A few thoughts about KSM's datafile mods

[The H]

Hmmm... the cameras are really good, though the batting view #4 and pitching cams #6 could be adjusted a little bit. The former, to avoid any clipping of the batter' shoes and to give it a feeling that one is just a little above ground level; the latter, to avoid showing a runner when he's on 2B (ugly ***, low-texture model looks awful).

I don't know how, but my game is running almost stutter-free now. Some of the new perspectives really eliminate the few instances where there was some stuttering left in my game. It's quite notorious with throws from 3B/SS to 1B and from the corner OFs.

The 'batter walk-up' cameras are great. The 'pan' shots he added to some of them give the game a more realistic feeling. The same also applies with the shots of the stadium presented between innings. Excellent job here.

Some animations are running faster (and thus, more fluidly) now. For example, I noticed that my 2B and SS get rid of the ball with more snap now. This is also noticeable when the OFs pick any rolling balls and throw them back to the infield.

Now, after playing 8 games with these, I've come to the following conclusions:

1) The speed of the ball feels even better now. It rolls more realistically, it bounces a bit more realistically and when hit, it looks more snappier now.

2) The contact, pitching control, stamina levels and a few other things changed by these datafiles shouldn't have been touched. They were fine before, but now, even at MVP difficulty and with a very good and balanced set of sliders, the game plays easier. I wasn't able to throw many balls and give up any walks unless I really put a lot of effort into it (and this with the pitching meter control in -45 and User Pitcher Control with values ranging from -25 to -45). Not a good thing for those looking for 'real' (or at least, closer to 'real') K/BB ratios.

3) I had a really easy time hitting against the CPU. Even when facing top-tier pitchers, I was able to hit at will and I'd even go as far as saying that I 'dominated' them (if that's even possible). This was really difficult, if not impossible to do previously to have installed any of his datafiles. Not a good thing either.

4) The CPU didn't attempt a single SB vs me during the last 3 games I played. There were speedy players in the CPU's teams, but not a single SB attempt. Again, not a good thing.

We need to dig deeper into these changes. It's a pity that KSM can't speak English.

I'm going to keep checking his datafiles. I'd love to be able to find out the exact changes he did camera and animation wise and copy them to my customized datafile (Trues+Pared2+Spitoon).

[ezdriver]

It's a pity that KSM can't speak English.

Hmmm, I wondered why I never saw a response from him here on his datafiles.

Regardless, I have to agree that his DF really does liven the game up quite a bit. I am using his v.1-Fox1 DF with Pitcher6/Batter 4 view, and it has helped with the dreaded stutters somewhat. It would be great if he increased the distance in Pitcher view a little bit and decreased it in batter view 4, but that's just my preference.

The roving camera effect is really a joy to watch and opens the game up to TV-quality levels. I did notice, however, that when I play my normal ZOOM view, he changed the view from v.05 to v.1 so that it doesn't pan out as far when the ball is fielded. The stutters seemed to be less pronounced in v.05 for me, and I think it was due to the increased viewing distance, IMO.

An overall excellent addition to this game!! I just wish I was more knowledgable and could mod different DF's together to my liking. Oh, well. :cry: :cry:

ez

[reverend]

I love the KSM file, but when I installed it I now don't have the St.Louis Cardinals logo showing up in the game. It's just a black box. I checked the logo.big file and the Cards are still in there. What should I do?

[FBeaule04]

We need to dig deeper into these changes. It's a pity that KSM can't speak English.

What language he is speaking?

[sparx]

this is an AWESOME mod!!! great work!!!

[qpontiac]

What language he is speaking?

He is Korean, and H, I can't agree with you more about his Mod...It has totally increased gameplay value for me....A fun thing to try is be Nolan Ryan and use the reverse pitch view...It just feels like he is hurling that 103 MPH fastball down there.

[rolie]

dude the asian community is gonna rule this world damnit! lolz damn if only he had a steal mod in his files, . I like iggybocammod , his batting cam is sweet!