Charter04's NCAA Football 14 for the 2014 season Sliders

[charter04]

Updated as of 08-08-15


OVERVIEW

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Even though there will not be a new NCAA football game this year 2014 was still a solid game. These sliders are for the 2015 season.

These are designed for teams to play as they should. I want it to feel like college football. The college game is more wide open and high scoring than the NFL and that is how I want the game to feel. I am happy with how these are playing.

How these were tested:

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I want to give a special shout out to jp18 who did most of the testing and tweaking for the heisman set. I still can't believe how much time he spent on this. lol

The AA set was done with 99 overalls and getting them to dominate as they should. They work best in pure coach mode IMO.

The Heisman set was done similar but, much more testing was done. We didn't play and game and adjust. Play a game and adjust. Nothing wrong with with but, all the testing we did was 100% toward ratings.

I had the idea that we should use the match up stick to adjust sliders too. I started noticing that the numbers given by the match up stick weren't the same as the actual ratings. So I started changing sliders and realized that sliders actual changed the numbers given by the match up stick. jp18 created a team or two with 99 overall players and played them against 99 overalls. He tweaked and tweaked and tweak just to get the 99 to be even on the match up stick. It took all kinds of slider and penalty adjustments to do it. Even the 0 threshold had to be the threshold to get the desired results.

Have we found a way to make the game perfect? NO. It's still a video game but, from the multiple games I've played I wouldn't change anything. The player ratings really mean a lot. I have a challenge but, it feels realistic. I don't feel cheated. So here are the Heisman set and below them the AA set. The Heisman set can be played with no house rules. IMO. Just play realistic. Again thanks jp18!

Final Set

Offensive Skill: Heisman
Defensive Skill: Heisman
User Vs User Skill: Heisman

Injuries: On
Fatigue: On

Quarter Length: 7-10 minutes. (you should be getting 120-140 on average per game. Sometimes teams have a combined 160+ total plays in real life. That is both teams combined. Only use rushing ATT and Pass ATT's for this)

Play Clock: On
Coaching Tips: Off

Game Speed: Normal

Player Min Speed Threshold: 35

HFA: Off (optional but, players play more true to ratings with it off)
Ice The Kicker: On



Game Play Sliders: User/CPU

QB Accuracy: 10/5
Pass Blocking: 60/60
WR Catching: 0/40
RB Ability: 50/50
Run Blocking: 0/10
Pass Coverage: 100/45
Interception: 40/45
Rush Defense: 0/30
Tackling: 15/30

Special teams(thanks to the OS Community sliders)
FG Power: 75/75
FG Accuracy: 30/30
Punt Power: 50/50
Punt Accuracy: 70/70
KO Power: 45/45


Penalties Still testing

Offside: 85
False Start: 85
Holding: 99
Face Mask: 60
OPI: 99
DPI: 99
KR/PR Inter: 99
Clipping: 60
Int Grounding: 99
RTP: 54
RTK: 99

Auto Subs
Out/IN

QB 0/1
RB 59/70
WR 64/65
FB/TE 35/36
OL 0/1

DT 84/85
DE 84/85
LB 0/1
CB 0/1
S 0/1

*All-American coach mode set*

House Rules:

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Yes I know people get tired of house rules. If you don't want any then these might not be for you. I have grown to like a more coach mode style of play. It makes more of the players ratings matter. It gives recruiting more of a strategic element.

-I don't control any players on defense.

-I auto pass at times and played a game in full coach mode. I like auto pass better just because I like the coordinator cam better. I also like to user pass and run but, I let the WR catch and run after the catch. I try to play and let the cpu control the action because ratings matter more.

Roster Tip

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-Unless he is in an option offense I would make sure all QB's are at least Balanced. I don't think there is anything that can stop a Scrambling QB from taking of too much. I played two games against FSU and Oklahoma and I noticed that Winston and Knight took off to the right way way too much. I thought it might have been the sliders but, then I checked to see if they were scramblers. They were. Neither of those guys is a true scrambler. I played another game with a balanced QB and it made all the difference. I will probably edit my own roster to fix this. I will use one of the good ones as a base but, I'll make my own adjustments. I will updated it when I have it loaded under my gamer tag.

