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hefalumps · 04-30-2008, 02:08 AM

Hi Markus,

If you can't reproduce the "crash to desktop when trying to substitute for an injured pitcher" but that has plagued many a user, please let me know so I can send you my league file. It happens anytime I'm playing out a game and my pitcher gets hurt - when I go to drag a new pitcher into the "Current Pitcher" area on the sub screen, as soon as I let go of my mouse - BOOM - crash to desktop.

I imagine you can recreate it by editing one of my pitchers' injury statuses, making him extremely susceptible to injury, and then pitching him in a game until he gets hurt. It literally crashes every time I try to replace an injured pitcher in-game.

I'm waiting to pre-order OOTP9 until I get confirmation that this bug is no longer present - it's extremely frustrating as I have to save before every game I play out, and my pitchers are invincible since anytime they get injured, the game and the pitcher's injury gets wiped out by the crash. Kind of gives me an unrealistic advantage.

Just let me know what I need to send and where I need to send it.

Here's some links to threads showing other people with this (or a related) issue:

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...er-injury.html

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...g-desktop.html

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ill-ootp8.html

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...er-injury.html

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...not-fixed.html

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...em-lineup.html

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...y-pitcher.html

Note: There had previously been an issue with a pitcher (or other position player) getting hurt on the last play of the game, and so the game would be over but the lineup substitution screen would still come up anyway, waiting for you to drag in a sub for the injured player. But since the game was over, you couldn't put in a sub! I think in one of the patches, you added a "LEAVE GAME" button at the bottom of the substitution window once the game is over, and that worked around that particular issue. But it doesn't fix the crashing problem. Maybe if the "Sim to end of game" buttons were available at the bottom of the lineup subsitution screen, you could workaround this issue. That way, if the pitcher gets hurt and you know that subbing for him will cause the game to crash, you can choose instead to "Sim to end of game" and just let the computer AI finish your game for you. That way, the game completes, you avoid the crash, and your pitchers aren't invincible anymore! Obviously I'd love for the core bug to be fixed and substitutions to be a little cleaner in general, but something like that would at least get us around the issue if you can't figure out what's causing it.

Thanks as always for all you do!

04-30-2008, 02:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
hefalumps Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 432	Hi Markus, If you can't reproduce the "crash to desktop when trying to substitute for an injured pitcher" but that has plagued many a user, please let me know so I can send you my league file. It happens anytime I'm playing out a game and my pitcher gets hurt - when I go to drag a new pitcher into the "Current Pitcher" area on the sub screen, as soon as I let go of my mouse - BOOM - crash to desktop. I imagine you can recreate it by editing one of my pitchers' injury statuses, making him extremely susceptible to injury, and then pitching him in a game until he gets hurt. It literally crashes every time I try to replace an injured pitcher in-game. I'm waiting to pre-order OOTP9 until I get confirmation that this bug is no longer present - it's extremely frustrating as I have to save before every game I play out, and my pitchers are invincible since anytime they get injured, the game and the pitcher's injury gets wiped out by the crash. Kind of gives me an unrealistic advantage. Just let me know what I need to send and where I need to send it. Here's some links to threads showing other people with this (or a related) issue: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...er-injury.html http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...g-desktop.html http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ill-ootp8.html http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...er-injury.html http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...not-fixed.html http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...em-lineup.html http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...y-pitcher.html Note: There had previously been an issue with a pitcher (or other position player) getting hurt on the last play of the game, and so the game would be over but the lineup substitution screen would still come up anyway, waiting for you to drag in a sub for the injured player. But since the game was over, you couldn't put in a sub! I think in one of the patches, you added a "LEAVE GAME" button at the bottom of the substitution window once the game is over, and that worked around that particular issue. But it doesn't fix the crashing problem. Maybe if the "Sim to end of game" buttons were available at the bottom of the lineup subsitution screen, you could workaround this issue. That way, if the pitcher gets hurt and you know that subbing for him will cause the game to crash, you can choose instead to "Sim to end of game" and just let the computer AI finish your game for you. That way, the game completes, you avoid the crash, and your pitchers aren't invincible anymore! Obviously I'd love for the core bug to be fixed and substitutions to be a little cleaner in general, but something like that would at least get us around the issue if you can't figure out what's causing it. Thanks as always for all you do! Last edited by hefalumps : 04-30-2008 at 02:26 AM.