Adam Thompson (NCAA Designer) Q&A Thread

[Adam_Thompson_EA]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scoop 24

you guys could have atleast through ps3 users a bone..i mean we did have to play 30fps last year while the 360 ran at 60.

Yeah, we did throw you a bone. We got PS3 to 60 fps! The graphics engineer I mentioned a few posts above had that as his sole task for 3 months.

[Adam_Thompson_EA]

Quote: Originally Posted by AirLobo23

The demo is off the charts good this year. I imagine the retail copy is the same. Sit back, relax and enjoy what you guys have accomplished. I know i'll be spending countless hours playing NCAA as will many others.

I feel really good about 09. I have ranked it above 04 as best all time. I know some people are going to throw themselves out of a 10th floor window over something, but for the most part it is a damn good game!

[bad_philanthropy]

Quote: Originally Posted by AirLobo23

The demo is off the charts good this year. I imagine the retail copy is the same. Sit back, relax and enjoy what you guys have accomplished. I know i'll be spending countless hours playing NCAA as will many others.

Yeah the for anyone who questions the progress of the game in the past year throw '08 in. I did that last night in an effort to help with the wait, the first thing that was apparent to me was that it seemed that the field graphics were missing, and then the next thing was the control, it made me realize just how great and improvement player control in '09 is. Next thing I noticed was the player models, huge improvement here as well.

Overall '09 is a bigger leap than I initially thought, I encourage people to throw '08 in to see the difference. I wish it was the 15th already.

[michaud07]

Hey Adam I know you have been asked about Oregon State's stadium but I didn't see anything about the uniforms. For their last 2 road games last season, they wore white jerseys with black pants. I know it's too late for this year but maybe next year? Sorry if this was asked and I missed it.





Also, have you thought about putting in sleeves like the player in the last picture is wearing? I know there are half sleeves from wrist to elbow but I am seeing more people wear long sleeves only to the elbow.

[Adam_Thompson_EA]

Quote: Originally Posted by bad_philanthropy

Yeah the for anyone who questions the progress of the game in the past year throw '08 in. I did that last night in an effort to help with the wait, the first thing that was apparent to me was that it seemed that the field graphics were missing, and then the next thing was the control, it made me realize just how great and improvement player control in '09 is. Next thing I noticed was the player models, huge improvement here as well. Overall '09 is a bigger leap than I initially thought, I encourage people to throw '08 in to see the difference. I wish it was the 15th already.

I did the same thing to see how much my commentary changes made a difference. I couldn't believe that I thought 08 was as good as I originally did! And me too, the field was the first thing I noticed. Looked like I was playing on the Brady Bunch's front lawn.

[Adam_Thompson_EA]

Quote: Originally Posted by michaud07

Hey Adam I know you have been asked about Oregon State's stadium but I didn't see anything about the uniforms. For their last 2 road games last season, they wore white jerseys with black pants. I know it's too late for this year but maybe next year? Sorry if this was asked and I missed it. Also, have you thought about putting in sleeves like the player in the last picture is wearing? I know there are half sleeves from wrist to elbow but I am seeing more people wear long sleeves only to the elbow.

I know we are most likely adding the quarterback untucked sleeve style.

[Scoop 24]

Quote: Originally Posted by OMT

I know we are most likely adding the quarterback untucked sleeve style.

what about the hand warmer in cold games . any chance we see that in next years game?

[Teddy_Long]

Quote: Originally Posted by OMT

Because we can't use pictures of players. We had the front end player model in there which is 3D and uses more system resources than a flat 2D image. This caused the UI lag on NCAA 08 and until we can get an asynchronous loading of the player model it just isn't user friendly to include it. This is one of the first things added to the design DB because we want to use this guy in other parts of the game as well, so I think he's got a good shot of returning to 010 without hindering UI navigation.

adam, wasn't '07 (1st ncaa next gen) profile pics in flat 2D images?

[bad_philanthropy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Teddy_Long

adam, wasn't '07 (1st ncaa next gen) profile pics in flat 2D images?

Was that the year when all the player pictures looked like cartoon characters?

[jdrhammer]

Quote: Originally Posted by bad_philanthropy

Was that the year when all the player pictures looked like cartoon characters?

It was either 05 or 06. I think they all had helmets on in 05 and 06 was the first year without helmets. I think I'm right on that but I may be a year off.