IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Markus Heinsohn · 01-20-2002, 06:29 AM

OK, let's go

The release date of OOTP 4 will be
MARCH 1st, 2002!

Beta testing is working great, the game is VERY
stable and there are very few bugs compared to OOTP 3 at that stage! I will code the remaining big features next week, and after that we have 4-5 weeks left for testing and tweaking, as well
as putting in those nice little improvements

DannyMac180 · 01-20-2002, 06:34 AM

Can't wait...I'll be one of the first to buy it.

bkurtz · 01-20-2002, 06:52 AM

Markus
I have seen that the pitchers now have fastball, slider, etc on their screens. Without needing you to get into details, just one question: is it just mere cosmetic?

Draft Dodger · 01-20-2002, 07:01 AM

ok, let's see...

OOTP4 is released to the world on March 1st.
My first child is slated to be released to the world on March 4th.

I'm guessing I get about 8, maybe 9 hours of sleep that month...

nymfan · 01-20-2002, 07:25 AM

what are the new featuers?

Markus Heinsohn · 01-20-2002, 07:36 AM

[quote]Originally posted by bkurtz:
Markus
I have seen that the pitchers now have fastball, slider, etc on their screens. Without needing you to get into details, just one question: is it just mere cosmetic?<hr></blockquote>

No, it will be used in the play-by-play!

Markus Heinsohn · 01-20-2002, 07:36 AM

[quote]Originally posted by Draft Dodger:
ok, let's see...

OOTP4 is released to the world on March 1st.
My first child is slated to be released to the world on March 4th.

I'm guessing I get about 8, maybe 9 hours of sleep that month...<hr></blockquote>

Oh boy... good luck

nymfan · 01-20-2002, 07:41 AM

So Pitch types will have no effect on players (eg. Knuckleballer waiting longer to retire)

Markus Heinsohn · 01-20-2002, 07:48 AM

[quote]Originally posted by nymfan:
So Pitch types will have no effect on players (eg. Knuckleballer waiting longer to retire)<hr></blockquote>

That is a good idea, I'll hope to get it in...

Scott Vibert · 01-20-2002, 07:58 AM

[quote]Originally posted by Markus,Developer:


That is a good idea, I'll hope to get it in...

<hr></blockquote>

If you go that route Markus, knuckleballers should have the better endurance ratings as well, a pitcher like Tim Wakefield or some of the other knuckleballers can still go on a few days rest and/or throw 160 pitches a start, they should have an endurance rating of A... or at the very least B...

Edit - also any word on the final player picture file format? (.bmp; .jpg; .gif? something else) This would be helpful for those of us who hope to have player image sets available for the release on March 1st. Thanks again.

[ January 20, 2002: Message edited by: ScottVib ]

Markus Heinsohn · 01-20-2002, 08:16 AM

[quote]Originally posted by ScottVib:


If you go that route Markus, knuckleballers should have the better endurance ratings as well, a pitcher like Tim Wakefield or some of the other knuckleballers can still go on a few days rest and/or throw 160 pitches a start, they should have an endurance rating of A... or at the very least B...

Edit - also any word on the final player picture file format? (.bmp; .jpg; .gif? something else) This would be helpful for those of us who hope to have player image sets available for the release on March 1st. Thanks again.

[ January 20, 2002: Message edited by: ScottVib ]<hr></blockquote>

It'll be BMP all the way, and if you reduce the color depth to 256 colors, the files won't be big at all.

Scott Vibert · 01-20-2002, 08:22 AM

[quote]Originally posted by Markus,Developer:


It'll be BMP all the way, and if you reduce the color depth to 256 colors, the files won't be big at all.<hr></blockquote>

Sounds good Markus, just needed to know the format so I can finish up the set.

