Total control passing help - PS3

[ruxpinke]

hey guys, looking for some help with total control passing. Ive used icon passing for as long as I can remember. Im a little perplexed as to how total control passing works. Am I directing the pass with the right stick? Isn't that the shot stick? Do I tap or hold R1? Ive been struggling with the passing, and I dont want to give up on sim without learning and trying all facets of the passing game. Thanks!

[blues rocker]

Re: Total control passing help - PS3

hey guys, looking for some help with total control passing. Ive used icon passing for as long as I can remember. Im a little perplexed as to how total control passing works. Am I directing the pass with the right stick? Isn't that the shot stick? Do I tap or hold R1? Ive been struggling with the passing, and I dont want to give up on sim without learning and trying all facets of the passing game. Thanks!

first of all total control passing is turned off by default..so you have to turn it on in the control options menu. if you want to play online, you might not want to get too attached to total control passing, as i don't know if it's available online.

once you have turned it on in the options menu, this is how it works: you have to bring up the pass icons (R1)...then HOLD DOWN the button of the offball player you want to control...continue holding down his button to take control of him and move him around....let go of the button to pass to him.

[ruxpinke]

Re: Total control passing help - PS3

do I hold R1 as well the whole time?

[ruxpinke]

Re: Total control passing help - PS3

How would I do a quick icon pass? hold R1 and tap the recievers button? I feel like its slower this year than years past. I was able to whip the ball around using icon passing. This year I feel like theres a delay, and thats leading to some turnovers.

[blues rocker]

Re: Total control passing help - PS3

do I hold R1 as well the whole time?

i'm not sure if you have to keep holding R1 or not...i'll have to check later.

[blues rocker]

Re: Total control passing help - PS3

How would I do a quick icon pass? hold R1 and tap the recievers button? I feel like its slower this year than years past. I was able to whip the ball around using icon passing. This year I feel like theres a delay, and thats leading to some turnovers.

yes, to make a normal icon pass, you just tap the receiver's button.....but, when total control passing is turned on, it does cause a delay in the quick icon passing. this is the drawback to total control passing. i think this is just the result of the way the control scheme is set up and i don't think there's any way for them to fix this delay. that is why i pretty much gave up on total control passing and just went back to normal icon passing. also, when using total control passing to control a receiver, the receiver moves super slow...so you also have to hold down turbo to make him move quicker...and this feels like i'm contorting my fingers just to pull that off.

[ruxpinke]

Re: Total control passing help - PS3

thanks blues...I think im going to turn it off as well. I dont see myself controlling the reciever much. I just want to hit him with a pass quickly when he gets to a spot I want. Normal Icon passing is enough for me to be effective.

[briand23]

Re: Total control passing help - PS3

so, with this option turned off... how do i do icon lead passing? I kept hearing Czar mention this, and Im not sure how to do this... It would be crucial to keep from constantly turning the ball over to the CPU.

[ruxpinke]

Re: Total control passing help - PS3

so, with this option turned off... how do i do icon lead passing? I kept hearing Czar mention this, and Im not sure how to do this... It would be crucial to keep from constantly turning the ball over to the CPU.

Im interested in this as well..any help would be appreciated.

[BobbyCrougar]

Re: Total control passing help - PS3

so, with this option turned off... how do i do icon lead passing? I kept hearing Czar mention this, and Im not sure how to do this... It would be crucial to keep from constantly turning the ball over to the CPU.

Lead passing should still be available without the total control option turned on. From my understanding TCP unlocks the added ability for controlling the off ball player. (though I haven't actually tested this in 2k11, working under that assumption..damn work!)

[briand23]

Re: Total control passing help - PS3

Lead passing should still be available without the total control option turned on. From my understanding TCP unlocks the added ability for controlling the off ball player. (though I haven't actually tested this in 2k11, working under that assumption..damn work!)

right... I get that icon lead passing is available w/o total control passing. But how do you do it? do you bring up the icons and just use the LS to guide where youre throwing the pass?

[ruxpinke]

Re: Total control passing help - PS3

reading this board at work is torture.. just wanna go home and try all the new things im seeing and learning..

bobby, how would lead passing work with the normal icon passing.

[ruxpinke]

Re: Total control passing help - PS3

Lead passing should still be available without the total control option turned on. From my understanding TCP unlocks the added ability for controlling the off ball player. (though I haven't actually tested this in 2k11, working under that assumption..damn work!)

is it as simple as moving the left stick where we want the pass to go?

[blues rocker]

Re: Total control passing help - PS3

is it as simple as moving the left stick where we want the pass to go?

yes...to do a normal icon lead pass (with or without total control passing turned on) you use the left stick to make the receiver move in that direction...it doesn't always work though...if the receiver is standing still, you usually can't make him move with lead passing...lead passing usually only works if the receiver is already moving and you just want to angle him in a slightly different direction.

[blurredvision]

Re: Total control passing help - PS3

yes...to do a normal icon lead pass (with or without total control passing turned on) you use the left stick to make the receiver move in that direction...it doesn't always work though...if the receiver is standing still, you usually can't make him move with lead passing...lead passing usually only works if the receiver is already moving and you just want to angle him in a slightly different direction.

Awesome, so it's basically like trying to lead a receiver in a football game.