Misc OOTP 27 Bugs and Fixes

[OppositeZer0]

Hey guys, long-time lurker on these forums and even longer-time player of OOTP. I am loving a lot of the new changes in this release and especially love that the UI feels a lot more modern than past iterations. I haven't had the opportunity to play out many seasons in-game yet, but I've been digging around throughout this afternoon and have some things that I want to bring to the team's attention. I really hope this doesn't come across as nitpicky, I am bringing these up because I really love this game and I think fixing these issues would make it even better!

AI lineup construction is completely immersion-breaking in it's current state. Using a brand new standard game save in 2026 with scouting turned off, I've observed the following (and plenty more oddities in addition):

1. TB: 40-grade Taylor Walls batting third while 60-grade Junior Caminero is batting 6th.
2. PHI: 65-grades Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber are batting in the 5/6 slots.
3. AZ: 65-grade Ketel Marte is batting 6th with three 45-grade players batting 3-5.
4. LAD: 60-grade Mookie Betts and 65-grade Freddie Freeman batting 5-6 while Keston Hiura bats 2nd.
5. NYM: 65-grade Francisco Lindor and 60-grade Bo Bichette are batting 6/7.

EDIT: Looks like the lineups fix themselves after simming a few days, no longer a big issue, just weird.

Contact/BABIP/Avoid Ks are all misaligned on batter profile pages. BABIP is currently shown as a sub-rating of Avoid Ks and Avoid Ks isn't currently shown as a sub-rating of Contact.

The Facegens on the player pages are misaligned, making a gap between where the facegen gets cut off and where the menu bar begins, which looks weird.

The option to hide the Icon Bar appears to have been removed or I just cannot find it anymore.

When a player has a potential rating for a specific position, it shifts the ratings bar over to the side which can distort how you perceive the rating. For example, if two positions have 55-ratings (one 55-overall, one 55-potential), visually it looks like the player will be better at the potential position even though they are both 55 ratings.

The smiley face icon for morale on the player page is right-aligned and looks off compared to the rest of the section.

Having the individual pitch ratings under the Stuff/Movement/Control ratings looks good, but I think it would make more sense to have them all on top of each other instead of spread out over two columns to improve readability and make comparisons easier. For example, moving all the pitchjing ratings to the lefthand side and moving all of the info stuff (FB/GB, velo, etc) to the righthand side would look much cleaner. Similarly, moving the speed/stealing/baserunning ratings to the left side for hitters, with the other info on the right would look much cleaner.

The overall and potential ratings on the player profile are misaligned with the overall scouting and development risk. This is just cosmetic, but something I can't help but notice regardless.

Player personalities appear in different places for hitters and pitchers which is confusing. Having them in one place would be much easier to read.

I have clicked the "Screen Tutorials" button instead of the "Manager's Office" button SOOOOO many times this afternoon, it's driving me crazy. Maybe an option to turn that icon off would be nice? Or maybe I just need to get used to it being there haha.

I hope this is constructive and just wanted to thank the OOTP team for creating such a great product!

[LansdowneSt]

Originally Posted by OppositeZer0

Hey guys, long-time lurker on these forums and even longer-time player of OOTP. I am loving a lot of the new changes in this release and especially love that the UI feels a lot more modern than past iterations. I haven't had the opportunity to play out many seasons in-game yet, but I've been digging around throughout this afternoon and have some things that I want to bring to the team's attention. I really hope this doesn't come across as nitpicky, I am bringing these up because I really love this game and I think fixing these issues would make it even better!

AI lineup construction is completely immersion-breaking in it's current state. Using a brand new standard game save in 2026 with scouting turned off, I've observed the following (and plenty more oddities in addition):

1. TB: 40-grade Taylor Walls batting third while 60-grade Junior Caminero is batting 6th.
2. PHI: 65-grades Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber are batting in the 5/6 slots.
3. AZ: 65-grade Ketel Marte is batting 6th with three 45-grade players batting 3-5.
4. LAD: 60-grade Mookie Betts and 65-grade Freddie Freeman batting 5-6 while Keston Hiura bats 2nd.
5. NYM: 65-grade Francisco Lindor and 60-grade Bo Bichette are batting 6/7.