King of Diamonds · 01-20-2002, 08:26 AM

Will the career injuries be jacked up any or earlier retirements (espeically closers or pitchers in general)? or at least players who were previously severely injuried have a much greater chance of career injury the next time. For me the number of players that play into their late 30's is way to high. Whats mainly why i was pushing for a way to enter retirement year on the players pages that makes them retire that year (ie a Floyd Youmans or Herb Score type career). Hopefully, either a higher career injury option than is in ootp 3 or a retirement year feature could be added. thanks.

General Mike · 01-20-2002, 08:37 AM

You rule Markus.

*double Thumbs up*

bkurtz · 01-20-2002, 09:07 AM

[quote]Originally posted by Markus,Developer:


No, it will be used in the play-by-play!<hr></blockquote>

Cool, thanks.

hellfrozeover · 01-20-2002, 10:20 AM

Markus, will there be a possibility of a player making a comeback from a career ending injury after a couple years?

JWay · 01-20-2002, 02:21 PM

I like that idea hellfrozen, Anyway I'm so stoked!!! 38 days until launch. (and a few hours) It took me a second to realize 3 less days in february!! YES LOL I LOVE FEBRUARY. I will be the first. In line. One question? How many different locations will the download be? Or just one?

Ragin Cajun · 01-20-2002, 04:38 PM

Couple of questions dealing with league play... for those leagues who have been around for some time; how will upgrading to v.4 affect us (i.e. if we are in the 2004, 2005 seasons or even further along) without losing the current makeup of teams. I'm guessing that v.4 will just overwrite the existing v.3 files and keep the individual league files; or v.4 will create a new program file and we can copy/paste the ".lg" file into the v.4 game.

Whats the latest on the FA "problems". I have not done extensive "Testing" as some other board members have but in our recent offseason I noticed many FA's taking an initial contract offer (say 5mill per season) and then rejecting multiple offers in the 6-6.5mill range. It took offers in the 7+ range to get him to jump off the first offer.

Thanks!

blynch10 · 01-21-2002, 02:49 AM

Can Markus or one of the testers answer this question? Has the ability to search for players been changed? I was hoping to be able to search for players based on their talent ratings also. You can go team by team and sort their rosters but having the ability to do a complete game search would save a huge amount of time. You scouts already know the potential/talent of every player anyway, so a search would make a lot of sense.

Also it would be cool to have a team yearbook that you could look at for previous years that would list all the players that made a major league appearnce in that year and their total stat line. You can look at their teams by career, player by player, but to have it all there in one area would be great way to remember who played for you in any year.

[ January 21, 2002: Message edited by: blynch10 ]

[ January 21, 2002: Message edited by: blynch10 ]

sox9418 · 01-21-2002, 02:52 AM

You can search on players by ratings from the League Setup screen. Use the Find Player by Ratings option.

01-20-2002, 06:29 AM	#1
Markus Heinsohn Developer OOTP Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 24,803	IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT OK, let's go The release date of OOTP 4 will be *MARCH 1st, 2002!* Beta testing is working great, the game is VERY stable and there are very few bugs compared to OOTP 3 at that stage! I will code the remaining big features next week, and after that we have 4-5 weeks left for testing and tweaking, as well as putting in those nice little improvements __________________ Buy Out of the Park Baseball 25 now! Download OOTP Go 25 for iOS Download OOTP Go 25 for Android

01-20-2002, 06:34 AM	#2
DannyMac180 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 42	Can't wait...I'll be one of the first to buy it. __________________ OOTP Is Good

01-20-2002, 07:01 AM	#4
Draft Dodger Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: formerly of the OTBL Posts: 4,113	ok, let's see... OOTP4 is released to the world on March 1st. My first child is slated to be released to the world on March 4th. I'm guessing I get about 8, maybe 9 hours of sleep that month... __________________ Draft Dodger (Anarchy: Anything goes. The Draft Dodger viewpoint.) Sophmoric[sic] Member of the OOTP Boards (It's not OOTP; it's your computer) 15 GB Webhosting for $6.95 a month IMO we are best off abandoning that sinking ship that is Off Topic to the rats infesting it and just starting a whole new Baseball Forum from scratch.

