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Alien invasion in 2032?

I suspect the reason we got a Japanese stadium is to sell copies of the game in Japan.

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I wonder if they are going in the direction they went with free agency and signing draft picks.

"smarter lineups" - at one time there was a morale system and players would be unhappy if the weren't batting in the top of the lineup and attributes would be impacted. Let's hope this isn't a return to that.

"improved player regress now mirror the real decisions" - What is that? Great improvement if I rush a player to the majors and stunt his development which happens IRL. Not so great if he regresses because he isn't batting in a certain spot in the lineup.

I hope they have thought this through more than some of the other things they have added.

@StadiumsCenter_PSN said in Welp, stadium vault isn't carrying over to 2026:

@sullivanspring_MLBTS I'm almost 100% certain the reason stadiums aren't carrying over is because of Lagrasa

Changes are being made. Perhaps that will be a positive development. Perhaps not. As a longtime franchise user that is not unexpected.

I'm a bit surprised Imanaga took the QO. Some team would have likely offered something like 3 or 4 years @ $15 million a year.

@PriorFir4383355_XBL said in Welp, stadium vault isn't carrying over to 2026:

@sullivanspring_MLBTS said in Welp, stadium vault isn't carrying over to 2026:

@bravesfan112296_PSN said in Welp, stadium vault isn't carrying over to 2026:

This is a good thing. The vault needed a complete reset. There's WAY too many Costco's, stadium row complex, hrd derby and others. Not to mention lagrassa is FINALLY gone. Maybe SDS will use this as a way to finally not only update SC but make the vault easier to navigate. All the other vaults have easy navigation except SC

The good news is someone at SDS is working on something related to stadiums.

I have to correct that a slight bit. The good news is if someone at SDS is working to make Stadium Creator better. And they have had five years to do that and have so far refused to do so. So, I see no logical reason to believe they will now.

You are probably right but there is a glimmer of hope. They aren't completely ignoring it. Perhaps the reason stadiums don't carry over is to clear space for the new developments.

@bravesfan112296_PSN said in Welp, stadium vault isn't carrying over to 2026:

This is a good thing. The vault needed a complete reset. There's WAY too many Costco's, stadium row complex, hrd derby and others. Not to mention lagrassa is FINALLY gone. Maybe SDS will use this as a way to finally not only update SC but make the vault easier to navigate. All the other vaults have easy navigation except SC

The good news is someone at SDS is working on something related to stadiums.

@Suel21_MLBTS said in Welp, stadium vault isn't carrying over to 2026:

@sullivanspring_MLBTS said in Welp, stadium vault isn't carrying over to 2026:

@PriorFir4383355_XBL said in Welp, stadium vault isn't carrying over to 2026:

@sullivanspring_MLBTS said in Welp, stadium vault isn't carrying over to 2026:

said in Welp, stadium vault isn't carrying over to 2026:
Perhaps. It would be great to be able to edit foul territory and have more tools but I'm a guy who builds one stadium and then I play hundreds of games in franchise - manage mode. If it's the exact same tool box it's just a tedious exercise to try to end up where I am now.

I get this. Not every person desires to spend the time needed to customize the entire stadium wall layout. But, isn't there attraction to downloading a precisely accurate stadium of the first ballparks to feature walls in the outfield and down the baselines, and play them in Exhibition, or RTTS, or Franchise games? You'd be amazed what a difference this makes in how baseball plays out.

You start to figure out real quick why players like Honus Wagner and Ty Cobb hit like they did. The ability to hit line drives was so critical as if you hit a fly ball, no matter how hard, it was going to get caught for an out. There is no other option for people living in 2026 (or last year) to experience that historic reality, except to play it out in a video game.

I don't see how a company that has a sole source contract with MLB could turn their backs on this option. I used the wall option to create highly accurate stadiums that the original Cincinnati Red Stockings played in -- the world's first professional baseball team, and the team that became the Boston, then Milwaukee, then Atlanta Braves. For added value, I created the first park that the fledgling Boston Braves played in and it is a seriously different stadium experience, but it is totally accurate.

So, SDS turned that option off for MLB 26. I sincerely hope SDS gets sent a sharp message. They certainly deserved it, and I anticipated what SDS would do, which is why I already made it known I won't be purchasing any future release of MLB The Show.

