Play movement: Automatic walking and stopping animations?

[fzdoom]

All:

I've googled this to no avail. Is anyone else seeing an issue where you players can't "run" up court or run back on defense? When I'm controlling a team, who ever i inbound the ball to or whoever catches a rebound doesnt seem to be able to run up court with the ball. It seems the game forces you into a walk or slight jog animation instead of being able to explode up court like in years past.

This also happens in My Career in the Playground. Sometimes i will attempt to run back on defense and my player will all of a sudden stop moving and seem to get "stuck".

I thought this might have to be some internet lag but its happening to me in offline games as well. Has anyone else dealt with this? It seems reeeeally odd that in a year that touted the freedom of movement, this weird animation is happening.

[BrandH]

Quote: Originally Posted by fzdoom

All: I've googled this to no avail. Is anyone else seeing an issue where you players can't "run" up court or run back on defense? When I'm controlling a team, who ever i inbound the ball to or whoever catches a rebound doesnt seem to be able to run up court with the ball. It seems the game forces you into a walk or slight jog animation instead of being able to explode up court like in years past. This also happens in My Career in the Playground. Sometimes i will attempt to run back on defense and my player will all of a sudden stop moving and seem to get "stuck". I thought this might have to be some internet lag but its happening to me in offline games as well. Has anyone else dealt with this? It seems reeeeally odd that in a year that touted the freedom of movement, this weird animation is happening.

I have noticed this some bringing the ball up the court in My Team and thought it may be due to having the pace set to Patient Offense.

[Thunderhorse]

The walking animations while dribbling are killing me.

I don't get what 2K was trying to do here. Was it just to make the ball handler "look" cool when he's coming up court?

I'll see the ball in his right hand, look up to see if there's an open pass, try to make a move to the inside or baseline based off of what I see space wise and how I see the defender positioning themselves, and then it will all go to crap because the crossover I thought I was pulling is now a hesitation because I can't control which hand the ball is in anymore.

It gets even better when you try to do a dribble size up, like a sizeup crossover, but because the ball hand switched while you were watching the defender and passing lanes, you're going to do a basic hesitation followed by a basic sizeup.

[fzdoom]

Quote: Originally Posted by Thunderhorse

The walking animations while dribbling are killing me. I don't get what 2K was trying to do here. Was it just to make the ball handler "look" cool when he's coming up court? I'll see the ball in his right hand, look up to see if there's an open pass, try to make a move to the inside or baseline based off of what I see space wise and how I see the defender positioning themselves, and then it will all go to crap because the crossover I thought I was pulling is now a hesitation because I can't control which hand the ball is in anymore. It gets even better when you try to do a dribble size up, like a sizeup crossover, but because the ball hand switched while you were watching the defender and passing lanes, you're going to do a basic hesitation followed by a basic sizeup.

Yes i've noticed this too. Im not quite sure wtf they were going for here. Gameplay overall is excellent IMO but they talked about how you wouldn't get stuck in certain animations anymore yet they force you into animations more than ever?