DEMO 2k12 framerate vs PURCHASED 2k12 framerate...wow

[shadio5]

XBOX360

Again and again every single year when i purchase this game it never plays as smooth and steady as the DEMO. Its weird but everything looks the same graphic wise with the smae move sets, but "SOMETIMES" the game changes speeds or changes it frame rate during gameplay. Do other people see this difference that happens at times??

like the game just does not seem to play with a consistency gameplay frame rate. Sometimes it gets really bad with the players skating all over the place. The DEMO played awesome as usual, but the finished product seems to always take a step back as far as how smooth the gameplay is.


WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN WITH 2k GAMES??

can anyone help me with these weird frame rate changes.

Also why is the gameplay different when your connected to the servers and once you disconnect to the servers the game plays a totally different way???

What the hell am i doing wrong


VC/2k sports fan

[Flightwhite24]

Re: DEMO 2k12 framerate vs PURCHASED 2k12 framerate...wow

That's weird shadio I don't know what to tell you. I had issues in the beginning when the game was first released but now everything is smooth as butter and I'm on Xbox 360. Not sure what it could be???

[shadio5]

Re: DEMO 2k12 framerate vs PURCHASED 2k12 framerate...wow

i think GOD is telling me not to love this game. Mam i wish i can convert the demos smooth gameplay to the final products gameplay. Im not crazy when i say this, but this game NEVER plays just ONE WAY as far as its gameplay.


Man i just wish i knew how to control these changes that happens in this game. Im a OFFLINE PLAYER




VC/2k sports fan

[nuckles2k2]

Re: DEMO 2k12 framerate vs PURCHASED 2k12 framerate...wow

I feel you. 2k12 was playing as smooth as butter for me, then suddenly I have the frame rate drops and players skating all over the damn court. It happened sometime after the Christmas roster update/online data update.

I wanted to play the game with the 2nd rounders, official 2K rookies or otherwise, but every file I tried had the same twitchy issues. So it was either go back to old rosters and use the online data files for those (there's a thread on OS with them) but only have a handful of rookies and no 2nd rounders, or have all the rookies while the game plays like it's on fast forward.

So I sold it and went back to The Show.

I'm also getting kind of tired of the inconsistent gameplay from 2K as well. For me, it's not even about comparing the game to the demo, but just keep the game itself on an even keel. Every year it seems to be a patch, roster update, or online data update that is intended to do one thing, but in turn affects other things as well.

It's even crazier how it doesn't seem to affect everyone. I went to youtube and I was specifically looking at My Player videos, with the rookies added, uploaded in the last few weeks to see if other people were having the same problems. In some of the vids, the players where skating ALL. OVER. THE. PLACE. But the creator of the video was just blissfully talking about his My Player guy (which is a part of the problem, sometimes people see issues and just ignore/accept/don't notice them, and they go unresolved), and in other videos the gameplay looked smoother. So I dunno what the issue is. But it is there.

It happened last year as well, with the sped up gameplay, and we all remember the 2K10 patch that made centers hang out on the perimeter and shoot if they touched the ball.

I just don't get it anymore.

[nuckles2k2]

Re: DEMO 2k12 framerate vs PURCHASED 2k12 framerate...wow

Prime example of the skating/sped up animations. This isn't my vid, but this is what I was seeing that was driving me crazy (check out Kemba @ 1:28):

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pMxdZPO6iqo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

The game did not play like this before the 12/25 updates. I had a My Player that I was playing on the Bobcats, Kemba was there, but Biyombo wasn't added yet....and like a fool I saved over that file when I tried to make a new MP mode with the 1/7 update w/ the second rounders.

The sped up animations aren't quite that drastic in Play Now (and I assume Assoc.) since you can use sliders there, but the sliding as opposed to appropriate movement in relation to the number of steps taken, is still there.

I'm not gonna go into a "it should play perfectly out of the box!!!" tirade, but these sort of issues most definitely shouldn't crop up, literally, out of no where.

[kingg d]

Re: DEMO 2k12 framerate vs PURCHASED 2k12 framerate...wow

Prime example of the skating/sped up animations. This isn't my vid, but this is what I was seeing that was driving me crazy (check out Kemba @ 1:28):

<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pMxdZPO6iqo" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe>

The game did not play like this before the 12/25 updates. I had a My Player that I was playing on the Bobcats, Kemba was there, but Biyombo wasn't added yet....and like a fool I saved over that file when I tried to make a new MP mode with the 1/7 update w/ the second rounders.

The sped up animations aren't quite that drastic in Play Now (and I assume Assoc.) since you can use sliders there, but the sliding as opposed to appropriate movement in relation to the number of steps taken, is still there.

I'm not gonna go into a "it should play perfectly out of the box!!!" tirade, but these sort of issues most definitely shouldn't crop up, literally, out of no
where.

Don't see anything wrong with kemba @ 1:28. I call that good defense on him

[Find_the_Door]

Re: DEMO 2k12 framerate vs PURCHASED 2k12 framerate...wow

i think GOD is telling me not to love this game. Mam i wish i can convert the demos smooth gameplay to the final products gameplay. Im not crazy when i say this, but this game NEVER plays just ONE WAY as far as its gameplay.


Man i just wish i knew how to control these changes that happens in this game. Im a OFFLINE PLAYER




VC/2k sports fan

Maybe because the demo is on the broadcast cam? Do you play on 2k on the retail version? I know the framerate drops a little on 2k.

[m1ke_nyc]

Re: DEMO 2k12 framerate vs PURCHASED 2k12 framerate...wow

yea in my player mode 2K cam the framerate issues kill me sometimes.

[jerseyballer7]

Re: DEMO 2k12 framerate vs PURCHASED 2k12 framerate...wow

There was a thread that had a whole topic on frame rate issues with 2k12. I haven't noticed it for association but when playing My Player, I get it every game I played. It's horrible and just makes the game frustrating to play. I dunno how this could show up and none of the developers noticed it but honestly I just had enough of 2k12 and let it collect dust. I went back to 2k11 and I probably won't buy 2k13 unless used. We have yet to here any of the developers speak on the issue.

[StormJH1]

Re: DEMO 2k12 framerate vs PURCHASED 2k12 framerate...wow

I found a few other threads on framerate, but this one had the most replies...

The framerate on 360 is terrible. I don't know if this is a recent development, or if it only happened after a few updates (I got the game last month), but it is not acceptable. We're talking as bad as MLB 2k9 where the camera would lock and studder as you threw a ball to first.

I've tried different camera angles but they all have the problem. And yes, I have an original 20GB Harddrive XBox 360, not the newer "squat" versions, though it really shouldn't matter. I don't have the drive space to do a full install, though I suppose it's possible that could help.

Frankly, I'm surprised there weren't more comments on it!

[Colts18]

Re: DEMO 2k12 framerate vs PURCHASED 2k12 framerate...wow

Less resources are being used for the demo. No commentary for one. Any other things that would cause less resources from being used? But I would bet on that being the reason for the difference in framerate.

[DR Russell]

Re: DEMO 2k12 framerate vs PURCHASED 2k12 framerate...wow

Less resources are being used for the demo. No commentary for one. Any other things that would cause less resources from being used? But I would bet on that being the reason for the difference in framerate.

yes this is correct, but from my experience playing the game on 'default' feels smoother than on 'simulation'. Try this for yourself. Although what i think happens is that players carry more weight on simulation. Hope this helps.