Adam Thompson (NCAA Designer) Q&A Thread

[Adam_Thompson_EA]

Quote: Originally Posted by IN13NSE

Do you feel as though the field is perportionally(sp?) sized to the players this year?

Interesting question. Has this been an issue before? It looks ok to me.

[Ninjoid]

Quote: Originally Posted by OMT

Got some more answers for older questions I had to research... Region free on PS3 but not 360: This is apparently an old DVD thing. Blu Rays are all region free, hence why our game is on PS3. The 360 still runs on DVDs. It appears that you can set your DVDs to region free, and I'm going to look into doing this. What could go wrong? Sell more games?

That's the reason I bought a PS3 - being from the UK you can't get hold of these titles for the 360 or PS2 (unless you chipped your machine). While maybe not qualifying for a full PAL release it would certainly benefit to produce games for the 360 as region free - EA does do it for other games, along with other companies. It's a similar story for Head Coach 09 - no PAL release, so the only way of getting it in Europe is to get a PS3 and import the game - luckily I'm in this position but it would certainly benefit EA making these titles region free in my opinion...as you say, you would sell more games!

[bad_philanthropy]

Quote: Originally Posted by OMT

Got some more answers for older questions I had to research... Progressive Lighting: This didn't just "drop in" to the new lighting system. It would cause inconsistent lighting on the players and strange shadows across the field as the sun moved. It was deemed too risky to get in this year on top of all the other lighting changes we did. The Art Director did mention this has never been in Madden as a consolation, but that doesn't matter to me. Progressive lighting is in the plan for next year, and dynamic weather is on the radar.

Awesome, didn't even think of dynamic weather being in as well for next year.

[Skyboxer]

Quote: Originally Posted by OMT

Got some more answers for older questions I had to research... Forcing a player to finish motion before starting a new one: There are AI issues, especially against man coverage. Apparently for the player to make a 180 degree turn it takes too long and this could become a big exploit. More work needs to be done here for 2010 getting it right. They agree this needs to be done.

Cool. Thanks for the update on this.

[ODogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by OMT

Answered this one a while ago. I went in as NIU and scored, but no howl. Just a cannon. I will add this as a team with a howl.

Ok, thanks Adam but does that mean that NIU will have their howl this year or we're out of luck until 2010?

[deaconspirit]

Thanks for answering questions. This is wonderful. Wanted to mention this...

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from a press releases around may 8th...

"...NCAA Football 09 will also host a lot of visual upgrades to stadiums to reflect both the new engine as well as remodeling of stadiums, such as Wake Forest's new Deacon Tower. There will also be new stadiums included, such as the University of Idaho's Kibbie Dome."

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If it really is the case that this is not true, EA might want to clear that up.

does "such as" mean "maybe and not quite"?

Thanks!

[DookieMowf]

Quote: Originally Posted by OMT

Forcing a player to finish motion before starting a new one: There are AI issues, especially against man coverage. Apparently for the player to make a 180 degree turn it takes too long and this could become a big exploit. More work needs to be done here for 2010 getting it right. They agree this needs to be done.

Question about sending a man in motion.

We can only send one man in motion for each snap. Have you guys looked into once a man goes in motion and is set that we could then send another man in motion.

IE send the TE from right to the left, once he is set we could move the rb from the backfield into the slot? Etc...

[ODogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by DookieMowf

Question about sending a man in motion. We can only send one man in motion for each snap. Have you guys looked into once a man goes in motion and is set that we could then send another man in motion. IE send the TE from right to the left, once he is set we could move the rb from the backfield into the slot? Etc...

careful dookster - you're getting into the cheesers paradise realm there...not you per se but allowing people to do that could open it up for exploits

[Adam_Thompson_EA]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

Ok, thanks Adam but does that mean that NIU will have their howl this year or we're out of luck until 2010?

Out of luck. Sorry.

[Adam_Thompson_EA]

Quote: Originally Posted by deaconspirit

Thanks for answering questions. This is wonderful. Wanted to mention this... ---- from a press releases around may 8th... "...NCAA Football 09 will also host a lot of visual upgrades to stadiums to reflect both the new engine as well as remodeling of stadiums, such as Wake Forest's new Deacon Tower. There will also be new stadiums included, such as the University of Idaho's Kibbie Dome." ---- If it really is the case that this is not true, EA might want to clear that up. does "such as" mean "maybe and not quite"? Thanks!

Where did you see that? Also, can you be more specific about Deacon Tower? All I am aware of is a new pressbox that Ben told me was in construction when he went there for the WF-FSU game last season.