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Free throw sig shot

Sun Sep 28, 2008 1:58 am

is there any way u can give a player a sigfreethrow shot???

Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:04 pm

Yes, by editing the FTRITUAL column in players.dbf.

Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:09 am

so u can give players like Shawn Marion, Derek Fisher and KG their sigshot when shooting a three throw???..

Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:17 am

No, that's not possible. The dbf field stands for "Free Throw Ritual" such as Gilbert Arenas circling the ball around his body before he takes his shot. There were a few in older versions of NBA Live, but I don't think they are used in NBA Live 08. The last time I remembe them being used was for players like Tracy McGrady who actually took their shot a few feet behind the freethrow line, and setting the FTRITUAL to the value that McGrady used would have that player stand farther back from the freethrow line.

I don't think FTRITUAL is even used in NBA Live 08 for PC.

Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:32 pm

Pdub, do you say that FTRITUAL is useless in NBA Live 08? there are less free throw rituals than in live 07 but there are still a few: Garnett, Kidd, Jermaine O'Neal...
In this thread I told what I found when I imported 07's freethrow rituals to 08: http://www.nbaliveforums.com/viewtopic. ... highlight= (well, I said that the 07 rituals that aren't in 08 can't be used)

But there is no way to make a signature free throw shots.

Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:04 am

So do the players actually perform their ritual at the freethrow line before taking their shot?

Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:24 am

yes, haven't you played with Jason Kidd and see that he does his ritual before the freethrow shot? I guess you haven't played live 08 or 07 too much (and that is the best you can do with these so called basketball simulation games)

Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:49 am

Pdub wrote:No, that's not possible. The dbf field stands for "Free Throw Ritual" such as Gilbert Arenas circling the ball around his body before he takes his shot. There were a few in older versions of NBA Live, but I don't think they are used in NBA Live 08. The last time I remembe them being used was for players like Tracy McGrady who actually took their shot a few feet behind the freethrow line, and setting the FTRITUAL to the value that McGrady used would have that player stand farther back from the freethrow line.

I don't think FTRITUAL is even used in NBA Live 08 for PC.


Gilbert Arenas doesn't circle the ball around his waist before taking the shot! I wish he did. Although some players do have a ritual.
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