I've been approached by several people asking if I'll do a ROM this year, as well as people posting on the forum asking if there was a 2012. Gantry reassured me that dee-nee is lazy and probably wouldn't take the time to log into a website to enter their ratings. But, a bunch of those people are on this forum all day long, so to take advantage of that, or someone else stumbling by, if you have a team that you're familiar with, post it here and I'll compile it into a ROM, and then attempt to normalize it so that it plays consistently.
Post in the format: (throws: RO, LO, RS, LS for overhand/sidearm respectively)
Batter Name (6 chars), Bats, Avg, HR, Contact, Power, Speed
Pitcher Name (6 chars), Throws, ERA, Sinker, CL, CR, Sinker MPH, Normal MPH, Fastball MPH, Stamina
The more people who sponsor a team or two, the better.
Teams started
Milwaukee - Turd
Philadelphia - thalivest
Detroit - thalivest
Miami - thalivest
Pittsburgh - nomaaaa
Cleveland - gantry
Houston - gantry
Atlanta - gantry
St. Louis - re-peat
Toronto - pmeth
Arizona - Peeklay
Colorado - Fathedx
Teams needed
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Chicago White Sox
Chicago Cubs
New York Mets
San Francisco Giants
Minnesota Twins
Los Angeles Dodgers
Texas Rangers
Seattle Mariners
Baltimore Orioles
Cincinnati Reds
Oakland Athletics
Washington Nationals
San Diego Padres
Tampa Bay Rays
Kansas City Royals
I'll gladly sign up for a couple teams, maybe the least popular ones?
Are people done with free agents yet? I know nothing about current MLBers but will do some research. Plus if you post here instead of entering yourself people can critique and make changes.
Give me any two teams you want Turd, either now of after people claim some guys.
Sounds good...I don't think free agents are quite solidified yet. I do agree with you that posting makes it a little more transparent and collaborative. If anything it'll foster a little more activity on the RBI board...
Gantry, if you want to wait a little bit to see who picks what team and wait until the FA stuff gets more solidifed, that's cool. I just wanted to put out the post so it was ready if anyone else stopped by the site to see what was going on...
Batters
Batter Name (6 chars), Bats, Avg, HR, Contact, Power, Speed
Weeks, R, 269, 20, 20, 850, 127
Morgan, L, 304, 4, 10, 830, 130
Braun, R, 332, 33, 10, 920, 140
Rmirez, R, 306, 26, 15, 871, 121
Hart, R, 285, 26, 18, 853, 125
Gamel, L, 115, 0, 20, 180, 121
Lucroy, R, 265, 12, 21,815, 121
Gnzlez, R, 241, 15, 25, 809, 122
Kttras, L, 252, 5, 23, 780, 121
Aoki, L, 000, 0, 15, 775, 121
Gomez, R, 225, 8, 28, 770, 131
Green, L, 000, 0, 25, 770, 121
Pitchers
Pitcher Name (6 chars), Throws, ERA, Sinker, CL, CR, Sinker MPH, Normal MPH, Fastball MPH, Stamina
Gllrdo, RO, 3.52, 3, 5, 9, 77, 80, 93, 40
Greink, RO, 3.83, 5, 6, 9, 75, 85, 92, 40
Rdrgez, RO, 1.86, 4, 5, 8, 76, 82, 90, 15
Axford, RO, 1.95, 2, 5, 9, 80, 90, 97, 15
Some editing notes to discuss:
All players on their new teams if applicable (prince on Detroit)
Ratings based on last years numbers
Rate for curve style
Pitching is always difficult, but generally speaking, curve rating should be related to how good the pitcher is. Be careful about making pitchers too good. Curve style is hard enough!
Original ROM power range was 640 (Pitchers) - 954 (Andre Dawson)
Power based off of doubles/HR
Speed based off of SB/triples
Low power, high average guys - 830 or so is a good number for that style of player
Contact based on average
Pitchers: SP1, SP2, Setup, Closer
I would argue that strikeouts play a large part in contact, or was it all average based in the original?
