A nice little adjustment: hitting camera offset to the inside...

[I_am_Canadian]

Re: A nice little adjustment: hitting camera offset to the inside...

I`ve switched to this view and I think it`s great. I could always pick up pitches on the inside and outside but the changeup`s and curveballs in the dirt would always look like they were going belt high and that caused a lot of strikeouts. With this view I can better recognize the pitches in the dirt. Not saying that I don`t strikeout at all now but I do see the ball better.

The only thing I will say is that with the adjustment of the camera, balls that are on the low outside corner are being called strikes when they look like balls. You can see from a thread that I posted of what I mean. Just means I have to cover the outer half better.

[tarheelguy4736]

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Switched to this view and I am now able to see the ball better on breaking pitches and inside pitches. It has improved my hitting tremendously and instead of my 3-4-5 hitters batting a combined .215, they have jumped up to .331 in the last 4 games. Tremendous find and thanks for sharing. Game feels more realistic now.

[spit_bubble]

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i tried to do this today and all i got was catcher something or other after it was all said and done and couldn't get out of it. so a step by step instruction for those of us that are struggling setting this up would be greatly appreciated.

During a game or during practice mode, pause the game and scroll right until you get to a menu that shows the "Camera" option. Choose that and you'll see the four different camera options. Highlight "Hitting Camera" and scroll left or right until you reach "Custom Camera" and then press square to edit that camera. It will take you to a screen where you can fine tune the camera to your liking, and all the controls on how to do so are listed on screen.

When you're done press "X" to save the custom camera, then "Start" to exit, then "X" again to save the camera settings.

[G4Vendetta]

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IT is a great improvement and the game should be this way out of the box, but because its been down one way for so long it got to be the standard. All the sliders have been reversed engineered around this problem and now that you see the ball properly now get the pitcher sliders to act properly and the game is absolutely fantastic. The hilarious part of this problem is that out of more than a dozen view options this was never an option. How could they not see it is insane. Never hit a real ball coming in at 90+.

[spit_bubble]

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...The only thing I will say is that with the adjustment of the camera, balls that are on the low outside corner are being called strikes when they look like balls...

I checked the pitch results the last few games and most of my chased pitches are low and away. Not only that but I'm now chasing way too many pitches. Gotta get my discipline back. This new view has me too eager up there.

[spit_bubble]

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...The hilarious part of this problem is that out of more than a dozen view options this was never an option. How could they not see it is insane...

Camera views are probably the least considered, least thought out aspect in game development... And yet they have a relatively big impact on things. You'd think there would be more time spent developing camera angles and camera AI, but no... You rarely see developers step up and put the time in, even though the payoff would be worth it relative to the time necessary to program this stuff. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense, to have composition be so ignored like it is, in this here visual medium.

[bronko3]

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I made the camera changes suggested here and yes, it definitely make a difference in being able to read pitches. Great suggestion!

[BrandH]

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Anyone know if you can transfer custom cams online?

[Brandwin]

I'll have to try this. I was using wide but switch to catcher 9.

[Celebrity]

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Oh my....I just switched the camera angle mid-game and I just scored 3 runs...no homeruns, all great base hits. I am able to read and locate pitches very well. Thanks bro. Good stuff!

[Sweed]

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The view I've been using for the last 30 or so games is just like this except it was set up like the "normal" off set. IE looking from the LH batters box for a RHB and of course looking from RH batters box for a LHB. All I had to do was pivot the camera to get this better view.

Not sure how others do it but in my case I use the strike zone box and line up the edge of the strike zone with the the pitcher on the side of the pitcher's throwing hand. IE a right handed pitcher will have the left side of the k-zone up and down his right side (hope that makes sense). This results in a pitch coming to a RHB being released on line with the inside part of the plate. A LHB facing a righty will see the ball released from approx the top center of the k-zone. This of course reverses itself automatically with the offset camera and a left handed pitcher.

As far as the view I found my old offset view to be very good. This one, with the inside angle, though is better. Not sure if it's coincidence or not but in my second game using these I drew 8 walks, none intentional. I normally don't draw many walks with my previous high being 4 in a game with one of those intentional.

[Blzer]

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This is a great righty vs. lefty view, almost perfect! I should post some video sometime of this, it's very good.

It's not good for players like Pujols when they're batting against righties though haha.

[spit_bubble]

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...Not sure if it's coincidence or not but in my second game using these I drew 8 walks, none intentional. I normally don't draw many walks with my previous high being 4 in a game with one of those intentional.

I'm noticing more walks. The last few games after I stopped hacking at everything I drew four and five walks, and did so with relative ease. Before if I ever got that many it was a serious grind.

...It's not good for players like Pujols when they're batting against righties though haha.

Yeah I've since switched to an even more subtle offset view than the one I posted at the start of this thread, because same handed matchups were a bit too much in favor of the pitcher.

On a side note...

One thing this view is really exposing is how the timing on this game is kind of messed up. If you swing early on a pitch inside with a right handed hitter, hit it to straight away left like you should, you generally won't hit it very well and the swing feedback will say that you swung too early.

The game doesn't do a very good job of distinguishing timing on an inside pitch from timing on an outside pitch. In real life you want to rotate those hips early and get your hands inside the ball on an inside pitch, and then let the ball travel a bit more on pitches away. Yet with this game perfect timing on an inside pitch probably means you're going to hit it to center field. Yeah sure, in real life some guys are good at the inside out swing, but they are the exception rather than the rule.

[Black59Razr]

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I am 5-0 since switch. Getting tons of walks and hits. My check swings have minimized greatly too.

If anyone is having a hard time setting this up, I suggest doing what I did. Go to any offset custom cam, then re-adjust the dimensions back to a normal catcher cam. Get it as close to your favorite catcher cam as you can. Make sure its perfecly centered by doing some visual checks.

Then, once its perfectly centered and adjusted to your liking, use the L stick and move it towards the batter slightly. Then use the R stick and move it towards the pitcher slightly. Just make these two minor adjustments and play a few innings (easier to lab this in practice mode).

Then, you can make adjustments as you go. You may want to lower the view and tilt it up; I did. You may want to offset the camera a bit more; which I don't suggest. You don't want a lefty to visually block a lefty sidearmer pitch.

I think this thread should be pinned!

[HechticSooner]

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I too am interested if anyone knows if this is possible for online play as well.