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Originally Posted by kehowey
I have been reading the promotional email about OOTP 9 and I am a little disappointed. Most of what I have read was about the changes to historical leagues, skins and the scouting system. I don't play historical leagues much and I turn off the scouting system in my fictional leagues since they appeared to be more of a hindrance than a help. I once read an OOTP forum comment that "all leagues are fictional". I agree and like to start the way. Since I have been playing OOTP, the biggest and best improve to this simulation has been FaceGen. I think to substantial move forward, OOTP must improve graphics.
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Welcome to the forums, kehowey. I quoted only this portion of your post because I got the impression that you had not seen all four of the OOTP 9 newsletters that have been released to date.
From your comments above, for example, I would bet that you missed the third one that announced these two new features of a graphical nature:
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Simple ball animations!
OOTP uses Retrosheet ball locations to calculate where the ball is hit once put in play. OOTP 9 will allow you to set these exact locations in the ballpark editor so it matches the ballpark image used. Now, when playing a game in broadcast mode, you see where the ball is heading using a simple but effective ball animation! This works at all play-by-play speeds, and even if you selected the short play-by-play mode. When using instant play-by-play, the final destination of the ball is indicated properly. Now you can finally see where that 450-foot home run ended up in the stands!
Save & watch game replays!
OOTP 9 introduces a feature that is great for solo players and even better for online league participants. The game now allows you to store complete game replays either automatically (using similar setting like box scores, i.e. just human teams, human leagues etc.) or manually. These replay files include the complete play-by-play, ball locations for the animation and sound effects. The replays are shown in a screen similar to the broadcast game screen, so you can re-live all those exciting moments. Storing replays manually works as well, and allows you to share your greatest games with the community. Replay files even include the final box scores, so after watching a game that you got from a friend you can see the final numbers easily.
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Plus, you do not mention the reintroduction of background sound in OOTP 9. Taken together, I would say these improvements should have piqued your interest in this upcoming version.