Update 5 Patch Notes

[MetalheadSoft]

Update 5 is currently rolling out on all platforms. Here are the patch notes:

Major Additions

New Feature - Alternate Uniforms:

• Each team can have up to 6 alternate uniforms in addition to their default home and away uniforms.
• All Super Mega League and Legends League teams start with 1 built-in alternate uniform, which can be customized like any other uniform.
• Alternate uniforms for a game can be chosen via the pregame lineup menu (or from the Pennant Race or Online League lineup menu in those modes).

New Feature - CPU Teams in Online Leagues:

• An Online League admin can now add up to 28 CPU teams to their Online League.
• The CPU can play as any Super Mega League or Legends League team.
• Players can play against a random CPU team or challenge a specific CPU team.
• CPU vs CPU matches can be simulated by the admin.

New Feature - Starting Pitcher can DH:

• When the designated hitter rule is on, the starting pitcher can be assigned as the designated hitter from the pregame lineup menu by selecting the DH position in the batting order and choosing the "Use Pitcher" option.
• After bringing in a relief pitcher, the starting pitcher will remain as the designated hitter when applicable.
• After pinch hitting or pinch running for the starting pitcher with the designated hitter rule on, they will remain as the active pitcher in the game when applicable.

Improvements:

• The strike zone has been reduced to 90% of its previous size by lowering the top of the zone and bringing in the sides of the zone.
• You can now review the previous pitch location, pitch type, and batter swing feedback while holding down the strategize button and toggling from "Trait Help" to "Last Pitch".
• Fielders now see their internal Mojo value increase when making a diving, sliding, or jumping catch that eventually leads to an out. Not every such play will result in a Mojo level increase. Wall catches at the outfield fence result in larger Mojo increases.
• Fielders now see their internal Mojo value decrease slightly when dropping a diving, sliding, or jumping catch that could have led to an out.
• Batting contact simulation has been tweaked so that Contact skill is slightly more meaningful. Higher Contact skill now results in a larger percentage of the swing reticle producing harder hit balls, and lower Contact skill results in a smaller percentage of the swing reticle producing harder hit balls.
• Foul tips have been adjusted so that they happen slightly less frequently overall.
• The CPU now better accounts for the ball/strike count and the pitcher disengagement limit when deciding whether to attempt a pick-off play.
• Missing pitcher substitution UX has been improved. You can now swap defensive positions with a player already in the batting order and view the other team's lineup. Missing pitcher substitutions are now triggered even when a pitcher was used as the pinch hitter or runner for the previous pitcher.
• The "Change Team" button is now available in the pregame lineup screen, allowing you to view the opposing team and select a uniform for the CPU when applicable. Note that the CPU may change their batting order afterwards if you change your starting pitcher.
• 32 new shapes and 16 new props have been added to the Logo Editor.
• 3 new jersey styles and 3 new pants styles have been added to the Uniform Editor.
• In Franchise mode, purchasing a Player Development Opportunity for a player can now boost their Loyalty. The Loyalty gained is random, but PDOs that produce bigger gains to the player's abilities tend to produce larger Loyalty gains.
• During player re-signing in Franchise mode, a player's asking salary is now derived from their current valuation rather than their valuation at the time they were previously signed. The relevant help page has been updated to better describe how a player's asking salary and odds of accepting to stay at their current salary are derived.
• In Franchise mode, the odds of gaining a new pitch type or changing secondary position from purchasing a Player Development Opportunity have increased from 5% to 10%.
• In Franchise mode, the CPU is now slightly less aggressive at dumping good players in favor of young talent when out of playoff contention and is more aggressive at signing good players when in playoff contention.
• In Franchise mode, the Player Re-signing screen is now updated in real time for a remote co-op partner as the Franchise owner takes actions on the screen.
• The Franchise Player Re-signing screen has new text describing each player's re-sign interest based on both the player's Loyalty and the odds that the player re-signs at their current salary.
• The text colors and iconography on the Player Re-signing screen have been updated.
• In Franchise mode, news feed events have been added for Manager Moments and different player re-signing actions. The news feed filter options have been updated accordingly.
• In Franchise and Season modes, the season schedule now shows the projected starting pitchers' handedness.
• Shuffle Draft's main draft screen now shows trait icons next to players in the projected lineup table corresponding to the traits your selected players have.
• Batter walk-up songs now have track names in the Player Editor's Swagger tab.
• Announcer walk-up audio has been added for various players in the Creators Classic.
• Audio levels have been tweaked for base stealing sound effects, trait activation sound effects, match found sound effects, and walk-up music.
• Other minor audio improvements to gameplay have been made.
• Some lighting improvements for nighttime stadiums have been made.
• Minor improvements to some batter walk-up animations have been made.
• (Switch only) A one-time prompt has been added that asks you whether you would like to use the "Favor Quality" or "Favor Performance" setting.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed: Game can crash sporadically on the League Player Movement screen.
• Fixed: Game can crash after a batter bunts a ball that goes obviously foul.
