My Personal FRANCHISE sliders

[DarthRambo]

Edits made in red 3/10/09 9:57pm


Global GAMEPLAY Settings

API- On

Ump balls/strikes- Variable


Player 1 GAMEPLAY Settings

Diff.- Veteran

Pitch Int.- Classic

Guess Pitch- Off

Baserunning- Auto

Pitching View- Pitcher

Swing Infl.- Off

Pitch Con.- On

Fielding- Auto

Auto Throwing- On (i know.. but i got tired of throwing to wrong ase on accident. actualy saw ryan howard stab one step on 1st for out, threw home for double play. no way i wouldve thought like that on the fly!)

Pitch Callout- Full

Throw Meter- Off (Its broken! Doesn't matter how long you hold the button, cpu will throw as hard as he feels necessary; which is another reason why i just turned auto throw on cuz its not like it makes a difference when this is broke!)

Pitch Ball Indicator- On or off (your preference, I want it on at least until I learn how the ball breaks on each pitch. And if you use api always, leaving it on doesn't hurt.)

EVERYTHING ELSE ON DOWN IS OFF! well.. cept vibration of course!


Sliders are 0-10 from left to right. 0 is far left, 10 is far right.

GLOBAL Sliders

Pitch Speed- 4

Fielding Errors- 0(trying to stop the frequent errors in the 9th inning as cpu comesback! May move lower even just to see if I can stop it from happening. Too bad dropped and bobbled balls didn't score as errors, or this would prolly do it, but since they don't count as "fielding errors" this won't stop that crap from happening.)

Throwing Errors- 0

Fielder Run Spd- 1

Fielder Reaction- 4

Arm Strength- 2 (Should help with runners being safe at first on ground balls without lowering baserunner speed... only problem is with ai run agression, this may add to the thrown out at 3rd plays more? Its really up to you, as this is just an option, test it out and see if anything changes gameplay wise)

BR Speed- 5 (trying to stop the grounders to SS, then runner is safe cuz the "lollygaggin" of the fielders in this game, saw cpu 2b charge ball, then at the end he stopped and walked up to it only to toss ball to 1b, runner was out, but barely. completely ridiculous, but nothing we can do about it other than hope baserunner speed is slow enough.)

Steal Ability- 5

Steal Frequency- 8 (moved to 8 cuz cpu tried to steal home against me, which is fine, but the batter didn't swing! it was ********, and an easy out. 8 seems fine)

Wind- 4 (testing, seemed 5 is too high.. hit 3HRs in chicago, 2 of which were helped by the wind, easily seen... 4 I think will be fine tho.)

Injury Frequency- 1


USER Sliders

Contact- 4

Power- 10

Timing- 6

Fouls- 7

Solid Hits- 5

Starter Stamina- 5

Reliever Stamina- 0

Pitcher Control- 2

Pitcher Consistency- 8


CPU Sliders

Contact- 0

Power- 0

Timing- 0

Fouls- 6

Solid Hits- 0

Starter Stamina- 5

Reliever Stamina- 0

Pitcher Control- 2

Pitcher Consistency- 8

Strike Frequency- 0

Manager Hook- 6

Pickoffs- 0


I am pretty sure I am done editing now. Only thing that may need to be moved is injury slider down to zero possibly. Plz try these and give feedback! Especially on field errors(even tho its at zero), still want to know if the "errors" happen late in ballgames that give the ai an advantage. Also pay attention to pitcher consistency, as we need to work together and try to stop this AI comeback crap late in the game, its absurd! Thank you for your patience guys, and keep me posted!

[dorismary]

Re: My Personal FRANCHISE sliders

My A$$ Trin youll be at it by Tuesday PM lol
Thanks again DM

[delo2beatu]

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lol@ done after a week of tweaking. Wow now thats dedication!

[DarthRambo]

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nope, Im done lol... if i change anything im not poosting on here. but really, i dont feel like i need to chang anything now. Well may human contact down 1 notch shhh... lol but i swear thats it!

[DarthRambo]

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Game stats from these sliders... noticed i was not being struck out and getting a ton of hits so i lowered human contact down to 2. ur preference tho.