I got this from Matt10: Put Coach aggression sliders at 50/50 or as close as possible for the teams you play against. I believe he has done this for you in some of the rosters.

Offensive Skill: All-American
Defensive Skill: All-American
User Vs User Skill: All-American

Injuries: On
Fatigue: On

Quarter Length: 10 minutes. (you should be getting 120-140 on average per game. Sometimes teams have a combined 160+ total plays in real life. That is both teams combined. Only use rushing ATT and Pass ATT's for this)

Play Clock: On
Coaching Tips: Off

Game Speed: Fast(other speeds work but, fast will make players play to their speed rating)

Player Min Speed Threshold: 35(This is more important then game speed)

HFA: On
Ice The Kicker: On



Game Play Sliders: User/CPU

QB Accuracy: 50/50
Pass Blocking: 60/65
WR Catching: 55/55
RB Ability: 55/85
Run Blocking: 65/85
Pass Coverage: 35/85
Interception: 35/55
Rush Defense: 35/50
Tackling: 40/50
FG Power: 50/50
FG Accuracy: 50/50
Punt Power: 50/50
Punt Accuracy: 50/50
KO Power: 50/50


Penalties (I did my testing with the penalties exactly as they are here. If you change them it might change the results)

Offside: 50
False Start: 50
Holding: 50
Face Mask: 50
OPI: 50
DPI: 50
KR/PR Inter: 50
Clipping: 50
Int Grounding: 95
RTP: 50
RTK: 50

[charter04]

Re: Charter04's NCAA Football 14 for the 2014 season Sliders

Reserved for later

[charter04]

Re: Charter04's NCAA Football 14 for the 2014 season Sliders

Just updated the OP. If anyone gets a chance to play with these let me know how it goes.

[charter04]

Re: Charter04's NCAA Football 14 for the 2014 season Sliders

Just finished my 5th game with these. I'll post some stats of average stats soon. I might go to ten games first. All games have been in offline dynasty.

I used a updated roster set.

Arkansas(me)34 ULL(CPU) 14

Arkansas
17 FD's
395 total offense
43-180-4TD's rushing
12-18 for 215 passing
0 turnovers
2 punts 47.5
29:50 TOP
We had 3 sacks

ULL
18 FD's
31-156-1td rushing
22-30 for 174 1 td passing
1 turn over an int.
3 punts for 35.7
They had 2 sacks

My MLB lead everyone in tackles with 10

122 total plays. It was lower because I ran the clock with a ball control offense.

There were 152 total plays in the Miss St v Oklahoma St game I played with the pace much faster.

[TarHeelbred33]

Re: Charter04's NCAA Football 14 for the 2014 season Sliders

Gonna give these a shot in a new dynasty I'm starting today.

[charter04]

Re: Charter04's NCAA Football 14 for the 2014 season Sliders

Gonna give these a shot in a new dynasty I'm starting today.

Looking forward to your results

[charter04]

Re: Charter04's NCAA Football 14 for the 2014 season Sliders

I just updated the OP with a few changes.

[Von Dozier]

Re: Charter04's NCAA Football 14 for the 2014 season Sliders

Just decided to get back into NCAA today, and to see this new set was a nice surprise

I played 2 games with the first set in Coach Mode and came up with these.

Toledo (CPU): 19
Ball State (me): 14

TOL-BAL
First Downs: 19-14
Total Offense: 427-495
R-Y-TD: 29-91-0 - 19-28-0
C-A-TD: 29-44-1 - 47-61-2
Pass Yards: 336-467
3rd Down: 6-14 - 8-16
4th Down: 0-1 - 3-5
Turnovers: 0-2
Total Yards: 467-564
TOP: 14:33-27:27

The ridiculous pass attempts seems to be attributed to Toledo running a no-huddle which extended the time spent in game since the clock went much slower without a runoff. I also had a chance to win this game, with 4 seconds to go I threw a hail mary and the reciever caught it at the 1 yard line.

