MLBPA license and what it means

bwburke94 · 02-19-2016, 07:01 AM

The forum's "subtitle", so to speak, is as follows:

Everything about the latest Out of the Park Baseball - officially licensed by MLB.com and the MLBPA.

Is the MLBPA license for player likeness purposes, or is there another reason for it? Also, are minor league rosters impacted?

RchW · 02-19-2016, 07:46 AM

MLBPA only deals with players in MLB.

Markus Heinsohn · 02-19-2016, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by bwburke94

Is the MLBPA license for player likeness purposes, or is there another reason for it? Also, are minor league rosters impacted?

Yes. And No.

bwburke94 · 02-19-2016, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by RchW

MLBPA only deals with players in MLB.

Which is why MLB: The Show can't use minor league player names. I was worried the MLBPA might affect OOTP in a negative way.

Markus Heinsohn · 02-19-2016, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by bwburke94

Which is why MLB: The Show can't use minor league player names. I was worried the MLBPA might affect OOTP in a negative way.

No, it does not.

hefalumps · 02-19-2016, 08:35 AM

So does the MLBPA license basically allow you to ship facegens and photos of the player with the game instead of having to download them as separate mods?

If so, I'm curious how that will work. I assume MLBPA will provide photos, but the facegens? Will you just incorporate the facegens the modding community have already put out there?

Markus Heinsohn · 02-19-2016, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by hefalumps

So does the MLBPA license basically allow you to ship facegens and photos of the player with the game instead of having to download them as separate mods?

If so, I'm curious how that will work. I assume MLBPA will provide photos, but the facegens? Will you just incorporate the facegens the modding community have already put out there?

Not photos, only facegens. Photos have the downside that they outdate as soon as aplayer changes teams, hence we decided against including them.

The facegens are created & based on high-resolution player pics, so the quality is better than what mods offered before.

hefalumps · 02-19-2016, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Not photos, only facegens. Photos have the downside that they outdate as soon as aplayer changes teams, hence we decided against including them.

The facegens are created & based on high-resolution player pics, so the quality is better than what mods offered before.

OK yeah that makes sense. Once you put in facegen support, I switched from photos and never looked back.

So does this mean that you'll have Facegens for every MLB player that ever put on a uniform?!?!

Obviously that doesn't cover the minor leaguers that never made it to the show. If you enable the historical minor leagues, I assume those players will just get auto-generated Facegens? Unless a modder decides they want to tackle doing faces for EVERY PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER EVER!

This is amazing... having trouble digesting it all. Thanks Markus!

Markus Heinsohn · 02-19-2016, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by hefalumps

So does this mean that you'll have Facegens for every MLB player that ever put on a uniform?!?!

Ha, no. That would be too out of this world I guess. We'd have to hire 10 guys to get those done

... It's only for current MLBPA players.

Hoiles · 02-19-2016, 10:04 AM

As long as we don't have to edit fake names for Barry Bonds and Kevin Millar this is OK I guess

Cryomaniac · 02-19-2016, 10:10 AM

Does this license have any additional effects on storylines beyond banning drug suspensions?

OzzieFan · 02-19-2016, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Hoiles

As long as we don't have to edit fake names for Barry Bonds and Kevin Millar this is OK I guess

Wow takes me back to baseball mogul.

Lockdog · 02-19-2016, 12:20 PM

I love Mogul, but it's way behind OOTP.

RchW · 02-19-2016, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Ha, no. That would be too out of this world I guess. We'd have to hire 10 guys to get those done

... It's only for current MLBPA players.

So when a guy is sent down does his facegen vaporize?

Lukas Berger · 02-19-2016, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by RchW

So when a guy is sent down does his facegen vaporize?

It's like at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Petty scary actually.

rjl518 · 02-19-2016, 04:47 PM

im not sure...but is OOTP the FIRST baseball management sim of its kind to receive BOTH MLB AND MLBPA licensing?

not counting console games like MLB the show or RBI baseball...

i mean baseball management text simulations

Pineywoods OOTPer · 02-19-2016, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Lockdog

I love Mogul, but it's way behind OOTP.

Put it this way...

If this was a marathon, OOTP would be at about 100 yards from the finish and Mogul would be just now waking up and realizing "HOLY HECK IN A FISH POND!!! I OVERSLEPT!!!"

Lukas Berger · 02-19-2016, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Pineywoods OOTPer

Put it this way...

If this was a marathon, OOTP would be at about 100 yards from the finish and Mogul would be just now waking up and realizing "HOLY HECK IN A FISH POND!!! I OVERSLEPT!!!"

And that might even be an understament

bwburke94 · 02-19-2016, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoiles

As long as we don't have to edit fake names for Barry Bonds and Kevin Millar this is OK I guess

Even if we did, half of us would keep them as Jon Dowd and Anthony Friese just for kicks.

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rjl518 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Born in Shea Stadium, lives in LoanDepot Park. Posts: 6,240	im not sure...but is OOTP the FIRST baseball management sim of its kind to receive BOTH MLB AND MLBPA licensing? not counting console games like MLB the show or RBI baseball... i mean baseball management text simulations __________________ My Threads: MLB Project 32 by SFGiants58 "Colon looking for his 1st hit of the year and he DRIVES ONE! Deep left field! Back goes Upton! Back near the wall! ITS OUTTA HERE!!! Bartolo has done it!!! THE IMPOSSIBLE HAS HAPPENED!!! This is one of the great moments in the history of baseball! Bartolo Colon has gone deep!" ---Gary Cohen. (May 7, 2016) (Petco Park) NYM 6 @ SD 3

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hefalumps All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,357	So does the MLBPA license basically allow you to ship facegens and photos of the player with the game instead of having to download them as separate mods? If so, I'm curious how that will work. I assume MLBPA will provide photos, but the facegens? Will you just incorporate the facegens the modding community have already put out there?

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Hoiles All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 572	As long as we don't have to edit fake names for Barry Bonds and Kevin Millar this is OK I guess

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