[Marc Duffy]

Today we have elected to make a "beta" version of the second patch available for OOTP Baseball 2007. Our goal is to get solutions into the hands of any players who may be stuck on a particular issue we have resolved. The full, final patch will be released sometime in the near future, most likely within a month. The final patch will include additional fixes and possibly features that are not in this beta patch.

WARNING!
This patch is "beta" code, and therefore could potentially be less stable than "final" code. If you do use this code, please be certain to back up your leagues and any critical files.

USE THIS PATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK!

You may submit Tech Support threads as usual when using this patch, but please let us know that you're using the beta patch if you do so.

Visit http://www.ootpbaseball.net/downloads.php

Who Should Download this Patch?

- Players who cannot proceed further with the current version due to a specific issue that is claimed fixed in this patch, such as the minor league AI issue, or the online league free agency issue.
- Brave folks who like playing with beta code and are willing to risk the greater instability.

Remember, if the commish in your online league patches, then you must patch as well.

If you're not one of these people, there is NO NEED TO DOWNLOAD THIS PATCH.

Verification

If you use the beta patch, we're always interested to hear "verification" of issues that are claimed fixed. So, if you use the beta patch and can verify that a certain issue has been resolved, let us know!

[Marc Duffy]

What's new in 2.0.2 - BETA BUILD 50

- Fixed AI changing lineups when managing in the minor leagues
- Fixed editing of contract extentsions
- Fixed editing of pro service time
- Fixed problems with historical fictional leagues
- Fixed problems with free agent offers in online leagues
- All-Star game boxscores are now always saved, regardless of the option settings
- Improved depth chart AI in leagues with incomplete minors
- The rule 5 draft no longer excludes players with more than 6 pro years
- Improved trade AI
- Tweaked the pitcher fatigue system
- Fixed MLB service time calculation
- The scrollbar position in the shop player page is now remembered
- Fixed problems after turning off commish mode
- Fixed off-field injury minimum year usage
- Team stats reports no longer include players with no games played
- Patch function will now remember when a patch has been installed and will not install it twice
- OOTP will not start when skins and certain skin files are missing
- styles.css will be reloaded when switching database
- When switching database, existing images will not be overwritten
- Fixed problems with age limits for created players
- Pitchers now warm up faster between innings
- Personnell contract extensions can now be edited
- Fixed problem with missing line breaks in transaction reports and other reports
- Fixed problems with unretiring players
- Online league file creation will optionally include new and changed images
- 1960 Major League schedule has the correct number of games now (154)
- Fixed several small bugs
- Updated the readme.txt files

