OOTP 11 - Thread for initial impressions... - Page 10

William Satterwhite · 04-12-2010, 11:31 PM

Just got the MLB quickstart game loaded up and I'm absolutely blown away by the facegens! The new interface looks like it will take some getting used to but I usually take a few days to tinker with things anyway before I actually get into playing the game so I'm sure it won't matter much by the time I start playing. Just maneuvering around the various screens and loading up league reports I can tell speed is better. Everything so far is very impressive!

jmknpk2 · 04-12-2010, 11:33 PM

Oh my goodness!

After a few clicks (downloaded and installed the history and all-in-one addons, then loaded a quick-start game) and a little bit of patience.....and I have my favorite professional team with facegen pictures! This is definitely the best OOTP ever! This is what I had always hoped for, but was never quite able to get. Now everything is fine unless my favorite team doesn't win the 2010 World Series

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Originally Posted by battists

PLEASE send in a support ticket

I recently had entered a support ticket for OOTP X. Before opening a ticket, I was skeptical of the new support system. But overall, the response was more immediate and I got professional one-on-one support. I give the new system two thumbs up.

Eckstein 4 Prez · 04-12-2010, 11:42 PM

So far it looks amazing. I'm still just playing around with the screens, getting ready to start a new league.

SteveBsFan · 04-12-2010, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveBsFan

I'm not sure i'd call it a bug or not, but when I went to install it, when I loaded up the game, it seemed to have reset my mouse drivers or something because my mouse was zipping around the screen, and wouldn't go back to normal when I closed the game. Is this normal? Does it go away?

bumping this question, does anyone else have an issue with the mouse zipping across screen when game is loaded?

NYY #23 · 04-12-2010, 11:46 PM

I had a minor issue and opened up a support ticket as a low priority, and was really impressed with the quick response that I got.

I guess quick is the theme of the day, after playing around for a couple of hours the difference in speed is very noticeable. I didn't think things were slow before, but I see a big improvement.

The all in one add-on was a great touch. It made things so much easier to get up and running with a 2010 league. The new interface seems very intuitive, and things like mass select, notes, and the player comparison screen are great additions. Although I've spent too much time comparing players instead of actually playing games.

The one thing I'm a little bit leery of is the next text on the manager's home page. While there is some useful info, I wonder if this is going to get old quick.

Overall I'm impressed so far though, and anxious to dig a little deeper.

jmknpk2 · 04-13-2010, 12:20 AM

I think the revised interface for the game setup is a nice improvement. Much easier to have awareness of where I am in the setup process, and go to where I want to be.

I just love the manager notes. In the past, I usually resorted to making notes in notepad or making a spreadsheet or something to keep track of where I was in my leagues, or relying on my faulty memory. Now I can incorporate that info in game...and get reminders at the appropriate time. Great addition!

endgame · 04-13-2010, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by jmknpk2

I think the revised interface for the game setup is a nice improvement. Much easier to have awareness of where I am in the setup process, and go to where I want to be.

I just love the manager notes. In the past, I usually resorted to making notes in notepad or making a spreadsheet or something to keep track of where I was in my leagues, or relying on my faulty memory. Now I can incorporate that info in game...and get reminders at the appropriate time. Great addition!

I have to extend my additional comment on the interface. The RTR, while complete and very thorough, can't duplicate the experience. Even after I'd worked with it - for a very long time, mind you - I didn't fully appreciate the extent of its impression on me until I returned to X to make changes in an existing league. Wow. I found myself stumbling around and realizing the huge difference 11 made and how foreign and awkward 10 came off, in comparison. Not that I ever complained about 10, but now I just couldn't go back. More good things in good places; just feels "right," somehow.

Going to enjoy the heck out of Manager's Notes myself. May finally be able to do away with all my disorganized, scattered, and occasionally dated notes in Word. I agree, it's going to be a great experience.

jmknpk2 · 04-13-2010, 12:36 AM

I just noticed that the Lahman ID was in the player editor. Not sure if it was in prior versions, but I like it. This is very nice. No more looking at website urls to get the info.

jmknpk2 · 04-13-2010, 12:59 AM

Playing out my first game. Noticed the option for "short" play-by-play. I've been wanting this for a long time. Now I can play the game out quickly without scrolling through text every play. Another subtle but nice new feature.

And I can still get the full play-by-play for those exciting parts of the game or when I'm watching a playoff game.

mike2228 · 04-13-2010, 07:46 AM

my trainer went down for 3 weeks with back spasms... very ironic

Sweed · 04-13-2010, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by endgame

Going to enjoy the heck out of Manager's Notes myself. May finally be able to do away with all my disorganized, scattered, and occasionally dated notes in Word. I agree, it's going to be a great experience.

