What's new in Out of the Park Baseball 16 16.11.43 Patch 11
Feb 18, 2016
- It fixes an issue with relievers batting too frequently.
New in Out of the Park Baseball 16 16.10.42 Patch 10 (Jan 29, 2016)
- It fixes the Mac crash when quitting the application and has some minor internal changes implemented, for example the display of the company news dialog has been improved. PC users don't have to upgrade to this version, the changes are not relevant to the game / simulation.
New in Out of the Park Baseball 16 16.9.39 Patch 9 (Sep 2, 2015)
- It fixes a reported problem with relievers sometimes not being pinch hit for by the AI in late innings.
New in Out of the Park Baseball 16 16.8.38 Patch 8 (Aug 25, 2015)
- Fixed various crashes dealing with deleted leagues
- Fixed in-season wildcard standings if the first subleague has a tie for wildcard spots
- Adjusted players refusing to play for leagues
- Fixed DL notification for minor leaguers
- Fixed several minor bugs + text issues
New in Out of the Park Baseball 16 16.8.37 Patch 8 (Aug 24, 2015)
- Fixed various crashes dealing with deleted leagues
- Fixed in-season wildcard standings if the first subleague has a tie for wildcard spots
- Adjusted players refusing to play for leagues
- Fixed DL notification for minor leaguers
- Fixed several minor bugs + text issues
New in Out of the Park Baseball 16 16.7.36 Patch 7 (Jul 29, 2015)
- Added option to force DH in All-Star game
- Modified All-Star player in-game usage
- Fixed disabling player popups not sticking in options
- Fixed incorrectly notifying to activate a player during off-season while not on DL
- Fixed incorrect stats in team leaderboards
- Fixed incorrect wildcard calculations when division leaders tied
- Fixed duplicate field in team_history_financials export
- Fixed case where "strict" rotation mode would still skip starters on occasion
- Fixed case where locked positions persisted after manager "takes control" of them
- Added ability to remove players from specific shortlists
- Improved offseason processing time
- Fixed several minor bugs + text issues
New in Out of the Park Baseball 16 16.7.33 Patch 7 (Jul 24, 2015)
- Added option to force DH in All-Star game
- Modified All-Star player in-game usage
- Fixed disabling player popups not sticking in options
- Fixed incorrectly notifying to activate a player during off-season while not on DL
- Fixed incorrect stats in team leaderboards
- Fixed incorrect wildcard calculations when division leaders tied
- Fixed duplicate field in team_history_financials export
- Fixed case where "strict" rotation mode would still skip starters on occasion
- Fixed case where locked positions persisted after manager "takes control" of them
- Added ability to remove players from specific shortlists
- Improved offseason processing time
- Fixed several minor bugs + text issues
New in Out of the Park Baseball 16 16.6.30 Patch 6 (Jul 6, 2015)
- Added dynamically generated hint / loading text based on the currently loaded game
- Emphasized leaders for batting & pitching stats in player screen
- Added pitcher WAR to team register history
- Allow separate overall and potential scales
- If not displaying current ratings, show potential ratings on player lists instead
- Improved game substitution logic
- Improved depth chart logic
- Improved lineup logic
- Added option to use 40-man roster for playoff roster eligibility
- Implemented playoff injury rules (players may be placed on DL in playoffs and replaced, but must miss the next series)
- Removed ability to use the DL in the off-season (players must be activated)
- Added quick accounting widget to finances screen
- Generate HTML game logs by default
- Fixed custom create game crash
- Fixed bug where remove DH would not work in game
- Fixed issue where custom lineup would be placed in wrong spot in 7-day lineup
- Fixed issue where custom lineup would give an incorrect error
- Fixed 1942-1945 league total stats
- Fixed error of double counting draft offers
- Fixed park factor for batter WAR calculations
- Added Batting runs to sortable player lists (park-adjusted, need to delete "\tables" folder in OOTP custom data folder, can be found via Settings dialog -> Troubleshooting -> Open folder containing customizable data")
- Fixed last 10 calculation for rescheduled games
- In Find a Player, added ability to only include "hometown" players, as well as search by award wins
- Fixed issues with 3D ball flight
- Updated Opening Day rosters (need to start new game for changes to apply)
- Fixed several minor bugs + text issues
New in Out of the Park Baseball 16 16.5.23 Patch 5 (May 25, 2015)
- Updated roster set (need to start new game for changes to apply)
- Added support for up to 100 custom lineups per team. Save & manage lineups from the team lineups screens and apply them in the pre-game lineup selection, the 7-day lineups screen and the regular lineups screen.
