Has anyone found a solution for lack of free throws?

[plp2874]

Re: Has anyone found a solution for lack of free throws?

idk if it is anything, but i noticed in mycareer i was getting tons of fouls and in myleague was getting nothingggg. when i play as the whole team i use broadcast cam and mycareer i use 2kcam. i tried a myleague game, first half i used broadcast and it was 2FTA(cpu) to 4fta. second half i changed to 2kcam and it was 6FTA(cpu) vs. 16FTA(me). no late game fouling to bump the numbers either, i won quite handily... i was attacking the rim all game in both halves, but for some reason 2kcam i was getting tons of free throws...

[COMMISSIONERHBK9]

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U not on ps5. I want your rosters. I buy u ps5 so u can post it lol

The box score from the game I clipped that video from had 15 & 22 FTs for the two teams.

My roster (same scales as 2K), Default sliders.

A lot of people jump through hoops for placebos

[johnpreyes]

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2K was programmed when Illegal Defense rules were in effect. Every player is attached to their man here like the string on a yo-yo. The defender gets beat and there is no help. It's a clear-path dunk.

We routinely see this type of situation generate fouls IRL because the the defenders would rotate (or be in proper defensive position in the first place).

30 years ago these offensive players weren't all standing on the 3pt line, and that's part of what causes the problem. The C & PF would normally be in the vicinity of the paint, giving Mitchell Robinson a chance to contest. The Sixers are playing 5-out simply based on their personnel, while the Knicks are sacrificing any & all rim protection by playing right into it like it's 1992.

The lack of FTs is the result of a much larger defensive problem, one that 2K has made very little headway towards fixing over the last half-decade.

The game has passed them by. We saw players like Greg Monroe & Enes Kanter phase out of the NBA over the last 5 years despite their 1v1 prowess on both ends. There is so much help & switching going on nowadays and 2K has stone feet. They're powerless to do anything but watch.

@Real2KInsider Dumb question but where do I download your rosters?

[Real2KInsider]

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@Real2KInsider Dumb question but where do I download your rosters?

PS4, Real 2K Rosters, should be around the top 5 of downloads

[AIRJ23]

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Bro how please tell us

I honestly don’t know. I’ve tweaked my custom roster tendencies and sliders to make CPU be tougher defensively. I also play with all time rosters. With my Bulls last game MJ shot 14 free throws. Each em team over 20 free throws. The game before that each team only had 5-7 free throws but that’s a rarity. It’s usually 15-25. Making free throws is easy though.

[AIRJ23]

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If they made defense fit to the current NBA I can see that going two ways. Right now the game is coded to be sticky man to man (sticky when it works right at least) with some help when you get past your defender (depending on whether the game feels like letting help defense work, sometimes it works pretty well for me and sometimes it goes dumb). I have CPU defense sliders jacked way up.

When I watch games today I see what seems like every possession of shots being open or mildly contested threes. Zones naturally lead to open shots. In the game they can code it to where players will run right at the shooters full force, but in real life you see lazy rotations all the time where good shooters are left open, and the guy closest to them looks at them long enough for them to eat a snack, rather than running over to them. Happens over and over again.

So if they remapped the defense, I can see an issue being that people complain of a lack of man to man leading to stupid CPU AI leaving us open all game. Which would be the opposite of 2K22 as open shots are extremely hard to find. Or if they made the CPU more aggressive than real life defenders, you’d have players closing out on you too quickly, leading them to nerf the defense like they did with the sticky man to man in 2K22.

[evictor_7]

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Reduce the free throw attribute. I found a post that gave some tips and it’s improved the realism tremendously!! I’ll try and find it


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Here’s a game I played yesterday and this is typical for my free throw attempts and % made per game. I only play 5 min Q’s. I’m really pumped about where I’m at.

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[cmebfresh]

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idk if it is anything, but i noticed in mycareer i was getting tons of fouls and in myleague was getting nothingggg. when i play as the whole team i use broadcast cam and mycareer i use 2kcam. i tried a myleague game, first half i used broadcast and it was 2FTA(cpu) to 4fta. second half i changed to 2kcam and it was 6FTA(cpu) vs. 16FTA(me). no late game fouling to bump the numbers either, i won quite handily... i was attacking the rim all game in both halves, but for some reason 2kcam i was getting tons of free throws...

I always thought the cam have a lot to do with different results in gameplay I will test this out.

[dwayne12345]

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I honestly don’t know. I’ve tweaked my custom roster tendencies and sliders to make CPU be tougher defensively. I also play with all time rosters. With my Bulls last game MJ shot 14 free throws. Each em team over 20 free throws. The game before that each team only had 5-7 free throws but that’s a rarity. It’s usually 15-25. Making free throws is easy though.

I haven't tried this but from all my years working with 2k tendencies I imagine that the problem is solved, at least in part, by pumping up Foul Tendency - Block Shot - attempt steal - and Shot Contest tendencies for individual players.


Another thought that I will test out is pumping tendencies in CPU and player sliders for attempt steal on ball, block shot, contest shot, and all foul types all the way up.

[Junior Moe]

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I get a decent amount of fouls per game playing with default 2K rosters. I use Schnaidts sliders but I have the driving contact slider at 0 for both USER/CPU. I have the body up slider at 90 for both. I maxed out all the foul sliders as well. I get charges, blocking, illegal screen calls. I don't get many jump shooting fouls but I get a few. I'd suggest lowering the driving contact slider so that when contact is made it registers more as actual contact and not "game stickiness" to keep you from spamming the paint.

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[Real2KInsider]

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This video is a clinic in how 2K needs to start programming defenders

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[AIRJ23]

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Played my all time custom bulls vs all time custom Celtics. Super physical game. Must’ve gotten like 30 free throws per team.

Broadcast cam, MyNBA.

[RedmanR]

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Played my all time custom bulls vs all time custom Celtics. Super physical game. Must’ve gotten like 30 free throws per team.

Broadcast cam, MyNBA.

What about the CPU though [emoji848]

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[ggsimmonds]

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What about the CPU though [emoji848]

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He said per team

[RedmanR]

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He said per team

My bad my guy, multitasking [emoji2958]

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