All in-game Sliders Revealed

[Trevytrev11]

Thanks to TJ:

Here are all the sliders in the option menu while in-game. Not sure if any additional ones would show up if you look at this outside of a game but here goes.

User Settings - Batting
Batting Success
Batting Contact
Batting Power
Pitcher Handedness Influence
Inside Edge Batting Zone Influence
Batting Pitch Influence
Batter's Eye Influence
Hit Direction Influence

CPU Settings - Batting
AI Batting Success
AI Batting Contact
AI Batting Power
AI Pitcher Handedness Influence
AI Inside Edge Batting Zone Influence
AI Batting Pitch Influence
AI Bunt Contact
AI Bunt Success

User Settings - Pitching
Pitch Meter Speed
Pitch Speed
Gesture Recognition
Hold Timing Influence
Release Timing Influence
Pitch Rating Influence
Pitch Break Influence
Pitcher Composure Influence

CPU Settings - Pitching
AI Pitch SUccess
AI Pitch Selection Tendency
AI Strike Zone Tendency
AI Pitch Zone Tendency
AI Pitcher Composure Influence

User Settings - Fielding
Fielding Errors
Throw Meter Influence
Fielder Speed

CPU Settings - Fielding
AI Fielding Errors
AI Fielder Speed

User Settings - Running
Base Runner Speed
Pickoff Success
Catcher Throw-Out Success

CPU Settings - Running
AI Hit'n'Run Tendency
AI Sacrafice Bunt Tendency
AI Squeeze Tendency
AI Base Running Aggression
AI Steal Aggression
AI Steal Success

That's it.

I believe there are more than Steve showed in his screen shots. AI Strike Zone Tendancy should hopefully be the key to more balls from the computer!<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

[kGinGreen]

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Nice. I wonder what AI batting pitch influence does? I'm assumign it affects if batters can hit certain types of pitches?

[jeffy777]

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In the CPU batting settings, I wonder what would "AI Pitcher Handedness Influence" do?

[Trevytrev11]

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Nice. I wonder what AI batting pitch influence does? I'm assumign it affects if batters can hit certain types of pitches?

I wonder if it takes into account how effective the pitch was thrown. This may be the reason why people are having success getting hitters to swing and miss at perfectly gestrured/executed pitches. A maxed out pitch may be automatically harder to hit than one that is not based on the slider...at least that is my guess...not sure how I feel about that, though. A crappy pitchers best pitch is often still crappy and hittable.

[Trevytrev11]

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In the CPU batting settings, I wonder what would "AI Pitcher Handedness Influence" do?

I beleive when they put out the ratings, every hitter had a Vs. Right and Vs. Left ratings for some of the hitting abilities (power/contact,etc.). Because of that, I would assume this slider can be used to impact that influence. You may be able to make left handed pitchers more effective against left handed hitters.

[jeffy777]

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I beleive when they put out the ratings, every hitter had a Vs. Right and Vs. Left ratings for some of the hitting abilities (power/contact,etc.). Because of that, I would assume this slider can be used to impact that influence. You may be able to make left handed pitchers more effective against left handed hitters.

That makes sense, thanks

[kGinGreen]

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I wonder if it takes into account how effective the pitch was thrown. This may be the reason why people are having success getting hitters to swing and miss at perfectly gestrured/executed pitches. A maxed out pitch may be automatically harder to hit than one that is not based on the slider...at least that is my guess...not sure how I feel about that, though. A crappy pitchers best pitch is often still crappy and hittable.

well they hae handedness influence and pitch influence so i tend to think it just is the effect it has on a batter that hits lefties well vs rights. if you turn down the slider it will reduce that effect. I tend to think pitch influence is if a guy hits fastball really well and curveballs really poorly turning the slider down will reduce that effect. that's what i get by looking at the sliders.

[Qb]

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I beleive when they put out the ratings, every hitter had a Vs. Right and Vs. Left ratings for some of the hitting abilities (power/contact,etc.). Because of that, I would assume this slider can be used to impact that influence. You may be able to make left handed pitchers more effective against left handed hitters.

I think you've got it. Sounds like we can adjust how much advantage is given to a L/R or R/L matchup or the disadvantage for L/L or R/R.

I see no option to adjust the AI batting tendencies. Regardless of how much they swing or don't swing, I don't like not being able to adjust it...

[Trevytrev11]

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I see no option to adjust the AI batting tendencies. Regardless of how much they swing or don't swing, I don't like not being able to adjust it...

Yeah, that is the major miss I see. Maybe craking up the IE Batting Zone influence will make the hitters rely more on their statistics. I mean if Jason Kendall only swings at first pitches 10% of the time, it seems that making this slider 100 would force him to that, but that is one helluve hope.

[Trevytrev11]

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Also another bummer: No Fielder Throw Speed Slider. There is a throw meter influence, but I'm guessing that just impacts the accuracy as related to the meter. Player Ratings may have to be adjusted for this.

[Heelfan71]

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Boo: No swing and take pitch tendencies for the computer.

[m-dogg]

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ok I am officially bummed out now. anyone that plays a lot of games vs the CPU knows that the AI hitting and pitching has to be majorly tweaked each year to get a good challenging and realistic balls/strikes.

where did the swing behind in the count, ahead in the count, swing at balls, hit corners...all those sliders. those were imperitive for me!

ya know the first thing i thought when I heard the producer say they were doing it all by IE, was that this was going to screw up the AI and our ability to correct it. IE would have to be implemented PERFECTLY to get what a realistic baseball enthusiast would want. and thats just unlikely. there needs to be some randomness and realism to the at bats...not everyone has manny's eye for the strike zone. I'm not sure you should always have to throw at max potential to get them to take a strike or swing at a ball. some players take the first strike 99% of the time...even if its a mediocre fastball middle in...maybe playing with the IE slider can do this but it seems unlikely to use as a fix all..

I will hold out hope that it isnt an issue, but once you get the AI figured out in franchise, it could get boring really quick without being able to make the AI batters force you to pitch differently. all you can do is change what happens when they make contact, not when and if they swing...

[Trevytrev11]

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IE would have to be implemented PERFECTLY to get what a realistic baseball enthusiast would want.

That's the thing about this whole decision that makes no sense..it's relying on data that has been in the game for several years and has never worked. 2K has boasted IE since I beleive 2K6 and it has never resulted in pitchers pitching like their real life counterparts and as we can tell from the video's and demo's (though not final builds and hopefully not perfected as far as IE Goes) the hitters don't either.

The only saving grace for AI hitters appears to be the "AI Inside Edge Batting Zone Influence". I would assume jacking that to the max would hold hitters to their real life %'s.

[SeaNNyT]

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I guess that outfielder arm cannon can't be fixed this year.

[Trevytrev11]

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I guess that outfielder arm cannon can't be fixed this year.

Probably have to go into each players rating and change their arm strengh rating..assuming this exists.

I asked TJ to run a test with Damon (TJ got the game today) he said from left center (didn't say how deep) Damon threw the ball to home and it ended up about 10 feet wide of the plate and bouced about 4 times before getting there...so while that is still inflated (assuming he was medium depth) the ball should probably roll or stop before it gets to the plate, it seems like it is better than what he had in the demo.