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  • RandallB21
    MVP
    • Jan 2006
    • 1195

    #1

    Project Randall Presents - MLB20 [PC ONLY]

    The PR (formally Project Awesome) team would like to share with the Super Mega Baseball community our MLB 30 team pack for your enjoyment. Our pack aims to bring all 30 Major League teams to the SMB2/3 world to enjoy alongside Metalhead Software’s pre existing teams.

    Our design philosophy was to create all 30 MLB teams in SMB2/3 rated in such a way that they can compete with the game’s stock teams. High ratings of 99 have been reserved for the truly outstanding players!

    A lot of hard work and collaboration went into gathering stats, developing helper tools, and compiling, tweaking, or creating from scratch the absolute best logo representations around. We are quite proud of the final product which is a direct result of our team’s dedication to recreating all 30 MLB teams in the SMB2/3 universe. We hope you enjoy playing it as much as we enjoyed creating it!

    Features:

    Realistic logos and uniforms for all 30 MLB teams

    Current rosters for all 30 MLB teams

    Pitchers have real to life windups, pitch types and arm angles

    Recreated all MLB players within SMB2/3

    MLB teams fit in with developer created teams

    Unique likenesses for each individual player

    Unique custom stats for each individual player

    Unique gear and equipment for each individual player

    Link toAFerrea’s (JudgeZarbi) Transfer Tool
    for installing!

    We want to thank Randallb21 for making this happen as without him this may not have happened.

    Rating System Explanation

    Our rating system is derived from OOTP ratings, which for the current year are based in turn on ZiPS predictions.

    Key points to note about our conversions:

    Out of the Park Baseball (OOTP) ratings typically run from 0-200 rather than 0-99, so scaling is a simple case of dividing by two

    Every stat is increased by 8% in order to give numbers that are fairly competitive with the stock teams

    All stats are capped between 1 and 99 in their respective categories after all of the calculations have been performed

    Whenever rounding needs to be performed, it's always rounded down.

    Power

    For power, contact, junk, accuracy, the vsL and vsR ratings are added together and then divided by four. (Divided by two to average, then divided by two again to scale to SMB2)

    ARM

    For arm, we simply divide the relevant arm rating by two. For IF primaries this is IF arm, for OF primaries it's OF arm and for C primaries it's C arm.

    Fielding

    For fielding, we combine the range and error ratings and divide by four. The types follow the same as arm, except that for C primaries we simply divide catcher ability by two.

    VEL

    For velocity, we take the center of the MPH range given by OOTP, and add a random amount of velocity between -0.5 and +0.5 MPH. This allows pitchers who are listed as having the same velocity range to have different velocities. We then scale the velocity between 85 MPH at 1 velocity, and 99 MPH at 99 velocity. The downside of this system is that repeatedly generating stats will give differing velocities to each pitcher (unless they fall well off the top or the bottom of the scale). We decided this trade-off was worth it to avoid the situation where every pitcher with a certain range would have identical velocity.

    The formula to convert MPH to a velo stat is given as ((mph - 85) * (98/14) + 1). Apply the 8% increase after.

    Speed

    Speed was a tough decision to make. It was hard to find a formula that would give good results for both modern and historical players. Eventually, we settled on using a combination of fielding range, stealing ability, and running speed.

    Positional Stats

    For P/IF primaries, we use running speed, stealing ability, and IF range, and divide by six. (Divided by three to average, then two again to scale)

    For OF primaries, we use running speed, stealing ability, and OF range, and divide by six.

    For C primaries, since they don't have a range, we use running speed and stealing ability alone and divide by four.

    FAQ

    Q: How do I install this wonderful teampack?

    A: With Ferrea's PC Team Transfer Tool that you can find here. Then use the SMB3 tool to import them into SMB3. If you only have SMB3 on PC you’re going to have to wait until we get that sorted out.

    Q: Why isn’t player X on Y team?

    A: We know that everything isn’t going to be 100% accurate due to Trades/ DFA’s/ Free Agency/ and Call-ups/Send-downs taking place all the time.

    Q: Why is my team's logo/uniform X or Y?

    A: There is only so much we can do with the built in editor and there is also a layer limit that we have to work within. We all want them as accurate as possible; we did the best we could within the game limitations.

    Q: Why are some of the away uniforms the team’s alternative colored versions?

