Tremendous Mega Baseball 4 third replace out now, patch notes

A 3rd main replace has simply gone reside for Tremendous Mega Baseball 4, offering an entire host of bug fixes and enhancements throughout the board.

Some notable adjustments embody a brand new stadium being made accessible as DLC, brand-new Pitcher Disengagement guidelines, and enhancements to Shuffle Draft and Franchise Mode.

Listed here are the total patch notes for the replace:

Main Additions

New Stadium:

• Ciudad de Colores is now accessible as DLC within the Ballpark Version. It will likely be accessible for particular person buy on August 14, 2023 in first-party shops. (For PlayStation gamers who pre-ordered the SMB4 Ballpark Version previous to June 2nd at 9am PST ONLY, you’ll need to obtain the DLC manually from the PlayStation retailer web page (which incorporates DLC #3: Castillo Area when it turns into accessible).

New Pitcher Disengagement Guidelines:

• After a 3rd step off or pick-off try throughout an at-bat the place a runner doesn’t advance and no out is made, the pitcher shall be charged with a balk and all runners will advance one base.
• The CPU is much less more likely to throw pickoffs as their disengagement restrict will increase.
• The CPU is extra more likely to steal because the pitcher’s disengagement restrict will increase.
• Pitchers now not lose Mojo after a failed step off or pick-off try. Pitchers as an alternative lose Mojo when a balk is dedicated.
• In Pennant Race and On-line Leagues, balks will enhance a participant’s auto-forfeit rely simply as beanballs and walks do.

Enhancements:

