MLB 14 The Show - Carry Over Saves to Future Versions, Generated Pitch Counts & More

[dingleberryfinn]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bobhead

For that to work they would basically have to never change the roster/player attribute system ever again.

Or just make any new attribute be zero (or whatever random number)for old players ported to a new system.

[bcruise]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bobhead

For that to work they would basically have to never change the roster/player attribute system ever again.

Point taken, but how are they going to do exactly this for Franchise/RTTS files?

Just an example: Say for '15 they introduce a numerical, visible-to-everyone pickoff rating for pitchers, and it doesn't exist in '14. For '14 Franchises/RTTS's that are imported into '15, how is the game going to come up with that new rating for every pitcher in the league?

There's definitely a lot of questions about the carry over that's going to take some time to fully understand, and this is exactly why this had to wait for next-gen to even be a possibility - because the groundwork has to be laid for it from the very first game.

[NDAlum]

There has to be a conversion in place though. There are ratings not in NCAA football but you get them in Madden when you import.

I'm sure this was thought about


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[bcruise]

Quote: Originally Posted by NDAlum

There has to be a conversion in place though. There are ratings not in NCAA football but you get them in Madden when you import. I'm sure this was thought about Sent from my iPhone 5

Of course they did, and I'm looking forward to seeing their solution. The logistics of it completely boggle my mind...lol

[Bobhead]

Yeah it's mind blowing to even think about. The fact that it's already been accomplish, and that SCEA already has the ground work down... I can't even begin to wrap my head around that.

Interesting to hear it's already done in Madden... I've never played any football video games (except for NFL Blitz, and random kiosks at Best Buy) so I didn't know about that one.

[bcruise]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bobhead

Yeah it's mind blowing to even think about. The fact that it's already been accomplish, and that SCEA already has the ground work down... I can't even begin to wrap my head around that. Interesting to hear it's already done in Madden... I've never played any football video games (except for NFL Blitz, and random kiosks at Best Buy) so I didn't know about that one.

I suppose the Occam's Razor answer would be that they already have the plan for the next several years in place (what they plan on introducing each year, I mean) and can build each game year to year according to that plan. THEN I could sort of understand how this could possibly work. Anything more complicated than that melts my brain.

As for Madden/NCAA, it's not quite the same thing. Those files don't transfer year to year, they only connect both games from a single year - NCAA '14 only connects to Madden '25, for example. It was that way even when you had imported draft classes in previous years. So the EA Tib devs only had to worry about connecting it to one game, which was being developed right alongside the other.

What SCEA's proposing is different - that you'll be able to continue playing the same franchise across multiple future versions of The Show on through '15, '16, '17 etc...

[TjJunior]

This is next gen. The reason I got a PS3 is the sole reason im getting a PS4 this spring.

[MizzouBravesFan]

Pre-ordered yesterday at GS when I went in and bought some PS4 games...absolutely cannot wait.

Between this and Infamous: SS the first part of 2014 is looking awesome...