Manager Mode Only Discussion Thread

[tessl]

Quote: Originally Posted by KnightTemplar

Ok.......if you pinch hit for the pitcher and, after that half inning is over, the pinch hitter will be on the mound. If you go to the bullpen (and you had a pitcher warming up) there is no option to bring in that pitcher. It’s gone. You will be frozen in the bullpen. So, when you initially want to warm up a pitcher go to the bullpen....warm up your pitcher, then go back into the bullpen and you’ll see “schedule to bring in pitcher”. Do that. Then when you pinch hit it will bring in that pitcher. Otherwise you are screwed. This glitch also has taken away the double switch option. SDS almost destroyed MOM with the patch before this one today. Without the workaround it would have. I can understand somethings, but this not being fixed is a head scratcher.

I submitted two bug reports. One under gameplay and another under franchise.

Whether or not it does any good is anybody's guess. I think they are overwhelmed trying to produce and patch a game for 4 platforms.

[tessl]

Quote: Originally Posted by LetsGoBucs

Not to mention that I still have the issue with scheduling a pitcher to come in and their stamina is automatically gone by about 25% (when they should be at 100%). Doesn't happen all of the time, but happens enough that I've stopped using the feature because I never know when it will happen. Ugh....

That's probably because the pitcher isn't fully recovered from his last appearance. How fast they recover is related to the durability attribute.

[KnightTemplar]

Quote: Originally Posted by tessl

I submitted two bug reports. One under gameplay and another under franchise. Whether or not it does any good is anybody's guess. I think they are overwhelmed trying to produce and patch a game for 4 platforms.

I’ve been submitting bug reports all along. What I don’t understand is how close they came to completely making this mode unplayable with a patch. No partial workaround and our MOM baseball season is o-v-e-r.

[LetsGoBucs]

Quote: Originally Posted by tessl

That's probably because the pitcher isn't fully recovered from his last appearance. How fast they recover is related to the durability attribute.

It happens when they are fully recovered as well. Even happens in Play Now games. Drives me crazy.

[Hammerhunker]

I am going to initiate the surefire workaround: Go back to '20, especially since Baumy dropped his 1994 set yesterday

[tessl]

Quote: Originally Posted by LetsGoBucs

It happens when they are fully recovered as well. Even happens in Play Now games. Drives me crazy.

I haven't encountered that problem. Are you using manage mode?

[tessl]

Quote: Originally Posted by KnightTemplar

I’ve been submitting bug reports all along. What I don’t understand is how close they came to completely making this mode unplayable with a patch. No partial workaround and our MOM baseball season is o-v-e-r.

There is another problem which you might be aware of. The user controlled pitcher will not swing at a pitch if the defense is expecting a sacrifice bunt. That's frustrating because there are times when I don't want the pitcher to sacrifice. I'm supposed to be the manager. I have not submitted a bug report because I'm worried they might break something else in a patch.

With both this and the double switch issue the cpu is programmed like the user should be. I believe they flipped the code somehow. It's frustrating when things that used to work properly get broken.

[LetsGoBucs]

Quote: Originally Posted by tessl

I haven't encountered that problem. Are you using manage mode?

I haven't in a few weeks but it would happen to me in MOM as well. It's a weird bug because it doesn't happen all of the time. Here is an example of what happens (you can do this in a Play Now game to try it out):

1. Go into the bullpen
2. Warm up pitcher(s) (when using Play Now, they all are at 100% energy)
3. While I'm hitting, go back to the bullpen
4. Select the pitcher I want to bring in
5. Select Schedule to bring in pitcher (or whatever it is actually called).
6. Game asks if I still want to bring in the pitcher - select yes.
7. Pitcher comes in and his energy is about 20% less (green bar is not to 100%)

I've tried just letting them keep warming up, made them stop warming up and be ready to pitch (or whatever it is actually called), etc.

I've heard that if you go to the pause menu to go in and out of the bullpen vs. the short cut (up on the d-pad) that had something to do with it but it happens to me either way.

So during a franchise game, when the bullpen is tired but I've saved a guy to be 100% and I bring him in and his energy is automatically depleted it kills it for me.