If I buy MLBTS26 I have to throw away my franchise and my stadium and start from scratch. I'm leaning against buying the new version unless gameplay has significantly improved but I wouldn't know that for sure unless I buy the game.

Just wait and check out the early reviews from people who get the early access. Probably the best thing to do if you're on the fence about it.

The people with early access tend to be promoting the game as much as anything else and I have not seen one who uses manage mode as evidenced by the fact they never mention the long standing bugs in manage mode and the new bugs that mysteriously arrive each year. I'll probably watch a video but I won't know for sure unless I buy the game.

@PriorFir4383355_XBL said in Welp, stadium vault isn't carrying over to 2026:

@sullivanspring_MLBTS said in Welp, stadium vault isn't carrying over to 2026:

said in Welp, stadium vault isn't carrying over to 2026:
Perhaps. It would be great to be able to edit foul territory and have more tools but I'm a guy who builds one stadium and then I play hundreds of games in franchise - manage mode. If it's the exact same tool box it's just a tedious exercise to try to end up where I am now.

I get this. Not every person desires to spend the time needed to customize the entire stadium wall layout. But, isn't there attraction to downloading a precisely accurate stadium of the first ballparks to feature walls in the outfield and down the baselines, and play them in Exhibition, or RTTS, or Franchise games? You'd be amazed what a difference this makes in how baseball plays out.

You start to figure out real quick why players like Honus Wagner and Ty Cobb hit like they did. The ability to hit line drives was so critical as if you hit a fly ball, no matter how hard, it was going to get caught for an out. There is no other option for people living in 2026 (or last year) to experience that historic reality, except to play it out in a video game.

I don't see how a company that has a sole source contract with MLB could turn their backs on this option. I used the wall option to create highly accurate stadiums that the original Cincinnati Red Stockings played in -- the world's first professional baseball team, and the team that became the Boston, then Milwaukee, then Atlanta Braves. For added value, I created the first park that the fledgling Boston Braves played in and it is a seriously different stadium experience, but it is totally accurate.

So, SDS turned that option off for MLB 26. I sincerely hope SDS gets sent a sharp message. They certainly deserved it, and I anticipated what SDS would do, which is why I already made it known I won't be purchasing any future release of MLB The Show.

If I buy MLBTS26 I have to throw away my franchise and my stadium and start from scratch. I'm leaning against buying the new version unless gameplay has significantly improved but I wouldn't know that for sure unless I buy the game.

said in Welp, stadium vault isn't carrying over to 2026:

@Sarge1387_PSN said in Welp, stadium vault isn't carrying over to 2026:

@sullivanspring_MLBTS said in Welp, stadium vault isn't carrying over to 2026:

If they have no new features my stadium will look exactly the same after the long tedious process of rebuilding it.

Even though my brain tells me I know this is exactly how it goes...that wonderful youthful optimist in me is wondering if there really is a different format or some different tools to work with that would cause programming clashes...but like Prior said it's hope for the best and plan for the worst.

I'll personally be fairly cheesed if we not only not get the tools and simple QoL stuff we've been asking for, but also have to re-build everything we've done over the past couple years.

Perhaps. It would be great to be able to edit foul territory and have more tools but I'm a guy who builds one stadium and then I play hundreds of games in franchise - manage mode. If it's the exact same tool box it's just a tedious exercise to try to end up where I am now.

SDS just issued an update. Cannot transfer rosters of any kind. Original statement was incorrect. Tried to delete the original post but couldn't.

@Sarge1387_PSN said in Welp, stadium vault isn't carrying over to 2026:

@sullivanspring_MLBTS said in Welp, stadium vault isn't carrying over to 2026:

If they have no new features my stadium will look exactly the same after the long tedious process of rebuilding it.

Even though my brain tells me I know this is exactly how it goes...that wonderful youthful optimist in me is wondering if there really is a different format or some different tools to work with that would cause programming clashes...but like Prior said it's hope for the best and plan for the worst.

I'll personally be fairly cheesed if we not only not get the tools and simple QoL stuff we've been asking for, but also have to re-build everything we've done over the past couple years.

Perhaps.

