Favre4vr's HOF slider tweaks

[Gary Armida]

Hey guys--I thought I would share my progress with these sliders. I usually don't post sliders, but I figured if some people benefit from them and help me out, it's all good. I tweak things slowly and play about 5 games before messing with anything else. I have been getting good, varied results with these. I will start to post linescores and such from now on. These came from playing as well as incorporating some suggestions from the other threads here. I hope they help.

UPDATED 3-10-06
Settings
Level--HOF
Batting View--WIDE (This was a recent change. I helps cut down on some hits for me)
Pitching View--Outfield
Fielding level--Low (A preference. I like being closer to the action)
Pitching aids--All off (Strike zone, h/c zone, cursor)
Baserunning--All manual.

Sliders (all clicks from default)
Pit count- Max
Contact-- -5 for me, default for the CPU
Power-- +2 for both
Pitch speed-- Default to +4. Whatever you comfort level is.
Baserunning aggressive-- +5
Throw Speed--Default (although -2 for both works ok)
Thow Accuracy-- -2 for both
Errors-- +3 for both ***See note at bottom***
Strike Zone--Wide


My goal is to get realistic stats and really solid gameplay. I know many people are concerned with hit variety, but I am willing to sacrifice a little for more realistic hit totals. I still get a good variety though. So far, it seems to work. If I wasn't such a hacker, I could walk 4 times a game. Let me know any results if someone uses these.

UPDATE 3/10--
NOTE: See my post on errors on page 9 of this thread (I believe post 81). I will keep you guys posted every ten games I play.

[Gary Armida]

Re: Favre4vr's HOF slider tweaks

I updated after playing around with my contact slider. Minus 5 feels right. I really didn't like zero...a few too many bleeders. I upped the power to 12 for both sides which feels good. There has been plenty of extra base hits, not just a single-fest. Errors feel about right as well. These are pretty close to final for me. I will probably start my regular season tomorrow. I played 5 games tonight with these sliders. 3 with the Yanks in my ST games and 2 exhibitions with me playing as the Pirates and Nationals. Below are the line scores.

NYY 4R 7H 2E
CIN 2R 6H 0E

ATL 6R 10H 1E
NYY 7R 13H 0E

NYY 2R 5H 1E
CLE 5R 7H 2E

PIT 3R 8H OE
CHI 8R 13H 0E

WAS 2R 4H 2E
SD 5R 7H 0E

[JOEdellis]

Re: Favre4vr's HOF slider tweaks

Throw speed needs to be at least 6, laser arms stops and they feel normal.

[Gary Armida]

Re: Favre4vr's HOF slider tweaks

Throw speed needs to be at least 6, laser arms stops and they feel normal.

I hear ya Joe, and I will fiddle with that. The only problem I see is that it results in more IF hits, which is an area (hits) that I am trying to keep reasonable. I know the laser arms are a concern, but I really want realistic stats. I will play around with it at 6 and see what happens.

[rspencer86]

Re: Favre4vr's HOF slider tweaks

Thanks for sharing your tweaks, favre4vr. I'll have to try these out when I get the chance. I'll post some linescores or boxscores when I get the chance.

-Ryan

[Gary Armida]

Re: Favre4vr's HOF slider tweaks

Thanks for sharing your tweaks, favre4vr. I'll have to try these out when I get the chance. I'll post some linescores or boxscores when I get the chance.

-Ryan

No problem man. I would appreciate you tryin these out for some feedback/ suggestions.

[JOEdellis]

Re: Favre4vr's HOF slider tweaks

I am trying them now

[rspencer86]

Re: Favre4vr's HOF slider tweaks

favre4vr,

Won't get a chance to try these out until late tonight (I'm stuck in the library right now, taking a break from studying for an American Government test ), but I have a quick question.

Have you noticed a problem with the CPU pitchers consistently being pulled too early? I know a lot of people (including myself) have experienced this, but I was just wondering if you had noticed anything out of the ordinary.

Thanks again, and can't wait to get out of here and try these sliders out.

-Ryan

[brunnoce]

Re: Favre4vr's HOF slider tweaks

strange...i have my error slider at +5 and i still dont see errors..only once i saw..

[JOEdellis]

Re: Favre4vr's HOF slider tweaks

Ok played two games, same teams (A's vs Yanks).

First game it started good and i noticed my contact was pretty good as i was getting at ZITO early in the game, it was 4-0 in the 3rd inning and it was all me offensively and RJ doing his thang, I noticed alot of diffrent hits i saw BLOOPERS, BOUNCERS, SOFT LINERS, GAPPERS. I like the way the AI felt on the field but i would had liked to see an error, i didnt noticed any.