Interesting, I never used SO's in my contact ratings...
Turd since you've helped me with a few things I'd figure I'd reciprocate. A question where would players like Pujols, Reyes, Fielder etc end up? They played 2011 for one team but will play for different teams in 2012.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Rollns - S, 259, 11 - 28, 811, 142
Vctrno - S, 279, 17 - 16, 837, 138
Utley - L, 259, 11 -22, 865, 136 (upped his attributes due to injuries in 2011)
Howard - L, 253, 33 - 28, 904, 126
Pence - R, 314, 22 - 12, 848, 132
Ibanez - L, 245, 20 - 31, 841, 128
Ruiz - R, 283, 6 - 15, 787, 122
Polnco - R, 277, 5 - 17, 783, 128
Maybry - R, 273, 15 - 18, 842, 128
Frnsco - R, 244, 6 - 34, 809, 126
DBrown - L, 245, 5 - 33, 805, 132
Valdez - R, 249, 1 - 32, 778, 136
PITCHERS
Hllday - RO, 2.35 - 9, 6,11 74,84,93 52
CLee - LO, 2.40 - 8,10,7 70,81,93 45
Bstrdo - LO, 2.64 -
Madson, RO, 2.37 -8,4,7 -(15 stamina, not sure about the rest but let me get back to you or someone else can fll it in)
I'll try and do Detroit next.
This is a 2012 rom based on last years stats. Pujols should be on the angels, etc.
Also, speed can be in mph. I get that info from te pitchfx section of fan graphs.com.
Also, it should be 2 SP, setup guy, and closer.
DETROIT TIGERS
AJcksn, R - 249, 10, 27, 803, 140
Sntago, L - 260, 5, 24, 774, 125
MCbrer, R - 344, 30, 6, 898, 122
Fieldr, L -299, 38, 14, 929, 124
VMrtnz, S - 330, 12, 10, 823, 121
MOrdnz, R - 255, 5, 24, 847, 124 (upped his pwr a bit due to lack of games played)
Peralt, R - 299, 21, 14, 843, 128
Inge, R - 197, 3, 31, 791, 127
Avila, L - 295, 19, 14, 838, 124
Raburn, R - 256, 14, 26, 832, 126
DYoung, R - 274, 8, 18, 805, 129
Guilen, L - 232, 3, 33, 783, 124
PITCHERS
Vrlndr, RO - 2.40, 8,6,12 73,90,101 50
Schrzr, RO - 4.43 7,4,8 40
Albquq, RO - 1.87 9,3,5 15
Vlvrde, RO - 2.24 12,4,6 74,88,97 15
Excellent! Thanks much. 3 teams down, + gantrys teams = 5 teams. More will get posted as the smoke clears on free agency.
i'm still a novice at player ratings, so you can sign me up for the pirates
Sounds good. Post what you have when you hVe them.
Quote from: Turd on 01/27/12, 08:49:08 PM
Excellent! Thanks much. 3 teams down, + gantrys teams = 5 teams. More will get posted as the smoke clears on free agency.
Quick question regarding stamina. Going by the orginal starting pitchers go around 40 with Blyleven being the highest at 54 (Ryan, Scott, Witt and Sutton also had 50). What do you base stamina on? I was thinking IP & CG. I gave Halladay 52, don't know his IP/CG #'s for 2011 off the top, but he has the most complete games this decade so I thought 52 was accurate. Lee had a strectch of CG SHO's in 2011 as well, and Verlander was an animal in 2011 so I'm assuming at least 50 for him.
And what about relievers? In his prime Rivera was known for doing his own set up work, many 1+/2 inning saves. So just the standard 15?!?
Thoughts?
Baseline is SP 40, RP 15. I use IP/G and if it's out of ordinary I adjust higher or lower.
