NCAA Football 10: Gameplay Camera Presentation Updates

[shad_moss93]

EA Sports just posted another NCAA Football 10 blog. This one covers gameplay camera presentation.

"This year we were able to convert our gameplay cameras to a new system that can be tuned by the designers on the team while playing the game. The benefit to this is we now have the ability to prototype new camera angles quickly and see how we can make your view of the game even better and more dynamic.

One aspect of the new tech is the camera’s ability to frame all of your receiver options on-screen as much as possible. What we do is have the camera behave like a turret on your head and as you and the receivers move on the field the camera will focus at a calculated point on the field (called a proxy target) that will give you the best vantage point. We are able to add weights on the calculation that can force the camera to pay more attention to the QB’s location, the receivers, or even the player going out for the screen pass. In addition, we can lock this point to be a set distance from the line of scrimmage so that its location keeps a steady position instead of flying up, down, and all over the field as your receivers move in real time."

[thudias]

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There are a couple of great screenshots on the EA blog page that really show how the camera angles open up the field..I love it.

[Hey_Rebby]

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I like the icons disappears after you drop back 20 yards.

[jdrhammer]

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Off-topic, but I hope we have the ability to change socks/shoe colors since UF is wearing black. That would be sweet.

The camera angles look great and should be a huge help. What's the secret at the end?

[RGiles36]

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Probably something you have to play with (game-in-hand I mean) to appreciate.

Two things alarm me slightly from the screenshots:

1) The battle in the trenches looks like the same ol', same ol'. I'm probably implying too much from just a couple of WIP screens, but I don't see anything that says there will be improved OL/DL interactions.

2) Say what you like, but I'm really thinking that refs will not be present this year again. Unless they're going to be touted as some feature, I don't foresee them being in the game this year.

[thudias]

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Probably something you have to play with (game-in-hand I mean) to appreciate.

Two things alarm me slightly from the screenshots:

1) The battle in the trenches looks like the same ol', same ol'. I'm probably implying too much from just a couple of WIP screens, but I don't see anything that says there will be improved OL/DL interactions.

2) Say what you like, but I'm really thinking that refs will not be present this year again. Unless they're going to be touted as some feature, I don't foresee them being in the game this year.

Agree on #2 I don't see any Refs either.

[rhombic21]

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It's nice that they make the icons disappear at 20 yards, but it really needs to happen at 15 in order to be effective. 20 yards is too far back.

[GTheorenHobbes]

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Probably something you have to play with (game-in-hand I mean) to appreciate.

Two things alarm me slightly from the screenshots:

1) The battle in the trenches looks like the same ol', same ol'. I'm probably implying too much from just a couple of WIP screens, but I don't see anything that says there will be improved OL/DL interactions.

2) Say what you like, but I'm really thinking that refs will not be present this year again. Unless they're going to be touted as some feature, I don't foresee them being in the game this year.

These things alarm me GREATLY. If they made any changes to the OL/DL interaction, you sure can't tell it from these pictures.

Plus, it doesn't sound like we're going to get any TV broadcast camera angles to play from this year. Is this really the best that Tiburon can do??

[TheWatcher]

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This is nice and dandy, but the hope is that this is not a pacificer for not getting SELECTABLE and CUSTOM cams this year, because that would be ridiculous.

[Boucher]

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Nice find

What feature have we been asking for that deals with cameras

[da ThRONe]

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Ok news like this make sense and improves playing the game. I very much like this feature.

[Allaboutme]

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" You’ve probably noticed the passing icons are somewhat transparent in the images. New to NCAA Football 10 is the hiding of the passing icons as you run further from the line of scrimmage. If you are looking to run 20 yards backwards and launch a crazy arcade-like pass, we hope you memorized the routes your receivers are running and their assigned button on the controller. Otherwise, you could end up throwing into double/triple coverage and giving the ball away."

This. lol thank you ea.

[RGiles36]

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" You’ve probably noticed the passing icons are somewhat transparent in the images. New to NCAA Football 10 is the hiding of the passing icons as you run further from the line of scrimmage. If you are looking to run 20 yards backwards and launch a crazy arcade-like pass, we hope you memorized the routes your receivers are running and their assigned button on the controller. Otherwise, you could end up throwing into double/triple coverage and giving the ball away."

This. lol thank you ea.

This is a positive but not something I'm thrilled about. I feel as though this is putting band-aid on the issue. I feel as though the gameplay should be designed to encourage you to stay in the pocket. Making the icons transparent after dropping back so many yards should not be the answer. We shouldn't feel more safe outside the pocket than we should inside. That's been a fundamental issue in EA's football games.

[TheWatcher]

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This is a positive but not something I'm thrilled about. I feel as though this is putting band-aid on the issue. I feel as though the gameplay should be designed to encourage you to stay in the pocket. Making the icons transparent after dropping back so many yards should not be the answer. We shouldn't feel more safe outside the pocket than we should inside. That's been a fundamental issue in EA's football games.

Well said. As a mirror to that, the lack of fundamentals has really thrown me for a loop. I can't believe that in year 4 and 5 for NCAA and Madden respectively, I'm hoping to see the players come to the LOS and lineup smoothly and realistically.

[da ThRONe]

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This is a positive but not something I'm thrilled about. I feel as though this is putting band-aid on the issue. I feel as though the gameplay should be designed to encourage you to stay in the pocket. Making the icons transparent after dropping back so many yards should not be the answer. We shouldn't feel more safe outside the pocket than we should inside. That's been a fundamental issue in EA's football games.

Thats true with pocket QB's ,but not mobile ones.

I fail to see how they implemented Qb's procedural awareness in those shots. It look just like last year except the view moves.

Stupid me thinking that procedural awareness would actually make this game better.