New screenshots for the holiday season

Marc Duffy · 12-24-2005, 04:59 PM

Happy Holidays from everyone at Sports Interactive. To celebrate, we'd like to give you a present in the form of some new screenshots

http://www.ootpbaseballmanager.com/n...ews=view&id=26

Sweed · 12-24-2005, 05:51 PM

thanks Marc, nice Christmas surprise.

I did post this in the "gone for two days thread" but thought you'd be more likely to see it here...
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Marc, two of the sceenshots don't come up for me.

Team roster select scout

and

Team personnel Overview

both show an error. The rest though are making me even more anxious to get this game.

Thought you'd want to know. Take your time fixing, after all it is Christmas now in the UK.

Thanks

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Marc Duffy · 12-24-2005, 06:11 PM

Try now, should be fixed

Sweed · 12-24-2005, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marc Duffy

Try now, should be fixed

Works great now, thanks Marc.

Have a merry Chistmas with the new little one

theasfl · 12-24-2005, 06:19 PM

National Profiles? Cmon Markus I know you wanna add a world cup.

Le Grande Orange · 12-24-2005, 06:37 PM

Latitude and longitude for each city/town in the database...

That suggests to me that those are going to be used in part to determine what time zone a particular location is in. That would mean game start times would be set in local time in the schedules and the game then adjusts that based on the time zone so that games around the world start at the right time relative to one another.

That'd be my guess, at any rate.

JPBBDB · 12-24-2005, 07:06 PM

Regarding the national profiles:

Are languages no longer assigned to nations?
If these nations had leagues and teams, would there be tabs listing them as well?

Nitpicking, 's-Hertogenbosch is in Noord-Brabant, not in Overijssel.

LGO: Unfortunately, time zones often don't follow lines of longitude, as shown here. A solution could be to assign each city a time zone code.

Michael Eng

Mattymo · 12-25-2005, 12:56 PM

i'm pumped that the overall rating is relative to each league, and not universal. That'll make scouting even more in depth. Awesome screen shots

Dan Theman · 12-25-2005, 05:19 PM

Quite a nice present. Thanks!!!

tim_uwrf · 12-25-2005, 08:21 PM

All that room for "Health Status" on #38 suggests to me that you'll be able to see nagging injuries...maybe?

tim_uwrf · 12-25-2005, 08:23 PM

I have a feeling we'll need a FAQ about the Financial Coefficient though...

tim_uwrf · 12-25-2005, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tim_uwrf

All that room for "Health Status" on #38 suggests to me that you'll be able to see nagging injuries...maybe?

Maybe not looking at #64...

Kivlehan · 12-25-2005, 10:57 PM

I really like the National Profiles. How many countries will get a National Profile?

Assos · 12-27-2005, 12:24 PM

For the Netherlands, does that include the over seas "colonies" that have produced such talent as Andruw Jones and such "fast and wavey" talent as Sir Syndey Ponson? Or even the English or French or Spanish?

I can see the powerhouses of baseball.... the Chinese and the Chilean coming to control the WC of the online world.
It really does look like there is a set up for a World Cup.... will the Soviets invade in the 1970s and 1980s and claim they invited baseball? =)

Malleus Dei · 12-27-2005, 01:10 PM

I do not care for the national profiles.

This is looking less and less like a baseball simulation and more and more like an international soccer game. Not good.

Bobbuttons · 12-27-2005, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malleus Dei

I do not care for the national profiles.

This is looking less and less like a baseball simulation and more and more like an international soccer game. Not good.

O wholeheartedly disagree. I like them. It'll be nice to be able to find out just how many players from each country are playing in my league. Also, it's nice to have when you create leagues for other countries. Should be much easier.

spleen1015 · 12-27-2005, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malleus Dei

I do not care for the national profiles.

This is looking less and less like a baseball simulation and more and more like an international soccer game. Not good.

Considering MLB consists of only American born players, I wholeheartedly agree with you!

Baseball is worldwide, eh?

I think it is a nice addition and it is something I look forward to getting to play with.

You'll still be able to simulate MLB, so I don't see any issue.

Assos · 12-27-2005, 01:28 PM

World Football League? Nah.... baseball, since the 1940s in the U.S. has been a very international game. With the infusion of Latin players, joining those European who played before along with the inclusion of the African talent. Most sports have become a very international game, hockey, basketball, American football is getting there and even curling, no wait, maybe not curling, but you get the basic idea that these country codes are fun and give more reality.
Now, if Marcus can make it a little easier with pre-set data for cities to move teams around, that would be great.

Bobbuttons · 12-27-2005, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Considering MLB consists of only American born players, I wholeheartedly agree with you!

Baseball is worldwide, eh?

I think it is a nice addition and it is something I look forward to getting to play with.

You'll still be able to simulate MLB, so I don't see any issue.

