Initial Impressions Thread

[Bobfather]

Originally Posted by Syd Thrift

Yeah, you have to click F8 again to turn it off. Speaking of which, I'd love for that overlay to be less... garish. Like, if it was just red and green with less invasive fonts and didn't "shimmer", I might be inclined to leave it on all the time...

It literally gave me a headache, from the shimmer. May need a flashing light warning.
off-season BNN news, too many below-average, or worse players referred to as stars. Nitpicky I know.

[Bobbyraz49]

Originally Posted by Matt Arnold

There's a button on the batter widget you can press to enable or disable the spray chart. The superstats replay can be accessed through the options menu at the top.

Thank you.

[OleDylano23]

I guess this is going to be a stupid question but is it worth the jump from OOTP 22?

[dodgerball]

I posted this as well in the bugs forum but wanted to see if others are seeing this same issue about in-game audience issues. It seems that there is a preponderance of fans dressed in red regardless of which team is home and which stadium you are in. I checked this in multiple replays of games and everyone seems to be a Reds, Cardinals, or Phillies fan. This occurs even when neither team wears red in their colors. There also does not seem to be too much home fan reaction to plays as anticipated (no one really standing up and cheering in animations for a home team HR for example). I have tried reinstalling game data and that did not change anything. I do have all audience quality, animations, etc set to maximum. When you turn off audience animations and set it to just detailed (like it was in OOTP 23) then you get the old animations with a proper mix of fan shirt colors. All other settings do not matter. Once audience animation is turned on, most fans all wear red. In the initial OOTP 24 game trailer, the fans are wearing the proper home colors (you can see this in a quick scene in Yankee Stadium and Dodger Stadium).

[mgom27]

Live Start is Greyed out. Celebrity All-Star Game missing. Fictional Insiders would be good.

[Syd Thrift]

Originally Posted by dodgerball

I posted this as well in the bugs forum but wanted to see if others are seeing this same issue about in-game audience issues. It seems that there is a preponderance of fans dressed in red regardless of which team is home and which stadium you are in. I checked this in multiple replays of games and everyone seems to be a Reds, Cardinals, or Phillies fan. This occurs even when neither team wears red in their colors. There also does not seem to be too much home fan reaction to plays as anticipated (no one really standing up and cheering in animations for a home team HR for example). I have tried reinstalling game data and that did not change anything. I do have all audience quality, animations, etc set to maximum. When you turn off audience animations and set it to just detailed (like it was in OOTP 23) then you get the old animations with a proper mix of fan shirt colors. All other settings do not matter. Once audience animation is turned on, most fans all wear red. In the initial OOTP 24 game trailer, the fans are wearing the proper home colors (you can see this in a quick scene in Yankee Stadium and Dodger Stadium).

Yeah i played through a game involving the Angels at the Big A and it looked like the fans were all decked out in Christmassy red and green. I chalked this up to Angels fans being so stupid that they should Christmas was in August but it’s good to know it was a big instead.

[byzeil]

Originally Posted by andyhdz

there is a convoluted way to import your views but I don't have the instructions handy to cut/paste on here.

Copy the 'tables' folder from OOTP23 to OOTP24 and your views and filters (I believe). Might have to reload the league/game.

[Syd Thrift]

I wound up reformulating my views anyway to make them even more Great American Baseball Stat Book - tastic.

[byzeil]

Originally Posted by byzeil

Copy the 'tables' folder from OOTP23 to OOTP24 and your views and filters (I believe). Might have to reload the league/game.

and, thanks to Bluenoser above...

Then on the previous version, open OOTP. On the opening game screen select "Settings".

Then click on the Troubleshooting Tab, then "Open folder containing file 'app.cfg' & 'engine.cfg'

When that folder opens, there will be a 'user.dat" file. Copy that over to the new install. Same process on the new install, have to go and open the cfg folder and put your user.dat file in there, replacing the current one. "make a copy of the tables folder and user.dat file before replacing them)

[yawntuff]

Struggling to understand why the highlighting of a league leading stat was removed...

[Bobfather]

A couple of minor things I like so far, pitch count changes color to show fatigue. On routine grounders, batters are out while only halfway to the base.

[zappa1]

I just saw a second baseman throw home to try to get the runner and the throw was wide but not wild. Nice. Not all throws are right at the base. This was nice to see.

[Deft]

I like the scroll over players on shortlist to know which shortlist bucket they are listed in. This was something needed I didn't even think of.

[jackson8447]

Loving it so far, very happy with the changes. Only disappointment that stands out is the lack of improvement on how the AI views two-way players. I kinda expected this after seeing Ohtani get dealt for a mediocre SP prospect in the reveal stream. Started with the Angels earlier in franchise mode and opened contract negotiations with him... his demand was 2 years 35 mil per year. I understand it's tough on the AI and there's been efforts towards fixing this, but when you do longer sims and you get flooded with two way players (something I'd also like to see decrease in frequency) it definitely gets frustrating. On a positive note the visual improvements are incredible and everything else has run smoothly, thanks for all the work

[zappa1]

I also notice it asks you about sending your runner before the play even starts. Don't know if I'm liking this way. Maybe something I need to get used to. One thing is once you make your choice, you see the whole complete play with no interruption.

[mars001]

Originally Posted by zappa1

I also notice it asks you about sending your runner before the play even starts. Don't know if I'm liking this way. Maybe something I need to get used to. One thing is once you make your choice, you see the whole complete play with no interruption.

I saw this too and assumed it was a bug. I was going to wait until it happened again before reporting.

Maybe an OOTP dev can confirm if this is an intentional change or not.

[koohead]

some first impressions:
- the classic skin is much more usable this time around. Close to 21...though I wish it incorporated the teams' colors a bit more
- High socks...did I miss this in 23?? Probably...I don't play 3D much
- the font size in the headers/menu feel big...oversized...as if it takes up too much room? but definitely more readable.
- speed is definitely noticeable. Loading, exiting, even switching between screens.

[oztrich1]

Originally Posted by Calipup

One of my favorite features in the game. Kept good track of all my progress in the game over multiple saves. Was super bummed they took it out, no point in doing challenge mode without it imo.

Would echo this, was really disappointed this didn't work last year.

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by mars001

I saw this too and assumed it was a bug. I was going to wait until it happened again before reporting.

Maybe an OOTP dev can confirm if this is an intentional change or not.

I'm sure it's not intentional. If someone can post in the bug reports forum (just so we have a reminder there), we can take a look at this.

[CLEBearcat]

Some great feedback in this thread but just want to chime in to say my goodness - the 3D mode is unreal. I’m a GM only player and am actively watching more games because it’s so entertaining. Massive improvement here and major kudos - as always I’m psyched I bought early.