Road to Release #1: A Cornucopia of Goodies - Page 2

bleachercreature · 03-08-2016, 08:50 PM

...and so it starts.

RTR is becoming just as much of a ritual as Opening Day itself.

MizzouRah · 03-08-2016, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by TribeFanInNC

Because if you trade a player, he's "wearing" the wrong uniform. OOTP used to use real pictures (I guess you still can) but it breaks reality to some degree.

Plus.. with facegen, players get older, have facial expressions. etc...

Bigrod · 03-08-2016, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by TribeFanInNC

Because if you trade a player, he's "wearing" the wrong uniform. OOTP used to use real pictures (I guess you still can) but it breaks reality to some degree.

We can still use real pics, but you still have to get the updated pic and manually reload it when he changes teams. Not a big deal.
This year it'll be even easier as MLB now gives just the player's pic in higher res. 213x320 jpg which shrinks perfectly to ootp's spec of 170x255 and with paint.net which is what I use, it's real easy to convert to png and get rid of the background. First pic is the mlb original of Chris B. Young. His second is after shrinking and getting rid of background in paint.net

bleachercreature · 03-08-2016, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by bwburke94

Nothing that we didn't already know, but it's always good to see a RtR.

that's the way it usually starts. They save the real good stuff for last.

zappa1 · 03-09-2016, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Bigrod

We can still use real pics, but you still have to get the updated pic and manually reload it when he changes teams. Not a big deal.
This year it'll be even easier as MLB now gives just the player's pic in higher res. 213x320 jpg which shrinks perfectly to ootp's spec of 170x255 and with paint.net which is what I use, it's real easy to convert to png and get rid of the background. First pic is the mlb original of Chris B. Young. His second is after shrinking and getting rid of background in paint.net

Exactly. I've been doing this for a few years, now.

r0nster · 03-15-2016, 11:37 AM

Will there be any more road to releases??? Last year we had 3 of them. I keep checking the blogs nothing yet

Corsairs · 03-15-2016, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by r0nster

Will there be any more road to releases??? Last year we had 3 of them. I keep checking the blogs nothing yet

More are on the way, I promise!

texasmame · 03-15-2016, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Corsairs

More are on the way, I promise!

tick-tock. . .

Mr. Marlin · 03-15-2016, 05:13 PM

In two more days I'll be telling YOU what's in it!

John C · 03-16-2016, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by r0nster

Will there be any more road to releases??? Last year we had 3 of them. I keep checking the blogs nothing yet

I wrote one of them. Just waiting on the boys upstairs (you know, MLB).

(That is just cool to say.)

r0nster · 03-16-2016, 06:41 PM

Shame you have to wait on MLB. I wont say what I want to say.

Swami077 · 03-16-2016, 06:50 PM

Is the MLB license really worth the hassle you guys have with these types of things? What does it bring that we wouldn't have already had in previous versions?

Vermin360 · 03-16-2016, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Swami077

Is the MLB license really worth the hassle you guys have with these types of things? What does it bring that we wouldn't have already had in previous versions?

For starters, it probably brings a wider user base - the license can attract a number of holdouts.

Sweed · 03-16-2016, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Swami077

Is the MLB license really worth the hassle you guys have with these types of things?

Yes.

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Originally Posted by Swami077

What does it bring that we wouldn't have already had in previous versions?

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Originally Posted by Vermin360

For starters, it probably brings a wider user base - the license can attract a number of holdouts.

Exactly, it brings in more users, which in turn brings in more money, which in turn allows Markus to expand his coding staff.

Really giving up two road to release posts is a small price to pay to grow the game.

Corsairs · 03-16-2016, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Swami077

Is the MLB license really worth the hassle you guys have with these types of things? What does it bring that we wouldn't have already had in previous versions?

It absolutely is. That being said, it can sometimes make the writing process a bit challenging. My sense of humor, at least, has a tendency to make the MLB guys' hair stand on end.

NoOne · 03-18-2016, 07:19 AM

you had me at: "Support for multi-core processors"

i think ootp 16 never uses more than 15-20% of 1 core.

now we just have to get you guys to consolidate all those tiny txt files into one large one. save a lot of space and 5000 files won't potentially be scattered all over a hdd.

i can copy 1-2gigs in short order... but 5000 lil txt files in a full backup just doesn't copy so fast. most mechanical drives will dip to 4MB/s or so while moving/copying those tiny files.

03-08-2016, 08:50 PM	#21
bleachercreature Major Leagues Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 403	...and so it starts. RTR is becoming just as much of a ritual as Opening Day itself.

03-15-2016, 11:37 AM	#26
r0nster Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,002	Will there be any more road to releases??? Last year we had 3 of them. I keep checking the blogs nothing yet

03-15-2016, 05:13 PM	#29
Mr. Marlin All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,245	In two more days I'll be telling YOU what's in it!

03-16-2016, 06:41 PM	#31
r0nster Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,002	Shame you have to wait on MLB. I wont say what I want to say.

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Swami077 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 156	Is the MLB license really worth the hassle you guys have with these types of things? What does it bring that we wouldn't have already had in previous versions?

03-18-2016, 07:19 AM	#36
NoOne Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,167	you had me at: "Support for multi-core processors" i think ootp 16 never uses more than 15-20% of 1 core. now we just have to get you guys to consolidate all those tiny txt files into one large one. save a lot of space and 5000 files won't potentially be scattered all over a hdd. i can copy 1-2gigs in short order... but 5000 lil txt files in a full backup just doesn't copy so fast. most mechanical drives will dip to 4MB/s or so while moving/copying those tiny files.