OOTP 26 Announcement

[Matt Arnold]

Originally Posted by vxm

Has anything been done to improve left/right splits?

We will have updated MLB splits, we have full historical pitcher splits as well coming in the new version. We've also adjusted overall how splits are calculated/handled in the ratings and engine, so the aim is for a large improvement to all of that.

Originally Posted by eMLBCommish

Would the scoreboard in the Green Monster be working in this situation?

Sadly, not at launch. But it's on the list as a potential secondary scoreboard to be able to convert over.

Originally Posted by doors11

Will the new scoreboard features be able to work in the mod ballparks made by others like the great ones made by Silvam14

There is a way I believe for Silvam or others to update their parks to work in the new system. It's unfortunately not a simple cut and paste thing, though, so it's hard to say whether they will update all the parks to use them or not. They will work though in all the MLB, KBO, and Construction Kit parks.

Did we also mention that we're expanding the use of the construction kit, so that we will use random construction kit parks instead of the generic fictional stadium, when we don't find a proper 3d model?

[jhcardinals]

Originally Posted by twins_34

Not really sure what your response has to do with what I said to RMc. But, ok? Yeah we would all love to have Japan back, but what are you going off about with everything else?

My assertion is that we haven't necessarily been getting a better game since the Com2us acquisition. This specific action took Japan and other unlicensed leagues out of the game (and destroyed existing long-running leagues, even fictional with fake teams, without warning). I love the dev team, the product, and the community so I'll buy the game every year. It's hard to develop new features, but I just don't think online leagues or even the base sim has been a remote focus of the last 4 iterations. Haven't been here as long as some of you folks, but this'll be my 16th year. It's the best baseball sim out there without much competition. I was going to post a long list of feature suggestions and tweaks here but I don't want to crowd this thread. I'll post a standalone thread that's hopefully thoughtful and achievable enough.

[OutS|der]

How does the draft combine work for created players? Can I send a player to the combine?

[FSUKegman]

Any visual changes besides the scoreboard? As someone who enjoys playing out the games any 3-D improvements are appreciated.

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by jhcardinals

It's hard to develop new features, but I just don't think online leagues or even the base sim has been a remote focus of the last 4 iterations. Haven't been here as long as some of you folks, but this'll be my 16th year. It's the best baseball sim out there without much competition. I was going to post a long list of feature suggestions and tweaks here but I don't want to crowd this thread. I'll post a standalone thread that's hopefully thoughtful and achievable enough.

We've been working with a big focus on improving online leagues these last few years and have tweaked a large amount of things in-game that came from suggestions from online league players and commissioners.

The thing is, these changes are rarely of the back of the box, impactful sort of thing where you would see them listed in the promotional material.

They'll typically more be a line or two in the changelog of a patch or in the initial features list. So it's easy to miss them. But that doesn't mean there wasn't a big amount of work and time and effort put into making them.

[RMc]

J***n isn’t the highest level. It’s, at best, a mid AAA league.

What, and the UK and Dutch leagues are? Try again.

What do you expect OOTP to do? You want the game affordable, but the more and more they need to pay for these outrageous costs for licensing

I expect OOTP to not be cowards, and I expect some consideration for the people who've been buying this game for 20+ years, like me.

Just how much are these "outrageous licensing costs", anyway? There's such as thing as "negotiation": you should try it sometime. (And is it really that expensive to put the independent leagues back? Are you afraid the Pecos League is going to sue you or something?)

Here's an idea: create two versions of OOTP, a "full game" with everything intact (including the dreaded En Pee Bee) for a higher price point, and a "limited game" for the usual price. Then everybody's happy. (Is OOTP still interested in making their customers happy...?)

[OutS|der]

Originally Posted by snarls200

Japan league will not be in the game anytime soon unless its a fake version or a sub license deal is worked out with Konami, Com2us and the league

Com2us has had the *** license since around 2022.

Why is it still a forbidden word?

[Redge]

Originally Posted by Matt Arnold

A Military Service system to replicate the real club decision making process needed for the KBO

It this a KBO only feature, or can we also toggle this in historical leagues to represent military service during WW2?

[Matt Arnold]

Originally Posted by Redge

It this a KBO only feature, or can we also toggle this in historical leagues to represent military service during WW2?

It's not restricted to the KBO, however it is certainly heavily modeled on that system (everyone non-foreign player has a mandatory 1-1.5 yr military service to complete before age 32, with some ways to get exemptions). So it wouldn't exactly mimic WW2, where some players went away for 3-4 years, but you probably could try it as a sort of alternate storyline in your league.

[dishnet34]

Originally Posted by dishnet34

I will point you to this post from Markus from May of 2024. The main point: OOTPD is not the same entity as Com2Us, so just because they have it don't mean we do. https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...31&postcount=7

Re-upping this because this is the reality w/r/t the Japanese league^

[zappa1]

I'm in.

[OutS|der]

.

[MickDaQuick]

-Improved historical ratings engine, to ensure the best historical play ever

Can you add specifics to this part, please Mr. Arnold? This would be the only reason for me to upgrade to the new version.

[Matt Arnold]

Originally Posted by MickDaQuick

Can you add specifics to this part, please Mr. Arnold? This would be the only reason for me to upgrade to the new version.

We're always putting in effort to make sure the historical game plays as good as possible. As Lukas has mentioned, we have even more historical minor leagues, we have done even more effort to better rate Negro Leagues players. We've also added in full historical pitchers' splits, updated historical batter splits handling, and are always adjusting the in-game engine and modifiers to be as accurate as possible.

We've also cleaned up several items in the historical loading, to avoid some corner cases of players not importing their full career history, which especially in random debut when you had year caps set could cause players to retire early because we didn't load them correctly.

Also added other changes, so, for example, if you are using player development and recalc together, that during a player's recalc years, we will effectively disable player development, so you don't have a case of someone like going through heavy aging during the season only to snap back again at the end of the season. But if they are past that, then the dev engine can take charge.

[zeroxjf]

Originally Posted by erik.ootp

We're building the Mac version for MacOS 10.15 standard architectures. That is Intel and Apple Silicon. I don't think we intended it to be emulated, if that's the case.

To clarify, will the macOS version have a native Apple Silicon build, or will it still be an Intel-based app running under Rosetta? Rosetta emulates Intel-based apps.

[Redge]

Originally Posted by Matt Arnold

It's not restricted to the KBO, however it is certainly heavily modeled on that system (everyone non-foreign player has a mandatory 1-1.5 yr military service to complete before age 32, with some ways to get exemptions). So it wouldn't exactly mimic WW2, where some players went away for 3-4 years, but you probably could try it as a sort of alternate storyline in your league.

Thanks for the response!
It's a nice addition, too bad we can't toy with it a bit more to mimick reality

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just curious... Is anyone here excited about The Road to the World Baseball Classic?

I'm not really sure who that game mode is for.

[daves]

I did pre-order. Was it a bigger discount pre-ordering last year? 20%?

[daves]

Originally Posted by Irrelevant Dude

Just curious... Is anyone here excited about The Road to the World Baseball Classic?

I'm not really sure who that game mode is for.

Seems to be an intriguing addition.

[Rain King]

Originally Posted by daves

I did pre-order. Was it a bigger discount pre-ordering last year? 20%?

Yes, they gave a bigger pre-sale discount last year in light of the price increase, but it was pretty clear that was a one-time deal.