NBA 2k23 Off/Def Settings Knowledge Collection

[jk31]

Re: NBA 2k23 Off/Def Settings Knowledge Collection

Excellent thread and information. It seems like everything is bugged except on ball defense, and that is the least important of the settings since most of us play on ball defense for ourselves.

Do you know if you need ACE on or off to get any of the defensive settings to work (sans on ball)?

I ususally turn ACE off and all my reportings here are based on that. I tried to play around with ACE on last year but then actually you don't really know which settings are actually used as the AI will change them "under the hood", no matter what you set them to.

I find 'leave them' has worked on occasions. I just did it to Simmons, and there was more of a gap and his defender came to help first on a couple of occasions.

I have given up on leave him honestly. From my experience, with leave him, the defender will stay very close to their opponent, even if they are Andre Drummond standing on the far weak side corner. I want Myles Turner to contest everything that enters the paint, not stand around with a non-threat in the corner.

I was trying to find the setting for Rebounds on a defensive possession.

To prevent offensive rebounds
Or Run in transition

Do you know which setting does that?

basically you can hit the otf menu on defense and change rebounding either to crash boards or run in transition. but i don't know if this actually has an effect at all.

For OTFC defensive and offensive settings to properly work , you need ACE on and both off and def playcalling set to auto. Offensive settings won't stick visually but the chosen setting will be in effect till you choose a new one.

If you don't set playcall to auto,otfc defensive settings will stick visually but you'll get no real effect.Offensive ones not gonna work either way.

so basically I can pick my poison: either the def OTFC settings don't work BUT I have control over my defensive scheme OR I give the control over my defensive scheme to the AI BUT have control over the OTFC settings? sounds terrible...Can anyone confirm that?
And what do you mean by "ACE on and both off"?

You are right that the game lacks pedagogy. But I think the game is mostly too broken (animation, ACE etc another exemple here : https://forums.operationsports.com/f...&postcount=152) for it to be the time for pedagogy.

Well sorry, but that's not what this thread is about. I for myself want to find out which tools I have at my disposal to change my gameplan the way I want it to be. Of course I could just complain about what stuff is "broken" but that doesn't help me win more games. So this thread should focus on reporting what works, what doesn't and which option does what.

[ConQrDie]

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so basically I can pick my poison: either the def OTFC settings don't work BUT I have control over my defensive scheme OR I give the control over my defensive scheme to the AI BUT have control over the OTFC settings? sounds terrible...Can anyone confirm that?
And what do you mean by "ACE on and both off"?

I meant offensive(off) and defensive playcalling.Edited my OP accordingly.



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[jk31]

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I meant offensive(off) and defensive playcalling.Edited my OP accordingly.



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yeah but defensive playcalling on auto means the AI can change the defensive scheme from man-to-man to zone, full-court press or whatever.

[spinoff]

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For OTFC defensive and offensive settings to properly work , you need ACE on and both offensive and defensive playcalling set to auto. Offensive settings won't stick visually but the chosen setting will be in effect till you choose a new one.

Ok I'll see what it looks like if I turn ACE on and playcalling on auto. Yes, many visuals are broken. In my business it would be unacceptable to sell a product like this.

I don't understand why they give you the tools and then don't tell you how to use them, the more the poor description they use does not even do what it indicates. absurd

I know why they don't provide a tool and a precise description: they know that everything is buggy. The question is: can they fix it?
It's much easier to create very arcade-like 3v3 modes...


But... if you have to set everything to "auto", is there really a manual mode?

[Therebelyell626]

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Forgive my ignorance. I haven’t been actively playing 2k for the last few years. This year I have I got the PS5 and am playing a ton of 2k. I am just kind of learning the game and it’s mechanics.

I don’t really understand what ACE is or what it does. Right now I have it turned On and play calling for offense and defense set to auto.

What is ACE, and what does it do? And what are the benefits of having it on vs off? I really just like the CPU to call plays and let me run them, since I really don’t have time to dive deep in to all of the playbooks and learn them. Any info to extend my knowledge would be much appreciated.

[alabamarob]

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So there is a difference between gap and tight off ball defensive settings.

Pre rotate and leave them don't work at all and have zero effect.

The difference between gap and moderate off ball are very small. Maybe a half a step.

If we could get gap to get that defender right outside the paint we are good. Just 2 or 3 more steps away.

[jk31]

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Forgive my ignorance. I haven’t been actively playing 2k for the last few years. This year I have I got the PS5 and am playing a ton of 2k. I am just kind of learning the game and it’s mechanics.

