1 Introduction and Installation.....................................................................4 1.1 System Requirements ...................................................................................5 1.2 Purchasing the Game....................................................................................6 1.3 Installing the Game.......................................................................................6 1.4 Installing Your License.................................................................................7 1.5 What gets installed where? ..........................................................................8 1.6 Uninstalling the Game ..................................................................................10 1.7 Unlicensing the Game...................................................................................11 2 OOTP Interface and Controls...................................................................11 2.1 Views and Filters...........................................................................................18 2.2 Common Drop-Downs..................................................................................24 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 2 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 (Non-Commissioners).................................551 9.8 Exporting .......................................................................................................553 9.9 Generating and Uploading Reports ............................................................554 9.10 Commissioner Portal ..................................................................................558 10 Customizing OOTP.....................................................................................564 10.1 About Comma-Separated Files..................................................................564 10.2 Nations, Cities, and Player Origins ...........................................................565 10.3 Names...........................................................................................................575 10.4 Injuries.........................................................................................................580 10.5 Team and League Logos.............................................................................583 10.6 Player and Coach Photos............................................................................588 10.7 In-Game Text ..............................................................................................592 10.8 Rosters/Importing Players .........................................................................604 10.9 Ballparks/Stadiums.....................................................................................604 10.12 Game Configuration Files ........................................................................609 3 OOTP 9 Welcome to the Out of the Park Baseball 9 online manual! This web site contains information about OOTP 9, including detailed descriptions of each page in the game. The online manual is designed to be read through sequentially, using the "Next Page" links at the bottom of each page. However, feel free to use the menu on the left to browse through the different sections of the manual. You can also use the search engine on the top right of this page to look up specific keywords in the manual. OOTP 9's online manual is accessible from inside OOTP 9 as well. When you use the F1 key in the game to open the in-game help, you will be directed to the appropriate page in our online manual. Here are a few other helpful links: OOTP Message Board | Tech Support Forum | Online FAQ 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.? 4 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