Alright Boyz, Here We Go!!!! (OOTP9 First Impressions...)

Ben E Lou · 06-18-2008, 04:26 PM

Ok. Use this to actually discuss the game.

Ksyrup · 06-18-2008, 04:27 PM

johnnyshaka · 06-18-2008, 04:33 PM

Less crickets...more discussing, damnit!!

spleen1015 · 06-18-2008, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by johnnyshaka

Less crickets...more discussing, damnit!!

What if crickets are the only thing to be had?

johnnyshaka · 06-18-2008, 04:41 PM

Then I guess I'm glad I didn't pay for the game.

INDalltheway · 06-18-2008, 04:46 PM

Just got it all installed and licensed up.. I am thinking I am going to start with the real world type league, but if anyone has any quick things they want me to look at just throw it out there.

Young Drachma · 06-18-2008, 04:48 PM

I haven't started dorking around with a default MLB league setup. I'm gonna create some feeders and maybe add two expansion teams next year. Custom playoffs have me REALLY excited and I'm hoping to get it setup so I can make sure to have foreign kids feeding my team pretty early on.

Cringer · 06-18-2008, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

I haven't started dorking around with a default MLB league setup. I'm gonna create some feeders and maybe add two expansion teams next year. Custom playoffs have me REALLY excited and I'm hoping to get it setup so I can make sure to have foreign kids feeding my team pretty early on.

Nike won't like you stealing their employees.

johnnyshaka · 06-18-2008, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Cringer

Nike won't like you stealing their employees.

Nike's employees are far too young to be playing professional baseball.

miked · 06-18-2008, 05:06 PM

There's another OOTP?

Young Drachma · 06-18-2008, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by miked

There's another OOTP?

Order of the Phoenix. If you google OOTP, you get a lot of Harry Potter junk.

What are you talking about, though?

miked · 06-18-2008, 05:28 PM

This version you speak of is a mystery to me and my people.

Though I did manage to trade for a pitcher who was Good/Good/Average/Brilliant/Brilliant

Young Drachma · 06-18-2008, 05:38 PM

I was working on trying to change the national baseball values in OOTP and decided to create a relatively comprehensive list of the top baseball playing nations in the world. I have no idea why, but...alas, I will be.

Cringer · 06-18-2008, 05:43 PM

I'm not sure I can handle this pressure, I don't know what type of league to start with......

edit: I thought I would like the Quick Start option of the ABA when I saw it the other day. 16 team league, very nice. I hope I can expand it. Anyone know?

Young Drachma · 06-18-2008, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Cringer

I'm not sure I can handle this pressure, I don't know what type of league to start with......

edit: I thought I would like the Quick Start option of the ABA when I saw it the other day. 16 team league, very nice. I hope I can expand it. Anyone know?

You should be able to expand any league once it's started.

JetsIn06 · 06-18-2008, 06:01 PM

This is awesome. I'm finding it much easier to navigate everything.

DaddyTorgo · 06-18-2008, 06:11 PM

not to be a whiner, but as I don't frequent the OOTP boards - anyone have any sort of rough eta on a graphics patch (logos+ player pictures)?

JetsIn06 · 06-18-2008, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

not to be a whiner, but as I don't frequent the OOTP boards - anyone have any sort of rough eta on a graphics patch (logos+ player pictures)?

http://web.mac.com/sixwilsons/OOTPMods/Main.html

Enjoy

DaddyTorgo · 06-18-2008, 06:17 PM

also a random note - I notice many pitchers (in a real-MLB universe) having what appears to be a "default 3" pitches - fastball, slider, changeup -- even when they should have more -- someone like Dice-K comes to mind. Or Wakefield not having a knuckleball.

So the default-MLB roster isn't quite fit entirely for long-term play at the moment, but it'll do to get accustomed to the game.

DaddyTorgo · 06-18-2008, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JetsIn06

http://web.mac.com/sixwilsons/OOTPMods/Main.html

Enjoy

oh you lovely lovely man. even if you are a jets fan.

CleBrownsfan · 06-18-2008, 06:18 PM

I need some help importing my v.8 league to v.9

I'm getting a "not responding" every time I import the world.dat. Any thoughts?

DaddyTorgo · 06-18-2008, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by JetsIn06

http://web.mac.com/sixwilsons/OOTPMods/Main.html

Enjoy

fyi - the "add on central" feature within the game also has this guys, so you can just DL and install from within the game.

Young Drachma · 06-18-2008, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

also a random note - I notice many pitchers (in a real-MLB universe) having what appears to be a "default 3" pitches - fastball, slider, changeup -- even when they should have more -- someone like Dice-K comes to mind. Or Wakefield not having a knuckleball.

