Edwy's AllStar Sliders

[MeBeEdwy]

Hey guys, I uploaded sliders online more than a week ago and seem to be getting a positive response from the online community. So, Ive decided to put these sliders on these forums and see what you guys think. Ive been tweaking these sliders for some time now, and have been using these sliders untouched for the past month and have been getting some very exciting / good games. From my experience with these sliders, I have gotten a good variety in the number of hits, earned runs, errors, etc..

Who Should Use These Sliders: These sliders are an attempt to get realistic box scores as much as possible on the All Star Difficulty while enjoying a fun and exciting game. These sliders are for the Slightly Above Average Player. I am no pro myself, and I have my fair share of wins and loses using these sliders.

Sliders: (0) Means all the way to the left, (20) means all the way to the right. Anything left out should be left at the default (10).

Player 1 Pitch Speed - 4
CPU Pitch Speed - 4
Pitch Count - 15
Wind - 15
Player 1 Pitcher Fatigue Starters - 11
Player 1 Pitcher Fatigue Relief - 8
Player 1 Pitch Command - 7
Player 1 Wild Pitch Frequency - 9
Player 1 Contact - 0
CPU Contact - 0
Player 1 Power - 5
CPU Power - 5
Player 1 Error Frequency - 20
CPU Error Frequency - 20
Player 1 Throwing Strength - 13
CPU Throwing Strength - 13
Player 1 Throwing Accuracy - 6
CPU Throwing Accuracy - 6
Player 1 Fielder Speed - 13
CPU Pitcher Aggressiveness - 7
CPU Base Running Aggression - 12
CPU Pickoff Attempt Freq - 7
CPU Batter Plate Discipline - 12
CPU Fielding Reaction Time - 12
CPU Base Stealing Aggressiveness - 12
CPU Stolen Base Frequency - 12
(**Player 1 Sliders Should Be The Same For Player 2)

Global Settings:
I personally use API off and Guess Pitch on (not good enough to have guess pitch off ), anything else up to you.

Cons: Some problems Im having with these sliders. I havent been able to get a decent number of stolen bases even from the speed demons on my team. Seems like I get picked off alot, im not a big base stealer, but I would like to steal a base every once in a while when I need to. Also, im not able to hit enough HRs, maybe its just my level of playing or not, even though im able to get enough runs, I havent seen the normal amount of HRs that should be in my season.

After I get done playing my whole season (which shouldn't be anytime soon) ill analyze them and compare them to real life stats. So far im having really good games...some low scoring, some high scoring, some blow outs, etc..

Please guys tell me what you think and ENJOY!

[SolidSnake07]

Re: Edwy's AllStar Sliders

Those sliders look good. What team do you play with?

[MeBeEdwy]

Re: Edwy's AllStar Sliders

Astros of course

[SolidSnake07]

Re: Edwy's AllStar Sliders

Astros of course

Damm stupid ole me. I should have looked at your av before I posted that. The Astros are nice.

[tfigs121]

Re: Edwy's AllStar Sliders

Is this with Classic or Meter pitching?

tfigs

[MeBeEdwy]

Re: Edwy's AllStar Sliders

Meter, I tried classic and didnt like it....I like having more control of my pitches

[pberardi]

Re: Edwy's AllStar Sliders

Hey guys, I uploaded sliders online more than a week ago and seem to be getting a positive response from the online community. So, Ive decided to put these sliders on these forums and see what you guys think. Ive been tweaking these sliders for some time now, and have been using these sliders untouched for the past month and have been getting some very exciting / good games. From my experience with these sliders, I have gotten a good variety in the number of hits, earned runs, errors, etc..

Who Should Use These Sliders: These sliders are an attempt to get realistic box scores as much as possible on the All Star Difficulty while enjoying a fun and exciting game. These sliders are for the Slightly Above Average Player. I am no pro myself, and I have my fair share of wins and loses using these sliders.

Sliders: (0) Means all the way to the left, (20) means all the way to the right. Anything left out should be left at the default (10).

