NBA Live Bug Fix Petition (Submitted)

[Crystallas]

More so with friends that screw around, then cherry pick.

[Sauru]

i dont understand how they messed up this game so bad. i am going to call eb tomorrow and try and return it and get 2k7 instead. i hope they let me they can be anal sometimes.

[Nick]

And the gap between EA's team and the nba2k team grows. Are EA getting stupider with old age or something?

This sub-bug basically makes the game unplayable. Especially for NBA Live leagues (I'm in 2, great.) and dynasties. It's unbelievable that something as retarded as this would get past their testers. It's a key thing. Do they even have any?

A patch better be released or i'm gonna be pissed. And how did they forget saved stats AGAIN? Happens every year. And we get annoyed about it every year.

It blows me away at the basketball knowledge difference between EA and 2k. 2k have all the little things that impress me because it's such a little touch. But EA can't even get their game to make subs properly.

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It's unbelievable that something as retarded as this would get past their testers

Maybe their testers are retarded?

[Jing]

well i kind of found another problem, not sure glitch or not...

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Zebra?

Those jerseys look like they are from live 2003

[artestfighttrainer]

As much as I would like to see a patch come out I bet EA won't release one.

Btw shouldn't Allen Ray be in the list of missing players or did he miss the cut for the Celtics?

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Hes in the game

[-Young Buck-]

well i kind of found another problem, not sure glitch or not...

i got this too




honestly this game is so fucked....im so pissed, i wish i could take it back.

[pontiacsilverdome]

Zebra?

Those jerseys look like they are from live 2003

Venon
the jerseys texture look like a ugly version of live 2006

[Gundy]

Looks like the terminator. I really don't know if I'm going to get this game. Some people have said its great and fun others say it sucks balls. I just don't know.

[-Young Buck-]

i think the pc version is the only one that really got fucked. if you dont get that version then id say try it. But DONT BUY THE PC VERSION. I havent felt so scammed in my entire life.

[joejam999]

Looks like the terminator. I really don't know if I'm going to get this game. Some people have said its great and fun others say it sucks balls. I just don't know.

Heres the deal player graphics go up but the PoS2 and XBOX cant handle it so they put the jersey graphics and court logos down. (well it kinda looks like maybe the court logos went down in quality)

[artestfighttrainer]

Lol looks like a disgruntled former band member from Blue Man Group decided to make his own break away band.

Forgot to mention before but did anyone list gay sex as one of the bugs in Live 07? You know with Marquis Daniels sitting on his Pacers Team mate.

[Matt]

I'm glad Australia gets the game in mid-October....otherwise i'd be seriously pissed.

[Coltrane]

other stuff that i noticed:

no dribbling sound when player is stationary(some on court speech seem to be gone also)
slow dribble/movement has been removed(probably too lazy to remove the sliding for different speeds)
camera settings are not saved

[Jimbo66]

Toronto's road red unis numbers are small in the back like the front. So far this is the only team with f'd up numbers, yet it's still pretty big considering the numbers are puny on the back. I'd change them around but EA changed the numbers formats slaightly and I have no idea what's controlling the individual teams ebo files placing the numbers. I've looked but can't locate the file. It's strange cause ONLY the Raptors red roads have puny numbers matching the front.

Overall the game is much improved but the quality control that released it is perhaps some of the worse in EA's history. Talk about piss poor assembly letting a massive bug such as the fatigue, sub's no sliders for either out. MAYBE they'll do a patch but I ain't holding my breath knowing them. The console guys are screwed and the only patch I can see this year for sure is the 360 one. In the madden forums every PC patch question or suggestion is quickly erased by EA's staff so that show how much they care when they say screw you to the madden crowd......(BTW they're only releasing a 360 patch for madden)

[JaoSming]

Those jerseys look like they are from live 2003

live actually had some of the best resolution jerseys from EA

[cyanide]

It's funny how out of all the teams, EA Canada didn't do a very good job with the only Canadian NBA team: screwed up number sizing on the jerseys, missing Garbajosa and Slokar, they have the old court with that purple that pops out, and both Peterson and Parker have the same jersey number.

[Jimbo66]

Looks like the terminator. I really don't know if I'm going to get this game. Some people have said its great and fun others say it sucks balls. I just don't know.

