MVP Baseball 2005

MVP Baseball 2005
Developer(s)	Electronic Arts
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Series	MVP Baseball
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	NA February 22, 2005
Genre(s)	Sports, Baseball
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (2)
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	GV4E69
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Featuring the EA Sports Hitter's Eye, MVP Baseball 2005 gives players more control of their at-bat including the power to read the pitch and the ability to move in the batter's box. A visual indicator allows hitters to pick up the pitch the moment it leaves the pitcher's hand. In addition, players can use the Pitch/Swing Analysis to review the timing and location of their swings and adjust accordingly. An all-new Owner Mode enables players to control all aspects of an organization including concession stand prices, promotional days, hiring and firing coaches as well as building their field of dreams. In Create Ballpark, players can customize their stadium by selecting a ballpark name, location, field dimensions and much more. The game features 30 Single-A minor league teams (90 minor leagues teams overall), three new mini-games, an improved Dynasty Mode and all-new unlockable legends, stadiums and uniforms.

Problems

VP6 Videos

MVP Baseball 2005 uses the VP6 video codec, common in Electronic Arts' titles, causing its videos to have vertical line artifacts and other glitches on many graphics cards. The Software Render will display VP6 video correctly, but is typically too slow. VP6 rendering also reacts poorly to the Force Texture Filtering enhancements (and Anisotropic Filtering on NVIDIA), causing further scrambling. See issue 7193. In 5.0-15515 or newer, this can be fixed with "Manual Texture Sampling" in the Graphics Settings -> Advanced menu.

VP6 video

VP6 video with manual sampling

2D Sprite Issues

For unknown reasons, 2D sprites in MVP Baseball do not display correctly, flickering, stretching, and all around acting unpredictable. The game itself is playable, but these issues make playing it very difficult. Refer issue 6752. Fixed by 5.0-12656. Activate the optional patch to resolve the issues from the Game Properties -> Patches page.

Configuration

Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.

Graphics

Config	Setting	Notes
Manual Texture Sampling	On	Render VP6 video

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with MVP Baseball 2005 since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

3.5

5.0-12656

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5.0-20154 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
5.0-422	Windows 10	Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.4 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070	Technically playable. Technically. 2D errors remain unfixed.	JMC4789

Gameplay Videos

Dolphin Emulator 4.0-3443 - MVP Baseball 2005 (1080p HD) - Nintendo GameCube

MVP Baseball 2005 [Gamecube] Dolphin 5.0 [1080p HD]