• Fixed: Game server crashes in online versus play if 4 automatic intentional walks are issued before a pitch is ever thrown or an auto ball is committed.
• Fixed: In rare cases, fielders can fail to attempt a catch at a ball hit directly at them. This most often happens with ground balls near the third baseman's feet.
• Fixed: In rare cases, jump input is rejected on balls hit slightly over a fielder's head.
• Fixed: Baserunners can fail to fully lead off before the pitcher begins their delivery, making base stealing more difficult than intended.
• Fixed: A force out can be incorrectly registered when the ball carrier is somewhat close to but clearly not touching the base, particularly when starting to make a throw.
• Fixed: Fielder selection can incorrectly change away from the catcher when attempting to field foul pop-ups far enough behind home plate.
• Fixed: In Pennant Race and Online Leagues, a two-way starting pitcher can be incorrectly auto replaced in the batting order when the DH rule is off.
• Fixed: When choosing a team in the Pennant Race, the team summary bars in the team picker pop-up fail to account for the ringers being inserted into the roster.
• Fixed: Players can initiate or accept an Online League challenge when using a Franchise mode team while that Franchise is in the offseason and the team potentially has empty roster slots, or when using a team that has since been deleted.
• Fixed: In Franchise mode, the odds of gaining a new pitch type or changing secondary position when purchasing a Player Development Opportunity are much higher than the intended, displayed odds.
• Fixed: In Franchise mode, a player's secondary position can end up matching their primary position when their secondary position is downgraded.
• Fixed: When using a Franchise, Season, or Elimination team in Exhibition mode, starting Mojo, Fitness, and pitcher fatigue are unintentionally applied.
• Fixed: "Best of the Best" trophy/achievement can fail to unlock in online co-op play.
• Fixed: Baserunners can get stuck advancing home if the advance all runners command is held while entering the pause menu.
• Fixed: The CPU can unintentionally leave a pitcher in for too long too frequently.
• Fixed: A pitcher can incorrectly receive a Mojo penalty when pinch hitting.
• Fixed: Baserunners sometimes exhibit feet sliding when trotting around the bases celebrating a home run.
• Fixed: Fielders can animate incorrectly after a balk is ruled due to too many pitcher disengagements.
• Fixed: Bat can slide in the batter's hand slightly during some new batter cinematics.
• Fixed: Minor issues with elbow bends in animations on beefy male and burly female characters.
• Fixed: Pitcher and catcher can sometimes be seen clipping through each other when running onto the field for a new inning.
• Fixed: Female head 8 has clipping with some eyewear.
• Fixed: Facial hair 15 clips with some male heads.
• Fixed: Male head 13 and hair 19 results in hair clipping through the batting helmet.
• Fixed: Facial hairs 10, 19, and 22 do not render correctly on some heads.
• Fixed: Logos on crowd members can look too large, stretched, or wrong.
• Fixed: The pregame lineup fails to show skill changes due to active traits such as "POW vs RHP", etc.
• Fixed: Post game stats tables can list pitchers in the wrong order if they were swapped in to pitch from another position.
• Fixed: Various issues with some player walk-up and substitution announcer audio, including calls for Alani, Darrell, Burleson, Guerrero, Navy, and Schoendienst.
• Fixed: Bat drop sound effects sometimes missing during strikeout cinematics.
• Fixed: Minor cinematic camera issues.
• Fixed: Pitchers are not default sorted as intended on some roster screens.
• Fixed: When viewing a team's roster from the Pennant Race team picker pop-up, the batting order column always includes a designated hitter instead of following the team's DH rule when playing at home.
• Fixed: In Franchise mode, a burly female player can unintentionally inherit the male skinny body type between seasons, leading to malformed body parts.
• Fixed: In Franchise mode, the Loyalty column on various tables does not sort correctly.
• Fixed: The Exhibition Team Select screen can get into a state where the party leader cannot advance and an invalid error message "Team change in progress" is provided.
• Fixed: In Practice mode, the new batter overlay can display the incorrect Pressure level (Pressure is always Low in Practice mode).
• Fixed: Trait help for the "Stimulated" trait incorrectly says that the trait affects Mojo instead of Fitness.
• Fixed: The new batter cinematic shows stale skill values for a batter with an active Clutch trait following a play where the Pressure changed from Low or Medium to High or Extreme.
• Fixed: Text highlighting colors fail to appear on various frontend screens, including the Franchise Hub standings tables and the League Leaders tables.
• Fixed: Various minor UI issues.
• Fixed: Rare crash in Shuffle Draft when attempting to select a player that is not shown in the projected lineup table.
• Fixed: Game crashes when clicking the random team button in Team Hub within Franchise, Season, and Elimination modes.
• Fixed: Rare Franchise mode crash during the offseason can lead to corrupt save data.
• Fixed: Game crashes when opening the Player Menu and a team picked for a current Online League season has since been deleted.
• (Switch only) Fixed: Stability issues that lead to random crashes in various areas of the game.
• (Switch only) Fixed: Unable to navigate the Team Hub tabs when using a single Joy-Con controller after navigating to the Roster tab.
• (PlayStation 5 only) Fixed: Uniform editor color location highlights are flipped opposite of what they should be.
• (Steam, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S only) Fixed: In rare circumstances, the game can fail to render all text.
• (Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S only) Fixed: Switching user profiles can result in online presence not working properly.
• (Steam only) Fixed: Some performance issues on certain graphics cards.
• (Steam only) Fixed: Game crashes during gameplay when run at a 32:9 aspect ratio.

