Updated OOTP 23 public beta patch (version 23.3.61) available!

[Markus Heinsohn]

Important: This patch is only for OOTP 23 versions which were purchased directly from us or resellers who use our version. It is also available via the Steam client with the public password below.
It is NOT compatible with the Mac OSX AppStore or Epic version!

Hi everybody!

We have fixed a few issues discovered in the last public beta, so here is a new public beta, version 23.3.61.

Use this at your own risk! Please back up important league files before loading them in this beta. This patch is compatible with the previous patch for online leagues - exports will work between versions, however both clients and the commish need to update to benefit from the online league fixes.

Changelist (23.3.61):
- Fixed historical minor league import
- Fix for grey jerseys on FaceGen images
- PT: Managers & rankings screen fixed

Changelist (23.3.60):
Updated MLB quickstart (need to start new game for changes to apply)
Fixed US Modern ethnicity disappearing (Note: existing games should reimport the world.xml [Settings, Database tab, Database Tools menu]).
Fixed some substitution issues when using daily lineups
Fixed issues with historical minor league stats counting as MLB stats in historical games
Fixed issue with split season ties counting as losses
Fixed rare issue with cap textures changing in 3d play
Tweaked player creation algorithms for fielding and avoid K ratings
Adjusted player development for speed and fielding
Adjusted engine balance on defensive impact on line drives
Fixed live start issues with minor leagues
Fixed issue where teams didn’t celebrate after walk off
Fixed bug with Association playoffs not advancing
Fixed rare bug with AS Game voting update causing crash
Fixed a bug with round robin playoffs
Adjusted some korean translations
Fixed some issues with Stuff rating on created players
Adjusted draft budget calculations
Fixed league allow two-way setting to disable player strategy options
Fixed new game crash when changing draft rounds
Fixed round robin playoffs with odd playoff teams
Fixed team fielding stats SB/CS totals
Fixed LOB% calculations
Live Start: fixed spring stats counting in player stats for custom date live starts
PT: added buy/sell order information to expanded card information
PT: added position information to card shop CSV export
PT: Fixed PP coin counter not updating on buy orders. Fixed card not appearing when canceling a sell order or receiving a card from a buy order
PT: Enabled regex search in card shop
PT: Improved duplicate recognition in player lists (when filter by orig/duplicate)
Several other small bug fixes

How to access the beta on Steam:

• Quit OOTP 23 if it's running.
• Open Steam client -> Library
• Right click on Out of the Park Baseball 23
• Click on "Properties" at the bottom of the menu
• Click on the beta tab. Here, enter the following code / password: ootp23betapt
• Click on "Check code"
• Open the beta pull-down and select "publicbeta".
• Close the Steam client (Steam menu -> Exit)
• Open the client again. It should then download the beta build.

Update Info for our webstore customers: To apply the update, simply download the setup file and install it over your current installation. There is no need to uninstall or unlicense your current copy! However, you should quit the game before installing it, of course. Updates always contain all the changes from previous updates. Saved games are compatible between different versions.

Download link for PC Beta (Fastspring Webstore Version):
Main server: PC Installer

Here's a PC installer (Fastspring) that installs into a single folder, which is useful for external HDs for example. Or for creating a second test install of the game, so you can try the patch out without the risk of messing up your main install of the game if something is wrong in the patch:
PC Single Folder Installer

Download link for Mac (FastSpring):
Main Server: Mac OSX Installer

Please post here if you have any issues or if you run into major bugs. Thanks!

Cheers,
Markus & the entire OOTP Team

PS: About the Facegen issues on Macs, this is unfortunately an issue in the Facegen code base, but their developers are aware and working on it. So we hope this is fixed soon!

[MathBandit]

Shoot; I was hoping for a release version of Build 60. Here's hoping we get a release patch soon!

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by MathBandit

Shoot; I was hoping for a release version of Build 60. Here's hoping we get a release patch soon!

If build 61 is stable, we'll launch it tomorrow officially

[battlinbill]

On a mac - FYI v.60 did crash yesterday while throwing a shutout in the 8th inning. I'm a new user, so not sure what report(s) etc are needed to send over for you to troubleshoot the crash experience.

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by battlinbill

On a mac - FYI v.60 did crash yesterday while throwing a shutout in the 8th inning. I'm a new user, so not sure what report(s) etc are needed to send over for you to troubleshoot the crash experience.

In-game crashes can be a bit tough. The best thing is to tell us exactly what had happened before the crash, and if you do have debug mode on, to send us the resulting trace file from the crash but before you log back into the game.

https://support.ootpdevelopments.com...debug-log-file

One thing can can typically cause in-game crashes is if the patch doesn't fully install properly and updated animations etc are missing.

So another thing to do here that might help is if you go to settings > troubleshooting and then hit the button to 'force reinstall game data'. Or on Steam, right click on OOTP in the Steam client and then verify the local files.

[San Diego Fradres]

Are there any plans to fix the FRM stat in upcoming patches? It doesn't seem to be adjusting to the league average so almost every catcher has negative FRM and low WAR.

[MathBandit]

Originally Posted by San Diego Fradres

Are there any plans to fix the FRM stat in upcoming patches? It doesn't seem to be adjusting to the league average so almost every catcher has negative FRM and low WAR.