I'll do Miami as well. So I'll take the Tigers and Marlins.
I was able to dig up my old script from last year to pull batter data from BR...you can use it to assist you with your team editing:
http://www.sweethoss.com/batters.php (http://www.sweethoss.com/batters.php)
A few notes:
It offers suggested power, speed, contact based on a few base formulas. Not perfect by any means, but a good starting point. Some of the suggestions are way off as there's no real AI built into it.
Any switch hitter is set to "L" for batting, as was the original game.
Power numbers in red are for guys who hit for average but had low HR so you are aware of it and can adjust their power as needed. See "Nyjer Morgan."
Hopefully this helps gather stats as its all in once place and should save some time going back and forth for teams...
P.S. The other nice thing is it creates the player in the format I need to import into the editor, so that's a plus.
Might as well give me 3 teams with low Dee-Nee membership - Cleveland, Houston and Atlanta
Thanks Gantry...
The other thing to note about that helper link I sent is to be aware of guys who were on multiple teams. For example, Pence hit .314 last year, but since that link for HOU pulls them by team, it doesn't have his season totals, just his HOU numbers...
This thread is a great idea, but it seems like it will be difficult to follow and keep track of. Can we also track the completed teams via an online list or something? That way people know what is done and what is not. I can take responsibility for maintaining the official list if everyone agrees.
I don't think it'll be difficult to keep track of...I'm updating the list in the top thread...what more did you have in mind?
I'll do the Cardinals. I'm also new to making up ratings so I'll have Nacho look it over.
Quote from: Turd on 01/29/12, 01:51:41 PM
I don't think it'll be difficult to keep track of...I'm updating the list in the top thread...what more did you have in mind?
For now just a simple html table, maybe add in a few extras like sorting a filtering. Even a format like you already used for 2011 is sufficient, like this http://rbi30.sweethoss.com/roster.php?romid=3, (http://rbi30.sweethoss.com/roster.php?romid=3,) but maybe also identify who is responsible for each team alongside their name.
BTW, I`ll represent Canada and take the Blue Jays and maybe a few of the leftovers once others have had a chance to pick.
Since you're offering to maintain that, that works perfectly fine for me, my friend. Organization is good...if you keep it in the same format as the roster sheet for 2011, it'll be easy to import into a ROM...
Quote from: Turd on 01/29/12, 02:04:58 PM
Since you're offering to maintain that, that works perfectly fine for me, my friend. Organization is good...if you keep it in the same format as the roster sheet for 2011, it'll be easy to import into a ROM...
Ok no problem. BTW is this rom to represent the stats/rosters as of the end of the 2011 season or the start of the 2012 season?
See previous posts on this thread regarding that question. Based on 2011 stats, but 2012 rosters. Just like a game you buy from the store would do...so, fielder is on the tigers, but uses 2011 stats as that's the most recent we have.
Use the lineup as if they had a DH where applicable. I mean, Fielder/and Cabrera will have to bat on this ROM even if not playing first base. Use your best judgement.
I use mlbdepthcharts.com as a base, fan graphs.com for pitch speed.
I use www.gantrybuttfucksdudes.com (http://www.gantrybuttfucksdudes.com) to get all the pertinent information that I need.
Quote from: Turd on 01/29/12, 01:26:38 PM
Thanks Gantry...
The other thing to note about that helper link I sent is to be aware of guys who were on multiple teams. For example, Pence hit .314 last year, but since that link for HOU pulls them by team, it doesn't have his season totals, just his HOU numbers...
Speaking of Pence, I used his complete 2011 #'s when I did Philly. Didn't just take his Philly #'s. Just looked it up....
HOU - .308, 11
PHI - .324, 11
TOT - .314, 22
So you can apply as you see fit.
Perfect, you're ahead of the game then. Thanks!
I'm in for the Colorado Rockies.
cubs are done. . . .
(http://next-thing.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/oh_shit-759720.jpg)
True story.
