SLIDERS - Around the world in 80 pitch sliders.....again

[Wealey]

Thraipsed in a low scoring three day affair in this one, the cracked dusty bed was turning sideways in the end, i just couldnt get the timing down due to the AI constantly mixing up speeds and delivery types, from flighted to bouncier deliveries from the twirlers.

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That said, my concurrent test match in Aus is 500 plays 200/1 so its good to see all types of games are possible, and the pitch certainly plays a big part, as it should do.

I think im going to have a very typical English game next, England v Pakistan on a green seamer, to see if the quicks are much more the dominant force where they should be.

My Aussie pitches maybe a little too good! Although they do spice up 4th innings!

 

[Irtileaf]

Good day guys,
I'm on Ps5. Has the latest patch ruined things again. Has anyone played it?

 

[Ken Tremendous]

I think im going to have a very typical English game next, England v Pakistan on a green seamer, to see if the quicks are much more the dominant force where they should be.

Well, not quite yet, but a cracking days test cricket just completed.



As you can see from the FOW, they were cruising at 180/1 before Shafique ran himself out one short of his ton and that led to a flurry in the next few overs, Stokes doing the most damage.

One thing that was a concerning was that in Shafiques knock and Azhar Alis, there was a lot of big hits smacked over the ring, a number of sixes, some T20 style batting at moments in a test match, so a little odd. Now Shafique does have aggressive mentality, but still. They were going at just under 4 an over after lunch but the wickets slowed them down in the afternoon and evening to end up around 3.15 for the day, this was on 50 RR, so a few things to keep an eye on.

 

[Wealey]

Well, not quite yet, but a cracking days test cricket just completed.

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As you can see from the FOW, they were cruising at 180/1 before Shafique ran himself out one short of his ton and that led to a flurry in the next few overs, Stokes doing the most damage.

One thing that was a concerning was that in Shafiques knock and Azhar Alis, there was a lot of big hits smacked over the ring, a number of sixes, some T20 style batting at moments in a test match, so a little odd. Now Shafique does have aggressive mentality, but still. They were going at just under 4 an over after lunch but the wickets slowed them down in the afternoon and evening to end up around 3.15 for the day, this was on 50 RR, so a few things to keep an eye on.

What was Ali’s mentality.. annoyingly I think we have to accept that if they are set to aggressive then we may see some of that.

 

[Ken Tremendous]

What was Ali’s mentality.. annoyingly I think we have to accept that if they are set to aggressive then we may see some of that.

Precise...which is more concerning.

 

[Wealey]

Precise...which is more concerning.

Yeah that’s not good! Strange!

 

[Ken Tremendous]

After a decent tail wag to support the only real batsman getting any runs with Root's 75, Pakistan take a smallish lead off 44 into the second dig.

Nice match developing here at HQ.

 

[Rumple43]

For anyone wondering why there's a "dead pitch" option in the slider spreadsheet, look at the scorecard for the 1st test between Pakistan and Australia

 

[Wealey]

For anyone wondering why there's a "dead pitch" option in the slider spreadsheet, look at the scorecard for the 1st test between Pakistan and Australia

So bad for test match cricket!

 

[Rumple43]

So bad for test match cricket!

Oh undeniably, but it is still a thing that exists from time to time.

Might make for a fun 350 v 345 ODI battle, the dead pitch settings

 

[Wealey]

@Rumple43 the skill influence slider on misses or shot quality slider which ever one it J’s makes no sense to me..

It says increase the slider to increase the influence of shot quality on a miss but in the hardest difficulty it’s at 0 haha!

 

[Rumple43]

@Rumple43 the skill influence slider on misses or shot quality slider which ever one it J’s makes no sense to me..

It says increase the slider to increase the influence of shot quality on a miss but in the hardest difficulty it’s at 0 haha!

The in game description of these two sliders are as follows:

"Early shot timing window: Increasing this slider will increase the window for early shot input"

"Late shot timing window: Increase this slider will increase the window for late shot input"

For me, that means a higher slider number makes for bigger windows, bigger windows mean more likely to hit them, and therefor higher numbers make for harder batting.

However, as you say @Ragz, the default slider options don't marry up to this thinking. Easiest is indeed 100 and 100, and Hardest is 0 and 0.

So either the description is wrong, or the application in the default sliders the game comes with is wrong.

I'm not one for slapping tags around for answers, but unless @MattW knows something on this one from an internal perspective, not sure how we'd find the answer without sitting down and testing it.

Same as the slider described in this quote as well.

Description says one thing, then default pre-sets suggest the opposite.

 

[Wealey]

Got bored of the story thread.. but I have taken control of this one in Lahore..

Game is playing out nively! Still need to test but I think i have found something interesting relating to foot placement window and release window..

Out of interest @Ken Tremendous what do you have those sliders on and when you were getting hit aerial, you got any idea what the landing and release quality was?

 

[Ken Tremendous]

Out of interest @Ken Tremendous what do you have those sliders on and when you were getting hit aerial, you got any idea what the landing and release quality was?

Got them on 25 and 20 i think, which i find allows me to get ideal when i get it right, with plenty of goods and some weaks too, so a fair challenge, i dont want to be able to hit ideal at will for fairness obviously.

Some of the big hits came on perfect and ideal timed deliveries, its the same again in their second dig, they are going well and launching some bombs over the offside ring for six, its a little odd i have to say.

 

[Wealey]

See I havent had them hit me for 6 but the times they did slap me was when I was bowling ideal and good. Then I went to an easy mode and they just played normally and I still couldn’t get a wicket..

In fact all there aggressive ground shots came from good good or ideal good!

Got them on 25 and 20 i think, which i find allows me to get ideal when i get it right, with plenty of goods and some weaks too, so a fair challenge, i dont want to be able to hit ideal at will for fairness obviously.

Some of the big hits came on perfect and ideal timed deliveries, its the same again in their second dig, they are going well and launching some bombs over the offside ring for six, its a little odd i have to say.