BTS: Frequently Asked Questions - Page 20

dumbrabbit · 03-19-2014, 06:18 PM

Question. If a team hires a coach away from another team, like the way the Jagurs hired Gus Bradley from the Seahawks - will the Jaguars be interested in the coaches' former players because they fit in his system there? How will this coach-player scheme relation work?

Ambermonk · 04-23-2014, 12:54 AM

Francis

What are your plans for text descriptions of PBP?
How extensive will they be?
What will they be based on?
Will they be created on the fly, or come from a DB?
Will there be different announcers that offer varying degrees of detail?
Can you offer what you consider a typical example?

Will the BTS simulation be mainly text-based, or 2D graphics-based?
What are your PBP plans for V1, and where do you plan to go from there?

Francis Cole · 04-23-2014, 06:07 AM

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Question. If a team hires a coach away from another team, like the way the Jagurs hired Gus Bradley from the Seahawks - will the Jaguars be interested in the coaches' former players because they fit in his system there? How will this coach-player scheme relation work?

They will want players who fit their system, not sure if there is time for V1 to specifically get their old team mates etc though.

Francis Cole · 04-23-2014, 06:12 AM

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What are your plans for text descriptions of PBP?

The main thing is the 2D engine - (e.g. all those dots running around - there's a video in another thread I think of it a few years ago).
There will also be the playhistory in text form, e.g: something like:

(13:37) M.Schaub pass O.Daniels for 8 yards (N.Clements).
(13:21) D.Jones punts 41 yards to CIN 38, Center-J.Weeks. A.Jones to CIN 38 for no gain (22-A.Ball)

However as far as text like:
"Pennington hands off to Martin, Martin jukes to the right" etc. I don't think that will be in V1, and I'll have to think hard about how it would work in the long run

Ambermonk · 04-24-2014, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Francis Cole

The main thing is the 2D engine - (e.g. all those dots running around - there's a video in another thread I think of it a few years ago).
There will also be the playhistory in text form, e.g: something like:

(13:37) M.Schaub pass O.Daniels for 8 yards (N.Clements).
(13:21) D.Jones punts 41 yards to CIN 38, Center-J.Weeks. A.Jones to CIN 38 for no gain (22-A.Ball)

However as far as text like:
"Pennington hands off to Martin, Martin jukes to the right" etc. I don't think that will be in V1, and I'll have to think hard about how it would work in the long run

Thank you for your reply. I'll look forward to seeing where you go with this in future versions.

GiantYankee · 05-03-2014, 11:23 PM

Francis,
Have you had a chance to think about customization of the playoffs? Will we have to keep 8 teams like NFL despite league size?

Francis Cole · 05-04-2014, 06:20 AM

No, sorry not had a chance yet.

Working on porting the in-game engine at the moment, and will be doing for the next month or so.

dumbrabbit · 05-05-2014, 10:36 AM

how does time pass? A running time? Or the normal OOTP method of the user simulating to the next day?

Francis Cole · 05-05-2014, 01:04 PM

(the following presumes the player isn't just simming through 'till the end of the season etc - it presumes they are playing normally)

It will be a little bit like OOTP, but because Football is so different to Baseball it will be much more focused on the game days.

In OOTP the actual game ("game" as in Yankees@Rangers, not OOTP itself) days don't seem to take any real focus, and because there are 162 games this is entirely justified. You can't make a big deal of a specific day when basically every day is the same.

In BTS you'll press continue/advance just like OOTP, but when you reach gameday the game will signify such. Show you the afternoon's games etc.

I'm playing around with that screen now if you are interested

Thanks,
Francis

gbmoore121 · 05-05-2014, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Francis Cole

I'm playing around with that screen now if you are interested

Yes....

lere2001 · 05-05-2014, 05:07 PM

How important is the time management aspect of football to you? By v1 will we have timeout AI, 2 minute drill hustle, no huddle, milking the clock, etc.?

Francis Cole · 05-05-2014, 06:08 PM

I'm fairly confident, yes.

Le Grande Orange · 05-05-2014, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by GiantYankee

Francis,
Have you had a chance to think about customization of the playoffs? Will we have to keep 8 teams like NFL despite league size?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Francis Cole

No, sorry not had a chance yet.

Working on porting the in-game engine at the moment, and will be doing for the next month or so.

Hmmm, I'd better PM or e-mail you soon then to see if you can work with the proposed system I have in mind. It uses specialized external files rather like schedule files but with some different elements and structure. But if they could be used as I envision them, BTS would have enormously customizable playoffs as a result.

Ambermonk · 05-07-2014, 07:05 PM

Francis, I'd like to know how BTS will deal with 'home field advantage?' Will the Seahawks be tough to beat at home? How about the 'time differential' for teams having to fly across country?

Le Grande Orange · 05-07-2014, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Ambermonk

Francis, I'd like to know how BTS will deal with[B][I] 'home field advantage?'

Well, I'd say that's where team-level research comes in. Just how frequently have certain clubs won more at home than other clubs? And is that increased (or decreased) frequency statistically significant?

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Originally Posted by Ambermonk

How about the 'time differential' for teams having to fly across country?

For travel purposes? I don't think that's needed at all (nor do I think anyone can point to any study substantively demonstrating the effects of travel on player performance).

