Super Mega Baseball 4 third update out now, patch notes

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

Some notable modifications embody a brand new stadium being made obtainable 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 obtainable as DLC within the Ballpark Version. It will likely be obtainable 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 obtainable).

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 will likely 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 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 a web based occasion.
• In Shuffle Drafts outdoors of On-line Leagues, you are actually introduced with the choices made by the CPU-controlled groups on the finish of every spherical. It’s also possible to view the roster of the opposite groups at any level through the draft.
• A brand new possibility has been added to the “Audio & Extra” tab within the Choices menu for decreasing the scale of the in-game HUD parts.
• The scale of the loading and saving recreation notifications has been decreased. The scale is now dynamically scaled primarily based on the message being displayed and the locale/platform.
• Pitchers now lose Mojo when hanging out or hitting into an out identical to place gamers do, besides when they’re the present pitcher.
• Gamers taking part in out of place now obtain a 1-level Mojo penalty along with any Fielding or Arm talent 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, notably at excessive Ego. This makes it harder to focus solely on the indicator and ignore the break of the pitch when batting at excessive Ego.
• The road drive fielding digicam is now extra reserved for line drives hit at an infielder the place the digicam angle makes it simpler to guage whether or not or not the infielder ought to bounce.
• CPU pitching substitution choices have been tweaked in order that the CPU tends to drag pitchers sooner than they did beforehand.
• The substitution display screen now briefly blocks proceed enter when the display screen 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 screen now warns you when making an attempt to substitute a place participant into the pitch mid recreation.
• 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 respiratory 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 recreation.
• A brand new “disillusioned” 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 likely to throw barely extra strikes early in video games.
• Now you can filter the Free Brokers checklist 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 can be in a recent Franchise playthrough and displays their truthful worth given their expertise and different attributes.
• In Franchise mode, now you can kind 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 are actually biased in the direction of presenting a selection between two gamers of comparatively equal talent.
• 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 point out 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 screen, 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 screen, now you can undo some actions. The wording used within the “Re-sign Curiosity” column has been up to date to replicate this variation.
• Within the Franchise Participant Re-signing display screen, sorting conduct 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 screen, gamers who’ve been handled are actually highlighted with totally different coloured textual content.
• Within the Franchise Participant Re-signing display screen, 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 screen, there’s now an choice to view the chosen participant’s profession stats.
• The Franchise Participant Re-signing assist display screen now higher describes how a participant’s Asking Wage is set primarily based on their Valuation at earlier signing and their Loyalty.
• Outdoors of Franchise mode, roster tables now present the participant’s function within the energetic lineup within the column normally occupied by Wage in Franchise mode.
• A warning is now offered earlier than beginning a Shuffle Draft or Franchise mode playthrough with a participant or free agent pool respectively that seems to include duplicate gamers.
• In Shuffle Draft, staff modifications for choosing a participant are actually previewed on spotlight slightly 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 higher account for Workforce Chemistry wants.
• When choosing a staff for Pennant Race, now you can view trait descriptions from the staff picker dialog.
• The controller now vibrates for extra occasions together with beanballs, pitcher KOs, and residential runs.
• The Mojo and Health icons are actually included within the Mojo and Health change occasions in recreation 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 put up recreation menus now enter and exit sooner.
• The Franchise, Season, and Elimination setup screens have been up to date, notably to enhance spacing.
• The random staff 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 when you find yourself in the course of a Shuffle Draft for an On-line League.
• Pennant Race Awards iconography has been up to date.
• The Legends League brand 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” brand part is now extra appropriately labeled as “Armadillo.”
• Miscellaneous visible enhancements to some stadiums have been made.
• Miscellaneous visible enhancements have been made within the UI, notably 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:

