NBA live 2005 question
 

for those that play this game i have a question

i have not played live in since 99 but i have played the nba 2k's and i want to know is there an option to allow the computer to make substitutions for you? i remember in one of the nba 2k's (or is it all) the computer has the ability to sub in players whenever there is a person that is tired/in foul trouble for you ….so i am wondering if live 2005 has that option?? I checked for it but I dunno if there is one o

Thanks

yep it's there, although a little convoluted and unobvious!

go into the gameplay settings and the first section is for Global Sliders and you'll see all the gameplay sliders (like gamespeed, free throw difficulty.. etc)

you need to browse across to the User section of gameplay, note that there's also a CPU Slider section which you can browse to as well.

anyway, in the User slider section, go to User Substitution Frequency: and set it to 50 for auto-subs. at 0 it is up to the users discretion for substitutions, but set at 50 it'll do subs for foul and fatigue trouble, etc.

i hvae this on Xbox, but i doubt the menus change at all between the different platforms...

Also here is a general gameplay settings for the most realistic gameplay:
http://www.nba-live.com/nba2005/sliders.php

Optimised for 12 minute quarters on the harder difficulty settings

GLOBAL:

Game Speed: 36
Free Throw Difficulty: 65
Boundary Force Field: 60
Injury Frequency: 50
Fatigue Effect: 50
Charge/Block Foul Frequency: 55
Shooting Foul Frequency: 25
Reach-in Foul Frequency: 12
In-air Collision Foul Frequency: 75

USER:

User Steal Ability: 40
User Interception Ability: 34
User Shot Block Ability: 0
User Dunk/Lay-up Block Ability: 0
User Freestyle Effectiveness: 45
User Dunk vs. Lay-up Frequency: 40
User Substitution Frequency: 0 (50 for Auto-Subs)
User On-ball Defense Assist: 42
User Offensive Rebounding: 40
User Defensive Rebounding: 75
User Fakeout Discipline: 100
User Short Range Shooting: 50
User Medium Range Shooting: 50
User Long Range Shooting: 50
User Dunk Percentage: 50
User Lay-up Percentage: 50
User Adjusted Shot Percentage: 50
User On-ball Defense: 50
User Poor Release Shot Percent: 50
User Double-team Effectiveness: 50
User Pro Hop Effectiveness: 30
User Drop Step Effectiveness: 50

CPU:

CPU Steal Ability: 34
CPU Interception Ability: 10
CPU Shot Block Ability: 0
CPU Dunk/Lay-up Block Ability: 0
CPU Freestyle Effectiveness: 40
CPU Dunk Frequency: 40
CPU Substitution Frequency: 50
CPU Offensive Rebounding: 40
CPU Defensive Rebounding: 75
CPU Fakeout Discipline: 50
CPU Short Range Shooting: 50
CPU Medium Range Shooting: 50
CPU Long Range Shooting: 50
CPU Dunk Percentage: 50
CPU Lay-up Percentage: 50
CPU Adjusted Shot Percentage: 50
CPU Adjusted Shot Frequency: 50
CPU On-ball Physical Defense: 33
CPU Poor Release Shot Percent: 50
CPU Double-team Effectiveness: 50
CPU Pro Hop Effectiveness: 50
CPU Drop Step Effectiveness: 50

Thanks aswell for that mate. still prefer the espns but this is a good effort

I wish they would come out with the college equivalents of EA Sports games for PC. I am not much interested in the NBA but would love to play as the Arizona Wildcats for a couple seasons and play in the tourney in a game. That would rock. I am not going to throw down for a console though.

Thanks. This really helped me out. Thing is I play 6 minute quarters. Oh well.

I don't like college basketball games particularly because it has fictional players. Like in ESPN College Hoops 2K5, you can't use Emeka Okafor and Ben Gordon when you pick UConn, or you can't use Josh Childress on Stanford (even though he's on the front cover).

thank you so much :)