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Front Page Sports: Baseball '94 v 1.03 Release Notes
Rather than marketing and selling a disk with the 1995 MLBPA rosters
for $20 or $30, as is the usual practice, the Front Page Sports:
Baseball '96 development team would like for you to have the teams
and players from last season for free, as our way of saying "Thank
You" for using Baseball '94.
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1. PREREQUISITES
The BBTHANX package is designed to upgrade users of Baseball '94
version 1.02. If you have not yet installed the 1.02 patch, please
do so before installing the BBTHANX package.
If you are unsure of which version of Baseball '94 you have installed,
you may find out by either starting the game and noting the version
number in the lower left corner of the credits screen or by typing out
the contents of the BB94.VER file in the Baseball game directory.
To do this using MS-DOS, change to the game directory and type:
TYPE BB94.VER [enter]
The game version will be displayed on the next line of the screen.
Valid Baseball '94 versions include 1.00WC, 1.00WF, 1.01C, 1.01F,
1.02C, 1.02F, 1.02CX, and 1.02FX. Any of the four 1.02 versions
can safely accept BBTHANX.
If you do not yet have the 1.02 patch, please refer to page 119 of
your Baseball '94 game manual for information on how to obtain the
patch disk to upgrade you to version 1.02.
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2. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
To install BBTHANX:
1. Copy all files for the update to the \SIERRA\BASEBALL directory.
2. Change to the \SIERRA\BASEBALL directory, type UPDATE <Enter>.
3. When the program is finished, your game will be updated to v1.03
and you can type PLAYBALL <Enter> to play Baseball '94.
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3. BUG FIXES
In addition to the free player rosters, the team has taken the time
to port some of the bug fixes that have been developed for BB96 into the
older BB94 code. These new executables address the following problems:
1. Reduced the chance of sacrifice bunt attempts in all situations,
particularly for non-pitchers in non-late-game situations.
2. Made changes to the base velocities and velocity ranges of the
Fastball (FB), Sinker (SI), Slider (SL), and Change-up (CU) pitches.
The sinker (SI), also known as the two-seam fastball, is now properly
classified as a fastball class pitch and has a base velocity about 5
mph below that of the standard four-seam fastball (FB). Several
players in the BBTHANX association, such as Greg Maddux and Orel
Hershiser, do not have FB ratings because they throw sinkers as their
primary fastball pitch. Others, such as Eric Plunk and Mark Wohlers,
throw the standard four-seam, "straight" fastball as their primary
pitch.
3. A pitcher's base fastball velocity is now determined by his Arm
Strength (AS) rating rather than the fastball rating. This change
allows the FB rating to be used exclusively as a pitch quality rating,
which allows for players with blazing velocity but poor command and
liveliness on their fastball pitches.
Unfortunately this change will require that you modify the AS ratings
for pitchers in existing associations. The AS rating is designed to
a range of 66-99 mph with a rating of 40 being approximately equal
to a fastball velocity of 80 mph.
We have provided a command-line utility that will change the AS
ratings for all pitchers in existing associations to be equal to
their FB ratings (with a minimum AS rating of 40). To update the AS
ratings of the pitchers in all associations, from the Baseball game
directory, type:
UPTHANX [enter]
4. Made adjustments to the chance of making contact with the pitched
ball based on the pitch velocity and location within the strike zone.
5. Fixed asserts relating to improperly tracked player substitutions
during games, the most common of which were the GAMEINC.CPP:266 and
the EARNEDR.C:308 asserts. The removal of these asserts has proven to
cause errors in game box score compilation, such as the involved
players being displayed as a substitute for the wrong slot in the
batting order. We feel that having a substitute being displayed in
the wrong slot is much less of a problem than lost games.
6. Fixed the "cheap save" bug. Pitchers are now properly considered
to be in a save situation when they pitch the last inning of a game
with a three run lead.
7. Fixed a bug which prevented players with career ending injuries
from retiring off of their team's rosters. Players with existing CEIs
will retire during the next day's association processing.
8. Fixed the September roster call-ups bug which resulted in the
GAMESET.C:360 assert when starting games.
9. Fixed a bug in the player valuing system which was causing players
with no career games played to be considered as not qualified at all
positions. The resulting lowered player values caused players to be
used at non-qualified positions (such as Barry Bonds starting at the
catcher position) and caused them to be undervalued in trades with
other teams. Players with no career games played are now properly
considered as qualified at their primary position.
10. Made adjustments to the overall offensive, defensive, and speed
considerations for each position in the player valuing process.
11. Removed all copy protection from the game. You may now play games
without having the CD in the drive or looking up an answer in the game
manual.
If you continue to experience any problems, or if you have any questions
concerning any of the above steps, our Technical Support Team will be
more than happy to assist you. Please call (206) 644-4343 between 8:15 a.m.
and 4:45 p.m., Pacific Standard Time, Monday through Friday. We can be
reached by Fax at (206) 644-7697, or by mail at the following address:
Sierra On-Line
P.O. BOX 85006
Bellevue, WA 98015-8506
Attention: Technical Support
You can also reach our Technical Support Team on one of the following
services:
Sierra BBS (206) 644-0112 or telnet bbs.sierra.com
Compuserve GO SIERRA
America Online Keyword: Sierra
Internet support@sierra.com or http://www.sierra.com
Please outline the problems along with the specific information about your
computer system, and we will gladly respond to your letter, fax, or BBS
message as soon as possible. When contacting us by fax or BBS please
allow 24-48 hours for turnaround. During weekends or holidays, there may
be some delays.
To better serve our European customers with technical problems and disk
replacements, Sierra U.K Customer Support or Coktel Customer Support can
be reached at the following address:
Sierra On-Line Limited Coktel Vision
Unit 2, Theale Technology Centre, Parc Tertiaire de Meudon
Station Road Immeuble "Le Newton"
Theale, Berkshire RG7 4AA 25 rue Jeanne Braconnier
United Kingdom 92366 Meudon La ForΩt Cedex
Main: (44) 1-734-303171 France
Fax : (44) 1-734-303201 Main: (33) 1-46-01-4650
BBS : (44) 1-734-304227 Fax : (33) 1-46-31-7172
Sierra Technical Support provides this documentation as a reference to
Sierra customers using Sierra software products. Sierra Technical
Support makes reasonable efforts to ensure that the information
contained in this documentation is accurate. However, Sierra makes no
warranty, either express or implied, as to the accuracy,
effectiveness, or completeness of the information contained in this
documentation.
SIERRA ON-LINE, INC. DOES NOT WARRANTY OR PROMISE THAT THE INFORMATION
HEREIN WILL WORK WITH ANY OR ALL COMPUTER SYSTEMS. SIERRA DOES NOT
ASSUME ANY LIABILITY, EITHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL, FOR THE USE
OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN, INCLUDING ANY AND ALL DAMAGE TO OR LOST USE
OF COMPUTER HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE PRODUCTS, LOSS OF WARRANTIES, OR LOST
DATA BY THE CUSTOMER OR ANY THIRD PARTY. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN
INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY SIERRA, ITS EMPLOYEES, DISTRIBUTORS,
DEALER OR AGENTS SHALL CHANGE THE RESTRICTION OF LIABILITY OR CREATE
ANY NEW WARRANTIES. IN NO CASE SHALL SIERRA'S LIABILITY EXCEED THE
PURCHASE PRICE OF THE SIERRA SOFTWARE PRODUCT.
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Once again, the Baseball '96 development team thanks you for using and
supporting Front Page Sports: Baseball '94. Be sure and look for Baseball
'96 in your local retailers at the All-Star break!