Yeah, this a great feature and one I've requested since first using something similar in FM 2006. In previous versions I always had an OOTP wordpad file on my desktop. Always opened it first and kept it in the task bar, for easy access, before opening OOTP. So much easier when its in game and having the ability to set up reminders is a huge upgrade over using wordpad.

williemctell · 04-13-2010, 12:04 PM

When pasting in my license key <ctl> v didn't work. Fortunately there was a context menu on the text field with a paste option that did work.

I'd been playing a v9 league and went through the import process. I didn't mind downloading a demo version of v10 to create a world.dat that would work with v11. I think the documentation could be improved on the details of importing a league (game.) It wasn't obvious to me that the world.dat file gets created by doing a backup. I figured it out by trial and error, or as we like to call it here, the empirical method. The other thing that gave me a bit of trouble was the world.dat file not being in the directory that the import wizard defaults to. I would have preferred to see a tree representation of the directory structure in the wizard but that's maybe because I've been looking at directories that way since I got X-Tree in 1990 or so.

Good news: Once I figured out (stumbled on) the mechanics of the import process it worked fine. It took me about 15 minutes to get it set up after downloading the demo of v10. My 1921 St. Louis Browns have picked up where they left off in v9 with all their data intact.

ovccsteve · 04-13-2010, 12:48 PM

The Player Development Report may be the best new addition I've seen to OOTP since, well, I can't think of anything. And I've been wanting Manager Notes forever. Love it.

hit_or_miss54680 · 04-13-2010, 01:30 PM

Starting to get a little concerned. I played my first season. I didn't make it to the playoffs but I did make the team pretty good at every position and I was ranked 1 out of 100 at the end of the season.

allstar4 · 04-13-2010, 03:16 PM

Highly drafted rookies demand a ton of money.

I recently drafted an outfielder with the third overall pick and he wanted an $8.5m bonus plus a three year contract worth $9m per year. In total dollars that is 2.5x what Stephen Strasburg recently received, which set a record. He broke off negotiations with me after I met his bonus demand and offered a three year, $5m p/y contract. That is around 50% more than the record setting Strasburg deal. His signablility for my team was listed as normal.

battists · 04-13-2010, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by hit_or_miss54680

Starting to get a little concerned. I played my first season. I didn't make it to the playoffs but I did make the team pretty good at every position and I was ranked 1 out of 100 at the end of the season.

What are you concerned about? Just the "season score"?

battists · 04-13-2010, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by allstar4

Highly drafted rookies demand a ton of money.

I recently drafted an outfielder with the third overall pick and he wanted an $8.5m bonus plus a three year contract worth $9m per year. In total dollars that is 2.5x what Stephen Strasburg recently received, which set a record. He broke off negotiations with me after I met his bonus demand and offered a three year, $5m p/y contract. That is around 50% more than the record setting Strasburg deal. His signablility for my team was listed as normal.

What type of league is this? Remember, this could vary widely depending on the way your league is set up.

allstar4 · 04-13-2010, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by battists

What type of league is this? Remember, this could vary widely depending on the way your league is set up.

An MLB game starting in 2010 with real players. I haven't touched the financial settings for player salaries or the "expected slot bonus baseline."

injury log · 04-13-2010, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by allstar4

Highly drafted rookies demand a ton of money.

I recently drafted an outfielder with the third overall pick and he wanted an $8.5m bonus plus a three year contract worth $9m per year. In total dollars that is 2.5x what Stephen Strasburg recently received, which set a record. He broke off negotiations with me after I met his bonus demand and offered a three year, $5m p/y contract. That is around 50% more than the record setting Strasburg deal. His signablility for my team was listed as normal.

I don't think this is working as intended, and I've logged a bug report about it, so hopefully it will be adjusted soon.

Killing Time · 04-13-2010, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

I never saw anything like that. You sure you have enough HD space? Try installing to a different folder...

~200 gigs free. Dell Inspiron laptop. Kensington Bluetooth USB Micro Adapter K33902US. Sony DR-BT50 headphones. Toshiba Bluetooth stack. OOTP refused to install until I charged the headphones and synced them up.

Folder wasn't an issue. The installation reported sounded sound issues and then stopped cold. Once I charged up and synced up the headphones the game installed fine.

