Is there an equipment workaround?
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Has anybody found out how to make your equipment boosts show up while playing an RTTS game?
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No, I imagine if there were it’d be all over the place like the progression workarounds
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Nope. And still no word from SDS 9 days after release date around this.
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??? The equipment boosts do show up. If you pause the game when you are at bat, and you go into your player card, you will see a bunch of "+" numbers above your attributes. Those "+" numbers are actually your equipment bonuses.
The equipment bonuses do not show up on your OVR or as part of your statistics. They don't show up when looking at your archetype. The only place I've found that they show up is in the in-game pause menu. But they are there and do impact your performance.
Hope that helps.
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I found a work around, I just went to my PS5 dashboard, pressed the options button with The show 21 Highlighted and then select close. Then I went to my library and redownloaded the show 20 and BOOM fully functional RTTS mode and the servers don't matter, equipment works correctly, and I don't have to do anything in diamond dynasty to get XP on a RTTS player that I have no desire to play with in any other mode outside of of RTTS.
All jokes aside RTTS 21 is trash right now, and I have given up on fighting with it until the DEVs do something about the server issues and the crazy amount of bugs. I'm sorry that we are all having to deal with this BS.
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@moosealbany_psn said in Is there an equipment workaround?:
??? The equipment boosts do show up. If you pause the game when you are at bat, and you go into your player card, you will see a bunch of "+" numbers above your attributes. Those "+" numbers are actually your equipment bonuses.
The equipment bonuses do not show up on your OVR or as part of your statistics. They don't show up when looking at your archetype. The only place I've found that they show up is in the in-game pause menu. But they are there and do impact your performance.
Hope that helps.
They show up in the player card, but aren't actually there in RTTS. The best way to see this is to swing and miss and you'll see your CON, POW, VIS stats, and they will be without the equipment boost. I had the boost work randomly one game and the PCI was much larger (as it should be with the equipment boost) and then the next game back to without it and much smaller.
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@bchatley_psn said in Is there an equipment workaround?:
@moosealbany_psn said in Is there an equipment workaround?:
??? The equipment boosts do show up. If you pause the game when you are at bat, and you go into your player card, you will see a bunch of "+" numbers above your attributes. Those "+" numbers are actually your equipment bonuses.
The equipment bonuses do not show up on your OVR or as part of your statistics. They don't show up when looking at your archetype. The only place I've found that they show up is in the in-game pause menu. But they are there and do impact your performance.
Hope that helps.
They show up in the player card, but aren't actually there in RTTS. The best way to see this is to swing and miss and you'll see your CON, POW, VIS stats, and they will be without the equipment boost. I had the boost work randomly one game and the PCI was much larger (as it should be with the equipment boost) and then the next game back to without it and much smaller.
That's very interesting. I'll have to keep a closer look at that. Perhaps I've entirely misunderstood this issue. Not the first time for me. If so then obviously this is yet another huge issue for RTTS which hopefully SDS is working hard on fixing. Kinda getting sick on waiting for a patch for this game.
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I have equipment that boosts my speed a ton,... in DD I fly around bases. In RTTS I’m noticeably slower
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@cbgdaking_psn said in Is there an equipment workaround?:
I found a work around, I just went to my PS5 dashboard, pressed the options button with The show 21 Highlighted and then select close. Then I went to my library and redownloaded the show 20 and BOOM fully functional RTTS mode and the servers don't matter, equipment works correctly, and I don't have to do anything in diamond dynasty to get XP on a RTTS player that I have no desire to play with in any other mode outside of of RTTS.
All jokes aside RTTS 21 is trash right now, and I have given up on fighting with it until the DEVs do something about the server issues and the crazy amount of bugs. I'm sorry that we are all having to deal with this BS.
Would love to do that if I wasn’t an Xbox Series X owner with no PS4 or 5. Would buy a PS5 if I could find one.
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@sgmrock_xbl said in Is there an equipment workaround?:
@cbgdaking_psn said in Is there an equipment workaround?:
I found a work around, I just went to my PS5 dashboard, pressed the options button with The show 21 Highlighted and then select close. Then I went to my library and redownloaded the show 20 and BOOM fully functional RTTS mode and the servers don't matter, equipment works correctly, and I don't have to do anything in diamond dynasty to get XP on a RTTS player that I have no desire to play with in any other mode outside of of RTTS.
All jokes aside RTTS 21 is trash right now, and I have given up on fighting with it until the DEVs do something about the server issues and the crazy amount of bugs. I'm sorry that we are all having to deal with this BS.
Would love to do that if I wasn’t an Xbox Series X owner with no PS4 or 5. Would buy a PS5 if I could find one.
I understand man, and it sucks that this is the first experience you get with the show on your new console. This is the worst launch I've seen from this game and I'm hoping that they get it fixed quickly, espeally for you Xbox players who don't have the option to play older better versions of the series.
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@SGMRock_XBL - I also would buy a PS5 if I could find one. Not going to pay scalper prices though. Eventually supply will catch up with demand.
@bchatley_PSN - I just played a 3 day series. My CON is 65, and my gear gives me +13. So if the game is registering my gear, should be 78. Game #1 of series - swing & miss the little pop-up showed 65 CON. But games #2 & #3 same thing showed 78. So, yeah, nothing like consistency.
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@bchatley_PSN - I just played a second three game series. Same pattern - no equipment boost on the first game of the series, equipment boost on games #2 & #3. One thing I can't help but notice - for both series, in the first game when I went to select my loadout (I have two) the one I wanted had the bright green "Active" label on it. But in games #2 & #3 for both series, neither of my loadout had the bright green "Active" label.
