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MLB '10: The Show - Franchise Issues Update

07:41 PM - March 2, 2010 by Kolbe

Here is our list of the current known issues that we're looking into for immediate attention:

Attendance:
Attendance is not correctly getting reported. In talking with Jeff, he has a fix in mind that is fairly safe but would end up in the actual attendance not mirroring the paid attendance you get in franchise. It would fix the issue where you have 50k+ people attending Spring Training games. This will also fix issues with playoff games and games played in any stadium that isn't your own.
* UPDATE - This was caused by the stadium select screen being added to franchise, causing the attendance to be reset using the non-franchise logic. The stadium select was previously never used for playoff games, so it didn't handle that situation. This is fixed and it also fixes the issue with spring training games showing the attendance as if they were in their home stadium.

Trade Waivers:
Users can claim anyone off of trade waivers - CPU teams will never pull them back.
* UPDATE - fixed this one - a simple fix that will prevent user teams from simply claiming everyone that was passed through trade waivers.

No Contract:
Players can get into a state where they have no contract.
* UPDATE - As soon as a player was placed on release waivers, his contract was cleared. Then if he was claimed, he didn't have a contract. It was also clearing his 40-man roster status, which is what was causing him to go to AAA instead of the MLB team. Have a fix for this.

Player Potential:
Looks like a fairly bad miscommunication ended up with us having some seriously out of whack potentials. This will be corrected with the next roster download (Monday)
* UPDATE - Lorne is taking care of this - will be fixed with a roster update.

Multi Closer issue:
If a CPU team has 2 closers (one acquired in a trade) - they will always send one down to AAA.
* UPDATE - It would just look at the closers and see that they had more than they needed so they'd send one down, but they wouldn't look to see if they could send down a reliever instead and keep the 2nd closer in the bullpen. Have a fix for this.

Multi Trade players:
Not even sure what the details are on this one, but it looks like sometimes a player is traded and then re-traded or waived. Currently investigating.
* UPDATE - I have a fix for the trades. I'll not allow a player to be placed on the trading block by the CPU if he has been acquired by a trade recently.

Manual Trade issue:
I've seen a few reports of users having trades set to Manual and still having trades done by the CPU. Again, no idea how this is happening and we're looking for more information.
* UPDATE - Not sure what's happening here, we can not get this one to reproduce. Whoever is getting this, please make sure that you don't have your profile option set to something different than your global setting. If you need to talk to me via PM or IM for further info, please just say the word!
* UPDATE 2 Thanks to tabarnes19 and a couple hours of debugging we have found the issue and have a fix in the works.

If you respond, please please PLEASE do not be noise. We need clear help or silence - we want these things cleared up as much as you do!

-K

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# 21 JoeCoolMan24 @ 03/02/10 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by xcef2005


	Awesome work with already working on fixes, this is my first MLB 10 the Show, got it late tonight and love playing it. I'm mostly a franchise person so Im curious if I should go ahead and start franchise and just play Spring Training intil a patch comes out. Or if it would be smart for me to avoid Franchise mode in till a patch come out. I plan on using all 30 teams so maybe these glitches/bugs wont even affect me? Thanks again.

The fix is coming via. roster update, meaning you would have to restart your franchise with the new roster. Basically, don't start your franchise until Monday.

# 22 CBizzle @ 03/02/10 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeCoolMan24


	The fix is coming via. roster update, meaning you would have to restart your franchise with the new roster. Basically, don't start your franchise until Monday.

If I read correctly, I think the only thing being fixed through the Roster update is Player potential. I believe everything else will require a patch.

Is that correct, Kolb? Also, is their a time frame for when we should be expecting this patch?

Thanks.

# 23 Dice @ 03/02/10 09:04 PM

This is why The Show is the best sports video game on the market. They've got a team that's already on top of things! Great job Kolbe!

# 24 Kolbe @ 03/02/10 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by adice15


	I have 2 questions: 1. Will these be released as a patch? If so, When? 2. Will future games be shipped with it? Ex. I buy the game from walmart after the patch is released, will it already be patched? Ok maybe that was three

1a) There's a VERY good chance. 1b) no idea

2) No.

-K

# 25 CharlieO675 @ 03/02/10 09:15 PM

What is the deal with trades in season mode, on manual trading it is way more difficult to push trades through than in 09, my only complaint about the game

# 26 adice15 @ 03/02/10 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by KolbeSCEA


	1a) There's a VERY good chance. 1b) no idea 2) No. -K

Thanks!

# 27 pistolpete @ 03/02/10 09:20 PM

Yeah, this is pretty impressive service.

It's not killing me though. This is my first season with the show so I am doing a 14-game season to get some sliders set. God I suck so far...

# 28 Sheamazin @ 03/02/10 09:22 PM

Any word on the lineup issue? Ex. Jim Thome playing RF and Derek Jeter in CF.

Thanks in advance

# 29 jbaldwin311 @ 03/02/10 09:48 PM

Maybe its been mentioned, not sure and sorry if it has but when playing RTTS I like to use 'guess pitch classic 1/4' I set that option but whenever I play my next or new game it goes back to default settings. (under in game options in the actual game being played) but remains and show as 1/4 when I look at it at the regular options menu (outside of the game). I can't figure out whats going on. Hope I explained that ok..