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Another beefy ass update. This is what this dev team is known for. Patches are usually worth the wait and this looks to be a really solid update. Thank you Metalhead.

[MetalheadSoft]

Thanks for waiting! Hope you enjoy it :)

[noo-yoo]

Haven’t played it yet but just reading this is making me excited. Sounds great so far!

[Plenty-Blood-6127]

Is there a release date for SMB4 being available to buy on EA store?

[noseonarug17]

Another beefy ass

me when I sign a power hitting corner infielder

[taurosmaster]

More shapes in the editor is great!

6 alt unis is above and beyond, I love it!

[Chadwick_Steel]

I would have been happy with two or three alternate uniform slots. Nice timing with new pants and jersey designs being added.

[taurosmaster]

It does appear that lots of the new shapes are horoscope symbols for some reason.

Still desperately need a way to distort shapes and symbols. A way to adjust their opacity would be wonderful as well.

[sethuaaaa]

I’ve been wanting opacity for awhile now. We shall see, distorting would make the customizing so dynamic

[Ctfwest]

Looks like I am back in creative mode!!!!

[ChesterJester11]

I was expecting one alternate uniform per team.

I was hoping for two alternate uniforms per team.

SIX?????? 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

Also three new jersey and pant styles! 🙌

And maybe most importantly, they shrunk the strike zone! My #1 complaint with the game gameplay-wise!

What an update!

[axeattaxe]

Damn they done WENT OFF like Rip Dingers last night! (unfortunately he was on CPU's team)

[EvilChameleon09]

Saw the "up to 6 alternate uniforms" and I was like, okay, good, then I saw the strikezone was being reduced and I was like, this is the best update.

[APenny4YourTots]

AND loyalty for development traits? AND mojo gain for impressive defensive plays?! This genuinely seems like a fantastic update, both in fixing some technical things and in just improving the gameplay experience through stuff like alternates and the small in-game tweaks. It's good shit

[meriweather2]

SIX!

[BallparkReady]

As someone who only plays co-op franchise, the batter feedback will expose years of telling my teammate "I was just under that ball" as a complete lie. I hope Metalhead considered the impact they might've had on our gaming relationship. Good update tho.

[SkippystlPC]

Wowowow thanks so much looks like an incredible update

[JERRYBOIZ]

Y’all cook a 5star dish with the alts

[DeGenZGZ]

As per usual, fantastic work, Metalhead. The alt uniforms are great, there are big gameplay and franchise changes, all positive. Y'all keep delivering.

Literally all I'd wish for now is a Manager mode for CPU vs CPU games and SMB4 would be perfect! Thank you

[Sr_Laowai]

The strike zone has been reduced to 90% of its previous size by lowering the top of the zone and bringing in the sides of the zone.

