Announcing OOTP 27

[liberty-ca]

Doesn't have to be on Steam to log the time. Go to Game Settings>Data Base

There you can see how many times you opened OOTP and how many hours you have played.

[tonnage]

Originally Posted by Eugene Church

I know many OOTP gamers do not use the 3D animation, but it is very imporant to me. I know it is not the major area for the developers. Other areas of the game are the reason for its popularity.

The 3D animation is the only reason I buy each new version, hoping it will be what I would like. I don't expect EA graphics, but I expect them to be smoother and fairly free of glitches. I expect more variety in play in replays.The progress is going slow. My patience are wearing a little thin.
Still I wish the 3D animation and camera views were nice and smooth and realistic without outfielders running through the fences and weird pop llies in the infield. I am hoping for more variety in base hits like flares and pop flies to short left, center and right.

I don't play out many of my games.
So the sample is very small.

Having said that, I don't see many texas leaguers, flares and bloopers.

Would like to bloopers down the left field and right field lines... flares to straight away left, center and right.

The game needs more realistic presentation of doubles and triples.
It does well down the lines and in the gaps, but straight at the outfielders don't look natural.

It does well when the ball hit the walls and ricochets.

I just think it it time for the 3D animation to be smoother and a little bit more realistic.

The camera views should be better in the default settings than they are.
Just give me a simple view of the entire field, a good view of the pitcher dlivering the ball to the batter, then a nice smooth transition to the action camera. I have never use the dynamic cameras because the just don't make smooth transitions.

I wish the view beyond the fence in the minor league ballpark showed up during the pitch camera and the action camera.

I wish the weather backgrounds included the view of the landscape beyond the fence in the minor league ballpark.

I wish we had more small minor league stadiums in the game (5000-10,000 capactty with small bleachers in the outfield and good landscapes outside the ballpark and use them on all screens in the game play... There is only one, which I use for all my teams. Wish there were more.

Yes, I know the modders have done a fairly good job of creating stadiums, but in general, they are not as good as the ones created by the game developers.I only use fictional teams and fictional stadiums in my league.

I agree, 100%

[OutS|der]

Originally Posted by liberty-ca

Doesn't have to be on Steam to log the time. Go to Game Settings>Data Base

There you can see how many times you opened OOTP and how many hours you have played.

It's only showing this year.

[williamj_52]

I made the purchase for OOTP 27 on the day it ws announced

[andjbock]

The pre-order link is not working.

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by andjbock

The pre-order link is not working.

We're looking into it and will get it fixed as soon as possible.

The actual order page is still available here: https://ootpdevelopments.onfastspring.com/games

[andjbock]

Originally Posted by Lukas Berger

We're looking into it and will get it fixed as soon as possible.

The actual order page is still available here: https://ootpdevelopments.onfastspring.com/games

Thanks!

[Lukas Berger]

The pre-order page should be back now.

[NYMike44]

Were there any changes made to historical at all? Do we finally get the historical owners at the very least? Or more complete coaching staffs than just the real managers?

[Hammerpgh]

Originally Posted by liberty-ca

Doesn't have to be on Steam to log the time. Go to Game Settings>Data Base

There you can see how many times you opened OOTP and how many hours you have played.

Many thanks for this info. Much appreciated.

[Hammerpgh]

Originally Posted by luckymann

Can I ask, with the new trade interface, will it show shortlisted players in capitals? I really feel this would be such a great addition, so when you search for or shop a player, those on your shortlists are instantly recognisable.

G

I really like this idea. Great shout

[JWay]

Originally Posted by Eugene Church

I know many OOTP gamers do not use the 3D animation, but it is very imporant to me. I know it is not the major area for the developers. Other areas of the game are the reason for its popularity.

The 3D animation is the only reason I buy each new version, hoping it will be what I would like. I don't expect EA graphics, but I expect them to be smoother and fairly free of glitches. I expect more variety in play in replays.The progress is going slow. My patience are wearing a little thin.
Still I wish the 3D animation and camera views were nice and smooth and realistic without outfielders running through the fences and weird pop llies in the infield. I am hoping for more variety in base hits like flares and pop flies to short left, center and right.

I don't play out many of my games.
So the sample is very small.

Having said that, I don't see many texas leaguers, flares and bloopers.

Would like to bloopers down the left field and right field lines... flares to straight away left, center and right.

The game needs more realistic presentation of doubles and triples.
It does well down the lines and in the gaps, but straight at the outfielders don't look natural.

It does well when the ball hit the walls and ricochets.

I just think it it time for the 3D animation to be smoother and a little bit more realistic.

The camera views should be better in the default settings than they are.
Just give me a simple view of the entire field, a good view of the pitcher dlivering the ball to the batter, then a nice smooth transition to the action camera. I have never use the dynamic cameras because the just don't make smooth transitions.

I wish the view beyond the fence in the minor league ballpark showed up during the pitch camera and the action camera.

I wish the weather backgrounds included the view of the landscape beyond the fence in the minor league ballpark.

I wish we had more small minor league stadiums in the game (5000-10,000 capactty with small bleachers in the outfield and good landscapes outside the ballpark and use them on all screens in the game play... There is only one, which I use for all my teams. Wish there were more.

Yes, I know the modders have done a fairly good job of creating stadiums, but in general, they are not as good as the ones created by the game developers.I only use fictional teams and fictional stadiums in my league.

I agree 100%.

[oregon]

Gotta little too excited to pre-order, went to the landing page on the website and promptly bought another copy of OOTP26.

[Eburaci]

Hi Dev team,

Can you please share why scouting now applies to only one core rating? I do not understand why this change was made... other than to add additional complications when evaluating players. It also complicates the way I use views, where I quickly gauge the scouting accuracy of players in a system and request additional reports as needed. How does changing this improve the player experience?

Sincerely appreciate the work being done on OOTP!

[downwithootp]

Will the amateur draft be fixed?

- Competitive balance picks are only available in the first year and then disappear in subsequent years.

- The draft budget should be fixed based on the number and order of a team’s picks. Moreover, we should be able to extend offers to players in all 20 rounds not just first 5 rounds. Both occurs in real life.

- There should also be a feature where ONLY competitive balance picks can be traded, this occurs quite frequently in real life

[Ratbelly]

Originally Posted by downwithootp

Will the amateur draft be fixed?

- Competitive balance picks are only available in the first year and then disappear in subsequent years.

- The draft budget should be fixed based on the number and order of a team’s picks. Moreover, we should be able to extend offers to players in all 20 rounds not just first 5 rounds. Both occurs in real life.

- There should also be a feature where ONLY competitive balance picks can be traded, this occurs quite frequently in real life

I am quite sure that for the contracts for all 20 rounds, that is a setup option that you can enable.

[Ross333]

Originally Posted by Hammerpgh

I really like this idea. Great shout

Agreed, great idea. Thanks!

[Charlie Ricker]

Can't wait for the new game, I just ordered mine for the new season!

[zappa1]

I wish there was a feature where after your game crashes, you can pick up from where the crash occurred. I have a few games that do this so it would be great if something like that could be implemented.

[lightgrenade07]

What can you tell us about the player creation model in OOTP27?

One of my frustrations from the past two versions has been the strength of the negative correlation between power and contact. I've run tests where 10-15 years out, there's a negative 35% correlation between these two ratings, and I have zero players with 65+ CON/70+ POW.

I understand there being some tradeoff between these ratings, but the tradeoff has been taken too far in 25 & 26.

Will the player creation model in OOTP27 continue this trend?