I got it for ps2, feel free to ask any ?'s

[emath]

Originally posted by bigboi_03
Anyone mind telling me how my man Albert Pujols is rated?

Current - Potential
86 - 89 AVERAGE
84 - 89 POWER
80 - 82 PATIENCE
92 - 92 FIELDING
52 - 52 RUNNING
69 - 69 ARM


Hey zinke89, I'll check on some of the sox players you asked about....be back in a few minutes.

[jim416]

Tarin,

I turned Murphy into Jason Standrige and not knowing about Lee I turned him into Delvin James.

I forget who asked about the face realism earlier, but the faces are a real mixed bag. One of the weakest part of the graphics.

Wally Tayar NYY, is Shane Spencer
Aaron Taylor , Seattle is really a player, woops
Steve Jenkins P Det is Jamie Walker
Dan Turner 2b Oak is Frank Menechino
Dave Wilkins Min P is Reed

I would love next year if the non-MLB Assoc. guys had give away names like this. Rick Reed could be Ron Reid, or Frank Menechino could be Fred Murray. You know same first letter of first and last name.

I guess I'm just having mental problems re-doing my rosters.
BUT IT'S FUN.

[emath]

Originally posted by jim416



I would love next year if the non-MLB Assoc. guys had give away names like this. Rick Reed could be Ron Reid, or Frank Menechino could be Fred Murray. You know same first letter of first and last name.

Seems like it was that way 2 years ago, on the pc version, but maybe I am just an idiot . I could be wrong. I know last years (and this years) are no where near the real names. You are right, they should make it atleast recognizable for us.

[emath]

Originally posted by zinke89
I kno ur a Cub fan but could you tell me some of these players rankings?? Joe Crede, Mags, Konerko, Beurhle, Koch Garland, Wright, and is Jon Rauch on the roster??

Thanx

Ok, here are the players you asked for, plus a couple of more. First, yes Rauch is on the game. Here is how I am gonna do it. I will list the players name. I will then put their current ratings on the left column, and their potential on the right. Batters ratings will be listed in this order. Average, Power, Patience, Fielding, Running, and Arm. Pitchers will be Arm, Control, Endurance, and Stuff. Here goes.
CREDE
55 - 56
56 - 57
67 - 67
80- 81
47 - 47
87-87

MAGS
80-81
77-78
80-79
79-81
87-91
69-69

KONERKO
71-72
72-72
76-75
87-88
49-50
69-69

BORCHARD
51-52
73-77
72-74
79-80
63-63
84-84

BIG HURT
65-81
74-83
84-84
54-61
52-62
32-32

BUEHRLE
64-64
94-94
97-98
56-62

GARLAND
79-79
90-91
91-91
60-69

KOCH
93-93
88-89
38-40
80-80

WRIGHT
79-79
91-92
94-94
55-60

RAUCH
79-79
89-90
75-76
43-49

COLON, who is still on the Expos.
91-91
91-91
97-99
73-73

There you go, hope thats what you wanted to hear. Seems like Mags, and Konerko are kinda low to me...Maybe not.

[bigboi_03]

Originally posted by emath


Current - Potential
86 - 89 AVERAGE
84 - 89 POWER
80 - 82 PATIENCE
92 - 92 FIELDING
52 - 52 RUNNING
69 - 69 ARM


Hey zinke89, I'll check on some of the sox players you asked about....be back in a few minutes.

Thanks, emath.

It seems kind of weird that his FIELDING is really high and his ARM is low; it seems like it should be the other way around. Anyway, it's all good.

[emath]

Originally posted by bigboi_03


Thanks, emath.

It seems kind of weird that his FIELDING is really high and his ARM is low; it seems like it should be the other way around. Anyway, it's all good.

No problem, glad I could help. I have seen some screwy ratings, and his fielding was one that stuck out to me. For all the ones I question though, they all seem to create pretty real numbers when you sim a season.

