PureSim Baseball 1.85 Officially Released

[Shaun Sullivan]

Okay the beta is over and we are out the door with over 30 new features and tweaks!

As with the previous release PureSim Baseball v1.85 is absolutely free.

Download From Suldogstudios.com (http://www.suldogstudios.com)

View 1.85 Release Notes (http://puresimmer.squarespace.com/storage/downloads/update.html)

A special thanks to all the folks that helped with testing during the beta and release candidate phase.

Shaun

[Flasch186]

awesome.

[MizzouRah]

I'm finally going to get some time with Puresim, think I'll start up a historical association on my birth year - 1971 and go from there.. it's been a LONG time since I last played PS.

Thanks Shaun!

[SunDevil]

Thank you Shaun.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Thanks for all your work, Shawn.

[RomaGoth]

Thanks Shawn!! I downloaded it this past weekend and will give it a look this week.

[Lonnie]

This gave me an excuse to fire up Puresim again. I made a nice 16 team North Texas Baseball Association. Go Cedar Hill!

[MizzouRah]

Really LOVE the season browser!

[aran]

Shaun, I want to thank you for taking the plunge and making PureSim a free product. I paid for PureSim a couple years back but never got a chance to really get into it--so you can count me among your customers. Depending on how much time I put into this new version of PureSim, I will put some money in your donation bucket. I have a lot of respect for what you're doing and wish you the best of luck.

[aran]

How do you run an unattended sim of more than one year in sandbox mode!? It stops at the end of each season... and a lot of the check boxes in the quicksim optoins are greyed out as checked.

[cubboyroy1826]

Okay guys a little help here. Where do i install logos to?

[RomaGoth]

Are there player pictures available somewhere?

[rjolley]

Roma: A lot of player pictures come with the game. I looked around in the puresim directory. They are in mods\faces.

cub: I believe they can be anywhere. From the team page, click on Change Team Logo and you get a normal windows file chooser.

[RomaGoth]

Roma: A lot of player pictures come with the game.

cub: I believe they can be anywhere. From the team page, click on Change Team Logo and you get a normal windows file chooser.

Hmmm. Every player I looked at did not have a photo. Am I missing something?

[rjolley]

Hmmm. Every player I looked at did not have a photo. Am I missing something?

Looks like the photos start in the 30's for real players.

[PadresFan104]

Okay guys a little help here. Where do i install logos to?

Anywhere you like. You "install" them by using the Team Management -> Front Office screen for each team individually.

You can find logos for the game on my website, link in my sig.

[PadresFan104]

Hmmm. Every player I looked at did not have a photo. Am I missing something?

Are you playing with real players or fictional? If real, what season?

[BYU 14]

Shaun, color me impressed, you have done some great work with this in the last 6 months, thank you for your efforts!!

[bhlloy]

Awesome, thanks Shaun. Did you ever see my post in the previous thread about Troy Percival with a miniscule endurance pitching a perfect game and if so was the bug squashed? That was kind of a realism killer last time around :)

[PadresFan104]

Are there player pictures available somewhere?

RomaGoth - Player pictures were included in previous installers, but not the latest. I'd recommend heading over to my website (see my sig) and downloading one or many of the facepacks. I've got photos there from 1870 through 2007.

[DaddyTorgo]

wow. i just setup a season starting in 1900 and got it going in like...minutes. so easy.

go old-time baseball!

[rjolley]

RomaGoth - Player pictures were included in previous installers, but not the latest. I'd recommend heading over to my website (see my sig) and downloading one or many of the facepacks. I've got photos there from 1870 through 2007.
Ah, thought they came with all of the releases. Guess these are pictures from a previous release.

Thanks for clearing that up, Padres.

[Shaun Sullivan]

Shaun, color me impressed, you have done some great work with this in the last 6 months, thank you for your efforts!!

Thanks!

[RomaGoth]

Are you playing with real players or fictional? If real, what season?

RomaGoth - Player pictures were included in previous installers, but not the latest. I'd recommend heading over to my website (see my sig) and downloading one or many of the facepacks. I've got photos there from 1870 through 2007.

I started a season in 2009. I am also wondering, why do many of my players show the same age (29), and their first season in MLB is 2009? Is this normal, or did I miss something in the setup process for a new season? Oddly enough, I can still look at their historical statistics.

[PadresFan104]

I started a season in 2009. I am also wondering, why do many of my players show the same age (29), and their first season in MLB is 2009? Is this normal, or did I miss something in the setup process for a new season? Oddly enough, I can still look at their historical statistics.

