Exhibition Game Options
When you play an exhibition game in DMB, you can customize
virtually all of the features of the game including the teams,
where they play, the weather, boxscore format, and much more.
To play an exhibition game, select Game then Exhibition. The
following window appears:
Exhibition Game Options
Exhibition games can involve teams, parks, and eras from any DMB
database. The pulldown lists under the heading "Database" allow you
to select a different database for each of these items. The pull
down lists under the heading "Selection" allow you to pick specific
teams to play against one another, specific parks, and specific
eras of play. When you select the home team, DMB automatically
selects that team's home park.
The bottom portion of this window shows a number of options that
you can choose when playing a game.
Using the Display pulldown list:
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choose Show all pitches to have DMB show the play-by-play commentary for every pitch
and to give yourself a chance to change tactics after every
pitch
-
choose Show all plays to show the
play-by-play commentary only when the ball is put in play, runners
advance or are put out, and other important events.
-
choose Show nothing to allow you to
Quick Play until the end of an inning or
the end of the game.
Using the Stop after pulldown
list:
1. If your Display option
is set to Show all pitches or
Show all plays, click the Go button on the game screen to see play-by-play
commentary without interruption for all plays up to the selected
stopping point.
2. If your Display option
is set to Show nothing, the game
will Quick Play
to that point before giving you a chance to interact with the game.
(This option does not apply if you have your Managers set to Human for
choosing the starting lineups.)
Using the Boxscore pulldown list,
choose the format you'd like the on-screen boxscores displayed
in.
Using the Month pulldown list, choose
a month for the purposes of generating the weather report for the
game. This option applies only if you check the Use weather system box.
Check the Use designated hitter box to
allow these teams to use designated hitters in this game.
Check the Use bullpen warmup rule to
force human managers to start warming up their relief pitchers
before bringing them into the game. See Bullpen Warmup Rule for details.
Check the Use weather system box to
generate a weather report for this game and to have the game
affected by the temperature, wind, and rain. If this box is
checked, you can also check the Show weather
report before game box to display that weather report before
you choose starting lineups. Otherwise, you can still access the
weather report from the game window later.
Check the Use clutch/jam ratings box
to use those ratings in this game. See Clutch and Jam Ratings for
details.
The Play by play
settings box allows you to set the speed
of the play-by-play commentary by using the Delay between messages slider to choose a comfortable
speed. You can also control the amount of time it takes to switch
from the play-by-play window and the tactics buttons by using the
Delay at end of play slider. Click on the
Play by play font button to change the
look of the play-by-play messages. If you want to keep the play
descriptions as simple as possible, uncheck the Show color commentary box. Otherwise, leave this box
checked for more detailed commentary. You can change these settings
during the game, so you can experiment them later.
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