List of Bugs that are Claimed Fixed in this page, by TT #
Number Summary
171 Crash upon replacing injured pitcher
521 1960 historical schedule incorrect
825 Can't zero out Time as Professional
968 Coaches.mysql.sql missing data in Quick Field
1444 Enable Historical Progression Options for fictional leagues
1614 html has bad output on scouting draft pool report
2041 HTML Logs Not Generating Properly for PC Players in Online Leagues After a Mac Commish Runs a Sim
2308 Pending Offers - They disappear from the screen in Online Leagues
2322 Good FAs Not Being Signed in Historical League
2344 Solution for missing CS data in historical simulations
2386 CTD when generating league history report
2653 After deleting a league, Rename button causes error
2700 Re-importing weather database does not clear out existing cities
2708 2006 and 2007 MLB schedules missing from schedule folder
2758 Import Rosters kills Fan Interest
2777 Inning ending text "tied at 1 runs a piece"
2815 Switching jobs mid-year shows manager with extra year in almanac
2829 [FNC] Edit team colours, logos and uniforms not present on MAC
2839 SQL syntax
2840 Weather Data Not Sticking
2848 Error Message From Player
2868 [FNC] Demo purchase screen does not open in pc version
2880 Change away team references in schedule editor
2896 Txt - /N... In Error
2905 Trade Headline- Incorrectancy
2911 Unable to Upload Online League Reports
2912 Teams paying coaches huge sums of money
2936 In Conversion 2006 to 2007 Beard Frequencies are Wrong
2938 Delete manager help button does not work
2944 [TXT] Misspelling in player message
2950 CTD on roster screen
2952 [FNC] User unable to mange team,option's ghosted-out.
2958 Dead players in 1969 league
2972 Add alternative offscreen rendering option for Windows version
2977 HBP at start of game messes up PBP
2983 Auto HR modifier broken in historical/fictional league
2989 Crash with text engine errors upon load - vista
2991 [FNC] 48 hours pass and still has not loaded
2993 In tracemode, add debug messages
2997 Poor Quality Player Salary for Standard Japanese League Incorrect
3007 Manually Entering RGB/HSL Values Under "Select" On Team Colors Screen Has No Effect
3010 Re-import names causes Joe Nobodys
3011 Game reporting pinch runner when there was none
3029 Age limits not operating correctly
3035 Crash to Desktop with Injured Pitcher
3039 Crash related to, um, well, it's kinda complicated.
3057 Zone Alarm / Pop-up nag lockup
3063 Small Stadiums in Fictional Historicals
3064 Found "[$game batter]" in play-by-play (pbp)
3072 Text - scout email missing team name in subject line
3077 Text - email regarding player's role missing position in body of message
3080 Nickname typo
3081 Online League File Extracter Won't Extract 0 Byte Files
3082 Headline and Story Teams Do Not Match
3089 Game doesn't create players under 17 for non-feeder leagues.
3110 In-game pages and substitutions screens default to SISA
3124 Readme.txt for Ballcap/Jersey Customization Incomplete, Duplicated
3125 Blank readme.txt Installed in \data\photos Folder
3139 CTD when creating a new league in May
3140 Rain delays in domes
3144 poor word choice in pbp
3150 Crash when adding leagues after game creation
3151 Illegal # of players in deleted league
3155 first name of player missing in news item (ratings update)
3156 Errors in XML News Text ID 18850
3158 OOTP 6.5 conversion boosting speed & steal ratings
3166 PbP should mention number of HR hit
3175 Can't add third league
3178 [%team division] token returning league name twice when only one division per subleague
3187 Manager's score is in error in years that the player is fired from the team
3193 Add Link to Player Development Report to Manager Home Screen
3194 FA compensation not transferring the picks
3197 Unable to move Expansion teams to other divisions
3203 RGB /Hue etc. conversion doesn't work correctly
3205 Adding Feeder leagues after universe creation causes multiple inagural drafts
3209 Pitcher roles shown as SP; conflicts with Lahman, real life stats
3214 Regeneration of schedule or a warning when deleting teams
3222 Rule 5 draft doesn't take place until 2007 in historical league
3223 Html Template occasionally doesn't load images
3228 Runners not going on 2 out flyball
3232 teams not shown in the correct order in player history after a trade
3234 Option to have signed players (major + minor lg deals) go on DFA rather than rosters directly
3261 not enough good personnel
3264 Crash after WS
3265 HRs plummit in historical sim
3275 News story misprint
3287 Deleted Leagues still show up in Almanac options
3294 Releases noted multiple times on transactions log
3301 Game overwrites images in news/html/images with MAIN template images
3303 Rule 5 Draft Should Not Exclude Players With More Than Six Years Experience
3307 Set Depth carths to "Never" is not working
3308 Freeze the game by historical import of no year
3309 Error with Albrecht in names.txt
3318 Historical expansion, changes don't occur in this setup
3320 League-setup navigation
3323 Delete Article button does not work
3325 Style.css Doesn't load from league when changing leagues.
3328 Feature Request: Seeing Defense Alignment while on Offense on PbP screen
3330 Scroll Bar Auto Top Paging Frustrating
3331 Houston's rookie league affiliate - Greeneville
3334 Pitcher Warm Ups
3335 [TXT] Hard-coded "Ted" in HR news item
3341 All-star box and game log not saved
3342 [TXT] Injury comes before the play
3344 Minor League AI not resting tired players with ghost players enabled
3346 Schedule - do not allow user to clear schedule in spring training
3351 Custom Ballcap Colors Not Working Right?
3355 Color codes for available personnel not adjusting to scale
3356 Cap logos not importing
3364 Finances: "Money left for contract extensions" calculations reset.
3366 PBB Bug
3369 Top Prospect Error
3370 Crash with historical league - changing league structure with auto-expansion on
3373 Save needs to be awarded for the final 3-innings of the game
3376 Edit Extensions not working
3381 Shop Player Glitch
3382 AI Making Changes after Patch
3384 Off Field Injury Bug
3390 Wrong Team in News Article
3392 Setting/Changing a player's position resets the Position drop-down
3394 Text - game log typo
3410 Options & Preview Screen Before Game Puts Home/Away Numbers in Vs. Pitcher Column When Scouting is On and SISA is Selected
3421 "Enemt batters" in Player of the Week news item
3424 Moving Player Between Minor League Teams of Same Level Increases Morale
3425 Assigning Player to Appropriate Level After a Trade Reduces Morale
3426 Typo in hardcoded PbP
3427 offered FA money and $$ not returned to budget after other team signs
3428 2 Problems with deleting league
3435 Contract extension not recognized
3436 Players with 0 games played in batting/pitching reports
3438 PBP text overrun referring to Catcher's stats
3439 Feeder League talent is too good.
3441 Major League Service time calculated incorrectly
3448 Contract Extension Demands Change as Set Position Changes
3453 Ratings Report (Pitcher's Batting Ratings)
3454 Depth Charts 'Starts' setting don't work
3458 Stat order incorrect after mid-season trade
3460 FaceGen Beard Setting Values Don't Work
3463 Coaches Show up on Team Personnel HTML Report Even When Disabled
3467 Foreign Scouting Found a Player who was Too Talented
3468 Numerous Complaints over MR Fatigue
3469 News stories being deleted after 2 years no matter what setting is used
3473 Lahman full history import too slow on some machines with adequate specifications
3489 Issue when manually unretire multiple times
3490 Transaction text is not line seperated
3492 Inning ends after only two outs
3493 Crash while viewing draft pool
3495 Coaches extension $$ amounts not showing properly
3498 Winter leagues stats should not be resetting at Jan 1st
3500 Can't edit $ amount for one year contract edits
3502 Crash loading saved game
3504 Mystery salaries for future unsigned years showing in reports