FCS (cpu): 10
UTSA (me): 23

FCS-UTSA
First Downs: 18-21
Total Offense: 338-365
R-Y-TD: 30-15-0 - 47-162-2
C-A-TD: 23-36-1 - 16-26-1
Pass Yards: 323-197
3rd Down: 7-15 - 5-14
4th Down: 0-1 - 2-2
Turnovers: 2-0
Total Yards: 398-409
TOP: 18:32-21:27

So those 2 games played out very differently (in a good way) from each other. The only constant I noticed is that my QB in both games got pressured almost instantly and pretty much only had time to throw checkdowns. Rarely was he able to ever go deep, because WRs never got time to finish their routes. CPU's lineplay was pretty good, but sometimes it felt he got a bit too much time. Then again these samples are from pretty low-tier teams, but I think the line play could possibly be looked at.

I also see you just updated so I'll plug those in and try again

[charter04]

Re: Charter04's NCAA Football 14 for the 2014 season Sliders

Just decided to get back into NCAA today, and to see this new set was a nice surprise

I played 2 games with the first set in Coach Mode and came up with these.

Toledo (CPU): 19
Ball State (me): 14

TOL-BAL
First Downs: 19-14
Total Offense: 427-495
R-Y-TD: 29-91-0 - 19-28-0
C-A-TD: 29-44-1 - 47-61-2
Pass Yards: 336-467
3rd Down: 6-14 - 8-16
4th Down: 0-1 - 3-5
Turnovers: 0-2
Total Yards: 467-564
TOP: 14:33-27:27

The ridiculous pass attempts seems to be attributed to Toledo running a no-huddle which extended the time spent in game since the clock went much slower without a runoff. I also had a chance to win this game, with 4 seconds to go I threw a hail mary and the reciever caught it at the 1 yard line.

FCS (cpu): 10
UTSA (me): 23

FCS-UTSA
First Downs: 18-21
Total Offense: 338-365
R-Y-TD: 30-15-0 - 47-162-2
C-A-TD: 23-36-1 - 16-26-1
Pass Yards: 323-197
3rd Down: 7-15 - 5-14
4th Down: 0-1 - 2-2
Turnovers: 2-0
Total Yards: 398-409
TOP: 18:32-21:27

So those 2 games played out very differently (in a good way) from each other. The only constant I noticed is that my QB in both games got pressured almost instantly and pretty much only had time to throw checkdowns. Rarely was he able to ever go deep, because WRs never got time to finish their routes. CPU's lineplay was pretty good, but sometimes it felt he got a bit too much time. Then again these samples are from pretty low-tier teams, but I think the line play could possibly be looked at.

I also see you just updated so I'll plug those in and try again

Actually 153 combined plays are pretty normal for high paced games.

Yea I'm still trying to get that balance of getting sliders to work with coach mode style and user controlled. These aren't going to be strictly coach mode sliders. I play auto pass with the coordinator cam but, I have played a few in normal mode. If you get what I am saying. I might have to give some adjustments for playing both ways.

[charter04]

Re: Charter04's NCAA Football 14 for the 2014 season Sliders

I actually might try using just the CPU sliders for coach mode to see how it goes.

[charter04]

Re: Charter04's NCAA Football 14 for the 2014 season Sliders

actually I am going to try the user defensive sliders for both sides and the cpu offensive sliders for both sides in a coach mode game and see if that works.

[charter04]

Re: Charter04's NCAA Football 14 for the 2014 season Sliders

actually I'm going to have two sets. One that is purely coach mode or auto pass coach mode and the other for more user controlled. Both will be done with not controlling anyone on defense.

[charter04]

Re: Charter04's NCAA Football 14 for the 2014 season Sliders

It looks like for pure coach mode use the CPU offense for both sides and the user defense for both sides

[jp18]

Re: Charter04's NCAA Football 14 for the 2014 season Sliders

For the user control are you leaning more towards just the player ratings and having the user just make the play or are you not going to user control the defensive side of the ball at all? If that makes sense.

[charter04]

Re: Charter04's NCAA Football 14 for the 2014 season Sliders

For the user control are you leaning more towards just the player ratings and having the user just make the play or are you not going to user control the defensive side of the ball at all? If that makes sense.

yea. I'm going to also add a purely coach mode set too. For my current set I let the cpu control every player on defense. I do control the QB and RB on offense with my current set but, I don't do hot routes or many if any audibles. I will call a run to the other side but, that's about it.

I just really love the idea of letting the ratings matter as much as possible.