I haven't read the thread yet. I can do the angels, but the biggest questions for the roster/positions are:
1. 3B - Callaspo is the incumbent, but acquiring Pujols and the question of Morales' health still has this position in flux. They've talked about trying Trumbo at Third, but a trade may still happen.
2. 2SP - They have Haren as a solid #2, but if you want versatility with a righty-lefty, CJ Wilson would be a good choice as the #2 starting pitcher.
3. Kendrys Morales - In general, they're not sure of his return date since spring training hasn't started. Will he start the year at DH, or at AAA, or at extended spring training to continue rehab?
In my opinion, it's best to wait on the Angels until the end of spring training when more deals might also be made and we get more answers.
Yessir, wait until things pan out for your team if that helps. We can release this whenever we want.
I havent been on this site in years but saw this and have to get in on it. I love the custom ROMS and run them on my Arcade.
Count me in for the AZ Dbacks. I can even do some other NL West teams if people do not step up as I know that fairly well. I see the Rox are alredy taken care of though so cool.
Cool, welcome...well get to work when things solidify.
Are all the free agents pretty much signed? I should probably get started...
Yeah, give 'er hell if your team is done signing free agents...
Anyone do any more work on this?
Miami Marlins
JReyes, L, .337, 7, 7, 814, 148
Bnfcio, L, .296, 5, 13, 795, 148
HRamrz, R, .243, 10, 19, 845, 144
Stantn, R, .262, 34, 21, 904, 128
Morrsn, L, .247, 23, 26, 870, 126
GSnchz, R, .266, 19, 20, 855, 124
Infante, R, .276, 7, 17, 802, 138
Buck, R, .227, 16, 30, 843, 124
Camern, R .238, 6, 27, 821, 132
Coghln, L .230, 5, 28, 793, 126
Ptersn, L .265 2, 17, 788, 126
Kearns,
JJhnsn, RO, 1.64, 11,5,9 74,88,97
Beuhrl, LO, 3.59 8,9,6 70,83,93
Oviedo, RO, 4.06
HBell RO 2.44 11,4,7 74,87,96
Make Zambrano the 4th guy off their bench
Carlos Zambrano?
Victor Zambrano?
Funny how the Phillies lineup has changed since the post was up last, Howard, Utley injured, and now Dom Brown is in the minors, say hello to Freddy Galvis, John Mayberry, and Michael Martinez!
Michael Martinez is hurt too. Juan Pierre just might start in left field.
No way Juan Pierre is still on a major league roster. no way...
He seems to be batting leadoff for your defending National League East Champions
Probably can lead the league in Outs again
Yeah, I'm sure a lot of the rosters are changed...unfortunately, people haven't really updated their rosters on their posts.
the angels have a lot of moving parts. i would suggest this:
1. EAybar SS (switch)
2. Kendrk 2B - LF
3. Pujols 1B - 3B
4. Trumbo 3B - 1B, RF
5. Hunter RF - OF
6. VWells LF - OF
7. Ianeta C
8. Borjos CF - LF
SP1 Weaver
SP2 CJWlsn (lefty)
RP1 SDowns (lefty)
RP2 Walden
B1 KMorls (switch) - DH, 1B
B2 BAbreu (lefty) - DH, LF, RF
B3 Calspo (switch) - 3B
B4 MIztrs (switch) - 2B, SS, 3B
Quote from: Turd on 04/09/12, 02:21:41 PM
Yeah, I'm sure a lot of the rosters are changed...unfortunately, people haven't really updated their rosters on their posts.
People - I would be one of them. I think Detroit/Florida are fine for what they've used so far this season. Just one adjustment needed for each team. But Philly is a mess, I went on last yr's line up with this yr's spring training, but they've had so many injuries the projected line up I had looks nothing like the one they're currently fielding.
Where's Dawkins? He can let me know what's going on with Phillies 2012 line up.
It's probably not a bad things. We had our baby, and my time as of late has been minimal...