I also disagree with the post that you quoted, spleenie. I already posted one disagreement, but I also don't think the game is looking more and more like an international football sim. Sure, with the new SI workup it reminds you of Football Manager, but the options and the overall look of it is still very OOTP. I am looking very forward to this game.

Marc Duffy · 12-27-2005, 01:38 PM

I think that the game is now truely simulating a baseball universe and trying to immerse you into it. Thats been the beauty of SI games for a number of years and I think it's great that OOTP is embracing it.

12-24-2005, 04:59 PM	#1
Marc Duffy SI Marketing Wizard Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Old Street, London Posts: 4,741	New screenshots for the holiday season Happy Holidays from everyone at Sports Interactive. To celebrate, we'd like to give you a present in the form of some new screenshots http://www.ootpbaseballmanager.com/n...ews=view&id=26

12-24-2005, 06:19 PM	#5
theasfl Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Coral Springs, FL or Orlando, FL (UCF) Posts: 7,988	National Profiles? Cmon Markus I know you wanna add a world cup. __________________ All-Sports Fantasy League The ASFL 22 different games, 9 sports. Please check out the website (www.theasfl.com/asfl2/). The league is free- if you're interested please fill out the signup form and/or email the commissioner. Miami Talons (ABL): 2004, 2005 & 2008 Champs

12-24-2005, 07:06 PM	#7
JPBBDB Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 43	Regarding the national profiles: Are languages no longer assigned to nations? If these nations had leagues and teams, would there be tabs listing them as well? Nitpicking, 's-Hertogenbosch is in Noord-Brabant, not in Overijssel. LGO: Unfortunately, time zones often don't follow lines of longitude, as shown here. A solution could be to assign each city a time zone code. Michael Eng __________________

12-24-2005, 05:51 PM	#2
Sweed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 6,610	thanks Marc, nice Christmas surprise. I did post this in the "gone for two days thread" but thought you'd be more likely to see it here... ------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc, two of the sceenshots don't come up for me. Team roster select scout and Team personnel Overview both show an error. The rest though are making me even more anxious to get this game. Thought you'd want to know. Take your time fixing, after all it is Christmas now in the UK. Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------

12-24-2005, 06:11 PM	#3
Marc Duffy SI Marketing Wizard Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Old Street, London Posts: 4,741	Try now, should be fixed

12-24-2005, 06:37 PM	#6
Le Grande Orange Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Up There Posts: 15,644	Latitude and longitude for each city/town in the database... That suggests to me that those are going to be used in part to determine what time zone a particular location is in. That would mean game start times would be set in local time in the schedules and the game then adjusts that based on the time zone so that games around the world start at the right time relative to one another. That'd be my guess, at any rate.

12-25-2005, 12:56 PM	#8
Mattymo All Star Starter Join Date: May 2002 Location: Colchester, CT Posts: 1,448	i'm pumped that the overall rating is relative to each league, and not universal. That'll make scouting even more in depth. Awesome screen shots

12-25-2005, 08:21 PM	#10
tim_uwrf Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Field of Dreams Posts: 1,998	All that room for "Health Status" on #38 suggests to me that you'll be able to see nagging injuries...maybe?

12-25-2005, 08:23 PM	#11
tim_uwrf Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Field of Dreams Posts: 1,998	I have a feeling we'll need a FAQ about the Financial Coefficient though...

12-25-2005, 10:57 PM	#13
Kivlehan Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Allentown, PA Posts: 160	I really like the National Profiles. How many countries will get a National Profile?

12-27-2005, 12:24 PM	#14
Assos All Star Starter Join Date: May 2004 Location: Just on the fair side of the foul pole! Posts: 1,772	For the Netherlands, does that include the over seas "colonies" that have produced such talent as Andruw Jones and such "fast and wavey" talent as Sir Syndey Ponson? Or even the English or French or Spanish? I can see the powerhouses of baseball.... the Chinese and the Chilean coming to control the WC of the online world. It really does look like there is a set up for a World Cup.... will the Soviets invade in the 1970s and 1980s and claim they invited baseball? =)

12-27-2005, 01:28 PM	#18
Assos All Star Starter Join Date: May 2004 Location: Just on the fair side of the foul pole! Posts: 1,772	World Football League? Nah.... baseball, since the 1940s in the U.S. has been a very international game. With the infusion of Latin players, joining those European who played before along with the inclusion of the African talent. Most sports have become a very international game, hockey, basketball, American football is getting there and even curling, no wait, maybe not curling, but you get the basic idea that these country codes are fun and give more reality. Now, if Marcus can make it a little easier with pre-set data for cities to move teams around, that would be great.

12-27-2005, 01:38 PM	#20
Marc Duffy SI Marketing Wizard Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Old Street, London Posts: 4,741	I think that the game is now truely simulating a baseball universe and trying to immerse you into it. Thats been the beauty of SI games for a number of years and I think it's great that OOTP is embracing it.