Community Q & A with Dynasty Football creator Eric Kneipfer

[JohnDoe8865]

Operation Sports, here is your chance. Ask Eric Kneipfer (neef on OS) your questions about Dynasty Football and he will answer them in this thread as he has time. This is a chance for real time interaction with the creator of a game that I personally feel, has a chance to become a huge success.

Here's the deal;

Ask your question or questions in your post. Try to limit each post to two or three questions maximum so that Eric has a chance to answer them. If you load down a post with 15 questions, he's gonna have a hard time responding. He's doing this in his own free time, so please be patient waiting for a response. This game is being created for us, the community of football gamers.

[ChirpyMango01]

Is it possible to make an option play (read option, triple option, etc.) in the playbook editor?

[mvb34]

Is it possible to have all team controlled by the cpu?

[neef]

Quote: Originally Posted by ChirpyMango01

Is it possible to make an option play (read option, triple option, etc.) in the playbook editor?

Yes to the read option and maybe to the triple option. Read option plays are the last movement type scheduled to be implemented and are huge in the NFL right now. That one is easy. Triple option is more complex and might be more difficult to get working.

[neef]

Quote: Originally Posted by mvb34

Is it possible to have all team controlled by the cpu?

I hadn't considered this. Would you want this option to play out a season or two before choosing teams?

[21SEC]

Can you talk describe defensive play design? Can we set detailed things like if we elect man coverage, can the defenders be set for inside or outside coverage? How do players in zone defense react if multiple receivers enter their zone?

[mvb34]

Quote: Originally Posted by neef

I hadn't considered this. Would you want this option to play out a season or two before choosing teams?

I'd like run league where I could control every thing not necessarily one team but also have cpu perform some tasks

[neef]

Quote: Originally Posted by 21SEC

Can you talk describe defensive play design? Can we set detailed things like if we elect man coverage, can the defenders be set for inside or outside coverage? How do players in zone defense react if multiple receivers enter their zone?

I'll start with your zone question first: If two receivers enter a defender's zone the defender is taught to cover the deeper receiver, but he may not if he fails to make his read correctly (using attributes like Intelligence, Vision, and Decisions). If he fails his test he will cover the wrong guy, just like real football.

To add to that, in DF there are 2 types of zones you can choose: soft and aggressive. Soft will keep the receiver in front of the defender - he won't move forward to cover , while aggressive means the defender will move as fast as he can to stay toe for toe with the receiver.

Man coverage has loads of options, including shading to the inside, outside, front, or back of the receiver. There is straight up man-to man and also formation match man to man where a receiver is covered based on where he lines up rather than who he actually is. Just like real football you give a defender a list of targets to cover. He goes through his list and finds the spot he needs to be in.

Take a look at DFs Man to Man dialogue box (this is for any individual defender); you can see how easy it is to create schemes and matchups: