G'MO's Custom REAL LIFE Camera

[Geronimo22]

*I highly recommend using "pure analog" or "zone plus analog" hitting*

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What's up fellas... I'm back with a custom camera that may not be love at first site (it looks different that any other). But play a game or two with it and you will love the way the camera feels. Once you hit a ball over the fence or rip an opposite field shot into the gap, you will love how this custom camera makes you feel like you're hitting and playing real baseball.

The instructions how to recreate it is below.

G'MO REAL LIFE CAMERA






What does the camera allow you to do better?

1) My custom camera is zoomed all the way to allow you to see the baseball better. I'm talking about you can see the baseball so well, you can see the SPIN on the ball. This camera give you so much detail, you can see the tight spin and red dot for a curve ball and slider. You can see the flat end over end rotation of a fastball. Once you look for these clues, I promise you will find yourself more dialed in than ever!

2) You will find yourself being more patient and taking more pitches. Because the camera is zoomed to the max; the strike zone is a lot bigger on your screen. Conversely the area outside the strike zone is a lot smaller! If you get a pitch that misses far from the strike zone, it will be off the damn screen. So naturally you won't swing at that cheese. Get a fastball that is high? You will feel that pitch at the top of your TV screen and feel like its going to hit you in the face... You won't swing rather you will be thinking the ball is coming through your TV

3) Finally stop pulling everything and hit the ball the other way like good hitters do. You have to trust me on this one. When you play, I feel like my timing is so natural. When I am looking for an offspead pitch and I get a fastball on the outside part of the plate, my split second reaction results in more inside out hits to the opposite field. I've hit some opposite field homeruns this way too. You feel like you have control to read and react accordingly, even when your late on the outside part of the plate. Even you aren't an analog user, use it! I highly recommend it. It's easy to control, get your timing, and even check with with it! Just try it out for a few games.

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Here are the instructions on how to make the camera

1) Go to the batting practice mode
2) Pick Carlos Beltran as your batter
3) Pick anybody you want as the pitcher
4) Pick the practice field as your stadium
5) Once your into practice - go to your custom camera's
6) Use L1/R1 to get to the Catcher Camera Preset
7) Hold down R2 so the camera zoom's all the way in (as far is can go, it will stop on its own when maxed in)

Take a look at the pic below of where you should be at this point



8) Hold the Right Stick to the up (as far is can go, it will stop on its own when maxed up)





9) Move the Right Stick to the right so that the top upper left corner of the strike zone is matched up with the left side of the all state billboard on the fence.

Look at the red arrows in the picture below.



10) Move the Left Stick to the left so that now the top upper left corner of the strike zone is matched right side of the all state billboard on the fence.

Look at the red arrows in the picture below.



And that's it... Remember to use Carlos as your batter and do it in the practice ball park (just for consistency of setup).

***I will put a disclaimer that I'm still working on judging some of the border line pitches. You will need to "learn" how some of the outside pitches on the black are called by each ump, as well as the inside strike. I recommend that you play with the strikezone off and and pitch callout off. The callout will look like strikes are balls because of the extreme angle the camera is at. But I think its a distraction anyway. You should be focused on your next pitch. BUT you can leave on the swing/pitch info.

This setup will allow you to focus on the pitches and use some eye recall to learn the strike zone. Use the swing/pitch info to see where the pitch actually went***


If you're like me and are always looking for a way to make the game as real as possible, I guarantee that this view will improve your game play experience. I'm not going to guarantee you great hitting success right away! This is all about feeling the reward of hitting and feeling like a real baseball is coming down your screen. Since I've experimented with this camera, I'm more eager to play games than ever before. I feel like I'm going to the batting cage and/or I get flash backs to playing in little league and high school. Instead this time my eyes are in the bodies of my favorite players.

Let me know how it works out for you guys! I'll give you continued feedback as well!

[DJ]

Great stuff. I'll have to give this a try when I use Analog for my RTTS guy.

[jmik58]

Could you post some videos showing gameplay with this view? Thanks.

[Musty_Elbow]

LOVE IT! Thank you so much. After a few at bats I got pretty much the hang of it

[Geronimo22]

Quote: Originally Posted by DJ

Great stuff. I'll have to give this a try when I use Analog for my RTTS guy.

Yeah I was thinking some guys would like it for that!

Quote: Originally Posted by jmik58

Could you post some videos showing gameplay with this view? Thanks.

I wish I could but I don't have a HDPVR. Sorry.

Quote: Originally Posted by Musty_Elbow

LOVE IT! Thank you so much. After a few at bats I got pretty much the hang of it

Yeah it's takes a few at bats. Maybe a few games. But I swear getting a hit from this view feels so good. Also even the sound of the of the ball hitting the catchers mit sounds better! Like he is right behind you!

[ILiveForThis]

I'm hooked, man. It's a great view, had me in the game. I couldn't eye up the breaking balls to save my life, which should be happening!

[Geronimo22]

Quote: Originally Posted by ILiveForThis

I couldn't eye up the breaking balls to save my life, which should be happening!

What do you mean you couldn't eye up the breaking balls? Is that good?

[Equinox831]

Quote: Originally Posted by Geronimo22

What do you mean you couldn't eye up the breaking balls? Is that good?

He couldn't really tell if they were gonna be balls or strikes.