OOTP 17 - Interface discussion - Page 8

USF · 10-14-2015, 11:16 AM

First of all thank you very much for asking your customers for input.

I did not read through all the previous posts so I apologize if this has been already shared with the group here.

Here are my wishes as a long time OOTP customer and commish and member of OOTP online leagues.

#1:

Bullpen screen under Team Pitching:
Remove the stats info to the right of the screen - I find this information redundant based on being able to see the stats in the above window already. I would ask for you to add the # of pitches thrown similar to the previous versions of OOTP. I'm not sure why this was removed and left for SP only but, I find it annoying having to go to the Strategy Screen to adjust CL, SU, MR, LR # of pitches.

#2:
There is a bug in the lineup screen window where you fill a lineup spot and it automatically changes the position of another player in your lineup. If you are not careful this will create a lineup bug for your games. So lets say I am filling the spot of the Catcher, my RF all of the sudden changes to a different position and my Catcher shows "-" in the lineup. I have to go back and switch my RF back to RF and my Catcher from "-" to C. This happens all the time vs. RHP, vs. LHP. This issue never showed up before until OOTP16.

#3:
SB - this is a pet peeve of mine, when I look at stats vs. RHP or LHP the SB information is useless. The only way I can see the proper player stats for SB is to look at his stats as a whole. I'd like those stats to be functional when I am looking at splits vs LHP, RHP etc.

#4:
INT Complex - I love this idea but, it would be great if they could generate stats to see their progress. Right now those players just sit there and we read PD reports. Lets add some life to this feature and enhance it some way.

#5:
Speed: the speed at which the game switches screens is very slow imho. I am running a top of the line Alienware beast of a machine and as a commish for some reason my screens move slower than when I am a member of a league. I'm not sure why this is the case. The same is true for reading messages. Much quicker as a member to scroll through the messages but as a commish it lags and sometimes even worse crashes the game.

#6:
Statslab: It would be amazing to a) be able to add in this utility as part of the overall game. I'd pay 2x the money for that alone. or b) at least make generating the files for the statslab update process faster than it takes now. Sometimes generating these files takes over 1++ hour to do. When it is processing the files I can't see anything within my game. I'm stuck until it is done.

#7:
Similar to the last sentence above: I'd like to be able to see the league information as the league file is uploading or my webs are being published. Right now I'm locked out of my game. It would be nice to be able to see some other screens as these processes are working. Not sure if it is do-able but, thought I would throw that out there.

#8:
twitter - not sure why that feature is in the game when it doesn't work at all. I try to post stuff to my twitter account and nothing happens. I think it is a pretty cool feature if it actually worked.

#9.
When you try to short list players that appear on an ALLSTAR team for example, after each player the original message reverts back to the top so you have to scroll down to the player and do them slowly one by one. This is a little annoying. One solution would be to make sure that the message has all the players on the ASG on the one viewing page so no scrolling would be needed. In that case a GM can right click down the players list to add them to the shortlist.

I'd love to include screen shots here but, I'm not sure how to take my snips and paste them here.

I hope the above makes sense if not let me know and sorry If I posted other things non related.

Jason

TGH-Adfabre · 10-14-2015, 12:04 PM

Quote:

#5:
Speed: the speed at which the game switches screens is very slow imho. I am running a top of the line Alienware beast of a machine and as a commish for some reason my screens move slower than when I am a member of a league. I'm not sure why this is the case. The same is true for reading messages. Much quicker as a member to scroll through the messages but as a commish it lags and sometimes even worse crashes the game.

Check the settings for game logs, replays, box scores, messages, news etc that are saved in your local game.
Then ask you commish to check what he includes in his league files. Also check you what you include in your league files. It is easy to save far more locally than you would even compress and upload regularly.

pstrickert · 10-14-2015, 12:14 PM

Does the new UI include in-game presentation? I'd like to see the widgets improved with easier-to-read text, more use of tabs, and the ability to resize. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I think the batter-pitcher matchup needs to be magnified (i.e., larger photos, more batter v. pitcher stats, situational stats, previous at-bat info, etc.). ESPN, Fox, MLB, and other sites do a nice job keeping vital info in front of the user, with add'l info available through the click of a tab.

USF · 10-14-2015, 12:17 PM

here is a picture for #1 above - on what I mean...

Jason

USF · 10-14-2015, 12:38 PM

Here is the picture for #3.

USF · 10-14-2015, 12:47 PM

This is for #9...

USF · 10-14-2015, 12:50 PM

# 4 from the above...

USF · 10-14-2015, 12:54 PM

#8 twitter....

