Fast Break Pro Basketball 2013 Released!

[HeavyReign]

You can have up to 20 during the preseason and 15 during the regular season.

[whomario]

Originally Posted by HeavyReign

You can have up to 20 during the preseason and 15 during the regular season.

how does the game (specifically the CPU) handle this ? Do extra guys signed for the minimum and the released still count for the cap and/or the luxury tax ?

[HeavyReign]

Only cut salary above the minimum salary counts towards the cap. Luxury tax is charged on salary paid so cut salary does not apply.

[Young Drachma]

If possible, could you still add that option to make it so the game doesn't automatically add filler player to draft classes when importing draft classes from fbcb?

[Bigsmooth]

Are triple doubles tracked anywhere? Couldn't find it if so.

[scoman]

Originally Posted by Bigsmooth

Are triple doubles tracked anywhere? Couldn't find it if so.

Yes ...archive /player records/overview

[IlliniCub]

Has anyone made a good european style league promotion/relegation type of league they can post for others to use if that's possible to share.

[Young Drachma]

Here's a female first names list for all of the countries, in the off-chance some goofball other than me wants to play that way.

You'll want to go to your install directory, make a copy of and rename the existing First Names folder as "Men's First Names" that way you don't lose them when you're done being silly and playing WNBA.

Then you extract these name files into the First Names folder, it overwrites them and then your new league will have female named generated players, which saves you the trouble of having to delete the men who show up, even if you have a feeder league full of women names.

Good luck and enjoy.

[mgsports]

Thanks about the Female Names and also Griner might want to play on a Men's team to like the Mavericks so having both Female and Men's Names are okay. Also another problem is the WNBA Draft happen last Monday and season starts in May and we can't start a season in May and if we could then we could Sim NBA Offseason in Calender meaning Hiring Staff/Personal,Signing Unrestricted Free-Agents from July 1st to Opening Day can happen.

Also the Computer might be sending most of the Players to DL.

[TheOhioStateUniversity]

How is the single player game? I'm not really interested in the historical options, I just want a set up like the NBA and I'll take it from there. (Trade AI, player progression, realism?)One thing I enjoyed about Heavy's last game that was released via cd was that it wasn't easy to build an elite team. It should take shrewd decisions and a bit of luck.

[whomario]

Possibly big problem : Way too many stars and superstars changing clubs in Free Agency (Curry, Griffin, Hibbert, Durant !)

Originally Posted by HeavyReign

My explanation of how this works might have been confusing. The FBCB imports will take over only the league you select for them...most likely the US league. If you had the German league running as well, the game would still be creating a separate pool of new players for that league that would be mostly German. The biggest step here is that if an elite player pops up in the German pool, they wouldn't move over to the US draft.

But it´s in the plans to have it work like it would IRL ?

I do like that the FBCB players trickle into the other leagues, just had one of my all time favourites from FBCB sign with Real madrid

[korme]

Just got a runtime error '9' subscript out of range while simming a season. With .0.8

[pbot]

Originally Posted by Young Drachma

If possible, could you still add that option to make it so the game doesn't automatically add filler player to draft classes when importing draft classes from fbcb?

Or perhaps import the entire FBCB class? I thought I read somewhere that it only imports the top 20 FBCB players at each position.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by whomario

Possibly big problem : Way too many stars and superstars changing clubs in Free Agency (Curry, Griffin, Hibbert, Durant !)

Yeah, I (and the CPU) rarely re-sign any players before FA. Usually offering the max is enough to keep the players then, but I wonder if that could be tweaked. (Maybe this is a problem connected with starting a career in 2012 and the loyalty factor not kicking in fully?) Like, almost all players seem to not want to sign an extension and test Free Agency, but if I want to offer an average player like Chris Wilcox $15 million a year to re-sign, he should trip over himself running to sign it. So maybe have all players who aren't "unhappy" have a number (which is usually inflated and higher than they should get in FA) they want, or they'll try FA.

I also haven't looked too closely, but I think the fictional classes that start coming in in 2013 are a little top-heavy. It seems like the historical classes (once you get past the really weak early period) fluctuate between 3-10 Blue potential players, but many fictional classes have 10+ blue players. Of course, as I say that, I did a test run and only got 4 blue's and 8 green's in the draft preview, so maybe that was operator bias on my part. I'll try doing some tests later if I have time. I also felt like too many stud rookies come in at blue/blue - even a transcendent player like LeBron or KD or Kobe took a couple years to become the monsters they are.

