Adam Thompson (NCAA Designer) Q&A Thread

[poster]

Adam,
I read that an in game ticker is not in this year for dynasty. I loved that feature in the past and hope it can come back. The Head Coach devs have stated that there is one in their game and it even is time specific to the time your team plays. Hopefully you can work that into the game next year. Just wanted to add that as I am sure the more interest that is shown in a feature, the better the chance it makes it into the game. Thanks!

Thanks for the demo info.

[ODogg]

It's wonderful to see the wheel routes and other stuff has been added in for Hawai'i - Thanks Adam and Anthony!! Awesome!!!

[rudyjuly2]

Thanks so much for doing this Adam. Has there been much talk about creating different types of QBs and ratings? It would be nice to have different throwing animations for QBs (3/4 vs. over the top) and ratings for quickness of release as well as short vs. deep accuracy. It would make recruiting QBs that much more interesting as well.

[bad_philanthropy]

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Quote: Originally Posted by OMT

Yeah, when we were doing initial designs for Create a School last year, I spent some time with Forza (Microsoft sent us a box of copies! Thanks for the free game, Bill!) looking at the car skin feature. It looked pretty difficult to me! I'd rather have the ability to go on the web and upload a logo, then connect to the website and download it to your console, kind of how Tiger Woods did Photo Face.

Now that would be truly be a next-gen create a school. Wow.

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I'm pretty sure weight progression is factored as a percentage... a small guy will gain less weight than a big guy. I think player progression needs to be improved greatly in dynasty mode. Thanks for the tip, I will add it to our discussions.

Thanks for adding that to the list.

[jorge380]

Adam,how about adding a dynamic camera angle,like the ones they use on the tv telecast.Every stadium has a different tv side angle,i think that would be pretty neat feature,but maybe its to hard to implement in game.

[adembroski]

*worried*

Designers being assigned to this website, that website... I think the thing that really helped was the free-form, very NOT corporate way Ian and Phil approached the community.

I hope the whole "you go to this website, you go to that website, open one Q&A thread" thing wasn't an order from above but something you guys decided to do for the sake of getting wider coverage.

[Pokes404]

Hey, Adam, I wanted to let you know that the logo on Oklahoma State's helmet is incorrect. There is no black field behind the logo. Here is a link to a picture.

http://static.zoovy.com/img/helmethead2/H237-/oklahoma_state_ny.jpg

I realize it is too late to be fixed now, but I'm sure I can live with it this year.

I don't want to sound unappreciative though, you did a lot of work for Oklahoma State. All the uniforms look perfect. The new stadium is nearly 100% accurate, which is very impressive considering it's not complete yet. Very nice job.

[Adam_Thompson_EA]

Quote: Originally Posted by rudyjuly2

Thanks so much for doing this Adam. Has there been much talk about creating different types of QBs and ratings? It would be nice to have different throwing animations for QBs (3/4 vs. over the top) and ratings for quickness of release as well as short vs. deep accuracy. It would make recruiting QBs that much more interesting as well.

Not really my area. Stuff like this you can go over to where Ian is posting and ask him.

[Adam_Thompson_EA]

Quote: Originally Posted by jorge380

Adam,how about adding a dynamic camera angle,like the ones they use on the tv telecast.Every stadium has a different tv side angle,i think that would be pretty neat feature,but maybe its to hard to implement in game.

We will be able to do this next year. Our camera system is getting some nice tweaks right now.

[CRKnight13]

Thanks for the quick replies, Adam. I'm sure I speak for everyone in saying how great it is to have direct communication with people directly involved in bring us the game.

I hope that one day, the ability to win/lose trophies will be availlable again. it opens up a whole new dimension to online play.

Have any new rivalry trophies been added to '09? How are is it decided which Rivalry trophies are to be included?

It would be great that Rivalry games/history/trophies are the focus in the near future, as it a fascinating aspect of college football and is one of the things that sets it apart from the NFL.