Alright boyz, here we go!!! OOTP2006 First Impressions Thread!

[Swaggs]

In EHM, it seems like only players who have certain leadership ratings can become coaches, so I would imagine this would be similar. In EHM, toward the end of their careers, you can opt to sign these type of guys as players or coaches/scouts.

[MrBug708]

I never played EHM more then 3 seasons so I couldnt tell ya...

[SirFozzie]

Urgl.. it may be just that I'm playing it over the net, but there is just too much information. too much STUFF on the screen.

[Bee]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

Urgl.. it may be just that I'm playing it over the net, but there is just too much information. too much STUFF on the screen.

You need to turn in your text simmers card...

[Swaggs]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

Urgl.. it may be just that I'm playing it over the net, but there is just too much information. too much STUFF on the screen.

It could just be residual effects of your brain being broken yesterday.

[SirFozzie]

That too..

the scoreboard with the lineups completely in scoreboard light is offputting, at least right now to me

[astrosfan64]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

That too..

the scoreboard with the lineups completely in scoreboard light is offputting, at least right now to me

5mb left to download.

One impression, the links to the downloads are SLOW.

[astrosfan64]

Originally Posted by astrosfan64

5mb left to download.

One impression, the links to the downloads are SLOW.

dola next time get this stuff put on FILEPLANET

[Young Drachma]

The ones towards of the download list are a lot faster. I don't remember the one I chose. But I initally chose one of the top ones and it was slow as heck. I chose a bottom one and then it went really fast.

[CleBrownsfan]

I have it d/l'd @ work and messed with it a bit at lunch. Overwhelming is the only thing I can say after a hour of toying around with it.

[CleBrownsfan]

My d/l took onlly 4-5 min - I used one of the later ones in the list they provided.

[Young Drachma]

Overwhelming is what I thought the first time I ever played EHM, so....I'm actually happier to hear that about OOTP than "OMG, where is this or where is that..." I'm sure that'll come later, but...yeah. Just downloaded my copy and got another license.

I actually got a refund for my preorder (I preordered after the price went up, so it didn't matter..) because I didn't figure I'd be here. But, 3 weeks will be enough to get into and stuff.

Here's hoping I get a job here this summer I applied for so I don't have to leave at all.

[DanGarion]

I love the simulation screen you get to see while the game sims, it's sweet.

[Maple Leafs]

Is there a demo?

[Bee]

I just finished reading the impressions thread on the OOTP boards. So sugary, my tooth hurts.

Looking forward to some real impressions...

[John Galt]

Originally Posted by Bee

I just finished reading the impressions thread on the OOTP boards. So sugary, my tooth hurts.

Looking forward to some real impressions...

Yeah. I expect we will have to wait at least a couple days before anyone really starts to examine the stats engine in depth. The tech support forum does show a fair amount of strange bugs. So, that's something I guess.

[CleBrownsfan]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Is there a demo?

Not yet...

[kingfc22]

Hmmm, I really have the itch to purchase this game, but I want to be sure that there are no show stoppers.


Any plans for an FOFC league?

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Bee

I just finished reading the impressions thread on the OOTP boards. So sugary, my tooth hurts.

Looking forward to some real impressions...

yeah... where's Skydog when you need him...

if histories imported from 6.5 I might have done the deed.. but I really want to read some FOFC impressions..

[MizzouRah]

From Todd at the sportsblog: a tad encouraging

Quickie OOTP Notes



Okay, I spent my lunch hour with OOTP. Here is what I've learned: If you move very quickly, you might be able to read all of the league creation options available to you. Not change them. Not understand them all. Just observe them all and go, "Uh. Wow that's a lot a stuff and, er... stuff, man."

It's simply overwhelming. Hopefully all this stuff works. A few other observations:

On Importing Leagues:
- Importing a leage takes just a minute or two, at least to get it to show in the league creation screen. Actual league creation once you clicke the "Start Game" (ie - create new league) takes a few minutes (less than 5 on my underpowered laptop).
- Logos don't appear to import
- Fielding stats don't import, but hitting and pitching stats do.
- Year-end player awards (gold glove, MVP, etc.) import
- Team histories (including League Champions) don't appear to import (that seems odd to me)
- Because you import leagues into the league creation screen first, it's actually possible to make your existing OOTP league a separate minor or world league within a larger world baseball framework. For instance I could replace the AAA baseball setup for a conventional Major League Baseball scenario with the New City Baseball League that Bill ran and I was in. (I'm not sure why you'd want to do this, but it's cool that you can.)