04-12-2010, 11:42 PM	#183
Eckstein 4 Prez Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The OC Posts: 6,358	So far it looks amazing. I'm still just playing around with the screens, getting ready to start a new league. __________________ Looking for an insomnia cure? Check out my dynasty thread, The Dawn of American Professional Base Ball, 1871.

04-13-2010, 12:04 PM	#192
williemctell Bat Boy Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 12	Import fun and odd license key experience When pasting in my license key <ctl> v didn't work. Fortunately there was a context menu on the text field with a paste option that did work. I'd been playing a v9 league and went through the import process. I didn't mind downloading a demo version of v10 to create a world.dat that would work with v11. I think the documentation could be improved on the details of importing a league (game.) It wasn't obvious to me that the world.dat file gets created by doing a backup. I figured it out by trial and error, or as we like to call it here, the empirical method. The other thing that gave me a bit of trouble was the world.dat file not being in the directory that the import wizard defaults to. I would have preferred to see a tree representation of the directory structure in the wizard but that's maybe because I've been looking at directories that way since I got X-Tree in 1990 or so. Good news: Once I figured out (stumbled on) the mechanics of the import process it worked fine. It took me about 15 minutes to get it set up after downloading the demo of v10. My 1921 St. Louis Browns have picked up where they left off in v9 with all their data intact.

04-13-2010, 01:30 PM	#194
hit_or_miss54680 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Redmond Wa Posts: 123	Starting to get a little concerned. I played my first season. I didn't make it to the playoffs but I did make the team pretty good at every position and I was ranked 1 out of 100 at the end of the season. __________________ Visit my family friendly webcomic: http://www.stairwellonline.com

04-12-2010, 11:31 PM	#181
William Satterwhite Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 188	Just got the MLB quickstart game loaded up and I'm absolutely blown away by the facegens! The new interface looks like it will take some getting used to but I usually take a few days to tinker with things anyway before I actually get into playing the game so I'm sure it won't matter much by the time I start playing. Just maneuvering around the various screens and loading up league reports I can tell speed is better. Everything so far is very impressive!

04-12-2010, 11:46 PM	#185
NYY #23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 13,112	I had a minor issue and opened up a support ticket as a low priority, and was really impressed with the quick response that I got. I guess quick is the theme of the day, after playing around for a couple of hours the difference in speed is very noticeable. I didn't think things were slow before, but I see a big improvement. The all in one add-on was a great touch. It made things so much easier to get up and running with a 2010 league. The new interface seems very intuitive, and things like mass select, notes, and the player comparison screen are great additions. Although I've spent too much time comparing players instead of actually playing games. The one thing I'm a little bit leery of is the next text on the manager's home page. While there is some useful info, I wonder if this is going to get old quick. Overall I'm impressed so far though, and anxious to dig a little deeper.

04-13-2010, 12:20 AM	#186
jmknpk2 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 982	I think the revised interface for the game setup is a nice improvement. Much easier to have awareness of where I am in the setup process, and go to where I want to be. I just love the manager notes. In the past, I usually resorted to making notes in notepad or making a spreadsheet or something to keep track of where I was in my leagues, or relying on my faulty memory. Now I can incorporate that info in game...and get reminders at the appropriate time. Great addition!

04-13-2010, 12:36 AM	#188
jmknpk2 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 982	I just noticed that the Lahman ID was in the player editor. Not sure if it was in prior versions, but I like it. This is very nice. No more looking at website urls to get the info.

04-13-2010, 12:59 AM	#189
jmknpk2 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 982	Playing out my first game. Noticed the option for "short" play-by-play. I've been wanting this for a long time. Now I can play the game out quickly without scrolling through text every play. Another subtle but nice new feature. And I can still get the full play-by-play for those exciting parts of the game or when I'm watching a playoff game.

04-13-2010, 07:46 AM	#190
mike2228 Major Leagues Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 491	my trainer went down for 3 weeks with back spasms... very ironic

04-13-2010, 12:48 PM	#193
ovccsteve All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Sanford, NC Posts: 571	The Player Development Report may be the best new addition I've seen to OOTP since, well, I can't think of anything. And I've been wanting Manager Notes forever. Love it.

04-13-2010, 03:16 PM	#195
allstar4 Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hilton Head, SC, USA Posts: 17	Highly drafted rookies demand a ton of money. I recently drafted an outfielder with the third overall pick and he wanted an $8.5m bonus plus a three year contract worth $9m per year. In total dollars that is 2.5x what Stephen Strasburg recently received, which set a record. He broke off negotiations with me after I met his bonus demand and offered a three year, $5m p/y contract. That is around 50% more than the record setting Strasburg deal. His signablility for my team was listed as normal.