Latest OOTP 14 Update Adds Great New Features
The trading deadline may have passed, leaving most teams to win or lose with their current rosters, but we're still busy making improvements. In fact, we just released a new OOTP 14 update (version 14.4.23), that adds many new features to a lineup that was already among the most formidable in the sports management games genre.
Just take the word of Jonah Falcon, who wrote in his review of OOTP 14 at GameStooge: "Out of the Park Baseball 14 continues to be the premiere baseball simulation, and one of the best of any sport, alongside such games as Football Manager."
Hit our website or click the "Check for update" option in the Game menu to download this update, which offers:
- Improved FaceGen rendering with 32-bit support
- Added the option to display the last 5 games log in the player profile screen stats section
- In historical leagues, the real stats of the current year are also displayed in the player profile screen stats section
- The game log in the player screen now has the order reversed, with most recent games at the top
- Added "Release all coaches / scouts" and "Fill teams with fictional coaches / scouts" functions to league setup
- Users can now turn multiple retired players into coaches via the mass-select function
- Added contract option type to player salary team report
- Users can now set the scouting & player development budgets during the offseason as well, which allows more financial flexibility during the free agent signing process
- Added team records to box score header and "Hit by Pitch" in the batting summary
- Improved 40-man roster AI
- More aggressive free agent signing AI
- Improved play-by-play commentary
- Improved in-game simulation AI
- Improved simulation speed
- Fixed various bugs
Download links for the full version:
"Civilization V" Designer Jon Shafer Discusses
OOTP's 'Unique Unfairness'
"The 'unfairness' of OOTP really is fairly unique compared with other games," says Jon Shafer, who was the lead designer of the hit strategy game Civilization V and who is now developing his own game. "Most big titles these days lead players by hand and make sure nothing bad happens. It's refreshing to play something which slaps you around a little bit, and without sympathy tells you to get back up for more."
He adds: "The great thing about sports is that you never really know what's going to happen … In my opinion, an experience isn't truly rewarding unless there's the possibility of failure."
Check out our latest article to learn more about Shafer's OOTP observations and experiences, including his come-from-behind late-season run while managing a team in the online New City Baseball League.
Enjoy the pennant runs!
The OOTP Developments Team
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