1 Introduction and Installation ....................................4 10 Customizing OOTP ...............................................564 1.1 System Requirements........................................5 10.1 About Comma-Separated Files.......................564 1.2 Purchasing the Game ........................................6 10.2 Nations, Cities, and Player Origins.................565 1.3 Installing the Game ...........................................6 10.3 Names.............................................................575 1.4 Installing Your License.....................................7 10.4 Injuries............................................................580 1.5 What gets installed where? ...............................8 10.5 Team and League Logos.................................583 1.6 Uninstalling the Game ......................................10 10.6 Player and Coach Photos ................................588 1.7 Unlicensing the Game.......................................11 10.7 In-Game Text..................................................592 2 OOTP Interface and Controls ..................................11 10.8 Rosters/Importing Players ..............................604 2.1 Views and Filters ..............................................18 10.9 Ballparks/Stadiums .........................................604 2.2 Common Drop-Downs......................................24 10.12 Game Configuration Files.............................609 2.3 Common Action Menus ....................................28 2.4 In-Game Help....................................................30 3 Getting Started .........................................................31 3.1 Main Page .........................................................32 3.2 A Few Important Concepts ...............................33 3.3 Game Preferences .............................................37 4 Creating Games........................................................40 4.1 Creating a Major League Game ........................40 4.2 Creating Custom Games via Wizard.................41 4.3 Creating Custom Games in Advanced Mode....55 4.4 Importing Old OOTP Games ............................106 4.5 Quick-Start Games ...........................................110 5 Screen Descriptions by Menu ..................................113 5.1 The Game Menu ...............................................114 5.2 The Auto-Play Menu.........................................139 5.3 The Manager Menu...........................................140 5.4 The League Menu .............................................161 5.5 The Teams Menu ..............................................199 5.6 The Player Profile .............................................248 5.7 The Personnel Profile........................................280 6 Important Game Concepts .......................................285 6.1 Human Managers ..............................................286 6.2 The Player Model..............................................298 6.3 The Personnel Model ........................................320 6.4 Scouting ............................................................331 6.5 Trading..............................................................340 6.6 Finances and Player Contracts ..........................353 6.7 Player Drafts .....................................................368 6.8 Roster Rules and Management..........................381 6.9 League Events...................................................394 6.10 Tools, Functions, and Editors .........................402 7 Playing OOTP..........................................................457 7.1 Auto-Play (Simulating Games).........................458 7.2 Play-by-Play Mode (Playing out Games)..........463 8 In-Game Reports......................................................491 8.1 Current Year Reports ........................................493 8.2 History Reports .................................................518 9 OOTP Online Leagues.............................................542 9.1 How Do Online Leagues Work?.......................542 9.2 What Is Required?.............................................542 9.3 Setting up an Online League.............................543 9.4 Online League Functions ..................................545 9.5 Uploading League Files ....................................546 9.6 Importing ..........................................................550 9.7 Loading Online League Files............................551 9.8 Exporting ..........................................................553 9.9 Generating and Uploading Reports...................554 9.10 Commissioner Portal.......................................558 1 Introduction and Installation OOTP?9 is the next in the series of baseball management simulations from Out of the Park Developments. No baseball simulation offers you this much flexibility and this much fun. Ideal for historical, fictional, and online fans alike. No game does it better! OOTP lets you do almost anything a real-life general manager can do to guide a team to glory. You can create your ideal baseball universe using real world players and teams, or fictional ones. Play solo or compete with other human players in online leagues.? In OOTP, you control every aspect of your team. Set your pitching rotation. Scour the waiver wire for someone to fill out that last roster spot. Trade that aging veteran at the deadline for an up-and-coming prospect. Fund your organization's scouting arm to try to build?up your minor leagues. It's all there.? System Requirements System requirements for OOTP Baseball are as follows: Minimum Recommended Windows Vista or XP Windows?XP AMD or Intel Dual Core 2GHz 1 GHz processor 1GB RAM PC 1024 x 768 screen resolution 1024 x 768 32Bit display 400 MB free hard disk space 1GB HD space 256 MB RAM MS compatible mouse & keyboard PowerMac: PowerMac/PowerBook: G4 1 GHz PowerPC G5 2GHz Mac OS 10.3.9 Mac OS 10.4.8 256 MB RAM 1GB RAM Intel Core Duo: 1GB HD space Mac 1.8 Ghz Mac Pro/MacBook: Mac OS 10.4.4 Intel Core Duo 2GHz 256 MB RAM Mac OS 10.4.8 1024 x 768 screen resolution 1GB RAM 400 MB free hard disk space 1GB HD space OOTP supports all screen resolutions of 1024 x 768 and higher. Dual monitors are also supported. Important: Your video card must support Open GL in order to use the fictional face generation feature, although some older video cards may not be able to handle the fictional face generator. Without Open GL support, you can still play Out of the Park Baseball, but you will be unable to use the fictional face generator. Purchasing the Game Out of the Park Baseball is available for PC and Mac through digital download only. OOTP Developments has partnered with ViaTech Technologies, Inc. to handle the licensing of the Windows version of the game through its eLicense system. Licensing for the Mac version of the game will be handled by E-Sellerate. Upon purchase, an 'Order ID' will be generated and displayed on the purchase screen. It will also be e-mailed to the purchaser. This 'Order ID' is a string composed of letters and numbers. Do NOT lose the Order ID as it is needed to unlock and activate the game itself. Also, if you ever need to reinstall the game, such as due to a computer issue or moving the game to another computer, this Order ID will be needed again. Don't lose the Order ID! Visit our purchase page for more information on purchasing Out of the Park Baseball. You can also download the game directly from our download page. Installing the Game Well, you've purchased OOTP 9 and downloaded the software - now, how to get started? OOTP uses a quick and straightforward installation program on both the Windows and Macintosh platforms. There are two steps to get started: install the software, and install your license. Follow the instructions here to get OOTP up and running. Installing OOTP (Windows) To install the game, follow these steps: 1. Download the game. After this step is completed, you should have a file called ootp9setup.exe?saved somewhere on your computer. 2. Double-click the .exe file. The setup program will launch and bring you to the Welcome screen. Click the Next button to continue with the installation. You will be taken to the License Agreement page. 3. Read the License Agreement. Click the 'I agree' radio button, and then click Next to continue. You will be taken to the?Installation Folder page. 4. If you want to use the default destination folder, click Next and skip to Step?6 below. If you want to change the destination folder, click the Change button. You will be taken to another page. 2 5. Select the installation directory you wish to use, or use the Make New Folder to create a new one, and then click OK. Click Next to proceed. Note: Normal installations install different files in different areas of your computer. If you choose to install in a directory other than the default, all files will be stored in the new directory. See what?gets installed?where for more information. 6.? Choose a shortcut folder ("program group") for the game to use, and whether these shortcuts should be available for all users or just the current users. 7. On the "Ready to Install" screen, confirm the settings you have selected, and then click Next to begin the installation. During the install process, you will see a progress meter. 8. When the install is complete, you will see a completion message. Click Finish to complete the installation. A shortcut to the game will be placed on your Desktop, and in the shortcut location you specified, (by default,?Start