Is shot release automatic?

[luda06]

Re: Is shot release automatic?

They ditched the "quick jumper" animation you used to trigger by releasing the shot too quickly, and also ditched the ability to hold the shot button and get a travel. If you hit the shoot button, your player will shoot their sig jumper. But your release point still affects the shot, and your ability to shoot the jumper is still graded on timing. Think of it like the free throw. No matter when you release, the free throw animation is the same...but if you don't time it correctly, you lower the percentages.

Go to shootaround, and you will see that holding it will get you "poor release" every time, and while you will still get the same animation, your jumper game will suck, especially on Superstar or higher. You will simply not hit many poor release jumpshots on higher difficulties.

This brings up another thing about releases points though...Jeez are they quick!

From the teams I've practiced with, they range from a literal tap to a slightly held button press. Very few jumpers in 2K10 require you to hold the button for more than a second to get "perfect" release. A guy like Ridenhour's release requires hitting the shot button juuuust long enough to not pumpfake.

Its going to be really tough to learn all the releases this year, because the window for getting the right timing has gotten ALOT smaller. Feels good when you get a particular release down pat though...(Redd)

QFT

[HMcCoy]

Re: Is shot release automatic?

played somebody on hof today, i went 7 of 9 from the three with john salmons, just holding the shotstick

this is really bad, and it has to be fixed, i hear what ur saying but what u dont get is that the shots are falling automatically somehow with the worst release possible

Perfect J's don't always fall...bad releases sometimes do. Release point is a modifier, not the end-all. If you have good space and your feet are set, if you're in a players hotspot and he's hit a few in a row...release point isn't as relevent.

[Mbalmer]

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Have any of you guys tried the 3 point contest yet? There is a meter while you shoot and it helps with learning the release point of players. It is very hard to get the meter to stop where it is suppose too, you really have to be quick. If you haven't tried it yet you might want to.

[ODogg]

Re: Is shot release automatic?

Have any of you guys tried the 3 point contest yet? There is a meter while you shoot and it helps with learning the release point of players. It is very hard to get the meter to stop where it is suppose too, you really have to be quick. If you haven't tried it yet you might want to.

I tried it and that meter is terrible, it's not very smooth and seems erratic. I hope that's not the same one used in the actual game.

[HarryDickman]

Re: Is shot release automatic?

They ditched the "quick jumper" animation you used to trigger by releasing the shot too quickly, and also ditched the ability to hold the shot button and get a travel. If you hit the shoot button, your player will shoot their sig jumper. But your release point still affects the shot, and your ability to shoot the jumper is still graded on timing. Think of it like the free throw. No matter when you release, the free throw animation is the same...but if you don't time it correctly, you lower the percentages.

Go to shootaround, and you will see that holding it will get you "poor release" every time, and while you will still get the same animation, your jumper game will suck, especially on Superstar or higher. You will simply not hit many poor release jumpshots on higher difficulties.

This brings up another thing about releases points though...Jeez are they quick!

From the teams I've practiced with, they range from a literal tap to a slightly held button press. Very few jumpers in 2K10 require you to hold the button for more than a second to get "perfect" release. A guy like Ridenhour's release requires hitting the shot button juuuust long enough to not pumpfake.

Its going to be really tough to learn all the releases this year, because the window for getting the right timing has gotten ALOT smaller. Feels good when you get a particular release down pat though...(Redd)

Actually the quick jumper is still there for certain players not everybody. just take troy murphy into a practice session or a 3 piont contest and quickly flick the stick or tap the shot button and he'll do his second shot animation. i like how only certain players have this ability and honestly i dont find anything wrong with the shooting in this game. just go to practice and youll see that release point still DO matter. oh about those shot release times.... i love playing with the mavs but man Shawn Marion is just.... wow I cant stand him lol its gon be some driving and kicking till i can get his shot down pat haha

[truballer845]

Re: Is shot release automatic?

theres some player animations regardless of how long u hold on to shot stick or button they will have a perfect release while others u really have to time it correctly to get a perfect release

[Rocboyz101]

Re: Is shot release automatic?

Most of the releases are very quick. Disregard the perfect release thing, Most of my shots go in on early bad release.

[luda06]

Re: Is shot release automatic?

Please do not disregard the shot release.

When the momentum is against a team, a perfect or great release is needed to drain almost any jump shot.

[Rocboyz101]

Re: Is shot release automatic?

Please do not disregard the shot release.

When the momentum is against a team, a perfect or great release is needed to drain almost any jump shot.

You must have clutch factor on or something..

[dmfreck]

Re: Is shot release automatic?

So 6 pages and we still don't know exactly what's going on with the animations vs shot timing...is there a dev around who can tell us?

[jonesha2000]

Re: Is shot release automatic?

When I first read this thread, I immediately had the idea of why this was done. I'm not sure about the 360 last year, but the lag was so bad on the ps3, it was difficult sometimes to get the timing right on the jumpers. My timing was so screwed because some games were less laggy than others. I think they did the automatic release in order to counter the lag that they have on the online games. I finally played my first full game online last night and I know you guys will hate this but I actually liked not having to figure out the timing online. But at the same time, I can understand where you guys are coming from as well. Offline, I would rather determine the release of my own shot.