USF · 10-14-2015, 10:15 PM

here is the pic for #2...

byzeil · 10-15-2015, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CT-Sox-Fan

1. Please!! For online leagues, add an option when importing the utility from the draft, to then pause the draft rather than automatically finish the draft.

The reason for this is that pausing after importing the utility draft (5 rounds in our case) allows the commissioner to upload a new file to the server. Gm's can then download that file and have an up to date draft pool to use to make preferences for the remaining rounds of the draft.

Currently there are only 2 options. 1) finish the draft (which means Gms had to have already had in game lists - difficult with 3-5 rounds of utility draft to account for) or 2) after the utility draft release the rest of the pool to FA. You can't pause.

This.

Our online league does 5 rounds of the draft in StatsLab then we complete it with in-game draft lists. OOTP allows me to load the results of rounds 1-5 from a file (that is generated by StatsLab or can be created manually) but when I do so it also completes the draft. So I can't use the ability to load the draft results from a file and have to manually enter the picks for rounds 1-5 in-game (tedious). Would be great to be able to have the option to load rounds 1-5 from an external file without completing the draft and allowing for the rest of the draft to be done in-game

Assos · 10-15-2015, 10:18 AM

Pennant flags. Maybe at the top of the team screen or a page that shows that you won the East of some league in 1945 and so on.

byzeil · 10-15-2015, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by USF

#8 twitter....

Hadn't tried this before but when I click the Twtter button I get this in my browser...

Says it worked, but it doesn't, and I'm running OOTP16 not OOTP13.

byzeil · 10-15-2015, 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by USF

#2:
There is a bug in the lineup screen window where you fill a lineup spot and it automatically changes the position of another player in your lineup. If you are not careful this will create a lineup bug for your games. So lets say I am filling the spot of the Catcher, my RF all of the sudden changes to a different position and my Catcher shows "-" in the lineup. I have to go back and switch my RF back to RF and my Catcher from "-" to C. This happens all the time vs. RHP, vs. LHP. This issue never showed up before until OOTP16.

Jason

I have seen this also. Always seems to change one other player's position and leaves the newly inserted player's position blank.

jlech1805 · 10-15-2015, 01:27 PM

Being an excel nerd I love shortcuts and hot keys. If I were able to navigate all menus hitting by hitting alt + a + e for example as opposed to clicking somewhere my life would improve immensely.

pete3 · 10-16-2015, 04:51 PM

If possible, showing the game date/time as the game progresses on the gameplay screen would be cool. I play in real time.

Elektranaut · 10-17-2015, 05:23 AM

Ability to customize the Streaks/All time records page would be neat

Elektranaut · 10-17-2015, 05:27 AM

It would be nice if you could create a stats filter whicj would apply to all the different stats sections instead of having to create filters from scratch for each section

Ross333 · 10-17-2015, 09:36 AM

When playing historical leagues, the AI should take into account a player's future historical stats/value when making a trade.

CHOWDERHEAD · 10-17-2015, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by byzeil

Hadn't tried this before but when I click the Twtter button I get this in my browser...

Says it worked, but it doesn't, and I'm running OOTP16 not OOTP13.

Just tried as well. Get the same picture (OOTP 13) and note saying that it posted. Not seeing a tweet on my account.

TGH-Adfabre · 10-17-2015, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ross333

When playing historical leagues, the AI should take into account a player's future historical stats/value when making a trade.

I think this should only happen in recalc leagues, not leagues with development enabled.

10-14-2015, 12:17 PM	#144
USF All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Maple, ON - Canada Posts: 1,058	here is a picture for #1 above - on what I mean... Jason Attached Images

10-14-2015, 12:38 PM	#145
USF All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Maple, ON - Canada Posts: 1,058	Here is the picture for #3. Attached Images

10-14-2015, 12:47 PM	#146
USF All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Maple, ON - Canada Posts: 1,058	This is for #9... Attached Images

10-14-2015, 12:50 PM	#147
USF All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Maple, ON - Canada Posts: 1,058	# 4 from the above... Attached Images

10-14-2015, 12:54 PM	#148
USF All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Maple, ON - Canada Posts: 1,058	#8 twitter.... Attached Images

