Wind Direction

Tony M · 06-22-2007, 06:09 AM

I tried to find this in the manual but couldn't find an answer.

Is the wind_direction value based on an absolute compass, or relative to the ballpark?

If it's the first, how do you tell the game what alignment a park is on. You could have two parks in the same city but one with a HP-1B line running north and the other with a HP-1B running south. Having an absolute wind of easterly would mean less balls being blown foul behind 1st in the first park but increase it in the 2nd

Cryomaniac · 06-22-2007, 07:52 AM

Complete guess is that it's relative, it would seem easier to program that way.

endgame · 06-22-2007, 12:14 PM

The game seems to always reference left to right, or out to center, or in from right, etc... I can't imagine that it's coded any other way than field oriented as, to my recollection, compass directions are never a reference.

bobm64 · 06-22-2007, 12:18 PM

If you check out a full box score, the wind is listed and recorded by MLB in reference to the park. In from Left, Out to Center, etc is how the wind is listed.

06-22-2007, 06:09 AM	#1
Tony M Global Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Here Posts: 6,156	Wind Direction I tried to find this in the manual but couldn't find an answer. Is the wind_direction value based on an absolute compass, or relative to the ballpark? If it's the first, how do you tell the game what alignment a park is on. You could have two parks in the same city but one with a HP-1B line running north and the other with a HP-1B running south. Having an absolute wind of easterly would mean less balls being blown foul behind 1st in the first park but increase it in the 2nd

06-22-2007, 12:14 PM	#3
endgame Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 16,842	The game seems to always reference left to right, or out to center, or in from right, etc... I can't imagine that it's coded any other way than field oriented as, to my recollection, compass directions are never a reference. __________________ "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel Beckett _____________________________________________

06-22-2007, 12:18 PM	#4
bobm64 Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 19	Wind Direction If you check out a full box score, the wind is listed and recorded by MLB in reference to the park. In from Left, Out to Center, etc is how the wind is listed.

06-22-2007, 07:52 AM	#2
Cryomaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Hucknall, Notts, UK Posts: 4,902	Complete guess is that it's relative, it would seem easier to program that way.