    A: While we understand this isn’t the normal for away jerseys. We enjoy incorporating more color to our uniform designs. This game is fun and colorful so we wanted to add our own color to the MLB teams.

    Q: Why does player X only have Y for his Power stat, he totally is a prospect and will be hitting .525 by the end of his career?

    A: First of all please refer to the section regarding how we determined our stats for this project. We settled on stats for players that fit within existing SMB2 teams so that we could use our MLB teams to play against the already awesome teams the developers created. We also built our rosters on current playing players that were active on the team. We stayed away from projecting our opinions and assumptions on how we think a player will perform in the future. The rosters created are based on the rosters of today; we may provide an update at the end of the season to bring the rosters inline with how they may have changed. In addition, OOTP tends to underrate prospects until they prove that it is their actual skill level.

    Q: Why is the VEL stat for X not his exact real life MPH?

    A: This ties into our design philosophy and making sure the players fit in the SMB2 world. We scaled the VEL stat to reflect their real life MPH and also create diversity between pitchers. We did not want everyone with 95~ VEL. In addition, we wanted to be able to use the same formula for historical players, where PitchF/X data is not available, so compromises had to be made.

    Q: Can I change a player's stats to whatever I want and make them look how I see fit?

    A: Of course you can! This game is all about creating and sharing and we want you to change whatever you want to. We just ask a couple things. Please only make these changes for your personal use only. Please don’t re-release our work as your own.

    **Credits:**

    Aferrea
    Archangel_Alan
    Kccitystar
    Randallb21
    TheRosterFarian
    Tjans
    Tootblan
    Wiggin
    Woofy
    ZachAlmighty

    Resources
    Out of the Park Baseball 2021
    Google Images
    Youtube
    Baseball-Reference.com

    FanGraphs

    This is for PC ONLY and you must import into SMB2 first to get it into SMB3 at this time.
    Note: You will have to rename all teams you import into 3 from 2 just a heads up. All numbers are currently get lowered by 2 when you import, we are looking into a solution to this currently.

    MVP Mods Link: https://www.mvpmods.com/files/file/1...2020-teampack/

    Roster Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing
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    BS: San Jose State 01'
    MA: Michigan State 11'
  • haydenism
    Just started!
    • May 2020
    • 4

    #2
    Re: Project Randall Presents - MLB20 [PC ONLY]

    Has anyone imported this into SMB3 yet? I know the tool doesn't support SMB3 yet, but if you imported them to SMB2 then used the import option built into SMB3 would that work to bring them over? I don't have SMB2 on PC so I can't do it myself. I was hoping someone had done it and would be able to share the SMB3 file after it was imported (if that's possible).

    Thanks!

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    • RandallB21
      MVP
      • Jan 2006
      • 1195

      #3
      Re: Project Randall Presents - MLB20 [PC ONLY]

      Originally posted by haydenism
      Has anyone imported this into SMB3 yet? I know the tool doesn't support SMB3 yet, but if you imported them to SMB2 then used the import option built into SMB3 would that work to bring them over? I don't have SMB2 on PC so I can't do it myself. I was hoping someone had done it and would be able to share the SMB3 file after it was imported (if that's possible).

      Thanks!
      It works to import is from 2 to 3. There is also a new tool to import team packs to SMB3
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      • tril
        MVP
        • Nov 2004
        • 2914

        #4
        Re: Project Randall Presents - MLB20 [PC ONLY]

        I imported an MLB version from last year into SMB3. Im not sure if this is the same file though.
        I was able to import it into the new franchise mode, which is nice.....

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        • franch1se
          All Star
          • Apr 2004
          • 9060

          #5
          Re: Project Randall Presents - MLB20 [PC ONLY]

          Originally posted by RandallB21
          It works to import is from 2 to 3. There is also a new tool to import team packs to SMB3
          the tool is out now? I don't own SMB 2 either and really want to use your project.

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          • RandallB21
            MVP
            • Jan 2006
            • 1195

            #6
            Re: Project Randall Presents - MLB20 [PC ONLY]

            Originally posted by franch1se
            the tool is out now? I don't own SMB 2 either and really want to use your project.


            It’s out. The creator is posting it to MVPmods as I type this.


