The Bug Report Thread - Page 36

Matt Arnold · 04-01-2015, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by TomVeal

I started a game in manager-only mode, choosing as my team the Brisbane Bandits in the Australian League. At first, the club didn't have a general manager, and it showed in the AI's bumbling negotiations with free agents. Then the owner hired a guy "generally known as a reliable, competent executive".

I don't know about his competence in building a team, but he's obviously great at building his personal wealth, viz., his salary is $5,000,000 a year. Not surprisingly, that leaves Brisbane broke. Money available for free agents is minus $4,917,070!

There's a lack of available coaches in some leagues, and were allowing teams to essentially bid un-capped for coaches. We will do some work to improve this for the future - I would suggest that you use commissioner mode to edit that value down, and create some new GMs (can just edit free agent coaches to be gms). Thanks

Matt Arnold · 04-01-2015, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Painmantle

GM Only Possible Bug, discussed in this thread

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...-only-bug.html

Also I have noticed that in GM only mode in an online environment teams have the ability to put themselves in charge of the lineups/depthcharts and Pitching staff via the control/auto-play settings page. I would thing this area would be grayed out and unchangable

This works the same as single player games. If your coach allows you to set the lineups, you can. If he doesn't allow you to, you can't.

Markus Heinsohn · 04-01-2015, 05:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Curve Ball Dave

Any word on my disappearing players?

Simply run the computer AI on these teams.

Markus Heinsohn · 04-01-2015, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by ewank

Okay, I posted this issue once before - I may need help in how to provide details for this bug. Anyway, I am playing a 2015 game as the Blue Jays and a batter got a base hit, then the exact same batter came to bat immediately and got the exact same hit. I stopped here because this is obviously a bug. I do not have WinZip so I do not know how to provide my files or the the exact files that you need. But it is definitely an issue. It did occur once before, but my spouse accidently closed the program without saving, so I was unable to provide backup. This time I will complete the game and save so the the files are available. Please provide assistance so I can help you mak4e a correction for this bug.

You sure you didn't hit the PbP replay button?

Markus Heinsohn · 04-01-2015, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by sthorn

I have an issue where on the minor league teams, the AI seems to be using random pitchers as starters. Despite only having 5 pitchers listed as SP's, the AI is using RP's to start games. For example, at AAA Pawtucket my SP's are:

Brian Johnson (appeared in 8 games - 0 starts)
Henry Owens (appeared in 10 games - 1 start)
Eduardo Rodriguez (appeared in 15 games - 0 starts)
Edwin Escobar (appeared in 11 games - 0 starts)
Joe Kelly (appeared in 12 games - 0 starts)

There is no logical reason that these players shouldn't be starting games. Out of the relievers on this team, a bunch of them have 3-10 games started. For example, Dalier Hinojosa has appear in 29 games and started 5. He's a reliever and shouldn't be starting any games.

We'll need your league files to reproduce this. See first post in this thread.

Markus Heinsohn · 04-01-2015, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by golfer777

Hi! I assume this is the place to post this... I started playing yesterday on the Steam Mac version, and I finally decided to restart the game as I'd left it up for about 20 hours straight (My friends and I had a lot of fun with it last night). I saved, but I didn't really know to create a backup, and after updating to 16.2 I'm getting an error on continue ("The loading of the database failed. It is either corrupt or a save-game from an old version."). Anybody know if this is a known issue with the update or if there's any way for me to recover this save? Thanks!

Probably your HD was full when the game tried to save. Sorry, no way to get it back I fear.

Markus Heinsohn · 04-01-2015, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Grafton19

No minor league teams- After year 1 on my 2015 QuickStart, the Padres have no one in their minors at all. All the hard work of getting past year one I don't want it to go out of the window. Seems this is the only team it happen to, but still weird.

They were the only team, but they dumped all their farm system in July

No idea what happened here, sorry

Markus Heinsohn · 04-01-2015, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Schulz

Just bought and downloaded the game. Downloaded fine. Opened the game and went to start a new game, no matter what league I select the screen stops and shows an error message saying "WORLD::get_from_data_device - invalid city record 0", then the game freezes. I have re-downloaded the game in case there was an issue with that. Still the same message.

