Boss's CoolGamePlayPatch Thread

[tutsipoppy2]

hi boss....well i wanna talk about one thing in ur thread but this is also for other patchers.

well i'm a bit confused about "CPUDIFFICULTY" i mean i knw if u wanna make the CPU tougher u should decrease it, but the thing is that i had set the value "0.500000" for it for a long time but now i decided to reduce this value to "0.300000" to make cpu harder. but now it seems that they find the gaps LESS often. i mean i had reduced this value before also bt didn't seeked help in the forums but now i tought i should.

i mean if i decrease it then cpu becomes DUMBER, i mean i totally confused. well don't worry i did not change any other value along with it so there is no chance that some other value is affecting it.

i don't know how u all can help me but still i had to ask.

 

[SaiSrini]

hi boss....well i wanna talk about one thing in ur thread but this is also for other patchers.

well i'm a bit confused about "CPUDIFFICULTY" i mean i knw if u wanna make the CPU tougher u should decrease it, but the thing is that i had set the value "0.500000" for it for a long time but now i decided to reduce this value to "0.300000" to make cpu harder. but now it seems that they find the gaps LESS often. i mean i had reduced this value before also bt didn't seeked help in the forums but now i tought i should.

i mean if i decrease it then cpu becomes DUMBER, i mean i totally confused. well don't worry i did not change any other value along with it so there is no chance that some other value is affecting it.

i don't know how u all can help me but still i had to ask.

well tutsi, i too tried that.. it didnt improve the cpu scoring at all. i tried reducing the value too and they still seem the same way for me. in fact, they leave more balls in tests now after reducing it.. i think it reduces the chances of cpu losing a wicket. anywayz, boss will be able to tell clearly abt it

 

[Sman-21]

Im no patchmaker and have never played with any of the cfg's but wouldnt the higher the number mean the harder it is.
eg cpu dificulty 0.100000 very low skilled easy to beat and the more you raise it eg cpu difficulty 0.900000 the higher skilled they are making them harder to beat.

 

[boss]

Reply:12.02.2005 9.15 p.m. IST

Oh ok boss. Try to get it right in the next version. Since I am doing a story thread, I have to play it in realtime and not autoplay it!

by saisrini80

o.k.srini!, done in CGPv2!!! :cheer

Ok i just had a bowl,, and the first 3 overs there has only been 1 clean shot, all the rest of the deliveries have been edges,, most of them ending in boundries. So maybe turn that down a bit.

by groobz

hi groobz, i'm trying to reduce edges in Tests!(particularly!)

well i'm a bit confused about "CPUDIFFICULTY" i mean i knw if u wanna make the CPU tougher u should decrease it, but the thing is that i had set the value "0.500000" for it for a long time but now i decided to reduce this value to "0.300000" to make cpu harder. but now it seems that they find the gaps LESS often. i mean i had reduced this value before also bt didn't seeked help in the forums but now i tought i should

by tutsi

hi tutsi!, i also confused at times whether this value used at all in game!,(i even try 2 extremes 0.0 and 9.9 but no use!) (Ravi once said that "lower the CpuDifficulty, tougher they be!!!), in general consideration the difficulty of the CPU batsmen dep on MaxPositionAdjust, MaxTrajAdjust, BatWindowIdealSize, CpuRandom- only i think!!!, what do u ppl think?

i think it reduces the chances of cpu losing a wicket

by saisrini80

it may be sai!

higher the number mean the harder it is

by sman-21

this is totally new to me!!!

Anyway i may only tell u the truth abt CpuDifficulty only after extensive match testing, what do u say?

(BTW My heartful thanks to all of u friends to make this thread a STAR one!!!) :cheer :hpraise
Boss

 

[indiancricketer]

Boss don't change the patch i dun find anything bad with it i dunno how they do ?

 

[barmyarmy]

Well then you can keep using your current version...

 

[SaiSrini]

Boss don't change the patch i dun find anything bad with it i dunno how they do ?

I would like a better version of the CGPv1 for the batting purposes that barmyarmy pointed out in another thread! The normal shots needs some timing tweak. The timing should be slightly hard for the normal shots. The advance shots are risky now coz of the fielding setup! But the normal ones needs a little bit tweak (not too much or they would become too hard like tutsi's).

IN bowling too, the cpu should not just slug it out but they should take some deliveries to settle down and once they settle, they should rotate the strike and score the odd boundaries and should make it tough for the bowlers to pick wickets!

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Can you make batsmen play less aggresively within the first 5? And about the bowling cursor-it is Strange the McGraths Cursor is the same size as Lehmans! I bumped up McGraths Accuracy to 98 yet no change. Can it go back so McGrath as a smaller cursor than someone like Tendulkar? I am playing on medium.
I noticed you tweaked Swing and Seam movement. I can swear the on my first delivery on a Damp pitch(vs. Durham playing as AAustrailia in England during the Ashes in a warm-up One Day) off McGrath actually swung! Atleast it looked like that, moved a bit in the air and cut very sharply off the seam away from the batsmen(a straight ball). it found the edge and looped up in the air and curved quite a bit in the air and ended uo in the keepers gloves. The ball kept cutting off the seam for the rest of the first over. I didn't do that again but this is a awesome feature! I have only played on Hard pitches(little movement or none ) and Green piches before this match. Only one thing-Great patch!

