PS3 Game Tweak

[Lee1981]

so playing in hard mode with these new stats does not work the same then, how have you found using a spinner in the new format as before they were hit all over the place, is there more room for error in the line and length as any variation before was a big no no

 

[melucas]

Haven't played in hard mode with the new tweaks. Found when experimenting that the AI doesn't slog as much on normal and your bowlers don't tire as easily.
Ive had fun with the spinners. They don't get smashed around like before and take wickets even the occasional lbw but they are still rare. I bowled Afridi in one match for 30 overs and he took 3 - 56.
I have adjusted the settings for India and West Indies and am currently playing a test. This is the one I slogged through the first innings and got out cheaply. I am bowling at the moment and after 10 0vers India are o - 26
Will keep you posted if you like

 

[shravi]

Yeah, keep us posted and also try and see if these same settings work in hard mode, if you can.

 

[Lee1981]

Sorry to keep on but do you still have to bowl in the yellow cursor area or can you bowl a bit more variation line and length and take wickets because i find it so unrealistic keep sticking it in that same spot to avoid getting hammered

 

[melucas]

No you can bowl with the cursor green and dark green on occasion. If it is a bad ball then it is dispatched as before but not for 6. Yorkers don't get smashed as before and I bowl plenty of bouncers to try and hit the batsmen and they normally get defended or actually hit the batsman. Have gotten one wicket bowling full on middle stump by a quick

 

[Lee1981]

thanks again mate i havent played the game for 4 months so this certainly gives me another reason to neglect my missus,,, which mod war 2 has been doing for ages..:happy

 

[shravi]

No you can bowl with the cursor green and dark green on occasion. If it is a bad ball then it is dispatched as before but not for 6. Yorkers don't get smashed as before and I bowl plenty of bouncers to try and hit the batsmen and they normally get defended or actually hit the batsman. Have gotten one wicket bowling full on middle stump by a quick

Sounds very promising. Looking forward to hearing whether this works on hard mode or not.

 

[Lee1981]

I have tweaked the south africa and the kiwis the way it was shown on this thread and created 16 new england players to replace the existing team.
Firstly i tryed a test match england v south africa me being england with me bowling first.
First impressions looked good no 6s hit but an occasional 4 occured with bad deliverys as it did before editing, south africa got 64-0 in 18 overs when swann clean bowled smith.
Now the not so good news next within 3 overs 2 stupid runnouts occured, then the middle order come in kallis and de villiers and atempt a slog fest, everything i did right for the 1st 3 wickets means nothing now not many 6s are hit but a relentless amount of 4s are scored quick, both get out in the 30s strike rates above 100, the next wickets fall quick then steyn comes in and scores 28 of 15 balls they are all out for 208 in 33 overs.
So slight improvement for me but not as good as hoped. I did play this on hard difficulty i must add. Ive since took kallis,de villiers and steyns stats down further to see if that will make any difference.
Quickly i tryed a one dayer same teams me batting 1st im 174-8 after 36 overs and i must say the batting is extremely rewarding now, any stupid shots are punished and is refreshing to use the block button alot now, before the tweaks i didnt even know what button was the block one as you never needed it.
Batting is superb now so hopefully with some more tweaks to the bowling we may get a very good game.
Also is it only possible to create 16 custom players as i want to do a new aussie team so i can play the ashes because i have 16 english players and didnt see anymore slots availabe.

 

[drainpipe32]

Please post them

I bought AC09 for my mate, and I want to patch it before giving it to him

 

[Lee1981]

Please post them

I bought AC09 for my mate, and I want to patch it before giving it to him

I did this on ps3 and all i did was what melucas explained to us on this thread, all the english players are just custom players i made and swapped them over for there real name sake in the ashes,test, one day and 20-20 squads, they do not have the real faces like the liscensed ashes players do but that doesnt bother me to much, its just a case of editing players batting stats alot lower than before and see how you go.

 

[melucas]

Lee did you play the game in Auckland I got 6 stupid runouts there. Try playing in normal mode they dont slog as much I think I may have mentioned this. I had some different settings for hard mode but could only ever bowl for between 60 and 70 overs thats why I reverted to normal mode and upped the settings. The last 3 games I have bowled long enough to get a new ball

 

[Lee1981]

No it was in jo burg i think, i have never played any match on normal so i will give that a try aswell, it would be nice for a test to go on longer so i can get the reverse swing ball at least.

 

[Lee1981]

have tryed to play on normal mode in a test match with the tweaks recomended by melucas with poor results
I was england vs pakistan, i bowled them out for 128 for 27 overs, apart from the last 6 overs where literally no runs were scored they scored at a rate of 7 plus an over, so the tweaks do not work bowling on normal.
I then proceeded to bat, 4 deliverys in i have scored 16 runs no lofted shots at all i could easily 4 6s instead thats how easy batting is even with tweaked stats on both teams. needless to say this test match if i had decided to proceed with it would have ended up with me winning easilly on day 1!!!!!!
In conclusion the tweaks do not in my opinion alter that much on easy mode the middle order slog fest is built in and there is nothing you can do stop it happening,
1 bright note i found batting on hard alot more rewarding,you feel like you are going to get out if you do not play yourself in..

 

[formula1man]

i have conceded that you cant stop the slogging, but my objective is to make them score as many runs as possible. So i reduce my fielders catching to near zero, my bowlers have spin cut near zero, as before they were actually moving it like a spinner which would be impossible to play in real life anyway. and also reduce accuracy to 50 or less. This means that you cant stray at all. and if your playing ODIs 300 is common against the AI.

 

[Lee1981]

To be honest i just wanted a realistic test match that means low run rates, variable bowling line and lengths and the test going beyond day 1-2, I have conceded that no matter what tweaks you make there are flaws built in the game and no amount of stat changing can alter those faults.
I think perhaps they may make the limited over aspect slightly better which i shall look into further.
Very frustrating considering this game is marketed for ashes test matches yet it is the one part of the game that is unable to be fixed.