Occurs regardless of what kind of game or league.

No idea what is going on, just really want to get started.

First time I've heard this. It sounds like an installation issue. Please file a support ticket.

lwlion · 04-01-2015, 08:24 AM

Thanks for the quick reply Matt.

I looked at the scouting report of some of the international free agents, but never made an offer to the player that e-mail me.

As I played a bit more, even more guys are e-mailing me acting as if they were in my system and wondering why I'm only offering minor league deals with no bonus.

The only common factor that I can think of with all these players is that I looked at their scouting reports. I offered one guy a contract which the owner refused to approve, but it was only the one guy I did that with and I have got multiple players making the same complaint.

When I get home tonight, I'll run another league with me as GM of a team and play the season through to that point. I won't even look at the International Free Agent pool and see if I get the same messages as we progress through the signings.

Regards.

Curve Ball Dave · 04-01-2015, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Simply run the computer AI on these teams.

I did and it didn't work.

Luis · 04-01-2015, 09:02 AM

I will like to thank you for a great product, and wish you continuous success. I hope there was an OOTP like product for every Sport!!

I didn't think this was bug, since no one else had reported it, but it is not working for me. I'm playing as Manager & GM, but currently a Triple A Manager. When I go to the Team Strategy Screen I can set the overall strategy by choosing one of the pre-set modes (Small Ball, Sabremetric, etc.) but cannot move the sliders individually.

I play with the Commissioner mode off, so I went back and chose to become the Commissioner, to make sure the sliders were not locked and they were not. As a Commissioner I can move the sliders individually, so every time I've needed to do so I've been choosing to become the commissioner and changing them; but I shouldn't need to do this.

I'm playing in a Windows 7 PC.

I realize this is something very minor and obviously has not happenend much, but thought it necessary to report it.

sprague · 04-01-2015, 09:31 AM

I am going to have to say this is a bug- it comes from AI management of rosters the day after the season ends. It is very odd and will try and explain.
All scouting is off, so that is not a problem.

The AI on all teams makes proper decisions during the year as to who should be on the ML roster. On the day the season ends it drops half of the major league squad (especially if they are under 25 years old) to the AAA roster. See in the below screenshot. Miguel Martinez (28 HR guy) Arturo Fernandez and Patrick Miller were the starting 3 outfielders all season. Then there they are back in AAA with a bunch of one star players come up the roster.
It will keep it like this until some time after the pre season when all teams will right their rosters and have the players they should have on major league teams. I had all other OOTP versions (save 15) and never saw this in other ootp's.
One problem with it (beyond trying to find star players who are now listed in AAA rosters) but every time a player comes up to a ML squad he winds up getting a major league lead in salary, losing their minor league salary- and upping each team's payroll.

Oops another part was just found. When I go to the finance screen, those same players are now showing they are expecting to have minor league contracts for next season- and they do not appear on the salary arbitration screen as they should (suggesting they may not get a salary raise or keep their league minimum as expected) Another part of this to look into I guess.

NEW- So I played ahead a year and there are far less players this is happening to. It only comes from players that have less than 3 arbitration years worth of service time. Seems the AI will just demote them to the minor leagues, losing another min salary year until it comes around in march. However they don't go back to the ML team until Feb which could cause a team to buy a free agent to fill what looks like a hole at a position that is actually filled. This seems more of a case in fictional leagues right out of the box where there can be a bunch of star 22 or 23 year old players with no actual service time. Will keep looking at how the AI goes along with this. Or it might be some odd fluke with the league I am using.

This really is a great version. The fact that these are the bug subjects we are finding on April 1 tells how much polish went into the last year of your work.

MorseMoose · 04-01-2015, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Matt Arnold

He obviously is not happy with this year, but may still hold some happiness from previous seasons success (or in a new game, he defaults to happy - wouldn't want an owner being furious with you after only half a season, right?)

I think the news article is a bit contradictory. It seems like he's pissed, then he's happy.

