Defensive positions not visable

[Gregg]

I had this issue happen again twice this weekend. The lineups were entered and defensive positions set. After the second or third inning the numbers of the defensive positions did not show up. Everything worked during the first couple innings. We change some defensive positions every inning. I know this issue has been discussed in this forum. I think I found the problem. It appears the problem occurs when you tap a defensive position from the game screen to make changes. If you inadvertently go back to the game when one of the positions shows a ? it appears to leave all the defensive positions blank for the rest of the game. You cannot change things in future innings. I would be happy to send my data if you want to take a look.

[FTMSupport]

I wish it was that simple. I just tried what you described. I went into a game, clicked a position that had a question mark, then clicked Cancel when it brought up the position selection. Nothing went blank.

I tried again, and this time clicked Save instead of cancel. Still nothing went blank.

We are still searching for steps to reproduce consistently. If our steps above are something different than what you have done, please let us know. Or if you can describe the steps in a little more detail, that would be great.

Thank you.

[Kookaroo]

This problem happened to me yesterday. If I'm not mistaken, the problem occurred when I made an offensive (bating) change. When the team went back on defense, the ? appeared in the original defensive position and I was not able to update that position with the player that came in while the team was on offense.

I hope that makes sense...

[bsweetser]

When you substitute while a team is batting, if the pinch hitter remains in the game, you can set that person into a position when the team takes the field. As you state, the fielding position displays with a '?'. Tap the '?' and you will see the lineup. The player who pinch hit is already listed in the lineup. You just need to select the player's number in the lineup and the position that he/she is playing. You will not see the player in the list of subs because the player is already in the lineup.

If I understand your description correctly, I hope this helps...

ben

[Kookaroo]

Thanks for the reply, Ben...

When the team went back on defense and I tapped the ?, the lineup showed the original player. The listing of subs that normally appear didn't show up either, so I was stuck with the ? and the original player in the lineup...couldn't make the right changes at this point.

When the player came up on offense again, I had to make the batting change again and then same problem on defense...couldn't make the switch there again, same as described earlier.

I'll watch for this issue when I score my next game and let you know if I find out my memory was wrong on this one. Also, don't want to take away from the original poster's problem, especially if I'm talking about a totally different problem...

[Phantom Sage]

I have had this same issue - several times but have not had the presence of mind to think back to what I did before it happened, but it does occur frequently enough to be a nuisance.

My fix... Close the game and re-open and everything appears fine. Not a pretty fix - more a work-around, but it gets the job done.

[Chumpson]

see below

[Chumpson]

I had this happen to. I fiddled with it enough and found this.

Say my 1B player is a ?, but my 2B guy says 12.
I select player at 2B, or 12.
This takes me to the roster change page.
I leave player at 2B unchanged and change the guy where the question mark is.

Hope that helps, sort circumventing some sort of freeze with the question mark.

[atf]

I have had this happen mulitple times to me and I think it has to do either double switches or when you are trying to sub a pitcher who is not on the roster and you add them at the line up level and then try to sub him again. I find this whole area quite quirky.

Sometimes straight pitcher replacements work, sometimes they don't.
Sometimes a double switch works, other times it doesn't.
Sometimes the whole defensive grid goes blank and sometimes it doesn't.

It might also have to do with how many batters you have in the lineup. In our leagues, they allow a DH and an EH so we have 10 batters. There are games when they allow the whole roster to bat.

Players that are in the batting lineup as DH or just set to yes for batting aren't always available when you go to make a substitution.


Thoughts anybody?

[FTMSupport]

The good news in this regard is we have redone the way substitutions work for version 2.0 (again, submitting any day now). We think the new method is much simpler, and allows "scoring what you see" and not having to know what the manager is thinking in order to score a game. An example of this is when there is a pinch hitter... as a spectator, you may not know that a double switch is taking place. If you do know, great, you will be able to make all the adjustments quickly. If you do not know, you can make the offensive change, then when the players are back on defense, you can see the fielding changes and mark those as well. iScore Baseball will automatically reconcile these changes on your scorecard.

fyi... for Extra Hitters, you do not need to assign a defensive position in iScore. Just mark the player's defensive position as "Out", and setting Batting = "Yes". This means the player is batting only (i.e. they are an Extra Hitter). They should not be marked as a "DH" unless they are truly a designated hitter for the pitcher.