High Heat 2004 Anything & Everything Thread

[bsb13]

Re: High Heat 2004 Anything & Everything Thread

Anyone got any pitching tips? I'm really getting my butt handed to me right now. Thats kind of good though because I have found pitching to be way too easy in most baseball games released in the last few years.

[e0820]

Re: High Heat 2004 Anything & Everything Thread

Anyone got any pitching tips? I'm really getting my butt handed to me right now. Thats kind of good though because I have found pitching to be way too easy in most baseball games released in the last few years.

Pitching is mostly relied upon the attributes of the pitcher, right? I mean there is no skill on the players part when all you can do is push one button for a strike and another for a ball? I really remembered pitching being more fun for some reason.

[sergeantv]

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Hey, guys,
Still doing my season. Only through 17 games of my 54 game season. 6-11 4.5 games back. I blew a game last night and not sure why. I'm up 3-2 bottom 9th, CPU has a man on second. Batter hits a flair to left. Runner rounds third and is heading home. Alou throws to the plate. Castro has the ball before the runner even enters the picture. But he just stands there and the runner is safe. Same thing happens in the 10th and I lose. What button do I push to apply the tag? I didn't see anything in the manual - maybe I just missed it. Very disappointing way to lose. Any ideas?
Thanks.
Sgt. V

[jim416]

Re: High Heat 2004 Anything & Everything Thread

Okay, I found the zip with the EXPOS to NATIONALS stuff. Hope it works for you guys.

[sergeantv]

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Hey, fellas,
Haven't had any more plays at the plate, so I still don't know what happened or how to fix.
BSB - I have a few thoughts on pitching:
1. Mix up your pitches and locations. Think like a pitcher. Bust him inside with a high and tight fastball and then come back with an outside changeup. The CPU definitely picks up on patterns. With your starter, who has 5 or 6 pitches, it is not hard to keep mixing stuff up. Don't be afraid to throw out of the zone - don't try all strikes. With a closer or reliever who has 2 or 3 pitches, you gotta get creative. Wagner is my closer and I go with alot of fastballs, but I mix in sliders and change ups alot. I've blown 2 out of 8 saves with him, so I guess I'm still sort of figuring him out.
2. Move around on the rubber. I never did this too much, but I do it alot now, and for some reason, my pitching has been alot better. Maybe it gives the pitcher a new angle. I don't do this all the time, but if my guy gets in trouble, I start moving him around and he seems to get out of it. Maybe coincidence.
3. Mound visits help when your guy can't find the plate.
4. Don't be afraid to use your pen. My opinion is that sometimes your guy just loses it and a new arm breaks up the cpu's momentum.
5. Don't know if this is fact, but I do this alot. I pick my pitch and location and the pitcher starts his delivery. Just before the ball leaves his hand, I change the location on the directional pad. You gotta time it right. I get ALOT of outs it seems. My theory is that if I hold the directional pad up, let's say, it telegraphs the location and the CPU knows this. If I change the spot at the last second, it throws off the hitter and he puts his bat in the wrong spot resulting in poor contact which results in an easy out. Is this really true? I don't know, I'm still working on my PhD in High Heat. I may make it my senior thesis!!
Hope this helps a little.
SgtV

[boomhauertjs]

Re: High Heat 2004 Anything & Everything Thread

Okay, I found the zip with the EXPOS to NATIONALS stuff. Hope it works for you guys.

Thanks Jim. I haven't played this game in a while, but if I do, I'll try this out.

[bsb13]

