Those on and off drives shouldn't be so hazardous now.
By Alex Walker on August 28, 2014 at 6:00 am
Hello! I'm taking over Thursday. Isn't that fun? You probably don't care. I do. But since I'm in charge of the news reins unexpectedly for today (unexpectedly for you, anyway), let's talk cricket. Specifically, Don Bradman Cricket 14.
The Melbourne-made game has received a gym bag's load of updates since its release in gaming's quiet period, but the update, rolled out late yesterday, might be the most important. For a start, the patch notes are available in a comment by the developer's community manager, which is a nice change of pace from patches landing on Steam without no notification whatsoever.
That gripe aside, the changes themselves are crucial. Various crashes have been fixed, the annoying caught & bowled description that comes up when a wicket falls – even if the catcher was at, say, long on – and the physics relating to well-timed shots have been adjusted, meaning drives down the pitch will actually go down into the pitch rather than remaining at a low but disturbingly catchable height for bowlers.
The full list is below.
- Various crash bug fixes.
- Fix for C&B being shown in Wicket HUD when not caught by bowler.
- Fix for an instance of "Umpire's Call" giving wrong decision.
- Tuning of physics relating to trajectory off bat with good timing.
- Tuning desire to run of striking batsman if player is non-striker in Career.
- Tuning of bowler speed differential.
- Tuning of edge chance on defensive shots.
- Tuning of ground friction in field.
- Career difficulty will only go up for appearances at International Level.
- Added Toggle for Transparent Batsman to D-Pad DOWN.
- Added Toggle for Transparent Wicket Keeper to D-Pad UP.
- Added credits for Planet Cricket & Somesh Bahuguna.
On another note, the patch's release is also rather timely since it lines up with the birthday of The Don himself, who would have turned 106 today if he was still around.
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