Official MLB Power Pros 2008 thread!

[sportyguyfl31]

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I have both mine and the CPU batting options to Normal hitting(not lock on), and I play on All-Star difficulty(because I've played over 250 games in 2007). I felt that when I played on expert I was in danger of giving up the long ball, and I did. If I were you I would change the difficulty of the CPU batting to expert if you have set to normal. And if that feels too easy up it one more level.

Also, if you have trouble scoring runs you might want to be a little more patient and take more pitches, because when I get very impatient and I was lucky to score 1 or 2 runs, but if I'm patient I can score more runs. I'm not sure if that's your problem or not but just going by personal experience.

Yeah, it was my first game so I was just up there hacking.

I'll give that a try, thanks!

Oh, one more...when piching on expert mode, can you control the velocity of the pitch at all? or is it just random?

[duke776]

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Yeah, it was my first game so I was just up there hacking.

I'll give that a try, thanks!

Oh, one more...when piching on expert mode, can you control the velocity of the pitch at all? or is it just random?

Just keep tapping the pitch button, but if you go too far he wont throw it as hard I noticed. I also heard the new game has a new pitching system which I haven't tried yet because I haven't been able to find the game so the new pitching system might have something to do with it.

[falcons2003]

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Before anyone starts editing rosters it's still a little tricky I think.

Let me know if I am missing something or if there is an easier way.

EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT:
AAAAHHHH Nice work! I made my changes for the lineup for BMORE noticed I needed to change Millar's name,,,changed it in MY DATA, thought I'd have to do all my lineup changes again but as I brought up the other teams, the original BMORE team was all greyed out EXCEPT for Millar's name I changed and I was able to swap him out for G.JOHNSON. Nice!!!!!

[Kane182]

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I've noticed with expert pitching if you just tap the button to start the wind-up and then press again when the accuracy meter reaches your desired effect the pitch is a lot slower.

Last night if I just tapped the button to begin the wind-up Johan Santana would throw 89 - 91. If I held the button down until the accuracy meter appeared and let go and then pressed again when the meter got closer to being completely accurate he was hitting 95.

[ComfortablyLomb]

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I've noticed with expert pitching if you just tap the button to start the wind-up and then press again when the accuracy meter reaches your desired effect the pitch is a lot slower.

Last night if I just tapped the button to begin the wind-up Johan Santana would throw 89 - 91. If I held the button down until the accuracy meter appeared and let go and then pressed again when the meter got closer to being completely accurate he was hitting 95.

On expert pitching if you hold the button down you'll notice that the pitch point market spins very fast. Spin it until it stops for the hardest possible throw. Even then there's some velocity fluxuation. It's different than the normal pitching (or whatever it's called) where you need to tap the pitch button very fast to spin the pitch point cursor. I think expert is pretty much the only way to go for pitching control unless you're a stickler for pain.

[Kane182]

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I didn't even notice the spin to be honest, but now that I think about it you are right. You do have to press it again when the accuracy meter expands and retracts though for better accuracy, otherwise you will be serving up meatballs down the middle. It's pretty challenging which is a good thing.

[Kane182]

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Couldnt you do it with a memory stick and USB adapter? I should have mentioned I was referring to the PS3.

Ah, I'm still playing on PS2 so I can't really help. Hopefully someone else will be able to help you out.

[bobbysco13]

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First time Power Pros player and am reading through the manual at work before I try this bad boy out at home tonight. The manual is actually pretty thorough but a little intimidating. I was amazed when I see cartoon characters on the cover and a Bible for a manual......I'm truly somewhat lost after reading through the manual in terms of editing rosters, etc.......

[duke776]

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For anyone interestred, I've begun my project of creating a set of all-time rosters for Power Pros 2008 on the PS2. Since you can have multiple saves using memory cards, I can still keep these rosters AND current ones.

I'm dragging out my alltimers rosters from the High Heat 2002 PC days to give me a start. I already had career averages in there for stats, as well as lineups and uniform numbers. This will make my job a lot easier.

I've also started coming up with a method to figure out the PP ratings based on the players MLB stats. Here is what I have so far:

Trajectory (1-4) – Based on Home Runs per 600 AB
4 – 31 and up
3 – 18 to 30
2 – 11 to 17
1 – 10 and lower

Contact (range 1-15) – Based on BA
15 – not used
14 - .320 and up
13 - .310 to .320
12 - .300 to .309
11 - .290
10 - .282
09 - .275
08 - .267
07 - .260
06 - .252
05 - .245
04 - .240 and lower

Power (range 1-255) – Based on Slugging Pct.
Slugging Pct. / 3.5 = Power This will yield ratings between 210 and 80

Run Speed (range 1-15) – Based on Run Rating
15 – not used
14 – 10
13 - 9
12 - 8
11 –7
10 - 6
09 - 5
08 - 4
07 - 3
06 - 2
05 – 0 - 1

If anyone has any suggestions on how to make these more accurate, let me know. I'm sure this is going to take a while to complete, but I think it will be worth it.

I want to comment on this. No one on the 07 version except people with 0 homeruns had 1 trajectory and I have never hit a homerun with someone with 1 trajectory, so if someone has hit a homerun they deserve 2 trajectory in my opinion.

[VC_Andrew]

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Stupid question...

Jacobs Field or Progressive Field for the Indians?

Progressive Field

[amanriquez5]

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I got MLBPP 2008 today for the PS2 and want to edit the rosters, but where do I create a player??? For example, I want to create Justin Masterson, where do I create him and how do I place him on the Red Sox??? Thanks

[duke776]

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I got MLBPP 2008 today for the PS2 and want to edit the rosters, but where do I create a player??? For example, I want to create Justin Masterson, where do I create him and how do I place him on the Red Sox??? Thanks

Unfortionitely it's not possible, you have to make him through success mode and that can take extensive saving and reloading. So there is no create a player option, you have to make them through success mode

[amanriquez5]

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That sucks, a big dissapointment, but thanks for your help duke

[statnut]

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Unfortionitely it's not possible, you have to make him through success mode and that can take extensive saving and reloading. So there is no create a player option, you have to make them through success mode

You can edit the fake players though, right?

[TeixeiraFanatic]

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You can edit the fake players though, right?

Yes at least you could last year only you will only be able to create very few players.