What can I say - game is buggy as hell. And I stand corrected regarding my initial post so thanks.
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In the games there was a boost,... how did you tell/confirm?? Do you mean the stat increase was invisible in the player menus and such?? Not the plus on the top of the player card but actually changing your listed overall??
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@moosealbany_psn said in Is there an equipment workaround?:
@bchatley_PSN - I just played a second three game series. Same pattern - no equipment boost on the first game of the series, equipment boost on games #2 & #3. One thing I can't help but notice - for both series, in the first game when I went to select my loadout (I have two) the one I wanted had the bright green "Active" label on it. But in games #2 & #3 for both series, neither of my loadout had the bright green "Active" label.
What can I say - game is buggy as hell. And I stand corrected regarding my initial post so thanks.
I’ll have to see if making another loadout works for me. I only have one currently. Better to have it working 2 of 3 instead of none
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@acamp1900_psn said in Is there an equipment workaround?:
In the games there was a boost,... how did you tell/confirm?? Do you mean the stat increase was invisible in the player menus and such?? Not the plus on the top of the player card but actually changing your listed overall??
The only way I’ve been able to confirm is to swing and miss and look at the little box that pops up with CON, POW, VIS. Then you can go into the player card and see if it’s the number for those or if you add the +whatever number is there to see if you’re getting them (if you don’t know what it should be beforehand)
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@bchatley_psn said in Is there an equipment workaround?:
@acamp1900_psn said in Is there an equipment workaround?:
In the games there was a boost,... how did you tell/confirm?? Do you mean the stat increase was invisible in the player menus and such?? Not the plus on the top of the player card but actually changing your listed overall??
The only way I’ve been able to confirm is to swing and miss and look at the little box that pops up with CON, POW, VIS. Then you can go into the player card and see if it’s the number for those or if you add the +whatever number is there to see if you’re getting them (if you don’t know what it should be beforehand)
Got it. Is the boost sitting on top with the icon or is it actually reflected in your base overalls like in DD?? I’ve seen the former and pretty sure it doesn’t actually impact your player. I have NOT seen the later however
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@acamp1900_psn said in Is there an equipment workaround?:
@bchatley_psn said in Is there an equipment workaround?:
@acamp1900_psn said in Is there an equipment workaround?:
In the games there was a boost,... how did you tell/confirm?? Do you mean the stat increase was invisible in the player menus and such?? Not the plus on the top of the player card but actually changing your listed overall??
The only way I’ve been able to confirm is to swing and miss and look at the little box that pops up with CON, POW, VIS. Then you can go into the player card and see if it’s the number for those or if you add the +whatever number is there to see if you’re getting them (if you don’t know what it should be beforehand)
Got it. Is the boost sitting on top with the icon or is it actually reflected in your base overalls like in DD?? I’ve seen the former and pretty sure it doesn’t actually impact your player. I have NOT seen the later however
It’s sitting on top of whichever attribute bar you’re looking at
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@acamp1900_psn said in Is there an equipment workaround?:
In the games there was a boost,... how did you tell/confirm??
During my first at bat, bring up your player card (pause, diamond button, R2 to get to your guy and not the pitcher) and verify your CON (make sure you not versus L or R, and the + number above it). Then during the AB, immediately after a swing (whether or not there is contact) - a little box comes up for just a second. Doesn't stay long. And it has a bar which shows you your CON, PWR, and VIS. If your CON is the exact same as your player card without the + number, then your gear isn't working. If your CON is the exact same as your number and the + number combined, then your gear is working.
In my case, my CON v L is 59 and my gear is +13. So when facing a lefty in the first game, the number in the pop-up was 59. In the later games it was 72.
If the CON says that it's the same as what your stat
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I've been testing this a bit the last hour or so. And I'm pretty well convinced that this has something to do with the bright green "Active" label that appears on the menu where you pick your loadout before each game. Maybe it's just anecdotal.
So far what I have noticed is that in the games where I have the bright green label when picking loadout - no equipment bonus. Which always seem to be the first game of each series. But in games #2 & #3 of the series, I get equipment bonuses. And in between those games you also get the menu to pick your loadout for the game - but notably the menu before games #2 & #3 none of the loadouts have the bright green label.
My next test - try this with two loadouts which are exactly the same. Before Game #1 pick the one which is NOT the "active" one. See if I get equipment bonuses. Then games #2 & #3 pick whichever and also see.
It's crazy the work-arounds players have to use just to get the game working somewhat like it seems SDS might have designed it to work. Truly a buggy POS release.
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Okay, I've spent some time digging into this. I cannot figure out a way to get the equipment bonus on the first game of a series. Doesn't matter if I have only one loadout, or if I have multiple loadouts. If I have multiple loadouts that are exactly the same or different, doesn't matter. First game of a series I don't get equipment bonuses.
If I have only one buildout, I consistently get equipment bonuses during the second and subsequent games of each series. If I have more than one buildout, it seems that I intermittently get equipment bonuses. Of 6 games I played this way (3 series total, 3 games each series). But, even worse, when I have multiple buildouts it seems relatively easy to get Attribute progression to "bug". Which then means going to DD and playing a stupid conquest game in order to kick-start Attribute progression.
For myself, I'm going back to using only one buildout and trying to get that working so that I get equipment bonuses at least in the 2nd and subsequent games of a series. Yet another thing about the 2021 version of the game to not love.
