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The NBA 2K13 patch has arrived for PS3 and 360. The details on the patch haven't been released yet, but we'll update this post as soon as they are available.

UPDATE: NBA 2K13 Patch Details

GAMEPLAY
  • Improved AI rebounding logic to balance out offensive rebound frequency.
  • Tuned AI transition defense; users will now have more fast break opportunities against the CPU. Additionally, CPU teammates are now more able to guard their opponents on the break.
  • Long range passes are now less accurate and will result in more fumbled and missed catches.
  • Passing successfully out of a double team has been tuned to be slightly more difficult.
  • Tuned the logic behind Charging calls so that they are properly called. Charges will now sometimes be called when the defender is in position and stationary, even if he is not in the “Take Charge” animation.
  • Tuned timing on block animations, and made the AI more vigilant about blocking layups and dunks.
  • Improved reach-in foul detection when defender continually swipes at the ball, results in more called fouls where appropriate.
  • AI now only calls for a full court press in appropriate situations (i.e. late in the game).
  • Addressed two dunk animations that were not counting for a score when they were converted.
  • Fixed an issue where Replay would show the incorrect play, rather than what actually happened on the court.
  • AI positioning when running plays has been tuned so that big men with limited shooting range will not move further away from the basket than what their range allows.
  • AI teammates will now remain in the Post Up position longer when a Quick Post play is called for them.
  • Tuned alley-oop and putback dunks such that only players who have a high tendency to perform either move are able to finish with one.
  • Removed the restrictions for the ‘Microwave’ Signature Skill such that it now works regardless of whether you are already on a hot or cold streak.
  • When a block is recorded for a player with the ‘Eraser’ Signature Skill, only the shooting attributes of the blocked player are lowered.
  • Fixed a rare issue where a traveling violation would be called on a pass fake.
  • Referee Review on last shot will no longer play if the shot has no effect on the outcome of the game.
  • A number of other smaller changes have been made to address issues and enhance the user experience.
  • Tuned three-point percentage.
GENERAL
  • NIKEiD shoes will now appear properly in-game after being equipped to a player.
  • Addressed an issue where the game score would disappear in Blacktop games when Signature Highlights were viewed in the pause menu.
  • Fixed an issue where Free Throw Feedback would no longer appear in games after playing an Online MyTEAM game.
  • Addressed an issue in Online MyTEAM games where the away team player would have the Signature Skills of the home team player if identical players were used in the game by both players.
  • Music will no longer be disabled and Game Settings will no longer revert back to Default when completing an online game in MyTEAM.
  • Changed the difficulty settings for all of the seeds in MyTEAM.
  • (360) Addressed a Kinect issue where a misleading overlay would appear when a timeout was called through a voice command when no timeouts were remaining.
MyCAREER
  • Added additional warning re: conversion of an online MyCAREER (one that earns VC) to an offline MyCAREER (one that earns Skill Points).
  • Fixed an issue where the remainder of the user’s schedule would appear empty after participating in the various All-Star Weekend events. This change also carries over to Association/Season modes.
  • ‘Run Plays’ and ‘PlayVision’ should now function properly (when activated), regardless of your MyPLAYER’s position.
  • Fixed an issue where all games in October would be simulated when ‘Play Next Game’ is selected after the start of a new season.
  • Users playing MyCAREERs that accrue Skill Points will no longer find themselves with negative skill points after played games (where a number of unlikely conditions were all met).
  • Addressed a rare hang that would occur if the “Defend Your Home Court” billboard commercial would play between quarters of the Rising Stars Challenge or All-Star game.
  • Addressed a number of issues with the Social Media feature, including one where the news feed would stop updating completely.
  • When changing teams via free agency in the offseason, your MyPLAYER will now receive the proper role (starter, sixth man, etc.) that was promised during the contract negotiation.
  • You will no longer fail the Dynamic Goal “Give your team the lead before the game ends” when subbed out before the end of the game.
  • The Teammate Chemistry rating on the “Play Next Game” loading screen should now display the correct value (as seen in the Social Media menu).
  • The volume of the menu music and sound effects will no longer become extremely quiet after playing consecutive games in MyCAREER.
ASSOCIATION
  • 3PT Tendency progression logic has been rewritten to correctly model the growth variances within each player type in the game. This change also carries over to MyCAREER mode.
  • Users will no longer lose their Scouting Reports after viewing the Recent Games tab of a player card.
  • Birth years can now be set to later than 1993 when editing Draft Classes after the first season of Association.
  • Addressed a rare hang that would occur when attempting to participate in the Dunk Contest with a created player assigned to a created team.
  • (Association: Online) Offense and Defense options should now save properly when using the Total Sim Control feature.
  • (Association: Online) Admins will now have access to appropriate Commissioner Tools during the offseason.
NOTE: All patch fixes will work in your existing game mode saves (MyCAREER, Association, etc.).

