Players don't move unless you call a play?

[Ferrari997]

This game basically REQUIRES you to run plays it seems like. I'm bringing the ball up with Rose. If I don't call a play, all the players just stand there. No movement whatsoever. I'm not really a big play call kinda guy. I just like to freelance and run my offense through players' natural motion. But that won't work when everyone is standing still...

I remember in 2k10, players were setting backscreens for each other. Even though it was odd to see Noah or Gibson coming off curl screens, at least it was SOME movement. Anyone else seen this?

I've been told turning play calling to AUTO helps. But there's a glitch where if I turn "show play art" to OFF, it still shows. I guess I could wait till that patch that, but still pretty annoying. Thoughts?

[ggsimmonds]

Re: Players don't move unless you call a play?

Don't know why you are experiencing this. My Wizards seem to move intelligently without calling plays.

One thing you could try is to edit all of the bulls player's tendencies under the freelance heading. Set your bigs to self post and set off balls screens and have your shooters make good use of offball screens if those settings are not high already.

Another possibility is from last years game. I know that after a while your players would automatically do things if you have called similar plays in the past. E.g. if you called a PF post play frequently your PFs would start to post automatically, and if you called sets that have off ball screens your team would automatically set screens for eachother. But this requires 2 things, 1) you need to start calling plays to kickstart the process, and 2) Always save your profile because that is what keeps track of things like that

[CabreraMVP]

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My guys stand around too. I wish they would just run off a screen or something. Sometimes it looks like my guy wants to, but then he just stops.

[cdub1014]

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As soon as my play breaks down, all my players stand around and do not move unless i call another play. hopefully this is something that can be fixed so that there is more natural motion offensively and things dont stay as stagnant

[blues rocker]

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if you stand still, your players won't move, but if you dribble around they will start to move...the key is to never stand still...keep moving and your teammates will move.

[rev renegade]

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I'm going through the same thing. the players will not move until the shot clock gets to around 5. Its so annoying. I don't like calling plays every time, players should still move with a play call.

[threes_co]

Re: Players don't move unless you call a play?

This game basically REQUIRES you to run plays it seems like. I'm bringing the ball up with Rose. If I don't call a play, all the players just stand there. No movement whatsoever. I'm not really a big play call kinda guy. I just like to freelance and run my offense through players' natural motion. But that won't work when everyone is standing still...

I remember in 2k10, players were setting backscreens for each other. Even though it was odd to see Noah or Gibson coming off curl screens, at least it was SOME movement. Anyone else seen this?

I've been told turning play calling to AUTO helps. But there's a glitch where if I turn "show play art" to OFF, it still shows. I guess I could wait till that patch that, but still pretty annoying. Thoughts?

Just call for a pick or a quick screen. That usually gets the offense moving if you refuse to call plays.

[ggsimmonds]

Re: Players don't move unless you call a play?

If it is that much of a problem than call plays. It is not that hard to hit "right" then "square" (on the ps3) to call for a quick post up or off ball screen (forgot which is which)

[Ferrari997]

Re: Players don't move unless you call a play?

Don't know why you are experiencing this. My Wizards seem to move intelligently without calling plays.

One thing you could try is to edit all of the bulls player's tendencies under the freelance heading. Set your bigs to self post and set off balls screens and have your shooters make good use of offball screens if those settings are not high already.

Another possibility is from last years game. I know that after a while your players would automatically do things if you have called similar plays in the past. E.g. if you called a PF post play frequently your PFs would start to post automatically, and if you called sets that have off ball screens your team would automatically set screens for eachother. But this requires 2 things, 1) you need to start calling plays to kickstart the process, and 2) Always save your profile because that is what keeps track of things like that

thanks great advice. I suppose if I play a couple of quick games calling some plays, hopefully my profile will save all that and before I know it, I won't have to worry about calling plays and players will just move around themselves.

[simgamer0005]

Re: Players don't move unless you call a play?

It's part of the technique of the game. In past games, players just moved around randomly. In this game, everyone does something for a reason, which makes it much better. Also try increasing the difficulty. I am playing on Superstar and everyone plays smart basketball. You do have to guide your team occasionally with plays. If you still are not seeing enough random movement, you can try turn playcalling to auto, but i prefer manual. i like knowing i am in control of the team.

[Rocboyz101]

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If you move around and move players using Icon Lead passing, you can get some good looks at times.

[tcnumba10]

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if you stand still, your players won't move, but if you dribble around they will start to move...the key is to never stand still...keep moving and your teammates will move.

This is true, I noticed this too. If your the PG and your teammates are just standing there on offense, just move around, do a crossover/iso-motion and your teammates will start moving.

[DaTwolves21]

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To the OP, what do you expect, these dudes are professionals, it's organized basektball, you have to run plays, if your just running around what does that accomplish, not dissing you at all. What would the players do if a play isnt run?

[Lowpressure32]

Re: Players don't move unless you call a play?

This game basically REQUIRES you to run plays it seems like. I'm bringing the ball up with Rose. If I don't call a play, all the players just stand there. No movement whatsoever. I'm not really a big play call kinda guy. I just like to freelance and run my offense through players' natural motion. But that won't work when everyone is standing still...

I remember in 2k10, players were setting backscreens for each other. Even though it was odd to see Noah or Gibson coming off curl screens, at least it was SOME movement. Anyone else seen this?

I've been told turning play calling to AUTO helps. But there's a glitch where if I turn "show play art" to OFF, it still shows. I guess I could wait till that patch that, but still pretty annoying. Thoughts?

What system are you playing on because I don't have that problem with the PC version. Maybe the consoles have issues that the PC doesn't have and vice versa. And also, you have to look at one detail that you may have missed.

This year more than any other, the teams pretty much play like their real life counterparts. So if you use a team like the Spurs who call plays the majority of the time in real life, then the "call plays slider" in coaching options should reflect the same thing. So if you're trying to freelance without calling plays with the Spurs (or whatever team), no one will move because the coaching options are set for you to call plays. So if you are playing with a team that is known for calling plays and you don't want to, go to your coaching options and zero out that slider and you should see movement. If not, it need to be addressed in the patch.

[Zen_Master07]

Re: Players don't move unless you call a play?

I understand your problem man, but there are several things you can do. Here it is:

Use the total control passing feature (LB + players icon, move player with RS)

This was the best feature of Live 10 and can be just as effective in this game. This alone is great for getting your playmaker the ball in late-game situations or critical possessions or when he is hot and the defense is denying him the ball

LT+A - Give 'n' Go

Basically the player passing the ball cuts right to the basket after passing it. This works great for pick-n-rolls that go array on the weakside of the court. I use this with Deron Williams and Memo/Big Al all the time.

Basically the only time i call plays is when i have a very specific gameplan like getting my big man some touches early in the game or one of my shooters open. You don't have to use plays all the time, you have other tools at your disposal. I didn't even mention the pick-n-rolls and iso's to open up your offense