[korme]

Small thing: Whenever I hit the scroll bar once going down (not using the button, just hitting empty space), it always scrolls 2 pages down as if I clicked it twice.

[korme]

In my current sim, the 1981-82 Indiana Pacers have the potential to unleash a historic season. They're currently 7-0. Look at this starting 5!

Pacers 140, Jazz 111 - 11/13/1982

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       1  2  3  4   T     Pacers Leaders                     Jazz Leaders                       
 IND  31 46 35 28 140     Points:   Larry Bird           52  Points:   Steve Hawes          23  
 UTA  29 35 26 21 111     Rebounds: Darryl Dawkins        9  Rebounds: Dave Robisch          6  
                          Assists:  Magic Johnson         9  Assists:  Phil Ford             7  

Pacers (7-0):
Player              Pos  Min   Fgm-a   3pm-a   Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk  TO  PF  +/-  Pts
Darryl Dawkins      C     16     1-1     0-0     4-4   2   9   0   0   3   3   3    8    6
Larry Bird          PF    39   18-21     6-8   10-13   1   7   3   1   1   3   4   25   52
Michael Cooper      SF    33     4-7     0-0     0-0   2   4   4   0   0   3   2   23    8
Billy Knight        SG    33    7-16     0-0    7-10   1   6   2   0   0   2   3   20   21
Magic Johnson       PG    36     7-8     0-0    9-14   1   2   9   3   0   6   0   20   23

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by pbot

Or perhaps import the entire FBCB class? I thought I read somewhere that it only imports the top 20 FBCB players at each position.

Oh that'd explain a lot.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by mgsports

Thanks about the Female Names and also Griner might want to play on a Men's team to like the Mavericks so having both Female and Men's Names are okay. Also another problem is the WNBA Draft happen last Monday and season starts in May and we can't start a season in May and if we could then we could Sim NBA Offseason in Calender meaning Hiring Staff/Personal,Signing Unrestricted Free-Agents from July 1st to Opening Day can happen.

Also the Computer might be sending most of the Players to DL.

I don't have any desire or intention of running a summer basketball season. The way it's setup is just fine enough.

And you can't run women and men's names at the same time short of manual editing. So don't get any bright ideas.

[korme]

Still having wonky DB issues. 1984 draft is here again and right off the bat we're missing Olajuwon, Bowie.

Barkley is not in this game, either.

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It's weird because all these guys are showing up in the DB.

[korme]

Is it possible to get a guy in multiple HOFs? Tried adding a guy who is a HOFer in ABA to NBA Hall of Fame, but his bar to add him is grayed out.

[korme]

Also, HOF sorts by First name, which is weird.

[korme]

Also HOF related:

It lists many guys playing at the wrong position. Click on a HOFer where it reads SF and his player card says he was a SG.

Also is it possible to get 1st Team/2nd Team/3rd Team all the way to Rookie Teams to just have 2 interchangable Guard slots, 2 for Forwards, and 1 center. Instead of it having to go to a "Shooting Guard", etc.

[korme]

Possible to make a historical coach DB? I would work on it.

[HeavyReign]

Originally Posted by Young Drachma

If possible, could you still add that option to make it so the game doesn't automatically add filler player to draft classes when importing draft classes from fbcb?

It shouldn't be adding anyone to the draft classes themselves but it does ensure there are a certain number of players in the league after the draft period or when you first start the game.

[HeavyReign]

Originally Posted by whomario

Possibly big problem : Way too many stars and superstars changing clubs in Free Agency (Curry, Griffin, Hibbert, Durant !)

Something to keep an eye on.

Originally Posted by whomario

But it´s in the plans to have it work like it would IRL ?

I'd like to head that way.

[HeavyReign]

Originally Posted by korme

Just got a runtime error '9' subscript out of range while simming a season. With .0.8

Any specific info here? Was it on a certain day?

[HeavyReign]

Originally Posted by pbot

Or perhaps import the entire FBCB class? I thought I read somewhere that it only imports the top 20 FBCB players at each position.

Certainly an option. Might just have to set it up that way and see how things work out. That would cover any issues with needing filler players.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by HeavyReign

It shouldn't be adding anyone to the draft classes themselves but it does ensure there are a certain number of players in the league after the draft period or when you first start the game.

Gotcha.

[HeavyReign]

Originally Posted by korme

Still having wonky DB issues. 1984 draft is here again and right off the bat we're missing Olajuwon, Bowie.

Barkley is not in this game, either.

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It's weird because all these guys are showing up in the DB.

