Some New OOTP 19 Features Revealed

Here’s the current list of new features and improvements for OOTP 19. More additions are still to come, since there are 2 weeks left to test beta. Check the official post for updates, as they will most likely add to it.

Major Changes & Additions

• 2018 rosters
• New in-game screen & 3D ballparks & player animations
• Manual voting for end of season awards
• New scouting report text & player development graphs
• Tournaments may optionally take teams that already play in other leagues
• Improved in-game AI: double switches, closer/starter usage in playoffs
• Added the option to choose between six different interface fonts
• Added team leader tabs to the pre-game screen
• Manager home page now has customizable sized widgets
• Modified internal ratings calculations. Adjusted global options for ratings display.
• Recoded many screens
• Added 800 fictional team logos

Minor Changes & Additions

• Added support for female users
• Added the Pacific Association independent league
• Can now set a league/tournament with schedule length of 0 to create a quick custom playoff-only bracket
• Added the option to lock the league total stats (historical leagues) while keeping league total modifier recalculation active. This enables users to have a static stats enviroment.
• Added arm angle rating for pitchers
• Historical leagues now support minor leagues and roster limits when playing with real life MLB transactions & lineups
• Added L/R split stats to historical leagues. These are used for player ratings calculations and can also be displayed in the career stats.
• Improved historical simulation accuracy
• Improved defensive ratings in historical leagues
• Added 1908 & 1909 as-played lineups to historical league database
• More accurate and realistic 19th century historical league and team database
• Improved draft pick trading AI
• Added RA9-WAR for pitchers, player defense breakdown by difficulty
• Added an “Extremely Low” injury frequency setting
• Columns can be sorted on the batter vs pitcher tab in the player profile screen
• Auto-load player pictures will search for BBRef-Minor-ID first
• Improved team color dialog
• Injured players no longer need to be immediately replaced in-game
• Fixed bug which caused interactive storylines to not trigger
• Added playoff history to league history page
• Moved languages and ethnicities into world.xml file. 1 to “n” languages possible now
• Can now skip player creation when adding a league to a world already in progress
• The middle mouse button now acts as a “page back” button
• Support for page navigation buttons on advanced mouse devices added
• The cursor keys up / down now let you scroll through player lists while viewing a player profile
• Added filter in coach lists for available jobs
• Added speed factor 1000 to real time simulation speed selection
• Countless other small improvements and fixes