JackRules1 · 04-01-2015, 10:31 AM

A minor issue, but I had a double header New Hampshire vs. Atlanta, where game 1 was in Atlanta and Game 2 was in NH. I'm not sure if one of the games was a make-up. It was in 1958, so no chance of the teams teleporting up north for game 2.

Hankyu Braves · 04-01-2015, 12:44 PM

I ran into a problem. I'm guessing bug.

I have 2 custom leagues. One was added 14 years later in game time. Playoffs are disabled, the team with the highest number of wins is the champion.

When I create an association with these leagues and run an association playoff, the 2nd league's champion (ie the league I added to the fictional world) takes part in the association playoffs but does not appear in the history section of the league. There's a blank. (see attached screenshots)
And it's not counted as a league championship win in the league section either or recorded in the players' history.

If I don't enable the association playoffs, everything's fine.

Baffling...

montehd · 04-01-2015, 12:50 PM

I have problem of draft choices, since he himself is not like in the mlb site with rounds and orders.

PS: I'm using google translator because of language for me not to be fluent.

Le Grande Orange · 04-01-2015, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by JackRules1

A minor issue, but I had a double header New Hampshire vs. Atlanta, where game 1 was in Atlanta and Game 2 was in NH. I'm not sure if one of the games was a make-up. It was in 1958, so no chance of the teams teleporting up north for game 2.

Not a bug, just a limitation within OOTP at the moment as to how it handles games rescheduled due to an earlier postponement.

bcduggan · 04-01-2015, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ewank

Okay, I posted this issue once before - I may need help in how to provide details for this bug. Anyway, I am playing a 2015 game as the Blue Jays and a batter got a base hit, then the exact same batter came to bat immediately and got the exact same hit. I stopped here because this is obviously a bug. I do not have WinZip so I do not know how to provide my files or the the exact files that you need. But it is definitely an issue. It did occur once before, but my spouse accidently closed the program without saving, so I was unable to provide backup. This time I will complete the game and save so the the files are available. Please provide assistance so I can help you mak4e a correction for this bug.

Had it happen to me as well. However, I was adjusting resolution when it happened to me.

geert · 04-01-2015, 03:51 PM

hi,
when i started to play , i get the error :

-templates_engine: load_template_file
cannot open template file boxscores_pages.tlp

-load templates : could not load

-TEXT_ENGINE :my_load_text_file
folder doesn't excist

-load database-ERROR,could not load default database

please anybody ???

JarrahVW · 04-01-2015, 05:53 PM

Hi,

I've just installed the game on my Mac and everything runs fine until I go to pay for the game with Paypal. Before I can enter my login details, the game just crashes. It has done the same thing several times now. Any suggestions?

I could purchase the game via Steam but would prefer to just have it installed on my mac separately.

PS I do live in Australia so perhaps the range is an issue.

04-01-2015, 09:02 AM	#711
Luis Bat Boy Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 17	Game Strategy Sliders I will like to thank you for a great product, and wish you continuous success. I hope there was an OOTP like product for every Sport!! I didn't think this was bug, since no one else had reported it, but it is not working for me. I'm playing as Manager & GM, but currently a Triple A Manager. When I go to the Team Strategy Screen I can set the overall strategy by choosing one of the pre-set modes (Small Ball, Sabremetric, etc.) but cannot move the sliders individually. I play with the Commissioner mode off, so I went back and chose to become the Commissioner, to make sure the sliders were not locked and they were not. As a Commissioner I can move the sliders individually, so every time I've needed to do so I've been choosing to become the commissioner and changing them; but I shouldn't need to do this. I'm playing in a Windows 7 PC. I realize this is something very minor and obviously has not happenend much, but thought it necessary to report it.

