2K Sports just posted another NBA 2K11 Developer Insight. This one talks about the expanded playcall system.
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"All Teams Are Not Created Equal - Each team has a base playbook of at least thirty plays that reflect their coach's philosophy and style of play. The marquis teams also have additional plays available to them that they can run for additional flavor. We created individual sets for teams as well. What this means is that even though two coaches may use a floppy set, their personnel and style may dictate that their floppy set starts differently than that of another team that runs a floppy. Now even if teams run plays that have the same end goal, the look you get from team to team will differ based on how they run it and who they run it with.
If you consider that we have well over 1000 plays across all the current and the old school NBA teams, you will see that, as a User, you have a plethora of options to vary your offense."
I know fam I know !!! I been working night and part of days for over a month and virtually no one has seen them. I am just as anxious to get them out. Truthfully the delay helps because they are not all done.
Ah, too bad about the delay! They shouldn't have announced the video and just hit us with a surprise if it was approved
Would you expect it to be cleared for tomorrow?
Thanks for the update.
After today I wouldn't say even if I had an idea, Jwill I know it sucks to think you have something coming and then have it yanked away. Unless I hear something from the president or vice president of 2ksports I am not saying anything on when you will be able to see it.
I saw some questions about flipped plays so I will add a bit to that. In an effort to assist the plays in running quicker they introduced flipped plays for the user.
How it will work in 2k11 is dependent on the type of play. On plays where the play starts on the left or right side of the floor. Those play can be flipped by the user by simply changing the side of the floor you are on when you call the play.
For plays that begin in the middle of the floor where there is no clear indicator of which side the play begins on. The cpu will run it to the side where the most players are already in position.
It works out really well from my time with the game.
For the best play execution you want to call your plays before reaching half court if you can. However the plays are running so much smoother than 2k10 that on a few occasions you will see the cpu run one play and then run another right behind it if it wasn't successful.
CPU seem to be keenly aware of the shot clock and how long it takes certain plays to run. I have seldom seen in limited play time it choose an extended play when there was not enough time to complete it.
Most will be relieved to know that with the exception of the out of bounds plays ever single play from 2k10 and previous has been removed.
@Da_Czar hey while ur at it can u plz plz plz plz confirm ,while we are on whole play calling scheme topic, that the announcers dont call out ur defensive play as soon as u switch defense and spoil the whole surprise when u try to fullcourt press or trap the ball?
I wonder if "Individualized Plays" are stuck in the team playbook or does it stick with the player?
Like if Odom wasnt on the lakers anymore, would he occasionally run plays from his position on a new team assuming he would have that role on a new team IRL?
Also, how about Manu?
If he left the Spurs in my Association; Would Manu still have Manu specific plays on a different team? Will the Spurs still run Manu specific plays for a new player on the team or will it just vanish?
Great question Juke. I just so happened to ask about that. 2k devs were very open about the playcall system.
How they decided to do it was to put code into the game that would be aware of a players general abilities. IRL when a player is traded most instances he will get plays out of the new system that fit his abilities. With the exception situations like Boston where they kept some of Nate's boston plays to help him get comfortable.
So in theory ( I didn't play with any trades) if you trade a player and he meets the criteria to run a certain "type" of play those are the ones the cpu will call for him.
Of course if it's your team and not cpu controlled your free to assign any plays you want to any player or bench position so that shouldn't be an issue.
@Da_Czar hey while ur at it can u plz plz plz plz confirm ,while we are on whole play calling scheme topic, that the announcers dont call out ur defensive play as soon as u switch defense and spoil the whole surprise when u try to fullcourt press or trap the ball?
HAHA great question. When capturing I keep the broadcasters off so I can have the court ambiance in the video with my background music. So I don't know. Hopefully not.