MLB '17 v1.08 Patch Released

[Armor and Sword]

Re: MLB '17 v1.08 Patch Released

I use sounds of the show only to replace the main menu music. didnt know you can use it in game too.

Holy crap dude.....go to the SOTS sub forum here pronto and take this game to immersion heaven.

I can’t play without it. It is awesome.

[LionsFan01]

Re: MLB '17 v1.08 Patch Released

Did stealing in general get a nerf? Sure feels like it. I know the L1 perfect jump bug got fixed, but now it seems like the pendulum has swung way over in the other direction and jumps are mostly horrendous.

[The Chef]

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Holy crap dude.....go to the SOTS sub forum here pronto and take this game to immersion heaven.

I can’t play without it. It is awesome.

Always wanted to do this but seems extremely overwhelming and a lot of work to get setup. If I'm wrong feel free to correct me as I'd much prefer using SOS over the generic music in the game.

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[Armor and Sword]

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Always wanted to do this but seems extremely overwhelming and a lot of work to get setup. If I'm wrong feel free to correct me as I'd much prefer using SOS over the generic music in the game.

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It is so worth the effort.

Once you get the hang of setting marks for the MP3 files (that is the leg work) it is a breeze to assign sounds.

Take it in doses.

Set up your home park and team and then add sounds to teams on your schedule as you play them. Then add the rest The of league as you go.

I took 8 hours on a day off and banged most of it out between editing (marking) tracks and assigning them.

Cujomatty and Lowlight have an awesome thread with all the files for each team and instructions.

Again well worth the investment of time as it will elevate your immersion 1000%


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[Padgoi]

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I think the decrease in power is clearly evident in this latest patch. I play on legend and with 1.07, the cpu was roidal. Any time I got the lead, the cpu would just hit a mammoth home run or 3 to get back in the game, but on 1.08, the cpu is dead. I just had the easiest game I've ever played in which i took a quick 6-0 lead and the cpu never even remotely threatened it. Now I have to rework my sliders over again for the 27th time or I'm gonna finish 130-32. Getting frustrating that they continue to change gameplay with every patch, thus forcing us to continually rework our sliders.

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[forme95]

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Always wanted to do this but seems extremely overwhelming and a lot of work to get setup. If I'm wrong feel free to correct me as I'd much prefer using SOS over the generic music in the game.

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Its not that hard. After a few times doing it, it will be so simple. Go to SOTS thread. That is how I learned and it was so simple I couldn't believe it. Don't worry about doing the entire MLB at first. Just start with your team, and if you are on the road, that team or teams you will be playing at. That's how I started. I just add the teams I am playing at next. In my spare time (LOL if I get any and don't try to get games in) I go and edit the tracks and then set them up for a team. The immersion is absolute heaven as Armor says. I cant live with out it now. Ive even turned down the commentary and play more as on the field (still custom) sound now so I get everything nice and crisp. I absolutely love it!

[Mercury112491]

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I don't know about different game modes, but this patch has absolutely wrecked hitting in DD. Balls are just dying in the outfield and nothing is getting through the infield except line drives.

Just feels like you're playing with those plastic balls with all the holes in them, you smash it perfectly and it looks like it'll go miles, then it just decelerates at a completely unnatural speed. Online game have turned into deadball era style games, anything in the air is an out unless it happens to bloop in between the outfield and the infield, while both teas are having to rely on small ball and line drives straight up the middle. Just feels and plays terribly.

Thinking of stopping for a bit as it's just not fun at all since the patch, everything just feels so weakly hit.

YES This is exactly how it feels. I thought maybe I was just being salty but I had a game where I hit at least 4 balls I thought for sure were either HR or doubles to the gap and the OF caught it in lazy fly ball territory. Power is way way down over my last 10 games since the patch. And like you said it's made the game more frustrating than fun. I feel like I'm being punished for playing zone, I get good contact with a 90+ power hitter and its a lazy fly ball. I'm not sure what to do, HR feel completely random now. I really hope they put it back the way it was. I thought the game was playing really well until this latest patch.

[fredhand19]

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My two cents. The recent patch is producing the most realistic stats since the game has been released IMO from a user hitting perspective.

This year I was missing the thrill of hitting a homerun because every second or third hit was one. I was playing on legend difficulty as well before people say it was rookie . I am a player who loves a simulation like game and I think this recent release is the closest we have had to it this year.

I will say that I do notice perfectly squared up balls since the patch often don't produce the results and I can see why it is causing users frustration. Especially for online users chasing missions etc. I have reduced my hitting difficulty back to HOF and am averaging a homerun a game which is perfect.

Maybe next year SDS may consider doing what other sports franchises have done and create different setting options for simulation, competitive and arcade users so everyone can play the version of the show they enjoy?

I'm an offline franchise user and realistic results is what I strive for when I play. However for an online user or users who enjoy the fun homerun derby type game that can be completely different.


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[BigOscar]

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I don't object to the net results, I object to the actual getting of them. Maybe the homerun and single numbers are more realistic, but they aren't coming on the right swings as they didn't actually change the dodgy hitting mechanics. So perfectly squared up balls are more often than not dying in the outfield or being weak grounders, yet I hit sporadically homers of late hits and balls that are nowhere near the middle of my pci. It's incredibly unrewarding

[sirjam]

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I don't object to the net results, I object to the actual getting of them. Maybe the homerun and single numbers are more realistic, but they aren't coming on the right swings as they didn't actually change the dodgy hitting mechanics. So perfectly squared up balls are more often than not dying in the outfield or being weak grounders, yet I hit sporadically homers of late hits and balls that are nowhere near the middle of my pci. It's incredibly unrewarding

Yes this is my issue. Also I don't know if it's register pic correctly? Sometimes it will say the pitch was high and my pci was low etc. Last thing I feel my power is really decreased but the CPU power is the same as it was. This game has gone from fun to just frustrating. Smh

[jeffy777]

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The hitting seems just as good to me, but I'm using Zone hitting. Directional can be too frustrating, imo.

[sirjam]

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The hitting seems just as good to me, but I'm using Zone hitting. Directional can be too frustrating, imo.

I use zone as well and was hitting great till this last patch. Now it's just lazy pop ups and ground outs

[jeffy777]

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I use zone as well and was hitting great till this last patch. Now it's just lazy pop ups and ground outs

Hit 3 HR in my last 2 games, with plenty of other hits as well. Maybe give it more time?

[sirjam]

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Hit 3 HR in my last 2 games, with plenty of other hits as well. Maybe give it more time?

What mode are you playing? I can still hit decent in Rtts but in franchise forget about it

[BigOscar]

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I mean, I just had a game where my opponent threw high inside corner fastballs 80% of the time. I just sat with my PCI in the top corner and got good timing swings every time. I hit two homers and a couple of doubles, but about 20 pop ups or shallow fly balls despite being on all of the pitches. The ones that I hit for homers weren't any better timed or positioned than the others, they were just decided to be homeruns by the utterly random hitting system. That shouldn't happen, the game should be more skill based than that, you should be punished for that kind of pitching and rewarded for consistently squaring the ball up.

I won the game, but I was fuming afterwards, it was an absolute joke to play and no fun at all.