Why No Real Time Sim/BNN like OOTP?

Fenway0025 · 08-16-2025, 01:41 PM

Hello, one of the coolest things about OOTP is the BNN / Real Time Sim live coverage of each day's games.

I'm wondering if there is interest from the community in this being added to FHM in the future and why the developers have not added this to FHM.

Thank you.

Adam B · 08-16-2025, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Fenway0025

Hello, one of the coolest things about OOTP is the BNN / Real Time Sim live coverage of each day's games.

I'm wondering if there is interest from the community in this being added to FHM in the future and why the developers have not added this to FHM.

Thank you.

The OOTP team is significantly larger than the FHM team. OOTP has online servers, FHM does not.

Fenway0025 · 08-16-2025, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Adam B

The OOTP team is significantly larger than the FHM team. OOTP has online servers, FHM does not.

OK thanks for explanation.

Sebastian Palkowski · 08-17-2025, 04:57 AM

Could you explain a bit deeper the the "BNN / Real Time Sim live coverage of each day's games" feature from OOTP?

Fenway0025 · 08-17-2025, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Sebastian Palkowski

Could you explain a bit deeper the the "BNN / Real Time Sim live coverage of each day's games" feature from OOTP?

Think of it as watching the NHL Network for the league you have created. When you go to the league schedule screen, instead of just simming or viewing/playing a game - you can do a real time simulation and watch as that day's action plays out in real time (you can speed up the sim time if you want). So you're looking at the schedule scree as the games are playing out and you can jump into any game and watch it, just out and watch another. In OOTP you can watch as the east coat / day games start and then the day rolls into evening and the central and west coat games begin.

Fenway0025 · 08-17-2025, 11:48 AM

In the above example the Phils lead the Astros in the bottom of the 5th, Don Money is at the plate, 3-1 count and Schmidt and Luzinski have both homered. Meanwhile it's the top of the 7th at Wrigley and the Cubs lead the Dodgers 2-1, Lolich on the mound for the Cubbies. Highlights and updates on the right side of the screen. You can jump in and out of all these games. I've never seen another sports sim game with a feature like this. There are 2 American football games that do something similar but not an actual real time sim like OOTP.

08-16-2025, 01:41 PM	#1
Fenway0025 Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2021 Posts: 5	Why No Real Time Sim/BNN like OOTP? Hello, one of the coolest things about OOTP is the BNN / Real Time Sim live coverage of each day's games. I'm wondering if there is interest from the community in this being added to FHM in the future and why the developers have not added this to FHM. Thank you.

08-17-2025, 04:57 AM	#4
Sebastian Palkowski Developer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 5,473	Could you explain a bit deeper the the "BNN / Real Time Sim live coverage of each day's games" feature from OOTP? __________________ Buy Franchise Hockey Manager

08-17-2025, 11:48 AM	#6
Fenway0025 Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2021 Posts: 5	In the above example the Phils lead the Astros in the bottom of the 5th, Don Money is at the plate, 3-1 count and Schmidt and Luzinski have both homered. Meanwhile it's the top of the 7th at Wrigley and the Cubs lead the Dodgers 2-1, Lolich on the mound for the Cubbies. Highlights and updates on the right side of the screen. You can jump in and out of all these games. I've never seen another sports sim game with a feature like this. There are 2 American football games that do something similar but not an actual real time sim like OOTP.