Adam Thompson (NCAA Designer) Q&A Thread

[zoltranite]

OMT, any chance of you passing that info to whom ever it concerns about The D-Linemen having their wrong hand down? I have been posting this for a while and I would love to see it fixed.They are supposed to have their inside hand down (hand closest to the balls position pre snap). Instead all of them have their outside hand down. I think it would be a quick fix. It just doesnt look right as of right now (in the demo)

[mike1409]

I do have a question is the scoreboard for (ULM)La-Monroe fixed? Their scoreboard always showed the same single digit for the visitors as was the score for the home team. So if the score was ULM 21 Vis 0 it showed up as 21-01.

Thanks

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by OMT

Yes, and we have done this before I believe. We wouldn't be letting you guys pick all the features but I could see us finding a handful of hardcore features that cost about the same and putting them up for vote. We've talked about doing this. If the opportunity arises this year I'll suggest we try it.

great to hear

[doublerballa20]

ok so i got an idea about cleats....maybe its been said but i think when a team wears white cleats instead of the black accents it should be the color of the teams home jerseys (ie. FSU-red, Clemson-orange,WVU-Navy)

[lilcoo3]

Quick question OMT. Anyway we finally get to have towels for equipment? It's probably the most popular thing in college football. Thanks in advance

[Scott]

Quote: Originally Posted by lilcoo3

Quick question OMT. Anyway we finally get to have towels for equipment? It's probably the most popular thing in college football. Thanks in advance

That's not in this year.

[jdrhammer]

Quote: Originally Posted by doublerballa20

ok so i got an idea about cleats....maybe its been said but i think when a team wears white cleats instead of the black accents it should be the color of the teams home jerseys (ie. FSU-red, Clemson-orange,WVU-Navy)

I agree wholeheartedly. Once again, it's one of the things that was on last gen, but we don't get it now. I also don't see why cleats aren't updated yearly either.

[Geauxldenboy]

Adam, thanks for the answers and I understand if you can't answer this next question. Has there ever been any discussion of farming out the research that goes into making the game every year?
EA could rely on a group of hardcore fans to provide information on things such as uniforms, stadium upgrades and depth chart changes, thus freeing up designers like yourself to focus on gameplay or presentation issues. I know that budgeting may be a concern but, I think that many of us would be happy to report on the teams that we follow and would do so for next to nothing (maybe a free copy of the game) because we want our teams to be accurately represented. I'm not saying that ya'll do a bad job, but there are always things that are missed every year and its probably because there are just too many happenings within the world of college football for 1 or 2 people to keep up with. I'm not sure how ya'll are staffed but ideally I think that there should be 2-3 correspondents per conference. Of course the design team would still have to get the info into the game, but the correpondents could still save you guys a few days here and there and maybe a headache or two.

[stewaat]

Question for you Adam:

How difficult would it be to include some type of pre-game animations? The current pre-game consists of showing an NCAA 09 logo with zero people on the field and little buildup of the game.

Here is an idea which I believe wouldn't be too difficult to implement:




It's a very rough idea. Hopefully if it's something you like in the future I might be something incorporated. The old gen had a good base IMO with their pre-game animations.

[Teddy_Long]

to add to this discussion:

is it easier to create a warm-up pregame presentation (such as qb/rb) compared to team entrances?