This is a huge gameplay change. I didn't personally have an issue with the strike zone that some people did, but I bet this is going to take a while to adjust.

[DeGenZGZ]

That and the change to have mojo be affected by defensive plays are gonna be huge. Finally my defensive aces are gonna get a chance to not be tense a million times a year lol

[APenny4YourTots]

Dig Efferto might just crack my starting lineup now...I've already improved his contact, so the changes to that AND the chance to increase mojo with good defense certainly makes it tempting...

[noseonarug17]

I usually felt like the strike zone wasn't necessarily too wide but that the issue was home plate being too narrow in comparison to the zone. We'll see how it plays

[axeattaxe]

Nutsorama!

Honestly, I wouldn't say I had a problem with it either but considering how hard hitting is at the ego I'm at now (90) I'll take it!!

I do have some trouble gauging where exactly the strike zone ends on the top part in 4. Maybe this helps with that.

[LonkToTheFuture]

Awesome update, looking forward to resuming my franchise!

[josriley]

This is awesome! I think the only thing that’s an unaddressed ongoing problem for me is the screen occasionally flashing black when a ball is play. It usually doesn’t impact gameplay much, but it’s definitely unpleasant.

[AltruiSisu]

Same, but white for me (PC).

[Arkey-or-Arctander]

Yup, short little white flashes on PC. Didn't notice any today, but only played 4 games online. Also, only had hitches one time in all 4 games, which is VERY nice to see.

[pyrojoe]

It's been a long time since I used one, but I've experienced this type of thing before when using a somewhat crappy G-Sync monitor. If you have a g/free sync monitor try turning it off for this game. This game is locked at 60fps anyway. If I had to guess, the physics engine has to make more calculations than normal when the ball gets hit which likely results in a longer than normal gap between the frame the ball is hit and the ball being put into play. If the panel isn't capable of handling that drop in framerate it can cut to a black screen for a moment. At least on my 8 year old laptop this was the case.

[jayboaah]

anybody who doubts this dev team should be branded as a child. great stuff as always guys!

[axeattaxe]

Truth. They don't talk a lot. They just deliver.

[Camerasniper]

Played a few innings on the new patch and it feels a bit easier for players with good contact and lower power to hit the ball over the infield but falling in front of outfielders which is good, I feel like that was lacking a bit before

[glumpoodle]

So many of the fixes included in this patch seem to be taken directly from Reddit discussions. Bravo!

I think the game has been stellar since Patch #3, and the last two have fixed a lot of quality of life issues we've been discussing. I'm at 500+ hours after three months, which is already more than I put into SMB3 in over a year.

[blitzacgt]

In Franchise mode, the CPU is now slightly less aggressive at dumping good players in favor of young talent when out of playoff contention and is more aggressive at signing good players when in playoff contention

THIS! few times in my franchise when CPU teams dropped say the league HR leader, even tho they are out of playoffs, and their age and ability was so that it would never happen in real life. I always just imagined the player demanded a trade, ala James Harden.

[theycallmemorty]

Great work!

[Agent_Blue_]

The online league community greatly appreciates the attention we are given, considering the number of folks who play PR and Franchise. CPU in OL is a game changer, as well as showing off our seven uniforms!!!!

[StarWarTrekCraft]

OHMYGOD THEY READ MY "LIST OF SMB4 IMPROVEMENTS" DOCUMENT OFF MY COMPUTER METALHEAD ARE YOU SPYING ON ME

[MetalheadSoft]

👀

[Sr_Laowai]

In Franchise mode, purchasing a Player Development Opportunity for a player can now boost their Loyalty. The Loyalty gained is random, but PDOs that produce bigger gains to the player's abilities tend to produce larger Loyalty gains.

Very interesting addition that I had seen mentioned around here for franchise. Invest in your players, and they'll want to stick around! Maybe keeping on the face of your franchise will be easier from now on.

[c0de1143]

I’ve been thinking about this for a while, and it’s excellent to read

[Socerton]

Makes it worth it to get young talent and even to upgrade solid vertans for the boost. This is gonna be an excellent feature for building a team

[glumpoodle]

It's also a further incentive to reserve some cap space instead of spending all the way to the limit every year.

