MLB 09: The Show Patch Released 4/27/09 - Impressions and Discussion Here

[tgreer]

Quote: Originally Posted by jim416

One thing I hope we learn from this, and possibly the developers. We tell them every year to load the game up with more and more and more code (and remember, things like shadowing is code). We want everything down to the last shoelace perfect in the game and we want every stat known to baseball included. This might be the time to rethink somethings in this regard. Perhaps next year we can hope that what they have given us to date is addressed before one new thing gets put in this wonderful game, and it IS a wonderful game. Me personally, Knight's lineup fix does the trick and I'm gleefully getting started tomorrow when I get home. Have been playing franchise games with my friend up here in Escondido and we had some really fantastic games today. That said, I hope what I've said it as least given some consideration. More is not always better.

1000% agree!! Lets get these issues fixed for next year even if nothing "new" makes it into the game.
I'm in the same boat Jim, just loaded up Knights lineup fix rosters, gonna adjust the lineups and rotations after I enter my franchise (make sure you do this and save btw before your first game for all teams if you want it to stick)

It is time to play ball! Done with the worrying about things, just ready to enjoy

[edmus]

Quote: Originally Posted by zito75

Does this fix this issue with the coaches? It says we will be able to hire/fire farm directors now, but what about all the other coaches? That whole system is broken, as it doesn't allow you to properly fire guys, and some coaches are impossible to get rid of even if you fire them 100 times.

Anybody know whether any fixes were made for the coach bugs? I was simming an Indians franchise & this was completely messed up. I fired Wedge, hired a new mgr & some coaches, and all of a sudden somehow Wedge was back as my 1B coach, even though I never hired him. Then I could never get rid of him. Then both my mgr & 3rd base coach's contracts expired but I still couldn't get rid of them. They'd even show up as being hired by other teams & appear wearing other teams' hats on the coaches screen.

[sdf4977]

Quote: Originally Posted by jim416

One thing I hope we learn from this, and possibly the developers. We tell them every year to load the game up with more and more and more code (and remember, things like shadowing is code). We want everything down to the last shoelace perfect in the game and we want every stat known to baseball included. This might be the time to rethink somethings in this regard. Perhaps next year we can hope that what they have given us to date is addressed before one new thing gets put in this wonderful game, and it IS a wonderful game. Me personally, Knight's lineup fix does the trick and I'm gleefully getting started tomorrow when I get home. Have been playing franchise games with my friend up here in Escondido and we had some really fantastic games today. That said, I hope what I've said it as least given some consideration. More is not always better.

You know im with you on this the game doesnt really need anything new. I love it the way it is. The Glitches need to be fixed. The only thing I would love to see in the future is A-ball.

[totalownership]

Anyone feel like the umpires are more consistent when calling questionable strikes/balls either way? I felt that one ump was shrinking the zone on me and kept it that way whereas it used to seem that they would expand and shrink at random. Could be just me and the placebo effect but just wondered if anyone else seen this.

[Segagendude]

My impression:

Meh. Game looks/plays just like prepatch. Lineups still don't stick. Example: My Indians franchise----I have to keep moving Sizemore into the leadoff spot, switching him out with Choo.
Don't know (nor do I care) about the Cubs all night games bug.Someone else probably already stated if this is fixed, but I don't want to read thru all the pages...

For those who don't have PS3 internet access, no worries. You're not missing anything....

[sdf4977]

It funny I downloaded the Update roster in the vault and A-rod's stats are fixed but I got check Eric Chavez and he is switched with Giambi Now....LOL

And Jerry Blevins has no Career stats but in 2008 went 1-3....LOL

[sooner1]

Great patch now you cant even watch post game highlights in franchise!! Wow and you cant even look at replays as nobody is on the field lol good job scea. You guys better fix this!

[The Chef]

Ok, well Im fairly confident that the "fixing" of the schedule is whats screwing everything up. I downloaded the patch, clearly because Im a damn fool, and went in. Everything seemed to load fine, so I went to my schedule and no instant crashes there, went to the trade screen to see if uneven trades was working and it indeed was so I knew I had the patch at that point. I then went back to the schedule and noticed that the last game I had played was against the Mets but didnt show the outcome on the main calendar screen and it was automatically placing me on the current game which was the one after this one so clearly the game thought I had played it. I clicked "x" and went into view the games for the day, noticing that there was no "sim to date" option available, scrolled to the bottom and noticed that the game showed a 0-0 score but had Pelfrey as the winning pitcher and Kuroda as the losing pitcher. I clicked "x" on my game and chose to simulate it which automatically filled in the correct stats, showing me losing 5-4 just like it had happened when I played the game. Strange part is it showed the winning and losing pitchers as well as K-Rod with the save and then at the end it listed Jason Schmidt (starter for the next game in the series) last for some strange reason. I backed out of this screen and immeaditely it booted me to the XMB, so there is my report. The uneven trade feature looked awesome but clearly this so called "patch" was a joke in the end. I really hope Im wrong in what is causing this as the thought that fixing the schedule to appease the Cubs fans here is what caused this entire problem to start is really annoying to say the least. Best of luck to you all, Im going to delete the patch and see what happens from there I guess.