to play a middle infield, adjusting all his ratings to excellent and putting 200 games played. No rating. Not sure what's going on.

After putting in these ratings, have you rescouted them?

ovccsteve · 04-24-2014, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Tyler87898

After putting in these ratings, have you rescouted them?

Well, then, nevermind.

In 14 the ratings in the editor changed immediately. In 15, not so much. Oops. But happy it works.

Cinnamon J. Scudworth · 04-24-2014, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ovccsteve

I'm wanting him to be a bad catcher. ; ) I plan to DH the starting catcher against lefties, meaning there is no catcher on the bench. Basically, I wan't to make him the designated emergency catcher.

I think he'll be perfectly adequate at that even without a rating, if you really do mean emergency.

04-24-2014, 04:18 PM	#1
ovccsteve All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Sanford, NC Posts: 571	Not Catching On Or not learning to catch. I've got this super utility player I wanted to teach to catch during spring training. In OOTP14 I discovered the minimum catcher ability and catcher arm to generate a rating, so I gave him those. But no matter what I do in the editor in 15, he won't catch and his games caught in spring training don't make their way into games played in the editor. Other positions are working (His games at 1B and LF are showing.) I tried another player and he won't learn to catch either. Any idea what's up?

04-24-2014, 04:35 PM	#2
Mikex5 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 47	Have you tried, under option on the specific player, to set game strategy? If you click on that, you should be able to foce starts at a specific position. __________________ When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game?[/COLOR]

04-24-2014, 04:38 PM	#3
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	Catchers are rarely made. The very fact that he was a utility guy suggests that he is good not great. With apologies to you I'm glad this doesn't happen easily. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

04-24-2014, 05:10 PM	#6
ovccsteve All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Sanford, NC Posts: 571	Here's where the real problem comes in. I've got an infielder in AAA. He has outstanding speed and range. He is Very High in Intelligence and Work Ethic. In the real world, if I want him to learn to play left field (way down on the defensive spectrum), he'd learn quickly and be outstanding. In OOTP, he has an unrealistic outfield rating of 1. (His other OF ratings are fair.) And with OOTP15, at least mine right now, even if I up his range to a pessimistic 110, he still can't seem to learn LF. As I'm developing young talent, I like to move them to where they have a better chance of success. (For example, moving a mediocre fielding but fast 3B who hits great to left so he'll be above average defensively as well.) If I can't do that, it decreases both realism and enjoyment, at least for me.