Contact/BABIP/Avoid Ks are all misaligned on batter profile pages. BABIP is currently shown as a sub-rating of Avoid Ks and Avoid Ks isn't currently shown as a sub-rating of Contact.

The Facegens on the player pages are misaligned, making a gap between where the facegen gets cut off and where the menu bar begins, which looks weird.

The option to hide the Icon Bar appears to have been removed or I just cannot find it anymore.

When a player has a potential rating for a specific position, it shifts the ratings bar over to the side which can distort how you perceive the rating. For example, if two positions have 55-ratings (one 55-overall, one 55-potential), visually it looks like the player will be better at the potential position even though they are both 55 ratings.

The smiley face icon for morale on the player page is right-aligned and looks off compared to the rest of the section.

Having the individual pitch ratings under the Stuff/Movement/Control ratings looks good, but I think it would make more sense to have them all on top of each other instead of spread out over two columns to improve readability and make comparisons easier. For example, moving all the pitchjing ratings to the lefthand side and moving all of the info stuff (FB/GB, velo, etc) to the righthand side would look much cleaner. Similarly, moving the speed/stealing/baserunning ratings to the left side for hitters, with the other info on the right would look much cleaner.

The overall and potential ratings on the player profile are misaligned with the overall scouting and development risk. This is just cosmetic, but something I can't help but notice regardless.

Player personalities appear in different places for hitters and pitchers which is confusing. Having them in one place would be much easier to read.

I have clicked the "Screen Tutorials" button instead of the "Manager's Office" button SOOOOO many times this afternoon, it's driving me crazy. Maybe an option to turn that icon off would be nice? Or maybe I just need to get used to it being there haha.

I hope this is constructive and just wanted to thank the OOTP team for creating such a great product!

Can you post a screenshot of the player page with the facegen issue and the monitor size? To attach an image, use the Go Advanced button under the text box you'd type in (more menus appear)

[OppositeZer0]

Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

Can you post a screenshot of the player page with the facegen issue and the monitor size? To attach an image, use the Go Advanced button under the text box you'd type in (more menus appear)

https://imgur.com/a/qFZlrQs

Love your facegen pack, by the way. Monitor size is 2560 x 1440

Edit: I tried attaching the image but it didn't work so I linked it instead

[kq76]

Good stuff! You seem to have found a lot of stuff in a short time. You might want to consider applying to be on the beta team.

You should probably list your display resolution (you'll see I list mine in my sig) because a lot of the stuff you mentioned sounds like you might be using an odd resolution. At the very least it will help the devs try to see what you're seeing. EDIT: Ninja'd while doing dishes.

With regards to lineups, I'd really like it if we got a few more settings options than just traditional and sabermetric, but we should probably also try to clean up what we do have, like with what you mentioned. I see lineups I think are a little bit weird with AI teams too, and I definitely see it with what my manager would do, which I of course override, but we can't do that for every team. I'd also caution that the 3 hole isn't what it used to be for most teams, but I also don't think a good player should be batting 6th over 3rd, unless maybe they had good speed.

[Rain King]

Interesting. I just started a Standard Game, immediately switched the setting to Scouting Off and then simmed to Opening Day and am not seeing any of those AI lineup scenarios that you are.

1. For the Rays, Caminero is hitting 3rd and Walls does not start.
2. For the Phillies, Harper is hitting 3rd and Schwarber 4th.
3. For the Dbacks, Marte is hitting 3rd vs RHP and 4th vs. LHP
4. For the Dodgers, Freeman is hitting 4th, Betts is hitting 6th, and Hiura is batting 9th
5. For the Mets, Bichette is hitting 2nd, Lindor is hitting 4th vs RHP and 3rd vs LHP.

I'm curious if you are changing any default settings at all after starting your save? Have you simmed into the season any distance when you are making these observations?

[OppositeZer0]

Originally Posted by Rain King

Interesting. I just started a Standard Game, immediately switched the setting to Scouting Off and then simmed to Opening Day and am not seeing any of those AI lineup scenarios that you are.

