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  • Steve_OS
    Editor-in-Chief
    • Jul 2002
    • 33223

    #1

    Working the Angles to Make Video Game Baseball Look More Like TV


    Kotaku's Owen Good chimes in today with a column that gives camera angle settings for all 30 major league teams. So that your MLB 2K10 game can better approximate the center field view, you see during a live broadcast.

    "Maybe no other sport is influenced this much by irregular stadium dimensions. Maybe no other sport has fans who'd care about this. But how you see a baseball game on TV is unique, park-to-park. In video games, however, it's uniform.

    This dawned on me when my pitcher was promoted out of Indianapolis a few weeks back and debuted in Pittsburgh for the Pirates. I've written about the freelance roleplaying I do in sports titles, but here I imagined watching the broadcast of his debut. Ruminating on that, I realized that because baseball parks are much less uniform than NBA, NHL or NFL arenas, their camera presentation should also be unique. Ideally, wouldn't a broadcast-quality major league baseball simulation have that capability?

    Well, in a way, MLB 2K10 does. You have more camera control in this game than is offered in MLB 10 The Show, which has two outfield camera positions for pitching but no means to adjust their height, zoom or angle. 2K10 includes those variables. While you have to re-set that camera position each time you start up the game (it's apparently not saved as a profile preference, something I'd love to see patched) the customization is still there."
    Steve Noah
    Editor-in-Chief
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  • bonannogiovanni
    MVP
    • Oct 2004
    • 1339

    #2
    That's great!!!!

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    • RGmoney
      All Star
      • Sep 2003
      • 5167

      #3
      Re: Working the Angles to Make Video Game Baseball Look More Like TV

      Good find. Thanks.

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      • statum71
        MVP
        • Nov 2006
        • 1988

        #4
        Interesting.
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        • jeffy777
          MVP
          • Jan 2009
          • 3317

          #5
          Re: Working the Angles to Make Video Game Baseball Look More Like TV

          Very nice.

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          • Tomba
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            • Sep 2006
            • 8917

            #6
            Re: Working the Angles to Make Video Game Baseball Look More Like TV

            Very cool
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            • Jasong7777
              All Star
              • May 2005
              • 6422

              #7
              Re: Working the Angles to Make Video Game Baseball Look More Like TV

              Can someone copy and paste the actual numbers for the angles. Thanks
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              • Jasong7777
                All Star
                • May 2005
                • 6422

                #8
                Re: Working the Angles to Make Video Game Baseball Look More Like TV

                Nevermind, I got them.
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                • rudyjuly2
                  Cade Cunningham
                  • Aug 2002
                  • 14803

                  #9
                  Re: Working the Angles to Make Video Game Baseball Look More Like TV

                  This is one area where 2K really shines and I love. I'm a huge proponent of multiple camera options. While 2K10 fails in the fielding department here they have a ton of customizable batting and pitching cameras. I personally love the CF camera looks like Texas, Minny and St. Louis (#21, #28, #7).

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                  • bulls23
                    Banned
                    • Jan 2007
                    • 1743

                    #10
                    Re: Working the Angles to Make Video Game Baseball Look More Like TV

                    Awesome article! I'll be using these when I play each team. Will really add variety.

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                    • RGmoney
                      All Star
                      • Sep 2003
                      • 5167

                      #11
                      Re: Working the Angles to Make Video Game Baseball Look More Like TV

                      Originally posted by bulls23
                      Awesome article! I'll be using these when I play each team. Will really add variety.
                      Yeah, same thing I'm going to do.

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                      • christopher
                        Rookie
                        • Dec 2003
                        • 14

                        #12
                        Re: Working the Angles to Make Video Game Baseball Look More Like TV

                        Did anyone get the camera angles? The link for me is broken.

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                        • bulls23
                          Banned
                          • Jan 2007
                          • 1743

                          #13
                          Re: Working the Angles to Make Video Game Baseball Look More Like TV

                          Originally posted by christopher
                          Did anyone get the camera angles? The link for me is broken.
                          Here's a list I typed up:
                          NOTE: Use the 1st pitcher cam and Right angle unless noted
                          Numbers are Zoom, Position, and Height order....

                          Angels 6-8-3
                          Astros 6-10-3
                          Aโ€™s 9-7-2
                          Blue Jays 8-6-3
                          Cardinals Cam 2 2-9-8
                          Braves 7-8-2
                          Brewers 4-10-3
                          Cubs 4-7-5
                          Dbacks 7-9-3
                          Dodgers Cam 3 2-4-4
                          Giants 9-5-4
                          Indians 10-8-2
                          Mariners Cam 3 4-10-6
                          Marlins Cam 3 5-6-5
                          Mets Cam 3 4-5-6
                          Nats 5-7-5
                          Orioles Cam 2 2-9-5 Normal
                          Padres Cam 3 2-4-5
                          Phillies 9-7-3
                          Pirates Cam 3 1-5-8
                          Rangers 1-1-10
                          Rays 1-10-3 or Cam 3 1-10-7
                          Reds Cam 3 1-7-8
                          Red Sox 5-1-5
                          Rockies Cam 3 3-8-5
                          Royals 3-8-4
                          Tigers Cam 3 3-8-5
                          Twins 1-1-10
                          White Sox Cam 3 3-3-6

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                          • ExtremeGamer
                            Extra Life 11/3/18
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 35320

                            #14
                            Re: Working the Angles to Make Video Game Baseball Look More Like TV

                            I love this, playing a MLB Today game daily (random games) has been a blast, and these angles have made it even better.
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                            • econoodle
                              MVP
                              • Sep 2009
                              • 4885

                              #15
                              Re: Working the Angles to Make Video Game Baseball Look More Like TV

                              got these jotted down inside the game case to use.
                              will give some cool variety to the games as we go along in franchise.

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