I am new to OOTP and need help

[1878]

OK I know a little about baseball, have seen a few games on TV in the UK and I am now trying to enjoy this game. In fact despite my lack of knowledge I AM enjoying it. Although I do find the amount of stats frightening.

I am using CubbyFan's real-life roster to help improve my knowledge of the real life players.

I am playing as the Detroit Tigers but I do not seem to have any scouts, nor can I sign any scouts. The manual says you have six but as far as I can see no team has any! What am I doing wrong here please?

Also when I tried to sign one free agent I got an option to claim him (which failed). But what does this mean?

Thanks in advance for any replies.

[molarmite]

Well you have to turn scouts on to get scouts. Go to game setup then turn on scouts.

I'm assuming that you didn't get to claim him because another team either made a better offer or he liked them more

[1998 Yankees]

Originally Posted by 1878

OK I know a little about baseball, have seen a few games on TV in the UK and I am now trying to enjoy this game. In fact despite my lack of knowledge I AM enjoying it. Although I do find the amount of stats frightening.

This was a great thread for someone else in your situation. It's long, but if you read through it you will learn a great deal, I think.

hits + at bats + BA + OBP = confusion

Also, you should download and read the Game Guide; you will be glad you did. For one thing, it has an excellent summary of game stats in its appendix.

The OOTPB Manual and Game Guide Thread

Welcome, and good luck!

[1878]

Originally Posted by 1998 Yankees

This was a great thread for someone else in your situation. It's long, but if you read through it you will learn a great deal, I think.

hits + at bats + BA + OBP = confusion

Also, you should download and read the Game Guide; you will be glad you did. For one thing, it has an excellent summary of game stats in its appendix.

The OOTPB Manual and Game Guide Thread

Welcome, and good luck!

Thanks for the welcome, much appreciated.

[1878]

Originally Posted by 1998 Yankees

This was a great thread for someone else in your situation. It's long, but if you read through it you will learn a great deal, I think.

hits + at bats + BA + OBP = confusion

Also, you should download and read the Game Guide; you will be glad you did. For one thing, it has an excellent summary of game stats in its appendix.

The OOTPB Manual and Game Guide Thread

Welcome, and good luck!

Sadly I am unable to find the game guide from the link provided (all 350 pages of it!!). The thread link is very helpful and I will read it in more detail. Having looked at the first page of it some of the questions I had have already been answered. Thanks again.

[1998 Yankees]

Originally Posted by 1878

Sadly I am unable to find the game guide from the link provided (all 350 pages of it!!). The thread link is very helpful and I will read it in more detail. Having looked at the first page of it some of the questions I had have already been answered. Thanks again.

I've sent a message to battists about that. I think they rearranged the website when they introduced the Out of the Park Baseball 2007 forum and some things got lost in the shuffle. If he can find the link, I asked him to either post it here or PM me and I will post it. The Game Guide is great; he said it will be updated for 2007 but you can certainly use the 2006 version to get a head start (and for OOTP 2006, of course).

If you PM me with your e-mail address, I will send you the PDF file that contains the Game Guide. Warning: It's 16.3MB (zipping it in WinZip does not save much, 14.7MB), so your ISP may not allow you to receive it due to size restriction.

[Curtis]

Sorry about the Game Guide link. Most of the site downloads are not functioning at present. Apparently Sports Interactive is in the process of migrating their site to a new server and much is disfunctional while the process continues. And before you ask, we have no idea when these problems will clear up.