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OOTP 16 - General Discussions Discuss the new 2015 version of Out of the Park Baseball here! |
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01-24-2015, 09:05 AM | #1 |
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Rain Delays = awesome
Edit - guess this thread should be titled Rainouts = awesome
Just wanted to say I'm really impressed to see this as a new feature -- my sense from past discussions was that this would be (and probably was!) a *very* complex thing to program. Anyway, constantly impressed by how much new manages to get packed in to each new iteration of OOTP. Pre-ordering 16 without question. Last edited by sandman2575; 01-24-2015 at 09:06 AM. |
01-24-2015, 09:13 AM | #2 |
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IIRC actually deciding that a game was rained out wasn't a difficult coding issue, it was having the game automatically reschedule it that was the problem. Automatically generating schedules is a difficult enough task as it is.
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01-24-2015, 09:16 AM | #3 |
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Yes, should've made that more clear (in addition to the botched thread title ). The auto-rescheduling is what I'm so impressed by.
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01-24-2015, 09:35 AM | #4 |
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As a corollary to rescheduling rain-outs, will there be doubleheaders? If so, will the game allow an extra man on the roster that day, as is permitted in real life?
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01-24-2015, 09:44 AM | #5 |
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I think it's been said there will be doubleheaders. No idea about the extra man though. Would be nice to have though.
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01-24-2015, 09:58 AM | #6 |
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No extra man, as that's a bit tough to work out. Someday we'll look to have that in, but not this year.
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01-24-2015, 10:00 AM | #7 |
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If rainouts are made up after the regular season is over,how does the game know that the regular season is not over and regular season games are still being played?
Does the game stop with regular season games once every team has played the amount of scheduled games per league? What happens if a team accidently played an extra regular season game? Does the game recognize that ? I ask these questions because once in a great while I will have leagues that don't know the regular season is over and the playoffs should begin. I requested a stop the regular season/start playoff option but don't know if that will ever be a possibility. |
01-24-2015, 10:09 AM | #8 |
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I would assume the same way (or similar) to how it does 1 game playoffs now. Which means that there will probably end up being some bugs with it if it's anything like the tiebreakers...
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01-24-2015, 10:37 AM | #9 | |
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Hmm, would the game let me get the effect of a 26th man by designating yesterday's starter for assignment, calling up a minor leaguer to fill the empty slot, using him for the day, sending him back to the minors, and returning the DFA'd player to the 40 and 25 man rosters? I have no idea whether that maneuver would be legal under MLB rules. |
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01-24-2015, 11:49 AM | #10 | |
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01-24-2015, 11:50 AM | #11 |
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Well, you could always go into Commish mode and change the 25 man roster to 26 for that game or day, then change it back to 25.
Not an optimum solution, but definitely a workaround for the time being. |
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01-24-2015, 12:32 PM | #14 | |
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When it comes to rescheduling a postponed game, OOTP will try to either make it up as part of a day-night doubleheader or as a single game on a common off day (if one is applicable). Only games having a bearing on a pennant race will be made up after the scheduled end of the regular season if such games are necessary in determining a playoff berth. Last edited by Le Grande Orange; 01-24-2015 at 12:35 PM. |
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01-24-2015, 12:44 PM | #15 | |
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OOTP 18 features tournaments and promotion/relegation. YAY!!!! |
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01-24-2015, 12:45 PM | #16 |
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As far as I'm aware OOTP does it automatically. In which case you've raised an interesting angle.
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01-24-2015, 12:50 PM | #17 |
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I think BB did not play on sundays only because of 'Blue Laws' that forbid them
In my opinion a rare sunday game would, even under blue laws, probably be allowed |
01-24-2015, 12:53 PM | #18 |
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What happened in real life is that clubs would play in nearby towns or municipalities which didn't have such restrictions. Or they would take a chance and hope the police wouldn't stop by and shut down the game.
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01-27-2015, 10:05 AM | #19 | |
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On a related note, rainouts are the selling point for me this year. SOLD! |
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01-27-2015, 11:22 AM | #20 | |
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I agree that rainouts are a highly desirable feature (in OOTP, not in real life). |
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