 

[boss]

Reply: 13.02.2005 8.15 p.m IST

Boss don't change the patch i dun find anything bad with it i dunno how they do ?

by indiancricketer

u may feel even better with CGPv2, till then u stick with the current patch i suggest!!!

But the normal ones needs a little bit tweak

by saisrini80
hi sai!, now it is tweaked in a way that u need more accurate timing coz the shot u hit for 4 may also get u'r wicket!

IN bowling too, the cpu should not just slug it out but they should take some deliveries to settle down and once they settle, they should rotate the strike and score the odd boundaries and should make it tough for the bowlers to pick wickets!

by saisrini80

the CPU pacing is now much more improved i can say that in CGPv2!

Can you make batsmen play less aggresively within the first 5? And about the bowling cursor-it is Strange the McGraths Cursor is the same size as Lehmans! I bumped up McGraths Accuracy to 98 yet no change. Can it go back so McGrath as a smaller cursor than someone like Tendulkar? I am playing on medium.

by ZoraxDoom

hi zd!, u mean with in first 5 overs?, the CPU may mix caution with agg coz of fielding rest u know!!!, but am also confused with the bowling cursor think...
btw the seam movement now looks like swing in green/normal tops, i changed it in such a way!, thanx 4 u'r fb zd!!

Boss

 

[SaiSrini]

by saisrini80
hi sai!, now it is tweaked in a way that u need more accurate timing coz the shot u hit for 4 may also get u'r wicket!
by saisrini80

the CPU pacing is now much more improved i can say that in CGPv2!

thanks for considering that boss.. i hope the tests are more fun now to play with your patch.. did you look into the draws thing?? normally with C2004, it's really tough to get draws in test matches. We bowl the cpu out easily and get big totals in less time that it is not fun.. On normal and dry wickets, chances of getting a draw must be high and on other wickets, it should be low though it should not be too low.. In tests, the run rate should not go more than 6 runs an over for long periods!

 

[ZoraxDoom]

by ZoraxDoom

hi zd!, u mean with in first 5 overs?, the CPU may mix caution with agg coz of fielding rest u know!!!, but am also confused with the bowling cursor think...
btw the seam movement now looks like swing in green/normal tops, i changed it in such a way!, thanx 4 u'r fb zd!!

Boss

What I meant by the bowling cursor thing is that when I bowl the cursor is large. I am playing on Medium and bowling with McGrath, shouldn't the cursor be smaller?(as it was in the original config.) It is the same size as Lehmans(part time spinner, low accuracy)! i was wondering weather you had something to do with it......
And the first five overs shouldn't be too aggresive......I have them at 50 odd of 6 overs with 2 down!!

 

[Trescothick]

Just another point, it may have already been mentioned...

The CPU just doesn't score enough. I'm playing a test match and 2 batsmen have faced 40+ balls and have 1 run each.

In both tests and ODI the only scoring shots seem to be risky hits, and often result in wickets. If it's possible it would be better if CPU batsmen tried to find the gaps in the field to pick up singles.

 

[The Champ]

But the patch is good for odi friends but little bit of tweaking is necessary for test

 

[boss]

Reply: 14.02.2005 8.55 p.m IST

We bowl the cpu out easily and get big totals in less time that it is not fun

by saisrini80

now the comp can score well at good scoring rate (around 3 to 4 an over) in tests and give u a real challenge.(in my test game aussies are at 123/2 after 34 overs on green top), so wait for another 10 days to get CGPv2!

What I meant by the bowling cursor thing is that when I bowl the cursor is large. I am playing on Medium and bowling with McGrath, shouldn't the cursor be smaller?(as it was in the original config.) It is the same size as Lehmans(part time spinner, low accuracy)! i was wondering weather you had something to do with it......
And the first five overs shouldn't be too aggresive......I have them at 50 odd of 6 overs with 2 down!!

by ZoraxDoom

the bowling cursor think is delib made so coz lots of our friends think bowling is so easy, but we can reduce it if we need it!, in CGPv2 the pacing of the cpu is much more competetive i could say that now after testing 2 or more games!

The CPU just doesn't score enough. I'm playing a test match and 2 batsmen have faced 40+ balls and have 1 run each.

In both tests and ODI the only scoring shots seem to be risky hits, and often result in wickets. If it's possible it would be better if CPU batsmen tried to find the gaps in the field to pick up singles.

by trescothick

i don't think so!, are u playing CGPv1 or CGPBeta?(this pbm is corrected in CGPv1 i think!), The scoring shots are variety there and i don't think always they are risky(but sometime u may caught if the mistime leads), anyhow IN CGPv2 they will give run for u'r money (interms of pacing..)

But the patch is good for odi friends but little bit of tweaking is necessary for test

by The Champ

hi champ!, can u specify which aspect of the test matches need to be tweaked? that will be most helpful in the making of CGPv2. thanx

BOSS

 

[Skater]

Declined Patch

I am here to give a short announcement. I sent a Private Message to Boss last week with a proposed plan to make a combined Patch together. If it was successful we would announce it here and make a new Thread. After lots of thinking we have both decided to not continue this idea any further.

Regards,
Skateboarder2

This will be one of the last times I Post on this Thread.