Coach Mode/CPUvCPU/USERvCPU(?)

[BRASKA15]

Have been wanting to post these for a while.. I used a lot of the principles of JukeMan and OsuPiper sliders but I really think this is a really good set.. a couple of things I want to point out that really made a difference to me. 1) Turn OFF 5 second closely guarded. This rule has been changed in college basketball to being called only when a player is standing still. Since we can't emulate that rule change in the game, I turned it off and really helped with the dribble drive effectiveness because often times guys would begin to make their move the basket, only to pass the ball because of the AI's awareness to the 5 second rule. 2) Before each game, go into each teams coach's settings, under Double/Pressure and set each player Double to "never" and each players pressure setting to "tight". From what I have seen, this vastly improves dribble drive and also I have seen some really cool animations as far as defenders actually getting body contact on drives and offensive players either getting stopped or getting to the basket. I was seeing a lot of doubles on players and it was really throwing the game off because it was not allowing for one on one post play. Another thing with the tight pressure set to "tight", off ball defenders are staying closer to their man, allowing for more space and opportunity to the basket without the whole defense crashing into the paint with zero regards to shooters. Try these out and let me know what you think.


Gameplay
Play Mode: Simulation
Difficulty: MOP
Game Speed: 46
Player Speed: 52
Free Throw Difficulty: 100
Player Lock: Off
Real Player FT%: On
Fatigue: On
Injuries: Off
Team Unity: On
Sixth Man: Off
Clutch Factor: Off
Pass Icon: On
Def Player Icon: On
Inbound Def Switch: On

Rules
Shot Clock: On
Out of Bound: On
Backcourt: On
10 Sec Half Court: On
3 Sec in Key: On
5 Sec Closely Guarded: Off
Goaltending: On
Charging Foul: 100
Blocking Foul: 100
Reaching Foul: 60
Shooting Foul: 25
Loose Ball Foul: 100

Game Sliders(User&CPU)
Inside Range Success: 44
Mid Range Success: 42
3Pt Success Range: 44
Dunk Success: 100
Layup Success: 46
Close Shot Tendency: 20
Mid Range Shot Tendency: 26
3Pt Shot Tendency: 42
Drive Tendency: 68

Offensive Awareness: 0
Defensive Awareness: 0
Dunk: 100
Ball Handling: 100
Offensive Rebounding: 0
Defensive Rebounding: 0
Block: 20
Steal: 0
Speed: 100

Team Unity Effect: 100
Dunks in Traffic: 100
Screen Success: 100
Screen Strength: 100
Steal Success: 100
Help Defense: 0
Help Recovery: 0

Engery Fatigue Rate: 56
Energy Recover Rate: 48
Injury Frequency: 0
Injury Effects: 0

Double/Pressure (For all User & CPU players)
Pressure set to "Tight"
Double Team set "Never"

[OSUPiper]

Re: Coach Mode/CPUvCPU/USERvCPU(?)

1) Turn OFF 5 second closely guarded. This rule has been changed in college basketball to being called only when a player is standing still. Since we can't emulate that rule change in the game, I turned it off and really helped with the dribble drive effectiveness because often times guys would begin to make their move the basket, only to pass the ball because of the AI's awareness to the 5 second rule.
2) Before each game, go into each teams coach's settings, under Double/Pressure and set each player Double to "never" and each players pressure setting to "tight". From what I have seen, this vastly improves dribble drive and also I have seen some really cool animations as far as defenders actually getting body contact on drives and offensive players either getting stopped or getting to the basket. I was seeing a lot of doubles on players and it was really throwing the game off because it was not allowing for one on one post play. Another thing with the tight pressure set to "tight", off ball defenders are staying closer to their man, allowing for more space and opportunity to the basket without the whole defense crashing into the paint with zero regards to shooters. Try these out and let me know what you think.


Double/Pressure (For all User & CPU players)
Pressure set to "Tight"
Double Team set "Never"

Thanks for this. I would never have thought to do #1, and I have basically worked around #2.


So two questions:
- Have you tried tight defense together with my coach tendency settings (i.e., defensive pressure setting)?
- Have you tried this particular setup in CPUvCPU mode including the "tight" D pressure?

[rahrahcarolina]

Re: Coach Mode/CPUvCPU/USERvCPU(?)

I have done it but only for my own team. I was basically trying to keep my weak side and off ball defenders closer to guarding their own man.

[OSUPiper]

Re: Coach Mode/CPUvCPU/USERvCPU(?)

I have started testing your change to double-team and pressure in-game. Initially, I like the look and feel. Interestingly, I matched Wisconsin (90 OVR) and Purdue (82 OVR), with Wisconsin at home. Wisconsin ran a 2-3 matchup zone while Purdue was straight man.


Using only those changes to my sliders, I saw no good looks for 3pFGs against man D but several against the zone. I dropped Help Recovery to 0 (I did not realize until posting this that you also have this set to 0), and got more looks from 3 on both sides. I liked the results from Help Rec = 0, but it game. There is a lot of post action with this set, so I will have to boost my 3pFG and Drive tendencies (yours are higher than mine already). The total FGAs were very good, so I do not want to boost these other tendencies too much. Assist numbers dropped due to the lack of shots outside the paint.


FG% dropped with these changes. I did note more contested shots overall, which is consistent with your findings in the original post.


Obviously, my base set is different than yours, so I am still not to a "fine-tuning" stage, but I will post other observations as I continue.


Thanks again for posting your findings.

[OSUPiper]

Re: Coach Mode/CPUvCPU/USERvCPU(?)

One other note from above:


Purdue dominated Wisconsin by 20 in that game. I will replay the game with the same settings to see if this was an aberration, but I did not feel this was indicative of the matchup. My fear is that this is a result of the Zone v Man defensive matchup paired with the slider changes. I hope this is not the case because it would eliminate zone defense as a viable gameplay option (I have already had to eliminate some zone options in my legacy just for balance).