10-14-2015, 11:16 AM	#141
USF All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Maple, ON - Canada Posts: 1,058	First of all thank you very much for asking your customers for input. I did not read through all the previous posts so I apologize if this has been already shared with the group here. Here are my wishes as a long time OOTP customer and commish and member of OOTP online leagues. #1: Bullpen screen under Team Pitching: Remove the stats info to the right of the screen - I find this information redundant based on being able to see the stats in the above window already. I would ask for you to add the # of pitches thrown similar to the previous versions of OOTP. I'm not sure why this was removed and left for SP only but, I find it annoying having to go to the Strategy Screen to adjust CL, SU, MR, LR # of pitches. #2: There is a bug in the lineup screen window where you fill a lineup spot and it automatically changes the position of another player in your lineup. If you are not careful this will create a lineup bug for your games. So lets say I am filling the spot of the Catcher, my RF all of the sudden changes to a different position and my Catcher shows "-" in the lineup. I have to go back and switch my RF back to RF and my Catcher from "-" to C. This happens all the time vs. RHP, vs. LHP. This issue never showed up before until OOTP16. #3: SB - this is a pet peeve of mine, when I look at stats vs. RHP or LHP the SB information is useless. The only way I can see the proper player stats for SB is to look at his stats as a whole. I'd like those stats to be functional when I am looking at splits vs LHP, RHP etc. #4: INT Complex - I love this idea but, it would be great if they could generate stats to see their progress. Right now those players just sit there and we read PD reports. Lets add some life to this feature and enhance it some way. #5: Speed: the speed at which the game switches screens is very slow imho. I am running a top of the line Alienware beast of a machine and as a commish for some reason my screens move slower than when I am a member of a league. I'm not sure why this is the case. The same is true for reading messages. Much quicker as a member to scroll through the messages but as a commish it lags and sometimes even worse crashes the game. #6: Statslab: It would be amazing to a) be able to add in this utility as part of the overall game. I'd pay 2x the money for that alone. or b) at least make generating the files for the statslab update process faster than it takes now. Sometimes generating these files takes over 1++ hour to do. When it is processing the files I can't see anything within my game. I'm stuck until it is done. #7: Similar to the last sentence above: I'd like to be able to see the league information as the league file is uploading or my webs are being published. Right now I'm locked out of my game. It would be nice to be able to see some other screens as these processes are working. Not sure if it is do-able but, thought I would throw that out there. #8: twitter - not sure why that feature is in the game when it doesn't work at all. I try to post stuff to my twitter account and nothing happens. I think it is a pretty cool feature if it actually worked. #9. When you try to short list players that appear on an ALLSTAR team for example, after each player the original message reverts back to the top so you have to scroll down to the player and do them slowly one by one. This is a little annoying. One solution would be to make sure that the message has all the players on the ASG on the one viewing page so no scrolling would be needed. In that case a GM can right click down the players list to add them to the shortlist. I'd love to include screen shots here but, I'm not sure how to take my snips and paste them here. I hope the above makes sense if not let me know and sorry If I posted other things non related. Jason

10-14-2015, 12:14 PM	#143
pstrickert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 15,738	Does the new UI include in-game presentation? I'd like to see the widgets improved with easier-to-read text, more use of tabs, and the ability to resize. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I think the batter-pitcher matchup needs to be magnified (i.e., larger photos, more batter v. pitcher stats, situational stats, previous at-bat info, etc.). ESPN, Fox, MLB, and other sites do a nice job keeping vital info in front of the user, with add'l info available through the click of a tab.

10-14-2015, 10:15 PM	#149
USF All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Maple, ON - Canada Posts: 1,058	here is the pic for #2... Attached Images

10-15-2015, 10:18 AM	#151
Assos All Star Starter Join Date: May 2004 Location: Just on the fair side of the foul pole! Posts: 1,772	Pennant flags. Maybe at the top of the team screen or a page that shows that you won the East of some league in 1945 and so on.

10-15-2015, 01:27 PM	#154
jlech1805 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 51	Being an excel nerd I love shortcuts and hot keys. If I were able to navigate all menus hitting by hitting alt + a + e for example as opposed to clicking somewhere my life would improve immensely.

10-16-2015, 04:51 PM	#155
pete3 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 73	Game date/time If possible, showing the game date/time as the game progresses on the gameplay screen would be cool. I play in real time.

10-17-2015, 05:23 AM	#156
Elektranaut Major Leagues Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 361	Ability to customize the Streaks/All time records page would be neat

10-17-2015, 05:27 AM	#157
Elektranaut Major Leagues Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 361	It would be nice if you could create a stats filter whicj would apply to all the different stats sections instead of having to create filters from scratch for each section

10-17-2015, 09:36 AM	#158
Ross333 Minors (Single A) Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 67	When playing historical leagues, the AI should take into account a player's future historical stats/value when making a trade.