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  • Mike3207
    MVP
    • Apr 2009
    • 4665

    #166
    Re: MLB '11 The Show: Tips and Work Arounds

    Is there a workaround to get the game AI to do banking and facilities on 30 team control? Not too much work to get loans for 30 teams, but not looking forward to manually going into vendors and tickets for 30 teams.

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    • Knight165
      *ll St*r
      • Feb 2003
      • 24964

      #167
      Re: MLB '11 The Show: Tips and Work Arounds

      Originally posted by mrs844224
      Is there a workaround to get the game AI to do banking and facilities on 30 team control? Not too much work to get loans for 30 teams, but not looking forward to manually going into vendors and tickets for 30 teams.
      Facilities should do that for CPU teams....on AUTO.

      M.K.
      Knight165
      All gave some. Some gave all. 343

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      • Mike3207
        MVP
        • Apr 2009
        • 4665

        #168
        Re: MLB '11 The Show: Tips and Work Arounds

        Originally posted by Knight165
        Facilities should do that for CPU teams....on AUTO.

        M.K.
        Knight165

        It doesn't. Doesn't do either facilities or banking on Auto.Mentioned it in the bug thread and feedback forum.

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        • jr86
          MVP
          • Jan 2009
          • 1728

          #169
          Re: MLB '11 The Show: Tips and Work Arounds

          Regarding the pinch hit bug......and the scorebar/reliever glitch
          Thanks to Amazien....

          The can't-pinch-hit bug is still there, but for anyone having that problem, you can back out of the sub menu, pause, unpause, then go back in and it should let you do it. (That also applies to the scorebar-after-reliever problem... pause and it should return.)

          Is this the fix for the 'pitcher warm' bug? or am i way off?

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          • Azamien
            MVP
            • Mar 2005
            • 1475

            #170
            Re: MLB '11 The Show: Tips and Work Arounds

            Originally posted by jr86
            Regarding the pinch hit bug......and the scorebar/reliever glitch
            Thanks to Amazien....

            The can't-pinch-hit bug is still there, but for anyone having that problem, you can back out of the sub menu, pause, unpause, then go back in and it should let you do it. (That also applies to the scorebar-after-reliever problem... pause and it should return.)

            Is this the fix for the 'pitcher warm' bug? or am i way off?
            I've never had the "pitcher warm" bug (I only play manage mode and RTTS... it must not show up in either of those) so I have no idea. Pausing and unpausing seems to fix other scorebar errors, though.
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            • MatrixTN
              MVP
              • Mar 2009
              • 1857

              #171
              Re: MLB '11 The Show: Tips and Work Arounds

              Originally posted by jr86
              [/COLOR][/B]Is this the fix for the 'pitcher warm' bug? or am i way off?
              No. The scorebar disappearing after reliever enters thing happens if the reliever is brought in after a pinch-hitter for the previous pitcher or a double-switch involving the P spot.

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              • Knight165
                *ll St*r
                • Feb 2003
                • 24964

                #172
                Re: MLB '11 The Show: Tips and Work Arounds

                Updated the first post to include tabarnes19 and his tips for setting up a franchise to alleviate top names/good players coming onto the FA list in later years....


                Thanks to tabarnes19 for this tip!

                There are essentially two solutions to the Free Agent issue that now occurs in 2015.

                1.) One is to turn budgets off. This allows the cpu to sign players above the "salary cap."

                From reading the description of budget off and some basic testing the only negative is the cpu will not take finances into effect when making trades and signings. This appears to be the only "fix" for single user franchises.

                2.) The best solution that I have seen is to use 30 team control with training set to manual for ALL profiles. The key here is to make sure that NOTHING is checked in training for ALL teams. Easiest way is to set training to Manual on all profiles before starting a franchise since the cpu will not assign any training.

                If you have already started a franchise--after switching all profiles to manual---go through each team and uncheck all training assignments.

                From what I can see this seems to eliminate any issues with players until the 2016 offseason. At that point if you want to "step in" and make a low ball offer to a Big Name player or two the cpu seems to have cash and will sign them.

                One thing that I would suggest and is optional is this....

