Franchise Mode- Rainouts/Doubleheaders

[seamus95]

How hard can this be to add? I mean this happens multiple times every season. Baffling, would add such a nice interesting wrinkle and challenge to franchise mode. Managing the pen and rotation, starting 9 etc etc in games leading up to and after the doubleheaders. Make weather a more integral part of the mode. for example, maybe get a weather report every pre game. Like - weather looks clear, or light rain expected-should not affect game, or heavy rain expected to start after game time, suspended/cxld game likely, or heavy rain forecast for tomorrow, rainout likely then etc etc. They did a 1/4 measure with adding the pretty much pointless rain delays a few years back, why not add this for true realism?

[LegendKillerOne]

Quote: Originally Posted by seamus95

How hard can this be to add? I mean this happens multiple times every season. Baffling, would add such a nice interesting wrinkle and challenge to franchise mode. Managing the pen and rotation, starting 9 etc etc in games leading up to and after the doubleheaders. Make weather a more integral part of the mode. for example, maybe get a weather report every pre game. Like - weather looks clear, or light rain expected-should not affect game, or heavy rain expected to start after game time, suspended/cxld game likely, or heavy rain forecast for tomorrow, rainout likely then etc etc. They did a 1/4 measure with adding the pretty much pointless rain delays a few years back, why not add this for true realism?

Well let me put it this way. They still do not let you edit coaches and some games have been doing that for almost 10 years now. So. I do not think its they are not able to do it. I just think they either don't want to as I am sure it can be complex or really do not see the value in adding it.

[jcar0725]

Quote: Originally Posted by seamus95

How hard can this be to add? I mean this happens multiple times every season. Baffling, would add such a nice interesting wrinkle and challenge to franchise mode. Managing the pen and rotation, starting 9 etc etc in games leading up to and after the doubleheaders. Make weather a more integral part of the mode. for example, maybe get a weather report every pre game. Like - weather looks clear, or light rain expected-should not affect game, or heavy rain expected to start after game time, suspended/cxld game likely, or heavy rain forecast for tomorrow, rainout likely then etc etc. They did a 1/4 measure with adding the pretty much pointless rain delays a few years back, why not add this for true realism?

1) its most likely a LOT harder to add than you're alluding. It would force the schedule to have to adjust itself on a regular basis for every team involved.

2) probably a very low priority as far as what gamers would be asking for. I'm sure a very small number of people are clamoring for rainouts and checking weather.

[ZachenFoot]

I'm no game developer so I could be off base here but this has struck me as something that would be incredibly difficult to do. It would require a full scale change to a scheduling system that isn't inherently dynamic.

I wish it were easy, it'd be awesome, but if it's as challenging as I suspect I can't blame them for not doing it tbh

[LegendKillerOne]

Quote: Originally Posted by jcar0725

1) its most likely a LOT harder to add than you're alluding. It would force the schedule to have to adjust itself on a regular basis for every team involved. 2) probably a very low priority as far as what gamers would be asking for. I'm sure a very small number of people are clamoring for rainouts and checking weather.

very low priority for sure. thought it would be neat to see if you had a double header and the player plays in both games they are super tired for the next game.

[CarolinaBlue02]

They clearly dont want to. I mean there are so many things they could do to make the game; especially franchise, much better but choose not to.

Rain outs
day/night DHs
Weather reports/studio updates
customize managers/schedules/season length
ejections
AI bullpen logic
more trade slots
more opt out options

So many more...

[jcar0725]

Quote: Originally Posted by CarolinaBlue02

They clearly dont want to. I mean there are so many things they could do to make the game; especially franchise, much better but choose not to. Rain outs day/night DHs Weather reports/studio updates customize managers/schedules/season length ejections AI bullpen logic more trade slots more opt out options So many more...

Correct, they choose not to, for a variety of reasons. Mostly due to these not being worth the undertaking it would require to make them work.

[LegendKillerOne]

Quote: Originally Posted by CarolinaBlue02

They clearly dont want to. I mean there are so many things they could do to make the game; especially franchise, much better but choose not to. Rain outs day/night DHs Weather reports/studio updates customize managers/schedules/season length ejections AI bullpen logic more trade slots more opt out options So many more...

I feel like a lot of these things they would need to totally redo the code from the group up in franchise mode to add. Do they really want to rewrite the entire code? Not sure. That is a lot of work. Maybe for ps6? who knows.