Player 1 Pitch Speed - 4
CPU Pitch Speed - 4
Pitch Count - 15
Wind - 15
Player 1 Pitcher Fatigue Starters - 11
Player 1 Pitcher Fatigue Relief - 8
Player 1 Pitch Command - 7
Player 1 Wild Pitch Frequency - 9
Player 1 Contact - 0
CPU Contact - 0
Player 1 Power - 5
CPU Power - 5
Player 1 Error Frequency - 20
CPU Error Frequency - 20
Player 1 Throwing Strength - 13
CPU Throwing Strength - 13
Player 1 Throwing Accuracy - 6
CPU Throwing Accuracy - 6
Player 1 Fielder Speed - 13
CPU Pitcher Aggressiveness - 7
CPU Base Running Aggression - 12
CPU Pickoff Attempt Freq - 7
CPU Batter Plate Discipline - 12
CPU Fielding Reaction Time - 12
CPU Base Stealing Aggressiveness - 12
CPU Stolen Base Frequency - 12
(**Player 1 Sliders Should Be The Same For Player 2)

Global Settings:
I personally use API off and Guess Pitch on (not good enough to have guess pitch off ), anything else up to you.

Cons: Some problems Im having with these sliders. I havent been able to get a decent number of stolen bases even from the speed demons on my team. Seems like I get picked off alot, im not a big base stealer, but I would like to steal a base every once in a while when I need to. Also, im not able to hit enough HRs, maybe its just my level of playing or not, even though im able to get enough runs, I havent seen the normal amount of HRs that should be in my season.

After I get done playing my whole season (which shouldn't be anytime soon) ill analyze them and compare them to real life stats. So far im having really good games...some low scoring, some high scoring, some blow outs, etc..

Please guys tell me what you think and ENJOY!

Played two games with the Tribe and the Brewers. Nice, really seems to cut down on the juvenile offense that I've experienced. Both games had 10 hits, which I won 6-2 and 4-3. No HR's yet. I walked 3x in each and struckout 4x.

I like the hit variety. However, I may raise contact up 2 to see if I get some HR's. I really don't want to raise power any higher than 5. Higher power seems to eliminate slow grounders, lazy fly balls. Everything becomes a line drive. I've always advocated that people crank this up too high and eliminate the reality of what "poor" or "bad" contact results in which are weak grounders and pop ups, fouls, foul outs..etc. Your game definitely challenges without frustrating the user.
Great for guys who don't want the stress of 9 zones in HOF but need to move on from the 25 hit style of Veteran. Thanks. (By the way, I use auto baserunning, can't grasp the new control features yet so I can't comment on baserunning).

[MeBeEdwy]

Re: Edwy's AllStar Sliders

Nice, im also getting around 10 hits a game also, I recently got 2 HRs in the past 3 games, both were with Carlos Lee...so far those are my only HRs of the season..lol...

I also use auto baserunning, but I sorta do a auto / manual style, meaning immediatley after I hit a ball, I let the CPU do the baserunning for me, but seconds later I manually do my baserunning if I wanna advance another base or go back, etc.

[pberardi]

Re: Edwy's AllStar Sliders

Nice, im also getting around 10 hits a game also, I recently got 2 HRs in the past 3 games, both were with Carlos Lee...so far those are my only HRs of the season..lol...

I also use auto baserunning, but I sorta do a auto / manual style, meaning immediatley after I hit a ball, I let the CPU do the baserunning for me, but seconds later I manually do my baserunning if I wanna advance another base or go back, etc.

Ok, started early after my morning work out. Played 2 games. This time two games with the Brewcrew vs. The Cubs.

Game 1. Incredible 13 inning 1-0 victory by the Cubs. Both teams had only 3 hits up until the 7th in. A real pitchers duel. Something I had not experienced on Veteran. Again, I walked 6x, struckout 8 over 13 innings. I had 7 hits all singles vs. the Cubs with 13 hits!, Game winning HR from Lee. Not much offense to report here except when the CPU's pitcher's confidence meter gets maxed, its awfully hard to get good hits. Something I did not have to worry about on Veteran.

Game 2. BrewCrew vs Cubs: Cubs win 5-1. The CPU hit variety was terrific. The best I've seen. 5 runs on 13 hits, 1 HR, 2 doubles. I saw deep fly balls to the track, soft liners through the middle, bloopers, foul balls, hard and soft, lazy fly's, gappers for doubles. I think the CPU sliders are spot on. I felt I was watching the game on TV.

As for my Brew Crew, not as good. 1 run on 8 hits...nice to see your sliders tone down those 15 hit boxscores. Problem is, all my hits were singles. That's 2 games with no doubles or homers.

Now: I use zone hitting (stick) and many times I'll just hit X to make contact especially with 2 strikes. On Veteran, you can mash the ball with simply hitting X. The higher allstar level so far for me, I can only hit grounders and pop flys. Yes I do get singles but no line drives for doubles. So: my question is: Are you getting good hit variety when using X only on allstar? If so, then I must attribute it to good Cubs pitching and some timing adjustment for me.

