Community Day Questions, Answers, and Impressions

[TN - BRAVES FAN]

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Nemsis04, I can't wait to hear about the online play!

[EnigmaNemesis]

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Knight - the season long "wear and tear" is very intriguing! Very interested to hear more about this.

As am I.

[Knight165]

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Like you said for the CD guys sounds of the show may have been low on their list, but for me it is the # 1 thing that I am looking forward to in the game...so that's why I got all huffy. Again, I am sorry guys.

Don't sweat it.
I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to get a good look at this....because I wanted to .....
I have a little plan for when I'm playing my franchise games in the Classic Stadiums and it involves shutting off the commentary and using the Sounds feature to install some old time radio and tv bits instead.
I just didn't have the time. I was trying to get all of the franchise info and insight as I could in the time frame.

From the screens I was looking...there looks to be a lot of space to do this. Some player specific...some team specific and I know 3 slots for inning specific bits.

I don't know the time lengths...or even what will be mp3 and what will need to be recorded...

M.K.
Knight165

[Knight165]

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As am I.

Me too actually.
I don't know who he was talking to...but I caught it out of the corner....and was in the middle of something else and forgot to get back to him about it.
It made me wonder as to what end it was.
I'll try and get some more info....

M.K.
Knight165

[coolio83]

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first thanks for all of this. I wanted to know if you guys noticed anything pertaining to how certain stadiums were setup. For example, did they cut down on the clipping of fans body parts coming through the walls at Citi Field or that fans dont sit in the upper portion of the Marlin Stadium

[Knight165]

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Anything new with running throws on those sacrifice fly type plays? I assume that with new emphasis on arm strength, I'll actually be able to throw a few people more runners out with the strong and accurate Ichiro's of the world?

I saw a few guys get nailed at different spots. I remember at least one good play at the plate.

M.K.
Knight165

[Blzer]

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Has the strike zone question been answered yet?

[Knight165]

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first thanks for all of this. I wanted to know if you guys noticed anything pertaining to how certain stadiums were setup. For example, did they cut down on the clipping of fans body parts coming through the walls at Citi Field or that fans dont sit in the upper portion of the Marlin Stadium

I still saw some of that....but I know they are always cleaning stuff up.
How much is left...I couldn't say exactly.

M.K.
Knight165

[TN - BRAVES FAN]

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Don't sweat it.
I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to get a good look at this....because I wanted to .....
I have a little plan for when I'm playing my franchise games in the Classic Stadiums and it involves shutting off the commentary and using the Sounds feature to install some old time radio and tv bits instead.
I just didn't have the time. I was trying to get all of the franchise info and insight as I could in the time frame.

From the screens I was looking...there looks to be a lot of space to do this. Some player specific...some team specific and I know 3 slots for inning specific bits.

I don't know the time lengths...or even what will be mp3 and what will need to be recorded...

M.K.
Knight165

Knight, thanks for answering my question. For classic stadiums, throwback jerseys, and your classic rosters what I thought about doing is assigning all my batter walk ups songs and using old rag time music. Something like below. If anyone on the boards has a good old radio annoucer voice, and he's willing we could get him to annoue the names and then put his voice in with the rag time songs, and turn off the default annoucers. Here's some rag time music I am gonna use...
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[Jeffery 09]

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Knight, I realize that this wasn't exactly your area, but how do you think the fireworks looked? Did they look immersive or was it kind of generic, I have seen in some games where they looked more like a projection in the background, just wondering

[Jdurg]

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Man I can't wait for this game to come out. Perhaps one of these years SCEA will do a direct sale to those of us here on the forums who have been here for quite a few years where as soon as the game goes gold, they will ship us a copy. Hell, I'd pay the devs $70 directly for that privilege. Of course, I'd also be willing to sign a legal contract stating that I can not sell the game prior to it's street date, and I can not post images online or reviews.

Okay, I woke up from my dream.

[brezz2001]

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MK and I had talked about writing a tutorial for the franchise stuff regarding "how to" with player injuries of/on, roster control ON, taking guys off the DL, putting them back on.....
When you initially see it you might go...."what the heck", but it's easy once you understand it, just need a little written guide.

If you guys have the time and energy, that would be fantastic. Thanks for all of the great info you have posted from the CD.

Brian

[green94]

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My guess would be that it has to do with how they programmed the shadows for the clouds during day games, and the way the lighting was programmed overall. It would look pretty silly to have shadows of clouds all over the field during a night game. I would assume that as they start programming in weather effects into the game, it will affect the lighting at night as well, and therefore the skies during night games will see some treatment. We all know that SCEA doesn't do something unless they can do it right, so nighttime cloud effects are probably something they just couldn't get done right in this dev cycle.

Hmm... interesting take but I'm sure you are on the right track.

[Russell_SCEA]

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Has the strike zone question been answered yet?

What about it?

[Blzer]

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What about it?

Oh, I was wondering if this year the strike zone will be relative to the player's stance and not their height. As I give an example on the first page, a 6'2" guy with a crouched stance and a 6'2" guy with an upright stance should not have the same strike zone (in height), where last year they would.