Out of the Park Baseball 18 News

Hey folks!

We have worked hard the past few weeks to wrap up development of OOTP 18. The result is the final patch, version number 18.7.69. It contains plenty of bug-fixes and improvements!

Here is the changelist:

- Updated Opening Day roster sets with tweaked player ratings (need to create a new game for changes to apply)
- Improved in-game AI
- Can now drag and set player labels in 3D view with right mouse button
- Updated historical minor league databases
- Added as-played lineups for the 1910-1913 seasons
- Tweaked draft pool age when the reveal date is early in the season
- Tweaked number of college pitchers generated for draft pool, there were too few.
- Updated owner goals and text for leagues with playoffs disabled
- Fixed tiebreaker for default draft order
- Updated select nation dialog for player origins
- Added ability for nations to auto-assign 2nd nationalities. (must re-import world to get default update)
- Added 2nd nationality to player lists
- Fixed various issues with rule 5 eligibility
- Slightly reduced injury frequency during spring training
- Round Robin results now show in history pages
- Updated player pictures to work for tournament teams
- Fixed online league tournament team management
- Adjusted ratio of throwing errors to fielding errors
- Added new option to adjust player service days when adjusting the league minimum service days value
- Many other bug and cosmetic fixes

OK, that's it! Unless there is a major problem with this patch, we'll now take some time off before fully concentrating on OOTP 19 development. We have some exciting things up our sleeves for next year's version, so stay tuned!

Enjoy the game!
Markus & the entire OOTP Team

Hey guys,

We have released the first 3 parts of an upcoming tutorial series about OOTP 18, you can find the videos here:

Getting started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDS8z4kvuQA
The interface: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X5CwQdPZ5I
Basic team management: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0YopT8gL74

Enjoy!
Markus

Hey guys,

We have released the first 3 parts of an upcoming tutorial series about OOTP 18, you can find the videos here:

Getting started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDS8z4kvuQA
The interface: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X5CwQdPZ5I
Basic team management: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0YopT8gL74

Enjoy!
Markus

Hey folks!

It's summer time, and instead of hanging around on beaches, we still worked hard on the game and have just released an update which adds some neat new stuff, including diving / jumping player animations in 3D mode! The new version number of this update is 18.6.61.

Here is the changelist:
- Improved 3D animations, including adding diving, jumping, and sliding plays in the field
- Updated Opening Day roster sets, including improvements of 2017 draft class and minor league player ratings (need to create a new game for changes to apply)
- Added widget to manage bullpen in-game. Added option to auto-sit relievers before they start tiring while warming up
- Updated in-game PBP elements, including better lining up detailed PBP with 3D action
- Added 1944 Negro league data
- Improved historical minor league database
- Added option to disable infield shifts in the league strategy settings
- Added more playoff scheduling series options
- Added checkbox in-game to filter available players, to better view bench options
- Team schedule screen now supports double-headers
- Fixed bug where team color changes were not saved
- Many other bug and cosmetic fixes

We will release another update later this summer, before we shift our sole attention to OOOTP 19 and that secret exciting new thing we have been working on for a while now. That will be awesome.

Enjoy the game!
Markus & the entire OOTP Team

Hey folks!

It's summer time, and instead of hanging around on beaches, we still worked hard on the game and have just released an update which adds some neat new stuff, including diving / jumping player animations in 3D mode! The new version number of this update is 18.6.61.

Here is the changelist:
- Improved 3D animations, including adding diving, jumping, and sliding plays in the field
- Updated Opening Day roster sets, including improvements of 2017 draft class and minor league player ratings (need to create a new game for changes to apply)
- Added widget to manage bullpen in-game. Added option to auto-sit relievers before they start tiring while warming up
- Updated in-game PBP elements, including better lining up detailed PBP with 3D action
- Added 1944 Negro league data
- Improved historical minor league database
- Added option to disable infield shifts in the league strategy settings
- Added more playoff scheduling series options
- Added checkbox in-game to filter available players, to better view bench options
- Team schedule screen now supports double-headers
- Fixed bug where team color changes were not saved
- Many other bug and cosmetic fixes

We will release another update later this summer, before we shift our sole attention to OOOTP 19 and that secret exciting new thing we have been working on for a while now. That will be awesome.

Enjoy the game!
Markus & the entire OOTP Team