[PHILLYPHANATIC5]

COULD SOMEWON TELL ME HOW TURK WENDELL IS RATED?....OH WAIT ...HE ISNT EVEN IN THE G.D. GAME ...WHAt a joke.....how do you omit a 12 year vet?......i cant wait to see who else is ommited?....by that reasoning any body who was on ir last year should be ommitted.....unbelievable...as tony bruno would say

[splinter]

I am one of the unfortunate ones who cannot find this game anywhere. (it's quite possible it hasn't shipped to Canada yet)

In HH 2003, I remember an irritating audio glitch where the background crowd noise would cut in and out after playing a couple of games. Has this been fixed???

Also, I was wondering if this years version contains a user controlled replay mode and if so, how is it. (i.e. multiple cameras, camera moveability)

[emath]

Originally posted by splinter
I am one of the unfortunate ones who cannot find this game anywhere. (it's quite possible it hasn't shipped to Canada yet)

In HH 2003, I remember an irritating audio glitch where the background crowd noise would cut in and out after playing a couple of games. Has this been fixed???

Also, I was wondering if this years version contains a user controlled replay mode and if so, how is it. (i.e. multiple cameras, camera moveability)

I have not had any problems with the sound cutting out, but others have mentioned something about it happening to them.

You have a replay vcr, which allows you to move the cammera around, and watch the replay in slow mo, or regular etc. I have not looked to much into it, but just used the basics myself.

[bigboi_03]

Didn't know where to ask this, but i have a dumb question: What is the difference between Career and Franchise mode?

Thanks for any help.

[emath]

Originally posted by bigboi_03
Didn't know where to ask this, but i have a dumb question: What is the difference between Career and Franchise mode?

Thanks for any help.

They are the same except for franchise has the financial stuff. Career is basically like the pc version has been. You can play out a career, but there are no contracts.

[tabarnes19]

Can someone sim a season and tell us what happens at the end....How many trades, have all the stars been signed, etc? According to Bill Abner the PC version that he has, has had problems with 0-2 trades per season and stars like Vlad not being signed, info would be greatly appreaciated.

[splinter]

A few more questions.....

1) When a player is injured, do you know how long he will be out for. In last years game, if a player went on the DL, you were never informed when he would be ready to come off the DL.

2) Working scoreboards.....do they exist. Minor beef but the static scoreboards from HH2003 were irritating to me. (especially playing at Fenway where the scoreboard is so prominent)

3) I found HH2003 had great wind physics but no matter what direction the wind was blowing, any flags at a ballpark were always blowing in the same direction. So, do the flags react to the in game wind conditions.

4) What happens when it starts to rain. Does the rain come in varying intensities. If so, in a light rain do you just play on and a heavy rain force a stoppage in play? If so, how long does a delay last and can you skip past it. I've also read that the rain effect causes framerate problems. Is this true?

thanks.

[tabou21]

i was hoping by the time i got through reading this thread that someone would ask more info about the sliders.so i will ask about them.plus more.


1. how many sliders in all are there?

2.if possible can someone list the sliders?

3.also,are there any mound visits from the other team?

4.homerun trots.are there any?

5.weather,any rain delays?

6.homerun detection over the walls?

7.how is the commentary?

this is all i can think of at the moment but hasnt been addressed yet.there will probably be more to come.. cant wait to play this game.sounds awesome already.

[jim416]

how many sliders in all are there? WELL, THERE'S A BUNCH, BUT I HAVEN'T EVEN USED THEM. TO ME THE DEFAULT SETTINGS SEEM FINE FOR GAMEPLAY

3.also,are there any mound visits from the other team? NO.

4.homerun trots.are there any? SEE RUNNER APPROACHING SECOND, CUTS TO HOME, JUMPS ON PLATE, HIGH FIVE, WALK BACK TO DUGOUT KINDS OF STUFF. NOT BAD.

5.weather,any rain delays? IT DOES RAIN, NOT SURE ABOUT THE DELAYS.

7.how is the commentary? SAME EXACT AS LAST YEAR.

Answered a couple for you.

[yclept]

Originally posted by hydrostar
Rosters are really off....
no real minor leaguers/prospects of course.
Kevin Millar just plain doesnt exist, so when you try and make him...he is 18.