# 30 Kolbe @ 03/02/10 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by jbaldwin311


	Maybe its been mentioned, not sure and sorry if it has but when playing RTTS I like to use 'guess pitch classic 1/4' I set that option but whenever I play my next or new game it goes back to default settings. (under in game options in the actual game being played) but remains and show as 1/4 when I look at it at the regular options menu (outside of the game). I can't figure out whats going on. Hope I explained that ok..

Try setting this in the FE prior to going into game (save your settings/profile at the same time to be sure) - I think we may have an issue where settings changed in game do not get correctly autosaved when you transition back to the FE.

-K

# 31 DiSaStAx94 @ 03/02/10 09:55 PM

When you're playing as the Red Sox and it shows a close up of Francona it says he won World Series' in 2003 and 2007, thought it was odd it was a year off.
Don't know if that's franchise specific because I don't play many exhibition games, just something I noticed.

# 32 JUnruh @ 03/02/10 09:56 PM

This may be a little picky, but I like to use the Rangers. What's with the helmets being the hideous two-toned ones on the road they don't use? Also, why can't the helmets be blue with the blue jerseys and red with the red ones? I'm just saying.

Thanks.

# 33 MikeGiani @ 03/02/10 09:59 PM

Why are there empty seats during playoff games?

# 34 FearTheTurtle @ 03/02/10 09:59 PM

I haven't seen anyone post about this anywhere, so maybe it is my disc, but I have yet to get through a game in franchise mode without it freezing.

I am playing as the Orioles, who start the season in Tampa. In four attempts to play the first game, I haven't got past the 7th without the game freezing. There's no one event that seems to cause the freeze, it just happens randomly.

Should I exchange my game or am I doing something wrong?

# 35 jbaldwin311 @ 03/02/10 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by KolbeSCEA


	Try setting this in the FE prior to going into game (save your settings/profile at the same time to be sure) - I think we may have an issue where settings changed in game do not get correctly autosaved when you transition back to the FE. -K

Thank you for the quick response. I initially tried that thinking the same thing but still no luck. What is odd is it shows classic 1/4 outside of the actual games options menu but not in the in game options menu. It always goes back to default. It even shows classic 1/4 in the Main menu options screen.

# 36 Kolbe @ 03/02/10 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by FearTheTurtle


	I haven't seen anyone post about this anywhere, so maybe it is my disc, but I have yet to get through a game in franchise mode without it freezing. I am playing as the Orioles, who start the season in Tampa. In four attempts to play the first game, I haven't got past the 7th without the game freezing. There's no one event that seems to cause the freeze, it just happens randomly. Should I exchange my game or am I doing something wrong?

That sounds like bad media - We've not seen any other reports of random freezing.

-K

# 37 Kolbe @ 03/02/10 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by jbaldwin311


	Thank you for the quick response. I initially tried that thinking the same thing but still no luck. What is odd is it shows classic 1/4 outside of the actual games options menu but not in the in game options menu. It always goes back to default. It even shows classic 1/4 in the Main menu options screen.

Thanks for clarifying, I'll look into it tomorrow - getting ready to go home.

-K

# 38 EnnTea @ 03/02/10 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by KolbeSCEA


	Manual Trade issue: I've seen a few reports of users having trades set to Manual and still having trades done by the CPU. Again, no idea how this is happening and we're looking for more information. * UPDATE - Not sure what's happening here, we can not get this one to reproduce. Whoever is getting this, please make sure that you don't have your profile option set to something different than your global setting. If you need to talk to me via PM or IM for further info, please just say the word! If you respond, please please PLEASE do not be noise. We need clear help or silence - we want these things cleared up as much as you do! -K

I'm having this issue, too. Seems like every player that has experience this has had Giants involved. I got Zito, Molina, and some reliever traded to my Cubs team. I also got Hairston Jr from the Padres. Trades are set to manual.

# 39 cgm110 @ 03/02/10 10:13 PM

Few quick questions--- Thanks SCEA for getting on this so quick that is A+ customer service
1) When I sim spring training (Nats franchise) the CPU auto. DFA's Tyler Clippard. Is there any way to keep this from happening?
2) I've noticed some inaccuracies in the CPU's lineups (Rollins batting 6th) the CPU also started Taveras in CF over Morgan when i simmed the first month
3) If I want to increase the difficulty from veteran to all-star where exactly do I do this (profile global both??)

# 40 BigDuke @ 03/02/10 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by KolbeSCEA


	The only possible "downside" if you want to look at it that way, is the attendance reported in game will not be the same as the attendance that Franchise mode thinks you should have - we need to do this for balance reasons.

Unless I'm mistaken, this seems pretty realistic. I think most games would have a higher paid attendance then actual attendance, due to people buying tickets and not attending or season ticket holders skipping games. The club would still earn the revenue whether the person showed or not.

So I guess I don't really see a downside.

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