06/17 Update - A couple of surprises

[Markus Heinsohn]

Hey guys,

so, the last bugs have been killed (and hopefully do not reappear over the weekend ) and the last features have been finalised.

During the past couple of weeks I was able to squeeze a few small features into the game that some of you will enjoy.

1) League finances projection : In the past it was pretty tough to set up a fictional league and change the financial settings (i.e. player salaries, average media contract etc.) while maintaining financial balance in the league. You had to simulate multiple test seasons in order to find out if your financial settings work. This is now obsolete, on the league setup (financial settings tab) screen you will find a projection of team average revenue, payroll, other expenses and overall profit/loss. This makes it very easy to set up the finances of your league the way you want to

2) Automatically calculate league total modifiers so that the stats output match the league totals : Sounds complicated, but isn't. Imagine you want your league to match 1984 MLB, both in terms of strategy, finances and simulation results. The former two could already be attained in OOTP 11, but the stats output was again trial and error. Now I have added a function which lets you enter your desired league totals (= output), hit a button, and the game quick-simulates the season while adjusting the league total modifiers. The result is that your league will spit out league total stats that are within +/- 2% of the real stats. Oh by the way, this funtion is utilized for historical leagues automatically, resulting in the best historical simulation accuracy ever!

3) Player Development Screen : This screen shows you the current player development budget (optional), the top prospects and the positional depth chart of your organization. You can select wether you want to display just prospects or all players of your team, and base the ranking on current ability or potential. See here for a screenshot:

4) League Newspaper : This is the new place where you can check all the new & highlight of your league. Besides covering all the news you'll discover a few interesting articles, like leaderboards, historical info, team power rankings etc. We're sure this will improve immersion quite a bit!

There are more small features & tweaks that we haven't mentioned yet, but you'll discover these yourself sooner or later

Cheers,
Markus

Here a couple of screenshots:

[CD1083]

Whoo Hoo!

[GrantDawg]

Very nice. The financials will be very usefull. I wants!

[Peregrine]

Wow, every time I think more features can't be packed into version 12, here are some more. Can't wait for Monday!

[perfectDARK]

Hello newspaper!

[spleen1015]

I think the last newsletter had the Player Development screen.

Nonetheless, this is a screen I will be using a lot.

[MizzouRah]

Can we get this now?

Awesome, awesome, awesome!!!

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

I think the last newsletter had the Player Development screen.

Nonetheless, this is a screen I will be using a lot.

Yeah, but it wasn't explained IIRC... also, I like it so much that I couldn't help but mention it again

[Markus Heinsohn]

Oh wow, I just realized that in the fictional league used for the newspaper screenshot two pitchers won the triple crown in their respective leagues. Impressive!

[oman19]

I do love the orginiazationl depth chart. By far my favorite new feature thus far.

[Dr. dru]

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Oh wow, I just realized that in the fictional league used for the newspaper screenshot two pitchers won the triple crown in their respective leagues. Impressive!

Do you know what time the game will be released on Monday yet?

thanks!

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by Dr. dru

Do you know what time the game will be released on Monday yet?

thanks!

No, we'll probably work Monday to get the release build to several mirrors etc. No idea when that will be done... probably sometime around lunchtime ET.

[sbrylski]

If the League Finances Projection works properly, that is an absolutely incredible add for fictional simmers like myself. Tremendous.

[AC]

Nice. Thanks Markus.

So how much would it take for you to release the game now? An extra $10 per pre-order customer? $15? C'mon, now is the time to squeeze us for more cash without anyone getting mad

[robc]

Automatically calculate league total modifiers so that the stats output match the league totals: If this works as good as it sounds, this is a great addition.

I am also looking foward to the graphical depth chart, looks nice.

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by AC

Nice. Thanks Markus.

So how much would it take for you to release the game now? An extra $10 per pre-order customer? $15? C'mon, now is the time to squeeze us for more cash without anyone getting mad

Send me $10k and I'll get you the current beta build My PayPal account is markus(at)ootpdevelopments.com...

[deacon2817]

it just gets better and better. Financials look to be another big addition and the depth chart is just making me drool. Thanks again . Hope you can sneak it out a little early.

[Biggio509]

Great features. I really like the way the newspaper looks especially the font.

Actually the coolest thing is the commissionaire mode button that allows to act as quickly from the bottom of the screen. Is that standard or something you can customize?

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by Biggio509

Great features. I really like the way the newspaper looks especially the font.

Actually the coolest thing is the commissionaire mode button that allows to act as quickly from the bottom of the screen. Is that standard or something you can customize?

That's because that league is in online league mode... if you want to use it, simply set your league to that mode, it works without issues and you do not have to use any of the online league features.

[Dr. dru]

Is there any way the manual could be released early so we can start reading up on what has changed from version 11?