OOTP 8 released! - Page 13

Anisoptera · 12-09-2007, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by battists

Just FYI, this issue has been resolved if you download the setup file now. Thanks for bringing it to our attention!

No problem. Thanks back.

I got a copy yesterday. I only had access to the internet via an unsecured wireless connection at the time so I didn't want to trust the via desktop option and figured others might want the other option as well. In the end I just waited until later in the day when I could get to a wired connection.

Now I just have to decide which version to keep and which to give away.

rp-rt · 12-09-2007, 10:37 PM

BruceM,
Thanks for the link. .....rp-rt

DWK · 12-10-2007, 05:15 AM

Marc Duffy · 12-10-2007, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Anisoptera

Finally, if any SI people are reading this I'd just like to say thanks so much for your contribution to the game. 6.5 was a great game, but IMO OOTP is so much better off for what you guys gave to it. It's style might not be for everyone by I for one like a great deal about it.

Well I'm on page 4 of lots - I'm here and thanks

bababui · 12-10-2007, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Marc Duffy

Well I'm on page 4 of lots - I'm here and thanks

Marc..I'm a little upset about the dishonest marketing campaign for FM2008. The ads promise the biggest update ever in the series, if memory serves, and its quite the opposite. The game doesnt really need such a massive hype machine, does it? It can sell itself. Excess hype makes all thats good about the product look a bit tawdry.

Marc Duffy · 12-10-2007, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Andreas Raht

This has already been discussed with our tax consultant and with our tax office. German tax law says without any doubt that we have to pay for the revenues which we make with sales to people from Europe. Even if it goes through Viatech. I'm no tax expert, but the experts have discussed it and we have to pay it.

Yup, Andreas is right on here. Any sale of the game to someone based in Europe incurs tax.

Andreas Raht · 12-10-2007, 11:39 AM

The upgrade option seems to work now! Owners of OOTP 2007 can upgrade to OOTP 8 for $6.99. I've updated post #1 in this thread.
Thanks a lot to Viatech and to Sports Interactive for making this possible!

Marc Duffy · 12-10-2007, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by bababui

Marc..I'm a little upset about the dishonest marketing campaign for FM2008. The ads promise the biggest update ever in the series, if memory serves, and its quite the opposite. The game doesnt really need such a massive hype machine, does it? It can sell itself. Excess hype makes all thats good about the product look a bit tawdry.

Wrong thread dude, try a PM or something.

Marc Duffy · 12-10-2007, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Andreas Raht

The upgrade option seems to work now! Owners of OOTP 2007 can upgrade to OOTP 8 for $6.99. I've updated post #1 in this thread.
Thanks a lot to Viatech and to Sports Interactive for making this possible!

Great work Andreas, glad to be of service!

KingYankee · 12-10-2007, 11:51 AM

Can't wait to get this home and see what we've got.

Are we still unable to run off of networked drives? Some of us at work only have networked drives so we're stuck M-F, 9-5.

Andreas Raht · 12-10-2007, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by KingYankee

Can't wait to get this home and see what we've got.

Are we still unable to run off of networked drives? Some of us at work only have networked drives so we're stuck M-F, 9-5.

Will be fixed in OOTP9. I'm sorry, but we couldn't fix this in OOTP 8

KingYankee · 12-10-2007, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Andreas Raht

Will be fixed in OOTP9. I'm sorry, but we couldn't fix this in OOTP 8

Not a big worry. We've at least got web-reports to keep us busyish.

Its great that it'll be good for OOTP9.

I appreciate all you guys that have put the time in to make this game (2006, 2007 and the future) has rekindled my obsession with baseball.

Developers, roster makers, mod makers - thank you very much. Its probably not said enough.

Giants44 · 12-10-2007, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by silvam14

I don't know about anyone else, but if I were to complain about shelling out another $5 for a few more features of a game that I love, I would be one of the biggest hypocrites here. I can't even think of what I have spent $5 on lately that has or will give me more enjoyment than a few bug fixes and improvements to a game I absolutely love.

for instance, I just paid for two coffees I bought for myself and my wife this morning cost ~$4.75. The extra beers I bought my friends when we were out last night probably cost me $20. All of those thing have been consumed already and the thrill is gone.

Compare that to hours and hours more baseball enjoyment in the offseason when I am generally playing football games, and the fact that the money is going to help out one of my favorite game developers, and it isn't a big deal to me.

So I've decided I'm not going to act like I am some ultra-ideallistic, ultra-frugal consumer when it come to this situation, because, basically, I'm not one.

my

my sentiments exactly!

