Some things I've noticed after 200+ hours of gaming that aren't mentioned in guides

[The Game]

Originally Posted by kgor93

24. Been a sim gamer my whole life. I was simming seasons at a time of Madden 05 on the PC when I was 12.

More familiar with football but I'm learning baseball.

We're all old here 40+. Some people are so old here they played strat-o-matic and kept stats by hand. My gaming started on either Front Page Sports baseball or Tony La Russa 2 on PC in 1992. I turn 42 in 2+ weeks.OOTP is the most realistic baseball game i have ever played and it has gotten better with each version since OOTP 11.

[kgor93]

-I don't know why but lineup changes don't persist when auto-simming, even when "do not disturb" is off. Like if I change to a 6 man rotation, it will default back to 5.
Then either A. you dont have full control of your team or B your MGR has too much say.

Do not disturb was on. That was the issue.


-I personally think 20 to 80 is a stupid range for ratings and would rather be able to make it 1 to 100 for everything, or 1 to 250 to make it uniform with individual attribute ratings.
I use 1-10. i dont like 20-80 either.

-I've had the best results using 2N helper threads, where N is the number of CPU cores you have. 2N is also the number of threads. Also unless you really want them, turn off game logs and box scores for all leagues (except major maybe).
I've never kept game logs or box scores for leagues i am not a part of. they all get deleted january 1st.

I actually JUST realized this today. I usually don't look at box scores. Went to look at some from year's past and they are gone. Really defeats the purpose if it's deleted every year IMO

-I wish that manual player assignment to teams was available in the right-click menu from the player list.
yeah me too

-Really wish that there was an easy way to see an entire organization, with a listing of all the teams from Majors to Minors.

-Death would be a nice feature, both random and expected (old players). I shouldn't be able to unretire Babe Ruth. He's not a zombie.
Many have been asking for something like this for 3+ versions


After thinking about it some more, I think I would rather have more customizable retirement options. Sure you can force unretire which is awesome and I wish more games had, but it would be nice to be able to specify, okay these players will not retire until they are at least X age. Makes managing my "Old Geezer's Retirement League" hard when I have to manually unretire everyone each year and do a free agent draft. Building a team of old people is impossible (in more than 1 way)

Overall I love this game and how it continually improves vs the Mogul or Wolverine Studios games which they re-release every year with a bug fix or two and call it new.e Studios games which they re-release every year with a bug fix or two and call it new.

[jpeters1734]

Originally Posted by The Game

We're all old here 40+. Some people are so old here they played strat-o-matic and kept stats by hand. My gaming started on either Front Page Sports baseball or Tony La Russa 2 on PC in 1992. I turn 42 in 2+ weeks.OOTP is the most realistic baseball game i have ever played and it has gotten better with each version since OOTP 11.

old? speak for yourself! I'm only 32

[kgor93]

Originally Posted by jpeters1734

old? speak for yourself! I'm only 32

I'm 24.

[jpeters1734]

Originally Posted by kgor93

I'm 24.

i saw that the first time

[PSUColonel]

I’m 46, I’ll turn 47 all over again on groundhog’s day

[keeks]

If you go to your ML Team page and hit Players theres a drop down menu that has active roster, 40 man roster, and all players in organization options, you get all players in your org in a list that way

[The Game]

Originally Posted by kgor93

-I don't know why but lineup changes don't persist when auto-simming, even when "do not disturb" is off. Like if I change to a 6 man rotation, it will default back to 5.
Then either A. you dont have full control of your team or B your MGR has too much say.

Do not disturb was on. That was the issue.

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Your MGR has full control. Only way to combat this is League sEttings - Global settings - Box bottom left.
Edit: Or fire the MGR for someone you can control

[NoOne]

just want to make sure i didn't pile on.. wasn't criticizing, tried to offer anythign i thought useful to questions in op.

thought he said some nice heads up things, and was clear about his experience. they say it takes 10,000 hours to master a skill... so 200 is still a bit early? (i don't think a video game takes 10k hours, and some learn faster than others.)

think i was ~content with setting up a league after about 200 hours. shoudl have a strong enough grasp to infer all sorts of things (more right than wrong, but some wrong - speaking in reference to all players not just 1).

it just said useful tidbits in op, don't think he was trying to make a comprehensive ootp guide. again, appologize if aided any negative momentum.

[Bluenoser]

Originally Posted by kgor93

I've never kept game logs or box scores for leagues i am not a part of. they all get deleted january 1st.
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I actually JUST realized this today. I usually don't look at box scores. Went to look at some from year's past and they are gone. Really defeats the purpose if it's deleted every year IMO

That's why there's an Almanac - so you can save boxscores and other things from your league.

Seems a bit hypocritical to say you don't care about boxscores then criticize the fact they're deleted.

[old fat bald guy]

Originally Posted by kgor93

I might have to create a "Reanimated Corpses" league now lol.