Heres the deal player graphics go up but the PoS2 and XBOX cant handle it so they put the jersey graphics and court logos down. (well it kinda looks like maybe the court logos went down in quality)

Take all the jersey patches for the last 2 years and bolt em right in. The only change in formats is the aforementioned numbers. I've got all of FRan's magnificent unis in game and they lok gaaaaarrrr....8. Courts work great too. JUst too bad whoever EA hired is colourblind and all the textures that are supposed to be red are in fact off pink. Red is RED like ferrari red, not flaming homo red, or falming flaming hom pink. I mean pull out the raptors unis and you'll think a drag queen got his hands on em.....

[Crystallas]

Looks like the terminator. I really don't know if I'm going to get this game. Some people have said its great and fun others say it sucks balls. I just don't know.

Heres the deal player graphics go up but the PoS2 and XBOX cant handle it so they put the jersey graphics and court logos down. (well it kinda looks like maybe the court logos went down in quality)

Take all the jersey patches for the last 2 years and bolt em right in. The only change in formats is the aforementioned numbers. I've got all of FRan's magnificent unis in game and they lok gaaaaarrrr....8. Courts work great too. JUst too bad whoever EA hired is colourblind and all the textures that are supposed to be red are in fact off pink. Red is RED like ferrari red, not flaming homo red, or falming flaming hom pink. I mean pull out the raptors unis and you'll think a drag queen got his hands on em.....

Flaming homo red? Hey, you should work for Crayola.

[stig]

Posted this in another thread, but I figure it's fitting to put it here also.

EA screwed up big time this year. For starters, they have Lebron as a better defender than Kobe by almost 20 points when Kobe's probably the best on the ball defender in the league next to Bowen and Artest. Next they have Smush Parker and Kwame Brown rated over 70 and have Mihm at 65 or some ridiculously low number. Why does EA always rate white players so low? As a diehard Laker fan who watches every game, I can tell you Mihm is easliy the best center on the team and deserves some respect from EA. Somehow EA rated him lower than he was last year and he even lost his shot blocker icon!

From reading all the problems and what not and then seeing how pathetic the default roster looks, all I can say is EA was SUPER lazy this year. Madden 07 is the same way, lazy roster ratings(not enough research), glitches all over the place. Just like Madden 06, NBA Live 06 is a more polished game out of the box than Live 07.

What happend to EA? Remember when they used to dominate the sports games market simply because they put the best product out every year? Now they think they can put out a half-assed bug ridden product, slap the name Live or Madden on it and make millions(which they end up doing anyways). Did they make some drastic changes in corporate or something that had a snowball effect? Every game that comes out now that carries the Electronic Arts tag is rushed and doesn't live up to the quality of any of their past games. I used to be a fan of EA, now I hate them.

[hoopscitylive]

Anyone involved in Quality Assurance on this game should be fired. It's the same stuff year after year. They do a half-@ssed job of implementing new features and then screw up critical features that worked fine in previous versions. Yet I'm suckered into buying it each year because there is no other NBA game available for PC. What a joke.

[[Q]]

Going through some old NLSC archives on my HD, I found the old NBA Live 99 Patch Petition:

Dear NBA Live Production Team!

First of all, please let us congratulate you on creating an awesome game in NBA Live 99.

Unfortunately the game has some bugs (some serious, some less serious) that we ask you to address and fix in a patch.


We also urge you to bring back the Ability to save Game Stats (both Team and Player) as this is vital for all NBA Live Non-Modem Leagues. Without this option, it's impossible for all these leagues to use NBA Live 99.

Here is a list of small things we'd like to see added in a patch.

• Bring back ability to save Game Stats (both Team and Players)
• Bring back ability for IsRom Players to have a Cyberface that is made up like the IsCreated Players (e.g. AAAL)
• Allow to shorten the Substitution and Free Throw Process (both CPU and User) by tapping the Shoot or Pass Button
• Change the order when sorting the Columns: When you click on a Column Header the data is automatically sorted in ascending order. While this is okay for names and schools it is not okay for stats and ratings because the lowest number will be at the top which always requires you to click the Column Header twice

Here is a detailed list of the bugs that have been discovered so far.

