MLB 11 The Show Community Day Discussion Thread - Questions, Answers etc.

[nmycon]

Re: MLB 11 The Show Community Day Discussion Thread - Questions, Answers etc.

Just a more general question about the series ...

Is there any way to change how a player's skills are rated aside from just those yellow bars? Maybe it's just me, but I don't find it as useful as other games that actually use a number or a letter maybe to rate a player. I also find it hard to compare players when you just have to kind of take a mental picture of how filled one guy's bar is compared to someone else's. It would be great if the bars were colour coded to give more of an indication.

However, maybe I'm just missing something and there's another way to evaluate the players that I'm not thinking of ...

there have been numbered ratings since MLB 09, it's just the overall bar that isnt numbered

[NAFBUC]

Re: Any franchise mode news?

The stats and layout are poor in franchise mode. Try looking at a players stat history. You get like 4 stats, and can't even tell what team he was on. There is no connection to history on this game.

Look at stats on NBA 2K11 and franchise mode and tell me MLB 10's franchise mode is adequate.

It's not even close.

Baseball is crazy about stats, and this game gives you almost nothing in that regard.

Agree pistolpete. I love The Show, but stats are lacking bigtime.

[nemesis04]

Re: MLB 11 The Show Community Day Discussion Thread - Questions, Answers etc.

Nemesis, great write-up.

Two questions:

You mentioned diving was still challenging this year. Considering that I never actually successfully dove for and caught a ball in the outfield in 10', were you actually ever able to achieve this with your limited time with the game? Were their any indicators to help with outfield diving?

I'm an auto field guy (see above). I realize that you probably didn't use this feature, but you did see the CPU field. Are the new fielding ratings noticeable on the CPU end? In other words, if I use Auto Field again this year, do you think I will be missing out on the new fielding improvements (slower jumps, bad throws, tiered animations, etc). A lot of the fielder stuff I've read mentions how mistakes and jumps on balls are MORE (or in some cases, absolutely) in the user's hands. How does this translate to the CPU fielders? Similarly?

I did not have too many dive opportunities when I played but on the few that I did I was not successful. There are no visual indicators on telling you when to dive etc.

I do not use auto field but played against the cpu you. The only thing I could see you missing out on are the user input errors because the CPU is doing the job for you. You will still see differences though in the field with the CPU!

[MinnTwinFan2616]

Re: MLB 11 The Show Community Day Discussion Thread - Questions, Answers etc.

Quick question. I was watching the MLB 2K11 gameplay footage with the Phillies against the Rockies. I saw Seth Smith hit a grand slam, and then a cut scene of the fountain in center field of Coors Field shooting out water. I was wondering if this happened in The Show too.

[jd369]

Re: MLB 11 The Show Community Day Discussion Thread - Questions, Answers etc.

I either asked this and it didnt get answered or I forgot to ask it altogether. Can you edit players in RTTS this year besides your own? Lets say I see a stud rookie that has high socks with stirrups, no batting gloves, gen 1 stance etc etc. Can I change that stuff to make him look like a real ball player?

[EnigmaNemesis]

I either asked this and it didnt get answered or I forgot to ask it altogether. Can you edit players in RTTS this year besides your own? Lets say I see a stud rookie that has high socks with stirrups, no batting gloves, gen 1 stance etc etc. Can I change that stuff to make him look like a real ball player?

I do not believe you can. But you can edit the roster file before you start your RttS. And if you use Knights/OS roster, they will be all real players to play along side.

But I can see a problem for the next season of generated players in RttS.

Make sure you post editing during RttS of non player controlled in the MLB '12 Wish List thread when it gets posted.

[jd369]

Re: MLB 11 The Show Community Day Discussion Thread - Questions, Answers etc.

But I can see a problem for the next season of generated players in RttS.

Make sure you post editing during RttS of non player controlled in the MLB '12 Wish List thread when it gets posted.

yeah the new generated players are the problem. If we cant edit them they need to do a better job of making them look like real players. I put that in the wishlist last year, but it wasnt put in this year. We can edit players during franchise so it shouldnt be difficult to give us the ability to do it in RTTS.

[Pared]

Re: MLB 11 The Show Community Day Discussion Thread - Questions, Answers etc.

With the game so close to release, I'm locking this up.

You can use the "Search this thread" option at the top and you should be able to find an answer to any question you have.