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Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet - Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For February 5th on Twitch
Man, I just found the post with B Ma explaining the new pitch dynamics and woot woot!!! It really is going to feel like you are breaking one off when you toss out an uncle charlie. B Ma is my hero, using saber/physics research and applying it to the game!Comment
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Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet - Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For February 5th on Twitch
Could you link me to that post? I'm very interested.Comment
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Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet
Most of the changes below are based on real life stats and research..
All pitches now vary their break axis for real. For example, a Curveball sometimes will spin 12-6 O’Clock or 10-4 O’Clock. A 12-6 Curveball will sometimes spin 1-7 O’Clock or 11-5 O’Clock. Even a 4-seam will do this, but the OSD won’t display it because the 4-seam is considered the “reference pitch” that is compared to by default. It’s subtle but definitely noticeable in testing. Real life pitches vary more than this , but there’s design and playability drawbacks to varying too much. There are some complications from this change, some are addressed while others aren’t critical and still worth keeping.
Pitch break magnitudes vary slightly more too. I.e. a 12 inch break might vary between 10.5-13.5 inches between throws before any other factors are applied.
4-Seam Fastballs spin at 11 O-Clock (1 O-Clock from pitcher’s perspective) and tail in on a same handed hitter. If there’s good data on arm slots, we can vary this from 9-12. So a side-arm pitcher would have his 4-Seam move more like a sinker even though it’s rolling 4-seams, has the accuracy bonus of a 4-seam, etc.. We already have the rule that side-arm pitchers overthrow/underthrow side-ways, but the data needs to be comprehensively set and QA’d before we start using it for armslot/spinaxis.
Curveballs are much easier to see and recognize earlier. Changeups and sliders should be slightly easier to read. 2-seams and sinkers sink more than before. Higher break pitchers tail at a lower axis (same is true for slider and cutter).
Most of the spin and break formulas have been tuned based on the latest research I know of. For example based on Trackman, the best curveball pitcher is about 3000 rpm whereas the average is 2450. So I increased curveball spin accordingly overall, but reduced the gap between the best and average pitcher to +/- 22% rather than +/- 33% which is kind of exaggerated. That’s still a big difference because our OSD can only show ½ the curveball movement (it might break 2 feet but we’ll only show 1 foot, otherwise you can’t even aim it). Instead of exaggerating the OSD’s break for breaking pitches, instead I’ll try to show a realistic break (in the case of CB, scaled by 1/2x) and let the formulas do the work of differentiating effectiveness.
2450 rpm translates to 41 rotations per second, which is about 20 rotations to the plate for a curveball. A fastball is on average 2200 rpm, about 14 rotations to the plate (depending on speed). I checked these numbers against some other sources and they’re not far off, and probably more definitive coming from Trackman which has comprehensive data using professional grade equipment. In any case the numbers happen to be a potential improvement because of their implications on pitch recognition.T-BONE.
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I can't shave with my eyes closed, meaning each day I have to look at myself in the mirror and respect who I see.
I miss the old days of Operation Sports :(
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Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet - Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For February 5th on Twitch
Do you guys play with pitch speed all the way up? It's a must for me, makes it feel very realistic.1458, not counting playoffs, that's the number of games in a row I haven't missed! Go Yanks!Comment
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Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet - Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For February 5th on Twitch
Haha...sorry....I just got busy.
I guess it should be soon.......time always runs tight.......
I'm so busy with work this year(that's why I couldn't make CD this time around...)...that I'm likely taking a much smaller role in development of the set.
RidinDwnKingsley is taking lead this year.
I have to PM him and get things set up.
It's really all about the individual team editors anyway now....I just put their work together.
M.K.
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Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet - Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For February 5th on Twitch
Not to sound like a bragger, but how on earth do I do so well then! hahahaha! I pull plenty, as a matter of fact, sometimes, I wish pitch speed can be put even higher!1458, not counting playoffs, that's the number of games in a row I haven't missed! Go Yanks!Comment
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I can't shave with my eyes closed, meaning each day I have to look at myself in the mirror and respect who I see.
I miss the old days of Operation Sports :(
Louisville Cardinals/St.Louis CardinalsComment
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Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet - Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For February 5th on Twitch
I actually turn the pitch speed down 2 notches and turn the power up one notch. Thats the only adjustments I make to sliders and I usually get really realistic results. Some close games, some blowouts. Sometimes I don't hit any HR, sometimes I hit 3. With the regular sliders, sometimes I will go 3 games without any HR.Comment
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Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet - Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For February 5th on Twitch
I go to bp with chapman and try to jump on fastballs. I go up or down based on my reaction time. If I am behind on read and react but pulling FBs when sitting on them, then I got it right.Comment
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Re: MLB 15 The Show Fact Sheet - Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For February 5th on Twitch
Haha...sorry....I just got busy.
I guess it should be soon.......time always runs tight.......
I'm so busy with work this year(that's why I couldn't make CD this time around...)...that I'm likely taking a much smaller role in development of the set.
RidinDwnKingsley is taking lead this year.
I have to PM him and get things set up.
It's really all about the individual team editors anyway now....I just put their work together.
M.K.
Knight165
SpoilerI'm probably going to have some conflicting work obligations too... sucks manBakin' soda, I got bakin' sodaComment
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