I have recently downloaded a player editor for ICC 2013 built by Faizan (a respected community member). It is excellent but I am disappointed by the few parameters that appear to drive the processing for the match engine. Chris, I am hoping that you can tell us more, and that ICC 2014 is more sophisticated.
The parameters in the editor are as follows:
- player type
- bat hand
- wicket keeper status
- batting ability
- 3 fields for batsmen's preferences (as seen on the game screens)
- bowling type
- and bowling ability
Are these the only parameters used by the match engine? After nearly 20 years of being told that the match engine has been improved with every new version, I would be disappointed if this were the case. For instance:
- is a 'player type' restricted to these values, or is a he defined by his abilities and skills in the different facets of the game
- how fast does he bat (maybe this is defined by the aggression level in batting preferences)
- how reliable is he - does he always score 50, or 0 and 100 in equal measures. Both would give the same average score
- wicket keeping ability - something more than yes/no/sometimes
- fielding ability?
- does a bowler seam or swing the ball? Which way?
None of these things are included in the parameters of the editor, so I am right to assume that there is nothing in the match engine for them? There are many statistics in the game for players in all the different formats of the game. Does the match engine use these? The match engine appears to give a fairly realistic simulation of a game but it would be interesting to know what is actually taken into account in the processing.
The parameters in the editor are as follows:
- player type
- bat hand
- wicket keeper status
- batting ability
- 3 fields for batsmen's preferences (as seen on the game screens)
- bowling type
- and bowling ability
Are these the only parameters used by the match engine? After nearly 20 years of being told that the match engine has been improved with every new version, I would be disappointed if this were the case. For instance:
- is a 'player type' restricted to these values, or is a he defined by his abilities and skills in the different facets of the game
- how fast does he bat (maybe this is defined by the aggression level in batting preferences)
- how reliable is he - does he always score 50, or 0 and 100 in equal measures. Both would give the same average score
- wicket keeping ability - something more than yes/no/sometimes
- fielding ability?
- does a bowler seam or swing the ball? Which way?
None of these things are included in the parameters of the editor, so I am right to assume that there is nothing in the match engine for them? There are many statistics in the game for players in all the different formats of the game. Does the match engine use these? The match engine appears to give a fairly realistic simulation of a game but it would be interesting to know what is actually taken into account in the processing.
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