Some feedback from me on the new beta patch:
Played ashes as England on hard.
Must say the game is MUCH more enjoyable now.
I find bowling to be a great, batting is waaayyy better. Lofted shots still go to the boundary but there now is a lot more risk in playing the shot.
When a batsman comes to the crease you cannot just start blazing away.... yes you may get 1 or 2 lucky boundaries, but chances are you will get out.
Batsmen should first play themselves in.
Aus batted first and got 471 - yes i dropped about 7 catches, close catching is difficult, outfield catches is a bit easier.
Batted and openers got 124 partnership, but then it all went a bit pear shaped for the English as i was all out for 202 and had to follow on. Only managed 131 in second innings.
I must practice bowling a bit more, as i got creamed. (on hard)
Played on normal as well, but the ai seems a lot easier on normal. Got aus out for 94.
No more silly run outs. Bowling lengths are great. Ai seems to set fields at random, more often than not, the decisions are good regarding field placement. (on hard) Just wish i could turn of the question and answer sounds, so that i can only have some of the commentary.....
Okay, i batted now on normal, is really too easy - imho. Standing at 40/0 after 2 overs, not playing lofted shots.
keeperventer added 5 Minutes and 27 Seconds later...
In some ways thats good to hear as there was a worry that freezing might be caused by custom rosters. I haven't experienced any freezing on the default roster but loads on the custom one. I wonder why that is? Did this happen just once to you or a number of times?
I had freezing when playing with SA using a custom roster, NO freezing however when playing ashes....... Strange, will have to reinstall and play with default SA roster to see if it is the custom names etc.?????
keeperventer added 3 Minutes and 24 Seconds later...
As per a previous post :
I have turned shadow down to low and switched off special effects thinking this may help but I am still having the game freeze on me.
I have played the first innings (both bowling and batting) of the first Ashes test and the freeze only happened to me when the player is bowling and the AI is batting. Game was fine when I was batting and the AI was bowling - no freezing problem there.
The game hung on me six times over the course of bowling 77.3 overs. First three times were when the ball had been hit by the AI along the ground for a four. As the ball was approaching the boundary the game just froze - twice with Broad the bowler and once with Anderson.
Next time was when the ball had been hit in the air off Swann. Then again when Swann was just reaching the crease to release a bowl.
The last time - which was most annoying - was with Collingwood bowling, just as I made a beautiful catch and the fielder hit the ground with the ball safely in his hands (this really hosed me off, as previously I must have dropped about 20 catches !!)
FYI - I am playing an offline one player game. I am on the Ashes first test on normal level, player as England, AI as Australia. I am also using a custom field.
My freezing problems appeared at the same stage, when the ball was approaching the boundary, the fielder starts picking it up, and the game just froze. Happened to me three times in a row. Playing custom rosters with SA.
:laugh