One special note for Vista users: If you try to run this game in Windows Vista Beta 2, you must select to run the program as an Administrator. If you don't, nothing happens when you activiate the game's icon. (To do this, right-click the game's icon and select Run as Administrator. You can also permanently set this option from its Properties dialog box.) I expect that at best, this will apply to maybe one of you reading the blog, but hey, it's worth noting. (Btw - I really, really, like the Beta 2 build of Vista. Very stable.)

More to come!

[Young Drachma]

I'll do a detailed impression once I get to class and I use logmein, in like a half hour.

[Terps]

Anyone know if you import a roster set from 6 or 6.5 if the minor leaguers will import also?

[Vince]

So am I missing something?

I didn't pre-order (why, I don't know. I intended to get it upon release anyways), but I put in an order this morning, and it still said pre-order. I go to the download page, and it says 'Download Items', but there are no links, and it mentions that the game will be available in Spring of 2006. Do I have to wait because I didn't pre-order, or am I just retarded?

[lighthousekeeper]

Originally Posted by Vince

Do I have to wait because I didn't pre-order, or am I just retarded?

Is 'both' an option?

[sovereignstar]

Originally Posted by Vince

Do I have to wait because I didn't pre-order, or am I just retarded?

I'm not sure if you are retarded or not, but you do have to wait until it's released to the general public.

[Vince]

Originally Posted by lighthousekeeper

Is 'both' an option?

Obviously, the correct answer.

[Vince]

Originally Posted by sovereignstar

I'm not sure if you are retarded or not, but you do have to wait until it's released to the general public.

Well, I think it's safe to say that I qualify for the retarded moniker at this point. I would mention that I just got out of bed, but it's friggin noon.

[Pumpy Tudors]

I'm totally off the topic here, but I just discovered something. I've been out here in the Eastern time zone for 10 months now, and I'm still not used to be so far in front of California. Vince says that it's noon, and I flip out when I see 3:00 on my computer screen. Agh.

[Vince]

Heh...it always takes me a while to figure out what time zone someone is in...it plays hell with me when I try to figure out what time it is where MIJB is when we chat late at night

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Terps

Anyone know if you import a roster set from 6 or 6.5 if the minor leaguers will import also?

Yes I believe they do.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

I'm totally off the topic here, but I just discovered something. I've been out here in the Eastern time zone for 10 months now, and I'm still not used to be so far in front of California. Vince says that it's noon, and I flip out when I see 3:00 on my computer screen. Agh.

That happened to me as I've moved further west. That I can never call home without realizing how late it is there.

Gah.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Vince

So am I missing something?

I didn't pre-order (why, I don't know. I intended to get it upon release anyways), but I put in an order this morning, and it still said pre-order. I go to the download page, and it says 'Download Items', but there are no links, and it mentions that the game will be available in Spring of 2006. Do I have to wait because I didn't pre-order, or am I just retarded?

Like I said earlier in the thread. I'd preordered, but cancelled it because I didn't think I'd be here. But long story short, I ordered a new copy this morning and it worked fine.

[sovereignstar]

THE MAMMOTH GAME GUIDE

[JS19]

On the time zone topic, I had to go to Pensacola, Fl for the Marines a little over a yr ago and for the first week I was there I was still clueless to the fact that it was a different time zone than NY.

Back to OOTP, when exactly is this gonna be available for an idiot like myself who didn't preorder?

[korme]

Originally Posted by Vince

I try to figure out what time it is where MIJB is when we chat late at night

That doesn't sound gay at all

[Young Drachma]

I'm sitting here messing around with this and keep going "wow" Sooo robust featurewise. I'm loving the polished look.

[Icy]

Crap, i'm downloading it at 5kbs so it will take like 40 minutes. I have tried all the links, the top ones are so slow and the later ones are not working right now.

[Blade6119]

Originally Posted by Icy

Crap, i'm downloading it at 5kbs so it will take like 40 minutes. I have tried all the links, the top ones are so slow and the later ones are not working right now.

Ya, i picked a bad day to download my new data updtate 5.05 patch for WWSM...3kbs for 70 megs....i hate you damn baseball people

[SackAttack]

Augh.