Your created players are all 18, in fact
This really frustrates me.
I want realistic rosters at the very least. I dont mind doing the work to move guys around....but if I cannot accurately create a player as good as Millar who is left out of MLB completely....I am very angry.

Game looks good....sounds good.
I dunno......roster situation and the crapola "create a player" really frustrates me.

Kevin Millar can't be in the game because he was a "scab" player during the strike; hence, he is not a member of the MLBPA. It's very likely he is in the game somewhere under a different name.

[emath]

Ok, from the stadiums I have played in (or paid attention too), the scoreboards are static.

Flags always blow in the same direction, regardless of wind.

I usually se 1-3 trades per year, and ALOT of stars remain free agents. I do think this has to do with where the teams budgets are set. Don't hold me to this, but I think if you raise the teams budgets, they will sign the higher priced free agents. they have it so you can adjust them.

I never play with weather turned on, so I can't answer any rain questions.

I also keep injuries turned off, so i can't help with that either.

[Ninja]

Can any of you guys confirm that you can select all teams as user controlled in franchise or season mode please. Also can you still watch games as cpu v cpu, where you just watch the action.

Thanks in advance men.

[romanahd]

Hello emath,

How do you come up with those rating ?

One thing that this game is lacking is in the player creation module is that you can not put real number for average for example .350 you have to give him a rating 1 - 100.!!

What does it 100 means in real numbers .500 hitting player ?

The same goes with speed, control, arm power !! do you
just give your estimates base on guesses ?

Thanks,

P.D. Does anybody knows if this happens on the PC version ?

[mjb2123]

Originally posted by PHILLYPHANATIC5
COULD SOMEWON TELL ME HOW TURK WENDELL IS RATED?....OH WAIT ...HE ISNT EVEN IN THE G.D. GAME ...WHAt a joke.....how do you omit a 12 year vet?......i cant wait to see who else is ommited?....by that reasoning any body who was on ir last year should be ommitted.....unbelievable...as tony bruno would say

Everyone, please remember this. It's been posted a few 100 times, but MANY players aren't members of the MLBPA and that's why they aren't in the game. Turk Wendell is one of those players. He crossed the picketline when the players had a strike.

These players won't appear with there correct names in HH, ASB, WSB, MVP, etc.... The MLBPA doesn't allow it.

[emath]

Originally posted by romanahd
Hello emath,

How do you come up with those rating ?

One thing that this game is lacking is in the player creation module is that you can not put real number for average for example .350 you have to give him a rating 1 - 100.!!

What does it 100 means in real numbers .500 hitting player ?

The same goes with speed, control, arm power !! do you
just give your estimates base on guesses ?

Thanks,

P.D. Does anybody knows if this happens on the PC version ?

Those are the ratings the players have on the game. If you check their scouting report, thats what it is. Select a player, hit 'X', then go to the scouting report.

Basically When you move a players slider in the editor, then go look at his scouting report, his ratings change. The best way for me to decide what ratings a player should have is to find someone similar (close to the same average), and try to give my player similar ratings. Also, after I edit a player, I will sim a season to see how they perform. I don't do that for every single player, I edit a bunch at a time, then sim it. Also, I base it on last years PC. I plug in the stats on HHEdit, check the players ratings on the game (pc), and then try to get their ratings as close to that as I can on the pS2 version. Also, one of the interviews I read (I'll look for a link), says this years pc editor is similar to the console editor. And that it "not as far reaching " as in the past. So, I have a feeling the in game editor will suck on pc too. Luckily we Have HHEdit coming out. I could be wrong about the in game editor, thats just what i took from the interview. I'll look for that link now....

Here is a LINK to the interview with 3DO. The question about the editor/creator is near the bottom 1/3 of the page. I am not positive they are talking about the pc version, but thats what it sounds like. By the way, they compare it to last years PS2 editor, and last years is basically the same as this years.

[romanahd]

Thanks emath, for point me to the right direction regarding this issue, I've just looked at the dangerz HH editor (screens) and seems to have the ratings that you mention. Tomorrow after renting the last year game I will see. I only need the value that the editor will show when new stats for new player are introduced ===> then put those numbers in the PS2 ver.


Happy League...
Thanks again