MLB The Show 24
26 Achievements
Swan Dive Defense
Make a diving catch for an out. (Excludes simulated gameplay.)
Silver
Rare
31.0%
How to unlock the Swan Dive Defense achievement in MLB The Show 24 - Definitive Guide
TrueAchievements
TrueAchievements
20 Mar 2024 13:30
20 Mar 2024 13:30
It took me a few games to get it.
Games go really fast player locked, if you dont get it on the recap screen just go to restart game.
It won't always be pressing A to dive. It'll be a minigame that you'll enter in slow motion when the ball is hit. You'll know because it's completely different from normal plays. You have to follow the buttons it tells you to hit or put the cursor in the target circle, whatever it's showing you to do.
I made a RTTS CF after being frustrated in regular games as well. Took about 10-12 games before I got a Showtime Opportunity and it popped as soon as I completed it. You can also be trying to do regular dives as well on normal defensive plays until one comes up and you might get it sooner. I recommend setting Dive/Jump to Two Button in Settings > Control > RT to Defense so your player doesn't try to jump instead of dive with RT.
How I finally got it, is by changing the controls on diving to two buttons. It was a game changer. After hours of trying to play straight up I got it in 30 min. I caught a foul ball with the 3B, backed off it, then timed it and pressed the now 1 dive button and caught it. I was team changing to just pitch Fast Balls down the middle, letting the CPU hitting mostly fly balls, maxing outs by manually fielding and just letting them go, and finally got it.
I finally got it by playing exhibition, I dove and missed it with my 2B, but my CF caught it and it gave me it lol this achievement was annoying, the diving is just hilariously bad. The showtime event in RTTS never happened for me playing CF either. I tried until I got the one for the 24 games.
Thanks
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I managed to catch it manually after hundreds of failed attempts. Hundreds of in the park homers against me. I didn't do anything differently. Fly ball with more than enough time to catch it. Zig Zagged the fielder to catch it like I had been doing and finally snagged it.
I would recommend just saving this for last as it may unlock for you the same way, don't try and force it.
Anyways, started new RTTS with LF, changed name (not sure if this matters), I was getting a QTE every 1st or 2nd game of the combine / prospect showcase (Tested after I got achievement).
TrueAchievements
TrueAchievements
20 Mar 2024 13:30
20 Mar 2024 13:30
It took me a few games to get it.
Games go really fast player locked, if you dont get it on the recap screen just go to restart game.
It won't always be pressing A to dive. It'll be a minigame that you'll enter in slow motion when the ball is hit. You'll know because it's completely different from normal plays. You have to follow the buttons it tells you to hit or put the cursor in the target circle, whatever it's showing you to do.
I made a RTTS CF after being frustrated in regular games as well. Took about 10-12 games before I got a Showtime Opportunity and it popped as soon as I completed it. You can also be trying to do regular dives as well on normal defensive plays until one comes up and you might get it sooner. I recommend setting Dive/Jump to Two Button in Settings > Control > RT to Defense so your player doesn't try to jump instead of dive with RT.
How I finally got it, is by changing the controls on diving to two buttons. It was a game changer. After hours of trying to play straight up I got it in 30 min. I caught a foul ball with the 3B, backed off it, then timed it and pressed the now 1 dive button and caught it. I was team changing to just pitch Fast Balls down the middle, letting the CPU hitting mostly fly balls, maxing outs by manually fielding and just letting them go, and finally got it.
I finally got it by playing exhibition, I dove and missed it with my 2B, but my CF caught it and it gave me it lol this achievement was annoying, the diving is just hilariously bad. The showtime event in RTTS never happened for me playing CF either. I tried until I got the one for the 24 games.
Thanks
DOWNVOTED.
I managed to catch it manually after hundreds of failed attempts. Hundreds of in the park homers against me. I didn't do anything differently. Fly ball with more than enough time to catch it. Zig Zagged the fielder to catch it like I had been doing and finally snagged it.
I would recommend just saving this for last as it may unlock for you the same way, don't try and force it.
Anyways, started new RTTS with LF, changed name (not sure if this matters), I was getting a QTE every 1st or 2nd game of the combine / prospect showcase (Tested after I got achievement).
TrueAchievements
TrueAchievements
28 Jul 2024 17:39
Exhibition Game > make sure you are Home Team (so you bat 2nd each inning) > Select Boomers > Player Lock (hit RT) on Ken Griffey Jr > Move Ken Griffey Jr to 9th in batting order (by doing this you are ensuring that a majority of the time the visiting team batting first will have 2-3 innings of at bats before you come up to bat, leading to more opportunities to dive catch).
In my experience, 80% of the time the game would start with me in the field ready to make a play.
If you come up to bat first, Confirm Restart. It is faster than even bunting and getting out.
Settings - you can leave Showtime on if you want, doesn't matter it seems to never trigger. Put fielding opportunities on All, not Impact. Impact forces the game to promote their little throwing minigame, you will get a bunch of ground balls instead of fly balls. The "All" setting gives mostly routine fly balls.
Catching the ball - this game is awful, it will lock you into a catch no matter what difficulty or settings you have, it will make you slide and catch but not dive, it will make you jump instead of dive even when hitting RT, just keep trying. As soon as you see its a fly ball, start running towards the circle, keep circling around it and follow the shadow on the ground of the ball coming to time your dive into the circle.
I had a few times where I trapped the ball, inches away from the dive catch - you will eventually get it.
Keep in mind Ken Griffey is is left handed, so when he dives it will be with his right hand forward, so if you are coming straight at the ball dive with your body a little to the left of where the ball is.
After every failed attempt, just Confirm Restart, it is always faster and most of the times gives you another opportunity right away.
28 Jul 2024 17:39
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03 Nov 2024 17:59
03 Nov 2024 17:59