2009 Features Requests

[muhammad saad]

Chris I agree with you on the editor and attributes part ,but you should introduce text based awareness system which tells you that your particular bowler has learn inswinging yorker ,off cutter or like your particular batsman has improved against spin bowling , These types of short messages will do huge to the player improvement system.

[Simbazz]

This is the best idea i've read!

If this is put into the game, then it'll be soooo much better. It means that you can actually skip the games, and be in charge. You could also have something in a ODI game, like set 5 bowlers and have something like "IF any one bowlers goes for more than a certain number of runs Bowler 6 is to come on,"

[Jim]

Would be nice if we actually could control the youth teams, like if you had either just one youth team of like 15 or so players, or a couple of them maybe under 21s and under 19s? I know a lot of people including me like to get younger people in the team in manager games and develop them. At the moment apart from the usualy crap youngers you get sent through randomly there are hardly any to find when your renewing contracts and things.

Also would be nice to see how fast your bowlers are bowling, dont know if this would be a hard feature to add though?

Thers one more thing which I must say I think should of been in the game since the very beggining it seems so obvious... The fielding in the game is to be honest pretty awfull, if proffesionals dropped as many easy catches as they do in the game then well they wouldnt last very long as a proffesional! Would be good to see some fielding coaching as well as the batting and bowling.

Just like to say though I completely agree with whoever it was that said there should be academy pre-season friendlies, would be good for testing out the youth players, I also agree that the players attributes should be shown like in football manager games, I think it just would add so much more to the game,
Cheers

[muhammad saad]

This is the best idea i've read!

If this is put into the game, then it'll be soooo much better. It means that you can actually skip the games, and be in charge. You could also have something in a ODI game, like set 5 bowlers and have something like "IF any one bowlers goes for more than a certain number of runs Bowler 6 is to come on,"

Yeah this will take the game to whole new level ,I hope Chris agrees to it and put it in the next version.

[Mongrel]

Player abilities - I've always said that you shouldn't be able to see these because you don't get that sort of information in real life. Half the fun of Cricket Captain is working out who your best players are. If you could just read off their abilities it would remove all that guess work and make the game pretty dull. Players have individual abilities for all sorts of things internally (such as test, ODI, one day etc.) and you get an impression of some of their strengths and weaknesses. Everything else you can get by watching the players play - just as you would in real life. Take note of the play & miss percentage; watch where they score their runs. Obviously it would be easy to make these all visible, but where's the fun in that? Would England have picked Rampracash for years if they knew he'd always freeze when he was playing a test match? I guess it's still debateable whether he's over that - the computer seems to want to give him a run this year...

I agree that it takes away from the game to be able to see attributes - but I'd love for those attributes to be present (if they aren't already).

Editor - this is related to the above. If you can see players’ abilities in the editor then that's the intrigue gone again. Also - the challenge is to take what you have and build them up through coaching etc. I think you'd get bored of 100% players pretty quickly and not play again. There is obviously scope for a limited editor which wouldn't ruin this (or the on-line game) and we've always had it on a "wish list". I can see a use for limited editors obviously, but we always have a limited budget for features and it's never quite hit my top priority.

This I can't agree with. I don't particularly want an editor to see attributes - I'd want an editor to add even more playability to the game. If an editor ruins the "intrigue" for someone then they don't use it or simply use the database someone else has made. For someone like me, who picks people based on merit regardless of skill, I'd love the ability to use a data editor to update stats which I think are wrong or even be able to make historical teams - how great would it be to have the Windies of the 80s in today's cricket and see how they go?

Forgive me for being cynical, but maybe the lack of editor so far is a result of the fact ICC06 and Ashes Edition were essentially data updates. You only have to look at the effect releasing the code had on ICC2002 - even a bug ridden editor like Magpie still spawns updates to the database today.

And for the online issue - maybe you could implement something like FIFA where only the databases released by CT can be used online? Something to think about.

[Wildwil]

Good idea there. Also on another note Chris are you guys going to release a database update or not?

[Agent47]

Ok I dont want to see the attributes for the time being. But I do want to see some sort of green and red arrows in the coaching and physio screen. The green arrow should show that the player's technique training is having good effect. The red arrow should show when a player has stopped responding to technique training. This is a minor but a much needed feature in this game as people are still debating about when the technique training should be stopped.

[MarksNotts]

Hi Agent,
Regarding the technique question, Chris has answered, if you look at the "questions for Chris" thread the answer is in there.

[Agent47]

Thanks I read it after I saw your post. But this is a feature request thread. So I wanted to help the other fans of the series who dont use these forums.

[MarksNotts]

Agreed mate, the arrows would make a good addition.

[joebaines]

ICC 2009 suggestion

I think a good new feature for ICC 2009 would be to be able to offer short-term contracts just for certain competitions or months of the county season. E.g Surrey signed Chris Lewis just for the 20/20 cup as did Nottinghamshire sign Chris Cairns for the same reason. Also counties should be able to sign a replacement overseas player during the season if they lose there overseas player while he is playing for his country.

Does anyone think this is a good idea?

[Agent47]

Sure thats a good idea. Imagine the oppurtinities it creates for someone like me who uses artmoney . I am playing as Lancashire and I am allowed to sign only one overseas player compared to two in the last version. Is this normal or is it a bug?

[Glamorgan]

County Caps

Not sure if county caps are still given to new players, how about having an option of awarding county caps, especially if you are looking to promote youth team player to your full squad.

[Mongrel]

Sure thats a good idea. Imagine the oppurtinities it creates for someone like me who uses artmoney . I am playing as Lancashire and I am allowed to sign only one overseas player compared to two in the last version. Is this normal or is it a bug?

This is normal - its the new rules.

[russell]

The things i feel should be added are:
-Monthly or weekly updates to keep the players in touch with real life as you want it to be realistic, this could easily be done as there are many people on here from most counties so you could get someone who knows a county to keep you informed of infomation on players from their county.
-An editor if the above could not be possible to the player can update the team they are using to make the game correct to them.
-Graphic changes- basically making it easier to change the graphics in the game.
-Kits making it so that the kits of each county were easier to edit with the the county logo or something close to it if licences are a problem make it so the player can change it.

thanks.