Community Day....FRANCHISE and EDITOR

[BoSoxPujols]

Re: Community Day....FRANCHISE and EDITOR

I understand for whatever reasons the contracts can't be the real life ones but can/will they be a bit more realistically in line with what the actual players are making?

[ThrowBack]

Re: Community Day....FRANCHISE and EDITOR

Will Yu Darvish and the other international signees be in the game this year?

[BatsareBugs]

Re: Community Day....FRANCHISE and EDITOR

Will Yu Darvish and the other international signees be in the game this year?

Sorry to jump in, but this one can be answered right now. Any international signees from this season will not be in the game until after the second week of the season (through the roster update). They will not have yet played a game thus cannot be in the game like Daisuke Matsuzaka, Aki Otsuka, Kosuke Fukudome, and others.

[NAFBUC]

Re: Community Day....FRANCHISE and EDITOR

1. Any additions to the statistics available in the database? (eg: BABIP)

2. Any additions to the splits and stuff available? (EG: batting average with bases loaded, batting average with 2 outs, batting average in a recent time period)

3. Can we now do 2 for 1 player movement, one-way player movement, and other things of the like, while managing rosters outside of Franchise mode?

If you can report back on any type of stat improvements including boxscores, stat overlays, back of baseball card etc.

Thank you for all the time and assistance you provide to the OS community.

[Sco291]

Re: Community Day....FRANCHISE and EDITOR

Here's one... will the games start off being presented a different way this year instead of just the usual, 5 year old "zoom out"?

Like when I start a game, does it shows fans walking around? Maybe grounds crew prepping the field?...instead of the usual "oh yep, thats the scoreboard or the parks signature, look at that" view?

[Cowswin]

Re: Community Day....FRANCHISE and EDITOR

Editor:

What about adding the ability for contract extensions?

I always hate it when I have a young player (or any player, for that matter) that is tearing it up but is in a contract year. I have to wait for free agency rather than locking him down during the season, and oftentimes I stand the chance of losing that player to another team.

[EmmdotFrisk]

Re: Community Day....FRANCHISE and EDITOR

It's that time again fellas.

Anything you'd like to check on....ask about....whatever, I'll do my best to get the answer for '12.
Remember, there are things that I won't be able to talk about until certain dates even after the community day.
Please keep the thread to just questions and if you need to list an example.
Let's keep the comments about existing features and replies to a minimum so it will be easier to compile.

Thanks!

Just a note:....tabarnes19 and I will both be checking things out with the franchise mode.
Also....just to note....I'm expecting more of a tightening up of the mode more than wholesale changes for '12.



M.K.
Knight165

We need to get an MLB The Show online roster editor similar to a teambuilder type editor, so it will make your life easier

[andrewochs615]

Re: Community Day....FRANCHISE and EDITOR

Yea about the whole expanded playoff thing. Will the extra wild card be added at the end of seasons. And after the 2012 season will Houston switch leagues and will constant inter league take place??/

[redsfan4life]

Re: Community Day....FRANCHISE and EDITOR

Can we play co-op in franchise this year?

[BlueNGold]

Re: Community Day....FRANCHISE and EDITOR

Is the way teams manage their budgets in future years going to be improved?

Last year was the first year I've ever played The Show and I ran into the problem where teams screwed themselves around 2013-2014 and couldn't make any reasonable offers to free agents (other than low-ball 1 year offers) or trade players. It really ruined all the fun I had trying to rebuild the Blue Jays into a contender.

[bmorebirds_24]

I posted this in another thread but seems more for this thread....

Last year there was a problem with player eligibility for the playoffs. Will that be addressed this year?

Also there may be changes to the baseball schedule and rules. Will these changes be in the game?

Weather is another question, will weather play a factor in this years game?


Any answers are appreciated. Thanks!

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[californication]

Re: Community Day....FRANCHISE and EDITOR

will anything be changed regarding the size of contracts given out in the offseason? it's kinda annoying when a minor league reliever gets a 5 year deal for 500k per year when they should be getting one year deals. i also see things like albert pujols settling for a 2 year deal when he should be looking for a much bigger contract.

[TheRunAndShoot]

Re: Community Day....FRANCHISE and EDITOR

Geez, haven't posted on here in a while lol...

Other than new equipment could you check if any of the existing equipment has a 4th color panel? Not sure if it's wishful thinking, crappy cam quality footage from ces but it stubbs looked like he had something extra going on with his cleats.

[Skyboxer]

Re: Community Day....FRANCHISE and EDITOR

Print button?

[NAFBUC]

Re: Community Day....FRANCHISE and EDITOR

I know they are working on the player card. When I see it...AND am able to say what the changes are I will surely let everyone know.
They hear us on stats....THEY DO!....and I know they are trying to figure out ways to include much more of what we want to see year to year.



Don't fret just yet. They are definitely still doing things on the franchise mode of this game. It WILL NOT be exactly the same as last year. I just want to temper expectations on going in and not seeing the bigger changes they want to get in(and will...I'M SURE....birdies are speaking everywhere!! ) in a full on development cycle.
I'm SURE the commentary that Ed and the overlays will be a big improvement in this are as well. Definitely will check on this...


They would have to add some sort of "LOCK" feature. I've spoken to Kolbe about this.....Remember, not everyone wants to see the CPU do what they(themselves) want to do with lineups...they want the CPU to make the decisions. I know the work around is a bit of a pain in the arse......they just have to figure a way to add something that doesn't cause more trouble than it alleviates.



These are some of the specific items that Aaron was/is working on in regards to franchise mode items. Just to name a few.


M.K.
Knight165

Good to hear about the stats improvement Knight!

thanks