Can't help with the "29" issue, but I can comment on the player photos. I've been lazy and haven't posted the 2009 player photo set that is sitting on my hard drive. Shaun actually put it together, so I expect he'll give me some crap for slacking off. ;)

I'll post here when it is available.

[MizzouRah]

This game is really easy to pick up and sim a few seasons - really like what you have done Shaun.

[Shaun Sullivan]

Hey guys I released an update to the AI today:

v1.86 Official Release (http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2257502)

[Shaun Sullivan]

I started a season in 2009. I am also wondering, why do many of my players show the same age (29), and their first season in MLB is 2009? Is this normal, or did I miss something in the setup process for a new season? Oddly enough, I can still look at their historical statistics.

Try 2008, the 2009 stuff is experimental/projected stats as of mid season, I probably should remove that from the official release.

Thanks for trying the game.

[RomaGoth]

Try 2008, the 2009 stuff is experimental/projected stats as of mid season, I probably should remove that from the official release.

Thanks for trying the game.

Ok, thanks.

[MizzouRah]

I started a season in 2009. I am also wondering, why do many of my players show the same age (29), and their first season in MLB is 2009? Is this normal, or did I miss something in the setup process for a new season? Oddly enough, I can still look at their historical statistics.

I'm not seeing this and my season started with the 2009 database. I did not choose to keep career stats though.. but the ages are correct.

[DaddyTorgo]

i've got a question - when i start a historical season it senses that the real schedule for that year is available and uses it, but then doesn't change it going forward. i've pointed them towards the right files each season and i've got the files in both text format and .PSC format, and i've restarted and pointed them towards the right files each season...i dunno what to do and i'm frustrated

[DaddyTorgo]

BUMP

any help?

[CraigSca]

Not sure if it deserves its own thread - but I got the email from Wolverine saying that they bought PureSim. Question - how is this good for the community?

[DaddyTorgo]

wolverine buy puresim? hmm? *raises an eyebrow*

anybody have any insight into my scheduling problem. I'm being a bit of a grognard, but I kinda want to play with real schedules.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

I'm baffled by this e-mail sent out this morning. Not sure exactly what it means for this franchise. I'm assuming Gary and Shawn will be by to comment. I'll hold off my speculations until then.

[RomaGoth]

Not sure if it deserves its own thread - but I got the email from Wolverine saying that they bought PureSim. Question - how is this good for the community?

I'm baffled by this e-mail sent out this morning. Not sure exactly what it means for this franchise. I'm assuming Gary and Shawn will be by to comment. I'll hold off my speculations until then.

Yeah, I got the same email. I have some thoughts on this, but will hold off and see what they say first.

[Shaun Sullivan]

Hey guys, I posted all the info here.

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2261403

[RomaGoth]

Hey guys, I posted all the info here.

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2261403

Sounds like a great situation for you Shaun. Good luck, I hope everything works out for the best. I hope you still come back here from time to time. :)

[Pumpy Tudors]

I can't access Shaun's link from work. Would somebody be kind enough to sum it up for me? What happened with Wolverine/Puresim?

[RomaGoth]

Here you go Pumpy:

Last night I completed the negotiations and signed an agreement with Wolverine Studios, who have acquired the exclusive distribution rights to PureSim Baseball moving forward. The initial commercial Wolverine release will be "PureSim Baseball 2" and it will be available on 10/16. I continue to be the lead developer and director of development on the game, and I'll be a technical contributor to many of their other titles. Steven Lucey (CrashDavis) has also agreed to continue to work with me on PureSim, which actually was a critical part of the equation from my perspective.

Some of you may remember that I was once with Wolverine and was to deliver a new Baseball title for them, unfortunately for a number of private/personal/professional reasons I was unable to make that work, so we parted ways amicably. Since I dove back into PureSim earlier this summer and released the free version, things have really taken off with the game and it's features. Adding Steve to the team has been a huge boost as well.

Wolverine President, Gary Gorski had been following the progress with great interest. He was impressed enough with where we had taken PureSim that he made me an offer that I simply could not refuse.

I had two simple requirements in order to close this transaction:

1. Retain the "PureSim" brand/name, thus the Wolverine release is "PureSim Baseball 2"

2. Continue to offer the last official free version of PureSim (1.86) in perpetuity. I think PureSim 1.86 is a very solid game and I did not make it free only to take it down, Gary agreed totally, thus 1.86 will always be there as a great, free offering in the genre. I'd like to also thank Matrix for their support with releasing PureSim 2005 and 2007 and paving the way for the free release.

