Cash #25

Some style items, yeah. Granderson batting style - Delgado Casey batting style - A.Rod Chad Durbin pitching style - M. Morris (this one is dead on) Zumaya pitching style - I went with Lowe, although Zoom's delivery is pretty generic, actually Nick Markakis is definitely Reggie Jackson, as has been pointed out. It's a dead ringer. You may not want to do the following, but I always change Inge's face to 399, Joe Kennedy, because that 620 he has looks like Huck Finn and not Brandon. I also change Zach Miner to 877 Jon Maine because in the game, it resembles him. I installed Jogar's Fernando Rodney face because it's one of the best cyberfaces I've ever seen. Other than that, just tweaking sliders for All-Star and Pro modes, since I play in all three modes. I use MD 3.1 too.

I had used the injury list a few weeks ago with tywiggins editor. Mota only showed up under suspensions in league news. I spent some time looking for him too. KG, everything looks good. I started up a dynasty with your DLsav last night. A few minor personal tweaks and it's good to go.

There is an XLS file containing this information in the Extras folder of the 07 installation.

Not to confuse the issue, but after downloading patch#2, cyberface 68 was indeed Leyland. I checked it by opening models.big in EAGraph. MVPEdit wasn't reliable for viewing cyberfaces, as I discovered when I installed Jogar's Fernando Rodney face. It wasn't the correct face in MVPEdit, but it was in the game. So changing Leyland's face number to 68 and exporting the roster back into the database should work. And yes, Leyland's uniform number should be 10, but it doesn't matter since the managers all wear jackets.

I fixed it by importing the c530 file with EAGraph. Don't know why that happened in the first place, though.

I've got an issue I can't solve. I downloaded and installed Patch#2 and KG's roster plus. When I play an exhibition, Nate Robertson has the old, original cyberface, but when I check it in MVPEdit or Ty Wiggins editor, it shows his updated cyberface 530. I tried exporting, but it didn't change. I don't think I missed any steps. Any thoughts?

I loaded the roster up in MVPEdit and took a quick look around. I'll have more time later this evening, but I think you've got it. I think I'll hold off a dynasty until the plus version is ready. I've been spoiled by those cyberfaces.

Good job, buddy, excellent!

Yeah, that's pretty much the plan, I think. By rule, next spring he would again be under Rule 5 status. Darned good looking young pitcher.

Marcus Thames will open the season as Detroit's backup firstbaseman. Edwin Campusano, who was on the verge of making the team, is having TJ surgery and will be out for the year.

Tigers Opening Day roster set: Bonderman Rogers Verlander Roberson Maroth Ledezma Durbin Mesa Grilli Rodney Zumaya Jones Rodriquez Wilsoo Casey Polanco Perez Guillen Inge Infante Monroe Thames Granderson Ordonez Sheffield Shelton, Miner and Santiago to Toledo Heredia released And Infante is also a backup centerfielder

I found hot zones on the Fox Sports website. Are there better sites for this information? KG is right, though, it doesn't seem to make much difference. I keep getting 7-5 type games, even with contract and power sliders set at minus 50. I'd kill for a good pitcher's duel. This is for CPU vs CPU, btw. When I use the gamepad, it's easy to keep the offense down. I just want to switch the game to "autopilot" for a few innings without the game undergoing a massive offensive explosion.

Thanks KG. I'm just kind of experimenting around with this. I made all the zones neutral just to see what would happen. Not enough games played to draw any conclusions yet, though.

KG, how are the hot/cold zones determined? Is there a way to edit those other than by each individual player?

Curtis Granderson's stance this spring looks more like Carlos Delgado's than anyone else's. Campusano bears watching. He's a rule 5 and will be returned to the Cubs if he doesn't make the big club, but he's making a bid to do just that. Fernando Rodney's changeup is more of a trick pitch than anything else. I wonder if he shouldn't have two different kinds of changeup, so it will do different things. He has, however, been effective with the one in the games I've played.

