Community Day Questions, Answers, and Impressions

[Skyboxer]

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Hitting:

If I swing low and inside and the pitch is high and away... is it a miss or will contact still be made occasionally?

The Show didn't have (fully implemented let's say) zone hitting in 09. Is that also the case in MLB10? Good test is to not pick a location at all and just swing. Does the swing animation still go where the ball is regardless?


Thanks guys.. Much appreciated!

[Speedy]

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Pared, I enjoyed your thoughts and feedback - I see your ideas from last year went a long way into evolving this year's game so major kudos.

My biggest beef from last year was the balls down the line so I'm extremely stoked about getting doubles from hits that aren't in the alleys for a change. Awesome!

[bonannogiovanni]

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Sorry guys I have to quote my other thread post here, since Pared said that this is where the attendee answer the questions:

I love the option that I can bring in my relief pitcher when I'm at bat,

BUT,

what happens afterwards if it's the pitcher's turn at bat (NL) and I wanna pinch the hitter? I hope the game does let me substitute the old one, then automatically when my team is on the field it changes the PH with the relief pitcher.

Thanks CD attendees.

[Pared]

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I was thinking the exact same thing, other wise it would be just fluke and no physics involved at all. That should never happen. Please don't tell me this is correct Russell ??

It IS correct. Perfect in a game via cues and such is not always perfect in real life. There are times when you feel like you got everything perfect... timing, bat placement, so forth... and you don't get a hold of the ball like you expect to.

There's no reason to worry about it. It's almost as if some of you are LOOKING for something complain about.

The game has that baseball feel. To a -T-.

Quick story - Dodgers-Reds, I was up 1-0 in the top of the 9th... I somehow managed to get the batting order back to Manny with first and second. Worked a 3-2 count... runners go... I get a low pitch fastball... and I launch it 460 some odd feet to give me a 4-0 lead. Broxton came in and sealed the door.

Game is amazing out of the box on Hall of Fame, head to head and vs. the CPU. It's not perfect, but it's right up there as the best sports game you can buy that replicates its sport with amazing authenticity.

[EnigmaNemesis]

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It is getting there. I'm sure the devs hate the comparison so I'd rather say it is just becoming a LOT more responsive to user input. The times where you need to wait until animations played out is being lessened more and more. Throwing felt instantaneous in many scenarios...

It's such a little thing, but being able to make a routine throw on a routine grounder by CHOICE as opposed to throwing a bullet and beating the runner by 13 steps with a tap of the button is a most welcome addition.

Sounds excellent. Having player ratings effect the fielding to a noticeable degree is HUGE in my opinion.

[Pared]

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Pared, I enjoyed your thoughts and feedback - I see your ideas from last year went a long way into evolving this year's game so major kudos.

My biggest beef from last year was the balls down the line so I'm extremely stoked about getting doubles from hits that aren't in the alleys for a change. Awesome!

It's a community effort. I bounce ideas off guys and vice versa. But I'm not afraid to track a guy down and run something by him... unless they put him in the dungeon.

About those batting stances...

[Spaced Ace]

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Quick question for you guys..... In past versions of The Show the bleachers at Wrigley Field had individual seating in areas where there are supposed to be benches. Only the 'Family Section' and 'Bleacher box seats' are individual seating. Was this corrected for MLB '10? Thanks for any and all information you guys provide to us.

[bcruise]

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Hitting:

If I swing low and inside and the pitch is high and away... is it a miss or will contact still be made occasionally?

The Show didn't have (fully implemented let's say) zone hitting in 09. Is that also the case in MLB10? Good test is to not pick a location at all and just swing. Does the swing animation still go where the ball is regardless?


Thanks guys.. Much appreciated!

Yes, you can still make contact even if the PCI (your aim) isn't on the ball's location. That's still scaled by difficulty though - the sweet spot is much smaller on the upper levels so you're more likely to miss if you don't line it up.

No, it's still not a true zone hitting system - the bat moves to meet the ball.

