Ball Park Effects & Or Wind Effects

[stecropper]

I think these questions were discussed long ago but I must be getting too old as I can't recall the answers and I can't seem to find them via searching. But I do have some old notes where I was attempting to analyze the Wind direction for MVP 2004 or 2005 ?

The reason I am asking these now is because I am in the very final stages of completeing my enhanced TC61* release and have been doing some Sims to check things out. As I recall with my initial TC61* the magic of the Mantle & Maris chase of Ruth's record was well represented in those Sims with Maris & Mantle always in the very high 40s, or 50s, & even low 60s in Home Runs. In the revised (mostly cosmetic) TC61* they seem to struggle to get into the 40s in Home Runs (their rating have not been changed). One of the relative things that have changed in the TC61* revisited version are classic modded stadiums are now in the correct slots as to be the default stadiums for each team (that wasn't the case in the initial TC61* release).

I have tested moving Maris to the Dodgers (because I noticed Willie Davis was hitting a few more homers than I thought he should be hitting) and Sim'ing seasons with him there and as a Dodger playing in L.A. Coliseum he again bangs out 50-60 or so homers each season. So, to me, it seems that what stadium he plays in really makes a difference (as it should). I will test this theory out further but thought I would ask some basic questions here as possibly to reduce my research time to determine why he struggles in the Yankee Stadium version from the '60s.

So here are my questions:

1) Do individual Ball Parks (i.e. modded Stadiums) have specific Ball Park Effects in them? (I don't think they do as I think just the Ball Park dimensions and the physics of the flight of the ball with the Wind direction & speed makes the difference between a homer or just a long out)

2) Does the Wind effects actaully work in Dynasty mode?

3) If the Wind effects work do the Wind speed & direction randomly change within a given stadium during Dynasty?

4) Is there anything in the Datafile that can impact either Wind (direction or speed & randomness) or a Ball Park effect?

Thanks,

Don

[emath2432]

I have wondered this as well. I know in High Heat, it wasn't the park you used, it was the slot it was in. The Coors field effect was in whatever stadium I used in that slot.

If there is a way to edit the park effects, I would love to know it.

[AlexTony]

I cannot help with an answer but I am now curious about this as well...

[emath2432]

I was told by a couple of guys over at simcentral.net that it is indeed possible to edit park effects, but neither guy had played this game in years, and could not remember how. That's as far as that conversation went .