So the default-MLB roster isn't quite fit entirely for long-term play at the moment, but it'll do to get accustomed to the game.

Pitches don't actually matter in the game, itself. That's probably why they didn't bother with it. They're just cosmetic, fwiw.

Young Drachma · 06-18-2008, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by CleBrownsfan

I need some help importing my v.8 league to v.9

I'm getting a "not responding" every time I import the world.dat. Any thoughts?

I had this problem too. Just move the entire .lg folder from your OOTP 8 saved games folder to OOTP 9 and you should be able to load it up fine.

DaddyTorgo · 06-18-2008, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Pitches don't actually matter in the game, itself. That's probably why they didn't bother with it. They're just cosmetic, fwiw.

*nods* but stilllllllllllllllllllllllll *whines*

JetsIn06 · 06-18-2008, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

fyi - the "add on central" feature within the game also has this guys, so you can just DL and install from within the game.

Sweet! Haven't found it yet but will look when I finish up this game.

CleBrownsfan · 06-18-2008, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

I had this problem too. Just move the entire .lg folder from your OOTP 8 saved games folder to OOTP 9 and you should be able to load it up fine.

Cool - thanks. Trying it now

DaddyTorgo · 06-18-2008, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by JetsIn06

Sweet! Haven't found it yet but will look when I finish up this game.

it's right in the "game" menu, you just have to click "reload server list" or whatever that button is, and it all pops up. hella handy!

JetsIn06 · 06-18-2008, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

it's right in the "game" menu, you just have to click "reload server list" or whatever that button is, and it all pops up. hella handy!

Found it! This is cool!

Young Drachma · 06-18-2008, 06:27 PM

Top 50 countries in the world ranking.

JetsIn06 · 06-18-2008, 06:31 PM

Well, I think the in game add-on didn't add logos, but did add pictures.

JetsIn06 · 06-18-2008, 06:33 PM

Just checked...it added logos but they have a huge line of random text after the City_Team format.

JetsIn06 · 06-18-2008, 06:34 PM

Trola

Hmm. Even downloading from PadreFan's site gives me the long ass file names. Anyone getting the same thing?

billethius · 06-18-2008, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Pitches don't actually matter in the game, itself. That's probably why they didn't bother with it. They're just cosmetic, fwiw.

Knuckleballs provide a small bump in something (BABIP maybe?), but other than that, pitch types are indeed cosmetic.

DaddyTorgo · 06-18-2008, 06:36 PM

I dunno jets...it added everything to me. I had to quit and restart (and honestly I restarted with a new league) and I see logos and pics

billethius · 06-18-2008, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by JetsIn06

Trola

Hmm. Even downloading from PadreFan's site gives me the long ass file names. Anyone getting the same thing?

If it's anything like 2007's logos, those numbers at the end are hex codes to define the team colors.

INDalltheway · 06-18-2008, 06:39 PM

So I tried changing my skin and it constantly went through the loading process of it. I couldn't do anything and I waited about 5 minutes. Could be a bug or something on my part?

billethius · 06-18-2008, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by INDalltheway

So I tried changing my skin and it constantly went through the loading process of it. I couldn't do anything and I waited about 5 minutes. Could be a bug or something on my part?

Maybe, maybe not. The UI framework that has been used since 2006 always seems to take forever to load a new skin.

PadresFan104 · 06-18-2008, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

oh you lovely lovely man. even if you are a jets fan.

Damn.. I do all the work and he gets all the love!

PadresFan104 · 06-18-2008, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by JetsIn06

Trola

Hmm. Even downloading from PadreFan's site gives me the long ass file names. Anyone getting the same thing?

This is normal, these are the color codes that tell OOTP what the teams colors are for various pages. It's a feature, not a bug...

If you are having trouble with any of these files, please follow the instructions here:

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...od-thread.html

Young Drachma · 06-18-2008, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by INDalltheway

So I tried changing my skin and it constantly went through the loading process of it. I couldn't do anything and I waited about 5 minutes. Could be a bug or something on my part?

It takes a while for it to change. I tried yesterday and I'll never do it again. It took forever and finally switched. But it kept cycling through for a long while.

DaddyTorgo · 06-18-2008, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by PadresFan104

Damn.. I do all the work and he gets all the love!

well I didn't make the connection that it was you!!