And how are the children sir?
Very good, keeping us busy, as you can imagine, but healthy and happy.
Perhaps if I find a bit of time I'll put out a base ROM with all the players generated based on my formulas with no tweaking. At least it's a start.
2012 Colorado Rockies
Batters
Batter Name (6 chars), Bats, Avg, HR, Contact, Power, Speed
Sctaro, R, 299, 7
Fowler, S, 266, 5
CGnzlz, L, 295, 26
Tulowz, R, 302, 30
Helton, L, 302, 14
Cudyer, R, 284, 20
Hrndez, R, 282, 12
Nelson, R, 250, 4
Colvin, L, 250, 6
Young, L, 247, 0
Pachco, R, 286, 2
Giambi, L, 260, 13
Pitchers
Pitcher Name (6 chars), Throws, ERA, Sinker, CL, CR, Sinker MPH, Normal MPH, Fastball MPH, Stamina
Guthre, RO, 4.33
DLRosa, LO, 4.22
Brthrs, LO, 2.88
Betnct, RO, 2.89
This lineup is representative, but I'm not well-versed in the RBI values, so I didn't add them. I certainly can study up if you need me to, or I can explain each player's tendencies if that would be helpful.
2012 Atlanta Braves
Batters
Bourn, L, 278, 1
Prado, R, 260, 13
Jones, S, 275, 18
McCann, L, 270, 24
Uggla, R, 233, 36
Freemn, L, 282, 21
Heywrd, L, 227, 14
Pstnky, R, ---, --
Hinske, L, 233, 10
Ross, R, 263, 6
Diaz, R, 286, 0
Cnstza, L, 303, 2
Pitchers
Hudson, RO, 3.22
Jurjns, RO, 2.96
Ventrs, LO, 1.84
Kimbrl, RO, 2.10
Like the post before mine, I'm not familiar with the RBI values, but I can definitely give scouting reports on all the players. Would like to help however I can.
I'll try to get everyone's submissions compiled soon...
1. My buddy setup a hack for the 30-Team ROM to allow for switch hitters. So we got that going for us, which is nice.
2. He's getting me some save state information so that actual individual stats might be calculated as the game is going on.
Stay tuned.
Holy shit, that would be pretty sweet
The switch hitter hack is confirmed...he tested it and sent me a ROM. The stat thing will take some work. Basically, it'd be something that ran in the background and consistently read the save state for changes in information, creating a log of things that happened...the whole setup won't be exactly ideal, but for people who care, it will be interesting and fun.
The switch hitter thing was something that I think the game needed, and it doesn't really change the game all that much.
Quote from: Turd on 04/19/12, 01:22:32 PM
1. My buddy setup a hack for the 30-Team ROM to allow for switch hitters. So we got that going for us, which is nice.
2. He's getting me some save state information so that actual individual stats might be calculated as the game is going on.
Stay tuned.
That's what's up. That's a good look.
Quote from: Turd on 04/19/12, 01:41:25 PM
The switch hitter hack is confirmed...he tested it and sent me a ROM. The stat thing will take some work. Basically, it'd be something that ran in the background and consistently read the save state for changes in information, creating a log of things that happened...the whole setup won't be exactly ideal, but for people who care, it will be interesting and fun.
The switch hitter thing was something that I think the game needed, and it doesn't really change the game all that much.
Will it be automatic for instacne batting right vs LHP and batting left vs RHP. Or will it be manual allowing the player to decide? Reason I ask depending on certain pitchers I may pull an Alomar and bat left handed vs a southpaw (like he did vs. Jim Abott for eg.).
It uses the handedness of the pitcher and automatically switches the batter to the other side...works if the pitcher gets changed mid AB, or if a pinch hitter comes in, etc. So, to answer your questions, it's automatic. The best part is that the editor will only change slightly...currently, it's 0 for R, 1 for L, and a new one, 2, for S. Very cool little addition.
