MLB The Show 18 Patch 1.10 Available, Patch Notes Here

[countryboy]

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Does anyone have any issues when they save midgame and come back and play with stats missing or not being correct?

Not here.

I just finished playing a game I saved in the 6th inning last night and everything was fine.

[wisdom less13]

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Does anyone have any issues when they save midgame and come back and play with stats missing or not being correct?

I know years ago, the confidence would be reset. I don't know if it's still like that now. Have never caught any stat abnormalities...

[callmetaternuts]

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Not here.

I just finished playing a game I saved in the 6th inning last night and everything was fine.

All stats, confidence, ratings, fatigue etc are all the same? THat's my primary fear in saving midgame is coming back (a la Madden) and having incorrect stats in a game/sport that is all about the numbers.

[countryboy]

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All stats, confidence, ratings, fatigue etc are all the same? THat's my primary fear in saving midgame is coming back (a la Madden) and having incorrect stats in a game/sport that is all about the numbers.

I don't remember where confidence was prior to saving and re-starting.

But yes, everything else was the same.

[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

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All stats, confidence, ratings, fatigue etc are all the same? THat's my primary fear in saving midgame is coming back (a la Madden) and having incorrect stats in a game/sport that is all about the numbers.

Thats why i dont dont save mid-game as well. I always wondered if it reloads exactly right. I remember last year i had a game where no matter where i pitched the ball, every person got on base. Lucky hits, errors, pop flies that fell in, i mean literally one after the other, every inning for 6 innings. No joke i was down 28-3. Yes. 28 runs. Lol. And i was playing my best. Thats just baseball. Every year there is a game or two like that in MLB. I am actually glad that the Show is realistic enough to have a few of those rarities mixed in. Its what makes this game even more amazing, but i digress...

By the middle of the 6th inning and it kept happening, i was mentally drained snd frustrated, so as soon as i felt my own effort start to wane a bit, i decided to save and finish the next 3 innings the next day. When i reloaded the game,they couldn't hit at all, and i mowed through the last 3 innings with maybe one hit (if that)- i was happy though in this case because i was dreading finishing that game lol.

I guess it could have happened that way whether i saved or not, however the game gad a completely different feel. But i did consider that happening before i did it (hoped, even lol). And seeing all offense completely dry up, even on middle-middle mistake pitches, when up until a batter before i couldnt throw it anywhere but the dirt to avoid a hit, it made me think something changed.

I dont really have a problem with whatever it was causing the onslaught, but i dont want to take a chance on even changing any CPU dice-rolls mid game like that, even if i am losing. (I was ok with that this one though. 28 runs is an absolute beating)

[EnigmaNemesis]

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That's not me moving the PCI - as I've said many times, I try not to move it unless I'm on 2 strikes or adjusting to a hanging mistake pitch going down the middle (which is about the only thing I can react to consistently). The PCI did that itself because I swung early. Not only does that generate more power, it also puts the ball more down the line where the walls are going to be closer and there's more chance of a good result.

This is why "Good" timing isn't always Good to me - because it just means that you're hitting the ball more towards the center of the field where it can be caught easier. It's also why I tend to aim below where I want the ball to be - because the PCI moves up by itself on an early swing. It creates the "uppercut" effect that you see in a lot of power hitter swings IRL.

I know I'm probably saying stuff a lot of people know already, but I just wanted to share.

I did not know this, mainly because I play with the PCI turned off, so I do not see it visually move. Now swinging early causes it to move up on it's own, does perfect timing cause it to stay put, and does swinging late cause it to move down or stay put?

[bcruise]

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I did not know this, mainly because I play with the PCI turned off, so I do not see it visually move. Now swinging early causes it to move up on it's own, does perfect timing cause it to stay put, and does swinging late cause it to move down or stay put?

Yep, that's right - swinging with good timing does not move the PCI or moves it very slightly, and swinging late moves it down. The patch notes also indicated that there's an additional movement "penalty" as well as power reduction for "early outside/late inside" (which I believe are the Jammed/Pulled Off outcomes).

The "swing early = PCI moves up" thing is why I believe a lot of people have issues with hitting into excessive double plays - because the tendency is to swing early on an offspeed pitch (which is going to be down in the zone/out of it if the pitcher locates well) and that causes someone to hit the ball on the lower half of the PCI even if it was originally in the middle. That will, of course, usually induce a ground ball.

I do like that the patch opened up the PCI's maximum range as this can help combat that issue a bit. Being able to move the PCI even lower can allow someone to swing early, still get under the ball and lift it over the infield.