- Adjusted players refusing to sign with rebuilding teams
- Adjusted some owner goal evaluation and feedback
- Introduced support for WEBP image format for ballpark background pictures and 3D texttures, reducing the download size of the game
- Attendance chart in front office page now scales to stadium capacity
- Fixed potential crash in draft if draft rounds do not get updated properly
- Ask AI in online draft list will now populate closer to the number of potential players needed
- If running without a draft or feeders, create more players to avoid running out of players
- Fixed some HOF issues if playing with multiple major leagues
- Fixed issue with increasing a contract offer being refused by Owner
- Fixed scout recommendation in draft
- Added flag to force a player from each team for All-Star game
- Fixed crash if AI handling substitutions and starting pitcher is injured
- Fixed contract negotiation loophole
- Fixed incorrect playoff rosters
- Fixed rare issue with the batter sometimes coming up twice while playing out games
- Fixed several minors bugs + text issues
New in Out of the Park Baseball 16 16.4.17 Patch 4 (Apr 20, 2015)
- Here are the improvements / fixes compared to version 16.3.16:
- Updated roster set (need to start new game for changes to apply)
- Player counter offers should now be acceptable deals to them
- Fixed performances of the day for all-star games
- Adjusted reputation calculation for coaches
- Adjusted budget calculations double counting cash. Adjusted budget calculations to tie closer to revenue.
- Fixed online leagues duplicating player shortlists on upload
- Fixed HOF text for closers (need to delete news\html\images\hof\*.png files from saved game folder to regenerate cards)
- Added batting GS stats to historical import for years starting in 1975
- Fixed several minor bugs + text issues
New in Out of the Park Baseball 16 16.3.16 Patch 3 (Apr 9, 2015)
- We have just officially released the third update for OOTP 16, version number 16.3.16. This update fixes reported bugs and includes final updated Opening Day rosters (need to start a new game to take advantage of them).
- Here are the improvements / fixes compared to version 16.2.9:
- Updated Opening Day rosters (need to start new game for changes to apply)
- Added HOF metrics to voting page on higher screen resolutions
- Added HOF metrics to sortable player lists (need to delete "\tables" folder in OOTP custom data folder, can be found via Settings dialog -> Troubleshooting -> Open folder containing customizable data")
- Fixed playoff series fixed date bug
- Fixed International FA available money display
- Adjusted player and coach contract demands, and coach reputation calculation
- Fixed owner goals evaluation
- Fixed Mac slowdown
- Fixed play-mode selection when playing for a minor league team
- Fixed problems with the AI not selecting a DH for the Platinum Stick award
- Fixed human managers sometimes being promoted too quick when managing minor league teams
- Clearing league history now also clears the HoF
- Leagues with no playoffs now award "rings" to players of the team with the best winning percentage
- In play-off games, the batter & pitcher info now show current season stats instead of last season stats
- Top prospects are now more likely to expect a starting lineup assignment once they've reached the majors
- Fixed issues when trying to create minor leagues with an uneven number of teams per subleague
- Pitchers warming up in the bullpen now start to tire a bit later there
- Fixed several minor bugs + text issues
New in Out of the Park Baseball 16 16.3.15 Patch 3 (Apr 8, 2015)
- Here are the improvements / fixes compared to version 16.2.9:
- Updated Opening Day rosters (need to start new game for changes to apply)
- Added HOF metrics to voting page on higher screen resolutions
- Added HOF metrics to sortable player lists (need to delete "\tables" folder in OOTP custom data folder, can be found via Settings dialog -> Troubleshooting -> Open folder containing customizable data")
- Fixed playoff series fixed date bug
- Fixed International FA available money display
- Adjusted player and coach contract demands, and coach reputation calculation
- Fixed owner goals evaluation
- Fixed Mac slowdown
- Fixed play-mode selection when playing for a minor league team
- Fixed problems with the AI not selecting a DH for the Platinum Stick award
- Fixed human managers sometimes being promoted too quick when managing minor league teams
- Clearing league history now also clears the HoF
- Leagues with no playoffs now award "rings" to players of the team with the best winning percentage
- In play-off games, the batter & pitcher info now show current season stats instead of last season stats
- Top prospects are now more likely to expect a starting lineup assignment once they've reached the majors
- Fixed issues when trying to create minor leagues with an uneven number of teams per subleague
- Pitchers warming up in the bullpen now start to tire a bit later there
- Fixed several minor bugs + text issues
New in Out of the Park Baseball 16 16.2.9 (Apr 4, 2015)
- Fixed All-Star duplicated players and All-Star ballots not getting cleared
- Fixed financial coefficient applied twice for future salaries
- Fixed draft offers if over budget
- Add HOF voting reminder
- Fixed closers getting wrong text on HOF plaques
- Fixed league schedule length 0 crashes
- Fixed team financial history bug
- Fixed double counting manager runs in manager history
- Fixed missing postseason stats in real MLB games (need to start new game for changes to apply)
- Updated rosters (need to start new game for changes to apply)
- Fixed problems with some managers missing in historical leagues
- When importing OOTP 15 leagues, the default play mode is now "General Manager", hence preventing the AI manager to disappear.