In terms of game start times, given the degree to which the NFL is a television-driven event, start times keyed to the Eastern time zone are critical. (I've already been collecting data on NFL schedules including start times.) In this matter I think BTS should operate like OOTP: the schedule files use local start times which are then adjusted within BTS to show the Eastern time value (or whatever time zone the user wishes to use as their reference). I presume BTS will have something akin to OOTP's real-time simulation feature (which seems a natural fit for football).

Ambermonk · 05-09-2014, 02:47 PM

Regarding statistics for DBs, will BTS track statistics like how many times a DB was targeted by opposiing QBs, and how many completions? I.E., in a game, DB Wilson was targeted 7 times & gave up 3 completions.

Francis Cole · 05-09-2014, 06:43 PM

We track how many times the WR is targeted vs how many he caught, but it shouldn't be too hard to add in how many times the DB is thrown at.

r0nster · 05-09-2014, 06:46 PM

will we get a listing of stats used in this game ???

Ambermonk · 05-10-2014, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Francis Cole

We track how many times the WR is targeted vs how many he caught, but it shouldn't be too hard to add in how many times the DB is thrown at.

Sounds great. Hope this can make it into V.1.

Francis Cole · 05-10-2014, 07:56 AM

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will we get a listing of stats used in this game ???

In what way? Do you want a list of things like
Games
Games Started
Rushing Yards
Rushing Avg
Rushing TDs

etc?

04-23-2014, 12:54 AM	#382
Ambermonk All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Morro Bay, CA Posts: 1,257	Francis What are your plans for text descriptions of PBP? How extensive will they be? What will they be based on? Will they be created on the fly, or come from a DB? Will there be different announcers that offer varying degrees of detail? Can you offer what you consider a typical example? Will the BTS simulation be mainly text-based, or 2D graphics-based? What are your PBP plans for V1, and where do you plan to go from there? __________________ *I cast this question into your soul, that I might know how deep it is* - Friedrich Nietzsche It often shows a fine command of language - to say nothing! - Bertrand Russell

05-03-2014, 11:23 PM	#386
GiantYankee All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,105	Customize playoffs Francis, Have you had a chance to think about customization of the playoffs? Will we have to keep 8 teams like NFL despite league size?

05-07-2014, 07:05 PM	#394
Ambermonk All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Morro Bay, CA Posts: 1,257	Francis, I'd like to know how BTS will deal with 'home field advantage?' Will the Seahawks be tough to beat at home? How about the 'time differential' for teams having to fly across country? __________________ *I cast this question into your soul, that I might know how deep it is* - Friedrich Nietzsche It often shows a fine command of language - to say nothing! - Bertrand Russell

05-09-2014, 02:47 PM	#396
Ambermonk All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Morro Bay, CA Posts: 1,257	Regarding statistics for DBs, will BTS track statistics like how many times a DB was targeted by opposiing QBs, and how many completions? I.E., in a game, DB Wilson was targeted 7 times & gave up 3 completions. __________________ *I cast this question into your soul, that I might know how deep it is* - Friedrich Nietzsche It often shows a fine command of language - to say nothing! - Bertrand Russell

05-09-2014, 06:43 PM	#397
Francis Cole Lead Developer for BTS Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 854	We track how many times the WR is targeted vs how many he caught, but it shouldn't be too hard to add in how many times the DB is thrown at. Last edited by Francis Cole; 05-09-2014 at 06:44 PM.

03-19-2014, 06:18 PM	#381
dumbrabbit All Star Reserve Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 827	Question. If a team hires a coach away from another team, like the way the Jagurs hired Gus Bradley from the Seahawks - will the Jaguars be interested in the coaches' former players because they fit in his system there? How will this coach-player scheme relation work?

05-04-2014, 06:20 AM	#387
Francis Cole Lead Developer for BTS Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 854	No, sorry not had a chance yet. Working on porting the in-game engine at the moment, and will be doing for the next month or so.

05-05-2014, 10:36 AM	#388
dumbrabbit All Star Reserve Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 827	how does time pass? A running time? Or the normal OOTP method of the user simulating to the next day?

05-05-2014, 01:04 PM	#389
Francis Cole Lead Developer for BTS Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 854	(the following presumes the player isn't just simming through 'till the end of the season etc - it presumes they are playing normally) It will be a little bit like OOTP, but because Football is so different to Baseball it will be much more focused on the game days. In OOTP the actual game ("game" as in Yankees@Rangers, not OOTP itself) days don't seem to take any real focus, and because there are 162 games this is entirely justified. You can't make a big deal of a specific day when basically every day is the same. In BTS you'll press continue/advance just like OOTP, but when you reach gameday the game will signify such. Show you the afternoon's games etc. I'm playing around with that screen now if you are interested Thanks, Francis

05-05-2014, 05:07 PM	#391
lere2001 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 48	How important is the time management aspect of football to you? By v1 will we have timeout AI, 2 minute drill hustle, no huddle, milking the clock, etc.?

05-05-2014, 06:08 PM	#392
Francis Cole Lead Developer for BTS Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 854	I'm fairly confident, yes.

05-09-2014, 06:46 PM	#398
r0nster Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,053	will we get a listing of stats used in this game ???