Adam Thompson (NCAA Designer) Q&A Thread

[sagestranger]

Hi Adam,

Do you guys have anything in the works that will allow a team to have highly skilled players but play poorly due to poor teamwork/leadership... sorta like a team unity stat or something. For example, Florida State hasn't had awesome seasons recently but they have a very skilled bunch of players. So in game, they could be rated a 94 OVR as a team, but then their "team unity" rating would be low resulting in something like an 8-5 season.

I think this would be a cool feature for future NCAA games.

[GoToledo]

Hi Adam,

Just asking this out of curiosity. In dynasty mode, what determines which games are televised locally and nationally?

[Hammer67]

I also have to second the question by someone previously on the lack of ESPN presentation values. Not comparing the two, but 2k5 did a fantastic job of incorporating the ESPN license and with overall presentation values...it felt much more like a broadcast of the game. Will this license be more utilized in future EA football games?

[bconey23]

Adam,

Question.

Do you know anything about the presentation the game being improved? For instance,

• When I have selected a play and ready to hike, there is no indication of what yard line I am on like previous versions.
• I was also thinking about, after halftime, no more 1st half stats.
• During the game, in game stats.
• Also the scores, stats for other games going on when I push pause.
• While I am obsessed with stats, the stats after a drive, the drive summary.
• Also has anyone noticed/brought up the issue with the drive summary, it seems to be always incorrect. For example. I started a drive on the 34 yard line, ended up kicking a 25 yard field goal. The summary stated 7 plays for 82 yards?????
• Lastly, we spoke before about it, the player animations, you mentioned its not something that can be fixed in a patch etc. or might not be able to be fixed at all (I'm going off my memory, which could be wrong, so correct me if I am). I bring this back up because I played Madden 09 and they move perfectly, no missing hips like the animations in NCAA 09.

[doctorhay53]

Quote: Originally Posted by bconey23

Adam, Question. Do you know anything about the presentation the game being improved? For instance, When I have selected a play and ready to hike, there is no indication of what yard line I am on like previous versions. I was also thinking about, after halftime, no more 1st half stats. During the game, in game stats. Also the scores, stats for other games going on when I push pause. While I am obsessed with stats, the stats after a drive, the drive summary. Also has anyone noticed/brought up the issue with the drive summary, it seems to be always incorrect. For example. I started a drive on the 34 yard line, ended up kicking a 25 yard field goal. The summary stated 7 plays for 82 yards????? Lastly, we spoke before about it, the player animations, you mentioned its not something that can be fixed in a patch etc. or might not be able to be fixed at all (I'm going off my memory, which could be wrong, so correct me if I am). I bring this back up because I played Madden 09 and they move perfectly, no missing hips like the animations in NCAA 09.

I'm confused about the yard line thing. I mean you can see it on the field, right?

[OMT]

Quote: Originally Posted by mgoblue678

Hey Adam, do you know why my roster freezes everytime I try to load it after I downloaded the first patch? I thought you said in a previous thread that patch 1 would not effect existing rosters.

I never said that. I just said if your roster was ok before the patch, it will work after the patch. I guess your roster was corrupted.

[OMT]

Quote: Originally Posted by GoToledo

Hi Adam, Just asking this out of curiosity. In dynasty mode, what determines which games are televised locally and nationally?

It is a laundry list of things, including prestige, record, game importance, etc.

[OMT]

Quote: Originally Posted by bconey23

Adam, Question. Do you know anything about the presentation the game being improved? For instance, When I have selected a play and ready to hike, there is no indication of what yard line I am on like previous versions. I was also thinking about, after halftime, no more 1st half stats. During the game, in game stats. Also the scores, stats for other games going on when I push pause. While I am obsessed with stats, the stats after a drive, the drive summary. Also has anyone noticed/brought up the issue with the drive summary, it seems to be always incorrect. For example. I started a drive on the 34 yard line, ended up kicking a 25 yard field goal. The summary stated 7 plays for 82 yards????? Lastly, we spoke before about it, the player animations, you mentioned its not something that can be fixed in a patch etc. or might not be able to be fixed at all (I'm going off my memory, which could be wrong, so correct me if I am). I bring this back up because I played Madden 09 and they move perfectly, no missing hips like the animations in NCAA 09.

I can't talk about new features at this time.