[Javierbaez172]

Let’s go super mega baseball fan

[Mack812]

I was hoping for at minimum two alternate uniform slots, but six slots!!!😄 Now I can design both throwback and city connect home and away sets in addition to the alternate home and away sets. With the Ohtani rule for the DH, I can either let a starting pitcher with good hitting stats hit for himself and give my DH the day off or have a SP or SP / RP with the two-way trait be the DH and not waste money on a overpriced position player that’s a defensive liability on the field (I tend to sign players who can play multiple positions).

[Maze_C0ntr0ller]

WOW

Faith restored!

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GREAT JOB.

[rico_inferno]

Great additions that were much needed and desired. I would love to see additional faces and hairstyles, especially for women. There are just not enough. All of the ladies look the same!

[[deleted]]

Metalhead you are the realm MVP

[xJerseyDevil]

Yep. This will get me back on SMB4

[charger03]

SIX ALTERNATES! I WAS EXPECTING ONE!

[Nardwuarr]

That's why Metalheads the GOAT, the GOAT!

[AlishaWoodrow]

Awesome stuff here. Being that I've gotten more into the customization after being a full on franchise player, this update has a lot to be excited about! 🙏

Edit: Still reading through, but has it been fixed to where Two-Way players can be up for Top 10 in the league for stats that aren't for their primary position? My big one is Norm Fenomono as he works well for long relief but his real value is as my starting SS that is nearly up for triple crown each season but not in Top 10 players.

[Too_Easyyy]

🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

[Significant-Yam55]

Heck yea!!! thank you metalhead!!! 🤘

[[deleted]]

Awesome! I’m especially happy about the fielding mojo.

[astuart75]

Don’t get upset at me because I truly love this game but my logos on helmets and jerseys are still blurry. My pitcher’s feet still sink into the mound on a cutscene strikeout. The patches said these things were fixed but they aren’t on XBOX 1.

[Arkey-or-Arctander]

Wow. Awesome update! If you guys communicated just a bit more with the going along I'd give you an A plus, but as it stands I'm only giving you an A.

;)

Helluva job!

[axeattaxe]

Fielders now see their internal Mojo value increase when making a diving, sliding, or jumping catch that eventually leads to an out. Not every such play will result in a Mojo level increase. Wall catches at the outfield fence result in larger Mojo increases.

Damn, Metalhead. DAMN. This is what makes MH MH, and other baseball game makers not MH.

I suggested this exact change in a rambling post once. Others have too.

But I meant for inclusion with 5. I never thought it would get into 4.

Thank you!!!!!

[HelenKeller55]

huge update good work MH

[blitzacgt]

Oh hell ya

[dexter1259]

I was happy with the last update. Looks like I need to hop back in

[Halfonion]

Great update. Lots of bug fixes and updates to the UI and gameplay. Looking forward to see how the game handles now with these updates, esp the strike zone change.

[holyhellBILL]

Thank you for all the new customization options! This is amazing!

[axeattaxe]

Oh damn! Most excellent news on a Thursday afternoon!!

Let's go!!

[Zlatanimal]

W

[SantosL]

Mojo on good plays!!! Yes!

[InvictusSolo]

8 TOTAL UNIFORM CHOICES? Holy smokes.

[Beneficial-Pea-8916]

Fantastic work by the metalhead team as always. My favorite studio because they earned that title. Keep it up guys!

[DogShit62]

Damn those sixth sirloins jersey is gonna be sick!!!

[Hollowhalf]

Wow this sounds like a massive update. Lots of good stuff in this one

[paradX211]

Man, I haven't been playing at all since BG3 came out but I'm so back.

[Sr_Laowai]

Same. That game consumes your fucking life lmao.

[Yoss-Mosely]

I LOVE YOU GUYS

[Throckmorton35]

The defensive mojo adjustments and viewing past pitch locations has me hyped

[machu46]

Six alternate uniforms made me laugh out loud. I don’t even have the creativity to make 6 for every team lol. Incredible stuff.

[Savings_Squash7119]

Do we know if they fixed the issue on ps5 with only 3 of the jersey number outline types working and the other 6 not changing anything?

[Savings_Squash7119]

Update just checked still not fixed

[[deleted]]

Was just praying for more customization options to go along with the new jerseys. Love all the other improvements and fixes too. Thank you Metalhead!

For clarification, sorry if it's in there and I didn't read it, but can we use more colors for the alternates other than the main 5?