I lost my network connection on my laptop about two minutes after getting licensed. What that has meant is that I've been able to play, but not been able to get access to the Internet to post about things I've seen.

Even better, this computer is on the same network, but can't detect the other one, so I can't upload and post screenshots of some of the really weird stuff.

Just a couple notes off the top of my head before I go back and try to fix my network issues.

1) I had a reliever get credited with both the win and the save. I've only seen it happen once, but he was the pitcher of record when the game's lone run scored in the bottom of the 12th inning, AND he pitched 3 innings of relief, so the game might be tracking both things. That normally wouldn't come up is my guess.

2) You can only put players on the disabled list if you're the parent franchise. Probably as it should be, but I had a couple of injuries in an A-ball career beyond two weeks where, well, I had to live with it, because the parent franchise wasn't inclined to do anything about the injuries.

3) "Send Forced"? Cooooool. Pitch-by-pitch mode as an option? Coooooool. Six hits of combined offense in 12 innings because the game appears to be treating the ratings of minor leaguers as major league equivalencies (i.e. contact of '4' sucks ass even though, well, he's a 19 y/o in Rookie ball)? That's...not so cool.

3) Has anybody yet figured out how, when starting a league, to 'lock' the team nicknames in so that when you choose a particular league, you don't have to rename the teams each time?

[Marc Duffy]

Originally Posted by JS19

On the time zone topic, I had to go to Pensacola, Fl for the Marines a little over a yr ago and for the first week I was there I was still clueless to the fact that it was a different time zone than NY.

Back to OOTP, when exactly is this gonna be available for an idiot like myself who didn't preorder?

Available now

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by SackAttack

...the game appears to be treating the ratings of minor leaguers as major league equivalencies (i.e. contact of '4' sucks ass even though, well, he's a 19 y/o in Rookie ball)? That's...not so cool.

Eww, that is not cool

[John Galt]

Originally Posted by SackAttack

Six hits of combined offense in 12 innings because the game appears to be treating the ratings of minor leaguers as major league equivalencies (i.e. contact of '4' sucks ass even though, well, he's a 19 y/o in Rookie ball)? That's...not so cool.

Wouldn't low ratings also affect the pitchers and balance things out?

[TroyF]

Originally Posted by John Galt

Yeah. I expect we will have to wait at least a couple days before anyone really starts to examine the stats engine in depth. The tech support forum does show a fair amount of strange bugs. So, that's something I guess.

Barring disaster with my internet connection, I plan to have a 100 year fictional report up by tomorrow morning.

That should give us all some idea of what the statistical output is.

As for the in game impressions, you know the people who have it here at FOFC will give you truthful feedback.

[Blade6119]

Originally Posted by John Galt

Wouldn't low ratings also affect the pitchers and balance things out?

Yes, so likely his team is that much worse compared to the opponent

[spleen1015]

Originally Posted by SackAttack

3) Has anybody yet figured out how, when starting a league, to 'lock' the team nicknames in so that when you choose a particular league, you don't have to rename the teams each time?

Do you mean when you select one of the standard leagues?

[Schmidty]

I can't find anywhere to download the damned game even though I just bought it. I keep trying the torrent link, but it won't work. Does anyone have another link to the exe?

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by TroyF

Barring disaster with my internet connection, I plan to have a 100 year fictional report up by tomorrow morning.

That should give us all some idea of what the statistical output is.

As for the in game impressions, you know the people who have it here at FOFC will give you truthful feedback.

I'm looking forward to it. I'm vacilating about whether or not to buy, and I'm waiting for some reliable impressions.

[sovereignstar]

http://rapidshare.de/files/21871657/ootp2006_setup.exe

Do you have a Bittorrent client, Schmidty?

[John Galt]

Originally Posted by TroyF

Barring disaster with my internet connection, I plan to have a 100 year fictional report up by tomorrow morning.

That should give us all some idea of what the statistical output is.

As for the in game impressions, you know the people who have it here at FOFC will give you truthful feedback.

I look forward to reading that.

[Schmidty]

Originally Posted by sovereignstar

http://rapidshare.de/files/21871657/ootp2006_setup.exe

Do you have a Bittorrent client, Schmidty?

Yeah, but for some reason it just hangs, and doesn't d/l anything. I tried another file, and it did the same thing. I'll uninstall it and reinstall. Hopefully that will work.

Thanks for the link.