OOTP 27 Go! Android Launched

[Will Beh]

Hi all,
We are very excited to begin our launch of Go 27! Please note the app is only out on Android in the Google Play Store currently.
You can find it here
Unfortunately due to some delays with Apple approval, the iOS version will be out likely in a few days. Please check back frequently since it shouldn't be much longer.

Here's the full changelist for this year, I really hope everyone enjoys it

Franchise Mode Changes
- Massive updates to AI trading system for realistic trades, especially reworked around the trade deadline
--- Improves AI decisions on which players to trade for/away
--- Improves team matchmaking between buyers and sellers
--- Allows for more pertinent offers being made to humans around the trade deadline
- Updated player evaluation model logic
- Improved minor league roster AI
--- Reduced minor league cuts
--- More flexible minor league roster management
- Improved player potential gradual decline
- Modified OF overall range calculation (less bonus to LF, slight balance between RF/CF)
- Improved foreign signings for KBO leagues, to sign less relievers and focus on top end talent
- Improved game speed
- All new advanced stats available
--- Pull/Center/Opposite balls
--- Soft/Medium/Hard balls
--- GB/FB/LD/POP rate for players
--- Avg Exit Velo/Launch Angle
--- Max Eit Velo
--- Barrels, hard hit rate
--- XBA/XSLG/XWOBA/xERA
--- Swing rates (in-zone, chase)
--- Pitch selection/location
--- Pitch run values
--- Stats available for both batters and pitchers where applicable
- New advanced stats screens for charts, percentiles, and data
- New difficulty settings (minors, majors, all-star, hall of fame)
- Updated model to determine pitch mix for each pitcher
- In conjunction with advanced stats update, large update to the overall model for pitch location, swing rates, contact rates, exit velocity, ball landing location, etc…
- More alignment of 3d values and engine results
- Improved 3D animations and ball flight timing
- Improved 3D lighting and shadows
- Updated 3D player models
- Completely updated ball flight and bounce model
--- Better coordination between engine exit velo/launch angle/landing spot with 3d ball flight
--- Updated flight and bounce to be more realistic
- Shop player screen can now sort by headings
- All new to Go prospect pipeline screen
- Arm and framing runs are balanced to league totals
- Fixed “invalid foreigner on roster” errors in minors
- Added playoff rosters to Go
- Fixed various emails' text being cutoff
- Fixed various email subject line formatting
- PT added card release date to status screen
- PT added Perfect Draft rules to view menu during drafts
- Adjusted playoff tree display during simming
- Other misc fixes
- Various UI updates, improvements, and fixes


Perfect Team 27 Changes (everything from OOTP 27 desktop)
- Hall of Fame artifact cards
--- there will be 4 tiers (Silver, Gold, Diamond, Perfect)
--- obtainable ONLY through Artifact packs
--- a pack will give you an artifact that you don't own in that tier
--- the tier chances are 75/20/4/1 %
--- you can use the artifact to boost up a Variant for 1/2/3/4 levels based on the tier
- Variants
--- removed level 0
--- will drop with a random level in packs
----- the chances are 87.2/10/2/0.7/0.1 %
--- can be leveled up by artifacts for 1-4 levels or by booster cards for 1-2 levels
--- removed previous points requirements - players simply boost to the next level based on submitted artifacts/booster cards
--- removed ability to combine with every card based on their relation
- Team chemistry completely removed
- NEW Slot tournaments
--- there will be 5 possible slots (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Diamond, Perfect)
--- for each slot a maximum number of cards can bet set
--- these maximum numbers trickle down (like in PT Live)
--- so instead of 2 Perfects and 3 Diamonds you can use 1 Perfect and 4 Diamonds
- Team stickers
--- you can earn team stickers through different thing in Perfect Team
----- logging into your account 30/90/180 days
----- opening 100/500/1000/... packs
----- reaching a team score of 80+/90+/100
----- winning a PTCS tournament/draft
----- winning a weekly leaderboard
----- completing specific mission programs
----- and more…
- three of the most rare ones will be displayed as icons with your team
- Earn more through the year with more updates


Coming soon in the first patch
- Added option to record very high stats detail
- All new pitching/hitting splits stats screens
- All new batting vs. pitcher stats screen
- All new pitcher opponent batting stats screen
- Added option in settings to force trades
- Moved pitch mode setting to top of game options list
- Added offer all minor league FAs contract extensions to action menu on Front Office > Players screen

[Will Beh]

Please note it may take a couple minutes for the Play Store to update on your device

[Will Beh]

I also wanted to write a list here of major things that aren't in Go 27 that are in the desktop game so people can be informed

- No development lab (although the development sliders ARE in Go)
- No coaches (although there IS scouting)
- No facegen
- No broad commissioner mode (but certain aspects of it like player editors are in Go and coming in the first patch there will be the ability to force trades)
- No historical transactions or random debut mode
- Historical seasons are for purchase. $0.99 for single seasons, or $4.99 for decade bundles (for example 1910-1920), or $19.99 all-in-one bundle for every single season.
Any season purchase from older versions of Go can be imported into the new version, and you will be able to export it into Go28 next year. Also there are three free historical seasons to try out 1934, 1955, and 2008!

