I Wish They Put This Next Year (Update Player Portraits)

[dj will]

Re: I Wish They Put This Next Year (Update Player Portraits)

Guys I didnt mean for this thread to be a flame thread, all I was discussing was for a cool feature.

You guys dont have to fight over it, its not my decision if its not put, atleast I tried

@MC2

yup your doing it right, xD thats the same way i made mines, good job

[TNKNGM]

Re: I Wish They Put This Next Year (Update Player Portraits)

Do you guys realize what would have to go into having the game do this automatically......it's damn near impossible.

The resources to make this happen would sacrifice other areas of the game to a large degree. I don;t think you;ll ever see this feature in a game.....although it would be pretty awesome.

[jd369]

Re: I Wish They Put This Next Year (Update Player Portraits)

Typically, you "gotta wait till next year" for features that aren't currently in the game.

we just got features in 11 that should have been in in 09. so when will this feature be in? 14 or 15? the game still plays like a ps2 game with upgraded visuals. I used to tell the madden devs to look at the show to see what they needed to be doing. now I have to reference FIFA to show how good player movements can look. the pics look good btw!

[Jgainsey]

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the game still plays like a ps2 game with upgraded visuals.

If you really believe that, there's no point in arguing with you.

Those portraits look great, but it's definitely not something that's going to happen automatically anytime soon. Maybe in the future they could give us the ability to edit the portraits ourselves, that would be cool.

[crob8822]

Re: I Wish They Put This Next Year (Update Player Portraits)

Can they just do the caps?

[dj will]

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I just had another idea, what if we are able to customize it, you know just like how we customize the music in the game.

Maybe we have to follow a specific format like for example

Team - Player.png

"New_York_Yankees_CC_Sabathia.png"

and the pictures would have to be certain size so that it can be recognized by the game.

Or another option would be to use a .PSD file.

Each PSD can use a layer and have each team assigned to one layer.

Lets say the Yankees are layer 23 and the Brewers are layer 17

The picture for Sabathia is being used by layer 23, I trade him to the Brewers, now it uses layer 17 and shows him with the Brewers picture.

(and I am willing to make a portrait for every player on every team, Its summer and I have a lot of free time on my hands, I would even do it for free if you guys are able to put it in the game)

[Rexis]

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Or 3D Potraits (facegen)like in OOTP? I could work with that. I really don't care what picture is displayed for the players though. I just want more stas and information on the players but that's a whole new discussion.

[spit_bubble]

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The worst is seeing guys with the "MLB" hat.

Just scrap the real life photos all together and use a snap shot of the in game player. Player models look real enough that you really don't need photos anymore, especially for just a small portrait.

If they do this though they might want to also give an option for hat variety as well, because some guys have their brim more curved than others. Some even have theirs tilted to one side.

edit: And some wear theirs lower...



Ends up being a lot of work for just a small detail.

[MinnTwinFan2616]

Re: I Wish They Put This Next Year (Update Player Portraits)

Another way the players could have the correct uniform on after they get traded is like what the player portraits for your RTTS or any created player looks like. I know I like to see the real image of the player, but sometimes it does get a little annoying when I trade a player and I see the old hat and uniform.

[Pared]

Re: I Wish They Put This Next Year (Update Player Portraits)

This is something they're aware of. No chance of seeing it this year though.

Just have to add it to the wish list. Actually, don't bother. They know you guys want it. That's all that matters.

[treyraq]

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Yea, pics look great. Can't wait to see something like this in a game. Sounds like it will take the PS4...

This is why in Season and Franchise modes and ESPECIALLY for Fantasy Drafters like myself...we would really appreciate having these player portraits removed or changed into the computer-generated player model, or just the team hat or logo or whatever.

It would polish up the game and make Roster Management easier when it comes to trading.

[rspencer86]

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Just scrap the real life photos all together and use a snap shot of the in game player. Player models look real enough that you really don't need photos anymore, especially for just a small portrait.

I would support this 100%, but I know even this approach could be tricky from a dev perspective. We had this discussion in the NBA 2K forum and one of the devs said it was a little more complex than it seemed on the surface.

[deucepoppi17]

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I would support this 100%, but I know even this approach could be tricky from a dev perspective. We had this discussion in the NBA 2K forum and one of the devs said it was a little more complex than it seemed on the surface.

But it works this way currently for minor leaguers, so it is possible to just use the generated faces.

[rspencer86]

Re: I Wish They Put This Next Year (Update Player Portraits)

But it works this way currently for minor leaguers, so it is possible to just use the generated faces.

Yes, but those are generated by the game. It may be more difficult to render the players with the real photo-realistic faces.

Or maybe it is just as easy. Who knows? I like the idea though.

[dj will]

Re: I Wish They Put This Next Year (Update Player Portraits)

@ spit_bubble

Thats actually not a bad idea