dbc hacks: fearsome tweak v2.90 +minigame v0.03

[blockerdave]

@blockerdave Sounds like a really good match, what difficulty do you play on? I've not had any success getting edges on "normal pressure" playing on veteran difficulty.

I only play ODI matches, might bowl a few innings with it set to normal on pro difficulty see if it makes a difference.

veteran, i'm playing a 4-ball over, 70 overs a day, 5-day test match. Just started the 3rd match of a 5 match "Ashes" series, 1993 Australia v England Worst XI (me). I was enjoying it even before the patch, but this patch has made it even better.

As @Dutch says - play generally on normal, maybe push it up to high. Edges are rarer in normal, but the overall balance is better than high. Somewhere in between i think the sweet spot will lie.

 

[grkrama]

grkrama maybe that would be possible with cheat engine, have you tried it? usually in most of the games it's possible to
change the position of the players on the map.

havnt checked that, will give it a go!

The guy on 68 off 62 balls decided to leave the next four balls and they only scored one run in the last over......such a shame and really makes for a damp ending.....it was a nice game with excitement till the end but those last 2 overs felt really pathetic....

the thing is this 'leaving' mostly happens in the death overs of a limited overs more than in the opening overs, makes you feel like a match fixer!

 

[francobaldo1]

v 0.03 uploaded

i hoped to complete v1.0 today, but it needs still some hours sorry. You can try this version v0.03, changes are:

- gameplay handled better hopefully.

suggestion: play on Medium or High. Use Very High only for testing the hack.

 

[blockerdave]

v 0.03 uploaded

i hoped to complete v1.0 today, but it needs still some hours sorry. You can try this version v0.03, changes are:

- gameplay handled better hopefully.

suggestion: play on Medium or High. Use Very High only for testing the hack.

Look forward to testing it tomorrow night!
When you say gameplay handled better, can you expand on what you mean by that?

Really cannot praise what you've done highly enough. You've changed the game hugely for the better.

Have BA been in touch to discuss the approach you've taken?

 

[francobaldo1]

blockerdave thank you very much!

the gameplay was a little too simple in previous version, it wasnt easy to balance to difficulty level, should
be better now. It will be much better in version 1.0

 

[Dutch]

Have given it a try seems good: had a catch that wasn't given though it was definitely out in the gully and two referals that showed up on snicko and hotspot that wern't given.......not sure if this is owt to do with the hack or just game bugs....I have had it before but not so frequently.....it is as if a little BA man is in the program saying hack what you like I aint giving you the wickets!!!!

 

[Punk_Sk8r]

In terms of AI gameplay, were they always this slow at scoring runs? I remember playing on veteran before the hack and they'd slaughter me in ODI games. I was happy just to be bowling dot balls, but now it seems the AI is really defensive, bad timing and what not even on veteran difficulty?

I need to play a lot more with it I suppose. The varied dismissals are so good though, I've been getting some inside edges that go to keeper, some that go into the stumps...had one earlier a thick inside edge onto leg stump. I've recorded a few good wickets but I'm just too lazy to edit and upload

 

[francobaldo1]

reuploaded the file, it was showing a debug information in the console.

Dutch i will see if it happens to me.

Playing a good Test match now England - New Zealand with v0.03 using High setting ^^ New Zealand
is 54-2 after 15 overs, 1 lbw and 1 edge on the stump. Had also 1 edge over between keeper and 1 slip,
dont know why they didnt catch it!

 

[Gamer Pradosh]

Rightly said @blockerdave , played an ODI on normal yesterday nothing interesting came up [on legend], there were the usual ridiculous shots and few which were good to watch thats all but going to high it makes it very easy to get them all out..So between the 2 should be the balance..

 

[blockerdave]

@francobaldo1 - not asking you to give away the secrets but are you able to maybe outline the broad areas you've changed, and what could be feasible in a future patch? just to help us assess exactly what we're getting currently - it seems to me I'm noting differences beyond just "edges" - i.e. i'm getting more/better play & misses, LBWs, and less middling all in addition to edges; i also think i note more effect of new ball in terms of those things, but it could be imagination/placebo.

Also, and noting i've not played v0.03 yet, but I'm saying "a good balance would be somewhere between normal & high pressure" but not sure exactly how helpful that is to you, if i could give you more specifics etc.

 

[Dutch]

reuploaded the file, it was showing a debug information in the console.

Dutch i will see if it happens to me.

Playing a good Test match now England - New Zealand with v0.03 using High setting ^^ New Zealand
is 54-2 after 15 overs, 1 lbw and 1 edge on the stump. Had also 1 edge over between keeper and 1 slip,
dont know why they didnt catch it!

I think we might be coming across a number of bugs because the amount of chances has dramatically increased....the patch doesnt cause the bugs but brings them much quicker to the surface?

Not a criticism of BA btw

 

[themusketeer]

Played a t20 on legend. India v England, England openers started playing like ABD. It was like I was seeing a real match with sixes being hit over the keeper, never seen these kind of shots earlier. That Suryakumar Yadav style leg cut for six was fantastic. They scored 92 in 8 overs and then Jadeja came and took 2 wickets, 1 edge and 1 bowled. They went on to score 192.
I don't know if it was because of hack but the wickets and misses were truly fantastic.
Well done.

 

[blockerdave]

I think we might be coming across a number of bugs because the amount of chances has dramatically increased....the patch doesnt cause the bugs but brings them much quicker to the surface?

Not a criticism of BA btw

certainly the edge, catch and out but batsman stays bug is a long known bug. the suggestion was it came from appealing too early... It's never happened to me thankfully.

i guess before this hack there weren't many edges so the opportunity for that bug was rarer, but now it's more common

 

[chaman82]

Played a t20 on legend. India v England, England openers started playing like ABD. It was like I was seeing a real match with sixes being hit over the keeper, never seen these kind of shots earlier. That Suryakumar Yadav style leg cut for six was fantastic. They scored 92 in 8 overs and then Jadeja came and took 2 wickets, 1 edge and 1 bowled. They went on to score 192.
I don't know if it was because of hack but the wickets and misses were truly fantastic.
Well done.

Which pressure level did play @?

 

[francobaldo1]

uploaded a quick v0.04

- little fine tune of the gameplay

blockerdave i think the hack makes the shots difficult, for example with a new career player if you dont train all shots are difficult, you
often are out in the first over (at least i do). Maybe try to bat a little with the hack on, so you can see what happens.

Thanks all for feedback!