MLB 2K9 Official Thread of 360 owners fingers crossed

TheGamer · Post by **TheGamer** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:15 pm

Rod, I'm glad you found that. Of course the PC options are different from the consoles.

I believe this is what you were referring to inregards to the cpu aggressiveness find:

http://www.operationsports.com/forums/2 ... nside.html

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:58 pm

if anyone finds some good general slider adjustments that make the game play better, could you please post your findings....

I dont like loading some of these OS guys sliders....they go to far to extremes on a lot of things.

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:18 pm

bulls23 wrote:
MizzouRah wrote:
JackB1 wrote:
raise pitch speed to the point of where a 92+ mph fastball will get by you if you aren't "ready for it". you can also lower human contact slider.
you should be able to find something that causes you to strike out at least 4-5 times per game. Better yet would be 7-9 times per game. I am getting realistic nos. using zone hitting.
Thanks, I'll try that. The pitching seems slow anyway.. when a closer comes in a pitches a 97 mph and I don't guess fastball, I should wiff.
I have pitch speed at 90 now and it still seems a bit slow.

I find zooming the Batting cam "in" makes a difference is pitch speed perception. Just a thought.

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:20 am

I finally won a game last night, a 4-1 game with the Braves. The pitching by Howe was great, and he even was declared the player of the game. I got him through 7 innings, and his sinker was the game changer-I managed 2 or 3 double plays off of that stuff.

Chipper had two homers, one solo and one with 2 men on, to seal the deal. It was great fun!

Outside of a couple graphical oddities, I still haven't seen all the severe bugs that have been reported. I may still at some point, but the core game is so good, that I'm more than willing to overlook them. There's nothing I've seen so far that a simple patch couldn't remedy, but even if they don't, it's not that big a deal. This game plays a mean game of baseball!

TheGamer · Post by **TheGamer** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:10 am

I've started a playoff mode to tide me over until opening day rosters or good 2kshare rosters become available. I'm using BigfnJoe's 2kshare sliders. I just finished a sweep of the Dodgers with my Cubs. The clinching game was a 7 inning no hit performance by Ted Lilly. Rafael Furcal broke up the no no. Carlos Marmol got the save after loading the bases in the ninth. On to St. Louis.

I've been using the Inside Edge to pitch to each batter. If you pitch to the batter's weaknesses, it seems as if it confounds them and you'll get called strike and check swing strikes. Also if you pitch out of the zone the cpu will take and then once you throw a strike close to the same area, the cpu will take it as well. Anyone else seeing this.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:39 am

after a few games.....

-turning OFF catcher suggestions helps. You can pitch smarter and have him in position where you want him.

-I bumped up my OF speed to 80 and that seems about right. They seem to get a slow jump in fly balls and the added speed really helps.

- I like having the "zoom" on for batting....makes it a liitle tougher.

-Playing on ALLSTAR, the AI is kicking my as@!!! I am going to have to go down or do some major tweaking to the AI Batting sliders to get them to stop clobbering everything.

-My own batting experience is fine. I enjoy the cursor hitting and lowering the "AI Throw Strikes" slider has resulted in a few walks per game.

Biggest problem is like everyone says......the AI swinging at everything close and making way to much contact. I will continue tweaking the sliders in hopes of toning down their scoring punch. I try pitching to their weaknesses that you see when you hit "right" on the D-pad, but that doesn't seem to help too much.

Overall, this can be a very enjoyable game if we can figure out how to tone down the AI's offensive firepower and also get rid of some of those wacky bugs that pop up now and then.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:41 am

Teal wrote:I finally won a game last night, a 4-1 game with the Braves. The pitching by Howe was great, and he even was declared the player of the game. I got him through 7 innings, and his sinker was the game changer-I managed 2 or 3 double plays off of that stuff.

What difficulty level are you playing on? I am on ALLSTAR and getting clobbered! I am worried than if I go down to PRO it might be too easy, but if this keeps up, I will have to. I had the Phillies score 9 runs in one inning last night.