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Member Comments
# 361 WeBB15 @ 11/27/12 11:02 PM
Blacktop shoes arent working for me.... The only shoes that work is the ones you have on in Mycareer... Whatever you change in closet doesnt matter.... Hope a fix is released soon.
 
# 362 johhnywave @ 11/27/12 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by WeBB15
Blacktop shoes arent working for me.... The only shoes that work is the ones you have on in Mycareer... Whatever you change in closet doesnt matter.... Hope a fix is released soon.
Same.

Probably mentioned, but shooting feels different in Blacktop as well. Upped a level of difficulty?
 
# 363 Sundown @ 11/27/12 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ksuttonjr76
Last night?
Err, early this morning. It was still dark and I hadn't slept. :P
 
# 364 redsfan4life @ 11/27/12 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Ramboooo
seen plenty of missed dunks - even before the patch. yall gotta keep in mind that blocking a dunk is something happens RARELY in the real nba. If a guy is close enough to dunk it's usually gonna happen. Defense isn't about praying that you'll block the dunk, it's about preventing the player from even getting into that position to dunk. Stop trying to block dunks and either 1. play the passing lanes 2. stop momentum
Agree with this, just get in position outside the paint and press L2, he'll wind up putting up an awkward looking shot most of the time.

Just played my first team up game post patch, guy was spam stealing and I was shooting FT's a minute into the first quarter
 
# 365 Jay F Kennedy @ 11/27/12 11:20 PM
Is there a place to download the patch for offline players? I don't have XBOX Live and would like to get this.

Thanks.
 
# 366 m1ke_nyc @ 11/27/12 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Jay F Kennedy
Is there a place to download the patch for offline players? I don't have XBOX Live and would like to get this.

Thanks.
Todays your lucky day.

http://www.mediafire.com/?5xjkhrq9a79o588
 
# 367 MarvinOida @ 11/27/12 11:54 PM
I have to relearn myCareers shot release, only yesterday I can hit 5-7 on ONLINE Blacktop, now 1-7, WTF? Same release since I started myCareer, helped me get 100+ points in a game, but its driving me mad, just like what I heard IKC said, the Patch needs to be patched, offline shooting, idk, feels the same, but online, needs to at least more easy on BLACKTOP, not the quick games, but Blacktop was meant to be the NBA JAM mode, not a Superstar-difficulty with Simulation sliders. I know I sound like a complainer about shooting, but I have to re learn the timing that I excelled in for about 3 months, which isn't good.
 
# 368 MarvinOida @ 11/27/12 11:57 PM
Oh I noticed that Blacktops Shot clock changed from the NCAA standard to the NBA standard 24 seconds. And Celebs are playable in Offline Blacktop.
 
# 369 BRUH MAN 5th FL @ 11/28/12 12:12 AM
Sneakers won't show in online lobby.
 
# 370 Goldin Brown @ 11/28/12 12:12 AM
I'm having trouble with the shot stick in mycareer mode. When I explode out of the triple threat, beat my man and try to finish at the basket, I get nothing from the shot stick. My player just keeps running. What's the deal, anyone else seeing this?

