So....thoughts for next year?
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I don't think nothing changes. Once they merged this thread with the stagnant uniform creator I knew that was it. I don't want much. I just want to move bullpens off the field, be able to adjust foul territory and be able to snap to the batters eye. I know it's not happening. Oh well.
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I wouldn't be surprised if the mode was removed entirely, but most likely, it returns with little to no improvements and even stricter restrictions.
I think 26 is a make or break year for SDS. If they trot out the same old outdated game engine with just superficial improvements, they are gonna lose a lot more of the user base.
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SDS's decision today to lock a half dozen threads, none of which violated any TOS, and none of which received SDS feedback, was another clear indication of where things stand.
I know for a fact I have purchased my final game from SDS. But, I also think SDS is closer to their end than they think they are.
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#1- Allow some creativity with the walls in order to keep it online eligible. What I mean by this is allowing creators to shape the fence any which way they like, provided it stays within a set of parameters to remain DD eligible By this I mean nothing shorter than 318 down the lines, and 395 in center. When it comes to wall height...nothing shorter than 6 feet.
#1.2- Give us TEMPLATE LAYOUTS For foul ground, which could be your minor league stadium layouts(like Shippet, Franco, Main Street etc, as they're created FOR your game, there would be no licensing issue), and yes this would INCLUDE bullpen placements. This way you're not letting us have 100% control over the foul ground and bullpen placement (which still baffles me that SDS constantly fights this), but give us the option for field layouts other than jewelbox.
Those two points right there would give the creators freedom they desperately crave to make proper stadiums , while maintaining the strict regulations that SDS has a kink for in order to maintain online eligibility. This isn't QoL improvement, that's treatment needed to breathe life back into it.
Then we get into the basic, basic QoL stuff:
-Stop over-modelling props like the batter's eyes that creates ugly unfillable space.
-With the above mentioned tweak to the walls, STOP OVER MODELLING THE WALLS...once again it kinda renders even your own wall designs moot because of the ugly unfillable space.
-Backstop shapes
-Seats that actually fit the curvature of the walls.
-Applying the ground trim logic to the wall. Make the wall the hard trim point, which would not only help make cleaner lines, but opens up the possibility of seating angles/sightlines that are not just rounded. You can also apply that trim logic to the seating pieces themselves for when they interact so as not to create a section of John Carpenter's "Things" when you merge seating...simply make the incumbent piece the trim point.
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@RonSolo412_XBL said in So....thoughts for next year?:
I wouldn't be surprised if the mode was removed entirely, but most likely, it returns with little to no improvements and even stricter restrictions.
This is what I'm worried about, and the other thing I could see being done is them blaming the player base for "not using it"...when in fact it's the other way around. I think it was used a lot more than they ever thought it would be, I mean there's no reason for them to remove it.
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Sarge,
I continue to use the option to modify the baseline and backstop wall panels and put new stadiums in the vault. I just did one where I used this freedom to create a very accurate version of South End Grounds, which was the first ballpark that the team that became the Boston Braves played in from 1871 until 1914.
I posted screen captures along with historic narratives over at the Reddit sub-forum devoted to custom stadiums: https://www.reddit.com/r/mlbtheshowstadiums/comments/1nt3y6t/south_end_grounds/
I defy anyone to form a rational explanation for why this freedom should be denied to the customers who desire most of all to create historic stadiums to expand the level of joy customers can have in playing this MLB The Show game title. I defy SDS to offer up one reasonable explanation for their actions in this regard.
Prior to this option to modify the baseline walls, it would have been impossible to replicate the historic park, which featured baseline walls that extended almost perfectly straight until reaching into left and right center field. The park was almost a perfect rectangle.
The game of baseball plays vastly differently in stadiums that featured such original designs. This adds life to MLB The Show, allowing customers to play games in accurately rendered historic ballparks. The way the ball reacts to such radically different wall layouts goes far beyond mere curiosity, and extends to allowing people in the year 2025 to gain some insight into how baseball was played before the turn of the 20th century. Only fools would act to stop such freedom, but that is exactly what SDS has chosen to do, and since doing so, have acted with an extreme degree of arrogance and aloofness.
In short, SDS acts like the customers do not matter, that we should just shut up already and gratefully pay for what they provide us and be happy with it. I imagine they are shocked that we just are not as grateful as they think we should be. They just don't understand why we refuse to "behave ourselves," and be happy with what they release.
