Some New OOTP 19 Features Revealed

[Steve_OS]

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/showthread.php?t=285737

Here is the current list of new features and improvements for OOTP 19, more additions are still to come, since there are still 2 weeks left until Beta. Also keep in mind, this is an incomplete list, as the team makes so many changes they forget to write them down.

Major Changes & Additions
- 2018 rosters
- New in-game screen & 3D ballparks & player animations
- Manual voting for end of season awards
- New scouting report text & player development graphs
- Tournaments may optionally take teams that already play in other leagues
- Improved in-game AI: double switches, closer/starter usage in playoffs
- Added the option to choose between six different interface fonts
- Added team leader tabs to the pre-game screen
- Manager home page now has customizable sized widgets
- Modified internal ratings calculations. Adjusted global options for ratings display.
- Recoded many screens
- Added 800 fictional team logos

Minor Changes & Additions
- Added support for female users
- Added the Pacific Association independent league
- Can now set a league/tournament with schedule length of 0 to create a quick custom playoff-only bracket
- Added the option to lock the league total stats (historical leagues) while keeping league total modifier recalculation active. This enables users to have a static stats enviroment.
- Added arm angle rating for pitchers
- Historical leagues now support minor leagues and roster limits when playing with real life MLB transactions & lineups
- Added L/R split stats to historical leagues. These are used for player ratings calculations and can also be displayed in the career stats.
- Improved historical simulation accuracy
- Improved defensive ratings in historical leagues
- Added 1908 & 1909 as-played lineups to historical league database
- More accurate and realistic 19th century historical league and team database
- Improved draft pick trading AI
- Added RA9-WAR for pitchers, player defense breakdown by difficulty
- Added an "Extremely Low" injury frequency setting
- Columns can be sorted on the batter vs pitcher tab in the player profile screen
- Auto-load player pictures will search for BBRef-Minor-ID first
- Improved team color dialog
- Injured players no longer need to be immediately replaced in-game
- Fixed bug which caused interactive storylines to not trigger
- Added playoff history to league history page
- Moved languages and ethnicities into world.xml file. 1 to "n" languages possible now
- Can now skip player creation when adding a league to a world already in progress
- The middle mouse button now acts as a "page back" button
- Support for page navigation buttons on advanced mouse devices added
- The cursor keys up / down now let you scroll through player lists while viewing a player profile
- Added filter in coach lists for available jobs
- Added speed factor 1000 to real time simulation speed selection
- Countless other small improvements and fixes

[Gosens6]

Re: Some New OOTP 19 Features Revealed

Absolutely can’t wait for this years iteration. OOTP has been my go to baseball game for years now.


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[Skyboxer]

Re: Some New OOTP 19 Features Revealed

Absolutely can’t wait for this years iteration. OOTP has been my go to baseball game for years now.


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Haven't played since '11 I believe. Really looking forward to this.

[Gosens6]

Re: Some New OOTP 19 Features Revealed

Haven't played since '11 I believe. Really looking forward to this.

This is the game that made me stop playing The Show. The depth and features are just unbelievable. Year after year they continue to break the mold.

Re-writing the entire history of baseball from the start is just fascinating. Real minor leaugers from every year, etc.

IMO, this is the premier baseball game.

[Mauer4MVP]

Re: Some New OOTP 19 Features Revealed

This is the game that made me stop playing The Show. The depth and features are just unbelievable. Year after year they continue to break the mold.

Re-writing the entire history of baseball from the start is just fascinating. Real minor leaugers from every year, etc.

IMO, this is the premier baseball game.

Agree with this. The show is great for an in game experience, but the franchise depth just isn't there to keep my interest.

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[Skyboxer]

Re: Some New OOTP 19 Features Revealed

This is the game that made me stop playing The Show. The depth and features are just unbelievable. Year after year they continue to break the mold.

Re-writing the entire history of baseball from the start is just fascinating. Real minor leaugers from every year, etc.

IMO, this is the premier baseball game.

Yep.. I'm passing on The Show at least for a while. Will be the first time in quite a few years I don't have The Show on release day.

I'm sure I'll get it at some point but really looking forward to digging deep into OOTP.

[KSUowls]

Re: Some New OOTP 19 Features Revealed

The advanced mouse support may be the best feature listed. Navigation has always been a paint point in this series.

I'm excited to see what is changed in scouting and the new ratings calculations. I'd really like to see some kind of indication that a prospect should go in the 6th round instead of the 26th round when their ovr/pot are identical (20/80 scale).

I'm also interested to see if they account for Suntrust park being very hitter friendly as it turned out to be in its inaugural season.