MARCH MADNESS 2K14 v9 (Update 4.2.14)

[bigh0rt]

Just had an absolute war testing this. Michigan St (Me) vs. Syracuse. They ran their Zone D, they ran an accurate offense. Real slow 1st Q (12 - 12 Tied). Into Halftime up 36 - 32. Final score, 71 - 68 after they came back in the early 4th with a 13 - 4 run. I was up 69 - 68 with 15 seconds left, their ball. Payne was able to strip the ball in the paint, they fouled Appling, who iced two free throws to seal it. All just cause I wanted to make sure my tweaking of Mich St. has them wearing their gold socks and shoes with their HyperElite uniforms (they do!).

Going to continue tweaking and re-rating. Once the logos are worked out, I should be good to release our first non-Beta, 30-team March Madness. Includes accurate Coach Names and Profiles, arenas, courts, uniforms, accurate ratings, player gear, team gear colors, cyberfaces (similar ones for those players who don't have custom ones, from NBA/Legend/Euro players)...

[mcoll86]

sweat

[ryan4889]

Hells yeah! Can't wait to start a season

[Phreezy P]

AirAaron32, ok, can you try to execiute those 3 steps as written in the release poster A, B, and C in order we know that this is or is not not related with settings?

Well that cant be the problem because the NBA logos you packed into it by default have the same glitch.

Your logic is incorrect or you explained wrong.
I''d agree if your "can not be a problem because my settings are as in ABC".

Logos by itself can not cause any color problem.
It is either video sttings or scoreboard file.

Unless someone will test with A, B and C maxed on, I can not move on with finding a fix for some users

Whoops didn't know what you meant by ABC.

I have all those on high by default, but I cant change my video card settings (Including Anisotropic filtering) without using radeonpro. My computer seems to be missing the suite to change the video card settings directly.

[bigh0rt]

Ran another test game... I blew out Wisconsin with Baylor, 77 - 54. Very happy with the 7 minute Qtrs. Wisconsin took 57 shots (they average 54 in real life), and I took 48 (Baylor takes 55). This has been consistently close, so I think that we are in a good place there. A few more games to check consistency all over the place, and I think I'll be all set with the changes I've made.

One thing I am wondering though, is does everybody just get crushed on Off. Rebounds every game? I was out-boarded Offensively 6 to 2 this past game, and it's generally a 3:1 or 4:1 ratio in favor of the CPU. Now, if this is just me sucking at getting offensive boards, I won't touch anything; but if this is the case with everyone, we can look to tweak some things there.

[agolden]

Ran another test game... I blew out Wisconsin with Baylor, 77 - 54. Very happy with the 7 minute Qtrs. Wisconsin took 57 shots (they average 54 in real life), and I took 48 (Baylor takes 55). This has been consistently close, so I think that we are in a good place there. A few more games to check consistency all over the place, and I think I'll be all set with the changes I've made.

One thing I am wondering though, is does everybody just get crushed on Off. Rebounds every game? I was out-boarded Offensively 6 to 2 this past game, and it's generally a 3:1 or 4:1 ratio in favor of the CPU. Now, if this is just me sucking at getting offensive boards, I won't touch anything; but if this is the case with everyone, we can look to tweak some things there.

Make sure you box-out. Its a control on your controller

[Im1averageJoe]

Albany Great Danes

[bigh0rt]

I... I... It's really just about perfect.

[mcoll86]

i dont much o the off board. the ratio your getting are about right. i do block out.

[bigh0rt]

Ran another test game... I blew out Wisconsin with Baylor, 77 - 54. Very happy with the 7 minute Qtrs. Wisconsin took 57 shots (they average 54 in real life), and I took 48 (Baylor takes 55). This has been consistently close, so I think that we are in a good place there. A few more games to check consistency all over the place, and I think I'll be all set with the changes I've made.