Boxscore

7 / 13 / 0

1 / 5 / 0


2 doubles, 2 triples(AROD + CANO)

6 RBIs( 3 by shef, 2 by damon 1 by giambi and matsui)

RJ- IP H R ER BB S0 ERA

9 5 1 1 0 6 1.00





Second game( this time in Yankee stadium)


Wow, i dont know if the AI gets mad or something because in this one THEY KICK MY *** EARLY in the game, it was 4-0 IN THE FIRST!, i knew it was going to be hard because they seemed to be getting at RJ too easy. Well it went quiet for two innings and scored 2 in the 4th/

But the huge blow came in the 6th as BIG HURT hit a grandslam and the bad thing was that before that they already scored 2 runs on hits only. Well it was pretty over in the 6th and it was ODD because i got more hits! then they did but i couldnt put runs together with all thoses . The only Highlight of this has to be seeing "THE JETER JUMP THROW" in a very close double play .

But other then that the yanks got their *** beat LOL! and it was funny because i was laughing at the AI in the previous game and taunting and crap and look how they came back at lol.


Again i like the feel of the AI on the field and i like that i saw variety as i saw soft liners, bouncers, gappers and bloopers and the AI kicked my *** with Homeruns from FRANK,CHAVEZ,BRADLEY, JOHNSON.


Boxscore( kicked my ***)

14/ 15 / 0

4/ 17 / 0

?........

[baumy300]

Re: Favre4vr's HOF slider tweaks

Now for the killer question. How do I save these sliders?

[JOEdellis]

Re: Favre4vr's HOF slider tweaks

Now for the killer question. How do I save these sliders?

Set them up in a franchise or season, if you want to play them out of those modes just load the franchise or season and back to the main menu.

[Gary Armida]

Re: Favre4vr's HOF slider tweaks

favre4vr,

Won't get a chance to try these out until late tonight (I'm stuck in the library right now, taking a break from studying for an American Government test ), but I have a quick question.

Have you noticed a problem with the CPU pitchers consistently being pulled too early? I know a lot of people (including myself) have experienced this, but I was just wondering if you had noticed anything out of the ordinary.

Thanks again, and can't wait to get out of here and try these sliders out.

-Ryan

Honestly, I haven't yet. BUT, (and it's a big but), the majority of my test games have been spring training games so they handle pitchers differently. However, in my exhibition games, I haven't seen anything alarming. I am going to start my season tonight, and I will report back to you.

BTW--Good luck on that test.

[Gary Armida]

Re: Favre4vr's HOF slider tweaks

Ok played two games, same teams (A's vs Yanks).

First game it started good and i noticed my contact was pretty good as i was getting at ZITO early in the game, it was 4-0 in the 3rd inning and it was all me offensively and RJ doing his thang, I noticed alot of diffrent hits i saw BLOOPERS, BOUNCERS, SOFT LINERS, GAPPERS. I like the way the AI felt on the field but i would had liked to see an error, i didnt noticed any.

Boxscore

7 / 13 / 0

1 / 5 / 0


2 doubles, 2 triples(AROD + CANO)

6 RBIs( 3 by shef, 2 by damon 1 by giambi and matsui)

RJ- IP H R ER BB S0 ERA

9 5 1 1 0 6 1.00





Second game( this time in Yankee stadium)


Wow, i dont know if the AI gets mad or something because in this one THEY KICK MY *** EARLY in the game, it was 4-0 IN THE FIRST!, i knew it was going to be hard because they seemed to be getting at RJ too easy. Well it went quiet for two innings and scored 2 in the 4th/

But the huge blow came in the 6th as BIG HURT hit a grandslam and the bad thing was that before that they already scored 2 runs on hits only. Well it was pretty over in the 6th and it was ODD because i got more hits! then they did but i couldnt put runs together with all thoses . The only Highlight of this has to be seeing "THE JETER JUMP THROW" in a very close double play .

But other then that the yanks got their *** beat LOL! and it was funny because i was laughing at the AI in the previous game and taunting and crap and look how they came back at lol.


Again i like the feel of the AI on the field and i like that i saw variety as i saw soft liners, bouncers, gappers and bloopers and the AI kicked my *** with Homeruns from FRANK,CHAVEZ,BRADLEY, JOHNSON.


Boxscore( kicked my ***)

14/ 15 / 0

4/ 17 / 0

?........

Joe--You are definitely a better player than I am with all of your hits. I still have to get a feel for the new view I am using. I am gla you liked the feel of the game. LOL at the revenge of the A's.

No errors?!? That is frustrating. I thought I had a good thing going last 5 or 6 games. I will play tonight and report tomorrow. Maybe we need to up the errors again. Let me know if you play more using these. Thanks for trying them out.

[rspencer86]

Re: Favre4vr's HOF slider tweaks

First game with these sliders, my Royals in a Spring Training game @ Colorado.

Royals 3 11 0
Rockies 4 14 0
(Ten Innings)

Notes:
• I struck out 20 times! (First game on Hall of Fame and adjusting to Wide view had a lot to do with this)
• I had four doubles and a triple (only one double was the ground-rule variety)
• Both teams walked twice
• Only 1 homer in the game, Colorado's Barmes off Redman.
• Hit variety was great, had some sharp line drives, weakly hit grounders, foul balls straight back, foul balls down the line, etc.

I think these sliders are going to work out great for me. Just need a few more games to cut down on the strikeouts, and I'll be good to go.

-Ryan