Gordo

Have you seen what passes for news these days? So, ya...that qualifies. :smirk:

I may have missed it, but has anyone been able to install Windows Virtual PC/Windows XP Mode on their W10 PC and try running the game from that?

Ok, that wasn't clear from your statement. Actually, from what I've heard the game does work on TUNNGLE, so there may not be a need to do that. But the other major hurdle is getting players first off. Then making sure everyone is synced with the same files. We did try MVP 15 and it wasn't consistent. We ended up using MVP 08 and it works great. We also use the grass changer to "dumb down" the stadium files, but can use the full compliment of cyberfaces so far. Go figure.

The really cool thing is that we were able to keep the rule from our league of basically pitching any way that you want to. I know some leagues used to invoke more of a "throw strikes" element, but we've learned to approach it like a real game; challenge who and when you want or pitch around and be more cautious. It's really a great experience. I wonder if there is a way to reverse engineer the EA Sports Online portion of MVP... I'm not really understanding what you're asking or why you're asking it here. It's not really relevant to this thread based directly on your question. You'd need to elaborate or relate something to my original post. Unless you're talking about approximating what I've talked about above for a good offline experience. If that's the case, I've already set that up with the simulation pack I put together a while ago. Check it out.

I think you're mispeaking tinpan. Owen has a partial solution/work around, so you can play. But a permanent fix has yet to be discovered.

Since the OSLB folded up some time ago, my brother and I have continued playing online games on a regular basis. We've had some real incredible series and it's become even better. We've both learned to use the classic pitching mode and it has made for some highly realistic games through the years as we have fine tuned and tweaked things even more. We have thought of every kind of series you can imagine. We also have most every visual aid turned off except to help the outfielders, primarily in case of momentary lag (we live pretty close to each other so our connection is usually very good); therefore we keep on the ball trail and catch circle, but everything else is turned off and with classic pitching we don't have the pitch meter either. For example, we've embarked on a new series where we chose 1 team each from the AL and NL from this past year's bottom of the barrel teams. In short, his Rockies swept my Phillies, 1-0, 4-3 and 6-5. I turned around and blanked out the Red Sox with Detroit, 5-1, 6-3 and 9-3. This set up the "losers" WS, where we are 2 games in. And here's the beauty of the game, and our set-up (fortunately, MVP has always been sensitive to attribute tweaks and game sliders, unlike some other sports games I've played over the years). In game 1, we pitted our aces Verlander vs. De la Rosa. Verlander was dominant vs. the Red Sox and DLR blanked the Phils. This matchup didn't disappoint. The Tigers got to DLR in the 4th after Rajai Davis tripled on a badly played ball by Cargo in RF. 2 batters later Cabrera drove Davis home with a double. Verlander continued to look dominant. He racked up 8 K's in 7-2/3rds, but it was that 7th inning where the Rockies made a crack in Verlander's game. Charlie Blackmon scorched a triple to lead off the inning and Morneau pushed Blackmon in on a ground out. The game went to the 10th where Colorado loaded the bases and with one out, DJ LeMahieu sliced a single to RF for the walk off single. Altoghether, the game saw 289 pitches, 21 K's, 4 BB (all by the Tigers) and 18 hits inc. 3 xbh's. There was also only 1 error charged to Bruce Rondon on a wild pick off attempt. Yes, the game doesn't calculate in the errors related to human mistakes, but it does a pretty good job. When all is said and done, it "felt" like a baseball game. In contrast, game 2 pitted the no. 2 pitchers, Sanchez @ Kendrick. In sum, this contest took 11 innings and felt like a typical Coors Field duke it out contest. When the smoke cleared (pun slightly intended), the Tigers prevailed 9-8 thanks to an Anthony Gose 11th inning HR. The battle saw 3 lead changes, 310 pitches, 31 hits, 3 HRs (including a Grand Slam by Corey Dickerson), 4 triples (2 by Romine), and 2 doubles; 5 BB (4 earned by the Rockies). Each team trotted out 8 pitchers, stressing the bullpens potentially for game 4 (we have a limit on relievers showing in 3 consecutive games must sit 1 game). These were the same teams, with the same settings at the same ball park showing 2 totally different outcomes, just like the real game. I think we truly have the best online set up you can have and if you're inclined to use classic pitching and learn it effectively, it makes for a great gaming experience. If people are interested I can post what we use so you can do this for yourselves. We also tweak the rosters to bring down pitcher control significantly since we were seeing too much pitching domination despite the sliders we use. Box Scores from these 2 games are attached. ws gm 1.htm ws gm 2.htm

People rarely play the non-modded version.

Depends on what you mean by "clean". Since a recent update, a fix had to be used by a good number of people: I also used to restart W7 constantly prior to playing a game. Not so much any longer. Certainly not as convoluted as W10 stil is.

Asked and answered.

That might be something hard-wired into the program. You might look for an .ini file or the like and see if anything can be changed.

You know how it works. If someone sees it and can post they will. You don't wanna bump your own thread.

No, you're correct, Jim. You can't condemn an entire group based on a subset. But you also cannot blame those being victimized for having heightened sensitivity around those who come from that same culture. This is why profiling IS a necessary and useful tool. The US and other targeted nations cannot afford to be lax in this matter. Actually, for some reason there is a subset in our own government that does not seem to take this threat to the level of seriousness that it is. Obama is due for his criticism on how he has (or has not) handled this matter over the past 2 years. It is very suspect, combined with the other seemingly connected actions, especially the trading of the 5 terrorists for a proven deserter. It's all very curious and, quite frankly, disturbing.

We can have opposing views, but calling people "idiots" around here will get you nothing. The Anonymous story did pique my interest when it came out. This is one thing I can have no bones about supporting them on, though I'll never see them to thank them.

Well, we would like them....if they would just stop blowing themselves up around innocent civilians all over the world, and beheading children, and beheading Christians, and committing mass killings., etc., etc. Of course, I don't seriously think we should blanket bomb the country, but what Russ-ance is doing is the right move and bomb all possible strategic sites. Cripple them until they can't crawl. Or do you suggest we do what State Dept. spokeswoman Marie Harf said back in February and just provide ISIS member jobs. Yes.... that'll do it. Let's get 'em over here working at fast food restaurants for $7.75/hr. This takes care of 2 problems in one. They'll make more than the federal min. wage and will replace current FF workers who think they should get what some college grads get just out of school.

If you're citing the Huffington Post, then I already see where your head is at. As far as the original thread question, the answer is simple, since these radicals seem to like to play with explosives: I'm exactly in your school of thought, tomk.

If you created the datafileedit.txt file with the DF Comp utility then it should compress it back w/ no problems, unless this is another W8/W10 thing.

I have a separate thread about that, but I'm sure there are more security concerns outside of what is in that video guide.

I personally recommend this whole thing for total sim type play http://www.mvpmods.com/files/file/7668-daflyboys%E2%80%99-sim-game-play-pack/