DaddyTorgo · 06-18-2008, 06:49 PM

yeah I just went up for dinner after like 10 minutes of it trying to change and it finally had changed after I ate

DaddyTorgo · 06-18-2008, 06:52 PM

wish-list: that if you clicked on your inbox you could scroll through the messages with the arrow keys (like you can in FM) otherwise it's a click-fest in there and I ignore most of it

INDalltheway · 06-18-2008, 06:53 PM

On the player profile page the 'quick' past 3 year stats are out of order.. It goes 2006, 2005, 2007.

INDalltheway · 06-18-2008, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by INDalltheway

On the player profile page the 'quick' past 3 year stats are out of order.. It goes 2006, 2005, 2007.

Doesn't seem to be for every player though..

DanGarion · 06-18-2008, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by INDalltheway

On the player profile page the 'quick' past 3 year stats are out of order.. It goes 2006, 2005, 2007.

I'm not seeing this.

One thing out from the start that I see is that the UI is ultra fast compared to the OOTP8 UI that seemed a little sluggish at times.

And just an FYI I have a high powered PC.
Quad Core
4 Gigs of Ram
etc.

Young Drachma · 06-18-2008, 07:37 PM

Firing up a new MLB league and gonna see how it works out for me, without creating feeders and scouts on. Blazing new territory and seeing if I don't have to spend 100 years setting up before I play. Because I always do.

samifan24 · 06-18-2008, 08:06 PM

Huh? I go to "quick start" from the main screen and click on the "ABA" league and when I click the create button I get an error message which says "error: could not create league folder."

When I go and do this from a different screen, though, everything works and the league "begins" normally. When I go to set up a new manager, the "years" cap at 1951. Do these sorts of things get fixed with patches in the future?

SirFozzie · 06-18-2008, 08:32 PM

Already found my first bug.

DH League: Designated Hitter Gets thrown out of the game for arguing with an umpire. Game asks for a substitute. However, you cannot chose DH as the replacement's position. When the inning ends, it will try to fill the gap, but since you have a player with no position (and the game won't accept PH or PR as their position), you're screwed.

06-18-2008, 04:27 PM	#2
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Ha! __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

06-18-2008, 04:48 PM	#7
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	I haven't started dorking around with a default MLB league setup. I'm gonna create some feeders and maybe add two expansion teams next year. Custom playoffs have me REALLY excited and I'm hoping to get it setup so I can make sure to have foreign kids feeding my team pretty early on. Last edited by Young Drachma : 06-18-2008 at 04:49 PM.

06-18-2008, 05:06 PM	#10
miked College Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The Dirty	There's another OOTP? __________________ Commish of the United Baseball League (OOTP 6.5)

06-18-2008, 05:28 PM	#12
miked College Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The Dirty	This version you speak of is a mystery to me and my people. Though I did manage to trade for a pitcher who was Good/Good/Average/Brilliant/Brilliant __________________ Commish of the United Baseball League (OOTP 6.5) Last edited by miked : 06-18-2008 at 05:28 PM.

06-18-2008, 05:43 PM	#14
Cringer Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Edinburg,TX	I'm not sure I can handle this pressure, I don't know what type of league to start with...... edit: I thought I would like the Quick Start option of the ABA when I saw it the other day. 16 team league, very nice. I hope I can expand it. Anyone know? __________________ You Stole Fizzy Lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and steralized, so you get NOTHING! You lose! Last edited by Cringer : 06-18-2008 at 05:47 PM.

06-18-2008, 04:33 PM	#3
johnnyshaka College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmonton, AB	Less crickets...more discussing, damnit!!

06-18-2008, 04:41 PM	#5
johnnyshaka College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmonton, AB	Then I guess I'm glad I didn't pay for the game.

06-18-2008, 04:46 PM	#6
INDalltheway College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Chicago	Just got it all installed and licensed up.. I am thinking I am going to start with the real world type league, but if anyone has any quick things they want me to look at just throw it out there.

06-18-2008, 05:38 PM	#13
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	I was working on trying to change the national baseball values in OOTP and decided to create a relatively comprehensive list of the top baseball playing nations in the world. I have no idea why, but...alas, I will be.

06-18-2008, 06:01 PM	#16
JetsIn06 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rahway, NJ	This is awesome. I'm finding it much easier to navigate everything.