Moving forward, I am pouring my efforts into "PureSim 2", adding more polish, tweaks and features. Crash and I expect to keep a similar pace with updates moving forward as well. On 10/16 it will be released for purchase at Wolverine. Note, there were a few of you that donated to the PureSim cause over the last few months, you will each receive a free license to "PureSim 2."

Part of my agreement with Wolverine will involve me doing the primary communication with the customers on their forums, so I'll be living on the PureSim 2 Forum at Wolverine. This was actually the hardest part, as I love the small, but passionate community we've built here. I hope some of you will come over and continue to lend your insights into the game.

I'm looking forward to continuing to improve the game with Steve, and I'm excited about having even more resources at hand with Wolverine.

- Shaun

[Galaril]

Here you go Pumpy:

I will interested to see what could possibly be added to the pay Puresim going forward since the 1.86 version is just about feature complete for my tastes. Also, if someone wants a complete albeit over the top baseball game there is always the OOTP franchise. Not to threadjack this but I wish we could get someone to make a decent Pro Football game in stead of another baseball or soccer game.

[DaddyTorgo]

i need to figure out how the importing schedule thing works *pulls out hair*

[RomaGoth]

I will interested to see what could possibly be added to the pay Puresim going forward since the 1.86 version is just about feature complete for my tastes. Also, if someone wants a complete albeit over the top baseball game there is always the OOTP franchise. Not to threadjack this but I wish we could get someone to make a decent Pro Football game in stead of another baseball or soccer game.

I actually like the latest version of Baseball Mogul. They made the interface much more slick and the options are outstanding. I could never get into the OOTP series, there was just way too much clutter and navigation was very difficult, at least for me.

I agree with your football assessment. We are long overdue for a new one. Not bitching, just making a personal statement.

[RomaGoth]

i need to figure out how the importing schedule thing works *pulls out hair*

Sorry DT, I can't help you with this one. I can, however, do a dance for you to make your day a little more bearable:

:funkychickendance:

[DaddyTorgo]

haha

i'm just baffled. i have all the files in both .psc format as well as .txt format (they are originally in there in .txt format but i changed it because when you go to manually import it will only let you select .psc). When I start a new association it recognizes the file (the text file) and pulls it in to setup the schedule, but then every year when I go to "options" and do "import schedule" it only allows you to select .psc schedules and doesn't change them. it also doesn't auto-sense the new schedules and update them.

idk what i'm doing wrong.

[rjolley]

DT: I'll try to help you out, though I don't use the schedules much. You're saying you import them but the schedule doesn't actually change or are you wondering why you have to import them each year?

[DaddyTorgo]

DT: I'll try to help you out, though I don't use the schedules much. You're saying you import them but the schedule doesn't actually change or are you wondering why you have to import them each year?

thanks rjolley

to my knowledge i import them (i mean i go to "options" and do "import schedule" and it gives me a file browser so i navigate to the right folder and select the appropriate .psc file (the file type is locked to psc, and before i copied all the files and converted them to .psc so that there are both .psc and .txt for each year i couldn't see anything), and then click "okay" on the options tab and go back into my game. I get the standard "loading" dialog box (nothing like when you start a league in a year and it says "found the schedule file...importing" (paraphrased that obviously).

And yet every year the schedule remains the same. (I mean unless every year between 1901 and 1915 Boston opened against Baltimore in Baltimore?).

Or is it a problem with the fact I'm so far back in history that the schedules are not accurate? I must confess I haven't tried it with more modern years.

[RomaGoth]

thanks rjolley

to my knowledge i import them (i mean i go to "options" and do "import schedule" and it gives me a file browser so i navigate to the right folder and select the appropriate .psc file (the file type is locked to psc, and before i copied all the files and converted them to .psc so that there are both .psc and .txt for each year i couldn't see anything), and then click "okay" on the options tab and go back into my game. I get the standard "loading" dialog box (nothing like when you start a league in a year and it says "found the schedule file...importing" (paraphrased that obviously).

And yet every year the schedule remains the same. (I mean unless every year between 1901 and 1915 Boston opened against Baltimore in Baltimore?).

Or is it a problem with the fact I'm so far back in history that the schedules are not accurate? I must confess I haven't tried it with more modern years.

Stupid question, but what is a .psc file?

[Gary Gorski]

Not sure if it deserves its own thread - but I got the email from Wolverine saying that they bought PureSim. Question - how is this good for the community?

