MLB2K12 Date Limits fixed

[MLGordita]

I'm not exactly sure how relevant the issue still is or if the following fix has been found before (talking about a game that's 8+ years old), but thought this may inspire some advancement for mod makers. Here is a utility that can pair with the mlb2k12 exe file and have a shortcut made. The program is called RunAsDate: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/run_as_date.html

And this will allow two things: (1) no need to manually change system time just for the game and (2) you don't even have to have time advance forward as the program allows you to freeze on the associated date. I've tested this combo a couple times already and haven't had any infinite loading screens since. And this was used on a clean install, no mods thrown in yet.

[Behindshadows]

the legit copy of the game via steam doesn't have issues with PC dates! Legit copies were patched and are installed with game.

[Kccitystar]

21 hours ago, MLGordita said:

I'm not exactly sure how relevant the issue still is or if the following fix has been found before (talking about a game that's 8+ years old), but thought this may inspire some advancement for mod makers. Here is a utility that can pair with the mlb2k12 exe file and have a shortcut made. The program is called RunAsDate: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/run_as_date.html

And this will allow two things: (1) no need to manually change system time just for the game and (2) you don't even have to have time advance forward as the program allows you to freeze on the associated date. I've tested this combo a couple times already and haven't had any infinite loading screens since. And this was used on a clean install, no mods thrown in yet.

 

The Steam version is patched to fix this, and 2K released an update to the disc version of the game that fixes this problem as well. We have that update hosted on the site.

[MLGordita]

I have a CD version of the game and have it patched with the site-given patch. I still ran into the infinite title screen.