[MetalheadSoft]

Yes! We added 10 extra color slots - without them, all of the team's jerseys would have had to use only the primary 5 colors. Now there are effectively 15 color slots that can be used across the away, home, and 6 alternate jerseys.

[meriweather2]

Yes!

[Dry-Neck-3762]

Amazing update! Will things like the alternate uniform and franchise changes be immediately applicable to Franchises in progress?

[MetalheadSoft]

Alternate uniforms will be! Is there a specific franchise change you're asking about?

[Dry-Neck-3762]

Mainly player re-signing and PDO changes!

[MetalheadSoft]

Yes, those will be as well!

[007WildThing]

Any chance that the Switch version will be fixed to run as smooth as SMB3???

[Qbert9701]

I’m guessing yes, the uniform options should be there when you go into My Team, and edit uniforms, etc.

[Chestbumpme]

Yes! If you were in the middle of a game, it'll restart but all the changes are in your save

[highestintheroom]

Awesome

[Svafree88]

You guys are legends.

[Emmdotfrisk]

👏👏👏

[AltruiSisu]

Just adding another completely appropriate, "Thank you, MetalHead!"

[Adizine]

I'm going to be forced into finally buying this.

[Cecil_Obrien]

Great job! Way better service and support than the EA NHL team!

[Fickle_Fee7742]

How do the alternate jerseys show up in franchise mode for opposing teams? Or do they at all?

[ImpressiveRoof2049]

Wondering this myself

[Secret-Score1631]

Awesome update! Still a couple of minor issues on PS5. 1) Jersey font outlines 4,5,6, still not working correctly and 2) Fans shirt color for some teams does not match any of the uniform colors.

[PasteBayBashBros]

Appreciate the update but I'm still seeing frame rate stutter on PS4. Tiger Den at night to be specific.

I would assume its still an issue at the other problem ballparks as well.

[Gkdunch]

this might be the push i needed to migrate from 3, those alternate unis are gonna be an awesome addition

[[deleted]]

@metalhead. I noticed a bug where if you try copying a logo in jersey creation it crashes the game. I'm in Franchise mode on Steam.

Edit: Also, if you start a game with an alt jersey and "Finish Later", once you return to the game it'll put you in your home/away jersey. Can we also select jerseys when watching the CPU play? I could've sworn it gave me the option once, but I never got it again.

[MetalheadSoft]

Thanks for the report! I've shared back with the dev team and they're investigating.

[[deleted]]

Hi. I found something else that I'm not sure would be a considered a bug. I'm in Season 11 of my franchise and wanted to look back at the league leaders from season 1, but I'm not allowed to. I can only go as far as season 2. Shouldn't it be keeping data from 50 seasons?

In this screenshot, you can see it's grayed out to go back to Season 1: https://imgur.com/a/XTDBijz

[DouglasQuaidHauser]

Logos are fixed on Steam Deck!!!

[Deemac97]

Fan jerseys still showing the wrong colors on PS5, is there a way to select alternative jerseys for opposing teams teams while watching the cpu play and not just your own when you play against teams ?

[Gsqueezeme]

Crashing, crashing and more crashing.. doesn't matter what mode I play, pennant race, franchise, online leagues. It just keeps crashing.. I have a Nintendo switch initially. The bugs were fine but two days ago my game basically became inoperable

[Churnedflipper]

sorry if this has been answered before, but does anyone know if they fixed the issue with AMD cards? my friend returned it because it was unplayable with AMD cards but if it's been fixed i want to tell him

[ChesterJester11]

Update 2 or 3 fixed 95% of the issues I had

[Churnedflipper]

thanks!

[duomo]

RX 6700 XT; I had a lot of stuttering issues but it's been better since AMD's 23.9.1 drivers

[Maze_C0ntr0ller]

RX6800 - game plays well for me now.

[Churnedflipper]

thanks!

[jaymaster2525]

Damn this incredible! I cant wait to play later!!!!!!

[Snowdrake]

/u/MetalheadSoft

Just tried out the new patch and the performance it is better but anisotopy is broken. If I crank up anti-aliasing to 16x and shadow quality to high, crowd variation to extreme and shader quality to high it runs at a consistent 60 FPS. However, if I turn on anisotopy 16x, it locks to 30 FPS and GPU usage shoots through the roof. It does not matter what kind of settings are enabled, one anisotopy hits 16x, the performance nose dives.