1. For the Rays, Caminero is hitting 3rd and Walls does not start.
2. For the Phillies, Harper is hitting 3rd and Schwarber 4th.
3. For the Dbacks, Marte is hitting 3rd vs RHP and 4th vs. LHP
4. For the Dodgers, Freeman is hitting 4th, Betts is hitting 6th, and Hiura is batting 9th
5. For the Mets, Bichette is hitting 2nd, Lindor is hitting 4th vs RHP and 3rd vs LHP.

I'm curious if you are changing any default settings at all after starting your save? Have you simmed into the season any distance when you are making these observations?

I didn't think I changed any settings but after starting another new save I'm not seeing any of the same weirdness I mentioned in my original post. Maybe I accidentally changed something unknowingly. Glad to see it's not messed up.

[Reed]

Originally Posted by OppositeZer0

Hey guys, long-time lurker on these forums and even longer-time player of OOTP. I am loving a lot of the new changes in this release and especially love that the UI feels a lot more modern than past iterations. I haven't had the opportunity to play out many seasons in-game yet, but I've been digging around throughout this afternoon and have some things that I want to bring to the team's attention. I really hope this doesn't come across as nitpicky, I am bringing these up because I really love this game and I think fixing these issues would make it even better!

AI lineup construction is completely immersion-breaking in it's current state. Using a brand new standard game save in 2026 with scouting turned off, I've observed the following (and plenty more oddities in addition):

1. TB: 40-grade Taylor Walls batting third while 60-grade Junior Caminero is batting 6th.
2. PHI: 65-grades Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber are batting in the 5/6 slots.
3. AZ: 65-grade Ketel Marte is batting 6th with three 45-grade players batting 3-5.
4. LAD: 60-grade Mookie Betts and 65-grade Freddie Freeman batting 5-6 while Keston Hiura bats 2nd.
5. NYM: 65-grade Francisco Lindor and 60-grade Bo Bichette are batting 6/7.

EDIT: Looks like the lineups fix themselves after simming a few days, no longer a big issue, just weird.

Contact/BABIP/Avoid Ks are all misaligned on batter profile pages. BABIP is currently shown as a sub-rating of Avoid Ks and Avoid Ks isn't currently shown as a sub-rating of Contact.

The Facegens on the player pages are misaligned, making a gap between where the facegen gets cut off and where the menu bar begins, which looks weird.

The option to hide the Icon Bar appears to have been removed or I just cannot find it anymore.

When a player has a potential rating for a specific position, it shifts the ratings bar over to the side which can distort how you perceive the rating. For example, if two positions have 55-ratings (one 55-overall, one 55-potential), visually it looks like the player will be better at the potential position even though they are both 55 ratings.

The smiley face icon for morale on the player page is right-aligned and looks off compared to the rest of the section.

Having the individual pitch ratings under the Stuff/Movement/Control ratings looks good, but I think it would make more sense to have them all on top of each other instead of spread out over two columns to improve readability and make comparisons easier. For example, moving all the pitchjing ratings to the lefthand side and moving all of the info stuff (FB/GB, velo, etc) to the righthand side would look much cleaner. Similarly, moving the speed/stealing/baserunning ratings to the left side for hitters, with the other info on the right would look much cleaner.

The overall and potential ratings on the player profile are misaligned with the overall scouting and development risk. This is just cosmetic, but something I can't help but notice regardless.

Player personalities appear in different places for hitters and pitchers which is confusing. Having them in one place would be much easier to read.

I have clicked the "Screen Tutorials" button instead of the "Manager's Office" button SOOOOO many times this afternoon, it's driving me crazy. Maybe an option to turn that icon off would be nice? Or maybe I just need to get used to it being there haha.

I hope this is constructive and just wanted to thank the OOTP team for creating such a great product!

You seem like a good poster so please continue posting if you are able too.

[willboat75]

Originally Posted by OppositeZer0

The option to hide the Icon Bar appears to have been removed or I just cannot find it anymore.

I just need this to change and I'll be a happy camper! As much as I try to think about ways to use the icon bar, I just don't like it.