I think this is great for the community (as well as Wolverine Studios of course). Both Shaun and I have some very unique and interesting features in our games and the opportunity for us to have PureSim and have Shaun working with us will allow us to share those features and improve all of our titles. In addition to that we'll be able to bring both the PureSim community and our current community together giving them one place to go and share their dynasties and what not and share them with a larger audience.

Yes, it does mean the end of "free PureSim" going forward - I did agree to allow Shaun to keep what is out there already available - but I've never thought that paying for a quality product was a bad thing and it only helps to ensure its future as well. In addition to that Shaun has added a developer to work with him - we all know that releases in our community have been few and far between lately - getting another person actively working on developing games will only help ensure that these kinds of games continue to be made. I know we're a niche market and I'm ok with that but I still think we're a market and a market that does want new games.

Of course this is great for Wolverine - after quite a hiatus we're really moving along now with the forthcoming releases of PureSim 2 and DDS: Pro Basketball 2 and Antuan is hard at work on Music Wars 2010 - I think that anything that keeps our company moving forward is a good thing not only for us but the entire community.

[Gary Gorski]

I will interested to see what could possibly be added to the pay Puresim going forward since the 1.86 version is just about feature complete for my tastes. Also, if someone wants a complete albeit over the top baseball game there is always the OOTP franchise. Not to threadjack this but I wish we could get someone to make a decent Pro Football game in stead of another baseball or soccer game.

For some the 1.86 version will be all they ever want/need in a baseball game - others will I'm sure be intrigued by the additions that Shaun and Steven come up with and there will be some members of the community who will buy the game simply to give something back to Shaun and Steven for the work they put into the last few months completely revamping PureSim. But if the new content (or any post-release improvements) aren't enough to warrant a purchase from you then you might be more of a customer we're targeting in the future for PureSim 3 and beyond.

I agree OOTP is a great franchise but there's always room for competition. I mean look at your next comment - you want a "decent Pro Football" game and IMO Front Office Football is that and more - but that doesn't mean that we're not going to continue work on ours just because there is a good one that is available (heck maybe even Shaun ends up contributing on that)

[RomaGoth]

I would love if either of you took up a new project for a hockey game, specifically Eastside Hockey Manager. I realize you have a hockey franchise (which I admittedly have never played), but I absolutely love the EHM series and was very disappointed when SI dropped it. There is an entire community wanting a new version of it.

I know this is just wishful thinking, but it can't hurt to put it out there.

[rjolley]

thanks rjolley

to my knowledge i import them (i mean i go to "options" and do "import schedule" and it gives me a file browser so i navigate to the right folder and select the appropriate .psc file (the file type is locked to psc, and before i copied all the files and converted them to .psc so that there are both .psc and .txt for each year i couldn't see anything), and then click "okay" on the options tab and go back into my game. I get the standard "loading" dialog box (nothing like when you start a league in a year and it says "found the schedule file...importing" (paraphrased that obviously).

And yet every year the schedule remains the same. (I mean unless every year between 1901 and 1915 Boston opened against Baltimore in Baltimore?).

Or is it a problem with the fact I'm so far back in history that the schedules are not accurate? I must confess I haven't tried it with more modern years.
I haven't tried to load schedules that way. I used the popup that asks to import schedules at the beginning of the year. Do the abbreviations match up? Are there any teams missing? Maybe it tries to load the schedule then errors out.

[DaddyTorgo]

I haven't tried to load schedules that way. I used the popup that asks to import schedules at the beginning of the year. Do the abbreviations match up? Are there any teams missing? Maybe it tries to load the schedule then errors out.

it pops up for you at the beginning of every year? see it doesn't do that for me! for me it only did that the first year.

i don't think things wouldn't matchup - i started a historical association in 1901 and it loaded the 1901 schedule just fine...not sure why it would have had an error in 1902 and every year since...

[MizzouRah]

I think it's great news and although I like ootp X, something about Puresim 1.87 (beta) keeps me coming back.

Looking forward to giving Shaun some cash for PS 2!

[PadresFan104]

WTF?

The development/publishing of this game has taken so many twists and turns it's crazy..

[Galaril]

WTF?

The development/publishing of this game has taken so many twists and turns it's crazy..

Agreed Brett Favre most be co developer on this or something.:p

[rjolley]

it pops up for you at the beginning of every year? see it doesn't do that for me! for me it only did that the first year.

i don't think things wouldn't matchup - i started a historical association in 1901 and it loaded the 1901 schedule just fine...not sure why it would have had an error in 1902 and every year since...
Yes, it does for that league, but not for others. The league it does pop up for was setup as Real Major League Players - Career Mode. The one that doesn't was setup as PureSim Classic. Maybe that's the reason it's not working for you.