I've never dabbled with custom rosters. I began my franchise with either current or default rosters provided by the game. Now I'm in the year 2027. Is there a way to turn my current MLBTS 25 franchise roster into a custom roster and then save it to the vault?

If they have no new features my stadium will look exactly the same after the long tedious process of rebuilding it.

@Graeves-_PSN said in What they have been doing for a few years is create stuff for March to October:

Damned if they do, Damned if they don't.
If they do it your way, DD people will be complaining
"give it the franchise team"

Apparently people play March to October to get XP for Diamond Dynasty.

@Graeves-_PSN said in What they have been doing for a few years is create stuff for March to October:

Like it or not, Franchise and M2O are two completely different experiences. Turning everything in Franchise to auto does not replicate M2O in the slightest.

Why are they using developers to program both modes? Give it to the DD team.

@PriorFir4383355_XBL said in Five (6) Simple Things to Fix SC:

That's an excellent point. These are entirely offline game modes, so there is no need for SDS to -- again stubbornly refuse -- to implement a carry over option. Full updates could be implemented to the game without carry over being an issue blocking it. The coders just have to allow the raw data, the stats, to be transferred. All the graphical elements can still be upgraded while the numerical stats can be transferred over.

Again, this is another example of how SDS is just plain stubborn, refusing to listen to customer feedback, and due to that myopia losing out on sales. It makes zero sense. Coding up the option to transfer simple data is very easy to achieve.

Proof of that is year to year saves used to be in the game and worked great.

@Graeves-_PSN said in What they have been doing for a few years is create stuff for March to October:

That ''stuff'' is in Franchise. But there are things in Franchise that aren't in M2O. That's the point in having a separate mode, simplified for those that don't want the complicated delicate apparatus that Franchise is.
Me, I prefer Franchise but I also know I'm not everybody and there are plenty people that would not play Franchise because it can be daunting. M2O is for them, not you and me.

They can set everything to auto in franchise if it's too complicated.

@PriorFir4383355_XBL said in Five (6) Simple Things to Fix SC:

@Suel21_MLBTS said in Five (6) Simple Things to Fix SC:

@Sarge1387_PSN said in Five (6) Simple Things to Fix SC:

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Yea I'm with you. I only really get the show for stadium creator. Last year was a real bummer with no updates. If nothing comes this year again I'm not getting the game and am most likely going to stop creating sc content for YouTube. It's a fun hobby but with nothing new my motivation is pretty much completely gone.

That's where I am at as well. I do play RTTS, and while MLB 25 got RTTS better than any of the previous releases over the last four years, there is still something very empty when the creative option of Stadium Creator is deliberately stymied through no reason other than a company's stubborn need for control over customer happiness. It is a true unforced error, and SDS doesn't get it.

My purchases of these baseball video games go back to the 1980's and the start of 989 Sports releases. For those who don't know, 989 Sports merged to form San Diego Studio. So, SDS needs to understand the implications of customers, whose support goes back decades, deciding enough is enough and will not buy another release.

And I don't think that's sunk in with SDS at all. I suspect midway through the release of MLB 26, the suits at SDS will finally start to figure it out!

I play franchise and I'm not the only franchise user who is on an every other year schedule. Money isn't the issue. Having to throw away my franchise and start completely over is the issue along with the lack of significant updates. Meanwhile we get modes like March to October and Story Lines that few people buy the game for. They need to either reassign developers or hire more developers.

@VF1S_Rick_Hunter_PSN said in Please MLB 26!!:

@sullivanspring_MLBTS I think they can do 2 things to fix it. First, make spring training more realistic, so all 93 players involved, even if you can only play the games as the major league team. Spread whatever progression or regression over the entire season, including spring training. Second is to get rid of the gap between end of spring training and Opening Day. They schedule 2 teams to start early like the Japan series, but its obviously messing up how the game tries to adjust attributes based on game stats.

I doubt simming will eliminate the attribute decline. I will also submit something to SDS.

I'll check to see but in the past if you selected advance to regular season it skipped spring training entirely and there were no attribute changes. You are correct that simming games doesn't eliminate the attribute decline. In fact it appears to cause the decline.

Thanks for submitted it but I've mostly stopped doing that because it seems to be a waste of time. Franchise isn't a priority.