Stadium Lighting

[Chikiboy]

This was a big issue for me (and I know others) last season as it really affected certain games and teams that I chose not to play with (Pittsburgh, Seattle, San Diego, Philadelphia, St. Louis)

I know the outfield lighting issue was rectified for St. Louis, and one can only imagine it has been fixed for those remaining.

But my thought is whether or not the awesome "neon" effect seen with ballparks light San Francisco's Cola Bottle, Minnesota's Twins sign, Philly's Liberty Bell (half lit anyways) and the pinwheels on the scoreboard at U.S. Cellular, will be added to other ballparks. Truly hope is does as it definitely adds a lot of pop and atmosphere in-game.

I REALLY hope they continued this effort with some of the other Ballparks:

Fenway Park: Citgo sign should be neon. Also the Fenway Park behind centerfield seats should be neon (similar to pinwheels at U.S. Cellular)

Turner Field: The Tomahawk on the centerfield scoreboard should be neon with chop animation

Progressive Field: Indians script on top of the scoreboard

Safeco Field: The Safeco Field sign above the left field bleachers

Comerica Park: Tigers script on top of the left field scoreboard

PNC Park: Blue light on concourse beyond left field. Also city skyline definitely needs more lighting enhancement

Marlins Park: The Gigantic centerfield art deco eyesore with the Dolphins should have the added neon lights glow

Coors Field: The Rockies sign atop the scoreboard should have more of a neon or brighter glow to it.

Busch Stadium: The Budweiser sign (don't recall what it says in game) and the lettering on top of the scoreboard needs to be enhanced. Better neon effect to the two redbirds and clock atop scoreboard.

Any other thoughts?

[LastActionHero]

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Great post, wondering this as well.

[KHarmo88]

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As a Pirates fan, you're spot on with PNC improvements. Picture proof is endless on these topics.

[Jimmydm90]

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Actually Chikiboy, I would advise posting pictures of each example because photo evidence generally makes it more likely that SCEA will implement things in later games.

There's also the stadium feedback section in the stickies with links to where you can post it too.

[Go Yankees]

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One of my biggest complaints with the show 14 was the lack of lighting in the outfield of some stadiums but also the lack of lights in the buildings of the city views, it makes it seem weird like a emptiness around the stadium, its like Pittsburgh couldnt pay their electric bill.

[Cowboy008]

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Have they fixed the issue when players go deep in center field and the player get darker like he went into the shadows? I play with the Rays and it always happens.

[Chikiboy]

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Following some of the suggestions for photos, I went and pulled some up and interestingly, it seems that the Pittsburgh skyline can be rather dark at times (save for some signs on the building).

I did see some other photos where this wasn't the case.

Gonna post some photos in a few.

[Chikiboy]

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Adding some photos just for reference. As it is obviously late in the Development cycle, I can't imagine anything for lighting could be added at thsi juncture.

In the past, I've made a couple comments here and there in the Stadium Feedback threads. Following the release of MLB The Show '15 and getting a chance to see what the SDS team was able to accomplish this year, will definitely add A LOT of photos and suggestions for MLB The Show '16:

Fenway Park (Citgo sign):
The cool thing about the Citgo sign is how it is illuminated differently at given times (ie: white portion of sign is sometimes lit up in neon and sometimes it is not):
Citgo1.jpg
Citgo4.jpg

Coors Field (Rockies Sign):
This sign just needs to be outlined in neon purple with white neon dots around the clock:
CoorsField.jpg
CoorsField2.jpg

[LastActionHero]

Stadium Lighting

Following some of the suggestions for photos, I went and pulled some up and interestingly, it seems that the Pittsburgh skyline can be rather dark at times (save for some signs on the building).

I did see some other photos where this wasn't the case.

Gonna post some photos in a few.

Yeah this was heavily discussed last year when 14 came out. The Pitsburgh skyline was also brought up and photos showed it wasn't even that much off!

[merchant1874]

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Yep hopefully all tjr night lighting has bern sorted, from neon signs to pitch dark seating areas.

Was very inconsistent last year.

At&T looked fantastic at night. Others not so much.

[Chikiboy]

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A few more...

Busch Stadium:
The Redbirds should really standout in neon Red along with the Cardinals (Budweiser) sign underneath them.

Also, the Coca Cola sign in centerfield should be neon white with the bottle on each side in a neon mint green (ala same as the Cola bottle at AT&T Park)
BuschStadium2.jpg
BuschStadium3.jpg
BuschStadiumCocaColaSign.jpg

Progressive Field (Indians sign):
The Indians sign should be lit in neon white, similar to what was done for U.S. Cellular Field's scoreboard and pinwheels in MLB The Show 14:
ProgressiveField1.jpg
ProgressiveField2.jpg

[Shakedowncapo]

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Yeah this was heavily discussed last year when 14 came out. The Pitsburgh skyline was also brought up and photos showed it wasn't even that much off!

Except, I could show you pictures of when I was there 4th of July weekend back in 2010 and the building were way more lit than that. Its all about when the pics are taken.

Its off by quite a bit.

- Uploaded pic

All of those lights were visible during the actual game. Its what impressed me so much about the park since it was my first time there.

[Chikiboy]

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Found this picture of the Pittsburgh skyline at night that seemed a little more "lit up"
PNCParkSkyline.jpg

[Chikiboy]

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Had to add just a few more pics...

Comerica Park (Tigers script on scoreboard):
They did a great job on this in terms of the letters displaying other content like from the scoreboard. Just needs to be outlined in orange neon:
ComericaPark1.jpg
ComericaPark2.jpg
ComericaPark3.jpg

Safeco Field:
I'm very biased on this one as this is the ballpark I attend the most. The Safeco sign is one of the things that REALLY stands out. Need the Blue neon for the 'Seattle Mariners' portion of the sign along with the gold outline and white of the lettering. Also can't forget the Red neon of the clock hands:
SafecoField1.jpg

Citizens Bank Park:
They actually just about nailed this part, but it was like there was a bug that made the Liberty Bell not completely light up. I can't imagine that it wasn't fixed for '15. Would be cool if they implemented some of the other looks to the Bell like the dotted stars.:
LibertyBell2.jpg

[Madden's Jowels]

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This was one of my biggest gripes with 14 because they played up the all-new built from scratch stadiums and new lighting system, and then a lot of the ballparks looked like they were half-finished because of lighting issues like these.

Really hope all of these are fixed.