                Since patch the CPU seems to sign almost ALL Big name free agents before they hit open market in exclusive period. To allow some of those players to hit the market I have been using this work around...

                When you start offseason..on all profiles..in User Settings..Mode Options...change contracts to manual...Then sim to day before exclusive period is over. So if period ends the 7th highlight the sixth and sim to date. A prompt will appear asking if you want to stop sim due to last day. Hit yes and go back to contracts and change back to auto for all teams except the one you are controlling. Offer to your team what you want, the cpu is doing the same. When you sim to next day you will notice that some players will be resigned by cpu on that last day before they hit the market. Others will hit the market but the cpu will still offer contracts to it's own free agents. Some will resign with the original team even after (think Jeter last year) and others will switch teams.

                I see No reason not to use 30 team control now since it is an identical mode now with 1p. Strategies change for ALL teams and it allows you the ability to scroll through other teams lineups and rotations. You can step in as much or little as you would like. I usually never do, but like I said it allows that option of you so choose.

                M.K.
                All gave some. Some gave all. 343

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                • housemikin
                  Rookie
                  • Dec 2007
                  • 64

                  #173
                  Re: MLB '11 The Show: Tips and Work Arounds

                  I agree with the sim to last day trick. It makes Free Agency so realistic. The offer with the last team still stands while the free agent will still hit the open market

                  Just tested it and thank you so much...

                  My results:

                  P.Fielder resigned w/ the Brewers and Pujols went to the Dodgers(and got a ****load of $$$ for 7 years) and yes still they got offered from their past team and others. I think the advantage of using this trick is that the free agent gets the offer he deserves.

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                  • Mike3207
                    MVP
                    • Apr 2009
                    • 4665

                    #174
                    Re: MLB '11 The Show: Tips and Work Arounds

                    What should you have training set to on 1 person control, provided you have budgets off?

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                    • Knight165
                      *ll St*r
                      • Feb 2003
                      • 24964

                      #175
                      Re: MLB '11 The Show: Tips and Work Arounds

                      Originally posted by mrs844224
                      What should you have training set to on 1 person control, provided you have budgets off?
                      For your team?....just AUTO train or do the training sessions yourself.
                      The other teams will be training and with budgets off....but can keep up with the pace of progression/(as tied to the salaries...which is what throws off the FA in the first place)....so you should too.

                      M.K.
                      Knight165
                      All gave some. Some gave all. 343

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                      • Alistair
                        Rookie
                        • Apr 2010
                        • 310

                        #176
                        Re: MLB '11 The Show: Tips and Work Arounds

                        I'm playing a franchise and I have a problem with the score ticker. Every day it says "No other MLB games are scheduled for today."

                        It will only show the current game that I am playing ie.

                        Dodgers 0 Braves 0
                        or even occasionally Dodgers 4 Braves 2 (F) - even if it's only half-way through.

                        Anyone come across this issue before? What's the problem? I've got 30-team control, but only use one.

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                        • Mike3207
                          MVP
                          • Apr 2009
                          • 4665

                          #177
                          Re: MLB '11 The Show: Tips and Work Arounds

                          Originally posted by Alistair
                          I'm playing a franchise and I have a problem with the score ticker. Every day it says "No other MLB games are scheduled for today."

                          It will only show the current game that I am playing ie.

                          Dodgers 0 Braves 0
                          or even occasionally Dodgers 4 Braves 2 (F) - even if it's only half-way through.

                          Anyone come across this issue before? What's the problem? I've got 30-team control, but only use one.
                          You have to sim the other 29 games before you play yours, then it will work. On 30 team control, the game ai thinks you want to play all those games.

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                          • Mike3207
                            MVP
                            • Apr 2009
                            • 4665

                            #178
                            Re: MLB '11 The Show: Tips and Work Arounds

                            Draft Tips:

                            In 30 person control, you can go into other persons scouts and release them to be hired by your main team. A good way to hire a top scouting staff.

                            Only players over 18 appear in the draft. Never scout 16 year olds and 17 year olds only after the June Draft.

                            Scout pitchers for velocity because that doesn't progress. Not sure if you can scout for break, I'll check later.

