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[Jack Hood]

Been waiting for a pro B-Ball game from greydog for 6 years I am looking forward to it very much Mr. Rahn!

[D16NJD16]

Will we be able to play past seasons with retro players?

[RatedRKO16]

Originally Posted by D16NJD16

Will we be able to play past seasons with retro players?

Yes, that is listed under features.

[Steam☆Odin]

Glorious news.. I wonder if we can make a league with promotion/relegation system?

[bigfiasco]

chalk up another day 1 buyer. cheers guys

[Guardian]

Can't wait for this. Looking forward to it.

[Unregistered]

I've been pondering some questions the past few days about different things. Here's the biggest questions I've come up with.

The 3 Point shot. With historical rosters, I imagine there is a chance that we may get something along the lines of what OOTP baseball has, with a already intergrated way of having not only teams but also rules showing up at the right time as well. I'm hoping that if we can play since the beginning of Pro Basketball, that not only rules like the 3 Point shot, but other rules over the years come in effect too.

The Detroit Badboys. Is there any chance of this happening in game? Meaning, will fouls change over the years. Back in the earlier ninties (and of course before), you could get away with near murder compared to today. I'd love to see some replication of this, although admittely I'm not sure how. Here's hoping something along these lines can be recreated.

Larry Bird's draft year. When Larry Bird was drafted, he didn't actually go to the Celtics until the next season. I'm sure everyone knows this, but I wonder how this will be taken acount of in game form. If, it's as in real life, it's a real possibility that you could draft Larry number 1 the first year, and then somehow be able to draft Magic the next. While an awesome possibillity, I wonder if that's whats going to be possible or if Larry and Magic are going to end up in the same draft.

[yeah826]

You can already take away the three point shot in the college game he just gave the option. Also I read somewhere in another forum that he was planning on taking account for the pace that was played in the earlier eras.

[Brian Nichols]

As mentioned, it will be possible to disable the 3 point shot. The historical mode should have the option to auto adjust rules based on the year.

The whole Pistons thing followed by Pat Riley's teams of the mid 90s presents an interesting challenge to replicate. That will be something I'll have to think about. I've been trying to figure more ways to allow you to impact what your team is doing defensively so that could end up being a solid way of adding like a physicality setting or something.

The draft year vs first year of play thing is something I'm aware of but haven't coded yet. Even recent players with injuries like Oden and Blake Griffin are affected. I suspect the code for this could be shared with code that would simulate that foreign players often don't come to the league right away.

[Unregistered]

Originally Posted by Brian Nichols

As mentioned, it will be possible to disable the 3 point shot. The historical mode should have the option to auto adjust rules based on the year.

The whole Pistons thing followed by Pat Riley's teams of the mid 90s presents an interesting challenge to replicate. That will be something I'll have to think about. I've been trying to figure more ways to allow you to impact what your team is doing defensively so that could end up being a solid way of adding like a physicality setting or something.

The draft year vs first year of play thing is something I'm aware of but haven't coded yet. Even recent players with injuries like Oden and Blake Griffin are affected. I suspect the code for this could be shared with code that would simulate that foreign players often don't come to the league right away.

Wow, thats just great news all around. I imagine it'll be difficult to implement a physicality setting that will work in multiple different generations, but boy would it be awesome.

The draft year thing I imagine will be alot easier... sorta. I suppose it could go either way. Oden and Blake you imagine could easily just have not gotten injured, but I suppose you could also say that Larry could have also just came to the league a year earlier for the right price. Although as a Boston boy, I don't really believe that myself.

I'm looking forward to more info in the future and even more the finished product!

[RatedRKO16]

Originally Posted by Brian Nichols

I suspect the code for this could be shared with code that would simulate that foreign players often don't come to the league right away.

Are there going to be development/foreign leagues for these players to progress in? This is a very nice touch that I hadn't even thought about but it seems the 2nd round of the draft is completely foreign players these days. Then we don't see them debut for a couple of years.

[Brian Nichols]

The game is being setup to handle multiple leagues running in one save. The idea is to make it possible for both development leagues and foreign leagues to be used.

[Ric Flair Guy]

Is there an update on the status of this game or an ETA on a release date? I'm debating if I should buy DDS: Pro Basketball 3, or wait for this one to come out.

Thanks.

[RSA27]

A weekly update would be nice, even if its something like "not much progress made" or "Some progress made, been working on etc." Short and simple is more than enough for me. I have been dieing for a new basketball sim, and without wanting to start any kind of argument I don't have a desire to spend my money on a third DDSPB game.

[thamolas]

Originally Posted by Jack Hood

Been waiting for a pro B-Ball game from greydog for 6 years

As have I and I look forward to it very, very much!