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:51 am

This is for the PC version only. Someone redid Wrigley Field and it looks amazing.

http://www.mvpmods.com/index.php?autoco ... wfile=4670

Supposedly the mod community is looking into fixing some of the bugs in the game as 2K basically said screw you if you think you're getting a patch. I should have done the right thing and just downloaded the F-n game.

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:02 pm

JackB1 wrote:
Teal wrote:I finally won a game last night, a 4-1 game with the Braves. The pitching by Howe was great, and he even was declared the player of the game. I got him through 7 innings, and his sinker was the game changer-I managed 2 or 3 double plays off of that stuff.
What difficulty level are you playing on? I am on ALLSTAR and getting clobbered! I am worried than if I go down to PRO it might be too easy, but if this keeps up, I will have to. I had the Phillies score 9 runs in one inning last night.

Whatever the default is. Until I get a better handle on playing, I won't bump up. I don't particularly enjoy having my a$$ handed to me game after game, just for realism's sake...

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:16 pm

I haven't had time to play another game yet.. is there a way to change your pitcher/starting lineup in a play now game?

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:19 pm

Rodster wrote:This is for the PC version only. Someone redid Wrigley Field and it looks amazing.

http://www.mvpmods.com/index.php?autoco ... wfile=4670

Supposedly the mod community is looking into fixing some of the bugs in the game as 2K basically said screw you if you think you're getting a patch. I should have done the right thing and just downloaded the F-n game.

Where and when did 2K say 'screw you if you think you're getting a patch'? Do they really have no intention of patching, ever?

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:41 pm

Teal wrote:
Rodster wrote:This is for the PC version only. Someone redid Wrigley Field and it looks amazing.

http://www.mvpmods.com/index.php?autoco ... wfile=4670

Supposedly the mod community is looking into fixing some of the bugs in the game as 2K basically said screw you if you think you're getting a patch. I should have done the right thing and just downloaded the F-n game.
Where and when did 2K say 'screw you if you think you're getting a patch'? Do they really have no intention of patching, ever?

It basically went from there are no plans for a patch this time to don't hold your breath status. That doesn't sound good for a patch. OTOH it looks like the modding community might address the problem although I have little hope if 2K plans on releasing 2K10 on the PC next year.

TheGamer · Post by **TheGamer** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:45 pm

MizzouRah wrote:I haven't had time to play another game yet.. is there a way to change your pitcher/starting lineup in a play now game?

You can change your team's lineup, but you can't change the cpu in quick play.

Rod are you referring to the PC version when you say no patch or all systems. I hadn't read anywhere that there definitely wouldn't be a patch for 360 or PS3.

Jack, Teal, you guys should try pitching using the Inside Edge.

HockeyJock · Post by **HockeyJock** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:49 pm

I need a little help understanding the IE K Zone when batting.

When I'm batting I see a few green boxes.

Am I to assume that these are my hot zones? I'm not quite sure because usually they are located well off the corners of the plate.

Does anyone know for sure? The manual isn't very much help.

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:05 pm

TheGamer wrote:
MizzouRah wrote:I haven't had time to play another game yet.. is there a way to change your pitcher/starting lineup in a play now game?
You can change your team's lineup, but you can't change the cpu in quick play.

Rod are you referring to the PC version when you say no patch or all systems. I hadn't read anywhere that there definitely wouldn't be a patch for 360 or PS3.

Jack, Teal, you guys should try pitching using the Inside Edge.

Yes it just effects the PC version only.

TheGamer · Post by **TheGamer** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:09 pm

HockeyJock wrote:I need a little help understanding the IE K Zone when batting.

When I'm batting I see a few green boxes.

Am I to assume that these are my hot zones? I'm not quite sure because usually they are located well off the corners of the plate.

Does anyone know for sure? The manual isn't very much help.

I know that blue is cold zone and red is Hot. green is chase. there is a legend to the IE on the right side of screen when you pull it up.

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:10 pm

TheGamer wrote:
MizzouRah wrote:I haven't had time to play another game yet.. is there a way to change your pitcher/starting lineup in a play now game?
You can change your team's lineup, but you can't change the cpu in quick play.