04-01-2015, 09:31 AM	#712
sprague All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,947	Odd roster choices I am going to have to say this is a bug- it comes from AI management of rosters the day after the season ends. It is very odd and will try and explain. All scouting is off, so that is not a problem. The AI on all teams makes proper decisions during the year as to who should be on the ML roster. On the day the season ends it drops half of the major league squad (especially if they are under 25 years old) to the AAA roster. See in the below screenshot. Miguel Martinez (28 HR guy) Arturo Fernandez and Patrick Miller were the starting 3 outfielders all season. Then there they are back in AAA with a bunch of one star players come up the roster. It will keep it like this until some time after the pre season when all teams will right their rosters and have the players they should have on major league teams. I had all other OOTP versions (save 15) and never saw this in other ootp's. One problem with it (beyond trying to find star players who are now listed in AAA rosters) but every time a player comes up to a ML squad he winds up getting a major league lead in salary, losing their minor league salary- and upping each team's payroll. Oops another part was just found. When I go to the finance screen, those same players are now showing they are expecting to have minor league contracts for next season- and they do not appear on the salary arbitration screen as they should (suggesting they may not get a salary raise or keep their league minimum as expected) Another part of this to look into I guess. NEW- So I played ahead a year and there are far less players this is happening to. It only comes from players that have less than 3 arbitration years worth of service time. Seems the AI will just demote them to the minor leagues, losing another min salary year until it comes around in march. However they don't go back to the ML team until Feb which could cause a team to buy a free agent to fill what looks like a hole at a position that is actually filled. This seems more of a case in fictional leagues right out of the box where there can be a bunch of star 22 or 23 year old players with no actual service time. Will keep looking at how the AI goes along with this. Or it might be some odd fluke with the league I am using. This really is a great version. The fact that these are the bug subjects we are finding on April 1 tells how much polish went into the last year of your work. Attached Images Last edited by sprague; 04-01-2015 at 10:56 AM.

04-01-2015, 10:31 AM	#714
JackRules1 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central Florida Posts: 245	Double Headers A minor issue, but I had a double header New Hampshire vs. Atlanta, where game 1 was in Atlanta and Game 2 was in NH. I'm not sure if one of the games was a make-up. It was in 1958, so no chance of the teams teleporting up north for game 2.

04-01-2015, 12:44 PM	#715
Hankyu Braves All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 496	I ran into a problem. I'm guessing bug. I have 2 custom leagues. One was added 14 years later in game time. Playoffs are disabled, the team with the highest number of wins is the champion. When I create an association with these leagues and run an association playoff, the 2nd league's champion (ie the league I added to the fictional world) takes part in the association playoffs but does not appear in the history section of the league. There's a blank. (see attached screenshots) And it's not counted as a league championship win in the league section either or recorded in the players' history. If I don't enable the association playoffs, everything's fine. Baffling... Attached Images

04-01-2015, 03:51 PM	#719
geert Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 1	problems with templates hi, when i started to play , i get the error : -templates_engine: load_template_file cannot open template file boxscores_pages.tlp -load templates : could not load -TEXT_ENGINE :my_load_text_file folder doesn't excist -load database-ERROR,could not load default database please anybody ???

04-01-2015, 08:24 AM	#709
lwlion Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 31	Thanks for the quick reply Matt. I looked at the scouting report of some of the international free agents, but never made an offer to the player that e-mail me. As I played a bit more, even more guys are e-mailing me acting as if they were in my system and wondering why I'm only offering minor league deals with no bonus. The only common factor that I can think of with all these players is that I looked at their scouting reports. I offered one guy a contract which the owner refused to approve, but it was only the one guy I did that with and I have got multiple players making the same complaint. When I get home tonight, I'll run another league with me as GM of a team and play the season through to that point. I won't even look at the International Free Agent pool and see if I get the same messages as we progress through the signings. Regards.

04-01-2015, 12:50 PM	#716
montehd Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 1	I have problem of draft choices, since he himself is not like in the mlb site with rounds and orders. PS: I'm using google translator because of language for me not to be fluent.

04-01-2015, 05:53 PM	#720
JarrahVW Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 5	Game Crashing Hi, I've just installed the game on my Mac and everything runs fine until I go to pay for the game with Paypal. Before I can enter my login details, the game just crashes. It has done the same thing several times now. Any suggestions? I could purchase the game via Steam but would prefer to just have it installed on my mac separately. PS I do live in Australia so perhaps the range is an issue.