Clearing up the Defensive Stopping Power slider issue once and for all

[David_Stern]

I can now positively announce that moving the slider all the way to the right makes it harder to score and all the way to the left makes it easier. I have a season going with my roommates and we're 20 games into the season, not to mention about 30 before we even started the season. Anyway the first 10 games we played with defensive stopping power to the max(all the way to the right). Then the next 10 games we played with defensive stopping power at the minimum(all the way to the left). There was a huge difference.

After we put it at the minimum, gameplay changed dramatically. All of a sudden we could score everytime down the court. We would get a layup or dunk almost everytime down the court. We even stopped taking three's because it we knew we could just get inside everytime.

So then we turned it back to the max and appreciated the gameplay much more. The gameplay went back to the perfect mixture of inside outside game. I hope this clears it up for everyone as I too was unclear about this slider before this experiment.

Our goal is to finish the season with averages in every statistic at or close to the league average. I've been tweaking the sliders every game and am getting close. I'm still a bit off in a few statistics but I think by half way through our season I'll have the sliders perfect with realistic stats.

[WaddupCouzin]

Re: Clearing up the Defensive Stopping Power slider issue once and for all

The commish has spoken

[JetsFan28]

Re: Clearing up the Defensive Stopping Power slider issue once and for all

Thanks for the info. Do you know if adjusting the slider also affects your team? Does your team also play better/worse defense?

[David_Stern]

Re: Clearing up the Defensive Stopping Power slider issue once and for all

Yes both your team and the computer team will play better defense with it to the max. There is a lot of confusion about the sliders but I think I've got most of them now.

Set to Max means all the way to the right.
Set to Min means all the way to the left.

The following sliders apply to both you and the the A.I. or the computer.

close shot percentage (home/away)
Set to Max- Shots from 5 feet in will go in a lot.
Set to Min- Shots from 5 feet in will rarely go in.

mediun shot percentage (home/away)
Set to Max- Shots from 5 feet out to the 3 point line will go in a lot.
Set to Min- Shots from 5 feet out to the 3 point line will rarely go in

3PT shot percentage (home/away)
Set to Max- Shots from 3 point land will go in a lot
Set to Min- Shots from 3 point land will rarely go in.

dunk percentage (home/away)
Set to Max- You will almost never miss dunks
Set to Min- A lot of dunks will be missed

layup percentage (home/away)
Set to Max- You will almost never miss layups
Set to Min- A lot of layups will be missed

dunk/layup vs shot- Not completely sure but I think:
Set to Max- Players will take shots instead of dunks while under or near the hoop.
Set to Min- Players will either dunk or lay it up while under or near the hoop.

The following sliders are for the A.I. only.
AI close shot tendency
Set to Max- Computer will take a lot of shots from 5 feet in.
Set to Min- Computer will rarely take shots from 5 feet in.

AI medium shot tendency
Set to Max- Computer will take a lot of mid range jumpers.
Set to Min- Computer will rarely take mid range jumpers.

AI 3PT shot tendency
Set to Max- Computer will take a lot of 3's.
Set to Min- Computer will rarely take 3's.

AI dunk/layup tendency
Set to Max- Computer will get a lot of dunks and layups.
Set to Min- Computer will rarely get dunks or layups.

The following sliders apply to both you and the computer
all fouls
Set to Max- A lot of fouls wii be called.
Set to Min- Very few fouls will be called

steal
Set to Max- There will be a lot of steals in the game.
Set to Min- There will be very few steals in the game.

block
Set to Max- There will be a lot of blocked shots.
Set to Min- There will be very few blocked shots.

speed
Set to Max- The speed of the players and the game will be very fast.
Set to Min- The speed of the players and the game will be very slow.

ball handling
Set to Max- The players will be able to do crossovers and spins and rarely turn the ballover
Set to Min- The players will turn the ball over a lot.

dunk
Set to Max- All the players will be able to dunk and there will be a lot of dunks.
Set to MIn- Very few players will be able to dunk and will rarely try.

offensive awarness rating.
Set to Max- The players will fill the lane on the break cut to open spots and move without the ball to get open.
Set to Min- The players will stand around and not make the proper cuts.

defensive awarness rating
Set to Max- The players will play help defense start to double team good players and cut off lanes to the hoop.
Set to Min- The players will stand around on defense and there will be open lanes to the hoop once you beat your man.

injury frequency
Set to Max- There will be a lot of injuries.
Set to Min- There will rarely be any injuries.

defensive stopping power
Set to Max- It will be very difficult to go around players as the defensive force field(if you will) will be very wide.
Set to Min- Easy to get by players and get to the hoop for layups and dunks.

[Graphik]

Re: Clearing up the Defensive Stopping Power slider issue once and for all

appreciate u clearing that up!

But what I will do, is for each game I will change the AI sliders
for example: Boston likes to shoot jumpers.........I'll turn there medium shot tendency up +2.
The Lakers have an inside game with Shaq and a outside game Kobe.....Keep their AI completly even.
And so on and so on.

[psyentist]

Re: Clearing up the Defensive Stopping Power slider issue once and for all

Good work!

[shaq]

Re: Clearing up the Defensive Stopping Power slider issue once and for all

now that we have an answer on some of the sliders...who is going to post some realistic ones

[FloridaGators]

Re: Clearing up the Defensive Stopping Power slider issue once and for all

Nice job, sounds like NBA 2k3's sliders make it the perfect sim.

[David_Stern]

Re: Clearing up the Defensive Stopping Power slider issue once and for all

I have a season going with my roommates. Once I have all the sliders tweaked to perfection I'll post them all.

[jwhite1347]

Re: Clearing up the Defensive Stopping Power slider issue once and for all

The only inaccuracy is with the foul sliders. All the way to the left increases the frequency of fouls. It still has the same logic as the other sliders in that the more to the right the more difficult it is to accomplish. In this case the more difficult it is to foul.. I experimented a great deal and have proven it out over an over... Whitey

[Graphik]

Re: Clearing up the Defensive Stopping Power slider issue once and for all

So you mean putting the foul sliders all the way left increases the fouls?

[neovsmatrix]

Re: Clearing up the Defensive Stopping Power slider issue once and for all

That's not what I found. I average about 20 free throws a game with all sliders maxed out for fouls, but only 4-5 the other way around.

[wwharton]

Re: Clearing up the Defensive Stopping Power slider issue once and for all

I'm getting a good amount now with them all to the right as well but never tried the other way. I'll have to check it out.

[jwhite1347]

Re: Clearing up the Defensive Stopping Power slider issue once and for all

Yes.... All the way to the left has dramatically increased the number of fouls and it makes sense to me now as well. Its like the ball handling slider.. All the way on the right on that one and you can handle the ball really well and never get it stolen (ok almost never).. With the foul slider all the way on the right you can do almost anything without drawing a foul (or getting a foul).. Test it out.. Put it all the way to the right and try reaching in a lot... Then put it all the way to the left and try the same. My point guard got fouled out in about 5 minutes with it all the way to the left and trying to steal non stop.. But never fouled out with the slider all the way to the right..!

[thejake]

Re: Clearing up the Defensive Stopping Power slider issue once and for all

i will definitely try this foul slider thing. mine are currently set all the way to the right. i do get a decent amount of fouls i guess. on the low side of decent though. i am more concerned with the cpu fouling me though.