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MVP Baseball 2005

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MVP Baseball 2005
MVP Baseball 2005 cover
Developers
EA Canada
Publishers
EA Sports
Release dates
Windows March 1, 2005
Reception
Metacritic 85
IGDB 88
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Direct control
Genres Sports
Sports Baseball
Series MVP Baseball
MVP Baseball 2005 on HowLongToBeat
MVP Baseball 2005 on IGDB
MVP Baseball 2005 guide on StrategyWiki
MVP Baseball 2005 on MobyGames
MVP Baseball 2005 on Wikipedia
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Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

MVP Baseball 2005 is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view sports game in the MVP Baseball series.

General information

MVPMods.com Modding forums
The MVP 2005 and Windows 10 Thread

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
SafeDisc v4 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
This game is not available digitally.


Essential improvements

Patches

All patches on MVPMods. Patch 5 is final.

MVP Baseball Game Resolution Changer

Adds support for widescreen resolutions.
Widescreen is in-game only.

Skip intro movies

Replaces EA Sports and MVP Baseball intros with blank files, skipping videos.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\MVP Baseball 2005\

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\MVP Baseball 2005\

Video

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Use MVP Baseball Game Resolution Changer (does not affect menus, only gameplay) or hex edit following instructions on WSGF
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
See Camera Adjustment Tutorial post from MVPMods forum.
Windowed
Create shortcut and add "-win" to Target section
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Japanese

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
The official multiplayer service has been shut down.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

Mods

Total Classics

Total Classics is a series of total conversion mods and additional patches created by various modders that converts the base game into different historical baseball seasons and eras.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, ME, 2000, or 98 SE
Processor (CPU) 800 MHz or faster
System memory (RAM) 128 MB or more/256 MB for XP/2000
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.4 GB of free space
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce 2 or greater
ATI Radeon 7500 or greater
Matrox Parhelia; Intel 915g
32 MB or more of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9.0c compatible
Controller Keyboard or Dual-analog controller


Notes

  1. SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]

References