OOTP 22 Pre-Order Q&A Thread - Page 12

PocketsAintFull · 03-07-2021, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Antonin

One thing I've wanted with OOTP since the game introduced sound is a more emphatic third strike call. Something like "STREEEEEEEEEEK!" The kind of call you hear in actual MLB games, where the batter looks up with a pained expression on his face.

I was just playing a game in OOTP21 and it was a really exciting game. But at the last strikeout the umpire just said "strike three." It sounded like "strikethree," but so matter of fact, so without feeling.

I do those calls myself

Sweed · 03-07-2021, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Antonin

One thing I've wanted with OOTP since the game introduced sound is a more emphatic third strike call. Something like "STREEEEEEEEEEK!" The kind of call you hear in actual MLB games, where the batter looks up with a pained expression on his face.

I was just playing a game in OOTP21 and it was a really exciting game. But at the last strikeout the umpire just said "strike three." It sounded like "strikethree," but so matter of fact, so without feeling.

If you look in the mod forum there are mods that add things like this along with beer vendors, hecklers, etc. Adds a ton of atmosphere to the game IMHO.

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=314813

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...ght=sound+pack

Antonin · 03-07-2021, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Sweed

If you look in the mod forum there are mods that add things like this along with beer vendors, hecklers, etc. Adds a ton of atmosphere to the game IMHO.

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=314813

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...ght=sound+pack

Thank you! I didn't think about that.

bwburke94 · 03-07-2021, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by rudel.dietrich

I have no idea how recent historical replays going from 2019 to 2021 will be handled.

I suspect that 2020 will be played as intended.

Curve Ball Dave · 03-08-2021, 12:03 AM

Will there be an option to retain the traditional minor league structure?

Orioles1966 · 03-08-2021, 02:12 PM

Will OOTP22 be able to handle a 70 team(2 conference ) playoff with 58 teams getting first round bye while the other 12 play to produce 6 winners eventually getting to 64 teams and playing like NCAA basketball playoffs till there is a champion?

In the past I have had to play this type of playoff manually.

Assos · 03-08-2021, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Orioles1966

Will OOTP22 be able to handle a 70 team(2 conference ) playoff with 58 teams getting first round bye while the other 12 play to produce 6 winners eventually getting to 64 teams and playing like NCAA basketball playoffs till there is a champion?

In the past I have had to play this type of playoff manually.

God bless you for running that! I am guessing you are doing a best of like an NCAA with historical teams?

day · 03-08-2021, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

We didn't do a pre-order on Steam last year either. For a game of our size, doing a pre-order on Steam does not work well in terms of launch day visibility & impact which is extremely important. So it's a business decision basically. The one year we did (I think it was three or four years ago) it did hurt us, so we decided to not do it again. Plus, there a couple of technical difficulties in accessing a beta for the pre-order bonus...

Can I use the license key from my pre order to redeem a copy of the game through steam, or will I have to use a different platform?

Antonin · 03-08-2021, 07:10 PM

Does anyone know if you will be able to import leagues from earlier versions of OOTP directly into OOTP22? For example, from OOTP14? I know that normally there is no problem when you import from the previous version to the new version. I mostly play OOTP14, but also have 18 and 21. Over the years I have downloaded demos of the other versions, but those demos expired and I deleted them.

If I cannot import directly from OOTP14 to 21 and 22, is it still possible to re-download the demos for 15 through 17, and then 19-20, and get another timer for those demos, so I can move my leagues through each version in order?

spleen1015 · 03-08-2021, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Antonin

Does anyone know if you will be able to import leagues from earlier versions of OOTP directly into OOTP22? For example, from OOTP14? I know that normally there is no problem when you import from the previous version to the new version. I mostly play OOTP14, but also have 18 and 21. Over the years I have downloaded demos of the other versions, but those demos expired and I deleted them.

If I cannot import directly from OOTP14 to 21 and 22, is it still possible to re-download the demos for 15 through 17, and then 19-20, and get another timer for those demos, so I can move my leagues through each version in order?

My guess is you won't be able to import from 14 to 22.

Here is a link to older versions though.

https://www.ootpdevelopments.com/ootp-prior-version/

Matt Arnold · 03-08-2021, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Orioles1966

Will OOTP22 be able to handle a 70 team(2 conference ) playoff with 58 teams getting first round bye while the other 12 play to produce 6 winners eventually getting to 64 teams and playing like NCAA basketball playoffs till there is a champion?

In the past I have had to play this type of playoff manually.

I thought in one of the recent iterations there were some changes to support playoff setups of that size. Does this not work in 21 already, and what error are you seeing?

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Originally Posted by day

Can I use the license key from my pre order to redeem a copy of the game through steam, or will I have to use a different platform?

If you have pre-ordered, you will only be able to access the stand-alone versions. You may add the game to your steam library if you want to launch it through there, but it would not gain any of the steam "features" (auto-updating, steam achievements, etc...).