A while back I had someone working on some amazing additions, but I sincerely think something bad happened to him because he dropped off the earth mid-discussions. Maybe there will be more hacks along the way, but for now, these are my focus.
I updated the ROM to have Miami's uniforms...working with the existing teams, it's tough to get a good one. I ended up with orange jersey with blue helmet/bat. Best I could do...
I got all the save state info for what's currently happening in a game...now I can write something that constantly checks the state and creates a play-by-play.
that's very cool.
my requested hack is for a lower speed number to be able to steal (computer controlled), i don't know if you remember that from a couple years ago...
TBG, we found that hack a while back (there's a thread on this). I have the info to do this hack in my notes...it's very easy to do.
well you guys are doing excellent work. any and all hacks are appreciated.
i'm very much looking forward to the next fantasy season if/when that comes together.
What do you think is a good min steal value? It's 144 by default, and then if steal is > 143, there's a 50% chance they'll steal.
i know we discussed it in that thread. i think we maybe said 140. i'm not gonna look for the thread tonight thoguh.
I've got 17 more teams to give ratings for their 1-12 guys...I've been hitting a few a day.
When I'm done, I'll post them here and the team experts can offer suggestions, make changes, etc.
Mostly what will help me a lot is pitchers...I'll have the 4 pitchers from each team listed. It'd be nice if people could offer a pitcher from the original game that they feel best represents the player (just curve values). So Verlander would get the best pitcher curve values from the original ROM...these original ROM players can be used more than once, but it's an easy way to apply ratings to pitchers which is the most difficult part of rating a ROM.
This is probably the easiest way to get pitchers rated. If we need to tweak from that formula, we can...
Angels
Weaver = Gooden
CJWlsn = MScott
Jepsen = Reardn
Walden = Worell
Kershaw, LA - great curve left 11-12, mid 90's fastball (John Tudor with more velocity)
Rivera, NY - great curve right (10-11), low 90's fastball, excellent stamina maybe 18-20
FRodriguez, Mil - good curve and change (disparity b/w med & fast spd) (Bedrosian)
Halladay, Phi - good sinker (drop) and and good curve right - 11(slightly behind Verlander), 93-94mph fast, excellent stamina 54 (see Krukow with more velocity)
Verlander, Det -great curve right - 11/12, 100-101 fast, excellent stamina 52 (see Blyleven with more velocity)
Valverde, Det - mid 90's, great split about 12, not great curve (McDowell or Garrelts)
Greinke, Mil - fast about 95-96, slow should be low 70's (maybe high 60's), very good split (drop) -10 and great curve right -10/11, but erratic
Sabathia, NYY - 95mph fast, very good curve left -10, good stamina (Tudor)
Santana, NYM - low-mid 90's fast, great curve right (circle chg) and good curve (see Valenzuela)
Sheilds, TB - (Clemens or Gooden)
CLee, Phi - (Key)
Kimbrell, Atl - (Henke)
GGonzalez, Oak - (Viola)
Hudson, Atl - low 90's (Cox)
Weaver, Ana - (Alexander or Saberhagen)
Romero, Tor - (Ojeda)
FHernandez, Sea - fast 99mph (Saberhagen)
Lincecum, SF - low 90's, 93mph fast (Reuschel)
That's what I got so far hope it helps. If it does and you want/need more I'll keep editing this post (adding players).
I'll try and give a short summary of pitchers abilities and then I'll try to see who matches up with them from the origanal game which I'll put in italics, and I guess you can take it from there.
The more you add the more it helps.
Though, technically, I'm looking more for pitchers from the original game that current day pitchers map to...though the breakdowns on pitchers will be helpful for anyone we don't have a "mapping" for.
Pitchers are the worst part about rating a ROM. There are tangible things like pitch speed that can be gathered from FanGraphs...but after that, it's difficult. For starters, just cause a guy has a good curve doesn't mean he's a good pitcher. But, in RBI, good pitcher = high curve...changing speed works, but with 1SP per game rules, your pitcher gets tired quicker so using fast and slow balls aren't really part of the strategy unless you have an innings eater.
