v1.07 released...

[Andrew]

For those who haven't yet seen it, I've updated the Release Date thread, the next version won't be out until at least April 16th as I'll be busy this weekend with a couple of birthdays for family and friends.

[J@3]

One thing I was wondering, since I don't have the game or anything... what are Artests' offensive ratings like? He's been absolutely abysmal lately, he's shooting just over .400 since joining the Kings, he's 12/49 in his last 3 and not shooting much better in the 10-15 games before that. It might warrant a bit of a drop, unless you've taken care of it already.

[Andrew]

Perhaps a tad higher than they could be. I'll give them a once-over.

[R.J.]

Hey Andrew, excellent job with the rosters. I have a few suggestions for the Bulls:

1) Malik Allen can't hit jumpers during NBA Live. He has a great 15 footer in real life, so can you possibly raise his FG up from 39?

2) Tyson Chandler's FG, FT, and Primacy should probably all go down. In a dynasty sim, he takes 18 shots a game. He hardly takes 5 in a real game. This is considering all of his points are of dunks and his FT percent is 48%.

Thanks again, and good job!

[Andrew]

No problem, easily done.

[Gedas]

By the way, Andrew, another thing. I haven't checked if you solved this, but Ilgauskas FG was too high in previous versions and he just to get 30 points, 10 rebounds per game and MVP title. So if you didn't solve that yet, please note that.

[Andrew]

There's nothing to solve, I've tested it and that has not once happened for me; at least, not with recalculated Primacy. When that happens, pretty much anything can happen and there's nothing I can do about it.

[furbysaur]

gj drew for the new patch. just one comment, do you think raja bell's defensive awareness still suits him? (48) i think he's like a bruce bowen, not much steals and blocks but lowers the fg of the one he's guarding. i've changed this value to 80 coz i saw that almost all the players in phx have 70+ d. aware (to think they were very poor defensively last season) and i think raja bell deserves this too. watchathink drew?

[Silas]

ya wierd things happen sometimes, i did a dynasty where i cleared out the bobcats rosters, and kept all the teams the same and put in some created players. It was a 29 game season and none of my players were in the top scoring list even though two of them avged in the low 20's for ppg. LeBron james was the leader with 42ppg and then there were at least six other guys with 30ppg, and the rest were in the high 20's. Rashard was leading the sonics with 30ppg despite a healthy ray allen averaging 24 ppg, it was very odd...

[ataman5]

heyy andrew while playing with my jazz dynasty ı noticed that lebron james has 5points average while ilgauskas and larry hughes have 10 smt like that points average and also lebron is sixth in the team fg attempts ı think there may be a prob with the primacy...

[R.J.]

Andrew has said many times before, primacy is not kind and is recalculated. He cannot do anything about it.

[Andrew]

gj drew for the new patch. just one comment, do you think raja bell's defensive awareness still suits him? (48) i think he's like a bruce bowen, not much steals and blocks but lowers the fg of the one he's guarding. i've changed this value to 80 coz i saw that almost all the players in phx have 70+ d. aware (to think they were very poor defensively last season) and i think raja bell deserves this too. watchathink drew?

I'll definitely consider that, as 48 is quite low.

heyy andrew while playing with my jazz dynasty ı noticed that lebron james has 5points average while ilgauskas and larry hughes have 10 smt like that points average and also lebron is sixth in the team fg attempts ı think there may be a prob with the primacy...

If you check the unedited, original files in v1.07 you'll notice LeBron has a Primacy of 99. The problem is the game keeps recalculating Primacy ratings whenever there's an injury or a player is created. Nothing I can do about that.

[point-guard]

andrew..i've downloaded your roster and its great.but from smush's dbf,u've not change smush's player pkg to SMPARKE and his ISCREATED to false.you should also put his skin tone to 4.the team gear dbf of lakers are reversed.is there anyway that we can have white head bands for alternate?

[Jugs]

Smush Parker is a created player in the roster and nobody has submitted a Parker face for the roster patch.

[Andrew]

andrew..i've downloaded your roster and its great.but from smush's dbf,u've not change smush's player pkg to SMPARKE and his ISCREATED to false.you should also put his skin tone to 4.the team gear dbf of lakers are reversed.is there anyway that we can have white head bands for alternate?

If and when I get a Smush face to include with the update, I'll make that change.

[ataman5]

sorry ı got you andrew..

[les paul]

andrew, thanks for your good work,, but if u dont mine,,, in your next update if u can consider Tony Parker, I think he has improved a lot in this season, he is consistent with his game,, I think he needs a little adjustment in his FG%, he is the leading scorer in the team and in the top ten in field goal%.. around the nba, His field goal is only 73 in your current roaster.. I think his stats is convincing enough to give just a bit increase specially in his FG%,,, but its up to you bro,, only suggestion..

[Andrew]

I'll consider it but I still don't think of Parker as being a great shooter, he scores a lot of points (and very effectively) off penetration. But I'll take a look.

[Malfa]

He is top ten in FG % because a high majority of his points come from inside the paint scoring.

Maybe he could get outside scorer? What's the thought on that, I'm sure it has been brought up??

[Andrew]

Possibly, I'll check out his ratings and then make a decision.

[Andrew]

For those who may have missed them, I've posted v1.0 of my sliders in the Sliders sticky over in General Issues. They'll be up on the main site soon.

[Villalona]

Hey Andrew im not sure this has been brought up but i think Richard Hamilton deserves a little bit more rating on his 3's. He is the league leader in 3pt % and we have to take into account that in previous years his 3 point FG has been down because of Larry Brown and his system of no 3's. This year he has had the green light and is taking full advantage of it. In sims he doesnt do good in the 3 category and i think a 5 to 10 boost might fix the problem.

[Silas]

Right now, when you play with damien wilkins, his dribbling skills are rather low. He dribbles like a low post player and only has that 1 crossover move, while he should have all the regular moves of a guard. He handles the ball quite well, and before the sonics had earl watson damien wilkins started point guard for them while luke ridnour was out. His dribbling skills/quickness/speed skills (whatever changes the animation) should be upped to reflect how he handles the ball.

[Andrew]

Hey Andrew im not sure this has been brought up but i think Richard Hamilton deserves a little bit more rating on his 3's. He is the league leader in 3pt % and we have to take into account that in previous years his 3 point FG has been down because of Larry Brown and his system of no 3's. This year he has had the green light and is taking full advantage of it. In sims he doesnt do good in the 3 category and i think a 5 to 10 boost might fix the problem.

I've already raised it, I don't really think it needs to come up higher but I'll check it out.

Right now, when you play with damien wilkins, his dribbling skills are rather low. He dribbles like a low post player and only has that 1 crossover move, while he should have all the regular moves of a guard. He handles the ball quite well, and before the sonics had earl watson damien wilkins started point guard for them while luke ridnour was out. His dribbling skills/quickness/speed skills (whatever changes the animation) should be upped to reflect how he handles the ball.

I'll take a look at his ballhandling ratings and fix them up.

[point-guard]

lol my bad...hmm..what about the team gears?..the colours are reversed on purpose??hmmm..maybe u can teach me how to reverse them..now their gears and yellow for away and purple for home..