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Originally Posted by Antonin

Does anyone know if you will be able to import leagues from earlier versions of OOTP directly into OOTP22? For example, from OOTP14? I know that normally there is no problem when you import from the previous version to the new version. I mostly play OOTP14, but also have 18 and 21. Over the years I have downloaded demos of the other versions, but those demos expired and I deleted them.

If I cannot import directly from OOTP14 to 21 and 22, is it still possible to re-download the demos for 15 through 17, and then 19-20, and get another timer for those demos, so I can move my leagues through each version in order?

You cannot import through the whole process, only from the previous version. However, I believe that for nearly all demo versions, the "import from previous version" should not be timer-locked and should be available to run the process of importing through. So I don't believe that should be an issue. If there's any troubles with some of them, often either someone on the boards or support can help with as well if need be.

Antonin · 03-09-2021, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Matt Arnold

...You cannot import through the whole process, only from the previous version. However, I believe that for nearly all demo versions, the "import from previous version" should not be timer-locked and should be available to run the process of importing through. So I don't believe that should be an issue. If there's any troubles with some of them, often either someone on the boards or support can help with as well if need be.

Thank you very much!

OutS|der · 03-09-2021, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Antonin

Does anyone know if you will be able to import leagues from earlier versions of OOTP directly into OOTP22? For example, from OOTP14? I know that normally there is no problem when you import from the previous version to the new version. I mostly play OOTP14, but also have 18 and 21. Over the years I have downloaded demos of the other versions, but those demos expired and I deleted them.

If I cannot import directly from OOTP14 to 21 and 22, is it still possible to re-download the demos for 15 through 17, and then 19-20, and get another timer for those demos, so I can move my leagues through each version in order?

Yes. I just imported my Cooperstown, Negro and Nippon league greats from 14 to 21.

reme · 03-09-2021, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by OutS|der

Yes. I just imported my Cooperstown, Negro and Nippon league greats from 14 to 21.

Did you have to go through the progression:14 to 15, 15-16 etc to get from 14 to 21 ?

koohead · 03-09-2021, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by OutS|der

The basic answer is it lets the game use more memory

“A 32-bit system can access 232 memory addresses, i.e 4 GB of RAM or physical memory ideally, it can access more than 4 GB of RAM also.
A 64-bit system can access 264 memory addresses, i.e actually 18-Quintillion bytes of RAM. In short, any amount of memory greater than 4 GB can be easily handled by it.”

Should allow for bigger saves and quicker simulating and saving in those games.

to further this point, more memory availability means less disk access. Memory is much faster than disk. So yes, simming and advancing days will be much faster comparing apples to apples. With the additional memory space available theoretically one should be able to run much larger worlds with multiple leagues and what not and not see a significant drop in sim speed

koohead · 03-09-2021, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by reme

Did you have to go through the progression:14 to 15, 15-16 etc to get from 14 to 21 ?

Yes it has always been necessary to migrate saves sequentially through the versions.

Honestly I'm kind of surprised no one has come up with a db conversion tool yet

reme · 03-09-2021, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by koohead

Yes it has always been necessary to migrate saves sequentially through the versions.

Honestly I'm kind of surprised no one has come up with a db conversion tool yet

Thanks you for the response ! I am only going from 19 -22, so not a big migration. Do I just keep selecting the import from prior season button for each version after it is loaded in that newer version ?

Assos · 03-09-2021, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by koohead

Yes it has always been necessary to migrate saves sequentially through the versions.

Honestly I'm kind of surprised no one has come up with a db conversion tool yet

I have no skill in that field...... but hint hint!

BigRed75 · 03-09-2021, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by reme

Thanks you for the response ! I am only going from 19 -22, so not a big migration. Do I just keep selecting the import from prior season button for each version after it is loaded in that newer version ?

Yes. Go through them one by one

reme · 03-09-2021, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRed75

Yes. Go through them one by one

Thank you for the help. I wanted to make sure I didn't have to do something in game prior to moving on to the next version. Thanks again !

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Curve Ball Dave Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,361	Will there be an option to retain the traditional minor league structure? __________________ "Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing"-Warren Spahn.

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Antonin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,537	Does anyone know if you will be able to import leagues from earlier versions of OOTP directly into OOTP22? For example, from OOTP14? I know that normally there is no problem when you import from the previous version to the new version. I mostly play OOTP14, but also have 18 and 21. Over the years I have downloaded demos of the other versions, but those demos expired and I deleted them. If I cannot import directly from OOTP14 to 21 and 22, is it still possible to re-download the demos for 15 through 17, and then 19-20, and get another timer for those demos, so I can move my leagues through each version in order? __________________ "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" - Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols), San Francisco, 14 January 1978

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Orioles1966 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,869	Will OOTP22 be able to handle a 70 team(2 conference ) playoff with 58 teams getting first round bye while the other 12 play to produce 6 winners eventually getting to 64 teams and playing like NCAA basketball playoffs till there is a champion? In the past I have had to play this type of playoff manually.