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  • jpdavis82
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    • Sep 2005
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    Operation Sports Press Row Podcast Part 2 with Victor Lugo-Infinity Engine 2

    I saw this on the home page, but I didn't see it anywhere in the Madden Forums so I thought I'd post it here.

    Yesterday in the midst of the Connected Franchise info unveiling, this was released and I think overlooked, so hopefully people can check this out now. Sounds like the Infinity Engine is going to be a lot smoother and they have some tools/resources to tune things with it that they never could in Madden 13.

  • jpdavis82
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    • Sep 2005
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    Re: Operation Sports Press Row Podcast Part 2 with Victor Lugo-Infinity Engine 2

    Cliff notes, I am just now getting a chance to listen to this and wanted to share some of the things I observed.

    They went to EA London and worked with the guys over there on creating tools to help them tune players individually. Last year Victor wanted to have these kind of tools but was unable to get them to work properly.

    These tools and mechanics they have now will allow them to tune players individually, including tuning specific times of a players muscle tension and how their ratings affect physics. This will apply to the blocking, stiff arms, tackles, etc... One example given was with trucking, a kicker would have the weakest stiff arm in the game, whereas a guy like Marshawn Lynch will have one of the strongest. They did several matchups of players at all different sizes, positions, and ratings. Their goal with this was to make physics respond accordingly to a players size, momentum, and ratings. With the ability to tune a specific players muscle tension now at specific times, they can have players tense up exactly when they want them to, which creates more realistic outcomes and players falling more naturally. They lined up the biggest possible guy and the smallest possible and everyone in between to try and create the most realistic outcomes. At first they had guys that were stronger than humans sending guys weaker than the weakest players in the NFL flying in the air making them do backflips. This was toned down to where a collision between two players will happen realistically based on size, momentum, and ratings.

    They said this makes a big difference on the offensive line too, creating new interactions with the new blocking logic and techniques. Victor said the difference in the o-line in NCAA is even greater, when you take a guy from a small division 2 school and put him up against a lineman from a school like Alabama there's a huge difference now and he's going to get crushed unless his size and ratings are similar.

    They have added contextual awareness and greater AI for post play so players will be more aware of each other and not just run into each other and trip or fall all over the place.

    In the future they want to add more and more purely physics based plays(dive tackle in M25 is purely physics based, no animation for it.) while at the same time including the animations that give the game a more authentic look and not lose a player's signature style. I.E. AP's running style vs a generic HB's.
    Last edited by jpdavis82; 06-05-2013, 09:55 AM.

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    • BV11
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      • Jul 2012
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      #3
      Re: Operation Sports Press Row Podcast Part 2 with Victor Lugo-Infinity Engine 2

      Originally posted by jpdavis82
      The example given was a kicker would have the weakest stiff arm in the game, whereas a guy like Marshawn Lynch will have one of the strongest.
      Because a kicker's stiff arm rating is totally relevant. It seems like the stiff arm is going to be the main thing that is physics based, which kind of sucks.

      Would be nice if this applied more to blocking and solo tackles, etc. If they used an example of using a kicker at O-Line getting absolutely destroyed I would be happy, because a kicker at O-Line has worked in the past.

      More excited to see what they are doing on next gen this year with the Infinite engine.

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      • jpdavis82
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        • Sep 2005
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        Re: Operation Sports Press Row Podcast Part 2 with Victor Lugo-Infinity Engine 2

        Originally posted by BV11
        Because a kicker's stiff arm rating is totally relevant. It seems like the stiff arm is going to be the main thing that is physics based, which kind of sucks.

        Would be nice if this applied more to blocking and solo tackles, etc. If they used an example of using a kicker at O-Line getting absolutely destroyed I would be happy, because a kicker at O-Line has worked in the past.

        More excited to see what they are doing on next gen this year with the Infinite engine.
        Hang on a sec, updating my post, I forgot what he said about the O-line and blocking. This does apply to the o-line and solo tackles too.

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        • secondsolution
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          • May 2012
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          #5
          Re: Operation Sports Press Row Podcast Part 2 with Victor Lugo-Infinity Engine 2

          This has me intrigued. Hopefully they will show it off at E3 in some gameplay videos.

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          • MrSerendipity
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            • Jun 2013
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            #6
            Re: Operation Sports Press Row Podcast Part 2 with Victor Lugo-Infinity Engine 2

            I definitely like the sound of it and I think they're on the right track. But I'd be surprised if they were able to fit all of those mechanics into this game. I wouldn't expect it to be fully developed without bugs until next year's game.
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            • kbomb1upc
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              • Oct 2008
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              Re: Operation Sports Press Row Podcast Part 2 with Victor Lugo-Infinity Engine 2

              I would have loved to see the smaller player do backflips after getting hit, that would have been hilarious.

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              • jpdavis82
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                • Sep 2005
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                Re: Operation Sports Press Row Podcast Part 2 with Victor Lugo-Infinity Engine 2

                Originally posted by BV11
                Because a kicker's stiff arm rating is totally relevant. It seems like the stiff arm is going to be the main thing that is physics based, which kind of sucks.

                Would be nice if this applied more to blocking and solo tackles, etc. If they used an example of using a kicker at O-Line getting absolutely destroyed I would be happy, because a kicker at O-Line has worked in the past.

