Throws to home from LF

[kingdevin]

It seems as if all if not a majority of balls thrown from LF to home (by CPU) when there is a potential play at the plate result in a throw up the 1B line. Has anyone been able to cause this to change so that some throws are on line and if off line maybe arent always off toward the 1b side?? Thanks in advance.

[pbz06]

Re: Throws to home from LF

Yea, it can get pretty annoying. I found that the CPU magically "knows" what kind of throw you will have before you even throw it, giving the feel that a lot of people complain about (which is too scripted).

Not just at home, but other bases. I sometimes see myself thinking "omg why is the CPU sending his runner from 1st to 3rd on this sharp liner right to Ichiro?", I'm thinking easy out but sure enough the throw air mails over the 3rd basemen's head for an error. Seems like they only send them because they know the throw will either be way off or an error.

When the runner rounds 3rd to head home, I already know it's pointless to throw to home because it will be way off line. When I throw home when there's no runner advancing, my throws are always perfect and right on the line.

Needless to say, I have thrown out about 1 or 2 runners at home, total.

[bsb13]

Re: Throws to home from LF

Yea, it can get pretty annoying. I found that the CPU magically "knows" what kind of throw you will have before you even throw it, giving the feel that a lot of people complain about (which is too scripted).

Not just at home, but other bases. I sometimes see myself thinking "omg why is the CPU sending his runner from 1st to 3rd on this sharp liner right to Ichiro?", I'm thinking easy out but sure enough the throw air mails over the 3rd basemen's head for an error. Seems like they only send them because they know the throw will either be way off or an error.

When the runner rounds 3rd to head home, I already know it's pointless to throw to home because it will be way off line. When I throw home when there's no runner advancing, my throws are always perfect and right on the line.

Needless to say, I have thrown out about 1 or 2 runners at home, total.

I have to agree with this to a certain extent. Its does seem like the CPU magically knows what kind of a throw your gonna make sometimes. There are times though where I will nail a runner because the CPU was being too aggressive on the base paths.

[DodgerFanatic2K3]

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I got to agree with this also and it's really frustrating

What happened to the throw accuracy slider ???

I've also noticed that off-line throws always go up the 1B line but never up the 3B line even on throws from RF & CF

If off-line throws actually went up the 3B line we would be able to tag out runners coming down the base path

Something I discovered though.....If your outfielder is camped under a fly ball and you switch the player icon to another outfielder not involved in the play the COM will reposition the outfielder you switched off of into a perfect charge & throw position and your throw will be very accurate

This works like a charm on all tag up plays from the outfield :wink:

[livnlegn]

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I got to agree with this also and it's really frustrating

What happened to the throw accuracy slider ???

I've also noticed that off-line throws always go up the 1B line but never up the 3B line even on throws from RF & CF

If off-line throws actually went up the 3B line we would be able to tag out runners coming down the base path

Something I discovered though.....If your outfielder is camped under a fly ball and you switch the player icon to another outfielder not involved in the play the COM will reposition the outfielder you switched off of into a perfect charge & throw position and your throw will be very accurate

This works like a charm on all tag up plays from the outfield :wink:

Nice work!

This was killing me...

[kingdevin]

Re: Throws to home from LF

Thanks for that solution. The only problem is that I like to watch and coach. Therefore, that solution won't work for me. I wonder how that was over looked?? The developers really should test this game by watching CPU games in addition to what ever else they do. I would definitely be willing to assist them with that.

[WinnieThePujols]

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I really hate how it's virtually impossible to throw someone out at home, but then almost everyone has probably accumulated dozens of outfield assists as a result of the CPU being way overly-agressive going form first to third.

[Rawdeal28]

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and all this time i thought it was just Manny

[DrUrsus]

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Thanks for that solution. The only problem is that I like to watch and coach. Therefore, that solution won't work for me. I wonder how that was over looked?? The developers really should test this game by watching CPU games in addition to what ever else they do. I would definitely be willing to assist them with that.

Test? I don't think SCEA knows what that means this year, lol.

[DrUrsus]

Re: Throws to home from LF

Yea, it can get pretty annoying. I found that the CPU magically "knows" what kind of throw you will have before you even throw it, giving the feel that a lot of people complain about (which is too scripted).

Not just at home, but other bases. I sometimes see myself thinking "omg why is the CPU sending his runner from 1st to 3rd on this sharp liner right to Ichiro?", I'm thinking easy out but sure enough the throw air mails over the 3rd basemen's head for an error. Seems like they only send them because they know the throw will either be way off or an error.

When the runner rounds 3rd to head home, I already know it's pointless to throw to home because it will be way off line. When I throw home when there's no runner advancing, my throws are always perfect and right on the line.

Needless to say, I have thrown out about 1 or 2 runners at home, total.

I agree, I thought this whole time it was just my bad skillz. Seriously though, I have tried everything with the pressure on the button, from light to hard and everywhere in between.
It is frustrating when they should be getting thrown out and it goes to the 1b side and you can't tag them out either.
This is really really flawed in the game.
Thanks to the other poster for the switching solution

[cactusruss]

Re: Throws to home from LF

I haven't seen anything at all out of the ordinary from my throws from the outfield. Do they sometimes go up the first or third base line to allow a CPU runner to score? Of course they do. But I also nail runners at the plate, or at third, or second at a completely realistic rate. The CPU doesn't "know" what your throw is going to be.

Watch a real MLB game once in awhile. Throws from the outfield to home plate are rarely on the money.

[Whitesox]

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I haven't seen anything at all out of the ordinary from my throws from the outfield. Do they sometimes go up the first or third base line to allow a CPU runner to score? Of course they do. But I also nail runners at the plate, or at third, or second at a completely realistic rate. The CPU doesn't "know" what your throw is going to be.

Watch a real MLB game once in awhile. Throws from the outfield to home plate are rarely on the money.

However if you make a throwing error, the CPU runners will take off immediately after the throw is made, instead of when it goes past the intended target.

[cactusruss]

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However if you make a throwing error, the CPU runners will take off immediately after the throw is made, instead of when it goes past the intended target.

I've never seen that happen.

[Whitesox]

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I've never seen that happen.

Then pay attention. It happens all the time.

[kingdevin]

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I know that some people are saying that their throws home are accurate from the outfield. I was personally talking about CPU throws to home from outfield. Are people seeing accurate throws there too