Initial Impressions Thread

[Reed]

Much better than last years release
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Main PROs
1. Animation seems to be much better (2 games played)
2. Love the new placement of weaken/adjust hitters/pitchers. Makes it much easier to test leagues and to adjust settings.

Major CON!!!!! And please fix!
SKIN-OOTP LIGHT is almost like playing in DARK mode. For example, under global tab the writing is in white with a black background. Makes it a glare on my old eyes and difficult to read. In the past it was much better with black lettering with light grey background.

[sarcasmo]

Was the "Make This Work Now" button purposely removed from the Initiate Trade tab?

[Anthony5967]

Originally Posted by sarcasmo

Was the "Make This Work Now" button purposely removed from the Initiate Trade tab?

I saw it yesterday

[Bluenoser]

Originally Posted by sarcasmo

Was the "Make This Work Now" button purposely removed from the Initiate Trade tab?

From the Change List for OOTP24 - Make this work now button disabled when trading hard mode is enabled

Full change list is here - https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=344827

[Ormondbeachdan]

Loving all aspects so far with the exception probably of the "spray chart". I would like if I could turn it off via mouse instead of hitting F8?.. The game seems to be very stable. Gotta love how responsive the development team is to updates!.. I mean cmon after 2 hours upon release we had an update!!.. Kudos.. You guys are the BEST

[eriqjaffe]

Originally Posted by Curve Ball Dave

I was really hoping fonts for jerseys would be simple enough, just select and pick the colors but this is not the case. I have custom teams and jerseys and unless there's something I don't know I can't add numbers and names in the custom team colors. If I choose any of the MLB teams' fonts they will load with that team's colors.

You can create as many custom fonts as you want. The "simple" method:

Copy a font you want to modify, and colorize or edit it using the image editor of your choice. Save it with the custom team's name (so instead of "atlanta_braves.webp" you have "atlanta_firebirds.webp" or whatever. .webp and .png files both work fine. If the filename matches the team name it should automatically load. If not, you can manually assign it in the uniform editor. Just make sure that the font is in the "jersey_fonts" folder or it won't work.

[Cobbiusto]

My initial reaction to the beta if very positive. Several small peeves have been corrected and the overall feel and smoothness of the play as well as the functionality of several screens has increased quite a bit. Specifically:

- overall look, crispness and readability of fonts and layout in "light" mode are noticeably better
- much appreciate being able to switch back and forth between lineups and pitching screens using F keys and the game remembers the appropriate stats view for each tab. That functionality had been lost several editions ago and it's great to see it restored.
- much appreciate the weather widget being anchored and remembering prior positioning. It's a small thing, but I hated having to reposition that single widget every time I opened the game.
- much appreciate that the throws from the outfield to home that in '23 disappeared underground, now bounce noticeably above ground.
- much appreciate the batters being able to complete their run to 1st base and head to the dugout after being thrown out. But I don't understand why they still disappear after a few steps, when the programming is there to take them into the dugout between innings.
- much appreciate the additional options in the screen setup of the organizational tab. Would like to see that same functionality extended to the injured list, and minor league subtab. Also, for the front office tab. It seems the number of options I can display there has actually decreased since '23.
-appreciate all the under the hood changes that others have mentioned, that make the game simulate the real thing even more closely.

Overall, I have noticed a number of QOL improvements that makes the (way too many) hours I spend on OOTP even more enjoyable. I know I will discover even more as I continue to try out the new version. Thanks for all the hard work and attention to detail that keeps us coming back year after year.

[Bobfather]

Originally Posted by sarcasmo

Was the "Make This Work Now" button purposely removed from the Initiate Trade tab?

Yes in hard mode.

[andyhdz]

Did anyone notice that the default international discoveries is now set at two? I'm pretty sure the default was higher in last year's version. Does this reflect a real life trend of international amateur free agents going through the bidding "showcase" process instead of being discovered exclusively by a team?

[Bluenoser]

Originally Posted by Sweed

Did you get this fixed? In the past I've had the same issue.
My experience is you would have to close v24 before copying in your v23 user.dat file.

Ie.
Open v24, hit the trouble shooting tab, open config file, Close OOTP24, now copy in your user.dat., close the config folder. Restart OOTP24 and your user.dat file should stick.

I hope that helps. It will be Friday before I get my Steam copy to give this a go.

That's probably what I forgot to do, close the game first. I wound up rebuilding the missing ones. Guess the excitement of getting going in 24 made me rush things a little, causing the old brain to become somewhat foggy

[CarolinaSoxfan]

I love it. Here are my thoughts

https://youtu.be/4zJgmi-ec98

[Bobbyraz49]

Originally Posted by OleDylano23

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

IMO...Yes. But I'd wait until all/most patches are available. I usually start with a new MLB team every new release. I never take a big market team though. This version I will be the GM/mgr in one pitch mode for my favorite team... Baltimore. I'm 61 and have been a fan since I was a kid. A long suffering fan.

[Sweed]

Originally Posted by Bluenoser

That's probably what I forgot to do, close the game first. I wound up rebuilding the missing ones. Guess the excitement of getting going in 24 made me rush things a little, causing the old brain to become somewhat foggy

I can't count the number of times I've done it without closing the game first

[IanIachimoe]

Haven't really played much, game crashed during first game when changing views & it was late, but can't wait to dive into it tonight. very first impression was the game looks very nice but Mets starting out with $0 available will be a challenge.

Took a (much too long) break from franchise & really got into PT. now back with franchise & over PT. Looking to get back into the grind of managing every game & building a dynasty for years to come with Cohen as my new owner.

Enjoying all your first impressions & it's helping me scratch the itch to play until I get home. Love reading all the good things.

[texasmame]

Very minor sad face: *still* no tracking of game MVPs.

[dudleyf]

I just setup with a draft an all fictional mode league. All I've played through so far is spring training as Manager\GM of one team. The game play seems good the draft went without issue. The only negative thing so far is it seems the player development is overwhelmingly negative. I went through the entire staff and upgraded all the coaching to see what the impact would be and the update for season opening was 162 drops and 2 improves. I almost don't have the same team there were so many drops. I've only gone through this once so maybe an anamoly. So that may be an issue.

[84Cubs]

At a first brief glance, the game looks good, UI looks improved, love the fact that the crowd no longer looks like cardboard cutouts. One thing I did notice was how some of the text in Team Stat Rankings was cut off.

[84Cubs]

This is minor in the grand scheme of things but any chance we can get the DH position added to "Team position rankings" and "MLB Position Strengths overview by teams"?

In 23 I would have Juan Soto as my DH but he would always show up in my LF rankings. Thanks.

[HonusWagner]

First impression: wow. For what I do everything sees noticeable improvement. Good work on the UI. Presents much better which helps not just UX but also drawing new players. Like what I'm seeing so far !

[mars001]

Originally Posted by Lukas Berger

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.

Thanks Lukas. I will log the bug. It seems to be 100% of the time so far.