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Topic: I'm back (Read 48 times)

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I'm back
« Result #1 on Sept 26, 2008, 10:20am »

I've been back a few days but still trying to get caught up with everything at home.

Where are we at?

Thanks to Bob for posting those polls. I think we have a pretty good idea about how we will run things but I would like to consider running a test league before we run the real thing. Get a feel for OOTP, test the financial settings and run through a season or two quicker than normal to see if there will be any problems with running free agency or the draft. Once we iron out the problems then we go ahead with the real thing.

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Topic: How to speed up auto-play (Read 25 times)

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How to speed up auto-play
« Result #2 on Aug 19, 2008, 1:31pm »

I pregnant doged on the OOTP website about the slow auto-play and someone gave me a link to a bunch of suggestions which I have copied and pasted here:
How to Speed up Auto-Play
Auto-play speed is affected by a number of things, most importantly your computer's hardware and the scope of your league. But, there are a few things you can do to improve the Auto-play speed:

1. Reduce the # of game logs and box scores you save. Go to Game Setup in the Game Menu. In the Global Setup tab on the left, scroll down to the bottom and look at the Auto-Save & Boxscore Options section. The fewer box scores and game logs you save, the faster the game will auto-play.

2. In the same place as #1, reduce the frequency of auto-saving (if you dare ). Less saves = more risk, but faster auto-play.

3. Change to the "simple dialog view" for auto-play. Go to OOTP Preferences in the Game Menu. In the Use Simulation Screen drop-down, select "Simple Dialog (faster)." You will not see standings or stats while auto-playing, but the performance will be slightly faster.

4. Some users have reported poor performance when they have an anti-virus program running. While we would not recommend you go without virus protection, you may want to consider disabling it temporarily to determine whether this might be a cause of poor auto-play performance for you. Some of this may be due to the fact that the game is constantly creating new dynamic report files, and your virus program may be taking the time to scan each of these.

Mac Users Only
Mac users may be able to improve performance by disabling Spotlight indexing on the OOTP folder:

a. Do any Spotlight search.
b. Click on Spotlight Preferences.
c. Click the Privacy tab.
d. Click the plus sign, and browse to the OOTP folder under the Application folder.

This will block Spotlight from indexing the OOTP folder.

Here are a few more tips that I posted in response to a Tech Support Query:

When running a long-term sim, you have to be aware of the file sizes that you will be creating. I'm not sure what your computer's specs are, but unless they are mind-blowing you are going to want to scale a few things back.

If you are using an existing roster set, go to Game -> Game Setup while in commissioner mode. Under the Global Setup tab, you'll want to save no box scores, game logs, or game replays. You'll likely also want to limit the news logs, injury logs, and transactions logs history. Under the League Setup tab, you'll want to view the Options tab for each league and carefully select the Select Stats Detail that you feel that you need. You may want to turn the minor league details down to Low.

If you are planning to use FaceGen, you may want to disable it until such time that you actually begin to play out your games, or at least only create pictures On Demand. Otherwise, you'll end up with a bunch of images that you'll never see.

If you are creating a new league from scratch, you'll also want to look under the Create Game tab and deselect the Create and Maintain Hidden Players box if you aren't using scouting. You may also wish to consider limiting your settings on keeping career L/R splits, fielding stats, and postseason stats, at least to the major league level only. Very strongly consider checking the Delete those who never reached Majors box.

After going through your long sim periods, you may also wish to delete all of the files found in the messages folder within your .lg saved game folder. They start to add up.

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/oo....-auto-play.html

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Topic: Minor Leagues (Read 40 times)

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Re: Minor Leagues
« Result #3 on Aug 18, 2008, 12:52pm »

In the small amount of time playing around with the game, I found it annoying to have to check on minors performance - making sure people are at the proper level. But I just allowed the minor league managers to handle promotions/demotions, so assuming we can just do that, I don't see any problem with a larger minors system.

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Topic: OOTP Rosters (Read 38 times)

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Re: OOTP Rosters
« Result #4 on Aug 18, 2008, 12:50pm »

I'm ok with any, but would also prefer current rosters, I think. Same reasons, basically.

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Topic: Purchasing the game or playing the demo (Read 24 times)

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Purchasing the game or playing the demo
« Result #5 on Aug 18, 2008, 11:57am »

Using the following link you can purchase the game for $40 and/or download the demo for free:

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/cms/index.php?page=downloads

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Topic: OOTP Rosters (Read 38 times)

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Re: OOTP Rosters
« Result #6 on Aug 18, 2008, 11:53am »

I always favor using the newest rosters because you are familiar with most of the players and the prospects in the minor leagues. It was fun to read a 21c post about Rich Harden on the Cubs and dominating and now see it happening in real life. Plus, I feel like its easier to get new owners with these rosters, that more people would be interested in this, I could be completely wrong.

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Topic: Minor Leagues (Read 40 times)

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Re: Minor Leagues
« Result #7 on Aug 18, 2008, 11:52am »

I think you could survive with the three basic minor league levels. This way you don't have to deal with as many players as the current game but still have the fun of moving them up (and down) through the levels.

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Topic: The Draft (Read 32 times)

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Re: The Draft
« Result #8 on Aug 18, 2008, 11:51am »

Based on the 21c experience it took us a few days to get through one round. I think this way you don't spend too much time on the draft. I would be open to a few more rounds if people had suggestions on a way to make it go quicker.

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Topic: The Draft (Read 32 times)

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The Draft
« Result #9 on Aug 18, 2008, 11:49am »

The current draft is 30 rounds, but I have only lasted about 5 rounds because the players are a half star potential. Please after voting please post your thoughts.

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Topic: Minor Leagues (Read 40 times)

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Minor Leagues
« Result #10 on Aug 18, 2008, 11:47am »

Once you start playing the game you will notice that you have a large number of minor league players. Of course with the more levels of minor leagues the more work owners will have to do. Please post your thoughts after you vote.

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