The OOTP 16 announcement thread

[darkcloud4579]

Originally Posted by rocknfire7

Staggered days for the post season schedule? Not as important as most features, but would be a nice addition.

You can already do this 1) manually or 2) by downloading one of the customschedules available in the mod forum.

[olivertheorem]

Markus, this release looks amazing. Pre-ordering after next payday!

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by bada bing

Well, then, I might get ver 16. Depends on the answers to these questions I asked on the previous page. Do you know the answers by any chance?

1. When will parks for old-time baseball be released?

2. How is 3D improved? Will there be little men running around the bases? Will fielders move to get to the ball? Will they then throw the ball to the cutoff man or a specific base? How will play decisions by the umpires be depicted?

1. Not sure there are plans to have the old parks officially released. Some were created as mods last year and I imagine more will be this year.

2. I think the improvements to 3d will be more gradual, most of the stuff you're talking about certainly won't be in OOTP16

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange

To be honest I'm not sure the Pecos League qualifies as a 'real' independent minor league. I get the feeling it's more of a semi-pro league. Even though Pointstreak.com is responsible for the league's statistics, the league apparently never reported any attendance data for its games. (The other independents using Pointstreak did, though the United League was spotty in its reporting.) Heck, even the Pecos League's final standings are questionable as they often do not balance.

And if you've ever seen the Pecos League's own web site, it's, well, horrid.

It may technically be semi-pro, I wouldn't be surprised. But it is generally considered a full indy minor league, so we included it. There are a couple leagues that are even more sketchy that we didn't include.

[OmahaBaseball]

Was really hoping for an improved shortlist system. Unless I have missed it, looks like another year without this needed change.

[Zitofan75]

Markus, this looks great! I do have a question though, in the screenshots in the announcement, there appeared to be just silhouettes of the players, no face gen?

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by Zitofan75

I do have a question though, in the screenshots in the announcement, there appeared to be just silhouettes of the players, no face gen?

Facegen is still there, but the real player faces can't be included in game because of the lack of an MLBPA license.

They'll be downloadable from the forums and add ons central as usual though.

[Cole]

Originally Posted by Zitofan75

Markus, this looks great! I do have a question though, in the screenshots in the announcement, there appeared to be just silhouettes of the players, no face gen?

There is no MLBPA license, so no official player likenesses can be used. That sort of thing will still have to come from the modding community.

[dave1927p]

What do we have here? If only it meant what I hoped...

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by Charlie Hough

I am a vicious skeptic about the MLB license because other baseball sims have tried this and have not achieved anything with it in their sales and marketing.

I am happy to report that pre-order numbers are through the roof compared to previous years. So, you can lay these worries to rest now and be happy together with us

[professor ape]

Originally Posted by PSUColonel

MLB in all probability just won't allow it.

While it would be ideal if the MLB had not put any limits on the game, I can understand that they would be twitchy about a feature which would either randomly attach a real-name player to PEDs, or worse, have settings for players to identify them as likely offenders for the generation of suspensions.

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

I am happy to report that pre-order numbers are through the roof compared to previous years. So, you can lay these worries to rest now and be happy together with us

[Honorable_Pawn]

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

They are

Sta-Blam!!

[Cryomaniac]

Originally Posted by lukasberger

There are a couple leagues that are even more sketchy that we didn't include.

What, like the British Baseball League ? I looked at their website once, it was terrible lol.

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by Cryomaniac

What, like the British Baseball League ? I looked at their website once, it was terrible lol.

Hah, yeah like that

I do want to eventually include some of the better Euro leagues not yet in the game, not sure if I can convince Markus to do it though.

But even if it happens, the BBL won't be on the list!

[bada bing]

Originally Posted by bada bing

1. When will parks for old-time baseball be released?

2. How is 3D improved? Will there be little men running around the bases? Will fielders move to get to the ball? Will they then throw the ball to the cutoff man or a specific base? How will play decisions by the umpires be depicted?

Ok, nobody has answered these and I posted them twice. So I'll just assume the answers are:

1. Never

2. No, none of the above.

[Cryomaniac]

Originally Posted by lukasberger

Hah, yeah like that

I do want to eventually include some of the better Euro leagues not yet in the game, not sure if I can convince Markus to do it though.

But even if it happens, the BBL won't be on the list!

I don't think the BBL is even semi-pro is it? I think they literally pay expenses, if that. I would like there to be an actually good BBL, but unless I win the Euromillions jackpot and finance it myself or someone has a brain fart and makes me Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport it seems unlikely

[haveband]

Originally Posted by lukasberger

It may technically be semi-pro, I wouldn't be surprised. But it is generally considered a full indy minor league, so we included it. There are a couple leagues that are even more sketchy that we didn't include.

hey at least the Pecos League had a really cool TV show in 2014 on Fox. Now the UBL... that league is suspect.

[Le Grande Orange]

Originally Posted by lukasberger

It may technically be semi-pro, I wouldn't be surprised. But it is generally considered a full indy minor league, so we included it. There are a couple leagues that are even more sketchy that we didn't include.

Well, an independent league—which, like any other professional sport, is in business to make money—that doesn't report attendance makes it sketchy IMO. Heck, even the summer college leagues such as the Cape Cod League or Northwoods League report attendance.

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange

Well, an independent league—which, like any other professional sport, is in business to make money—that doesn't report attendance makes it sketchy IMO. Heck, even the summer college leagues such as the Cape Cod League or Northwoods League report attendance.

I don't disagree.

The main tipping point for me was that their stats are on Baseball Ref. If not for that, they probably wouldn't have made it.