(me)SEA @ CLE

SEA 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 14 0
CLE 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 X 7 10 2

HRs: J. Peralta(2run) Errors:A. Cabrera(2; 1 field, 1 throwin)

F. Hernandez 6ip 5h 4r 4er 0bb 4k (67 pitches)
C. Lee 6ip 10h 3r 2er 0bb 4k (104)

HOU @ PHI(me)

HOU 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 0
PHI 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 0 X 9 15 1

HRs: Berkman(solo), R. Ibanez(2) Errors: Rollins(throwing)

B. Moehler 6ip 9h 5r 5er 0bb 4k (?)
J. Blanton 7ip 5h 2r 1er 0bb 6k (?)

TB @ KC(me)

TB 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 0
KC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 11 0

HRs: C. Pena(solo) Errors: none

D. Price 6ip 10h 1r 1er 0bb 5k (88)
Hochevar 6ip 6h 2r 2er 2bb 7k (89)

NYM @ PIT(me)

NYM 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 1
PIT 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 10 0

HRs: Delgado(2run) Errors: L. Castillo(fielding) SB: J. Wilson, N. Morgan(AI stole for me) CS: J. Reyes

I. Snell 7ip 7h 3r 3er 2bb 3k (91)
Santana 6.2 7h 3r 2er 1bb 5k (93)

LAD @ NYY(me)

LAD 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 7 0
NYY 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 5 15 0

HRs: A Rod, Matsui, Manny(2 run) Errors:none SB: M. Kemp(lad)

H. Kuroda 5ip 12h 4r 4er 0bb 0k (57)
Joba 5.1 6h 3r 3er 0bb 7k (91)

Good gms overall, was tweaking after/during first 3gms posted here. after last gm, moved hum contact down to 1 hoping to be struckout more and not get so many hits. i got at least 10hits in every gm! hope this helps, and hope i didnt overdue it

[DarthRambo]

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CHANGES MADEwill edit post tommorrow)

Fielder reaction- 5
BR Speed- 5
Steal Frequency- 8

USER

Contact- 3
Timing- 6
Fouls- 7
Solid Hits- 5

[chuckm1961]

Re: My Personal FRANCHISE sliders

Why is this like the fourth thread about your sliders? Is there something different about these threads?

[boblight24]

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At this moment I will follow your sliders to the gates of the WBC, I'm glad you posted the results and it's terrific to see you hold onto some leads late in games, score some late runs to win, and blow out some teams, of course it's also nice to see you lose some games as well (for realism!). I'm trying these out later and hopefully these do the trick, I can't send the cpu's contact into the negative and I refuse to drop down to Rookie, thanks!!

[DarthRambo]

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chuckm... ya i know, sorry... im doing this on my cell so i cant edit my posts soo thats why. sorry... and once i made so many changes, i had to start new one.

boblight.. i know cpu hitting at 0 sounds nuts, but they still hit pllenty, well IF u use api. also it allows u to strike them out realistically a good amount of times. as far as holding leads,, its not easy! this gm has some type of cpu logic that kicks in, and cpu will get hits, ur fielders will make errors, drop balls when going to turn a double play(most frustrating one,as it happens wayyy too often). just pay attention to relievers. i will bring one in just for 1 out sometimes.

[DarthRambo]

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ok so i changedv HUM hitting sliders down and got good results in first gm played:

SD @ AZ(me)

SD 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0
AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1

HRs: None Errors: M. Reynolds(throwing) SB: J. Upton CS: J. Gerut

J. Peavy 6.2ip 2h 0r 0er 1bb 8k
B. Webb 7.2ip 8h 1r 0er 0bb 4k

Going to try more gms with weaker pitchers, but i think with Human sliders at contact-3 poer- 10, timing-6t, and solid hits-4 i will get struckout more often and wont avg at least 10 hits every gm now.

[DarthRambo]

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Earvin Santana struck me out 13 times! i had boston, only managed 1 run(HR by YOuk) on 7 hits

Dice-k had injury in 5th.. im seeing frequent injuries, anyone else? think im gonna drop injury frequency to 1. does anyone know if that slider effects simmed gms too? wanting to know for my chise... i doubt if it does tho.

The AI logic is pretty ******** on this game i must say. as soon as i go up 1-0, they score 3 next half inning, then 2 the next. its so weird how it works... extremly difficult to hold any lead. no lead is big enough in this game no matter what sliders u have haha

[oBsCeNe_DoMinO]

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I've only played 3 games but I will keep playing with these sliders. I've tweaked the CPU Contact/Power up I think to 4 and 3. In 3 games I have 5 HR. 2 with the Dodgers, 2 with the Mets, and 1 with the Cardinals. I'm 2-1 so far. I am going to use weaker teams next.

With the Dodgers I beat the Giants 8-2 against Lincecum. he gave up 5 runs, I hit HR with Manny and Loney. The Giants were really easy, I mean I did strike out around 6-7 times due to Lincecum but I did work him and I was very patient for like the first time.

