[Bornindamecca]

Quote: Originally Posted by strawberryshortcake

Real defensive footplanting. That is all. To further elaborate: Each and every single step to get into a defensive position requires moving the foot. In order to move your body and legs into a specified position, you need to physically move your legs, step and push off with your foot. The foot needs to make contact with the ground. It is the frictional force created between the foot and ground that allows the person to make adjustments to his position. If the persons' foot and body is out of position, that is when the opposing player has the advantage. I just hope some day, any type of sliding is completely eliminated. When studio motion captured is done with an actor, the actor doesn't slide his feet. It boggles my mind why shifting still happens when it's expressed in the virtual world.

I'm not a developer, but I was trained as an animator. Remember that 2k doesn't really exist. It's all an illusion. So all of the things that happen in real life, like transitions from one animation to another, aren't governed by an overall physics system like in the real world. Every time a player does a new action, it has to be integrated without blowing up the whole game.

This isn't easy. I think every game either makes great compromises in this area, or has very simple animations to begin with.

This is without even considering that these actions and transitions between actions also have to be integrated into the ratings system, collision actions and whatever governs cause/effect for size differential.

I'm not defending 2k. This is a criticism thread, but hopefully explaining the challenges will help us lead 2k to very specific problems so they can find the solutions that can work within the systems they have already created. We can ask them to remodel the house. We can even ask them to add a shed to the house, or knock down the wall for a closet.

If we ask for a new house, it ain't happening and we ain't helping.