I don’t really understand what ACE is or what it does. Right now I have it turned On and play calling for offense and defense set to auto.

What is ACE, and what does it do? And what are the benefits of having it on vs off? I really just like the CPU to call plays and let me run them, since I really don’t have time to dive deep in to all of the playbooks and learn them. Any info to extend my knowledge would be much appreciated.

well basically nobody knows what ACE actually does. in principle it means that the AI will control your gameplan and make adaptions based on what happens on the court. this is why lot of people turn it off so they are in full control of the tactics.

So there is a difference between gap and tight off ball defensive settings.

Pre rotate and leave them don't work at all and have zero effect.

The difference between gap and moderate off ball are very small. Maybe a half a step.

If we could get gap to get that defender right outside the paint we are good. Just 2 or 3 more steps away.

interesting and good to hear, i will use gap a lot more then. but you are right. if gap would mean that the defender stands right outside the paint (or inside the paint and only leaving to not get 3 seconds...) that would be really great and improve the defense a lot.
I added your findings to the first post.

[Therebelyell626]

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well basically nobody knows what ACE actually does. in principle it means that the AI will control your gameplan and make adaptions based on what happens on the court. this is why lot of people turn it off so they are in full control of the tactics.





interesting and good to hear, i will use gap a lot more then. but you are right. if gap would mean that the defender stands right outside the paint (or inside the paint and only leaving to not get 3 seconds...) that would be really great and improve the defense a lot.

Does coach ratings and attributes have any effect on what is called in ACE? Like for instance will Greg popovich make better adjustments in MYNBA as opposed to say, Johnny come lately?

[jk31]

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Does coach ratings and attributes have any effect on what is called in ACE? Like for instance will Greg popovich make better adjustments in MYNBA as opposed to say, Johnny come lately?

i don't know that either...

[justintasha1996]

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So there is a difference between gap and tight off ball defensive settings.

Pre rotate and leave them don't work at all and have zero effect.

The difference between gap and moderate off ball are very small. Maybe a half a step.

If we could get gap to get that defender right outside the paint we are good. Just 2 or 3 more steps away.

Yes that's what I'm seeing as well ! I prefer Ace on just for Offense for me & the Cpu. I do my pre game edits for both teams and it sticks the whole game. I make all the adjustments as the game flows as needed for me and the Cpu .It's easy and if you play sim ball , You will love my sliders and badge edits!

[alabamarob]

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Drive help settings work.

Also the help comes before you get into the paint. I think the help defense ratings affect that. I had some players attack me as soon as I crossed the 3 point line.


None of the Hedge settings work. Every single setting has the Hedge defender doing the same thing. This is why every team plays the 0nr the same way. This has to be a bug

[Smirkin Dirk]

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Yeah I get killed on pnrs where my wings aren’t aware of the roller.


One thing I’ve found is good. The CPU never cross matches… I have luka at PG and he’s always guarded by the other PG.

In game plan screen prior to my league game, I set who I want luka to be guarded by and it sticks


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[ggsimmonds]

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Drive help settings work.

Also the help comes before you get into the paint. I think the help defense ratings affect that. I had some players attack me as soon as I crossed the 3 point line.


Non of the Hedge settings work. Every single setting has the Hedge defender doing the same thing. This is why every team plays the 0nr the same way. This has to be a bug

In years past some of the settings were nuanced and required other things.
For example if you set PnR defense to "Ice" it only worked if you as the on-ball defender jumped the screen like you were supposed to.

[antdoggydogg]

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I'm still a little confused on whether I should leave Ace on or off for Offense if I want control over tempo and rebounds.

When I turn it off, I can't change the pace or offensive rebounding on the On the Fly Coaching menu, but during timeouts I can. But the next time I take a timeout those settings are reset.

When I turn on ACE, and make those changes. The game resets my changes during the next timeout anyway and I have to reenter my preferences.

So which one do I go with? I don't get it.

[bls]

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So there is a difference between gap and tight off ball defensive settings.

Pre rotate and leave them don't work at all and have zero effect.

The difference between gap and moderate off ball are very small. Maybe a half a step.

If we could get gap to get that defender right outside the paint we are good. Just 2 or 3 more steps away.

So when I set the defender to leave them, usually they are the ones that come for the double team a majority of the time when it's called.

I feel as though individual help defense and defensive consistency ratings play a part in how they respond overall as well.

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