Rod are you referring to the PC version when you say no patch or all systems. I hadn't read anywhere that there definitely wouldn't be a patch for 360 or PS3.

Jack, Teal, you guys should try pitching using the Inside Edge.

You'll have to pardon my ignorance-what is that, exactly? All I've had time to do is pop a game in and play with whatever settings are there...

HockeyJock · Post by **HockeyJock** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:20 pm

TheGamer wrote:
HockeyJock wrote:I need a little help understanding the IE K Zone when batting.

When I'm batting I see a few green boxes.

Am I to assume that these are my hot zones? I'm not quite sure because usually they are located well off the corners of the plate.

Does anyone know for sure? The manual isn't very much help.
I know that blue is cold zone and red is Hot. green is chase. there is a legend to the IE on the right side of screen when you pull it up.

Thank you TG!!

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:37 pm

TheGamer wrote:
Jack, Teal, you guys should try pitching using the Inside Edge.

Are you talking about the little colored boxes that appear in the strike zone before a pitch or the little grids that come up when you press the D-pad left or right?

TheGamer · Post by **TheGamer** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:37 pm

Teal wrote:
TheGamer wrote:
MizzouRah wrote:I haven't had time to play another game yet.. is there a way to change your pitcher/starting lineup in a play now game?
You can change your team's lineup, but you can't change the cpu in quick play.

Rod are you referring to the PC version when you say no patch or all systems. I hadn't read anywhere that there definitely wouldn't be a patch for 360 or PS3.

Jack, Teal, you guys should try pitching using the Inside Edge.
You'll have to pardon my ignorance-what is that, exactly? All I've had time to do is pop a game in and play with whatever settings are there...

when you're pitching, if you push the d-pad left or right, you can get a scouting report for the batter, showing their tendencies. Hot and cold zones, what pitches the batter struggles with, how often they will chase a pitch. I've found that if you throw pitches in the cold zone, they are more likely to watch a strike or even chase the pitch if it is just outside of the strike zone.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:52 pm

TheGamer wrote: when you're pitching, if you push the d-pad left or right, you can get a scouting report for the batter, showing their tendencies. Hot and cold zones, what pitches the batter struggles with, how often they will chase a pitch. I've found that if you throw pitches in the cold zone, they are more likely to watch a strike or even chase the pitch if it is just outside of the strike zone.

Yes, I have been using that, but it slows the game down a lot to look at that for every batter.

So what are the little colored boxes that pop up in the strike zone then?

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:58 pm

JackB1 wrote:
TheGamer wrote: when you're pitching, if you push the d-pad left or right, you can get a scouting report for the batter, showing their tendencies. Hot and cold zones, what pitches the batter struggles with, how often they will chase a pitch. I've found that if you throw pitches in the cold zone, they are more likely to watch a strike or even chase the pitch if it is just outside of the strike zone.
Yes, I have been using that, but it slows the game down a lot to look at that for every batter.

So what are the little colored boxes that pop up in the strike zone then?

Dude, just look like 5-8 posts up.

TheGamer · Post by **TheGamer** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:05 pm

if you're referring to the colored balls after the pitch, that is to show you what pitch was just thrown. I think its useless because I don't think it shows up until after the pitch is across the plate, so its not an indicator to give you an idea to swing or not.

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:07 pm

TheGamer wrote:
MizzouRah wrote:I haven't had time to play another game yet.. is there a way to change your pitcher/starting lineup in a play now game?
You can change your team's lineup, but you can't change the cpu in quick play.

Rod are you referring to the PC version when you say no patch or all systems. I hadn't read anywhere that there definitely wouldn't be a patch for 360 or PS3.

Jack, Teal, you guys should try pitching using the Inside Edge.

Ouch.. ok.. thanks!

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:41 pm

TheGamer wrote:if you're referring to the colored balls after the pitch, that is to show you what pitch was just thrown. I think its useless because I don't think it shows up until after the pitch is across the plate, so its not an indicator to give you an idea to swing or not.

That's not what I'm talking about. I think it is in the presentation or visual options and I think it's called "Inside Edge Strike Zone".