Adam Thompson (NCAA Designer) Q&A Thread

[GetYaWeigtUp]

I know this was touched upon but I wasnt clear...

I know that bowl endzone art is not in the game again this year, but my question is why it was left out?

[GetYaWeigtUp]

Quote: Originally Posted by Skyboxer

That's great to hear! Thanks again for the work!

Well of course! I couldnt decide which smiley to use so I just chucked some random one I've never really seen

[peteykirch]

Can you gain rivals through out a Dynasty if you make a habit of playing a certain over and over.

The one thing I hated playing with Rutgers is the fact they only had 1 Rival, UConn. Where as in real life I would put RU's rivals at UConn, Cinci, and USF. But if I schedule PSU every year for like the next 5 years and they become close hard fought games, we both should become rivals.

Another question; did you finally get Rutgers jerseys right? Last year they switched to a smaller, less block type font but yet that jersey wasn't found in NCAA 2008 although they were press released back in March, and that Jersey still didn't make it into the game.

Rutgers stadium, last year it was deemed authentic, but yet there were numerous errors, mainly replay video boards that in real life are nothing more than a mini scoreboard with no ability to show video. This was seen in the closed end of the stadium.

[OMT]

Quote: Originally Posted by dbrandon

Sorry I guess I am old school a manual is much better then trying to remember everything the guy says. So I have to keep going back and watching again and again. I think you know what I am talking about. I am also curious about how little the sliders seem to affect the gameplay. Take penalties sliders and turn it up all the way, and you see little if no difference at all. Heck you have sliders in the game for penalties that are never called even once in a game. I would think that turning a slider up all the way would make a huge difference. EA sliders have little to no affect at all. Is this fixed? Also if they had a numerical value to them then we could post sliders that we found to our liking that is if they get them working in the first place. I think madden had a few roster updates last year far to few and the fact that you can't use updated rosters online is a real bummer. Sorry if this sounds angry. I am thankful for you time and input. Just frustrated with things that go on year after year. Thanks

I agree. The sliders don't seem to work. If a penalty isn't being called in the game because of a bug preventing it from being called, all the slider work in the world won't fix it.

I think on current gent it outputs a code based on what your sliders are set to. Then you can share that code with other people. I think that's a cool little feature which probably took no time to implement. I'd like to see it on next gen... but first the sliders need to work better.

[Semnoles9399]

Hey Adam I just got a quick question for ya. On 08 you couldn't hardly throw the ball deep without getting it knocked down or and INT. Is this changed in 09 or still the same? Sorry if this has been asked

[J-Unit40]

Quote: Originally Posted by OMT

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

Nice! We've been waiting for this one. Thank you.

[uscballa]

Adam

Did you guys put these jerseys in this year for the gamecocks? They were our default aways but you guys had us wearing black pants(which we also wear)

[OMT]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pokes404

Don't worry about it. I realize what a massive undertaking it must be to put out a game like this. You got much more right than you got wrong. And by the way, thanks for doing this. Answering 250 questions a day can't be much fun. So, thanks again.

Nah.. I'm having a lot of fun doing this! I've always wanted to.

Quote: Originally Posted by adembroski

I miss the historic teams with the leather helmets and half-sleeve sweater uniforms and grainy 50s style photography... has this ever been discussed for next gen?

Yeah, those were cool. I'd rather get all the alternates in before adding the old time uniforms though.

Quote: Originally Posted by ucfbreath

as far as the USF uniform goes, i dont know if Adam's hiding it for a reason, and if so I'm sorry for this post, but i found a screenshot that Steve took of Grothe in the depth chart and from what I can tell its the new jersey (part of it). has the UA logo on it and looks the same as the away jersey's they recently revealed. http://www.operationsports.com/image...844-media.jpeg also, Adam, i had a question a little bit back about online dynasty stuff that you've seemed to skip over. has it already been answered by you, did you miss it, or should i just drop it ?

Cat's out of the bag I guess! Yeah, USF was the mystery UA team.
I might have skipped it because it was already answered. Go ahead and ask again.

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

Adam - is there an achievement or any sort of way in the game to track what all teams you've used and/or what all teams you've gotten wins with? This was on the PS2 and it made me play the game a ton more, I loved it!

There was? I don't remember that. This is definitely a feature that I want. Or something along these lines. I'm kinda interested in a "rivalry challenge" mode where you have to win rivalries to move up the latter.... like you start on the Don Shula Trophy game (FIU/FAU) and work your way up to the Iron Bowl or Red River Rivalry. There would have to be a bit of debate to come up with the order!

Quote: Originally Posted by GetYaWeigtUp

Well of course! I couldnt decide which smiley to use so I just chucked some random one I've never really seen

Please don't use the mean finger wagging smiley. I really don't like that guy.
If your question is about the bowl endzones, I have answered this. It was the first thing I answered. Then I did a follow up. And I probably have followed up a couple other times. Plenty of other guys who saw the response have repeated it to those who missed it.

Quote: Originally Posted by peteykirch

Can you gain rivals through out a Dynasty if you make a habit of playing a certain over and over. The one thing I hated playing with Rutgers is the fact they only had 1 Rival, UConn. Where as in real life I would put RU's rivals at UConn, Cinci, and USF. But if I schedule PSU every year for like the next 5 years and they become close hard fought games, we both should become rivals. Another question; did you finally get Rutgers jerseys right? Last year they switched to a smaller, less block type font but yet that jersey wasn't found in NCAA 2008 although they were press released back in March, and that Jersey still didn't make it into the game. Rutgers stadium, last year it was deemed authentic, but yet there were numerous errors, mainly replay video boards that in real life are nothing more than a mini scoreboard with no ability to show video. This was seen in the closed end of the stadium.

They looked pretty good to me. I guess you'll see when the game comes out.
Send me a PM with photos of the stuff we got wrong and I'll add it to the list. BTW, do you know when the construction on the endzone is going to be complete?

I'm out for the weekend guys (and gals?). I'll pop in from home and check up but I won't be doing a systematic answering thing like I have been doing. Keep it light so I'm not spending all day monday answering questions asked over the weekend!

[J-Unit40]

Quote: Originally Posted by OMT

I agree. The sliders don't seem to work. If a penalty isn't being called in the game because of a bug preventing it from being called, all the slider work in the world won't fix it. I think on current gent it outputs a code based on what your sliders are set to. Then you can share that code with other people. I think that's a cool little feature which probably took no time to implement. I'd like to see it on next gen... but first the sliders need to work better.

Are you saying the sliders still don't work? That would not be a good thing. If the sliders don't work, then why are they there in the first place? All you will end up with is this if they don't work.

[jorge380]

I dont know if you could answer this but here it goes,putting all sliders at Zero would result in playing to the ratings.