Both seem to be working fine for me. I just simmed a season on Build 61 and have 15 Catchers with positive FRM and 14 Catchers with WAR above 2.0, with the highest being 5.6 WAR. That's a higher Peak WAR and more with 2+ WAR than FanGraphs has for 2021.

[San Diego Fradres]

Originally Posted by MathBandit

Both seem to be working fine for me. I just simmed a season on Build 61 and have 15 Catchers with positive FRM and 14 Catchers with WAR above 2.0, with the highest being 5.6 WAR. That's a higher Peak WAR and more with 2+ WAR than FanGraphs has for 2021.

My save has only 7 catchers with more than 1 FRM and 0 with 10 or more and 12 with -10 or less. Almost very catcher has negative FRM for me. Maybe I'm mistaken but I thought FRM is supposed to adjust to league average so that shouldn't happen.

As for WAR I only had 8 catchers with more than 2 WAR and 12 with -1 or less. Fangraphs says there were only 2 catchers with -1 War last year so I'm fairly positive something isn't right.

[MathBandit]

Originally Posted by San Diego Fradres

My save has only 7 catchers with more than 1 FRM and 0 with 10 or more and 12 with -10 or less. Almost very catcher has negative FRM for me. Maybe I'm mistaken but I thought FRM is supposed to adjust to league average so that shouldn't happen.

As for WAR I only had 8 catchers with more than 2 WAR and 12 with -1 or less. Fangraphs says there were only 2 catchers with -1 War last year so I'm fairly positive something isn't right.

When did you start your save? Not a single Catcher recorded -1.0 WAR in the one I did earlier.

[San Diego Fradres]

Originally Posted by MathBandit

When did you start your save? Not a single Catcher recorded -1.0 WAR in the one I did earlier.

Today, I tested it on a fictional league. I've had similar results on every single save I've started in ootp 23, even MLB saves.

[MathBandit]

I just did two more MLB 2022 Standard Game saves (3 total now) and none have a single Catcher with -1 WAR in 2022.

[San Diego Fradres]

Originally Posted by MathBandit

I just did two more MLB 2022 Standard Game saves (3 total now) and none have a single Catcher with -1 WAR in 2022.

I just tested a standard save and had 8 catchers with at least -1 War and there was only 6 catchers with more than 1 FRM.

I'm not really sure what's going on but I've run out of energy to test this since I've done this for every patch and had the same results.

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by San Diego Fradres

Today, I tested it on a fictional league. I've had similar results on every single save I've started in ootp 23, even MLB saves.

I sounds kind of like you might be on an old build.

Make sure you're updated to either the above beta patch or the 23.2.54 release patch.

[San Diego Fradres]

Originally Posted by Lukas Berger

I sounds kind of like you might be on an old build.

Make sure you're updated to either the above beta patch or the 23.2.54 release patch.

I tested it on the Beta patch, the start screen says I'm on version 23.3 Build 61

[battlinbill]

Thanks @Lukas. I guess something is screwed up, I try to force re-install and keep getting Patch installation failed: Could not unpack archive /Applications/OOTP Baseball 23.app/Contents/default_data/ballcap_files.zip (& /facegen_photofit_files.zip). FWIW, I'm able to unzip and view the compressed files with no issue.

[TuckerDuckson]

Will the stuff ratings changes work on current saves? Or is this a bug in prospect ratings? Like this guy is mine is currently the #7 prospect in the game, but obviously does not have the ratings to be #7. I haven't traded him because, well, he's the #7, but is there a reason why this guy is rated so highly? He's been steadily climbing the minor league rankings later. I assume that under 100% accuracy his ratings are crazy, but I'm in challenge mode so I can't check.



History:


Scouting:


Like, both OSA and my scout thinks this guy sucks, but I guess the prospect evaluators think he's absolutely money.

[andyhdz]

Originally Posted by MathBandit

I just did two more MLB 2022 Standard Game saves (3 total now) and none have a single Catcher with -1 WAR in 2022.

yes I see 0 for FRM for all catchers in my save as well.

[MathBandit]

Originally Posted by andyhdz

that might be a personnel issue for the save not a bug. In my decades old replay the top catcher had a 3.2 WAR of a save that I just completed. But yes I see 0 for FRM for all catchers.

I'm not having any issue, in either this beta patch, or the previous release patch. Catcher FRM and Catcher WAR is working fine.

[ChrisJNelson]

Did exiting auto-play get broken somehow? The game doesn't seem to be stopping the sim when I receive a personal message like it used to, even though I have those settings enabled as far as I can see.

For instance, normally I just decide to sim to some distant point in future. Like If it's April 1st and I want to sim to May 1st, I just tell the game to sim to some event past May 1st (ex. the amateur draft) because I know the game will stop at May 1st at the latest. Not that doesn't seem to be happening anymore like it has for years--it just blows past that date.

[choward2984]

If I may make some suggestions for the Orioles 40-man to start with: Kyle Brnovich, Antonio Velez, and Jacob Nottingham didn't make the 40 at the beginning of the season. Also, Dean Kremer wasn't injured to start the season. He(annoyingly)got hurt warming up against the Rays with the oblique.

As for FA's: Jordon Zimmerman retired last year.

Thank you for fixing Luis Guillorme's stats from last year!