want more foul balls?try this.

[brunnoce]

well guys after experimenting a lot of diferent things, i found a way to get more foul balls.
what i did was set the step influence slider to 100, i think that makes a big diference because i sometimes dont get the perfect step time, and being so, much more foul balls are hit. b4 that i would hit less than 10 foul balls a game, now i see about 5 per inning, i evan had a gr8 9 pitch ab yeterday, which i have never saw b4 in this game.
i hope this works for you guys...its doing wonders for me.
also, i have my contact at 100(so i get to make contact when i swing at something outside the k-zone, this also helps the foul ball issues, cause when u make contact with something outised the box its prolly an easy out or a foul ball) power at 0 , power swing at 5 and pitcher dificulty at 100.
this way i am having so many diferent scores.... just for an example, my last 4 games were W10-8, L3-1, L4-0(jake peavy is a beast!) and the las game W4-3 in 12th innings against atlanta...gr8 game btw!

one last thing, as i use contact at 100(with this my hit variaty increased so much that it remeinds me of mvp!), i dont use the batter eye feature, i aways move it to the side outside the strike zone b4 every pitch. and i have my AI corner slider at 100 too...cause if they leave too much stuff in the middel of the zone with contact 100 i would get too many hits, but with this mixture i made, i get diferent boxscores, as in the game agains jake peavy he hold me to only 4 hits , but in the game i won 10-8 i had 12 hits , pretty realistic i imagine.

well i hope i could help.
later guys!


ps. everything mention above was using the swing stick.

[sask3m]

Re: want more foul balls?try this.

do you ever strikeout with contact at 100?

[brunnoce]

Re: want more foul balls?try this.

in a decent amount i suppose...
against good pitchers like peavy i strike out about once per inning... but against reuglar pitches i would say about 2 times per 3 innigs....
iguess thats a good realistic average( i am not sure whats the mlb average SO per game, but i guess its about 7?), but again this is based on my batting skill...so i dont know if 100 would work for other people. i was striking out more than 10 every single game before playing with 35 contact...and my hit variaty wasnt all the big...now i see all kinds of hits.

yet one of the hardest pitches i faced was r.soriano...that guy stike me out 6 times in 3 innings, in the extra inning game i had against atlanta.

[brunnoce]

Re: want more foul balls?try this.

ok heres what i found...
the team that had the fewest number of stirke outs last year was the twins, they average 5.4 ks a game, the team that had the most was the marlins with 7.7..
so i guess my average is pretty realistic...

[ehh]

Re: want more foul balls?try this.

I can't wait to try these out tonight, they seem to be just what I'm looking for. But what level are you basing these off of, pro?

[brunnoce]

Re: want more foul balls?try this.

yeh pro...i dont know if it makes a diference...but well i have my sliders all modified ...here they are...try it out and see if it fits you:
ok first of all i use swing stick, zone pitching, zoom at 0 and i pitch from behind the batter also i dont use the speed burst or the hitters eye, i aways locate the hitters eye outside the strike zone, i so i never guess right.
Rhere are the sliders:

Player Options

Batter Contact: 100
Batter Power: 0
Batter Influence: 100
Power Swing: 5
Step Influence: 100
Pitcher Difficulty: 100
Batter Bunt Assistance: 55
Batter Bunt for Hit: 50
Runner Baserunning Speed: 100
Runner Stealing Success: 55
Infielder Errors: 50
Outfielder Errors: 50
Infielder Speed: 50
Outfielder Speed: 35
Catcher Throw Speed: 0
Infielder Throw Speed: 0
Outfielder Throw Speed: 0
Infielder Reaction Speed: 60
Outfielder Reaction Speed: 50
Fielder Spd Burst Length: 0
Fielder Spd Burst Power: 0
Fielding Aggression: 25
Pitcher Fatigue: 30
Pitcher Interface Speed: 60
Injuries: 50
Pitch Speed: this is really up to you...i use 65.

AI General Options

AI Infield Errors: 50
AI Outfield Errors: 50
AI Infielder Speed: 60(if theyre too slow like most of the sliders i see, theres a too many groundball singles from slow rollers..)
AI Outfielder Speed: 35
AI Catcher Throw Speed: 45
AI Infielder Throw Speed: 0
AI Outfielder Throw Speed: 0
AI Fielding Aggression: 20
AI Throwing Aggression: 0
AI Hit n Run: 80
AI Sacrifice Bunt: 75
AI Squeeze: 50
AI Run Aggression: 85
AI Stealing Success: 50
AI Steal 2nd: 60
AI Steal 3rd: 40
AI Steal Home: 15
AI Diveback: 50

AI Batting Options

AI Batters Use Inside Edge: On
AI Take Strike Overall: 65
AI Take Strike Ahead: 80
AI Take Strike Behind: 60
AI Take Ball Overall: 55
AI Take Ball Ahead: 60
AI Take Ball Behind: 50
AI Skill: 50
AI Contact: 45
AI Power: 45
AI Bunt For Hit: 40
AI Pitcher Difficulty: 50
AI Effectiveness MOD: 100

AI Pitching Options

AI Pitchers Use Inside Edge: On
AI Corner: 100
AI Change Speed: 0(u will still see aces and good pitchers changing speed constantly to get you off balance)
AI Throw Strike Overall: 20
AI Throw Strike Ahead: 25
AI Throw Strike Behind: 70
AI Fatigue: 40
AI Pickoff: 50
AI Pitchout: 50
AI Meat Pitch: 10

ok
try playing a couple of games with these, one against an ace, and another againt the same teams 4th or 5th starter, and remember be patient , casue with these the AI wont go after u unless they need to, or its an ace seeking for another K in his career stats, after u try it tell me how it goes, cya!

