Re: Draft pick names in game commentary
Here is what I have gathered based on the little bit of information on the web regarding Madden 18 audio and an extensive amount time I have spent editing Madden rosters in the editor for last gen Madden's.
Create a players, edited players, edited draft picks and draft picks that don't have a current NFL players last name do not have audio. Draft picks with common audio and/or a current NFL players last name should have audio. Draft picks with audio will only have their last names said aloud but will never have their first names announced.
There are two types of audio attached to players. Let's call them basic and advanced. The basic audio is attached to virtually every player in the game and allows the announcers to identify the player and say their last name in game. It looks like the Devs figured out a way for incoming draft picks to be assigned the basic audio of common names and/or players that have a current NFL players last name. I don't know how many draft prospects they have attached this to but I'd be very surprised if it was every player in the NFL that the current announcing team says in game. If you edit any player or draft prospect's first or last name, you will lose the basic audio attached to them.
The advanced audio is player specific audio that recognizes a particular player. This is attached to star players, former stars, current and former first round picks and household name players for the most part. The advanced audio will say the first and last name of a player and will generally go into more detail about that individual player. Advanced audio is not given to incoming draft picks.
Sometimes the advanced audio is even said when a well known QB and Receiver tandem hook up on a play. (Brady/Gronk, Roethlisberger/Antonio Brown or Rivers/Gates would be some likely candidates.) The advanced audio stays with a player even if you edit their name although you can get the announcers not to say most or any of the advanced audio by changing the player to a different position most of the time. So if you change Adrian Peterson's position to a guard, you shouldn't hear the announcers mention him again. If you switch him to QB, they will still say "Adrian Peterson lined up in the backfield."
I've also seen people mention that some of the draft picks have a Hall of Famer's name mentioned. This is basically a bug. All of the players have something called a Player Id. Every player is assigned a Player Id that we can't see in game. The advanced audio is attached to the Player Id. The incoming draft classes and create a players are assigned a Player Id when they come into your roster or franchise and are assigned the lowest unused Player Id number. Many of the legends are also assigned a low Player Id number. Since the legend is coded into the game but isn't actually on your roster or in your franchise, the game assigns them a Player Id that is actually one that belongs to a Hall of Famer. This is why you hear the announcer refer to your drafted player as Ed Too Tall Jones or Jack Youngblood in game.
While there are a few problems with the way draft pick audio has been implemented, this is by far the best (and only) improvement that the Madden series has ever done as far as expanding in game audio for Franchise mode. I hope that they are able to continue to expand on this in the future because it's definitely a step forward for the series.
Here is what I have gathered based on the little bit of information on the web regarding Madden 18 audio and an extensive amount time I have spent editing Madden rosters in the editor for last gen Madden's.
Create a players, edited players, edited draft picks and draft picks that don't have a current NFL players last name do not have audio. Draft picks with common audio and/or a current NFL players last name should have audio. Draft picks with audio will only have their last names said aloud but will never have their first names announced.
There are two types of audio attached to players. Let's call them basic and advanced. The basic audio is attached to virtually every player in the game and allows the announcers to identify the player and say their last name in game. It looks like the Devs figured out a way for incoming draft picks to be assigned the basic audio of common names and/or players that have a current NFL players last name. I don't know how many draft prospects they have attached this to but I'd be very surprised if it was every player in the NFL that the current announcing team says in game. If you edit any player or draft prospect's first or last name, you will lose the basic audio attached to them.
The advanced audio is player specific audio that recognizes a particular player. This is attached to star players, former stars, current and former first round picks and household name players for the most part. The advanced audio will say the first and last name of a player and will generally go into more detail about that individual player. Advanced audio is not given to incoming draft picks.
Sometimes the advanced audio is even said when a well known QB and Receiver tandem hook up on a play. (Brady/Gronk, Roethlisberger/Antonio Brown or Rivers/Gates would be some likely candidates.) The advanced audio stays with a player even if you edit their name although you can get the announcers not to say most or any of the advanced audio by changing the player to a different position most of the time. So if you change Adrian Peterson's position to a guard, you shouldn't hear the announcers mention him again. If you switch him to QB, they will still say "Adrian Peterson lined up in the backfield."
I've also seen people mention that some of the draft picks have a Hall of Famer's name mentioned. This is basically a bug. All of the players have something called a Player Id. Every player is assigned a Player Id that we can't see in game. The advanced audio is attached to the Player Id. The incoming draft classes and create a players are assigned a Player Id when they come into your roster or franchise and are assigned the lowest unused Player Id number. Many of the legends are also assigned a low Player Id number. Since the legend is coded into the game but isn't actually on your roster or in your franchise, the game assigns them a Player Id that is actually one that belongs to a Hall of Famer. This is why you hear the announcer refer to your drafted player as Ed Too Tall Jones or Jack Youngblood in game.
While there are a few problems with the way draft pick audio has been implemented, this is by far the best (and only) improvement that the Madden series has ever done as far as expanding in game audio for Franchise mode. I hope that they are able to continue to expand on this in the future because it's definitely a step forward for the series.
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