01-20-2002, 07:36 AM	#6
Markus Heinsohn Developer OOTP Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 24,803	[quote]Originally posted by bkurtz: <strong>Markus I have seen that the pitchers now have fastball, slider, etc on their screens. Without needing you to get into details, just one question: is it just mere cosmetic?</strong><hr></blockquote> No, it will be used in the play-by-play! __________________ Buy Out of the Park Baseball 25 now! Download OOTP Go 25 for iOS Download OOTP Go 25 for Android

01-20-2002, 07:36 AM	#7
Markus Heinsohn Developer OOTP Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 24,803	[quote]Originally posted by Draft Dodger: <strong>ok, let's see... OOTP4 is released to the world on March 1st. My first child is slated to be released to the world on March 4th. I'm guessing I get about 8, maybe 9 hours of sleep that month...</strong><hr></blockquote> Oh boy... good luck __________________ Buy Out of the Park Baseball 25 now! Download OOTP Go 25 for iOS Download OOTP Go 25 for Android

01-20-2002, 06:52 AM	#3
bkurtz Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 161	Markus I have seen that the pitchers now have fastball, slider, etc on their screens. Without needing you to get into details, just one question: is it just mere cosmetic?

01-20-2002, 07:25 AM	#5
nymfan Bat Boy Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 11	what are the new featuers?

01-20-2002, 07:41 AM	#8
nymfan Bat Boy Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 11	So Pitch types will have no effect on players (eg. Knuckleballer waiting longer to retire)

01-20-2002, 07:48 AM	#9
Markus Heinsohn Developer OOTP Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 24,803	[quote]Originally posted by nymfan: <strong>So Pitch types will have no effect on players (eg. Knuckleballer waiting longer to retire)</strong><hr></blockquote> That is a good idea, I'll hope to get it in... __________________ Buy Out of the Park Baseball 25 now! Download OOTP Go 25 for iOS Download OOTP Go 25 for Android

01-20-2002, 07:58 AM	#10
Scott Vibert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: My Computer Posts: 8,249	[quote]Originally posted by Markus,Developer: <strong> That is a good idea, I'll hope to get it in... </strong><hr></blockquote> If you go that route Markus, knuckleballers should have the better endurance ratings as well, a pitcher like Tim Wakefield or some of the other knuckleballers can still go on a few days rest and/or throw 160 pitches a start, they should have an endurance rating of A... or at the very least B... Edit - also any word on the final player picture file format? (.bmp; .jpg; .gif? something else) This would be helpful for those of us who hope to have player image sets available for the release on March 1st. Thanks again. [ January 20, 2002: Message edited by: ScottVib ]</p>

01-20-2002, 08:16 AM	#11
Markus Heinsohn Developer OOTP Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 24,803	[quote]Originally posted by ScottVib: <strong> If you go that route Markus, knuckleballers should have the better endurance ratings as well, a pitcher like Tim Wakefield or some of the other knuckleballers can still go on a few days rest and/or throw 160 pitches a start, they should have an endurance rating of A... or at the very least B... Edit - also any word on the final player picture file format? (.bmp; .jpg; .gif? something else) This would be helpful for those of us who hope to have player image sets available for the release on March 1st. Thanks again. [ January 20, 2002: Message edited by: ScottVib ]</strong><hr></blockquote> It'll be BMP all the way, and if you reduce the color depth to 256 colors, the files won't be big at all. __________________ Buy Out of the Park Baseball 25 now! Download OOTP Go 25 for iOS Download OOTP Go 25 for Android

01-20-2002, 08:22 AM	#12
Scott Vibert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: My Computer Posts: 8,249	[quote]Originally posted by Markus,Developer: <strong> It'll be BMP all the way, and if you reduce the color depth to 256 colors, the files won't be big at all.</strong><hr></blockquote> Sounds good Markus, just needed to know the format so I can finish up the set.