So, you can't just give curve based on curve abilities...when I rate, I rate that the best pitchers get high curve no matter what...it's the best way to translate success into RBI attributes...
I updated the list a little, referencing modern pitchers to their RBI counterparts. Just wanted to know if it helps or not. If it does I will try to add whoever I can/know.
I did a few more teams today, so I'm getting close to being ready to do the pitchers...I'll let you know when I get to that point.
Brand new here (just stumbled on the forum today). I'm a big RBI Baseball fan and I'm pumped to find out that you guys are working on an updated ROM. I don't know much about how the game calculates rankings, but I'd be happy to post rosters with BA, HR, ERA, etc. statistics. I'm a big Rangers fan and don't see them listed here, so I'll be happy to start by posting their lineup!
Do it! Turd has probably already put together a batting lineup for them, but I'm sure he would appreciate a second opinion if so.
Welcome!
Yeah, my plan is to just get base ratings using MLBDepthCharts.com. The problem with that is some players are on the DL, and it's a CURRENT snapshot as opposed to a season representation. I've been trying to make sure I look at the DL and keep regular players in the lineup but it's a lot of work and I'm not perfect. Plus I started this late, so we're into 2012 already and these stats are based off of 2011 results.
So, I'll post what I have, and then you guys can pick it apart, tweak it, etc. I've been really going slow the last few weeks because my house is a fucking zoo and finding free-time has been tough. That being said, I am committed to getting it done because I love the game so much, I believe we need a yearly edition.
Your help is greatly appreciated, jonneygee, so when I post my results, feel free to give your go at the rangers...
I can't seem to find any damn time to get this thing done. If I don't get it done soon, maybe I'll wait until the season is over and put out an end-of-season ROM. That should help when 2013 comes along and I'll ahve the ratings already done, just needing to move players to their new teams.
If you remember my discussions about hitting grounders/popups pressing up or down a while back, what stemmed from that was a question on whether we could use that knowledge to create a hitter who gets on base/hits for average but doesn't have power. Previously, the only way to create a player like that is to give him a power of around 830 and just let him hit a few dingers...it works, but it's not the best.
So I got a new hack in place from my hacker buddy...basically for each player there's an unused byte that never gets loaded in the game. He took that byte and added some code to make it useful. Here's what he said:
Each batters empty byte determines the chance to change the deep balls to grounders. xFF is grounder the most to x00 is grounder the least (same as the original game).
I set Arizona to xFF for all its batters, Atlanta to xF6, ... to Washington x00.
I have a ROM that he sent me and I updated the Arizona batters to be 900 power and 850 power respectively, and both batters were able to hit balls into the gaps and rarely if ever lifted it in the air. I need to find a good power threshold for this, but it seems that this hack might let us create the Joe Mauers of the world.
I'll be sure to incorporate this into the 2012 end of season ROM. Pretty neat, huh?
Yes. There was a setting, I believe in RBI Manager called a "ground ball attribute". I don't know if thats the same thing. Most were under the impression that it didn't work.
No no, it's not THAT groundball attribute. I think that the old gb attribute was just the second byte of the power number...THIS is a brand new hack that my pal wrote that basically lets you give a guy high power but greatly reduces his ability to hit flyballs. That way a high average low power guy can hit through the gaps and get on base easier without knocking balls out of the park.
That's pretty damn sweet...
Yeah, it kind of is. I've updated my editor so that you can set a player as Weak or Normal for power. Weak power makes their GB attribute true.
As I said about not being able to get this done right now, my plan at this point is to release a ROM after the season is over, utilizing this attribute, with the new Marlins and Blue Jays logo. So, the 2012 ROM will be a post-season thing...then when 2013 rolls around, it'll be very easy to just make the roster moves because the ratings will already be done.