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Hey, fellas,
Haven't had any more plays at the plate, so I still don't know what happened or how to fix.
BSB - I have a few thoughts on pitching:
1. Mix up your pitches and locations. Think like a pitcher. Bust him inside with a high and tight fastball and then come back with an outside changeup. The CPU definitely picks up on patterns. With your starter, who has 5 or 6 pitches, it is not hard to keep mixing stuff up. Don't be afraid to throw out of the zone - don't try all strikes. With a closer or reliever who has 2 or 3 pitches, you gotta get creative. Wagner is my closer and I go with alot of fastballs, but I mix in sliders and change ups alot. I've blown 2 out of 8 saves with him, so I guess I'm still sort of figuring him out.
2. Move around on the rubber. I never did this too much, but I do it alot now, and for some reason, my pitching has been alot better. Maybe it gives the pitcher a new angle. I don't do this all the time, but if my guy gets in trouble, I start moving him around and he seems to get out of it. Maybe coincidence.
3. Mound visits help when your guy can't find the plate.
4. Don't be afraid to use your pen. My opinion is that sometimes your guy just loses it and a new arm breaks up the cpu's momentum.
5. Don't know if this is fact, but I do this alot. I pick my pitch and location and the pitcher starts his delivery. Just before the ball leaves his hand, I change the location on the directional pad. You gotta time it right. I get ALOT of outs it seems. My theory is that if I hold the directional pad up, let's say, it telegraphs the location and the CPU knows this. If I change the spot at the last second, it throws off the hitter and he puts his bat in the wrong spot resulting in poor contact which results in an easy out. Is this really true? I don't know, I'm still working on my PhD in High Heat. I may make it my senior thesis!!
Hope this helps a little.
SgtV

Thanks for the tips man

its really helping alot in my season, thanks man.

good luck in your season. thanks for the help.

[sergeantv]

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BSB - You are welcome!! Glad it's helping!
Still playing this game as much as I can. I'm at my All Star Break, so I'm taking a week off to tweak rosters and minor leaguers. All this roster work is a drag, but I am into it and it's sort of fun. Plus, it helps me keep up with real baseball.
Have you guys playing seasons with HH popped in The Show lately? I did a week ago. Still prefer HH. Just feels better to me, but The Show is really good too. May try to start a MOM season on the Show and run it parallel to my HH season.
Sgt. V

[bsb13]

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BSB - You are welcome!! Glad it's helping!
Still playing this game as much as I can. I'm at my All Star Break, so I'm taking a week off to tweak rosters and minor leaguers. All this roster work is a drag, but I am into it and it's sort of fun. Plus, it helps me keep up with real baseball.
Have you guys playing seasons with HH popped in The Show lately? I did a week ago. Still prefer HH. Just feels better to me, but The Show is really good too. May try to start a MOM season on the Show and run it parallel to my HH season.
Sgt. V

I bought the show 08 for the ps2 this year, but I lost interest because I was getting way too many hits and I wasnt hardly seeing any errors. Its not a bad game but the too many hits and not enough errors issue kind of killed it for me.

[sergeantv]

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Hey, BSB,
I wasn't too crazy about The Show 08 - I didn't see alot of extra base hits and I either wasn't smart enough or patient enough to find a good slider setting. I looked over my stats from 06 (yes, I keep track of my stats), and saw alot more doubles and triples in 06, and I don't think I tweaked the sliders too much. I'm not going to bash 08 and I don't want this to turn into a negative thread. I think if anything, I may mess around with 06 a bit. But generally, I'm really happy with High Heat. Like I've said before, my gaming time is pretty limited, so I gotta go with what I like best. Being able to set the exact number of games in my season is huge, as is being able to do all my roster edits at any time in the season. I can live with the horrible graphics. Just enjoying HH very much!
Sgt V

[bulls23]

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I have found a way to mod certain aspects of High Heat for PS2. If you have a modded PS2 you can modify the tune file the same way you can modify it on PC. I have been able to change camera views etc. This is a definite. The possibility meanwhile exists to modify graphics in the PS2 game using this tool:

http://www.steve-m.com/downloads/tools/txdviewer/

It is currently used for Grand Theft Auto mods. I need some help from some mod experts to further explore this if you are interested, please PM me.

[Pared]

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You should probably also say that you need a burner and a mod chip to be able to play backups.

We did this back in the day for HH and MVP... good stuff!

[bulls23]

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Yeah you can also use a harddrive

[bsb13]

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Is there anyway to see your starting match-ups for the upcoming games on your schedule?

[sergeantv]

Re: High Heat 2004 Anything & Everything Thread

I don't think you can see it like the way you can in the Show. But if you check the other team's rotation and schedule, you should be able to do the math.