06-18-2008, 06:11 PM	#17
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	not to be a whiner, but as I don't frequent the OOTP boards - anyone have any sort of rough eta on a graphics patch (logos+ player pictures)? __________________ If I've ever helped you and you'd like to buy me a coffee, or just to say thanks, I have my Bitcoin and Ethereum addressed listed below :) BTC: bc1qykhsfyn9vw4ntqfgr0svj4n9tjdgufryh2pxn5 ETH: 0x2AcdC5cd88EA537063553F5b240073bE067BaCa9

06-18-2008, 06:17 PM	#19
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	also a random note - I notice many pitchers (in a real-MLB universe) having what appears to be a "default 3" pitches - fastball, slider, changeup -- even when they should have more -- someone like Dice-K comes to mind. Or Wakefield not having a knuckleball. So the default-MLB roster isn't quite fit entirely for long-term play at the moment, but it'll do to get accustomed to the game. __________________ If I've ever helped you and you'd like to buy me a coffee, or just to say thanks, I have my Bitcoin and Ethereum addressed listed below :) BTC: bc1qykhsfyn9vw4ntqfgr0svj4n9tjdgufryh2pxn5 ETH: 0x2AcdC5cd88EA537063553F5b240073bE067BaCa9

06-18-2008, 06:18 PM	#21
CleBrownsfan Pro Rookie Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: C-Town	I need some help importing my v.8 league to v.9 I'm getting a "not responding" every time I import the world.dat. Any thoughts? __________________ *XBox Gamertag:* Pronk32 FOOL-X - Cleveland Naps FOOL - Cleveland Cyclones SLOP - Cuyahoga Spiders

06-18-2008, 06:27 PM	#30
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Top 50 countries in the world ranking.

06-18-2008, 06:31 PM	#31
JetsIn06 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rahway, NJ	Well, I think the in game add-on didn't add logos, but did add pictures.

06-18-2008, 06:33 PM	#32
JetsIn06 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rahway, NJ	Just checked...it added logos but they have a huge line of random text after the City_Team format.

06-18-2008, 06:34 PM	#33
JetsIn06 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rahway, NJ	Trola Hmm. Even downloading from PadreFan's site gives me the long ass file names. Anyone getting the same thing?

06-18-2008, 06:36 PM	#35
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	I dunno jets...it added everything to me. I had to quit and restart (and honestly I restarted with a new league) and I see logos and pics __________________ If I've ever helped you and you'd like to buy me a coffee, or just to say thanks, I have my Bitcoin and Ethereum addressed listed below :) BTC: bc1qykhsfyn9vw4ntqfgr0svj4n9tjdgufryh2pxn5 ETH: 0x2AcdC5cd88EA537063553F5b240073bE067BaCa9

06-18-2008, 06:39 PM	#37
INDalltheway College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Chicago	So I tried changing my skin and it constantly went through the loading process of it. I couldn't do anything and I waited about 5 minutes. Could be a bug or something on my part?

06-18-2008, 06:49 PM	#43
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	yeah I just went up for dinner after like 10 minutes of it trying to change and it finally had changed after I ate __________________ If I've ever helped you and you'd like to buy me a coffee, or just to say thanks, I have my Bitcoin and Ethereum addressed listed below :) BTC: bc1qykhsfyn9vw4ntqfgr0svj4n9tjdgufryh2pxn5 ETH: 0x2AcdC5cd88EA537063553F5b240073bE067BaCa9

06-18-2008, 06:52 PM	#44
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	wish-list: that if you clicked on your inbox you could scroll through the messages with the arrow keys (like you can in FM) otherwise it's a click-fest in there and I ignore most of it __________________ If I've ever helped you and you'd like to buy me a coffee, or just to say thanks, I have my Bitcoin and Ethereum addressed listed below :) BTC: bc1qykhsfyn9vw4ntqfgr0svj4n9tjdgufryh2pxn5 ETH: 0x2AcdC5cd88EA537063553F5b240073bE067BaCa9

06-18-2008, 06:53 PM	#45
INDalltheway College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Chicago	On the player profile page the 'quick' past 3 year stats are out of order.. It goes 2006, 2005, 2007.

06-18-2008, 07:37 PM	#48
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Firing up a new MLB league and gonna see how it works out for me, without creating feeders and scouts on. Blazing new territory and seeing if I don't have to spend 100 years setting up before I play. Because I always do.

06-18-2008, 08:06 PM	#49
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	Huh? I go to "quick start" from the main screen and click on the "ABA" league and when I click the create button I get an error message which says "error: could not create league folder." When I go and do this from a different screen, though, everything works and the league "begins" normally. When I go to set up a new manager, the "years" cap at 1951. Do these sorts of things get fixed with patches in the future? __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton

06-18-2008, 08:32 PM	#50
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Already found my first bug. DH League: Designated Hitter Gets thrown out of the game for arguing with an umpire. Game asks for a substitute. However, you cannot chose DH as the replacement's position. When the inning ends, it will try to fill the gap, but since you have a player with no position (and the game won't accept PH or PR as their position), you're screwed. __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

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