• Fatigue Bug: The players don't fatigue correctly, the starters usually play throughout the whole game. This can be fixed by lowering all fatigue ratings, but that is not a satisfying solution since it doesn't work okay for all quarter lengths. Also, if you lower the fatigue ratings, the human players will get tired much quicker than the CPU players
• Career Mode Simulation Bug: Sometimes when you simulate a season in Career Mode, the game will crash when a season is complete and it is about to go to the next season
• Rebounding Bug #1: Sometimes a player will grab a rebound without jumping and then jump for the rebound although he already has the ball (Travelling should be called in this case)
• Rebounding Bug #2: When the computer misses a shot and the rebound goes out of bounds and one of the computer players follows the ball out of bounds, a foul is called against the human player even if he is miles away. The CPU seems to think that if one of its players is out of bounds the human player must have pushed him.
• Rebounding Bug #3: The Centers and PF's don't get enough rebounds, they are dominated by the SF's and SG's on the boards
• Steals and Blocks Bug: There are definitely too many Steals and Blocks occuring in the game. This can be fixed to some extent by lowering the steal and block ratings but this is not a satisfying solution
• Illegal Defense Bug: Illegal defense is only called in the paint, you can stand still with your player outside the paint for as long as you like
• Foul Calling Bug #1: Very often, a basket counts after a foul even if the foul clearly happened way before the shot (sometimes the fouled player will even pass the ball)
• Foul Calling Bug #2: Sometimes a CPU Player gets called for a foul but then the player who committed the foul goes to the line and shoots the free throws himself
• Out Of Bounds Bug: When you shoot long jumpers, the ball often bounces from the Rim to the Backboard, but the game thinks the ball has hit the Shot Clock and calls it Out of Bounds
• Inbounding Bug: Sometimes the game will hang when you want to inbound the ball
• Stats Display Bug #1: The Overlay for Team Rebounds is switched, i.e. when in reality the Lakers have 12 Rebounds and the Rockets have 20, the game will report that the Lakers have 20 and the Rockets 12
• Stats Display Bug #2: During free-throws the Stats which are displayed are messed up. Sometimes the current game stats are shown although the game says it's the Season stats
• Stats Display Bug #3: Sometimes the Assist Stats are messed up, e.g. it will say that Pippen has 11 Rebounds and the Bulls have 9 Rebounds total
• Quarter Break Speech Bug: During the Quarter break, sometimes the speech is messed up. For example when the Score is Spurs 29 - Warriors 35, the announcer will say "After one, the Warriors trail the Spurs by six."
• Travelling Bug: When you repeatedly press Fake, Pivot, Fake, Pivot, etc. the player will be able to walk the whole court though Travelling should be called instead
• Practice Court Bug: When you approach the Basket from the South on the Practice Court the Player will never dunk
• Earthquake Bug: Sometimes a bumping sound is played, the court rumbles a little and all your opponent players fall to the floor
• Player Display Bug: In the Edit Player and View Player sections of the game certain features like tattoos or headbands will still be displayed even if you switch to another player
• AutoReplay Bug: Sometimes the clock keeps ticking down during the Automatic Replays
• Saving at Halftime Bug: When you save a game at the Halftime and then later reload it, you sometimes find yourself in the fourth quarter
• Ticker Bug: NBA Live 99 uses a Ticker to display real-time NBA Results and News via the Internet. This Ticker is enabled by default and this causes the game to hang on start-up if you have a Dial-Up Internet Connection only

Attached to this letter you will find a list with the Email Addresses of the Users who support our cause. We look forward to hearing from you soon!

Thank you,

The NBA Live Series Center Team (Tim, Brien and Lutz)
http://www.nba-live.com

lol I remembered that patch. It was definitely needed since the lockout fucked with all the rookies. It was a bitch creating the first rounders on the PS version...

but yeah the 99 one was pretty good pointing out EVERY single bug we found... if we send in something similar, it makes them look bad (because they obviously hoped no one would notice) and hopefully will force them into a patch. You should send them the 99 one (with Tim's name on it) for even more leverage

[Tony Divence]

Has anyone experienced disappearance of player headshapes??!!..i just went to edit player and everyone's headshape was missing but the cyperface was there..i checked the headshape files, and nothing was missing, i also tried to uninstall and that didn't fix the problem..and one more problem i found, occassionally i can't edit player ratings when i go to edit player.
This game could have been a great one. But these bugs are getting really annoying