What kind of zombies? George Romero-type zombies (move really slow, could not play smallball) or Danny Boyle-type speed merchants who are dead certain to go from first to third on a single?

How would you set up injuries for a zombie league?

[mmarra82]

I'm 44, hope I can post...LOL

Been playing since oopt 11....found this feature last night that I was never aware of, able to convert retired players to coaches with the click of a button. Always thought the players became coaches through sims, not with a click.

Always learning.

[kgor93]

Originally Posted by The Game

Your MGR has full control. Only way to combat this is League sEttings - Global settings - Box bottom left.
Edit: Or fire the MGR for someone you can control

Thanks for the screenshots. Will reference them. So one other thing that's been irritating has been play time. For example, when I put Babe Ruth's reanimated corpse on the Orioles, I forced him to be a starter in the lineup despite his corpse-like ratings.
Did this in the strategy menu. "do not yank for pinch hitter" was checked,
In the team manager setttings menu, "do not disturb" was off and I had all control. I was the GM/manager.
But then I auto-sim the current day's game, and still see that he never had a plate appearance. Not sure why he was yanked.
Humor aside, I see this happen quite often with pitchers. I'll have "strict rotation" on and select the pitcher in the current pitcher in the order dropdown. But then when I sim through the day, the AI will inexplicably NOT start the pitcher.
Also, for relievers, is there a guide as to what Setup/Middle Relief/Long Relief/Stopper/etc. do? I get what each position is, but I'm not sure how the game treats each one.

[Romagoth]

Originally Posted by jpeters1734

I hope to god that no one new to this game looks at this thread. It's filled with misperceptions and nonsense. I am sorry for being harsh, but it's warranted if you title your thread as an "expert's" guide.

I don't see where he said it was an "experts" guide, just some things he noticed while playing.

[Romagoth]

Originally Posted by The Game

hows this.

Yikes

[Romagoth]

Originally Posted by old fat bald guy

What kind of zombies? George Romero-type zombies (move really slow, could not play smallball) or Danny Boyle-type speed merchants who are dead certain to go from first to third on a single?

How would you set up injuries for a zombie league?

Out 10 days with a detached retina (needs time to regenerate). Probably lots of arm fatigue for pitchers, and lots of hamstring/groin pulls with fielders.

[kgor93]

Originally Posted by Romagoth

I don't see where he said it was an "experts" guide, just some things he noticed while playing.

This. My intention is for this thread to serve as a reference for future newbies giving detail on the little things that are important but not necessarily intuitive on how to do them. I will update the OP as I learn more & more is posted here.

[Dyzalot]

Originally Posted by kgor93

Thanks for the screenshots. Will reference them. So one other thing that's been irritating has been play time. For example, when I put Babe Ruth's reanimated corpse on the Orioles, I forced him to be a starter in the lineup despite his corpse-like ratings.
Did this in the strategy menu. "do not yank for pinch hitter" was checked,
In the team manager setttings menu, "do not disturb" was off and I had all control. I was the GM/manager.
But then I auto-sim the current day's game, and still see that he never had a plate appearance. Not sure why he was yanked.
Humor aside, I see this happen quite often with pitchers. I'll have "strict rotation" on and select the pitcher in the current pitcher in the order dropdown. But then when I sim through the day, the AI will inexplicably NOT start the pitcher.
Also, for relievers, is there a guide as to what Setup/Middle Relief/Long Relief/Stopper/etc. do? I get what each position is, but I'm not sure how the game treats each one.

What do you mean by "I forced him to be a starter in the lineup"? Did you use the "force start" option on the strategy page? Did you just insert him into all of the lineups on the lineup screen? Have you tried observing a game play out instead of just simming to see what is happening?

[jpeters1734]

like i said, my intent was not to be harsh. this thread is not a useful tidbits thread for new users. As i stated in my post, it's filled with inaccuracies and nonsense.

Generally with video games, 200 hours is usually considered an expert level. It's certainly well over what most people put into any game. I stand by my comments. If you're going to portray yourself as an expert in the subject, expect to be scrutinized. Especially if "your intention is for this thread to serve as a reference for future newbies".

[BIG17EASY]

Originally Posted by kgor93

This. My intention is for this thread to serve as a reference for future newbies giving detail on the little things that are important but not necessarily intuitive on how to do them. I will update the OP as I learn more & more is posted here.

I don't mean to pile on, but there's a separate area of the forums for people who are new to the game. If you do post there in the future, try to keep your information to things you are sure about. A lot of the things in your OP are actually questions that would only serve to confuse a new user. Other things (as others have pointed out) belong in the suggestions forum.

Not trying to take a shot at you because I know you're trying to be helpful. I'm only pointing it out because one of the big reasons these forums are so helpful is because we try to keep things organized in the right areas and point out when things are right or wrong.