OOTP26 Road to Release

[fredbeene]

Originally Posted by Daniel_09

I only play historical seasons, and I have tested this, and since the lab results (medium and high difficulty) end in March of each year it means that during that year you can have an increase or decrease in ratings, but if at the end of the year you have recalc on from statistics, any progress or regression by the lab have been discarded, in short the lab changes would only be useful and visible during the calendar year.

But they must note that within a tooltip, help manual, or in game context?
They would be frustrating to invest time into playing historical with dev on and not know it gets wiped out at year end

[dishnet34]

Tonight at 8pm, DrDynastic talks with OOTP President Rich Grisham about to talk the "Big Picture" of OOTP 26, what he's looking forward to this season, how important the community's role in OOTP is, the incredible partnerships and the moments that come with them, and plenty more!

You can tune in to the YouTube premiere here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJWCa1KhRKw

[Bobfather]

Originally Posted by dishnet34

Tonight at 8pm, DrDynastic talks with OOTP President Rich Grisham about to talk the "Big Picture" of OOTP 26, what he's looking forward to this season, how important the community's role in OOTP is, the incredible partnerships and the moments that come with them, and plenty more!

You can tune in to the YouTube premiere here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJWCa1KhRKw

I was completely underwhelmed. Touched briefly on 2 game updates, WBC, and Legendary players (PT?). The rest was Rich's stories about interactions with players. And it looks like that is the final road to release for this year. I was hoping for a bit more news.

[mjcarr74]

Yea i was hoping for more news and what they added this year but just got rambling so hopefully we get the list of what is new in 26

[pstrickert]

I agree. That was a strange conversation.

[dawg1isclear]

strange, indeed!

[Matt Arnold]

There's definitely more coming, don't worry!

[Braden]

This segment needed less about Rich Grisham and more about the changes/upgrades to the game

[Sweed]

Originally Posted by Braden

This segment needed less about Rich Grisham and more about the changes/upgrades to the game

Yes.

[RMc]

Where does he talk about WBC? I'm not wading through a 33-minute video just to find it...

[Bobfather]

Anything you need to know is in the first 5 minutes.

[kcastn]

Any chance of added rules for financials? Such as adding a salary floor/cap?

[dawg1isclear]

Originally Posted by Braden

This segment needed less about Rich Grisham and more about the changes/upgrades to the game

Jes!

[OmahaBaseball]

I don't use the 3d feature of the game, but I noticed at the 2:20 mark a routine groundball to SS with throw to 1B. Problem (at least visually) is the 1st baseman isn't touching the bag. Rather odd to see.

[Scoman]

Very lackluster so far....As a avid historical player I truly wonder if 26 is really that much different than 25.

[textilemonster]

Originally Posted by Scoman

Very lackluster so far....As a avid historical player I truly wonder if 26 is really that much different than 25.

It's got the unaffiliated minor leagues from the start of the century! That's historical!

[Scoman]

Originally Posted by textilemonster

It's got the unaffiliated minor leagues from the start of the century! That's historical!

Thats a joke right? I could give 2 Fs about unaffiliated minor leagues from the start of the century!

[textilemonster]

Originally Posted by scoman

That's a joke right? I could give 2 fs about unaffiliated minor leagues from the start of the century!

Well I give F's about them... XD

[renojedi]

Originally Posted by Eugene Church

Will we ever be able to build our stadiums?
Or at least easily adapt the default stadiums.

I wish the game would include about 30 minor league stadiums of various configurations and styles. They could be real or fictional. Make them be 10,000 capacity or less with rural backgrounds or town backgrounds beyond the outfield fences. Bleachers that seat 20,000 and block the view of the towns should not be used. Create more generic signs on the outfield walls. Make them fictional to avoid any licensing problems. Don't include the OOTP sign. We already know the name of the game and have it. It is not very likely someone will see the sign while I am playing the game and buy it.

I would love this since now scoreboards will be working in stadium. The more customization, the better especially for those of us who expand the MLB or for those who do a completely fictional universe!

[Matt Arnold]

Originally Posted by Scoman

Very lackluster so far....As a avid historical player I truly wonder if 26 is really that much different than 25.

We've added actual historical pitching splits for all historical pitching seasons, as well as updated the batting splits handling as well. Also importing in some historical zone rating data to get better views of player careers.

Not to mention all the general engine updates and changes, to continue to improve regular ratings and stats output for everyone. Plus all the work on the Negro Leagues players, and their handling through history. There's always a lot of work in the historical side of the game.