Overall and Potential in Transaction Screen

Nukester · 08-01-2006, 01:16 AM

I have my ratings on a 1-10 scale, but on the Transaction Page my players show ratings for what appear to be a 1-100 range. Those are the only two ratings that are like that. Con/Stuff, Pow/Mov, and Eye/Con all are in the 1-10 range. On the roster page, everything looks normal.

Should it be this way (Im thinking not)?

fantom1979 · 08-01-2006, 01:17 AM

overall and potential are always on a 20-80 scale no matter what you have it set at.

aphoward · 08-01-2006, 01:30 AM

Any reason why it can't either change with the scale being used, or why it isn't defaulted to something easier to understand like 1-100?

At least for us simpletons out there

Nukester · 08-01-2006, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by fantom1979

overall and potential are always on a 20-80 scale no matter what you have it set at.

Err, uh, ok.

Thanks a bunch

Carplos · 08-01-2006, 01:58 AM

I would imagine it's defaulted to 20-80 because that's the real scouting scale (although as someone else pointed out in another thread, it's really only a 13 point scale rather than 61). I didn't even realize you couldn't change it until this thread since I always use 20-80.

While I agree it should be customizable, if it helps at all: 50 is average so you can work from there, plus the color coding is the same as any other scale.

fantom1979 · 08-01-2006, 03:50 AM

Here is some good info posted by Markus

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Check this out:
http://ootpdevfiles.com/ootp/screens/trans.jpg

Each little player box now allows you to display ratings, along with the overall rating and overall potential rating of the scout you have currently selected (upper right corner).

This is supported in the team transaction screen and the trade screen. With the overall ratings visible there, you won't need any stars

I will make the overall ratings soon visible in the big player lists as well, but this takes some more coding time because that list is sortable and filters can be applied. So this is something for a second patch or a later update.

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

It'S a 20-80 scale here, like the real life scouts use.

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Originally Posted by Kelric

Which doesn't make much sense to me. Sure, pro scouts do that. But as a GM in real life I should be able to tell my scouts to go from 1-100 if I want. I should be able to do the same in the game with 1-10, 1-20, etc., etc.

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

I'll probably make this adjustable in the second patch...

These were all posted on 6/1/06, obviously the adjustment didn't make it into patch 2.

Nukester · 08-01-2006, 09:49 AM

If it was just a quick way to get the ratings onto the page, then fine, but thats got to be fixed. It kind of makes using a lower scale a moot point. Sure two guys could be a 5 in a 1-10 scale, but one look at the transaction screen tells me way too much information (as far as Im concerned) as far as who the better player is (or will be). I dont mind the rating there, but it should scale with the rest of the ratings. If one guy is a 5 with a 65 potential and the other is a 5 with a 56 potential, guess which one Im taking 100% of the time.....

aphoward · 08-03-2006, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Carplos

I would imagine it's defaulted to 20-80 because that's the real scouting scale (although as someone else pointed out in another thread, it's really only a 13 point scale rather than 61). I didn't even realize you couldn't change it until this thread since I always use 20-80.

While I agree it should be customizable, if it helps at all: 50 is average so you can work from there, plus the color coding is the same as any other scale.

For pitchers, does this go by position, or what? For instance, if I have a MR that is a 60, a SP that is a 60, and a CL that is a 60, are they all equal, or is the MR elite, CL good, and SP above average?

See what I mean?

Hopefully this gets changed in an upcoming patch. I'm still holding out hope that they do one more decent patch for the game, before I give up completely. No matter how frustrating the game still is, I still get glimpses of how fun it can be if it was "polished". The new features, depth of stats, and interface are so good, if only they were complete and all worked right.

08-01-2006, 01:16 AM	#1
Nukester All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Newburgh, NY Posts: 1,923	Overall and Potential in Transaction Screen I have my ratings on a 1-10 scale, but on the Transaction Page my players show ratings for what appear to be a 1-100 range. Those are the only two ratings that are like that. Con/Stuff, Pow/Mov, and Eye/Con all are in the 1-10 range. On the roster page, everything looks normal. Should it be this way (Im thinking not)?

08-01-2006, 01:17 AM	#2
fantom1979 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 3,498	overall and potential are always on a 20-80 scale no matter what you have it set at. __________________

08-01-2006, 01:30 AM	#3
aphoward Minors (Double A) Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 114	Any reason why it can't either change with the scale being used, or why it isn't defaulted to something easier to understand like 1-100? At least for us simpletons out there __________________ Cheers, Andrew Howard

08-01-2006, 01:58 AM	#5
Carplos Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Idaho Posts: 2,865 Infractions: 1/0 (0)	I would imagine it's defaulted to 20-80 because that's the real scouting scale (although as someone else pointed out in another thread, it's really only a 13 point scale rather than 61). I didn't even realize you couldn't change it until this thread since I always use 20-80. While I agree it should be customizable, if it helps at all: 50 is average so you can work from there, plus the color coding is the same as any other scale.

08-01-2006, 09:49 AM	#7
Nukester All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Newburgh, NY Posts: 1,923	If it was just a quick way to get the ratings onto the page, then fine, but thats got to be fixed. It kind of makes using a lower scale a moot point. Sure two guys could be a 5 in a 1-10 scale, but one look at the transaction screen tells me way too much information (as far as Im concerned) as far as who the better player is (or will be). I dont mind the rating there, but it should scale with the rest of the ratings. If one guy is a 5 with a 65 potential and the other is a 5 with a 56 potential, guess which one Im taking 100% of the time.....