Runners slowing down rounding third

[BlueSkies7776]

Re: Runners slowing down rounding third

So it impresses you when they make the game look unrealistic in order to make it different.

The runners isn't just slowing his speed to make the turn or hold up at third. His whole animation is slowing down. He defies the laws of physics and momentum. Its not impressive.

I think the animation is meant to be hesitation. That's why they awkwardly slow down and redirect their path. Make the decision to round early enough and the hesitation won't happen. It kind of goes hand in hand with fielding, you have to decide well in advance where you're going to throw the ball or the fielders will awkwardly stop to fix their momentum.

When I first saw the runner slow down I was impressed because I had the impression that the runner wasn't 100% committed to running full speed based on what was happening on the field. It felt realistic to me. So far if it IS a clean base hit the runners never have a problem rounding 2nd or 3rd cleanly.

[cubsfan1221]

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can anyone help me out please? Im using classic base running and on first and 3rd situations how do you ONLY steal the guy at first? Please help. Im new and for some reason it wont let me post this question by opening a new thread. It says I dont have permission to open a new thread???

Thank you

[BlueSkies7776]

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But on the other hand I do agree that even if say, the runner is running in a straight line, he is simply going to keep running full speed and take a wider path to keep his momentum going.

[stealyerface]

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can anyone help me out please? Im using classic base running and on first and 3rd situations how do you ONLY steal the guy at first? Please help. Im new and for some reason it wont let me post this question by opening a new thread. It says I dont have permission to open a new thread???

Thank you

Push the L-stick towards First base, and squeeze and let go of L2. You'll feel the controller rumble to tell you it understood the command.

If you Squeeze, it and keep it pressed, the guy will take off.
~syf

[ginny]

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For me this is an issue irregardless of how you're sending the runner (L1 or left stick + X). I have just completed a game with the Indians and I had this issue sending Bourn around 3rd, as well as much slower/worse base runners. It wasn't every time I went 2nd to home though, but I'm not sure what I was doing differently the other times.

[cubsfan1221]

Re: Runners slowing down rounding third

Push the L-stick towards First base, and squeeze and let go of L2. You'll feel the controller rumble to tell you it understood the command.

If you Squeeze, it and keep it pressed, the guy will take off.
~syf

nope that doesn't work. I just tried it. When you hit L2 both runners steal??????

[vcu9]

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I don't know if it is because this, but I get thrown out at home all the time. Way too hard to score from 2nd on a basehit. Even with an good speed guy. They will seem to be well on their way.. and then the throw, and my runner isn't even close.

Go into sliders and lower Arm Strength to 3. It will fix the problem and infielders will still have a realistically strong arm strength.

[wiser66]

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Go into sliders and lower Arm Strength to 3. It will fix the problem and infielders will still have a realistically strong arm strength.

No offense, but sliders won't be a "fix" for this problem. The fact that you can immediately hold down L1 with a speed guy at 2nd and he can't score on a seeing eye single into the outfield with 2 outs is a joke. It's obviously a problem with the game and I hope it gets fixed with the first patch that comes out.

I still love the Show, but it's really hard to enjoy it when things like this take the realism out of it (like the low K rates in Franchise).

[Blzer]

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nope that doesn't work. I just tried it. When you hit L2 both runners steal??????

Maybe Classic baserunning is different than Default baserunning?

Try it on Default baserunning. Just make sure that you're never pressing L2 if you're not pressing the left-analog stick to the right. Just like writing capital letters on a keyboard... you can't possibly make it happen unless you're holding onto shift (except for caps lock, but let's not go there ).

[cubsfan1221]

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Maybe Classic baserunning is different than Default baserunning?

Try it on Default baserunning. Just make sure that you're never pressing L2 if you're not pressing the left-analog stick to the right. Just like writing capital letters on a keyboard... you can't possibly make it happen unless you're holding onto shift (except for caps lock, but let's not go there ).

nah man it doesn't work it. I can't start a new thread and ask russell because this is a pretty big deal. I wish someone would chime in and help us out. I've tried everything

[Russell_SCEA]

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nah man it doesn't work it. I can't start a new thread and ask russell because this is a pretty big deal. I wish someone would chime in and help us out. I've tried everything

We are going to look at all (potential) issues on Monday.

[thomas2345]

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No fly ball marker when batting is a big issue too.Surprised no one said anything about this.

[cubsfan1221]

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We are going to look at all (potential) issues on Monday.

Thanks man

[ktd1976]

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Ok, I had to chime in on this. I think this is definitely an issue. I can tell that the baserunning has been changed, and you have to decide early on that you want to take the extra base. Just now, I had a runner on first, and hit a ball to the gap that was cut off. Victor Martinez was on first (19 speed, 2 BRA). I thought I could go first to third, but didn't hit the button soon enough, and Martinez slowed down awkwardly rounding second. This is definitely because of the new baserunning.

However, in the first inning of the same game, I had Austin Jackson on second, when Miguel Cabrera laced a single to left center field. I IMMEDIATELY hit the buttons to make Jackson go second to home. I was thrown out by about 10 feet, on a play that he should have scored easily. I checked the replay, to see why. Jackson, who has pretty good baserunning ability, didn't round third base awkwardly. Rather, it was like he was running in slow motion, without changing animations.

[ktd1976]

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to add to this, I just had another instance, where the runner rounded third so far in foun territory that he was almost in the coaches box (out of the baseline). This could be part of the issue too. Maybe the new baserunning system is making runners round the bases too far.

I took a screen shot of it, and will add it as soon as I can.



If you look at this screen shot, Martinez easily rounded third base by 5-10 feet. This could be the difference between scoring from second on a base hit, or getting thrown out.