I'll just remove the DB check when using straight up historical drafts. It doesn't need to be there.

[HeavyReign]

Originally Posted by korme

Is it possible to get a guy in multiple HOFs? Tried adding a guy who is a HOFer in ABA to NBA Hall of Fame, but his bar to add him is grayed out.

It should be enabled if you select the league you are trying to add him to in the drop down and he is not already added. It works the same on the retired players list or on the retired player profile.

[HeavyReign]

Originally Posted by korme

Also HOF related:

It lists many guys playing at the wrong position. Click on a HOFer where it reads SF and his player card says he was a SG.

That actually should reflect the position he played the most. Need to look at changing the default position to reflect that as well. Been on my list for a bit.

Originally Posted by korme

Also is it possible to get 1st Team/2nd Team/3rd Team all the way to Rookie Teams to just have 2 interchangable Guard slots, 2 for Forwards, and 1 center. Instead of it having to go to a "Shooting Guard", etc.

Probably more realistic that way. Don't think it would be too hard to change.

[HeavyReign]

Originally Posted by korme

Possible to make a historical coach DB? I would work on it.

Possible but would want to add in normal coach files before I looked at that.

[korme]

Liking what I'm seeing!

 PLAYER DETAILS

 #42 C Wilt Chamberlain - Nationals
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 Height:       7-1
 Weight:       281
 DOB:          8/21/1936 (23)
 College:      Kansas
 Exp:          0
 
 Attributes:
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 Type       INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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 Current:    94  11  33   0  38  17  94  88  77  12  17  83  75  95  80  95
 Potential:   A   D   D   F   D   C   A   A   A   D   D   A                

 Health:      Good                                           
 Status:      Active Roster                                  
 Salary:      $0                                             
 Length:      0                                              
 
 Stat Averages:
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 Season  LGE TEAM   G  GS  MIN  PTS  ORE  REB  AST   TO   A/T  STL  BLK   PF
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   1959  NBA  SYR  34  34 38.4 49.7  5.2 18.8  2.1  5.1  0.40  0.9  5.2  2.0
 Career            34  34 38.4 49.7  5.2 18.8  2.1  5.1  0.40  0.9  5.2  2.0

[korme]

Originally Posted by HeavyReign

That actually should reflect the position he played the most. Need to look at changing the default position to reflect that as well. Been on my list for a bit.

In that case, I like it!

[korme]

Re: Wilt

He only played 48 games because the Nationals have deactivated. He actually was only active when the Nats had 2 or more players injured. Strange.

[yeah826]

Would it be possible for different leagues to draft from the same draft pool and if a league is started during a season in a career the league would just grab there players from the available free agent pool if they can not just generate fictional players for it??

I think so teams in the ABA dont have players assigned to them like the Dallas Chaparalls and the Houston Mavericks in 1967... Ok so i was looking at BBall Ref it looks like the players who were suppose to be on those teams are in free agency

[HeavyReign]

Originally Posted by korme

Re: Wilt

He only played 48 games because the Nationals have deactivated. He actually was only active when the Nats had 2 or more players injured. Strange.

Not sure I follow what you mean here. Deactivated him unless 2 or more players were injured?

[HeavyReign]

Originally Posted by yeah826

Would it be possible for different leagues to draft from the same draft pool and if a league is started during a season in a career the league would just grab there players from the available free agent pool if they can not just generate fictional players for it??

I think so teams in the ABA dont have players assigned to them like the Dallas Chaparalls and the Houston Mavericks in 1967... Ok so i was looking at BBall Ref it looks like the players who were suppose to be on those teams are in free agency

Drafting from the same pool causes a whole bunch of complications.

Re: Chaparalls and Mavs: Would be an issue with abbreviations not matching the ones used in the DB. Forgot to note that I updated those when I made it possible for separate leagues using the DB. Here is the list of files for that league that might need updating and the correct abbreviations by year:

St Louis 2.csv
Season Abbreviation
1967 HMV
1968 HMV
1969 CAR
1970 CAR
1971 CAR
1972 CAR
1973 CAR
1974 STL
1975 STL

San Diego.csv

Season Abbreviation
1972 SDQ
1973 SDQ
1974 SDQ
1975 SDQ

San Antonio.csv
1967 DLC
1968 DLC
1969 DLC
1970 DLC
1971 DLC
1972 DLC
1973 SAS
1974 SAS
1975 SAS

