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Stick that stuff in franchise. Call it good.

@littlefire12951_XBL said in What Needs to be Improved in MLB The Show 26 Franchise:

I think the player regresion is way to much in the game

I agree. Progression and regression are flawed. I doubt it gets fixed.

@raymul313_PSN said in A-Ball editing:

@BFlat35_PSN There was a survey a couple months ago which asked about the inclusion of A-Ball into the Show with it being playable. I would assume it should be here soon

They will have to add more players to the game to have Full A ball and D potential players aren't going to develop. They need a complete redo of player progression to match what scouts say it will be but I've stopped advocating for this stuff because it isn't going to happen. Instead we get stuff from March to October spilling over into Franchise as "new features".

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

Ebbets Field
Milwaukee County Stadium

Just so I understand. I need to have MLBTS24 to be able to edit the foul territory. Is that correct?

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

That's the ticket! But, you also have to download a stadium with the wall move code from the vault, and then you can further move the wall panels as you like.

Do you have a name of one or more of those stadiums?

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

They tried to shut it down but failed. Yes, there are many honest stadiums with the active code to create stadiums with modified baseline and backstop wall panels, and you can still use them in MLB 24. SDS only shut down the option in MLB 25.

So I can purchase MLBTS24. Build a stadium. Upload it to the vault and then download it to my MLBTS25 franchise?

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

Sarge,

The jewelbox design as SDS created it for the customer version of Stadium Creator has never been used. In using the option to modify all the wall panels, I went back to the origins of the game and released a half dozen different stadiums all the way back to the day that the Cincinnati Red Stockings played the first game in American (world) history with professional players. It bore zero resemblance to the jewelbox layout SDS forced everyone to use.

The earliest stadiums were polo, cricket, and town fair grounds. When walls were first built to control crowds, the first generation simply took the walls down the baselines and extended them straight down the lines until intersecting with the foul poles, but then continuing straight ahead until intersecting with the center field walls.

Take a look at some of those stadiums I designed and you'll see what I mean. And yes, those stadiums are precise replications of the actual parks used at the turn of the century. A surprising degree of information, including original street maps and blueprints are available for these parks and so I was able to make the layout almost perfect to the real world. Only a few SC code restrictions have caused me to break with reality, but only in relatively minor ways.

Then, stadiums widened out down the baselines until halfway to the foul poles, and this is where things became mostly unique setups. The pinch in walls past the infields became predominant in the 1950's, and shortly after the bullpens started getting moved off the field of play.

In my view, SDS settled on their jewelbox because it was boring, with way too much foul territory down the baselines. SDS made a strategic decision to ensure that stadiums created with our version of SC would be boring, and incapable of featuring the same tight configurations devoid of not merely ugly dead space, but entirely foolish dead space that no baseball park built to produce revenue would set up. Why have empty space when revenue producing seats could be inserted instead!

I'm not providing SDS any more suggestions because I conclude they don't care. So, I won't buy their game going forward. Until loss of sales revenue endangers the checks to Sony, the executive leadership at SDS will remain in place and we already see what their focus is on.

I have question. I didn't buy MLBTS 24 due to lack of y2y saves and therefore I didn't access this glitch that allowed users to edit foul territory. If I was able to find a copy could I install it and still use to build a stadium or have they shut it down?

@MrGhost8497_PSN said in What Needs to be Improved in MLB The Show 26 Franchise:

@sullivanspring_MLBTS You’re actually not, go outside the top free agents and you can sign as many people there and then, the big board for the 3 is only for the top free agents.

We disagree. Have you looked at the players outside the top 150? None of them are worth having on a team.

The limit of 3 is not what happens in MLB and is ridiculous. Likely something added as a result of people complaining the offseason was too complicated. Put all that nonsense in March to October. As a person who wants a serious franchise mode this is one of the more disappointing aspects. Instead of making it deeper they keep making it shallower.

The ability to edit foul territory would be great along with the ability to move bullpens. I don't mind them being in foul territory but I'd like to shrink the foul territory.

@AndyWilk09_PSN said in Please MLB 26!!:

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I actually saw the prospects progress solid in this year’s game. Kept them in AAA and changed training weekly ‍️ 66 ovr with B potential to usually grew to close to 70 ovr by 1 season

I've never tried changing weekly. I'll do that.

@AndyWilk09_PSN said in Please MLB 26!!:

With the Rays making a lot of big changes in this offseason, I am pretty sure I’ll be getting the new game come March. At the absolute bare minimum I would like to see contract options back and back loading and front loading I would also love if they actually had organizations prospects in the game. Multiple top prospects for Rays were not even in the game in 2025 and I had to edit them in. There is so much more I would love to see for franchise but those are total musts.. go look at NHL franchise mode and see how in depth it is

If they don't fix progression then prospects won't matter because they won't develop into good players.

I would dispute that free agency is good. We are limited to talking to 3 players. That isn't what happens in MLB. Sounds like a gimmick designed for March to October that mistakenly was put in Franchise.

@TheBigPapa55_PSN said in Question about the cold and hot icon:

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If a player is hot, their attributes decrease. If a player is cold, their attributes slightly decrease as well. This game makes no sense.

Where can you see that decrease?

I've always wondered if those icons were just a visual indication that the player was streaking or slumping or if it had a direct + - impact on attributes.

Does anybody know the answer for sure?

@Talkingben9558_XBL said in Question about stadium capacity and elevation:

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That display is bugged, the capacity and elevation are still where you set it

When the game was first released that wasn't the case. It was home run derby.

I wonder why they haven't fixed the display.

I edited my stadium slightly - added a clock - and saved it but capacity is 16,779,238 and elevation is 42,349 ft.

Elevation is set at 450 ft. Capacity should be 38,803. Is there a way to change that and make it accurate? I'm afraid to duplicate the good one because it might get bugged also.

I understand the frustration for those who would like to see more and here's why I think SDS isn't spending developer resources on it.

I'm a franchise exclusive player. The game used to have year to year saves. It no longer has that and the explanation is not enough people use the feature. I think they are wrong because it's a feature a person only uses one time a year. For stadium creator I create my stadium and I'm done aside from an occasional tweak.

They don't think enough people use the feature for it to deserve developer time. I'll likely skip MLBTS 26 due to no year to year saves and I'm not along among franchise users. Don't want to have to throw away my franchise and start over.

It's frustrating because in the case of Y2Y saves and stadium creator it's doable but they are unlikely to budge.

https://www.mlb.com/athletics/las-vegas-ballpark/construction-cam

That's a current view of the ballpark construction. I have no inside information but since they are scheduled to play their home games in the same ballpark as in 2025 my guess is they will play their games in Sutter Park in Sacramento again.

It does seem like it's taking a very long time to build that ballpark. It took about 2 years to build the new ballpark in St Louis. I don't know details of why they moved out of Oakland but they must have had serious issues with the city to play in Sacramento until the new park is ready.

@TheBigPapa55_PSN said in The latest news about MLBTS26:

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Even better! New lineup logic. Like that was necessary! I actually do play franchise and I don't think this addition has any sort of significance in the slightest.

You thought it was just a new screen.

@TheBigPapa55_PSN said in The latest news about MLBTS26:

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Oh yeah, they changed the lineup screens. Let's throw a party! Seriously, what significant franchise news inclined you to make a third thread?

If you played franchise you would know there are multiple changes impacting franchise including lineup logic - not a new lineup screen. This forum is for franchise users.