I was the Mets vs the Yankees, I lost 3-2. My two runs came off 2 solo HR with David Wright and Brian Schnieder. When I hit those HR the Yankees came back and scored. It was tied 2-2 when Duaner Sanchez threw a ball in the dirt with 2 outs and Melky came in scored from 3rd as the ball passed the catcher. That's how I lost. It was John Maine vs AJ Burnett. Maine was on fire striking out 9. Damon was the one I struggled the most with.

In my 3rd game with the Cardinals vs the Reds I won 5-3. I managed 14 hits this game. Pujols hit a solo homer in the 3rd. It was Harang vs Lohse. I thought I was gonna lose when Chris Perez gave up a run in the 9th and had runners on 1st and 3rd with 2 outs. I was just hitting everything. Ludwick had 3 RBIs.

I think I'm going to lower the Power 1 notch and probably my contact by 1. I have it at 5 though so it needs to be lowered. I am gonna use some weaker teams and mix and match. Everything else seems just about perfect. I think I found my franchise sliders aswell.

I've seen probably 3 errors. 2 by the Giants. A couple of grounders to the SS who took his time and made this turn-a-round throw to 1st that I was safe on. I seen that about 2-3 times but only in one game so I like the variety. I think the fielders speed and arm strength are perfect. It really showed good fielders vs average ones on some balls that just were hit too hard and fast. I like it.

[boblight24]

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You can tell when it's going to be what I call in NCAA09 "The Computer Scoring Drive." It's the 9th inning and you're up by 3, you bring in your closer, 1 pitch pop up to the Catcher. You're thinking okay maybe this time it's different. Next batter grounder to SS, seems easy until he bobbles it and the runner is safe by a whisker. Still 1 out and a runner on 1st, no biggie. All of a sudden you're up 1-2 on the next batter when for the first time all game, your catcher can't handle a low slider and it skips past him and the runner is on second. Next pitch, low and away change-up, the #7 hitter rakes a double (the other way) over your RFer and he of course misplays it and it's a 2-run lead with a guy on second. Then your #1 closer can't find the strikezone and he walks the next guy on 4 straight and then when the next batter is up 2-0, you aim for a low and away slider and the AI decides that the pitch will be right in the heart of the plate and then land somewhere in the next county.

True, not all games end like this, but I've had Broxton in for 4 save opportunities and he's blown 3 of them, badly. It's not like I was up by 1 every time and in some instances I had two outs and then all of a sudden it's like no matter what I do I can't stop them. To be fair, Trinity's sliders make this one of the most enjoyable baseball games that I have ever played, and the AI doing this is not the fault of his sliders. I will use his new ones and if things start to go downhill, I will sim the rest of the inning or game and move on.

[DarthRambo]

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ya, the scoring drive is stuoid on this game. ive found tho its easier to hold 1 run leads than 3 or more lol. weird how it works, but i think the ai xomeback feature is screwy. i get saves in the 9th with 1 run leads. if its 3, i struggle, most times i hold on, but barely. sometimes i lose it. the passed balls is too much, which is why i moved pitcher consistency up to 6. think it might need to go to 7? it wont effect control, only less wild pitches, beaned batters, and passed balls.

[DarthRambo]

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Just played a gr8 gm with updated and edited sliders! check out box score as you'll see i was able to hold a 2 run lead through the 7th 8th and 9th inning! Also look how I used my bullpen, which was key to holding it. very realistic.

DET @ CLE(me)

DET 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
CLE 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 4 10 0

HRs: Sheffield(solo), Choo(2 run), Garko(2run) SB: Polanco, C. Guillen

J. Bonderman 6ip 9h 4r 4er 0bb 5k

CLE pitching

Carmona 5ip 5h 2r 2er 0bb 5k (accidentally pulled at beginning of 6th.)
A. Reyes 1ip 0h 0r 0er 0bb 0k
Kabayashi 1.1 0h 0r 0er 0bb 2k
R. Perez .1 0h 0r 0er 0bb 0k (put in to get left hander Granderson out in 8th for 2nd out)
Betancourt .1 0h 0r oer 0bb 0k (put in to get right hander polanco out for last out in 8th)
K. Wood 1.0 0h 0r 0er 0bb 2k (struck cabrera andordonez out! sheffield flied out to rf on first pitch)

I was hoping i would get in a jam in the 9th to see if my sliders would hold up for the errors and passed balls. oh well, i'll take 2k's in the 9th to end it any day!

BTW... new edits made in red. sorry couldnt do b4, inally over somewhere to be on a cpu now. Post result of gms and feedback for me! really want to get the passed balls/errors late in gm solved b4 i start my chise