Jim Leyland no longer has his cyberface, post-patch. It's now generic. BTW, nice job on the trivia today, KG.

Just a quick followup on that pitching being too fast for the catcher thing: I did a search (yeah I know, I'm usually good about doing that before posting) and found a thread where they're discussing it. So, this is a documented fact that a pitcher can have too high a velocity rating for the game to handle. The limit for me is a rating of 97 mph. Your mileage may vary. If anyone's interested, here's the thread: http://www.mvpmods.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=24253.html

Okay. I don't know what settings could cause the catcher to be jumping around like that. It happens on MVP, All-Star, and Rookie. Pitch speed is set to zero in tuning. It happens with CPU vs CPU and also when I use the gamepad. I can't tell you what the pitch speed is when the catcher lunges away from the pitch because the game doesn't display it when that happens. I don't know, man. I brought it up in this thread because I know roster modders work with player ratings, but if no one else has the problem, I'm out of bullets on this one. Guess I'll just keep these guys dialed down to 97 and go with the 100 mph in game velocity. Whatever works, hey?

KG, I brought this up once before and since then I've done a little more research on it. The fireballers like Zumaya, Verlander, and Jenks are hitting the backstop on a large percentage of their pitches. What is actually happening is the catcher is failing to catch. Many times the catcher lunges outside for a pitch that's actually right down the middle. When this happens, the speed and type of pitch thrown is not displayed, and the ball bangs up against the backstop. Am I the only one seeing this? I looked at these pitchers' ratings and discovered that their fastballs in game are 3 mph faster than their rated speed. Thus, Zumaya with his 100 rating is regularly hitting 103 mph. Joel very rarely hits that speed in real life, in fact it's usually juiced up radar guns that produce those readings. Does Bobby Jenks really throw a 100 mph cutter? What I've done is lower their velocity rating to 97. This has eliminated the wild pitch/passed ball phenomena and they're still hitting 100 mph in game. I don't know, maybe it's something in my setup that causes this?

Gary Sheffield will wear number 3 for Detroit. His usual 10 and 11 are taken by Jim Leyland and Sparky Anderson, respectively. I changed the Brandon Inge cyberface to #93 from the original MVP 2005 models. big. I don't know who's face it is, but it looks much more like Inge than the current one.

I play mainly Detroit, and this roster looks good so far. You've addressed some sore points I've had over the years, such as Fernando Rodney having a changeup instead of a slider (I've had to change that every year). The changeup is only the guy's best pitch, after all. Good job on that. I switched the cyberface of Rodney to that of Christian Guzman. Looks like Rodney in the game, besides the original was showing up with some weird looking glasses. The cyberface for Brandon Inge is terrible, but I haven't found any existing faces that match him yet. Might be a separate project on that one. Great job, and I'll be happy to provide any feedback I may have.

This editor is allowing me to do things that were very difficult before. Great work. In pitching attributes, fastball has a dropdown menu with a choice of 0 or 1. What does that do?

That's the best gift I've seen on the whole list, man. Glad to hear it. I got to finish off two bottles of wine with my wife and daughter, who has turned 21. What a hoot that was! :lol:

Have you seen the real Nationals play this year? Sounds to me like you're getting totally realistic game play. A Nationals fan :wall:

Yeah, Stormin' Norman. Gives away my age, but I watched him play firstbase for Detroit for 15 years, growing up. Became a firstbaseman myself because of that. Thanks for the tips. At this point, I'm not using a modded data file and I'm using the Ultimate Rosters. I may turn off the variable stuff, as I couldn't get a starting pitcher past the third inning. I did change CPU swing rate from -20 to -10 and that seems to have made a huge difference. I guess they're hacking at more bad pitches, like real hitters do, but now I'll have to adjust for more walks. Still need to play a few more games, though. If I ever get a good set of sliders, I'll post them here.