Miami 2.csv
Season Abbreviation
1967 MNM
1968 MFL
1969 MFL
1970 MFL
1971 MFL

Oakland.csv
Season Abbreviation
1967 OAK
1968 OAK
1969 WAC
1970 VAS
1971 VAS
1972 VAS
1973 VAS
1974 VAS
1975 VAS

Brooklyn.csv
Season Abbreviation
1967 NJA
1968 NYN
1969 NYN
1970 NYN
1971 NYN
1972 NYN
1973 NYN
1974 NYN
1975 NYN

Pittsburgh 2.csv
Season Abbreviation
1967 PTP
1968 PTP
1969 PTP
1970 PTP
1971 PTP

Memphis2.csv
Season Abbreviation
1967 NOB
1968 NOB
1969 NOB
1970 MMP
1971 MMP
1972 MMP
1973 MMP
1974 MMP

Kentucky.csv
Season Abbreviation
1967 KYC
1968 KYC
1969 KYC
1970 KYC
1971 KYC
1972 KYC
1973 KYC
1974 KYC
1975 KYC

Anaheim 2.csv
Season Abbreviation
1967 ANA
1968 LAS
1969 LAS
1970 UTS
1971 UTS
1972 UTS
1973 UTS
1974 UTS
1975 UTS

[HarryLime]

I luv this game

At the end of the 1978 Season, Moses Malone left my New Orleans Jazz because he wanted to play on a better team

End of that season :

New Orleans Jazz Championships : 1
Moses Malone Championships : 0

Bad move Moses!

[Groundhog]

"Moses parts the Mississippi River"

The headline writes itself.

[mgsports]

Rookie/Free Agent Camp happens in Summer and is not in Game yet and when put in Orlando and Las Vegas as the sites where the Games are played
I would like to see a Ladie on my Team.

[muns]

Originally Posted by mgsports

Rookie/Free Agent Camp happens in Summer and is not in Game yet and when put in Orlando and Las Vegas as the sites where the Games are played
I would like to see a Ladie on my Team.

The lady thing is not happening. As DC already tried to explain, the database can only hold mens or womens names. If you do both you will have both mens and womens names all over your game.

Feel free to edit one of the guys on your roster to be Brittany Griner if you would like MG

[mgsports]

Thanks I knew that and they could be an Option to choose either kind.

[korme]

Have you made a recent change to the historical DB, hr? There seems to be an awful lot more guys that are blue/green than before.

[korme]

Originally Posted by HeavyReign

Not sure I follow what you mean here. Deactivated him unless 2 or more players were injured?

Yes, it was funky and only happened during his rookie season. Taken #1 overall by Syracuse, they fielded a roster of 15 men that season. He started as inactive, though he was blue/blue and IIRC the next best guys were yellow/yellow. It would take 2 guys getting injured (and thus taking up the inactive slots) for them to activate Wilt. Even though he was clearly their best player.

[HeavyReign]

Originally Posted by korme

Have you made a recent change to the historical DB, hr? There seems to be an awful lot more guys that are blue/green than before.

I'd expect that would be from a few patches ago when I made the game expect players to be shorter in historical leagues.

[HeavyReign]

Originally Posted by korme

Yes, it was funky and only happened during his rookie season. Taken #1 overall by Syracuse, they fielded a roster of 15 men that season. He started as inactive, though he was blue/blue and IIRC the next best guys were yellow/yellow. It would take 2 guys getting injured (and thus taking up the inactive slots) for them to activate Wilt. Even though he was clearly their best player.

This is going to be something we'll have to watch for so I can look at it as it is happening.

[korme]

Originally Posted by HeavyReign

I'd expect that would be from a few patches ago when I made the game expect players to be shorter in historical leagues.

If that's the case, then it is just a matter of me adjusting to it. I'm seeing ~10 blue guys per draft, with teams having 8-10 green minimum guys. As long as I know the game isn't inflated, it's just a matter of me getting used to it then.

Or, can the game not expect that to be the case once we reach the 70s/80s?

[korme]

Brian, when editing players in the league editor who have ratings over 100, if you edit their current, their potential that is >100 automatically drops down to 100. I don't know if thats by design but you can't edit anything over 100.

Found this out editing Rodman to higher rebound currents as a rookie, and it messed up his potentials. Sue me, it's my league.

[korme]

Was watching a game as human coach, my C fouled out of the game. I immediately changed team control to CPU coach just so I wouldn't have to bother making the sub... He never came out of the game until the following dead ball. So he got some run in the game with 6 fouls.

To make matters worse, I went to view the PBP after the game and hit Print to see if I could show you, and the game froze.