Blzer's All-Star Sliders and Settings

[Blzer]

Re: Blzer's All-Star Sliders and Settings

with CPU contact at -2 are you able to get batters to strike out looking? I have it set at -1 and it seems like batters swing at more pitches. Contact does affect plate discipline, but I still want to keep it at -1.

They don't look too much, that's for sure. But in the last game I put stats up for, I still recall striking out one batter on the slider and another on the changeup in the same inning (it was the first inning Gaudin came in for Zambrano). I mean it happens, but there's really no slider adjustment for that either.

[The Chef]

Re: Blzer's All-Star Sliders and Settings

with CPU contact at -2 are you able to get batters to strike out looking? I have it set at -1 and it seems like batters swing at more pitches. Contact does affect plate discipline, but I still want to keep it at -1.

I actually have contact at default for the CPU and get atleast 1 strikeout every game with them looking, normally its 1-3 times per game.

[Blzer]

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This game has more of a story to it (like an inside the park home run and a triple which neither ever should have been), but here are the final results:

[delo2beatu]

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lemme guess... you were the tigers? hmmm wonder how I figured that out.... Look at that pitching chart... CPU threw 2/3 hittable pitches outta 25... corners or extreme low center 90% of the time

Check out my sliders and you'll all

[Blzer]

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lemme guess... you were the tigers? hmmm wonder how I figured that out.... Look at that pitching chart... CPU threw 2/3 hittable pitches outta 25... corners or extreme low center 90% of the time

Check out my sliders and you'll all

Well I could always lower their Control slider if I wanted, but then again I did have 13 hits...

And I haven't adjusted my sliders in maybe 20 games now. I think I'm set.

[dubplate]

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I went from loving this game to absolutely hating it. The CPU never gets strikes called when it's a close pitch, which often leads to them getting a two strike hit. I scrape and claw for every little run I can get, which is usually only three a game if I'm lucky, and the CPU always has to get at least four or five, just enough to beat me. Two out rallys make me want to scream, and it would be nice if I were allowed to hit a high fastball instead of it being an infield pop-up. And the pitching meter seems completely broken at this point. I seem to be able to hit my spots more when I miss the sweet spot on the meter than when I do hit it, as then the pitch is never anywhere near where it should be.

I don't know what to do anymore and am saddened because this game somehow went from being one of the greatest I ever played to one of the worst.

[dubplate]

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Ugh, I lost yet another game: 3-2 Rangers (me) vs Indians, in 14 innings. I wish the CPU would swing at close pitches and allow themselves to be called out on ones that are on the corners. It seems like every time I don't get a third strike call, the CPU gets a base hit on the very next pitch. And I still don't see the point of having a pitching meter where the goal is to hit a line in the middle to throw a good pitch, but when I do it's nowhere near where it should be. I just don't know what to do anymore.

[The Chef]

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Ugh, I lost yet another game: 3-2 Rangers (me) vs Indians, in 14 innings. I wish the CPU would swing at close pitches and allow themselves to be called out on ones that are on the corners. It seems like every time I don't get a third strike call, the CPU gets a base hit on the very next pitch. And I still don't see the point of having a pitching meter where the goal is to hit a line in the middle to throw a good pitch, but when I do it's nowhere near where it should be. I just don't know what to do anymore.

Well the meter works fine for me so far and Ive gotten the CPU looking on borderline pitches as well as pitches right over the heart of the plate. I have also gotten the CPU to chase pitches outside the zone. Do you use the API and follow what the catcher calls for? I do but I tend to change the pitch here and there when I think my catcher is getting into a pattern and that works perfectly. If all else fails then tweak the sliders until you get the game to where you want it to be, its not going to be perfect for everyone out of the box. If your using someones sliders then tweak those as you see fit. If you have adjusted the sliders then where do you have the CPU contact at? Im at default and this slider seems to effect the ability to strike them out at a reasonable clip as the moment I turned this to 6 I couldnt strike anyone out and they fouled off all the tough pitches. Are you not hitting enough? Try lowering the CPU's control 1 click at a time until you feel that you are getting a few more pitches to hit per game. Do you use guess pitch? If not and your offense is just not clicking then use this for awhile until you get some more gametime in. When pitching are you filling the meter completely or not? Fill it completely and the accuracy is much more sporadic as you are basically putting everything behind the pitch but the location might suffer. If you only fill to the red and not all the way then you might not get the same snap on that curve you would by filling it but your accuracy will be more predictable and if you miss your spot on the meter you wont miss the location by such a wide margin. These are just the tip of the iceberg though and without more information as to how you play I cant really make any other recommendations.

[dubplate]

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I appreciate your advice. I've been using Blazers sliders and have just been struggling. I don't expect to win every game, but feel that I am decent enough to be winning more than I am. I do use the API and, as do you, call my own pitches when I feel the CPU calling the same pitches over and over. The CPU just doesn't seem to swing at much out of the zone, especially with two strikes, and I give up a lot of runs due to third strikes not being called when the pitch is in the zone more than out. I won't give up on the game, but it really frustrates me more than not. I have yet to be able to put a hurting on the CPU like I could at times last year. I understand that this shouldn't happen all the time, nor do I want it to, but when I'm facing a poor pitcher while I have a good offensive team (Boston or Texas), I should be able to put up some good games.