- Tweaked Player of the Game code, the winner is now more likely of the winning team
- Add a checkbox to the team lineups screen to disable/enable auto-syncing between lineups & depth charts
- Fixed ticket price bug for historical leagues
- Fixed salaries report for leagues without arbitration
- Fixed several minor bugs, rare crashes and text issues
New in Out of the Park Baseball 16 14.7.42 (Feb 12, 2014)
- Added 'Clean up scouting database' function to the scouting settings (game setup screen). This is useful for online leagues as it greatly reduces the league file size.
- Fixed several bugs.
- Improved performance on Mac computers
New in Out of the Park Baseball 16 14.6.33 (Nov 19, 2013)
- Increased the number of rows visible in player lists, before the list turns to page selektors, from 1024 to 8192.
- Added the option "Include minor leaguers" to the full player list of a league (transaction screen).
- The league finances report now lists values for the previous season during the offseason for certain categories instead of zeros.
- Improved in-game AI
- Fixed various other bugs, including tie-breaker issues
New in Out of the Park Baseball 16 14.5.28 (Sep 12, 2013)
- Improved in-game substitution & defensive positioning AI.
- Improved roster AI
- Improved player evaluation AI
- Added the option to disable player development for draft-eligible players (does not apply to players in feeder leagues)
- Fixed issues with minor leaguers being placed on the major league 60-day DL
- Fixed various other bugs
New in Out of the Park Baseball 16 14.4.23 (Aug 3, 2013)
- 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 displayed additionally 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" function to league setup
- Added contract option type to player salary team report
- Added team records to box score header
- Added "Hit by Pitch" to box scores in the batting summary
- Improved 40 man roster AI
- More aggressive free agent signing AI
- Improved play-by-play commentary
- Improved simulation speed
- Players on irrevocable waivers may no longer be traded (does not apply to online leagues)
- Users can now turn multiple retired players into coaches via the mass-select function
- Online league file upload via "automator" will no longer save database two times
- If online league file routine cannot create target folder for league file it will use the import_export folder
- Fixed issues with the online league quickstart feature
- The "Player of the Week" award is now based on stats complied from Monday through Sunday instead of Sunday through Saturday. Also, pitchers have a higher chance of winning it now.
- 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.
- Multiple other bug fixes & AI improvements
New in Out of the Park Baseball 16 14.3.12 (May 11, 2013)
- Fixes reported bugs and cosmetic issues
- Fixes rare crashing and freezing issues
- Fixes scoring errors in regards to earned/unearned runs and RBI
- Added pitch info to pitch sequence view when playing out games
New in Out of the Park Baseball 16 14.2 Build 9 (Apr 26, 2013)
- Fixes reported bugs
- Fixes rare crashing and freezing issues
- Includes updated & improved major league rosters (must start new game for changes to take effect)
- Added "Auto-play to next playoff round" to the play menu, if the league is in playoff mode
- Added an input line which lets you modify the internal historical year of the league (progressing options in game setup) which is used for auto-import routines. That makes it easier to properly set up fictional historical leagues.
- Improved player talent creation in feeder leagues
- Fine-tuned player development & aging code
- The player list view in team screens is now remembered, for example when returning to the lineup screen
New in Out of the Park Baseball 16 14.1 Build 4 (Apr 17, 2013)
- New player origin system including international top prospects
- New webcast screen including real ballpark diagrams
- Great new play-off coverage screen
- Recoded scouting & player development
- Improved AI, news articles, play by play