• Fastened: Recreation crashes when profitable a typical Franchise, Season, or Elimination championship throughout on-line co-op play.
• Fastened: 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 Change).
• Fastened: Relievers and closers incorrectly obtain a Mojo penalty when beginning within the batting order after which swapping positions later to alleviate the present pitcher.
• Fastened: The pitcher is incorrectly injured after taking a comebacker to the top when the Steel Head trait prompts.
• Fastened: Numerous pitching animations have minor clipping or don’t cover the ball from the batter’s view earlier than the supply.
• Fastened: The pitcher’s toes clip via the mound throughout some strikeout cinematics.
• Fastened: Some cameras for the hit by pitch cinematic don’t sync correctly with the beaned batter animation in on-line play.
• Fastened: Catcher throws the ball via the batter throughout some strikeout cinematics on the finish of an inning.
• Fastened: Ball dust vfx typically carry over into the subsequent scene.
• Fastened: The Ego 99 Problem trophy/achievement doesn’t unlock in Franchise, Season, or Elimination video games.
• Fastened: The Perfecto trophy/achievement will be earned outdoors of ordinary recreation modes.
• Fastened: Notification for the Crossed Up trait seems too early.
• Fastened: The house plate umpire is incorrectly positioned on the surface nook of the plate as an alternative of the within nook.
• Fastened: After ending a recreation in Franchise mode, the pitching rotation for CPU-controlled staff(s) concerned within the accomplished recreation replace incorrectly and result in the CPU changing the pitcher finest suited to begin the subsequent recreation with a unique pitcher.
• Fastened: In Franchise Mode, the Loyalty attribute and associated data can’t be present in Workforce Hub.
• Fastened: Within the Franchise Signal & Launch display screen, kind order is misplaced when backing out of My Gamers to Free Brokers.
• Fastened: Within the Franchise Signal & Launch display screen, 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 function can be found to be signed.
• Fastened: In Franchise mode, a Participant Improvement Alternative can fail to supply any worth after the participant receives a talent arc occasion.
• Fastened: When confirming a transaction utilizing the Participant Motion function or in Franchise Signal & Launch, one uniform would typically have the incorrect brand.
• Fastened: Navigation of the stats desk in Workforce Hub doesn’t behave as supposed.
• Fastened: Backing out of the Shuffle Draft Customized Workforce Management display screen doesn’t all the time return to the proper display screen.
• Fastened: Duplicate groups seem in Exhibition and On-line League staff pickers for Franchise mode groups when previous the primary season of the Franchise.
• Fastened: In On-line Leagues with season period set to “Handbook,” the textual content field in the principle Hub is clean.
• Fastened: Male head 7 and feminine head 11 have incorrectly positioned enamel that trigger gummy-looking smiles.
• Fastened: Male heads 11 and 13 have incorrect facial hair geometries that trigger clipping.
• Fastened: Eyewear on feminine head 12 can clip with the participant’s head.
• Fastened: Male head 19 flashes oddly within the Participant Editor.
• Fastened: Facial animations within the splash cinematic don’t decelerate with the sluggish movement results.
• Fastened: Facial animations of the three hero gamers on the Play Menu are typically in sync.
• Fastened: League choice can take a very long time to load when savedata incorporates many leagues.
• Fastened: Batter can typically play the incorrect dodge animation, making it appear as if some pitches hit the batter whereas not registering as a success by pitch.
• Fastened: Batter will be seen sliding ahead in an uncommon method after hitting an apparent foul ball.
• Fastened: Gamers within the dugout and bullpen typically freeze on the finish of their clapping animation.
• Fastened: Gamers typically have their backs turned in the direction of the sphere earlier than operating out to their positions firstly of an inning.
• Fastened: Baserunner slides don’t all the time play the slide sound results when anticipated.
• Fastened: Speaker icon sparkles too quickly when somebody is utilizing voice chat in on-line play.
• Fastened: Minor animation points with Batting Routines 14 and 18.
• Fastened: One of many pitcher KO animations doesn’t react quick sufficient to being hit by the ball within the head.
• Fastened: Minor clipping points with varied animations.
• Fastened: Some participant emotes are muted, notably in on-line play.
• Fastened: Final title “English” just isn’t introduced correctly by the in-game announcer.
• Fastened: When reaching the season win cinematic whereas watching a CPU vs CPU recreation, the display screen is blacked out throughout components of the cinematic.
• Fastened: Making an attempt to begin a Shuffle Draft utilizing a league that didn’t have sufficient gamers in on-line occasion play triggered an indefinite cling to happen.
• Fastened: Pennant Race and On-line League Hubs present the incorrect or irrelevant Ego within the Participant Menu.
• Fastened: In Pennant Race and On-line Leagues, viewing one other consumer’s particulars can present the incorrect profile image.
• Fastened: Workforce choices aren’t all the time remembered within the Exhibition staff choose display screen.
• Fastened: The bottom stealing assist controller picture factors to the incorrect buttons.
• Fastened: The staff picture by no means finishes loading in some situations.
• Fastened: The stadium loading display screen incorrectly has an out of place purple asterisk subsequent to a reduction pitcher when loading a mid-game save.
• Fastened: Unintended sound impact performs when the Participant Menu reappears after being hidden.
• Fastened: Batter walk-up songs aren’t heard in Stade Royale with cloudy climate.
• Fastened: On uncommon events, the entrance finish music doesn’t cease when getting into a recreation.
• Fastened: Clean participant names will be entered within the Participant Editor, resulting in incorrectly rendered names.
• Fastened: Recreation crashes when making an attempt to begin a Franchise, Season, or Elimination after a Shuffle Draft when there’s not sufficient save knowledge room for the brand new recreation mode.
• Fastened: Miscellaneous crashes and hangs within the entrance finish.
• Fastened: Miscellaneous uncommon crashes throughout gameplay.
• Fastened: Miscellaneous minor UI points.
• Fastened: Miscellaneous audio points.
• (Steam and Change solely) Fastened: Leagues are incorrectly duplicated in varied league pickers when taking part in native multiplayer.

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

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