I also can't make a shot to save my life. It's like the game is completely different, have to relearn everything.

Edit: Finding more stuff they messed up. Playing mycareer as a PG, we get a defensive rebound and the ball is given to me. I start to head up court and pass the ball across half court, hoping my teammate will attack the basket or look for a shot, instead he stops at the 3pt line and passes the ball back to me and I get a backcourt violation and a turnover. This is terrible 2k! Has happened twice in my first game since getting the patch. This is with playcalls on.

I think I liked it better when the playcalling was broken. May have to just turn it off, because my teammates want to run the play as if the lord himself commanded it.
 
# 371 tropicana420 @ 11/28/12 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by beast10
Ikc said the patch needed to be be patched. Lol well he said that's what he's been hearing.
Seems like its terrible I'm not downloading it..
Who is Ikc and where did you hear that?
 
# 372 Trackball @ 11/28/12 12:45 AM
Anyone notice that you now start out further away from the hoop in Blacktop?

That nerfs the VC exploit--playing as Dennis Scott or Jason Richardson and chucking up threes the instant you're handed the ball won't work anymore, since you're too far away.

I'm gonna catch hell for saying this, but...well played, 2K.
 
# 373 qaws1234 @ 11/28/12 12:47 AM
no custom shoe colors
 
# 374 Goldin Brown @ 11/28/12 12:47 AM
Just finished my first game. Now that the playcall option works, you see that its actually kinda broken. I noticed too many times, playing as a wing player and grabbing a board and trying to get out and run. At times the computer insists on calling a play. If your playing SG, for example, the PG will run at you, bringing his man, trying to get the ball from you. That's annoying. Is there anyway to cancel a play? Because that would help a lot. I'm like, dude get stop calling for the ball, I got this.
 
# 375 keshunleon @ 11/28/12 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by j3nkins29
Anyone else not earning vc after playing quick games. I just played 3 and did not get vc after any of them. This was not a problem before the patch
Yep, I played 2 games and no VC.
 
# 376 Rob19ny @ 11/28/12 01:24 AM
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Originally Posted by ksuttonjr76
I need a second opinion. Does anyone else think that the on-the-ball defense is tighter a.k.a. less sliding? Granted, I only played one game, but I actually played defense for the ENTIRE game, and didn't get frustrated once.

Sent from my Xoom using Tapatalk 2
Nope. Just played a game where my opponent just turbo through me when I was right in front of him to stop him from driving. Had to let him drive in the paint and bring my big man over to stop the layup. Defense still weak.
 
# 377 swac07 @ 11/28/12 01:43 AM
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Originally Posted by keshunleon
Yep, I played 2 games and no VC.

me 3 ..i like the patch especially the improvements in reaching fouls...but they need to fix this no VC glitch now
 
# 378 MarvinOida @ 11/28/12 01:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Ramboooo
I'm actually lovin this. Who says blacktop has to equal And1 street tour hot sauce and bouncing the ball off of people's heads n stuff. There should be some realism (like pickup games are irl). can't tell you how many times I would contest a shot, just for it to drop like no one was there. Glad contesting a shot means at least something now with the patch.
Actually contesting doesn't do much (maxed on-ball D, 85 d-awareness), if you still got a good mid + 3 point shot/rating, nothing happens if your contested on a shot, Im just sayin that magically wide open shots are not money, i can hit more contested shots then wide open shots...
 
# 379 Vni @ 11/28/12 01:48 AM
Up and under in the post is better now. Contact happens more often.
 
# 380 Trackball @ 11/28/12 01:56 AM
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Originally Posted by swac07
me 3 ..i like the patch especially the improvements in reaching fouls...but they need to fix this no VC glitch now
My gut tells me this is deliberate.

People have been exploiting Coach Mode since launch, so my guess is turning on Coach Mode at any time during the game disables the ability to get VC for that game.

Now, if you played the whole game start to finish with the controller in your hands, and still didn't get it...yeah, that is a problem.
 


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