NBA 2K18 Offensive Tendencies, AI Execution & Motion Blog From Da_Czar

[Impetuous65]

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[Da_Czar]

NBA 2K18 Offensive Tendencies, AI Execution & Motion Blog From Da_Czar

Awesome stuff Czar, the fastbreak logic and the Reddick breakdown was on point!





I know you said classic teams won't have flow tech, however, if i pick the 02 Nets and use with them a current team playbook in MyLeague or something, will the Flow Tech then be applied to them?

Yes since I had to rebuild everthing for the new motion system it was too large of a task to put flow tech everywhere.

The priority was offscreen plays and flowed down from there. But yes to answer your question current plays have flow tech enabled.

Also the new classic teams don't have thier own playbooks. They use another teams playbook for this year. Just was not enough time.

You may notice the play count is down as well. another by product of the sheer amont of time it takes to implement this on a new engine.




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[Da_Czar]

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is there also a transition midrange pullup tendency, or do we only have 3pt tendency right now?



great write up, so many new and exciting things.

No, If he doesn't pullup at the 3 and he drives he is in our drive behavior, Once in drive behavior we would check the mid-range pullup tendency once he is in that range and that is how we would cover if a player should pull up in mid-range.

So the midrange pullup tendency is not specific to the transition because once he drives past the 3 he will still check the drive mid range pullup tendency.




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[Da_Czar]

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Party popper alert!!!



Patches still worry's me czar

Can't blame you fam.


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[bigmike0077]

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Yes since I had to rebuild everthing for the new motion system it was too large of a task t put flow tech everywhere.

The priority was offscreen plays and flowed down from there. But yes to answer your question current plays have flow tech enabled.

Also the new classic teams don't have thier own playbooks. They use another teams playbook for this year. Just was not enough time.

You may notice the play count is down as well. another by product of the sheer amont of time it takes to implement this on a new engine.




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so in modes like MYGM or my League , how does this work over the years as teams change players and coaches

[Da_Czar]

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The positive by far outweighs the negative in this blog, but one thing that worried me is in the final bonus clip. When Harden kicks out to the open corner three, neither Kings defender makes an effort to close out. This does happen in real life sometimes where a player can get a literally 100% uncontested shot, but it's rare, and in 2K17, it was very common.

Maybe a dev can shed some light?

Check the demo Fitz stuff like that is best experienced to know if it is still an issue for you.


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[Johnnythelegend]

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I saw your initial post but to me it seemed like you were trying to make a statement more than ask a question. LOL.

And I am not in here to guarantee everyone that all their issues are resolved. That is a bad practice. There are some things in a yearly released video-game some people are not going to like.

When people really have something up their craw I don't like telling them x has been improved because undoubtedly it is not fixed like they wanted and i think we know how that ends...

With stuff like that I say get the demo and see if it is where you think it needs to be.

I work on the AI the foul system is a separate system on which I have no direct influence.


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Just a question regarding the demo/prelude. You said it's not the final build right? The most complete up to date game we will get to play will be the day one patch on 19th, i think someone said it, could be you. Will all these changes, upgrades from your and OG's blog be included in the demo or we can expect full effect after the day one patch? Thanks in advance

[Toaster]

Re: NBA 2K18 Offensive Tendencies, AI Execution & Motion Blog From Da_Czar

Hi Czar,
Quite the write up (Expected no less from you)!
Even more appreciated os the amount of information and candidness (is that even a word? LOL) of your answers here.

I wanted to ask if there is an individual "walk the ball" tendency beyond team pace. I would ideally expect, for example, williams to bring the ball up slower than rose (not the best example but got a brain freeze) . also if it is tied to fatigue or to the score (e.g. protecting a lead vs. Trying to catch up).
Thanks

[49UNCFan]

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All of this is great stuff Czar.
One thing I'm really wanting to know on the offensive side is Layups with contact.

2k has been notorious for letting a player like 5'7 Isiah T effect a player like LeBron 's shot and body him.

Will height and weight finally play a factor this year?

This will create another chest match with the awesome system you all created, Having to switch say IT on the pick n roll from Curry to Durant would force the D to change their gameplan.

[DBMcGee3]

Wow, the info and analytic precision here is staggering, amazing work Czar.  I have one question....are the 1v1 interactions improved to the point where the isolation drive tendencies can be utilized realistically?  It's really been my biggest gripe with the game the past few years, just not feeling like I could really go at mismatched (or just inferior) defenders because they were able to bump me back so easily just by making a little contact.  The same for defending, I've just never found the elite rim drivers in the game to feel as threatening as they should when I'm playing on-ball defense.  Sounds from everything I've heard and read like the "mouse in the house" is a very real thing this year, but I'm hoping that the bigs can be equally punished by trying to guard smaller players on the perimeter.

Thanks again, you guys have all but talked me into a purchase the past 2 days.  Spectacular presentation.

[Cowboy008]

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Great blog. Can't wait to try the demo next week.

[talucchesi]

Coming from Fifa and Pes blogs to reading one of these blogs is truly eye-opening. You guys don't realize how lucky and spoiled you all are. 2k is literally LIGHT YEARS ahead of every sports game except maybe The Show

[goma76]

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Coming from Fifa and Pes blogs to reading one of these blogs is truly eye-opening. You guys don't realize how lucky and spoiled you all are. 2k is literally LIGHT YEARS ahead of every sports game except maybe The Show

This is (ONE OF) the reason why NBA2K breaks all records in copies sold throw the entirely sport game panorama.
Developers continuously listen the feedback to the community and they give us answer.

[ProfessaPackMan]

Re: NBA 2K18 Offensive Tendencies, AI Execution & Motion Blog From Da_Czar

I'm still drooling over Transition and Isolation parts of the Blog.

And Flow Tech, in the words of Kevin Hart, "Look look look at this! Look at this! Somebody look at this!"

[TreJayMMA]

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Damn, sad to see Kawhi without his beard. He looked better at the Gamescom Expo..

1000% sure this is an earlier build.