my first impression..

[Cy BerFuk]

hey jonathanau thanks for your first impressions

could you post the aiact.viv file so we can see what moves or assignd to which players dunk pack

the player dbf file you posted has a clutch rating and some new freestyle super ratings to figure out, the one negative i noticed was no player had a dunk pack above 16 where as last year we had up to 21 differnt dunk packs

looking forward to more of your impressions

[JonathanAu]

They don't catch up with fast breaks.

Thanks for the info This was my biggest gripe with past lives. Another question... When u pass the ball to a team mate (especially a long pass) does the player take ages to shoot, hence not being open anymore? It was a big prob in live 2005

I'm not used to the controls yet, so I wasn't able to direct pass to the guy nearest to the rim. My long in-bound passes usually go to the guy just past the half court line. The receiver jumps for the ball and continues to run to the rim if he's alone or open, but if there's an oponent he usually stops or do a hesitation dribble. But again, it could be just because I'm not used to my gamepad yet.

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nah thats cool, thanks for the info man. to read an actual player of live say that sliding around has been elimanted is great, I never really take anything IGN or wahnot say about the game as facts. Good to see u keeping up with the amount of questions being asked

[Oosh]

I can't seem to make my players dunk. They would jump and start dunking, but halfway through they'll release the shot like a layup.. even tried in practice mode but i can't get it right.

Sounds like you're pressing the dunk button twice making the player perform a "double clutch".

[JonathanAu]

could you post the aiact.viv file so we can see what moves or assignd to which players dunk pack

There's new Dunk Pack section in the Edit/Create Player page. You can select the dunks for your players. But I didn't like the slow motion preview. They were trying to create an auto-shutter still-camera type of preview... doesn't work for me.

Anyway, here's the file:
http://staging.art-aspire.com/tmpimages/aiact.zip

[Fresh8]

Hey Jono, can you tell me if the freestyle superstars dominate???

And if u can see the difference between stars and superstars?

And if the X-factor works?

[Scorer--20]

Oh , the graphic desing look amazing "polygonal" smooth

Thanks for the info , its really appriciated

And some little questions: did you see any change in the jerseys , i mean textures , numbers ( better quality ) ?

do ESPN gives a "half time report/show " ?

There is a new animation who its amazing / very realistic ?


Thanks bro

S20

[Fitzy]

damn krstic is a 68? it said he was sposed to be 70

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^^

Maybe next gen overalls are different?

[Fitzy]

they shouldnt be

[Fresh8]

isnt next gen supposed to have more attributes?

[---]

Rodney carneys jump is 80

james white dunk = 80... oh god

[JonathanAu]

Hey Jono, can you tell me if the freestyle superstars dominate???

And if u can see the difference between stars and superstars?

And if the X-factor works?

Wade dominated, Dirk also. VC didn't. Gasol also didn't.
I can't remember who else I played against.

[Qmx323]

yeah there are more in Nextgen, thats probably why some players will have different ratings.

what i dont like about the whole live series, is that there is only *one* rating. the overall, they should instead have a offensive rating, defensive rating, THEN an overall rating (i.e andre iguodala off rating of 73-75, defense rating of 80-84, THEN overall at 77-78.)

[Cy BerFuk]

thanks for aiact.viv post
looks promising, theres a few more dunks with some of them named player specific like shaq and amare

dunk.act layout is a little differnt but should'nt be hard to figure out

Jonathan could you tell what is the highest dunk pack number the edit dunk pack feature allows?

[JonathanAu]

And some little questions: did you see any change in the jerseys , i mean textures , numbers ( better quality ) ?
do ESPN gives a "half time report/show " ?
There is a new animation who its amazing / very realistic ?
S20

I play on press box camera and my video card is crappy... can't comment on the quality jerseys.

come to think of it.. i haven't played up to the half yet.. I either start the game and exit before the half, or i sim the dynasty and intervene in the 3rd quarter.

The in-game cut scenes looks better. Not the dramatic cut scene like before.. They simply focus a camera a little bit to the player while he pumps his fists or jumps for celebration. Can't really explain it, but it felt very natural.

[Hornets20]

does the shot stick(right analog) work for your gamepad?

[JaoSming]

Thank you man

Great news everyone, the files are backward compadible with 06 and the EBOs are still editable I get to keep doing what I do!


Unfortunatly the textures in the Tandy Practice Gym are worse in detail than the ones in 06 and the gym I posted is the gym shown when you edit the dunkpacks.

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even though we can change ratings, its good to see no current players with a 99 dunk

EDIT: Allan Ray is in the game

[J]

Jon who have you played that has a signature shot?

[JonathanAu]

Jonathan could you tell what is the highest dunk pack number the edit dunk pack feature allows?

i only tried it on one player, Varejao if i'm not wrong. The highest it went to is 11. I'm sure it'll be different for players with higher Dunk ratings.

[Fresh8]

Hey jAo, does that mean we can use our patches from 06 on 07?

[JaoSming]

99.99% sure, everything is the same format except there is this new court file "pgymstd_flash.o"


BTW i gotta say I love the new backboards, they look really slick.

[ShowBiz]

yeah Jonathan I'd also like to know how the sig shots look in the game. and also for the ESPN integration can u watch podcasts and clips, stuff like that?

[JonathanAu]

does the shot stick(right analog) work for your gamepad?

The right analog works, i use it for freestyle moves.
but I use it only when dribbling. I haven't tried while shooting.