[TeddyRoos]

Appreciate the release but I’m not able to save a game. Have to keep loading as new

[Bunktown Ballers]

Didn't know how much longer I could last. I went to Play Store so many timesI, I had to change my stylus tip.
Thanks
BB

[kamackeris]

Originally Posted by TeddyRoos

Appreciate the release but I’m not able to save a game. Have to keep loading as new

Mine saved? Admittedly I've not tried to reload it just set up the game on coffee break at work

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[daves]

Is there 2D capability for the app.

[cwhitman]

Originally Posted by will beh

i also wanted to write a list here of major things that aren't in go 27 that are in the desktop game so people can be informed

- no development lab (although the development sliders are in go)
- no coaches (although there is scouting)
- no facegen
- no broad commissioner mode (but certain aspects of it like player editors are in go and coming in the first patch there will be the ability to force trades)
- no historical transactions or random debut mode
- historical seasons are for purchase. $0.99 for single seasons, or $4.99 for decade bundles (for example 1910-1920), or $19.99 all-in-one bundle for every single season.
any season purchase from older versions of go can be imported into the new version, and you will be able to export it into go28 next year. Also there are three free historical seasons to try out 1934, 1955, and 2008!

go28 confirmed???

[davemacknis]

Much appreciated for dropping this for us. So far so good with PT other than the yearly fact that I suck. Lol

[kamackeris]

I think I've witnessed a bug. Played one game out and 3 times I've seen the batter hit the ball looks like on the ground, it's hit the mound and flown high into the air then caught for an out.

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[Will Beh]

Originally Posted by TeddyRoos

Appreciate the release but I’m not able to save a game. Have to keep loading as new

Could you double check you have a decent chunk of available storage on your device? If you do, do you mind making a post in the bugs forum and just include some more detail on what the problem looks like for you?

[Will Beh]

Originally Posted by daves

Is there 2D capability for the app.

Not this year, that's one of the big items that's on my would really like to implement list that I mentioned in the updates thread. But 2D in particular we've looked into and it's going to be a lot of work. So it's one of those things where I need to make sure there's enough time to get it in before starting

[Will Beh]

Originally Posted by cwhitman

go28 confirmed???

oops!

[Will Beh]

Originally Posted by davemacknis

Much appreciated for dropping this for us. So far so good with PT other than the yearly fact that I suck. Lol

Glad everything going good Don't worry I also kind of suck at PT. I pretty much buy cards and set my lineup based on how much I like their card artwork lol. I can't crack diamond, but at least I love how my team looks!

[Will Beh]

Originally Posted by kamackeris

I think I've witnessed a bug. Played one game out and 3 times I've seen the batter hit the ball looks like on the ground, it's hit the mound and flown high into the air then caught for an out.

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Thanks for reporting, I think to debug 3D movements we need a trace file. If it's happening frequently for you, could you go into the game settings and enable debug mode, then the next time you see it happen, put the app to the background, then plug in your phone into your computer and grab the trace from
\Internal storage\Android\data\com.com2us.ootpbbgo27.android .google.global.normal\files\AppData\prefs\debug
If you get the trace please make a post in the bug forum and briefly describe the movement issue so we'll know what to look for in the trace file.
Thanks again!

[daves]

Is forced trade included or is that a future patch?

Thanks for releasing despite the Apple issues.

[Will Beh]

Originally Posted by daves

Is forced trade included or is that a future patch?

Thanks for releasing despite the Apple issues.

Will be in the first patch. I added a setting under League Settings > Rules > Trade Rules > Enable ability to force trades.
With that setting checked, the force trade option will appear in the Action menu during trades

[Bunktown Ballers]

Originally Posted by Will Beh

Will be in the first patch. I added a setting under League Settings > Rules > Trade Rules > Enable ability to force trades.
With that setting checked, the force trade option will appear in the Action menu during trades

That would be helpful with getting players on correct teams before seasons start, but I'm just playing around with it for now. The only problems I have is my ChiSox still are pretty bad. But thr best thing about OOTP is no matter if you use PC or GO app the Options are a plenty
BB

[davemacknis]

Originally Posted by Will Beh

Glad everything going good Don't worry I also kind of suck at PT. I pretty much buy cards and set my lineup based on how much I like their card artwork lol. I can't crack diamond, but at least I love how my team looks!

Speaking of how the card looks...I just came here to say that the Dog pics on the clubhouse star reward cards are the greatest thing ever! Haha

[kamackeris]

Originally Posted by Will Beh

Thanks for reporting, I think to debug 3D movements we need a trace file. If it's happening frequently for you, could you go into the game settings and enable debug mode, then the next time you see it happen, put the app to the background, then plug in your phone into your computer and grab the trace from

\Internal storage\Android\data\com.com2us.ootpbbgo27.android .google.global.normal\files\AppData\prefs\debug

If you get the trace please make a post in the bug forum and briefly describe the movement issue so we'll know what to look for in the trace file.

Thanks again!

Having issues with my pc at minute. Is no one else seeing this? Played 2 games and see same bug both games?

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