Apologies if the descriptions aren't too great. If you want more detail on specific TTs, you can search for the TT # in the Tech Support forum!

[Stu]

Awesome. This patch is huge for online leagues.

[Scoman]

Hmmm,should I dl the beta patch? I don't play in online leagues,but I am feeling a little risky this morning.

[PSUColonel]

I'd like to know "in what way has the trade AI been improved?" Is it tougher, or is it easier to pul of deals? This to me is too vague.

[battists]

Originally Posted by PSUColonel

I'd like to know "in what way has the trade AI been improved?" Is it tougher, or is it easier to pul of deals? This to me is too vague.

This probably doesn't have to do with "harder" or "easier" so much as the realism of the deals themselves.

In other words, Markus has probably made some adjustments that make the AI less likely to be involved in "stupid" deals.

[kckid4u]

Man, how close is the final version of this patch to be released? The reason I ask is that I am in a few online leagues and some want to use this "beta" version of the patch, and others are concerned with how stable it is and don't want to use it, so I now have to choose which leagues to quit.

[battists]

Originally Posted by kckid4u

Man, how close is the final version of this patch to be released? The reason I ask is that I am in a few online leagues and some want to use this "beta" version of the patch, and others are concerned with how stable it is and don't want to use it, so I now have to choose which leagues to quit.

Unfortunately, I would guess at least several weeks.

You could always do a lot of installing/uninstalling, but that would be pretty cumbersome.

