One thing he doesn't mention is that the dreaded "Draft & Release" bug has been squashed in this version (at least according to Markus in a separate post). This is news I was desperately praying for as our league was suffering from this bug after transitioning to OOTP 9. It was severe enough that I was preparing to prohibit free agents from leaving affected foreign leagues; with this news that won't be necessary.Hey guys,
we have just released the latest patch, version 9.2.0! It fixes all reported bugs which we were able to duplicate and also introduces the following two features:
1) Pitchers in 7-Day Lineups - You can now assign starting pitchers in the 7-Day Lineups page, giving you full control over your team when you sim a week at a time! Online leagues, rejoice!
2) Lock player position - In the Player Strategy screen, you can now lock a player into a specific position, so that the AI will not change the player's position when setting depth charts and lineups. This feature is great if you don't worry too much about your minor leagues, but you really want to teach certain individual players certain positions!
Other improvements:
- Fine-tuned player development
- Improved AI in multiple areas
- Enhanced play-by-play and news stories
- When 'owner controls budget' is disabled, then cash is factored into money available for extensions
Please download the full setup files here, and simply install over your existing OOTP 9 installation (no need to uninstall):
PC: http://mirror1.ootpdevelopments.com/ootp/ootp9setup.exe
Mac: http://mirror1.ootpdevelopments.com/oot ... nstall.zip
We'll copy the files to our other download locations tomorrow, and create an .exe only version as well. Unless some major problems arise, this will be the last patch for OOTP 9! Enjoy
Unless something goes terribly wrong with this patch and a new one is rushed out, this will be the version of the game we begin play with next Thursday. Since I'll be using this version, all of you will need to be using it as well to be able to import and export league files. Therefore it is critical that everyone upgrade to 9.2.0 ASAP. You'll find download links to the full setup files above (and I recommend using the full install over the later-to-be-released .exe only version).
Important PEBA OOTP 9 dates
Thursday, October 9: First league file sent out in OOTP 9 format
Thursday, October 16: First opportunity for owners to export from OOTP 9
Monday, November 3: First mandatory sim under OOTP 9