MLB 2K11 Official Patch V 1.1

Download the MLB 2K11 PC patch for the PC DVD version only which is needed to play online starting May 18th.

GENERAL

• Fix a crash that sometimes occurred when players were waiting at home plate to celebrate with other teammates that are about to cross home plate.
• Fix a crash that would occur if there was an empty slot on the pitching rotation screen and the user was changing through players on the playercard.
• Fix a soft hang when the user disconnects the controller during the coach’s clipboard.
• Fix crash caused by players assigning or trading players on the DL.
• Fix a crash during the Postseason caused by the user adjusting lineups for teams that were no longer playing.
• Fix problem where players signature batting or pitching animations were not always being loaded.
• Fix problem where a hit ball would go through the pitching screen in Home Run Derby.
• Fix a problem that was preventing the adjusted ratings from being shown on the pitcher’s pitch breakdown dialog accessed off the player card.

ONLINE & MLB Today

• Fix a crash when the host views a 2K Sports Profile and the client accepts a game invite for a postseason match up.
• Fix a divergence when user play against each other twice with a user entering then exiting another league between the 1st and 2nd match for any online league.
• Fix problem caused by having created teams and downloading multiple living season rosters and editing players on your team multiple times.
• Fix so the adjusted player ratings show on the player card within MLB Today games.
• Fix uncommon problem where the Dynamic Player Rating System could be deactivated incorrectly on some days during the Minor League Postseason games.
• Fix bug where the user is unable to upload snapshots or video (they get an "upload aborted" prompt when done uploading) when using the upload features from the replay menu in any game mode.

FRANCHISE

• Fix a rare crash at the end of the draft when teams were signing players.
• Fix a bug on the trade notification dialog where the level of the organization instead of the player was being displayed for each team. Everyone was shown as being in the MLB instead of MLB, AAA, AA, or A.
• Fix problem where the AI was signing free agents to multi-year contracts when they were only intended to cover a shortage due to a serious DL injury.
• Additional pages of information to the 2K Franchise Handbook to help players understand the new features and functionality in Franchise Mode.
• Adjust text on the informational dialog that is shown the first time go to the Schedule screen to also explains the Hot/Cold icons and point the player to the new pages of information in the 2K GM Handbook.
• Fix problem with new pitcher draftee’s being given in appropriate potential ratings based on their pitch arsenal.
• Improve the distribution of the player potential within the new draftee class to ensure that years in the future the league has the correct balance of player skill.
• Adjusted the decrease for a pitcher’s fastball when they are declining in their career. Greatly improves player regression for older pitchers.
• Fix problem where the player potential was not properly updating as player’s declined near the end of the careers.
• Fix uncommon problem on the Postseason task list where the AI was not properly automating the tasks when requested.
• Fix problem with contract amounts that was causing some low budget teams to occasionally run out of money 10+ years into the franchise.
• Fix bug that was causing the AI to incorrectly resign position players that had expired contracts even if the team had enough players at the position.
• Fix problem that caused left handed throwing players that were substituted into the catcher role would catch the ball with their bare hand.

GAMEPLAY

• Improve the transitions between animations when running on the base path.
• Fix uncommon problem that caused the base runner to run out of the base path.
• Fix a rare problem that had the pitcher come to bat with his fielding glove still on his hand.
• Fix so catchers are now playing the proper cut/change direction animations.
• Fix problem where player would start to throw the ball but would not release the ball.
• Fix problem where AI backup players would sometimes run into the player catching a fly ball.
• Fix to the AI throw intensity calculation so they chose an appropriate throw based on the situation.
• Fix problems where the player would go part way through a wall while making a catch or throw.
• Fix problem where the player was playing the incorrect wall climb for the height of the wall.
• Improve the wall climb detection so wall climbs are more likely to play if the ball is possibly playable.
• Fix problem that would sometimes cause the catcher to stand up to move location between pitches.
• Fix uncommon problem where the catcher would not catch a pitchout from the pitcher.
• Improve the cutoff man location and appearance. Sometimes the cutoff man would twitch in location.
• Fix problems with diving tags not transitioning properly.
• Fix problem with the wrong player (Pitcher vs Catcher) was being selected on bunts causing frequently missed plays.
• Fix for uncommon situations where the first baseman would not perform a basestomp when they should.
• Fix problem where the Human Pitch Control Slider was incorrectly adjusting the pitch accuracy calculation.
• Fix rare problem where a base runner would be moved to the next base when the play ended.
• Fix problem where sometimes the substitution commentary would not play.
• Fixed an uncommon problem where the player would slide without playing an animation to a location to make a catch.
• Fix a rare bug where the same batter comes to bat after the pitcher was injured while on offense.
• Fix problem where are few pitcher’s gesture for the Splitter did not match the art gesture shown.
• Fix problem where high stamina pitchers energy was not being calculated properly.
• Fix problem where fastballs were incorrectly being limited to 99 MPH

MY PLAYER

• Fix an uncommon problem where the AI would attempt to steal to the base the My Player was occupying.