Giants44 · 12-10-2007, 12:13 PM

while we are the topic (slightly) of SI, I just wanted to say to Mark and all the SI guys:

when my beloved game announced it was being swallowed up by a soccer company

I was very disappointed. and the first release of v2006did not go very well I feared the worst.

However in the months that followed, Mark and Markus and all of the parties involved proved me very, very wrong. 2006(once patched) and especially 2007 proved to be the best OOTP ever for me personally and I think the merger with SI was a very good one - I was very adamant against it at the time and now years later I am sad to see the partnership end. I still believe Markus will make a great game - but I have done a complete 180 on my opinion on SI - great company, great guys - too bad I just can 't bring myself to like soccer. Now if you guys would just release an American Football game I would purchase that in a heartbeat.

woodfeld · 12-10-2007, 01:14 PM

I didn't real through every single reply for the answer to this so I'm sorry if this is a repeat, but can you import a OOTP2006 league to OOTP8?
Thanks

Kaitiaki · 12-10-2007, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by woodfeld

I didn't real through every single reply for the answer to this so I'm sorry if this is a repeat, but can you import a OOTP2006 league to OOTP8?

Yup. The functionality remains exactly the same as OOTP2007.

- Kai

ootpFox07 · 12-10-2007, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Giants44

while we are the topic (slightly) of SI, I just wanted to say to Mark and all the SI guys:

2006(once patched) and especially 2007 proved to be the best OOTP ever for me personally and I think the merger with SI was a very good one.

Now if you guys would just release an American Football game I would purchase that in a heartbeat.

I completely agree with you on that. OOTP 2007 made my interest in my fictional baseball league an obsession. I would also love an American Football manager as well. Thought I think we'd have to outright clone Marcus to get that one.

Cryomaniac · 12-10-2007, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by DesertFox07

I completely agree with you on that. OOTP 2007 made my interest in my fictional baseball league an obsession. I would also love an American Football manager as well. Thought I think we'd have to outright clone Marcus to get that one.

Me too, I'd love a football sim. As long as the play creation tool was as good or better than that in FBpro.

gocubsgo · 12-10-2007, 05:10 PM

Anyone try the discount code? I tried and it says that this is not a valid discount coupon. Any ideas?

gocubsgo · 12-10-2007, 05:12 PM

Never mind i am a dumb _ss figured it out.

12-09-2007, 10:37 PM	#242
rp-rt Bat Boy Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 11	For BruceM BruceM, Thanks for the link. .....rp-rt

12-10-2007, 11:39 AM	#247
Andreas Raht Administrator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hollern/Stade/Germany Posts: 8,992	The upgrade option seems to work now! Owners of OOTP 2007 can upgrade to OOTP 8 for $6.99. I've updated post #1 in this thread. Thanks a lot to Viatech and to Sports Interactive for making this possible! __________________ Andreas Raht andreas@ootpdevelopments.com Out of the Park Developments

12-10-2007, 12:13 PM	#254
Giants44 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 2,408	while we are the topic (slightly) of SI, I just wanted to say to Mark and all the SI guys: when my beloved game announced it was being swallowed up by a soccer company I was very disappointed. and the first release of v2006did not go very well I feared the worst. However in the months that followed, Mark and Markus and all of the parties involved proved me very, very wrong. 2006(once patched) and especially 2007 proved to be the best OOTP ever for me personally and I think the merger with SI was a very good one - I was very adamant against it at the time and now years later I am sad to see the partnership end. I still believe Markus will make a great game - but I have done a complete 180 on my opinion on SI - great company, great guys - too bad I just can 't bring myself to like soccer. Now if you guys would just release an American Football game I would purchase that in a heartbeat. __________________ "In a text sim - Immersion is everything" -Me "Judge a man not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character" -Martin Luther King "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." -Einstein "The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." -Muhammad Ali "Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything." -Toby Harrah

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12-10-2007, 11:51 AM	#250
KingYankee Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 57	Can't wait to get this home and see what we've got. Are we still unable to run off of networked drives? Some of us at work only have networked drives so we're stuck M-F, 9-5.

12-10-2007, 01:14 PM	#255
woodfeld Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 198	I didn't real through every single reply for the answer to this so I'm sorry if this is a repeat, but can you import a OOTP2006 league to OOTP8? Thanks

12-10-2007, 05:10 PM	#259
gocubsgo All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,556	Anyone try the discount code? I tried and it says that this is not a valid discount coupon. Any ideas?

12-10-2007, 05:12 PM	#260
gocubsgo All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,556	Never mind i am a dumb _ss figured it out.