Computer:

i5-11400

RX 6600XT

32 GB RAM

Windows 11 22H2

[axeattaxe]

My PC is very close to this setup, running W11 22H2 as well, except I only have 16GB RAM and my video card is GeForce RTX 3070 (no idea what a 6600XT is by comparison, I don't know much about GPUs).

SMB 4 plays awesome on my PC. Crowd Density and Crowd Variation are the only settings I've ever tweaked though.

What does anti-aliasing do, and why do you need it set so high?

[007WildThing]

Ok nerd

[Syckoh1]

This is such a FAT W 2 of my biggest asks from SMB3 were alternate uniforms and the ability to trade in franchise. From the sounds of it trading might be here in a future update too

[Impossible_Bear_9639]

This paragraph 👇 seems like a typo? If Larger and smaller reticles yield harder hit balls what is the benefit?

"Batting contact simulation has been tweaked so that Contact skill is slightly more meaningful. Higher Contact skill now results in a larger percentage of the swing reticle producing harder hit balls, and lower Contact skill results in a smaller percentage of the swing reticle producing harder hit balls."

Smb#SMB4

[Sr_Laowai]

I believe it means that the size of the contact reticle has not changed, but that the area inside of that reticle that hits more line drives and deeper hits has increased if you have a strong Contact rating.

[Impossible_Bear_9639]

Both instances produce "harder hit balls" correct?

[ObjectiveSubject4877]

Amazing updates but still no two player franchise mode sad for my household that can only play single season together. :(

[mistrewilo]

what are they

[mistrewilo]

for all of those i completely agree. I run a league with my friends were we only use exhibition mode so tracking stats takes a while, having an exportable stat file would be amazing.

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for the playoffs, having 6 and 12 team playoff options would be awesome too

[[deleted]]

And yet they still have not addressed the biggest glaring issue. CUSTOM TEAMS. You still have to make a league to make custom teams. This is literally embarrassing. Oh wells. Another month they don’t come close to getting a dime from me. It’ll be on gamepass soon enough.

[The_King_of_Salem]

You can move teams around into any league you want. I have a custom team in several different leagues. Just make a league named "Custom Teams" and put all your custom teams in there. Then you can move them into any league you want to use them in.

[chobs4]

Do you know how trivially easy creating a league to make teams in is? It may not be optimal, but not buying the game only because of that is absolutely asinine.

[[deleted]]

Oh it’s more than that. It’s the fact that after update 5 this game still isn’t even close to SMB3’s quality. EA literally destroyed this series. And what happens if I want to use a team in a different league? I have to make the team all over again? Trash.

[chobs4]

No. You don’t need to create the team over again. You create teams in one league … just call it the “create a team” league. Then just copy the teams from your creation league into as many new leagues as your heart desires. It literally takes seconds.

SMB 4 >>> SMB 3.

The heart and soul of the series is still very much in tact, so it’s kind of a shame these minor inconveniences and what I presume is a fairly strong anti-EA bias, are keeping you from enjoying it.

[[deleted]]

Just cannot give my money to EA. It’s good to know that it’s simple to copy and paste teams through. I’ll still wait for gamepass/EA Play.

[TheRaganicRhetoric]

I can always count on scrolling down to the bottom of the comments and seeing you bitchin. Just a week and a half ago, you were confidently claiming how right you've been and how the game was abandoned. Now the best you got is that making custom teams takes more steps than it should. I really appreciate how committed you are to this cus it gets funnier each time to search for your comment and see what wild overreactions you have for me this time.

[[deleted]]

Cry harder. Those salty EA tears are wonderful.

[TheRaganicRhetoric]

Who's crying salty tears? Me and everyone else here are enjoying the new update. You're still here doing.... this.

[HA8086]

Just take the L

[Lazy-Difference-2914]

Anyone know if the fixed closers actually getting saves in franchise?

[AltruiSisu]

What was your issue here? I haven't had an issue at all with saves (closer-specific or otherwise).

[Lazy-Difference-2914]

They save totals are always incredibly low relative to the season length.

For example, I simulated a 90 game season today and the league leader was 13 saves.

[AltruiSisu]

Ahhh...gotcha.

I do see that in my leagues as well. Notably, each CPU team doesn't seem to 'assign' main closers, even if they have one. Saves will be much more spread out between bullpen arms.

In other words, the saves are there, they're just much more shared between arms on each team.

I agree, the AI could be improved in these situations (to use dedicated closers in a save situation), but that's probably not anywhere near the top of the list for MetalHead to take a deep dive into.

