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2. Layout was fine for me too 3. I'm sure there are some but nothing annoys me enough that I can come up with it right now 4. Please put the ball park factors in the opening screen when you go to play a game. It was there for a version long ago (maybe 9 or 10?) and was removed in the first patch. Would be nice to see how the park plays at a glance which could influence how one sets their lineup. On the tab that shows how a batter hit against a pitcher two things. First could we make the columns sortable? Second add base on balls to the table? 5. I used dark and really liked the v17 version. |
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09-30-2016, 07:47 PM | #42 |
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I don't know if this was mentioned anywhere else or not, but I think it would be cool to have the option to re-use the play-by-play skins from previous versions of OOTP. I believe that it was OOTP '13 that utilized my favorite skin, but I even like some of the play by play skins from OOTP 10 and 11. Anyway, just a suggestion.
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09-30-2016, 09:11 PM | #43 |
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Please make it so that the play by play box in broadcast mode (custom configured) acts more like a windows screen so it can be pushed or pulled/stretched so it fits perfectly under the ballpark image instead of having to overlay it, which takes away valuable real-estate and some times cuts off the catcher photo. Also, try to insure that none of the play by play words are cut off in custom configure node no matter the box size chosen.
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09-30-2016, 09:21 PM | #44 |
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LOL it never occurred to me that people didn't know this. I mean no disrespect. Seriously it has never come up in a thread until now to my knowledge.
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09-30-2016, 09:42 PM | #47 |
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Not sure if this is an "interface" thing, but I would love to see an option to include retired players in the 'sortable stats' section of your league. That way, comparisons between various eras would be easier.
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09-30-2016, 10:21 PM | #48 |
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For the classic skin in OOTP 17, I felt the need to create a custom top_background.png that went well with the other wood grains of the skin but also allowed logos and player pics to stand out better. Dark colored logos especially. For pics, this was even more important in that I was playing historically, with sepia and black and white player pics. The default top_background.png was too dark for this purpose and the ballpark crowd scene in it did not help.
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1) I wish we could have an option for a consistent color (regardless of the team) for the header. Most of the colors are fine, but some I'd rather not see so much of. Maybe more importantly, I think it'd be better from a marketing standpoint if screenshots were more uniform and thereby more recognizeable ("oh, that must be OOTP17!", not "huh, what's that program with all those weird colors?"). I do like some color change depending on the team, but I think the header should stay the same.
2) I still think the upper area wastes a lot of space. I'll admit that the schedule widget is an interesting idea, but how many people really want it? I almost never pay attention to it. And there's a tonne of unused space to the right of the team name. What you could do is: put the team's record to the right of the team name, get rid of the widget (or at least make it hideable) or make it shorter, and have the tab bars start to the right of the team logos but higher up. That way you'd still have room for the extra large logos and you'd get more screen space for what people are actually interested in when they go to each screen. I hesitate to say it because it's so different from what we're used to probably very few will want to even consider it, but I'd love to see what the game would look like if we actually removed the league/team logo from the header and instead added a vertically short OOTP18 graphic to the top left, again moved up the tab bars, maybe did away with the team name and record in the header, but put the league or team logo and the team name and record somewhere in the top part of the screen bodies when appropriate. The header would be maybe half the size (I think of the tab bars as being part of the header), which would result in a tonne more screen space for the data you're interested in. Whatever you do, don't try moving the menu into the left column again (I don't remember when, but I do remember this was once experimented with and it scared the hell out of me). Having a short top header plus a wide body really is best, especially when you want to look at tables of data. For long text, sure, it's best to break it up into columns (think newspaper design theory), but considering that a big part of this game is analyzing data, the wider the body the better. I do think the widget idea could be further explored, but if anything I'd say try to make a team screen that is full of widgets. It'd be like those personalized home pages that the major websites used to have where you could select exactly what you wanted on your page. I don't think widgets should be forced onto us wasting space when we don't really want them though. 3) I don't get the point of the teams submenu in the small team menu when you get the same menu by clicking on the big team name. It's just another waste of space. I'd still like to see the "Game" menu be renamed the world or universe menu as they're more descriptive and less confusing when you're trying to tell someone what to click. I can't think of which ones they were at the moment, but there have been a number of screens in the game that I've tried to get to from finding them in the menu, but I haven't been able to find them, which is because they're not in the menus (you can only get to them from other screens). I think it'd be good if someone: 1) made a list of absolutely all the screens in the game, 2) checked to make sure they were in the menu somewhere, 3) asked themselves if they were in the most appropriate menu, and 4) asked themselves whether they should be higher or lower in the menu. This reminds me of the recent thread where a number of people said they didn't know the newspaper feature even existed when it's been in the game since OOTP12! What other features do people not know about simply because they're difficult to find? 4) I'd still like a customizeable toolbar where we could decide what shortcuts to put on it.
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1) In a 1 league 2 divisions setup, I'd like to see the finalists labeled on the league history screen the way it only does with 2 leagues.
2) Draft Summary breakdown by team similar to FHM Showing the Pick by Pick but include the basic stats. Helps show the number of great picks and busts by each team. 2005 Arizona Diamondbacks Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft | Baseball-Reference.com 3) Current League Draft History screens - ability to combine pitchers and batters to one view to show a complete list in order they were drafted.
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1. I can quickly see who are the next few teams/pitchers I'll be facing. If I'm working around a day-to-day injury, for example, and I see the next few opponents will be RHP, I don't need to worry about adjusting my starting lineup against lefties. 2. And perhaps more importantly (for me) is the ability to click on the PLAY button directly in the widget. This avoids the need to open the play drop-down menu, where in the past I would sometimes accidentally click "Finish Today" when I meant to click "Play Game." |
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10-01-2016, 01:03 PM | #53 |
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1) Please, please, please, let us export and import views from earlier versions. This annoys me every new version. 2) Please use and make the same views available everywhere. 3) Please allow us to sort views in whatever order we want them ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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10-01-2016, 03:50 PM | #54 |
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10-01-2016, 03:53 PM | #55 |
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Ability to Move Questions Windows that Pop Up in Game
I mentioned this as a suggestion for OOTP17, but it never got implemented. When playing out a game, sometimes a window will pop up asking if you want the runner to advance to third or home, etc. However, that window most of the time will hide the player in question and his ratings (speed, stealing). It would be nice to be able to move that window so you can then assess the player's skill level as well as the arm of the defender.
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One thing I would love as a historical player/random debut is the option to hide the "REAL" stat line on a players info card. The key word there is option, because I know lots of folks really like it being there. I do at times as well, but more often than not I would rather it not be there.
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10-01-2016, 06:08 PM | #58 |
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Skins
I would like the option to set up a certain skin for different leagues. Say I have 6 different leagues going. I could set the 1st league up for classic skin. The 2nd for dark skin and so on and so forth. Then when you load the league you want to play, the skin you set for it loads as well.
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10-01-2016, 06:11 PM | #59 |
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pitch type
No biggie here, but I would like to see the pitch type on the scoreboard right next to the last pitch speed.
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10-01-2016, 06:36 PM | #60 |
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More Skins
It would be cool to have more options for skins.
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