7 Minute NBA Elite 11 Video (Gamespot)

[rEAnimator]

Quote: Originally Posted by tehBomBthreat

Lol i over exaggerated. Just doesnt look right to me though, maybe be my eyes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0SzJeta4Mk Start at 0:45

First of all, thanks. I hadn't seen that video yet. Pretty cool to see those guys playing the game.

As for the problem you pointed out, there's a lot going on there so let me see if I can break it down a little.

1. The defender is user controlled, so I don't know from looking at the video if the user was retreating or trying to hold his ground. If he was retreating then the behavior and outcome are appropriate. If he was trying to hold his ground, then I agree the outcome is not correct and we'll need to look at that problem. It's very similar to some of the things pointed out in the NLSC recap. I can promise you we'll be working hard on the physical play on defense. In fact I'm going to test that out tonight and see what the current state of in collision dribble moves is.

2. As for the sliding, I agree that there's a problem there and it looks a little floaty. You can see the defender is switching between shade left and shade right postures, and we have some issues with foot sliding in posture changes right now that need to get fixed. No big deal, I know we'll do it. But it hasn't been done yet.

The other issue is that we're missing some animations when the defender is in collision so he ends up looking like he's sliding around. It's hard to say for sure if this is a contributing factor or not, but it may be. As soon as we get those anims in the game things should look a lot more grounded.

So thanks for the heads up, I'll be double checking these systems to make sure they're working as they should.

[RayDog253]

I'm sold on the controls, now lets see how it looks with 10 players on the court.

[tehBomBthreat]

Quote: Originally Posted by rEAnimator

First of all, thanks. I hadn't seen that video yet. Pretty cool to see those guys playing the game. As for the problem you pointed out, there's a lot going on there so let me see if I can break it down a little. 1. The defender is user controlled, so I don't know from looking at the video if the user was retreating or trying to hold his ground. If he was retreating then the behavior and outcome are appropriate. If he was trying to hold his ground, then I agree the outcome is not correct and we'll need to look at that problem. It's very similar to some of the things pointed out in the NLSC recap. I can promise you we'll be working hard on the physical play on defense. In fact I'm going to test that out tonight and see what the current state of in collision dribble moves is. 2. As for the sliding, I agree that there's a problem there and it looks a little floaty. You can see the defender is switching between shade left and shade right postures, and we have some issues with foot sliding in posture changes right now that need to get fixed. No big deal, I know we'll do it. But it hasn't been done yet. The other issue is that we're missing some animations when the defender is in collision so he ends up looking like he's sliding around. It's hard to say for sure if this is a contributing factor or not, but it may be. As soon as we get those anims in the game things should look a lot more grounded. So thanks for the heads up, I'll be double checking these systems to make sure they're working as they should.

you just confirmed my day one purchase

[funkysven]

Good work rEAnimator. Good to see you working hard at answering the questions, queries, criticisms already. Only 3 - 4 months of it to go!

[PVarck31]

In the Mortal Kombat guys voice "Impressive".

[RayDog253]

I have to admit that I was wowed by what I saw, just don't want to over hype myself.

[Jano]

Thanks for the info rEAnimator i've got one question though, how long does it take to fix issues with this game? B/c the way the guys who went the EA even they described as a quick process.

So for example if the things that BomBthreat pointed are issues with the animations would it be a simple fix or a more complex one?

[ajknows]

rEAnimator thanks for your time on here you seem to be on top of things and I like where you guys are going with elite this year.

One small thing that bothers me though is the animation you have for a player picking up or going to retrieve a ball is really bad. Just look in this 7 min vid, it's to quick and not very natrual. I've done alot of shooting ball on the court by my self and rarely do I run and bend down with two hands really quick to get the ball. Most of the time I reach with one hand grab the ball as its bouncing and in the same motion start the dribble or if it's low to the ground I might slap it a few quick times to get the dribble going, and some guy's may reach down and palm it.

Just some thought's on a small but annoying issue to me.