[The Chef]

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I appreciate your advice. I've been using Blazers sliders and have just been struggling. I don't expect to win every game, but feel that I am decent enough to be winning more than I am. I do use the API and, as do you, call my own pitches when I feel the CPU calling the same pitches over and over. The CPU just doesn't seem to swing at much out of the zone, especially with two strikes, and I give up a lot of runs due to third strikes not being called when the pitch is in the zone more than out. I won't give up on the game, but it really frustrates me more than not. I have yet to be able to put a hurting on the CPU like I could at times last year. I understand that this shouldn't happen all the time, nor do I want it to, but when I'm facing a poor pitcher while I have a good offensive team (Boston or Texas), I should be able to put up some good games.

No problem, do you use the left stick when batting or are you a swing only guy? Blzer has his timing at 0, I dont have the game on in front of me currently but doesnt this effect your ability to get good wood on the ball? Meaning the lower the timing is the smaller the window is to make contact which makes it tougher to hit, and if your struggling to hit then try raising this back to default or somewhere in between and see what happens.

[movies2090]

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Well out of all the slider topics that have popped up for the past few weeks, this set seems to be the one that stuck for me. Tonight or tomorrow, I'm gonna upload all my stats for the 16-17 games I've played using these sliders (though just "slightly" modified).

After playing about 15 games on HoF I just couldn't get into it. The CPU was beating me around pretty easily and I couldn't hit for **** Now I can chalk some of that up to being new to the game. I've gotten much better and more patient pitching and hitting. But playing those 15 games on HoF left me 2-13 and maybe only 4 of em were close. I've read a few threads talking about the CPU seemingly coming alive in the 9th inning in games. I've had about 6 save opportunites and haven't blown a single one so I haven't seen any evidence of that. So in the end I settled on ALL-star and haven't looked back. Games have been much for fun and much more varied. I've been in high and low scoring games. Have had 20 hits and 3 hits. 4HR's and games without Hr's. So without getting too indepth with this right now, I'll just let you know I'll be back in a few hours with a spreadsheet with all my stats. Yeah I won't have screenshots so some of you may or may not believe my stats but whatever.

I'll just end this post by saying thank you Blzer for coming up with a damn good set of sliders for "me" and "my" playstyle. I don't know if they are perfect but they have made the game awesome for me.

[movies2090]

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OK so I've uploaded a PDF file with my stats from the last 16 games using these sliders. Let me know if you guys see anything that seems out of whack. I think I may have to raise pitch speed up a bit. I haven't gone against any real aces so maybe my hit totals aren't that out of whack. Maybe I'm hitting too many doubles? Not enough Hr's? Maybe not giving up enough HR's? Maybe that is fine since I don't give in and walk so many. Let me know what you all think please.

[Blzer]

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Yeah, I actually jumped pitch speed back up to 5. I guess I'm so used to my adult league that I felt that was like the default or something, I don't know. But yeah, I jumped pitch speed back up to 5. I'll see how that feels for me, but 3 isn't bad for people either. I'm just trying to get it to "real" speed.

[movies2090]

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Well here are my stats in the 16 games I've played using these sliders. Take a look at how they compare to the averages in the sticky post in these forums.


Runs: 9.40
Hits: 18.24
Doubles: 3.72
Triples: 0.38
Homeruns: 2.06
Strikeouts: 13.25
Walks: 6.6
Stolen Base Attempts: 1.58 (71% success)
Errors: 1.23


Those are the averages. Here are mine

Runs: 9.0
Hits: 18.82
Doubles: 3.87
Triples: 0.63
Homeruns: 1.81
Strikeouts: 13.13
Walks: 4.62
Stolen Base Attempts: 0.94 (60% success)
Errors: 0.50


I have to say these aren't that far off. Maybe a tad high on triples, tad low on HR's, SB's attempts and Walks. Errors.... that's a hard one to fix.

[pbz06]

Re: Blzer's All-Star Sliders and Settings

Well here are my stats in the 16 games I've played using these sliders. Take a look at how they compare to the averages in the sticky post in these forums.


Runs: 9.40
Hits: 18.24
Doubles: 3.72
Triples: 0.38
Homeruns: 2.06
Strikeouts: 13.25
Walks: 6.6
Stolen Base Attempts: 1.58 (71% success)
Errors: 1.23


Those are the averages. Here are mine

Runs: 9.0
Hits: 18.82
Doubles: 3.87
Triples: 0.63
Homeruns: 1.81
Strikeouts: 13.13
Walks: 4.62
Stolen Base Attempts: 0.94 (60% success)
Errors: 0.50


I have to say these aren't that far off. Maybe a tad high on triples, tad low on HR's, SB's attempts and Walks. Errors.... that's a hard one to fix.

Looking good, but I wouldn't worry about such small "differences". 16 games is actually a tiny sample in baseball anyway.

But either way, the more I play, the less inclined I get to change anything else yet.