I wanted to mention here that new this year is the ability to see CPU swing analysis as well as your own. Last year when you hit L3 while you were batting you could see the pitch location and a breakdown of your swing - contact quality, timing, and PCI location. This year you can press it while the CPU is batting as well, and see where IT was swinging. It really does play by the same rules as we do, and talking at length with Brian about it and the AI in general made that perfectly clear.

And I guess I'll mention this too - there's a "Label Pitch Meter" filter in the Pitcher/Batter Analysis screens now. You can look back over the previous at-bats in the game and see how well you're doing with the pitching meter - it tells if each pitch was an early, normal, perfect, or late release. It's a little difficult to find, but I'll be glad to point it out once the game drops!

[BravesBoy]

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It's a community effort. I bounce ideas off guys and vice versa. But I'm not afraid to track a guy down and run something by him... unless they put him in the dungeon.

About those batting stances...

thanks for all the info pared!!!

since you say stances lol....i would like to know if you saw Chipper Jones's stance and if they have fixed it?? If ya cant answer, due to possible flood of "stance question", i understand...

[Pared]

re: Community Day Questions, Answers, and Impressions

Hitting:

If I swing low and inside and the pitch is high and away... is it a miss or will contact still be made occasionally?

The Show didn't have (fully implemented let's say) zone hitting in 09. Is that also the case in MLB10? Good test is to not pick a location at all and just swing. Does the swing animation still go where the ball is regardless?


Thanks guys.. Much appreciated!

The animation goes that way via the replay, but you don't make contact, at least on the higher difficulty levels.

It shows you missing the ball just under/above the pitch... but it's not a completely level, dead center swing in your case. I believe that's done to make the game look better.

bonna, I don't understand your question.

And we did not check every single team to see what happens in the playoffs at their stadium...

[bcruise]

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Quick question for you guys..... In past versions of The Show the bleachers at Wrigley Field had individual seating in areas where there are supposed to be benches. Only the 'Family Section' and 'Bleacher box seats' are individual seating. Was this corrected for MLB '10? Thanks for any and all information you guys provide to us.

Mentioned this a few posts ago...sorry, it's all still seats.

I mentioned it to Russell, but it's too late to get a major change like that into the game this year.

[countryboy]

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Hopefully this wasn't already answered and I missed it, if so I apologize, and forgive me for re-asking my questions..

* Do players progress/regress during Spring Training?

* Do players get injured during Spring Training?

Thanks to all the CD guys and Devs for answering our much anticipated questions.

[Russell_SCEA]

re: Community Day Questions, Answers, and Impressions

Yes, you can still make contact even if the PCI (your aim) isn't on the ball's location. That's still scaled by difficulty though - the sweet spot is much smaller on the upper levels so you're more likely to miss if you don't line it up.

No, it's still not a true zone hitting system - the bat moves to meet the ball.

I wanted to mention here that new this year is the ability to see CPU swing analysis as well as your own. Last year when you hit L3 while you were batting you could see the pitch location and a breakdown of your swing - contact quality, timing, and PCI location. This year you can press it while the CPU is batting as well, and see where IT was swinging. It really does play by the same rules as we do, and talking at length with Brian about it and the AI in general made that perfectly clear.

And I guess I'll mention this too - there's a "Label Pitch Meter" filter in the Pitcher/Batter Analysis screens now. You can look back over the previous at-bats in the game and see how well you're doing with the pitching meter - it tells if each pitch was an early, normal, perfect, or late release. It's a little difficult to find, but I'll be glad to point it out once the game drops!

On Legend if you don't move your PCI to cover the ball you will either miss it entirely or foul it off.

[BravesBoy]

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I think bonna is asking, say its your 1st man in the line-up hitting, you go ahead and sub in your relief pitcher, for when you get back on the field. But while your hitting you end up on a hot streak and make it to your pitchers spot..Will the relief pitcher be in that spot or can you pinch hit and that relief man "suppose" to be goin into the game for relief still be doing so? or are u pinch hitting for that relief man? hope i explained well enough...

[Jdurg]

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Great. Now I'm sitting here at work with soiled pants thanks to all these great impressions and posts by the CD guys.