[kumala]

Re: want more foul balls?try this.

I used your sliders and got a hell of a game. even with contact at 100 I only got 8 hits and there was a variety of hits.

phillies 3 8 3
pirates 2 5 1

best game I have played yet.

[brunnoce]

Re: want more foul balls?try this.

glad to see it worked for you man...
thats the thing like serialmike said the contact slider doesnt make you get mor hits...it only make you get more contact with the ball...and tht way less strike outs , more foul balls and more hit variaty...

try some more games and keep me informed...

[ehh]

Re: want more foul balls?try this.

Tried 'em out in two exhibition games last night, I immediately saw improved hit variety and foul balls. I had two doubles down the line which was awesome to see, I'd only had one since I bought the game.

I definitely like the feel, I'll try 'em out some more tonight. Very good base set of sliders.

One more question, do you use power swing still with the Swing Stick or should we only use contact swing.

[Mjphillips]

Re: want more foul balls?try this.

I am gonna try these tongiht because I tried the swing stick for the first time yesterday and liked it a lot.

[brunnoce]

Re: want more foul balls?try this.

Tried 'em out in two exhibition games last night, I immediately saw improved hit variety and foul balls. I had two doubles down the line which was awesome to see, I'd only had one since I bought the game.

I definitely like the feel, I'll try 'em out some more tonight. Very good base set of sliders.

One more question, do you use power swing still with the Swing Stick or should we only use contact swing.

well man, i would say i use power swing in the same situation as the real batters would try a big hack...1- a pitcher mistake, which in this game is the meat pitch, and wont happen much as i have the slider at 10... 2- when i need a big hit
and 3- when in hitters count and man on base....
but make no mistake, it isnt easy to make good contact with the power swing. usually you gonna get a nice foul ball off to the screen...

i am glad people are liking these...like i said before, it changed the hole game experience for me....

and yes, i am with you man, before i hardly saw any hits down the line. the hit variaty is amazingly increased with contact 100. you see all kinds of hits.

[ehh]

Re: want more foul balls?try this.

I started my Yanks dynasty w. the sliders, with IE turned off.

The first game was Wang vs. Kazmir...

NYY: 3-7-0
TB: 2-6-1

Great game, all the runs were scored in the first three innings then both pitchers really calmed down. A-Rod has the big hit with a 2-run HR in the third.

The next game was Pettitte vs Fossum......

NYY: 7-10-1
TB: 0-5-0

Pettitte was masterful with 9 K's and Abreu hit a grand slam in the 5th to blow the game open. It was great to notice the difference between a very good pitcher in Kazmir and a poor pitcher in Fossum.

So far so good, I'm really enjoying these.

[brunnoce]

Re: want more foul balls?try this.

glad to hear that man!
nice that you notice the diference between a poor pitcher and a good one...thats one of the things i was seeking when making this adjustments...i am still tweaking a bit with the AI batting...so it would get mor chalenge, casue evan Hill is having a low 3 era in my franchise...although big z isnt doing so great..3.84 but with alot of Ks 8.91 per 9 inning. i changed my AI batting now to skill 0, contact 45, power 70, pitcher dificult 15 , and got another two realistic games, first was:
san diego 5 8 1
cubs 6 10 2
halk off hr by j.jones in the bottom of the 9th.
W-wood(blown save)
L-hoffman

than second game:
cubs: 3 9 0
rangers: 6 13 0
w: padilla
L: guzman(all my 5 regular starters were less than 85%, so i tought about giving the kid a shot, he gave up 4 hr in the first 4 innings..but had a good outing all around, he had 6.2inn 5er 7k 1bb, not too bad for a kid thats coming from the minors, specially casue he gave up the runs early in the game, than settle down, evan got 2k from S.Sosa lol.)
S-gagne

[ehh]

Re: want more foul balls?try this.

The only thing I'm a little concerned with is that the CPU very rarely throws first pitch strikes. I'll try and keep track of it more closely tomorrow, but I'd say Fossum threw a first pitch strike maybe once or twice in 5+ innings.

I'd say close to 50% of the AB's the CPU goes down 2-0 to me. It puts the CPU at quite a disadvantage to be constantly working from behind.

[brunnoce]

Re: want more foul balls?try this.

yeh that could be a problem...
well you could try change the ai throw slider general 5 by 5 until u get the amount u want...
as i play with IE, they pitchers behave diferently against diferent batter..like against izturis they usually are agressive, throwing first pithc strikes, but against lee, ramirez they are more precautious...and try pitching around , trying to make them reach for something outside...
now against soriano, its really diferent, cause theres just no pattern....u can see a 4 pitch walk or 3 strait strikes throw by the AI.... seems that they know that soriano strikes out quite a lot.