Adam Thompson (NCAA Designer) Q&A Thread

[Skyboxer]

Quote: Originally Posted by coogrfan

It's my understanding that nothing in the next gen versions is "ported up", the games had to be built from the ground up.

You are correct. After all this time some people still don't get it.

[SevenArmz]

Quote: Originally Posted by Skyboxer

You are correct. After all this time some people still don't get it.

So if a game is built from scratch, and we are working with new systems, then why does it seem that we are at a limit already. I'm sure you have seen the threads that state something was taken out to make something else fit because of resources. I'm not looking for an argument, just wanted Adam to clear that up for me.
I have supported this game every year since the 02 version. I thought 06 and 07 were the most complete games. When i purchased the ps3 i expected to get the same game just with better graphics. And since i didnt, i was just wondering what the process is or why with all the new technology the ps3 has, we still dont have everything last gen has.

[doublerballa20]

there was a guy that said somethin earlier and you replied "huh?" so i wanted to clear up what he was sayin....he was tryin to say when will be able to edit players based on their uniforms as in some players wear white accessories when they are away and black or team color when they are home or vice versa....FSU player wearing white wristbands at home but garnet when they are away

[doublerballa20]

also somethin i have been thinkin...is the reason that space is an issue with making games the fault of the xbox....its my understanding that its made on xbox then ported to the ps3....the xbox still uses dvds while the ps3 uses blu ray which is like 5 dvds in one so shouldnt there really be a ton of space? just wondering

[Adam_Thompson_EA]

The photos won't show up, so it all won't make sense when I talk about logos...

1) Clear Visors
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a) Nike version
b) Under Armour version
c) Oakley version


d) NOTE: The branded tabs are already modeled. We need to separate them into 3 separate assets. Nike teams and Under Armour teams will wear those; every other team will have Oakley visors.
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2) Ankle Braces – generic – No Nike logo

3) QB Towel – add logos – Under Armour switch


Left, Right and Center towels
4) Knee Braces

5) Playbook on belt and hand warmers

6) Bands below the knees – Logos Nike Under Armour and no logo

7) Under Armour shoes
8) Under Armour gloves

[Teddy_Long]

Quote: Originally Posted by OMT

The photos won't show up, so it all won't make sense when I talk about logos... 1) Clear Visors referrelative="t" o:spt="75" coordsize="21600,21600">ath o:connecttype="rect" gradientshapeok="t" o:extrusionok="f">ath>fficeffice" /> a) Nike version b) Under Armour version c) Oakley version d) NOTE: The branded tabs are already modeled. We need to separate them into 3 separate assets. Nike teams and Under Armour teams will wear those; every other team will have Oakley visors. >> 2) Ankle Braces – generic – No Nike logo 3) QB Towel – add logos – Under Armour switch Left, Right and Center towels 4) Knee Braces 5) Playbook on belt and hand warmers 6) Bands below the knees – Logos Nike Under Armour and no logo 7) Under Armour shoes 8) Under Armour gloves

adam, is that Ncaa 2010?

[Solidice]

Quote: Originally Posted by doublerballa20

also somethin i have been thinkin...is the reason that space is an issue with making games the fault of the xbox....its my understanding that its made on xbox then ported to the ps3....the xbox still uses dvds while the ps3 uses blu ray which is like 5 dvds in one so shouldnt there really be a ton of space? just wondering

Disc space isn't a problem right now.

[doublerballa20]

so i guess that leaves time as the issue

[Adam_Thompson_EA]

Quote: Originally Posted by SevenArmz

Adam can you clear something up for me please. Im curious to know why if you port up from ps2 to ps3, everything that was in NCAA06 or 07 is not already apart of the game? Doesnt Blu-ray give you way more options than last gen?

We didn't "port up." Also, we didn't have PS3 on NCAA 07. The PS3 game was orgininally a port from Xbox 360.

All blu-ray gives us is more disk space, but since the game is also on 360 we cannot take advantage of that.

[Adam_Thompson_EA]

Quote: Originally Posted by a4reak

no offense but its quite irritating to keep hearing how everything will take so much time etc. Im not trying to come off as a whiney brat but there some things that I think there should be no excuse if not in next years game There blatantly needs to be something done before the kick off then just the crew talking while looking at an empty field. Bowl games can we please have decals on the jersey and if not that please find a way to get logo's in the endzones. You guys have done a solid job on 09 from what I have seen, I just really want this game to take that step to the next level where the game lives and smells like football. Things such as weather impacting throws, as mentioned a million times, ol/dl interaction WR/DB interaction. I have no clue about this but are there any coaches on the sideline? One of the EA members said they thought cheerleaders were more important then animated sidelines, things like that makes me get a headache.

So you're saying that in spite of things taking a lot of time, everything should be done? That isn't possible. We can do a lot of things here, but we can't stop the calendar from advancing every 24 hours.