[Shaun Sullivan]

Agreed Brett Favre most be co developer on this or something.:p
lol. I almost signed my announcement that way.

[DaddyTorgo]

Yes, it does for that league, but not for others. The league it does pop up for was setup as Real Major League Players - Career Mode. The one that doesn't was setup as PureSim Classic. Maybe that's the reason it's not working for you.

pretty sure mine was real major league players career mode...i think it had to be to auto-import and auto-draft everyone onto their teams in 1901...will check later though

[DaddyTorgo]

Shaun - any thoughts on what might be causing my schedule-importing failure dilemma?

I'm only in 1915 and I've paused my playing so that I can try to get it worked out - it wouldn't bother me if it was just for that tiny window of time and I could salvage the association - i've already got like 4-5 World Series for the Sox in that timeframe, but I don't want to go much further forward with it goofed like that.

[RomaGoth]

Shaun - any thoughts on what might be causing my schedule-importing failure dilemma?

I'm only in 1915 and I've paused my playing so that I can try to get it worked out - it wouldn't bother me if it was just for that tiny window of time and I could salvage the association - i've already got like 4-5 World Series for the Sox in that timeframe, but I don't want to go much further forward with it goofed like that.

As long as you only win 2 more after 1918! :D

[DaddyTorgo]

As long as you only win 2 more after 1918! :D

Hellz no. As my brother put it "I'm considering it a failure if you don't outwin the Yankees."

My only issue is that being so good (overloaded with quality SP in particular), I'm missing out on so many of the great, iconic players that are coming up in the drafts.

And the trade-AI has them on like super-lockdown. I can offer 2-3 SP's who are exceptional (stuff >90, control >90) and be refused trades for a 19 year old Shoeless Joe for example. Sort of frustrating in some ways.

[RomaGoth]

Hellz no. As my brother put it "I'm considering it a failure if you don't outwin the Yankees."

This will be difficult, but I give you kudos for trying. ;)

My only issue is that being so good (overloaded with quality SP in particular), I'm missing out on so many of the great, iconic players that are coming up in the drafts.

And the trade-AI has them on like super-lockdown. I can offer 2-3 SP's who are exceptional (stuff >90, control >90) and be refused trades for a 19 year old Shoeless Joe for example. Sort of frustrating in some ways.

I have never played historical seasons in any game. Probably fun, I should try it.

[watravaler]

I would love if either of you took up a new project for a hockey game, specifically Eastside Hockey Manager. I realize you have a hockey franchise (which I admittedly have never played), but I absolutely love the EHM series and was very disappointed when SI dropped it. There is an entire community wanting a new version of it.

I know this is just wishful thinking, but it can't hurt to put it out there.

Agreed, FOH looks cool, but the lack of career mode is a total bummer.

[SunDevil]

Shaun you will have to write a book that explains the last last couple of years... :D

Congrats, you've earned it and then some.

Looking forward to PS 2.

[Gary Gorski]

Agreed, FOH looks cool, but the lack of career mode is a total bummer.

We're going to have career play eventually - Brian Van Wyk (FOH developer) has devoted the last year simply trying to put the game back together in a useable format of a current programming language just so we could get even that version back on the market. It has been a massive challenge for him because the code was so old - I mean the game was released through .400 Software Studios in 2004 and I highly doubt the code was written just then.

Basically all Brian started with in redeveloping the game was the ability to see how the engine (which is very, very good) worked - he's had to put it back together from scratch. Once we get that version out he's going to turn his focus to making it a career sim.

[jetpunk2000]

Agreed, FOH looks cool, but the lack of career mode is a total bummer.

FOH? Haven't seen anything on this. Care to share a link?

[DaddyTorgo]

This will be difficult, but I give you kudos for trying. ;)



I have never played historical seasons in any game. Probably fun, I should try it.

not necessarily that difficult. started in 1901 and it's all about how the teams are developing over the years - it's divorced from real-life history as of 1901.

[DaddyTorgo]

weird - i just ran a 2002 real player season forward into 2003 and it picked up both 2002 and 2003

*shrugs* maybe i'll just start over.

well i started over and it's still not working with the early 1900's schedules.

what gives!

[FBPro]

Very wierd results for one team, using 1.86 clean install sandbox mode drafted fictional players 20 team/2 league/2 div per league, computer drafted all took over random team yr 1 which was 2000. One team is 9-118 while the rest have typical records. Lowest era on team is 9.86. Anyonelse getting odd results?