12:23 PM - April 3, 2016 by Fiddy
The second OOTP 17 patch (version number 17.5.43) is available for users that purchased the game directly from the OOTP website or from official resellers. For those of you that purchased on Steam or the AppStore, it should be available in the next few days. Check out the details of the patch below
It improves several features, includes the latest MLB rosters (need to start a new game for changes to apply) and fixes several bugs and issues, for example some crashing issues while playing out games in 3D or an incompatibility with Mac OSX 10.7 and 10.8.
Compared to the version 17.4.37 the update contains the following changes:
- - Improved 2016 MLB roster sets (need to start new game for changes to apply)
- - Fixed crash issues on some Macs & PCs when playing out games in 3D mode
- - Fixed compatibility issues with Mac OSX 10.7 and 10.8.
- - Fixed problems with the draft pool containing too many players in historical games with historical minors
- - Added the early Pacific Coast League to the historical minor league database starting in 1921
- - Fixed issues with out of whack league total modifiers in some historical minor leagues
- - Teams without affiliated minor leagues now have access to a reserve roster even when the 40-man roster rule is in effect
- - Unaffiliated minor league teams now have access to a reserve roster
- - Added the option to set a fee for players being purchased from unaffiliated minor league teams (minor league setup, rules tab)
- - Added logos for the new West Virginia Black Bears
- - Fixed draft order issues in 2016 MLB game
- - Fixed memory leaks which may have resulted in crashes is long term simulations
- - Fixed a bug that caused news / injury / transaction logs not being erased according to the setting
- - Tweaked pitcher fatigue recovery, compared to OOTP 16 starting pitchers recovered too quickly
- - Tweaked trade AI for injured players
- - Tweaked scouting of young pitchers, lessening the effect of scout preference a bit (high ability preference used to underrate pitchers too often)
- - Added real lineups for 1906 and 1907
- - Fixed several small bugs and cosmetic issues