Cricket Heroes - testing & feedback

[hedger_14]

And Haury strikes yet again, with the top spinner as Hartley edges away to Jaques at slip who juggles it but manages to hold onto it and complete the catch and Hartley is out for 2 off 22.

There has only been one run in the last 6 overs.

 

[kurtkz]

And Haury strikes yet again, with the top spinner as Hartley edges away to Jaques at slip who juggles it but manages to hold onto it and complete the catch and Hartley is out for 2 off 22.

There has only been one run in the last 6 overs.

1 run off 6 overs?! That's insane - I think what might be happening is that the AI sets its aggressiveness too low because of how many wickets fell earlier. I *think* if I adjust that, it'll balance it out more...I think. I'm going to test this theory and get back to you. I know it's a pain to test something that clearly isn't balanced, but I really do appreciate the feedback. Every bit of feedback goes a long way to making this game playable.

 

[hedger_14]

And yeah, you still need to fix the spinners. Look at Hauritz's figures:

13 overs, 8 maidens, 5/21

And they are 97/8 off 41 overs, and Smith has 2/13 off 8 overs as well.

 

[kurtkz]

@hedger: Is Hauritz taking more wickets from edges or bowled/lbw?

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kurtkz, I was just wondering that could we have match commentary in the game? Similar to games like cricket07 and AC09.

I'm planning on adding commentary, but I need people to do voice-overs for me...

 

[Aditya]

Is it possible to get the real commentary in game? I mean Mark Nicholas and other good commentators?

 

[kurtkz]

@Aditya: I don't want to include real commentators for 2 reasons:

1 - copyright infringement (at some point I'm going to have to change the names of players, stadia, competitions, cups and leagues)

2 - I want the voice commentary to follow the same format as the text commentary. It *should* make it a lot less boring than hearing the same phrase over and over and over.

 

[hedger_14]

3 bowled and 2 caught at slip.

 

[Aditya]

@kurtkz Yeah, I get your point now. Why don't you do the commentary yourself?

 

[kurtkz]

@hedger: Aaah OK, I think I should be fix the bowleds. Thanks for the info.

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@Aditya: Hahaha, I might have to in the end :P If you, hedger and the likes would like to do it, let me know. I only have a preliminary version of the new commentary engine in the game, but it'll expand and change. You'll see the current status in the next update though...

 

[Aditya]

There are two types of commentary I reckon, one which comes while we are playing the match and one is written commentary (similar to Cricksim). I can do the second one if you want. How is stadium ad boards progress going?

 

[kurtkz]

@Aditya: Agreed, but if you see how the text commentary works you'll see how many variations it can come up with. It basically pieces together short phrases. I *think* it'll work for audio commentary as well, but I haven't actually tried it yet though. It's also quite easy to add new phrases and such. I'll explain how it works when I release the next update (should be today sometime) and we can take it from there. I'm always open to suggestions and ideas for improvement.

Wrt ad boards - I haven't added them yet, but I'll definitely see if I can add them to this release. Can those ad boards also double as pitch ads?

 

[kurtkz]

Also, where are the pitch ads usually displayed? One behind the keeper, one behind the bowler and one at square leg?

 

[Meet]

If you are falling short of commentary, then just visit cricinfo.
2nd Semi-Final: India v Pakistan at Mohali, Mar 30, 2011 | Cricket Commentary | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[kurtkz]

@Meet: Thanks that's where I got the idea from, but unfortunately it's not that easy. I'll explain when I release the update.

 

[Meet]

Also, where are the pitch ads usually displayed? One behind the keeper, one behind the bowler and one at square leg?

Yeah.

And also you can just find out the frequency of the real commentators and just tweak it and you can get an experience of real commentators