*Official* NP Cricket Simulator: Updated Version (16-04-2020)

[Glenn Stiemens]

Its looking good from those early outputs - not really a bug just more a plea for the sake of my eyes ( ), could we change the colours?

I'm guessing that the match engine actually calculates the trajectory of the ball etc or is it a more generalised approach of for example, "Down legside, 30% chance of being missed, 40% chance of keeper failing to stop it etc". Or are you actually working out how far say a ball has moved from a player and working out whether they can reach it from that?

 

[Neil Pickup]

The match engine calculates the exact location where the ball passes the stumps, and works out from that how likely the keeper is to get hold of it - the closer to him it is, the easier it is for him to catch/parry/deflect it.

Works something along the basis of a "difficulty of take" statistic being generated depending on the delivery and then the 'keeper attempting his take (another statistic generated dependent on keeper ability), and the two being compared to see how well the keeper pulls it off. An approach heavily influenced by playing lots of Star Wars: KOTOR!

I like the colours

 

[marc71178]

Okay, last night I wasted three hours of my life.

Oh well, seeing as it's you, it's hardly a great waste!

 

[marc71178]

Its looking good from those early outputs - not really a bug just more a plea for the sake of my eyes ( ), could we change the colours?

Without downloading, I guess it's a Ginger background?

 

[age_master]

An approach heavily influenced by playing lots of Star Wars: KOTOR!

an excellent game it does have an excellent system for those sorts of things

amazing depth going into this game. very very impressive

 

[Tom Halsey]

No Marc, it's actually blue.

And Neil, fantastic, really good. One thing: why are there so many wides? Even with batsmen leaving it rather than smacking it, there surely shouldn't be that many?

 

[Neil Pickup]

Halsey: Which settings do you have it on regarding bounce/erraticism/etc... also, where are you aiming?!

To those who have had I/O errors/invalid filenames when trying to play, it's because the game's trying to read the team data files that aren't there...

EDIT: To those who still had those errors, it's because I'm an idiot. There was a line inside the next ball button which tried to write a log file of shot types. I was using it last night for debug purposes). It was trying to write to d:/documents and settings/user/desktop/log.txt. That folder doesnt exist for you.

All reference to that file now removed! All four lines...

Use this one!

 

[marc71178]

One thing: why are there so many wides?

Bowling is modelled on Pickup?

 

[Nate]

Lookin` good Neil. Very good indeed.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Halsey: Which settings do you have it on regarding bounce/erraticism/etc... also, where are you aiming?!

Sorry. Should have explained. On the scorecard of the England v Australia game you attached. Some bowlers were at almost 3 wides an over!

EDIT: I should add that my tests of the game found no excess amount of wides!

 

[Tom Halsey]

Bowling is modelled on Pickup?

 

[chris.hinton]

look fab, but too many wides

 

[chris.hinton]

and also fair play to Neil Pickup ( I dont say that too often )

 

[Tom Halsey]

look fab, but too many wides

You've got lots of movement or erraticism, then. Put it on a normal level and you don't get many.

 

[chris.hinton]

ok it was a bit like Marc 71178 bowling

 

[Neil Pickup]

Sorry. Should have explained. On the scorecard of the England v Australia game you attached. Some bowlers were at almost 3 wides an over!

EDIT: I should add that my tests of the game found no excess amount of wides!

If you read the previous pages, there were plenty of explanations for the excessive levels of wides.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Read them, yes, but I didn't know you were bowling a Bodyline kind of line. Ah well, thanks.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

End of over 24 (6471 runs) - Australia 6586/0 - Australia RR: 274.41
AG Wharf 1.0-0-6471-0 (3200w, 0nb)
ML Hayden 0* (64b, 0x4, 0x6), AC Gilchrist 0* (80b, 0x4, 0x6)

So much for bowling idiotically outside off, then...

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

End of over 24 (6471 runs) - Australia 6586/0 - Australia RR: 274.41
AG Wharf 1.0-0-6471-0 (3200w, 0nb)
ML Hayden 0* (64b, 0x4, 0x6), AC Gilchrist 0* (80b, 0x4, 0x6)

So much for bowling idiotically outside off, then...

LOL!

 

[age_master]

hopefully not a sign of things to come