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.
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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