[PerfectMisnomer]

Originally Posted by Marc Duffy

What's new in 2.0.2 - BETA BUILD 50


- Online league file creation will optionally include new and changed images

Awesome!!!! Thank you, it was a pain uploading new images before.

[Stu]

Speaking to the patch's stability, I think that is more a disclaimer than anything because this patch hasn't seen much testing time.

However, as an online commish I can say the fixes this contains are absolutely necessary if your league is at or approaching the offseason.

[Neags23]

Should there be a special thread for tech issues after the patch? Or just a general thread in the tech support forum?

Unfortunately, I've already got one. The game gets stuck at the end of a month. I backed up my "draft & release" league, simmed to the next year, and tried to make it up to the draft to see if this patch had any effect. The game froze at April 30.

I had to alt-ctrl-del it, and tried again. This time it's stuck on Jan. 30. I'll try installing the backup and see if it's any different.

[Operation Shutdown]

Does anyone have a direct link to the downloads. I can't access the main ootpbaseball.net page from wo..errrr home, yeah that's it, I'm trying to download this from home.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Operation Shutdown

Does anyone have a direct link to the downloads. I can't access the main ootpbaseball.net page from wo..errrr home, yeah that's it, I'm trying to download this from home.

http://rapidshare.de/files/37743586/...02_beta_50.exe (PC)

http://rapidshare.de/files/37743588/...02_beta_50.dmg (MAC)

[Operation Shutdown]

Originally Posted by Stu

http://rapidshare.de/files/37743586/...02_beta_50.exe (PC)

http://rapidshare.de/files/37743588/...02_beta_50.dmg (MAC)

doh, no luck there either. Is there still a link for the ootpdevfiles site. It seems I have access to that site, but don't know the direct link for the patch.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Operation Shutdown

doh, no luck there either. Is there still a link for the ootpdevfiles site. It seems I have access to that site, but don't know the direct link for the patch.

Man, your "home" network is strict.

http://ootp2007.ootpdevfiles.com/oot...02_beta_50.exe (PC)

http://ootp2007.ootpdevfiles.com/oot...02_beta_50.dmg (MAC)

[Operation Shutdown]

You're not kidding. It even yells at me in German. pfft!! That link works great, thanks a lot.

[sfeldkamp]

Can you elaborate on these few items?

- Tweaked the pitcher fatigue system
Does this mean that my average Endurance rated SP will not be at or near 100% rested when their turn in the 5 man rotation comes? Or will I continue to need a spot start from a 6th starter every so often?

- Fixed problems with age limits for created players
Does this mean my scouts will no longer report 38 year old below average talent players as "finds" from the nations they are scouting? I've only ever found one player below 30 (he was 22) in about 10-15 "finds".

[Neags23]

Originally Posted by Neags23

Should there be a special thread for tech issues after the patch? Or just a general thread in the tech support forum?

Unfortunately, I've already got one. The game gets stuck at the end of a month. I backed up my "draft & release" league, simmed to the next year, and tried to make it up to the draft to see if this patch had any effect. The game froze at April 30.

I had to alt-ctrl-del it, and tried again. This time it's stuck on Jan. 30. I'll try installing the backup and see if it's any different.

Yeah, so now the backup won't even load. I'm thinking I'm gonna vote not to install this beta patch on my other machine. In the mean time, is there a way to uninstall this without having to reinstall the whole game?

[Zeyes]

Originally Posted by Marc Duffy

- Fixed problems with age limits for created players

Any chance that somebody can tell me if that corresponds to a particular TT# or tech support thread? I'm asking because I had this thread up which wasn't TT'ed (yet anyway) and it sounds like the same issue, so maybe I missed somebody else raising the issue even before me. Thanks!

[battists]

Originally Posted by Zeyes

Any chance that somebody can tell me if that corresponds to a particular TT# or tech support thread? I'm asking because I had this thread up which wasn't TT'ed (yet anyway) and it sounds like the same issue, so maybe I missed somebody else raising the issue even before me. Thanks!

I'm going to try to provide more detail on TT#s over the weekend...