                            About 50%-75% of players to scout are SP, so I'd only scout 1 SP for every 4 players.

                            RP and CP seem to go in first 2 rounds, so try to scout 1 for every 4 players.

                            It goes without saying scout for potential, although you might keep an eye out for players with high attribute ratings.

                            Don't scout B overall players(3/4 bar full) unless you think you'll be drafting high the 1st round.

                            Not all players you scout will appear in the draft.

                            In the past scouted players who were drafted would remain on the scout list. I'll sim later to see if this is still the case.

                            In 30 person control, you can look a the other 29 teams scouting information. If I want a talented catcher but I focused on other areas, I look at what the Tigers scouted for catchers(along with other teams.

                            If you see a talented prospect you want but don't draft for awhile, pick other prospects with the other teams. I saw there was a A potential prospect I wanted, so I simply picked relief pitchers with other teams till I could pick my catcher.

                            Take Scouting focus off Auto for all teams, and set focus for other 29 teams in areas they are weak. This will do a good job of scouting for all positions overall.
                            Last edited by Mike3207; 05-09-2011, 09:24 PM.

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                            • TheDutchDad
                              MVP
                              • Apr 2004
                              • 2814

                              #179
                              Re: MLB '11 The Show: Tips and Work Arounds

                              Quick question for a 30 team Franchise Vet -

                              I went through and started a 30 team franchise with two profiles, one for me and CPU as described in the first post. Only my team the Rockies have USER as the designated profile.

                              My question and confusion is this - After I have started my franchise, when I go into "User Settings" it lists at the very top the current profile being used is "CPU." But when I go into the "Settings File Association" it shows all 29 other teams with CPU, and only my team with USER. Does that mean all is set up and working properly? I just get confused when I am on my team and go into "User Settings" it lists CPU at the top. Is that because I have CPU Profile set as "Default?" But in reality, the only profile and settings being used for my team I'm controlling is USER?

                              Hope that made sense and you guys can clarify and ease my concerns.

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                              • The Chef
                                Moderator
                                • Sep 2003
                                • 13684

                                #180
                                Re: MLB '11 The Show: Tips and Work Arounds

                                There are essentially two solutions to the Free Agent issue that now occurs in 2015.

                                1.) One is to turn budgets off. This allows the cpu to sign players above the "salary cap."

                                From reading the description of budget off and some basic testing the only negative is the cpu will not take finances into effect when making trades and signings. This appears to be the only "fix" for single user franchises.

                                2.) The best solution that I have seen is to use 30 team control with training set to manual for ALL profiles. The key here is to make sure that NOTHING is checked in training for ALL teams. Easiest way is to set training to Manual on all profiles before starting a franchise since the cpu will not assign any training.

                                If you have already started a franchise--after switching all profiles to manual---go through each team and uncheck all training assignments.

                                From what I can see this seems to eliminate any issues with players until the 2016 offseason. At that point if you want to "step in" and make a low ball offer to a Big Name player or two the cpu seems to have cash and will sign them.

                                One thing that I would suggest and is optional is this....

                                Since patch the CPU seems to sign almost ALL Big name free agents before they hit open market in exclusive period. To allow some of those players to hit the market I have been using this work around...

                                When you start offseason..on all profiles..in User Settings..Mode Options...change contracts to manual...Then sim to day before exclusive period is over. So if period ends the 7th highlight the sixth and sim to date. A prompt will appear asking if you want to stop sim due to last day. Hit yes and go back to contracts and change back to auto for all teams except the one you are controlling. Offer to your team what you want, the cpu is doing the same. When you sim to next day you will notice that some players will be resigned by cpu on that last day before they hit the market. Others will hit the market but the cpu will still offer contracts to it's own free agents. Some will resign with the original team even after (think Jeter last year) and others will switch teams.
                                So is this still applicable? I wouldnt ask but then towards the end you mention that the CPU seems to sign almost all big name free agents and this seems like a way to force them to sign guys instead of everyone getting released into free agency, somewhat contradicting each other. Maybe Im reading too much into it but if you could clarify for me Knight it would be appreciated. Im only 12 games into my franchise so if I need to alter the training setups for the other clubs I can still.
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