• Animations have been added to Shuffle Draft that present the participant chosen shifting to the projected lineup desk, permitting distant customers to see who was picked when drafting with an internet social gathering.
• In Shuffle Drafts exterior of On-line Leagues, you at the moment are offered with the picks made by the CPU-controlled groups on the finish of every spherical. You may as well view the roster of the opposite groups at any level in the course of the draft.
• A brand new choice has been added to the “Audio & Extra” tab within the Choices menu for decreasing the scale of the in-game HUD components.
• The scale of the loading and saving sport notifications has been lowered. The scale is now dynamically scaled based mostly on the message being displayed and the locale/platform.
• Pitchers now lose Mojo when placing out or hitting into an out identical to place gamers do, besides when they’re the present pitcher.
• Gamers enjoying out of place now obtain a 1-level Mojo penalty along with any Fielding or Arm ability penalties they usually obtain. When on offense, swapping defensive positions with a participant who’s receiving this penalty won’t take away the penalty till the subsequent defensive inning.
• When batting, the pitch location indicator now seems a bit later, significantly at excessive Ego. This makes it tougher to focus solely on the indicator and ignore the break of the pitch when batting at excessive Ego.
• The road drive fielding digital camera is now extra reserved for line drives hit at an infielder the place the digital camera angle makes it simpler to evaluate whether or not or not the infielder ought to leap.
• CPU pitching substitution selections have been tweaked in order that the CPU tends to tug pitchers sooner than they did beforehand.
• The substitution display now briefly blocks proceed enter when the display is first opened for a lacking pitcher substitution. This prevents unintended button presses when making an attempt to skip the brand new inning cinematic.
• The substitution display now warns you when making an attempt to substitute a place participant into the pitch mid sport.
• In on-line versus play, the pitch clock timer that seems whereas pitching is now visually distinct from timers that seem when ready for the opponent to finish an motion.
• Pitcher respiration is now exaggerated when the pitcher is drained.
• When the pitcher has an Elite pitch kind trait, that pitch kind now has a particular spotlight within the in-game pitching HUD.
• When the pitcher has the Workhorse trait, the stamina bar now has a particular spotlight within the in-game HUD.
• New animations have been added for when the batter is hit by the pitch and stays on their toes.
• A brand new animation has been added for when the batter is trotting across the bases after hitting a house run.
• The catcher’s throw animations after a strikeout have been up to date.
• The particular batting routine for “faux charging the mound” now performs if the batter bats towards a pitcher who beaned them of their earlier at-bat throughout the identical sport.
• A brand new “upset” animation has been added for the catcher throughout a house run cinematic.
• Some baserunner leadoff and slide animations have been up to date.
• Some umpire animations have been up to date.
• Higher crowd reactions have been added for double performs, triple performs, and wall catches that rob a house run.
• CPU pitchers now are inclined to throw barely extra strikes early in video games.
• Now you can filter the Free Brokers record within the Franchise Signal & Launch and Participant Motion screens. The filter choices are all gamers, place gamers solely (which incorporates two-way gamers), and pitchers solely.
• In Franchise mode, a participant’s “Valuation” is now proven alongside their Loyalty attribute. Valuation matches what the participant’s beginning wage could be in a contemporary Franchise playthrough and displays their truthful worth given their abilities and different attributes.
• In Franchise mode, now you can type gamers by the distinction between their valuation and their present or asking wage for rostered gamers or free brokers respectively.
• In Franchise mode, the minimal probability of gaining a pitch kind or altering a secondary place from a Participant Improvement Alternative has elevated from 2.5% to five%.
• In Franchise mode, Supervisor Moments at the moment are biased in the direction of presenting a alternative between two gamers of comparatively equal ability.
• In Franchise mode, now you can view profession batting stats for pitchers and profession pitching stats for place gamers.
• In Franchise, Season, and Elimination modes, the Beginning Pitcher row within the pregame lineup has an up to date header to indicate which slot within the rotation this beginning pitcher occupies.
• In Franchise mode, the information feed scrollbar now has web page up and web page down buttons.
• Within the Franchise Signal & Launch display, after deciding on a participant to launch the default chosen free agent now seems nearer to the center of the desk as an alternative of the highest.
• Within the Franchise Participant Re-signing display, now you can undo some actions. The wording used within the “Re-sign Curiosity” column has been up to date to replicate this transformation.
• Within the Franchise Participant Re-signing display, sorting habits has improved. The “Re-sign Curiosity” column now types by proportion that the participant accepts a suggestion to remain at their present wage.
• Within the Franchise Participant Re-signing display, gamers who’ve been handled at the moment are highlighted with completely different coloured textual content.
• Within the Franchise Participant Re-signing display, there’s now a button to skip all when watching the outcomes of mechanically providing “present wage” to all remaining gamers.
• Within the Franchise Participant Re-signing display, there’s now an choice to view the chosen participant’s profession stats.
• The Franchise Participant Re-signing assist display now higher describes how a participant’s Asking Wage is set based mostly on their Valuation at earlier signing and their Loyalty.
• Exterior of Franchise mode, roster tables now present the participant’s position within the energetic lineup within the column often occupied by Wage in Franchise mode.
• A warning is now supplied earlier than beginning a Shuffle Draft or Franchise mode playthrough with a participant or free agent pool respectively that seems to comprise duplicate gamers.
• In Shuffle Draft, group adjustments for choosing a participant at the moment are previewed on spotlight relatively than on affirmation solely.
• The algorithm for choosing the up-to-8 gamers drawn every spherical in Shuffle Draft has been up to date to raised account for Crew Chemistry wants.
• When choosing a group for Pennant Race, now you can view trait descriptions from the group picker dialog.
• The controller now vibrates for extra occasions together with beanballs, pitcher KOs, and residential runs.
• The Mojo and Health icons at the moment are included within the Mojo and Health change occasions in sport respectively, in addition to in varied assist content material.
• Some textual content fonts used within the HUD have been up to date to enhance readability.
• New error explanations have been added for the Crossed Up trait, and the Wild Thrower trait after a disastrous throw.
• The publish sport menus now enter and exit sooner.
• The Franchise, Season, and Elimination setup screens have been up to date, significantly to enhance spacing.
• The random group button has been added to extra screens.
• When copying a league, the placeholder league title is now all the time legitimate.
• Your presence is now set to busy if you end up in the course of a Shuffle Draft for an On-line League.
• Pennant Race Awards iconography has been up to date.
• The Legends League emblem has been up to date.
• Spacing within the Participant Menu has been up to date.
• The preview picture for Peril Level has been up to date.
• Positions of the Cancel and Settle for buttons within the Emblem Editor have been swapped (their shortcut button assignments stay the identical).
• Extra video games can now be listed in Franchise and Season Hub’s season schedule preview.
• The “Aardvark” emblem element is now extra accurately labeled as “Armadillo.”
• Miscellaneous visible enhancements to some stadiums have been made.
• Miscellaneous visible enhancements have been made within the UI, significantly for navigable buttons on varied screens.
• Miscellaneous audio enhancements have been made, together with a minor adjustment to batted ball sound results on deep fly balls.
• Some efficiency enhancements have been made.

Bug Fixes:

