User Preference

[MannybeingManny]

How much does "User Preference " options play into any slider set? I use sliders and settings as described in the first post of one of the most popular slider sets. However the hitting view I find difficult to read pitches and often are late on pitches. I recently changed the hitting view as it was labeled user preference in the set and use every other setting and slider as described. It has made a big difference for me. I was wondering why so many slider sets use the hitting, pitching, and defense views as users preference and especially so with pitch speed. Why is this? And how much does it effect gameplay?

[KBLover]

Re: User Preference

How much does "User Preference " options play into any slider set? I use sliders and settings as described in the first post of one of the most popular slider sets. However the hitting view I find difficult to read pitches and often are late on pitches. I recently changed the hitting view as it was labeled user preference in the set and use every other setting and slider as described. It has made a big difference for me. I was wondering why so many slider sets use the hitting, pitching, and defense views as users preference and especially so with pitch speed. Why is this? And how much does it effect gameplay?

The way to get the most out of any set is to use options/views that make you most comfortable. That way, you're not "fighting the game" as much and the UI "gets out of the way".

Then, whatever results you get, you can be more sure that they are coming with you playing most comfortably, so, in theory, it is then the interaction between your skill and the game environment (your team's ratings, opponent ratings, ballpark, weather, etc).

Then you can adjust the sliders more "purely". On the other hand, if you're using interfaces, views, and options that are not your preferred, is what you're seeing the result of the sliders or you getting used to options and views that aren't in your wheelhouse, so to speak.

With regards to pitch speeds, same idea, though with a potential caveat. Pitch speeds may/seem to have an impact on SB success.

For me (to use a personal example), that threw off the above for me. I prefer 10/10 pitch speeds or near enough to it (maybe 8/10), but I was seeing it kill the running game on both sides.

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(reason, in my theory, is that it impacts the total time from pitch delivery to pop at 2B - this is true in the real game as well, but the pitch speed sliders impact the travel time of the pitch to the plate more so than irl impacts of pitch speed).

So when I put it on 4/5, I saw the running game open up, but I'm not used to hitting at those speeds. So I had to "fight the game" until I got (reasonably) adapted to it.

To me, that's why you see a lot of that. With the given that sliders in general are one big pile of personal preference.

[FenwayMac]

Re: User Preference

For me the hitting camera is a big deal. I spent a good amount of time in the batting cage at the beginning this year just trying out all of the cameras and honestly could not seem to find one "magic bullet". I think the closest was fish eye, but I don't care for how zoomed out the pitcher looks because I look for a lot of visual cues about the release point and subtle pitcher movements that help me know when to steal bases.

I think the main thing with user preference options as well as any sliders for that matter is to find something that is challenging for you, but not so excruciating that you raise your blood pressure or what to throw the controller across the room! It is so frustrating when you really love the game other than the fact that you struggle.

a couple of my own user preferences and why:

Zone hitting - I love feeling in control of the at bat, and I love utilizing the placement of the PCI, waiting for a pitch to go in that zone, and then timing my swing based on where I want to place the ball in the field. No subtitute in my eyes.

Pitch speed - I go default 5 these days, but years i am not ashamed to say that I lowered it down to three. i think i am seeing the ball better than i used to. i may raise again if I feel too on top of everything, but we'll cross that bridge later!

For my hitting camera I use a custom cam that is based off of wide. I zoom in until the back foot of my batter is right about the bottom of the screen (right around the back of the batter box), and then I adjust upward until the go of the frame box is right about at the top of the pitchers head. then I move slightly left or right offset the pitcher a bit, which makes it easier for me to judge break and speed.

I always take a photo before switching to the new game for reference just because I always seem to come back to the same hitting view.

For pitching view I go with broadcast just because it is kind of fun to see the camera differences for each team.

Fielding, I go medium I believe. Broadcast felt a little too chaotic for me.