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            • RandallB21
              MVP
              • Jan 2006
              • 1195

              #7
              Re: Project Randall Presents - MLB20 [PC ONLY]

              Originally posted by franch1se
              the tool is out now? I don't own SMB 2 either and really want to use your project.


              Works similarly to the SMB2 Transfer Tool. Teampack instructions 1. If you haven't already, download the current version of the Team Transfer Tool for SMB3. I recommend finding a folder to place it in by itself to keep things organised. 2. Download the team packs that you want to import and place...



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              • Bahnzo
                Can't spell antetokounmpo
                • Jun 2003
                • 2809

                #8
                Re: Project Randall Presents - MLB20 [PC ONLY]

                Great stuff! I get the new tool, imported into SMB3...clean and simple. Very nice job.

                I know I bugged you about this on Reddit, but any interest in adding traits now? I think it'd be not too difficult using baseball-reference and deciding on what stats would trigger which traits. I'd be happy to help, and I'd bet we could crowd source it in a way, and have people do a team each to cut down on the work.
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                • RandallB21
                  MVP
                  • Jan 2006
                  • 1195

                  #9
                  Re: Project Randall Presents - MLB20 [PC ONLY]

                  My team and I are discussing a quick way to assign them


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                  • sbunce5
                    Rookie
                    • Apr 2012
                    • 84

                    #10
                    Re: Project Randall Presents - MLB20 [PC ONLY]

                    Has anyone played a handful of games with these rosters? I've played several at 40 ego and it feels like the players might be a touch slow on average. I've given up a lot of bloop singles that my fielders can't get to.

                    I took a look at the standard teams and the average players speed is probably close to 10 higher than the MLB players. Just wanted to check and see if anyone felt the same.
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                    • Bahnzo
                      Can't spell antetokounmpo
                      • Jun 2003
                      • 2809

                      #11
                      Re: Project Randall Presents - MLB20 [PC ONLY]

                      Originally posted by sbunce5
                      Has anyone played a handful of games with these rosters? I've played several at 40 ego and it feels like the players might be a touch slow on average. I've given up a lot of bloop singles that my fielders can't get to.

                      I took a look at the standard teams and the average players speed is probably close to 10 higher than the MLB players. Just wanted to check and see if anyone felt the same.
                      I haven't played enough to say for sure, but you could very well be right. A lot of times you need to take the game into account when you assign ratings.
                      Steam: Bahnzo

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                      • RandallB21
                        MVP
                        • Jan 2006
                        • 1195

                        #12
                        Re: Project Randall Presents - MLB20 [PC ONLY]

                        Originally posted by sbunce5
                        Has anyone played a handful of games with these rosters? I've played several at 40 ego and it feels like the players might be a touch slow on average. I've given up a lot of bloop singles that my fielders can't get to.

                        I took a look at the standard teams and the average players speed is probably close to 10 higher than the MLB players. Just wanted to check and see if anyone felt the same.
                        Originally posted by Bahnzo
                        I haven't played enough to say for sure, but you could very well be right. A lot of times you need to take the game into account when you assign ratings.
                        We are looking into the player speed ratings to see if we need to adjust.
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                        • sbunce5
                          Rookie
                          • Apr 2012
                          • 84

                          #13
                          Re: Project Randall Presents - MLB20 [PC ONLY]

                          Originally posted by RandallB21
                          We are looking into the player speed ratings to see if we need to adjust.
                          Sweet thanks! Everything else feels spot on. This is my first SMB so I didn’t know if I was just used to other baseball games or there’s something that needed to be changed.
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                          • RandallB21
                            MVP
                            • Jan 2006
                            • 1195

                            #14
                            Re: Project Randall Presents - MLB20 [PC ONLY]

                            Originally posted by sbunce5
                            Sweet thanks! Everything else feels spot on. This is my first SMB so I didn’t know if I was just used to other baseball games or there’s something that needed to be changed.
                            Yeah, we take our ratings from OOTP and do small adjustments to try and fit into SMB. For some reason OOTP really nerfed their speed ratings this year.
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                            • MultiThreat
                              Rookie
                              • Nov 2007
                              • 38

                              #15
                              Re: Project Randall Presents - MLB20 [PC ONLY]

                              I just wanted to thank everyone for the hard work. Just plugged in the rosters and they look amazing and add to what is already a very fun game. I typically play at around 60 ego, so when I have a chance I'll get some games in and see how the speed feels.

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