• Mounted: Sport crashes when profitable a normal Franchise, Season, or Elimination championship throughout on-line co-op play.
• Mounted: In Franchise mode, signing a participant at their asking wage fails to correctly save, resulting in the participant’s wage resetting again to their earlier wage upon reloading the Franchise or beginning the subsequent season (was already mounted on Xbox, Steam and Swap).
• Mounted: Relievers and closers incorrectly obtain a Mojo penalty when beginning within the batting order after which swapping positions later to alleviate the present pitcher.
• Mounted: The pitcher is incorrectly injured after taking a comebacker to the top when the Metallic Head trait prompts.
• Mounted: Varied pitching animations have minor clipping or don’t conceal the ball from the batter’s view earlier than the supply.
• Mounted: The pitcher’s toes clip by way of the mound throughout some strikeout cinematics.
• Mounted: Some cameras for the hit by pitch cinematic don’t sync correctly with the beaned batter animation in on-line play.
• Mounted: Catcher throws the ball by way of the batter throughout some strikeout cinematics on the finish of an inning.
• Mounted: Ball filth vfx typically carry over into the subsequent scene.
• Mounted: The Ego 99 Problem trophy/achievement doesn’t unlock in Franchise, Season, or Elimination video games.
• Mounted: The Perfecto trophy/achievement may be earned exterior of ordinary sport modes.
• Mounted: Notification for the Crossed Up trait seems too early.
• Mounted: The house plate umpire is incorrectly positioned on the surface nook of the plate as an alternative of the within nook.
• Mounted: After ending a sport in Franchise mode, the pitching rotation for CPU-controlled group(s) concerned within the accomplished sport replace incorrectly and result in the CPU changing the pitcher finest suited to begin the subsequent sport with a distinct pitcher.
• Mounted: In Franchise Mode, the Loyalty attribute and associated info can’t be present in Crew Hub.
• Mounted: Within the Franchise Signal & Launch display, type order is misplaced when backing out of My Gamers to Free Brokers.
• Mounted: Within the Franchise Signal & Launch display, the default choice incorrectly highlights a catcher as an alternative of one other pitcher when making an attempt to launch a pitcher however no different pitchers of that position can be found to be signed.
• Mounted: In Franchise mode, a Participant Improvement Alternative can fail to supply any worth after the participant receives a ability arc occasion.
• Mounted: When confirming a transaction utilizing the Participant Motion characteristic or in Franchise Signal & Launch, one uniform would usually have the improper emblem.
• Mounted: Navigation of the stats desk in Crew Hub doesn’t behave as meant.
• Mounted: Backing out of the Shuffle Draft Customized Crew Management display doesn’t all the time return to the right display.
• Mounted: Duplicate groups seem in Exhibition and On-line League group pickers for Franchise mode groups when previous the primary season of the Franchise.
• Mounted: In On-line Leagues with season period set to “Guide,” the textual content field in the primary Hub is clean.
• Mounted: Male head 7 and feminine head 11 have incorrectly positioned tooth that trigger gummy-looking smiles.
• Mounted: Male heads 11 and 13 have incorrect facial hair geometries that trigger clipping.
• Mounted: Eyewear on feminine head 12 can clip with the participant’s head.
• Mounted: Male head 19 flashes oddly within the Participant Editor.
• Mounted: Facial animations within the splash cinematic don’t decelerate with the gradual movement results.
• Mounted: Facial animations of the three hero gamers on the Play Menu are typically in sync.
• Mounted: League choice can take a very long time to load when savedata incorporates many leagues.
• Mounted: Batter can typically play the improper dodge animation, making it appear as if some pitches hit the batter whereas not registering as successful by pitch.
• Mounted: Batter may be seen sliding ahead in an uncommon method after hitting an apparent foul ball.
• Mounted: Gamers within the dugout and bullpen typically freeze on the finish of their clapping animation.
• Mounted: Gamers typically have their backs turned in the direction of the sphere earlier than operating out to their positions at the beginning of an inning.
• Mounted: Baserunner slides don’t all the time play the slide sound results when anticipated.
• Mounted: Speaker icon glints too quickly when somebody is utilizing voice chat in on-line play.
• Mounted: Minor animation points with Batting Routines 14 and 18.
• Mounted: One of many pitcher KO animations doesn’t react quick sufficient to being hit by the ball within the head.
• Mounted: Minor clipping points with varied animations.
• Mounted: Some participant emotes are muted, significantly in on-line play.
• Mounted: Final title “English” isn’t introduced correctly by the in-game announcer.
• Mounted: When reaching the season win cinematic whereas watching a CPU vs CPU sport, the display is blacked out throughout elements of the cinematic.
• Mounted: Trying to begin a Shuffle Draft utilizing a league that didn’t have sufficient gamers in on-line social gathering play brought on an indefinite grasp to happen.
• Mounted: Pennant Race and On-line League Hubs present the improper or irrelevant Ego within the Participant Menu.
• Mounted: In Pennant Race and On-line Leagues, viewing one other person’s particulars can present the improper profile image.
• Mounted: Crew picks are usually not all the time remembered within the Exhibition group choose display.
• Mounted: The bottom stealing assist controller picture factors to the improper buttons.
• Mounted: The group picture by no means finishes loading in some eventualities.
• Mounted: The stadium loading display incorrectly has an out of place crimson asterisk subsequent to a aid pitcher when loading a mid-game save.
• Mounted: Unintended sound impact performs when the Participant Menu reappears after being hidden.
• Mounted: Batter walk-up songs are usually not heard in Stade Royale with cloudy climate.
• Mounted: On uncommon events, the entrance finish music doesn’t cease when coming into a sport.
• Mounted: Clean participant names may be entered within the Participant Editor, resulting in incorrectly rendered names.
• Mounted: Sport crashes when making an attempt to begin a Franchise, Season, or Elimination after a Shuffle Draft when there’s not sufficient save information room for the brand new sport mode.
• Mounted: Miscellaneous crashes and hangs within the entrance finish.
• Mounted: Miscellaneous uncommon crashes throughout gameplay.
• Mounted: Miscellaneous minor UI points.
• Mounted: Miscellaneous audio points.
• (Steam and Swap solely) Mounted: Leagues are incorrectly duplicated in varied league pickers when enjoying native multiplayer.

All gamers on Swap can obtain Tremendous Mega Baseball 4’s third replace now.

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