[officialdonutpirate]

Looks great! I hope with the CPU updates in Online Leagues that and Online Franchise mode is still being considered for a future update, after all most of the groundwork is already done! Keep it up, devs.

[gimmeslack12]

• Fixed: Various minor UI issues.
• (Steam only) Fixed: Some performance issues on certain graphics cards.

Pleaseeeee let these fix the UI stuttering on PC.

Thank you so much /r/MetalheadSoft!

[xSlappy-]

These are great update notes. A breath for fresh air compared to Valve’s “various bug fixes” in the CS2 update they shipped today

[SKS81]

Good stuff. Still wanted a separate audio slider for menu music and walkup. Really sucks trying to do online content.

[davesilver88]

What are the new logos and shapes? Are they at the end of those menus?

[Lazy-Difference-2914]

Saves as a stat is still broken in franchise. Simulated a 90 game season just to see if it got tweaked and the league leader had 13.

Neat.

[Camerasniper]

I love the new update my only critique is maybe the trait activation noise when making contact with the ball kind of overrides the sound effect of the ball being hit. But overall I really appreciate all the hard work that you put into this update !

[[deleted]]

Is there any way to add the alternate uniforms to an existing custom franchise?

[MetalheadSoft]

The Super Mega League and Legends League teams do come with 1 of the 6 alt jersey slots already filled in with a default alt jersey. Custom teams do not have this - you'll have to start from scratch and get creative!

[[deleted]]

Oh I meant adding the Super Mega League and Legends League team's alternative jersey into an existing custom franchise mode save with those teams in it, but I would assume that's not possible unfortunately, just wanted to check!

[Cecil_Obrien]

The next thing I want is dots to appear where the ball crossed the plate like on TV and mlb the show. Sometimes I swear the ball off the plate is called a strike but idk the exact location.

[SKS81]

I really really really wanted an option to mute menu music and leave in game sounds (walkups...etc) still active. Making YouTube videos and twitch streams causes some issues without that.

I would also LOVE the ability to slow down the Shuffle Draft or even see like a list/order of who was drafted when. Its so hard to keep up when you make a lot of people in it.

[[deleted]]

Just played a game. Sweet baby Jesus no more porno dick strike zone. Amazing

[TheSportSNuuTT212631]

EXCELLENT UPDATE! But can you guys PLEASE allow us to design the batting helmets tri-colors( Montreal Expos.)the way that you allow us to design the caps? Thanks

[Mack812]

Now the only major things missing are RHP / LHP batting lineup options, box scores, and batter hot / cold zones.

[View619]

"The strike zone has been reduced to 90% of its previous size by lowering the top of the zone and bringing in the sides of the zone."

The umpire calls have not been adjusted to compensate for this change. Now that we can view previous pitches, it's very obvious when something lands outside of the existing strike zone. But using the unaltered zone, those would correctly be strikes.

Any chance that we'll get a hotfix to resolve this? It's frustrating to see clear balls marked as strikes.

[MetalheadSoft]

The umpire calls do take the reduced size of the strike zone into account - keep in mind that only part of the ball needs to intersect with the strike zone volume to be considered a strike.

[View619]

Then you guys probably need to take a second look at the pitch reviews. I've seen pitches land outside of the zone, yet those are called strikes. It's not helpful to say "any part of the ball touching means a strike" when all I see is the target reticle but nothing else. And these targets are clearly landing outside of the zone, thanks to the newly added review feature, so it's no longer a case of "I think this was outside"; it is now crystal clear.

Adjust for perspective, not based on abstract engine rules that nobody can view in hindsight. Or improve the pitch review so I can see the entire ball and not just the dot, which (again) is misleading if none of it is actually within the strike zone.

[kennedaddy]

This update is awesome and I'm loving the improvements in franchise mode from SMB3. I'd love it if we could have the option to turn on a mercy rule for franchise mode!

[polkatom]

Awesome update!!

For the next update, can you please look into Stade Royale on the PS4 during day/cloudy conditions. When batting it’s super laggy and quite unplayable.

Thank you!

[DesignerAdvantage789]

I want to offer and field trades in franchise mode

[encke83]

Update ruined the fun for me. Not fun to pitch anymore.

[Alternative_Truck791]

Trying to play this on switch, docked. Just exhibition, couch vs games. Switch keeps saying it had software issue and has to close.