One thing I am wondering though, is does everybody just get crushed on Off. Rebounds every game? I was out-boarded Offensively 6 to 2 this past game, and it's generally a 3:1 or 4:1 ratio in favor of the CPU. Now, if this is just me sucking at getting offensive boards, I won't touch anything; but if this is the case with everyone, we can look to tweak some things there.

Make sure you box-out. Its a control on your controller

I'm not mad about the CPU getting 6 O Reb. I want them to get that many, or more even. I just can never get more than 2. A huge game for me would be 4. And no matter what, the CPU gets more.

[ryan4889]

Amazing work Joe! Extremely well done

[datboy_jeremy]

First.... why isnt there Texas Longhorns or Gonzaga Bull Dogs, Cincinnati,Pittsburgh

2nd EMOTION should be boosted for all players.. After a dunk block or 3 pointer my guys should be fired up.. just sayin

[mcoll86]

patience. we don't know yet what teams he still has planned for the mod.

[bigh0rt]

First.... why isnt there Texas Longhorns or Gonzaga Bull Dogs, Cincinnati,Pittsburgh

2nd EMOTION should be boosted for all players.. After a dunk block or 3 pointer my guys should be fired up.. just sayin

First, for the same reason that better teams and more storied programs than them like Kansas State, Creighton, Xavier, SMU, etc. aren't. Because it's taken me I'd speculate well over 100 hours to get the 30 teams that I've gotten done, done. So for now everyone's gotta just be glad there's that. I've noted several times I may add more teams, but I'm certainly not in a rush, given the time I've sunk in to get the first 30 in. I've got custom Coach Profiles, every single player (nearly 400) custom rated, with different animations, cyberfaces, uniforms, etc. It's not like I ram my thumb up my ass and I shit out teams here. Given that I personally made uniforms for both Texas and Gonzaga, I'm certainly considering adding them at some point, though if we're being honest I'm not in a rush to add either of them. Same goes for Pitt, who I have a uniform from Pepis, and a court made for. They're an underwhelming team. If I get around to them, I get around to them. That's how I generally feel. I'm not interested in making Cinci's uniforms, but if Pepis21 makes them, and we get a court, I'd consider them as well. Again, none of those teams are getting in before Kansas State or Creighton, or even probably SMU.

Second, when you can tell me exactly how the Emotion rating affects gameplay, I'll consider tweaking it. Based on it's description, I'm not sure it does what you think it does. As it is the game play gets plenty of great runs and momentum by either team. Max out two teams to 99 for every player and do some tests with it and let me know what it does. As it is, every player is set to 'Expressive' for their personality, though I'm not sure if that does anything either. I suspect it has to do with their reaction animations to dunks, threes, fouls, etc.

[agolden]

Expressive is for association mode

Emotion and a bunch of other traits have descriptions for what they do and how they affect the game when you buy skill points in MyCareer...

[ryan4889]

Can't thank you enough man for all the time spent on this. I'm not sure people realize just how fast you put this together and how detailed it is given the timeframe. Extremely well done and as good as it gets in my book

[agolden]

Can't thank you enough man for all the time spent on this. I'm not sure people realize just how fast you put this together and how detailed it is given the timeframe. Extremely well done and as good as it gets in my book

Yeah I really do hope V1 gets some media coverage - this mod is incredible!

[mcoll86]

just do what y can. because ther only about 60 to 65 payable associations spots, if you do all there is avaible, were not going to get everyone in.

[agolden]

Suggestion: Include TNECKDME's generic player improver in v1

[ryan4889]

agolden thats a good idea...it really makes generics come to life. Using it at the moment

[mcoll86]

what is is exactly?

[datboy_jeremy]

For e reason the NBA Draft is not working for me in my player or association mode

[bigh0rt]

Suggestion: Include TNECKDME's generic player improver in v1

Great idea. I'm sure he won't mind. I'll ask.

[GloryD]

For e reason the NBA Draft is not working for me in my player or association mode

Uh I'm pretty sure this mod wasn't made for Association or MyCareer but I could be wrong.

[bigh0rt]

I would assume because the last release didn't have 30 teams.