                More excited to see what they are doing on next gen this year with the Infinite engine.
                Sage, why would you like this post after I pointed out that o-line and solo tackles would be included, not just stiff arms? Seems like you always like a post with a negative slant.

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                • SageInfinite
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                  • Jul 2002
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                  #9
                  Re: Operation Sports Press Row Podcast Part 2 with Victor Lugo-Infinity Engine 2

                  Originally posted by jpdavis82
                  Sage, why would you like this post after I pointed out that o-line and solo tackles would be included, not just stiff arms? Seems like you always like a post with a negative slant.
                  Take your Madden cape off for a second bro. I liked the post because he said he was more excited to see what they were doing with the Infinity Engine on next gen.

                  All this "talk" is great for the infinity engine on current gen, but alot of this stuff was talked about last year making the infinity engine sound just as good, and imo it wasn't. They made the same goofy looking game look even more goofy, lol. I believe it will be improved this year, but my hope are invested in next gen.
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                  • jpdavis82
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                    • Sep 2005
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                    Re: Operation Sports Press Row Podcast Part 2 with Victor Lugo-Infinity Engine 2

                    Originally posted by SageInfinite
                    Take you Madden cape off for a second bro. I liked the post because he said he was more excited to see what they were doing with the Infinity Engine on next gen.

                    All this "talk" is great for the infinity engine on current gen, but alot of this stuff was talked about last year making the infinity engine sound just as good, and imo it wasn't. They made the same goofy looking game look even more goofy, lol. I believe it will be improved this year, but my hope are invested in next gen.
                    LOL no Madden cape here bro. I understand that about last year and agree completely, but they didn't have the same tools last year to tune the mechanics of the IE like they do now. I also understand being more invested in next gen.

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                    • Sausage
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                      • Feb 2003
                      • 3905

                      #11
                      Originally posted by jpdavis82
                      Cliff notes, I am just now getting a chance to listen to this and wanted to share some of the things I observed.

                      They went to EA London and worked with the guys over there on creating tools to help them tune players individually. Last year Victor wanted to have these kind of tools but was unable to get them to work properly.

                      These tools and mechanics they have now will allow them to tune players individually, including tuning specific times of a players muscle tension and how their ratings affect physics. This will apply to the blocking, stiff arms, tackles, etc... One example given was with trucking, a kicker would have the weakest stiff arm in the game, whereas a guy like Marshawn Lynch will have one of the strongest. They did several matchups of players at all different sizes, positions, and ratings. Their goal with this was to make physics respond accordingly to a players size, momentum, and ratings. With the ability to tune a specific players muscle tension now at specific times, they can have players tense up exactly when they want them to, which creates more realistic outcomes and players falling more naturally. They lined up the biggest possible guy and the smallest possible and everyone in between to try and create the most realistic outcomes. At first they had guys that were stronger than humans sending guys weaker than the weakest players in the NFL flying in the air making them do backflips. This was toned down to where a collision between two players will happen realistically based on size, momentum, and ratings.

                      They said this makes a big difference on the offensive line too, creating new interactions with the new blocking logic and techniques. Victor said the difference in the o-line in NCAA is even greater, when you take a guy from a small division 2 school and put him up against a lineman from a school like Alabama there's a huge difference now and he's going to get crushed unless his size and ratings are similar.

                      They have added contextual awareness and greater AI for post play so players will be more aware of each other and not just run into each other and trip or fall all over the place.

                      In the future they want to add more and more purely physics based plays(dive tackle in M25 is purely physics based, no animation for it.) while at the same time including the animations that give the game a more authentic look and not lose a player's signature style. I.E. AP's running style vs a generic HB's.
                      I would like Kanes input to see if this is one of those moments where Tiburon is just saying what we (hardcore forum go'ers) want to hear and dying (figuratively) to believe. "Going to EA London, trying different match ups, weight/momentum, etc". Almost to good to be true.

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                      • jpdavis82
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                        • Sep 2005
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                        #12
                        Re: Operation Sports Press Row Podcast Part 2 with Victor Lugo-Infinity Engine 2

                        Originally posted by Sausage
                        I would like Kanes input to see if this is one of those moments where Tiburon is just saying what we (hardcore forum go'ers) want to hear and dying (figuratively) to believe. "Going to EA London, trying different match ups, weight/momentum, etc". Almost to good to be true.
                        I guess the outcome of this will be a true test of this dev team and if they are who I think they are or who we have seen them be in the past. If they deliver on this like they're talking, this would do wonders for gameplay.

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                        • PVarck31
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                          • Jan 2003
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                          #13
                          Re: Operation Sports Press Row Podcast Part 2 with Victor Lugo-Infinity Engine 2

                          This sounds great. Now please let it work.

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                          • infemous
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                            • Nov 2009
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                            #14
                            Re: Operation Sports Press Row Podcast Part 2 with Victor Lugo-Infinity Engine 2

                            I know you get a lot of beef in here JP, so I wanna thank you on behalf of all the ungrateful people for transcribing that podcast for us.

                            There is no way I'd be able to listen to all these podcasts, so your notes are super appreciated.

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                            • rootofalleli
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                              Re: Operation Sports Press Row Podcast Part 2 with Victor Lugo-Infinity Engine 2

                              Yeah, sometimes I shake my fist at JP for parading on my rain, but I sincerely appreciate the info, especially the podcast summaries. It's a lot of time and work to listen and digest this stuff for the community.

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