The good thing is I can lose on allstar now have to work for my wins. Also, I'm able to draw walks, work the count and keep the strikeouts low.

Summary: CPU hitting is excellent. Can score runs, nice balance of hit variety, weak hits, good hits, all kinds of outs. Not a blow out offense either. Keeps you in the game.

User: Hit variety is weak right now. Most likely my skill level. Using X button too much? (helps me keep the strikeouts low) I am getting deep fly balls but they are outs.

PS. - I'm seeing errors from both user and cpu as well. This is important.

[nemesis04]

Re: Edwy's AllStar Sliders

User: Hit variety is weak right now. Most likely my skill level. Using X button too much? (helps me keep the strikeouts low) I am getting deep fly balls but they are outs.

PS. - I'm seeing errors from both user and cpu as well. This is important.

The cpu has more power than the human player in this game. Your power slider level should be higher than the cpu. A common occurrence on all difficulty levels.

[MeBeEdwy]

Re: Edwy's AllStar Sliders

For me I use the X button maybe 90% of the time, I use the Square button only if I get a 4 seam fastball and im up in the count. Im seeing a good amount of variety hitting from the user. Mostly im seeing singles, but yes I do at times get doubles and sometimes am seeing some triples.

As far as the errors thing, yes, there is a good variety of errors when you max out that slider, sometimes you see some errors, sometimes you dont. Just keeps you at the top of your game.

[pberardi]

Re: Edwy's AllStar Sliders

For me I use the X button maybe 90% of the time, I use the Square button only if I get a 4 seam fastball and im up in the count. Im seeing a good amount of variety hitting from the user. Mostly im seeing singles, but yes I do at times get doubles and sometimes am seeing some triples.

As far as the errors thing, yes, there is a good variety of errors when you max out that slider, sometimes you see some errors, sometimes you dont. Just keeps you at the top of your game.

ok, played the Tribe vs Twins

Tribe: 6 Runs: 8hits 0errors - 1 HR, 2 doubles 1 triple (had Tori Hunter rob me of a 2nd HR) 0 walks, 4 k's

Twins: 7 Runs on 13 hits - 0 HR, 3 doubles

Hows that for a boxscore. There is definitely a difference between my Tribe and Brewcrew franchise. Tribe has more power. Great game. The CPU is almost the perfect opponent. Now I can't take any game for granted.

Good sliders!

[MeBeEdwy]

Re: Edwy's AllStar Sliders

Glad your enjoying them , are you playing on veteran or allstar?

[pberardi]

Re: Edwy's AllStar Sliders

Glad your enjoying them , are you playing on veteran or allstar?

Allstar with your sliders. You asked for feedback so I'm reporting. I played one inning on Veteran during the game and commenced to score 4 runs by simply pressing X. I wish more people were playing AS. HOF seems to be the popular level here. But for 4 zone hitting with your sliders, AS is a great sim game.

I can't put my finger on it but allstar seems to have a tougher timing window where contact is more discriminatory vs Veteran. I think in Vet, good contact results in hits. Not in AS. Of course I faced Santana, Prior, Hill and Zambrano my first 4 AS games. Good pitching.

Also, I noticed the pitcher confidence meter is more in favor of the CPU. One or two good innings and the CPU really starts to hit the corners and mixes up the pitches. On Veteran, if you get a couple of hits, his confidence meter is lowered. Then hitting becomes an arcade game.

[HustlinOwl]

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I have restarted my franchise a few times now with a couple different sliders from here. I must say everyone does a wonderful job on these.

I have tried Tfigs veteran sliders, nemesis HOF sliders as well as pareds HOF sliders.

Yesterday I played a few franchise games with MeBeEdwy sliders and seem to be having the more realistic results. Boxscores are right in line with true life. I however am having a difficult time hitting HR's, but maybe its just Im use to using nemesis's sliders where Dunn had 15 HR's in his first 14 games. I use strictly "X" and square to hit and never use the zone hitting. Maybe that is why I am not seeing a whole lot of HR's.

MeBeEdwy: If I was to bump the power attribute up a few for both the user and cpu would it offset the rest of the sliders?

Gameplay settings that I am currently using:
Autofielding
All pitching and hitting aids are off
Manual baserunning. Was auto, but not enough stolen base attempts for my liking.

Great job again by everyone