01-20-2002, 08:26 AM	#13
King of Diamonds Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 64	Will the career injuries be jacked up any or earlier retirements (espeically closers or pitchers in general)? or at least players who were previously severely injuried have a much greater chance of career injury the next time. For me the number of players that play into their late 30's is way to high. Whats mainly why i was pushing for a way to enter retirement year on the players pages that makes them retire that year (ie a Floyd Youmans or Herb Score type career). Hopefully, either a higher career injury option than is in ootp 3 or a retirement year feature could be added. thanks.

01-20-2002, 08:37 AM	#14
General Mike Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Somerset, NJ Posts: 255	You rule Markus. double Thumbs up __________________ ACL - Houston Astros SHIBA - Los Angeles Dodgers [url=http://baseball.slammedia.net]BL2[/url - New York Mets BTTF - Florida Marlins

01-20-2002, 09:07 AM	#15
bkurtz Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 161	[quote]Originally posted by Markus,Developer: <strong> No, it will be used in the play-by-play!</strong><hr></blockquote> Cool, thanks.

01-20-2002, 10:20 AM	#16
hellfrozeover All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,130	Markus, will there be a possibility of a player making a comeback from a career ending injury after a couple years? __________________ FBA Chicago Syndicate Former Owner: WBL Minnesota Twins 2004 - 2007 AL Central Division Champs OOL Chicago Whales 2006, 2009 UL East Champs; 2006, 2009 United League Champs IBA Lehigh Valley Diamonds 2006 Governor's Cup Champions VSLB New York Yankees 2001, 2002 AL East Division Champs ILBL Commissioner/Chicago Cubs 2002 NL Central Division Champs; 2002 National League Champs ASBL New York Yankees 2006 AL East Division Champs

01-20-2002, 02:21 PM	#17
JWay Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 5,031	I like that idea hellfrozen, Anyway I'm so stoked!!! 38 days until launch. (and a few hours) It took me a second to realize 3 less days in february!! YES LOL I LOVE FEBRUARY. I will be the first. In line. One question? How many different locations will the download be? Or just one?

01-20-2002, 04:38 PM	#18
Ragin Cajun All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Atascosita, TX Posts: 1,173	Couple of questions dealing with league play... for those leagues who have been around for some time; how will upgrading to v.4 affect us (i.e. if we are in the 2004, 2005 seasons or even further along) without losing the current makeup of teams. I'm guessing that v.4 will just overwrite the existing v.3 files and keep the individual league files; or v.4 will create a new program file and we can copy/paste the ".lg" file into the v.4 game. Whats the latest on the FA "problems". I have not done extensive "Testing" as some other board members have but in our recent offseason I noticed many FA's taking an initial contract offer (say 5mill per season) and then rejecting multiple offers in the 6-6.5mill range. It took offers in the 7+ range to get him to jump off the first offer. Thanks! __________________ Former NBSL Commissioner: 16 years Former Online League Owner; six time champion

01-21-2002, 02:49 AM	#19
blynch10 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 273	Can Markus or one of the testers answer this question? Has the ability to search for players been changed? I was hoping to be able to search for players based on their talent ratings also. You can go team by team and sort their rosters but having the ability to do a complete game search would save a huge amount of time. You scouts already know the potential/talent of every player anyway, so a search would make a lot of sense. Also it would be cool to have a team yearbook that you could look at for previous years that would list all the players that made a major league appearnce in that year and their total stat line. You can look at their teams by career, player by player, but to have it all there in one area would be great way to remember who played for you in any year. [ January 21, 2002: Message edited by: blynch10 ] [ January 21, 2002: Message edited by: blynch10 ]</p>

01-21-2002, 02:52 AM	#20
sox9418 Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 323	You can search on players by ratings from the League Setup screen. Use the Find Player by Ratings option.