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Comedian2004 · 06-17-2008, 01:42 PM

My timeline depends on many things, my workload, my laziness and some other factors. Thanks for the report on what programs work Kag.

Almost any program that accessed the players.csv file will not work, it will crash. Since I wrote those programs, MS has came up with a new version of VB, and there are some changes that are not allowing me to access the code from previous versions. Some just do not convert well and requires a lot of work to get them to even work now. Throw in the fact that the CSV files have changed, it will not be easy, but I have some plans.

I already have been working on the History hint program, which is also one of my favorites, and I just have some tweaking to do with it. So I expect that to be ready within a week after the game is released, of course depending on my REAL workload.

Next up will be some smaller utils that have been brewing around in my head. One is one much like described by Kag. Reproducing standings is a pain and I had not ventured into that yet. The schedule should be easy enough to create, along with the leaderboards, but the starting pitchers information I cannot get. Plus, it would not be accurate, as the AI likes to make last minute changes. All this information is available in the game anyhow. I like to create stuff that is not in the game, or is in the game, just not easy to locate.

My first thoughts on a team sheet would be an improved version of the scouting report for your upcoming series. It would list players, show their career stats vs. the starting pitchers on the other team, plus other break downs, like; last 2 weeks, last 3 weeks, last month, recent road/home trip, a team Who's hot/not. Team stats for last 2 weeks, etc. Other odd ball information, stuff you would hear the color man say, like Verlander has not thrown a complete game since June 5th, 2007. We are 42-1 when leading after 9 innings, we are 3-23 when scoring 4 runs or less. When Anderson has homered, we are 21-3, etc.

Another one that has been thrashing around in my head and I actually had a protype that I tried last year that no one else saw, was a watch dog program. As you are running multi year sim, every time the season ends, a popup will come up and give you a spec sheet on what's going on in the league and highlites.

Some of the bigger projects include the HOF program and some secret online league stuff. The larger programs require help from the community. I have not had that support in the past very much. That is why the HOF program sizzled last year. I think I had one person or two that actually gave me some feedback on it. A program like this requires many different baseball opinions, on what constitutes a HOF player. I may try a different approach with it this year and see if that helps.

06-17-2008, 01:42 PM	#170 (permalink)
Comedian2004 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: In a house in Saint Cloud, Florida. Posts: 6,380	My timeline depends on many things, my workload, my laziness and some other factors. Thanks for the report on what programs work Kag. Almost any program that accessed the players.csv file will not work, it will crash. Since I wrote those programs, MS has came up with a new version of VB, and there are some changes that are not allowing me to access the code from previous versions. Some just do not convert well and requires a lot of work to get them to even work now. Throw in the fact that the CSV files have changed, it will not be easy, but I have some plans. I already have been working on the History hint program, which is also one of my favorites, and I just have some tweaking to do with it. So I expect that to be ready within a week after the game is released, of course depending on my REAL workload. Next up will be some smaller utils that have been brewing around in my head. One is one much like described by Kag. Reproducing standings is a pain and I had not ventured into that yet. The schedule should be easy enough to create, along with the leaderboards, but the starting pitchers information I cannot get. Plus, it would not be accurate, as the AI likes to make last minute changes. All this information is available in the game anyhow. I like to create stuff that is not in the game, or is in the game, just not easy to locate. My first thoughts on a team sheet would be an improved version of the scouting report for your upcoming series. It would list players, show their career stats vs. the starting pitchers on the other team, plus other break downs, like; last 2 weeks, last 3 weeks, last month, recent road/home trip, a team Who's hot/not. Team stats for last 2 weeks, etc. Other odd ball information, stuff you would hear the color man say, like Verlander has not thrown a complete game since June 5th, 2007. We are 42-1 when leading after 9 innings, we are 3-23 when scoring 4 runs or less. When Anderson has homered, we are 21-3, etc. Another one that has been thrashing around in my head and I actually had a protype that I tried last year that no one else saw, was a watch dog program. As you are running multi year sim, every time the season ends, a popup will come up and give you a spec sheet on what's going on in the league and highlites. Some of the bigger projects include the HOF program and some secret online league stuff. The larger programs require help from the community. I have not had that support in the past very much. That is why the HOF program sizzled last year. I think I had one person or two that actually gave me some feedback on it. A program like this requires many different baseball opinions, on what constitutes a HOF player. I may try a different approach with it this year and see if that helps. __________________ Visit www.planetootp.com for my MODS. Like BLUES? Visit www.smokestacklightnin.com, you will LOVE it! New show every Monday!! New Blues HOF!