How do you combat really bright backdrops when hitting?

[bigd51]

For example, when playing at Oriole Park @ 3:00pm w/ clear skies, it's impossible for me to see the ball coming out of the pitchers hand b/c the sunlight is so bright, the ball still manages to blend in w/ the batter's eye screen in centerfield.


I literally have to stand 2 feet from my TV when batting... and even then, I still have trouble picking up the ball upon release.

[jcar0725]

Re: How do you combat really bright backdrops when hitting?

For example, when playing at Oriole Park @ 3:00pm w/ clear skies, it's impossible for me to see the ball coming out of the pitchers hand b/c the sunlight is so bright, the ball still manages to blend in w/ the batter's eye screen in centerfield.


I literally have to stand 2 feet from my TV when batting... and even then, I still have trouble picking up the ball upon release.

Maybe change your batting view for that game?

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[bigd51]

Re: How do you combat really bright backdrops when hitting?

Maybe change your batting view for that game?

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There aren't any batting views that will fix it, unfortunately. At least from what I've tried. And I use the default batting view (Strike Zone 3, I believe is the name). They should compensate in some way if the brightness is too much to see the ball.

[Jr.]

Re: How do you combat really bright backdrops when hitting?

Hit from the broadcast camera

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[jcar0725]

Re: How do you combat really bright backdrops when hitting?

You can also change the weather to overcast before entering the game.

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[Instant C1a55ic]

Re: How do you combat really bright backdrops when hitting?

For example, when playing at Oriole Park @ 3:00pm w/ clear skies, it's impossible for me to see the ball coming out of the pitchers hand b/c the sunlight is so bright, the ball still manages to blend in w/ the batter's eye screen in centerfield.


I literally have to stand 2 feet from my TV when batting... and even then, I still have trouble picking up the ball upon release.

Adjust your TV brightness.

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[JoshC1977]

Re: How do you combat really bright backdrops when hitting?

I just suck it up. It's part of real baseball and it's a pitcher's advantage when it happens. I go more into 'protect mode' and just do my best to make contact until the sun angle has changed to a more comfortable one.

Honestly, I think it's a horribly underrated part of the game that SDS really nails beautifully.

[Jeffrey Smith]

Re: How do you combat really bright backdrops when hitting?

I just suck it up. It's part of real baseball and it's a pitcher's advantage when it happens. I go more into 'protect mode' and just do my best to make contact until the sun angle has changed to a more comfortable one.



Honestly, I think it's a horribly underrated part of the game that SDS really nails beautifully.

Agreed, I do the same.


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[canes21]

Re: How do you combat really bright backdrops when hitting?

I just suck it up. It's part of real baseball and it's a pitcher's advantage when it happens. I go more into 'protect mode' and just do my best to make contact until the sun angle has changed to a more comfortable one.



Honestly, I think it's a horribly underrated part of the game that SDS really nails beautifully.

I'd have zero problem with this if the CPU also had their hitting ability nerfed a bit until the lighting was more neutral, but they don't, so it leaves the user at a disadvantage for up to half a game or slightly more.

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[TheWarmWind]

Re: How do you combat really bright backdrops when hitting?

Prayer.

I just suck it up. It's part of real baseball and it's a pitcher's advantage when it happens. I go more into 'protect mode' and just do my best to make contact until the sun angle has changed to a more comfortable one.

Honestly, I think it's a horribly underrated part of the game that SDS really nails beautifully.

Here's the real question. How do you combat double glare? When the in game glare and glare off your tv are effecting you at the same time?

I live in a southwest facing condo. It's a constant problem.

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[Funkycorm]

Re: How do you combat really bright backdrops when hitting?

It happens quite a bit at Target Field and Comerica which stinks if you play in the AL Central like I do.

Honestly, I just play all those games on overcast and that eliminates it. I figure, it's the midwest. The weather is usually cloudy there lol.

[My993C2]

Re: How do you combat really bright backdrops when hitting?

It happens quite a bit at Target Field and Comerica which stinks if you play in the AL Central like I do.

Honestly, I just play all those games on overcast and that eliminates it. I figure, it's the midwest. The weather is usually cloudy there lol.

Not a fan of hitting at Target Field because of the fairly lightly colored batters eye used at that park, but ironically one of my RTTS players plays for the Tigers and I don't mind hitting at Comerica at all. With that said, the other day I played a game on the road in Houston where it was a sunny day and because of the shadows as the game progressed, it was a challenging day trying to pick up the white balls in the glaring sun. But I just soldiered through my plate appearances and if memory serves me correct I went something like 1 for 4 in the game with no strike outs. So all in all not a bad day at the ball park while having to deal with challenges picking up the ball from the pitcher.

[jcar0725]

Re: How do you combat really bright backdrops when hitting?

Prayer.
Here's the real question. How do you combat double glare? When the in game glare and glare off your tv are effecting you at the same time?

I live in a southwest facing condo. It's a constant problem.

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You needs those BLACK OUT ROLLER SHADES. I have some in my toddlers room because the sun just beats on their windows all afternoon (faces dead west with no trees) . They really block out the sun.

[bigd51]

Re: How do you combat really bright backdrops when hitting?

You can also change the weather to overcast before entering the game.

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Playing "March to October" as Baltimore, so I can't adjust the weather. When I can change the weather, I prefer overcast, though for that reason. Maybe that's why I suck w/ clear skies b/c I hardly ever play w/ them.

Adjust your TV brightness.

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First thing I tried to no avail. Changing the brightness doesn't make the ball any easier to see when the ball and batter's eye are the same level to begin with.

I just suck it up. It's part of real baseball and it's a pitcher's advantage when it happens. I go more into 'protect mode' and just do my best to make contact until the sun angle has changed to a more comfortable one.

Honestly, I think it's a horribly underrated part of the game that SDS really nails beautifully.

Mostly my strategy too, but playing at Oriole Park specifically during an early game, the sun angle that causes the ball to blend in w/ the batter's eye can last all game.

I'd have zero problem with this if the CPU also had their hitting ability nerfed a bit until the lighting was more neutral, but they don't, so it leaves the user at a disadvantage for up to half a game or slightly more.

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My thoughts exactly. Albeit, the user will technically have an advantage over the CPU in many aspects of the game already, so I can't hate on it too much. But I have noticed that even in overcast games or playing in a stadium where the brightness isn't so bad, the ball is abnormally bright by default.


I don't need the ball to be perfectly visible all of time. As JoshC said, I rather enjoy those minor details in simulating the struggles of hitting in real life under certain conditions. But I do feel like they could tone down the brightness of the ball just ever so slightly in extremely bright situations such as this so it doesn't feel like I'm wildly guessing at ever single pitch throughout the entire game.