[EnigmaNemesis]

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Yep, that's right - swinging with good timing does not move the PCI or moves it very slightly, and swinging late moves it down. The patch notes also indicated that there's an additional movement "penalty" as well as power reduction for "early outside/late inside" (which I believe are the Jammed/Pulled Off outcomes).

The "swing early = PCI moves up" thing is why I believe a lot of people have issues with hitting into excessive double plays - because the tendency is to swing early on an offspeed pitch (which is going to be down in the zone/out of it if the pitcher locates well) and that causes someone to hit the ball on the lower half of the PCI even if it was originally in the middle. That will, of course, usually induce a ground ball.

I do like that the patch opened up the PCI's maximum range as this can help combat that issue a bit. Being able to move the PCI even lower can allow someone to swing early, still get under the ball and lift it over the infield.

Nice! That makes sense. After reading this I will now be adjusting my approach at the plate. I am definitely enjoying 1.10, where it may be placebo, but everything feels much 'tighter/polished' with hitting. It is going to even more so, now that I learned about the PCI penalties (or advantages) for swinging late/early.

[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

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I did not know this, mainly because I play with the PCI turned off, so I do not see it visually move. Now swinging early causes it to move up on it's own, does perfect timing cause it to stay put, and does swinging late cause it to move down or stay put?

This has been in the Show for a while. You should still be able to see the effect on Feedback even without having pci visible. I dont have it visible either but I have been adjusting to allow for the up/down movement on early/late swings for a while. In fact when the game was first released this year i immediately noticed a problem with it. I knew i swung early but the pci moved lower. On another swing i swung late and the pci moved up. I knew both of these were backward from what it should be so i started testing and it was only moving the right direction some of the time. There were other complaints on other sites about it. One of the patches prior to 1.08 must have fixed it because it has been back to normal ever since.

Very early swings cause the pci to move way up. Very late swings cause the pci to move way down.
'Good" timing swings can be slightly up, or slightly down, depending on whether you are slightly early or slightly late.

[EnigmaNemesis]

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Yeah, I have feedback disabled too, lol. I have not dived into the series in quite some time, now I feel like I did back in the CE days with the PS3 version. Addicted to the game again.

I used to play primarily timing hitting back in the day, so I never paid too much mind to PCI when they added it and started tuning it. But now I really enjoy the mechanic.

Glad you guys are on point with noticing it being off, and them fixing it accordingly. Really having a blast with my franchise this year, and I was mainly an RttS player. I have not even touched RttS yet since I am having so much fun with my ‘chise right now.


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[Syce]

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my biggest gripe to this latest patch is the out of the strike zone home runs.

I know it happens in real life from time to time, but some of these in the game are just mind boggling.

One game i was playing during this event, i threw a heater way up stairs, im talking head height and the guy basically got under it and it looked like it was just going to be a simple popup to the outfield, but the ball just kept carrying and carrying and carrying then eventually left the field.

[Gosens6]

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Alright, i didn’t want to hop on this bandwagon, but, something is DEFINITELY wonky with fielding right now.

From botching routine fly balls, to completely missing the mark when running towards the ball, to even botching pickups in the outfield.

I don’t know what happened, but this latest patch screwed with fielding big time.

Does this only happen on manual fielding? Are any of you guys seeing this on automatic? I tried to chalk it up to a few missed plays, but now it keeps on happening and it’s costing me runs.


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[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

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my biggest gripe to this latest patch is the out of the strike zone home runs.

I know it happens in real life from time to time, but some of these in the game are just mind boggling.

One game i was playing during this event, i threw a heater way up stairs, im talking head height and the guy basically got under it and it looked like it was just going to be a simple popup to the outfield, but the ball just kept carrying and carrying and carrying then eventually left the field.

Did it play a sound as the ball was flying too? The higher the ball went the higher the sound got? Like the old RBI baseball for NES?

[KnightTemplar]

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Does this only happen on manual fielding? Are any of you guys seeing this on automatic? I tried to chalk it up to a few missed plays, but now it keeps on happening and it’s costing me runs.


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No AUTO fielding is not a problem at all.

[callmetaternuts]

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Had an awesome hit last night that showcased the improvements from Patch 1.10. It was a change up that was middle of the plate but way low. I had two strikes (0-2 count, no outs) and used contact swing. I am a sucker for those low pitches (because Im an idiot), but I moved the PCI low enough (its off, but the feedback showed I went down for it) and lofted a solidly hit single just over the second baseman's head.

That hit would have NEVER happened pre-patch. But I went down for it with contact swing and got just enough of it. I lost 8-1, but that hit made my day.