Madden 2005 question on character abilities

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>> OldDog wrote:
>> I'm confused on the character stats/abilities. I went in and adjusted
>> all
>> of my defensive players to be 6ft 8in, 300lbs, and max speed, strenght,
>> accel, ... Next I adjusted the opposing teams offensive line to be 5ft
>> 7in, 170lbs, and min speed, strenght, accel, ... and yet when I control
>> one of my big linemen, I can't get to the quaterback!
>>
>> How is a 5ft 6in, 175lb lineman with 0 strenght-speed-accel stopping my
>> rush?
>>
>> I can certainly see where changing the other teams running back to a
>> slower
>> speed has an impact; but does a players height or weight have much
>> impact
>> on knocking a runner down or pushing an oppossing player out of the way?
>
>
> Did you do this with custom teams you created? Or existing, real NFL
> rosters that came with the game?
>

I made one custom FB, and then modified the default characters for the St.
Louis Rams.

I'm getting annoyed at the running game. My 6ft, 8inch, 300lb linemen will
block for 2 secs and then WHAM! The tiny defensive linemen pop free and
nail my custom FB.

I just got Madden 2006 on sale today ($20 USD). I sure hope they fixed
this.
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OldDog wrote:
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> >> OldDog wrote:
> >> I'm confused on the character stats/abilities. I went in and adjusted
> >> all
> >> of my defensive players to be 6ft 8in, 300lbs, and max speed, strenght,
> >> accel, ... Next I adjusted the opposing teams offensive line to be 5ft
> >> 7in, 170lbs, and min speed, strenght, accel, ... and yet when I control
> >> one of my big linemen, I can't get to the quaterback!
> >>
> >> How is a 5ft 6in, 175lb lineman with 0 strenght-speed-accel stopping my
> >> rush?
> >>
> >> I can certainly see where changing the other teams running back to a
> >> slower
> >> speed has an impact; but does a players height or weight have much
> >> impact
> >> on knocking a runner down or pushing an oppossing player out of the way?
> >
> >
> > Did you do this with custom teams you created? Or existing, real NFL
> > rosters that came with the game?
> >
>
> I made one custom FB, and then modified the default characters for the St.
> Louis Rams.
...

Well, I think you have to create a custom team and save it under a
different name, otherwise the roster specs will revert to default when
you exit the game. (I think). I created a custom team using the Vikings
as a template--altered a few of the players names and ratings and saved
the roster.


> I'm getting annoyed at the running game. My 6ft, 8inch, 300lb linemen will
> block for 2 secs and then WHAM! The tiny defensive linemen pop free and
> nail my custom FB.

Hmmm, are you juking and using spin moves? It makes a big difference.


> I just got Madden 2006 on sale today ($20 USD). I sure hope they fixed
> this.

I saw that and am tempted, but I have 2003 and 2004. One thing that I
think 2006 fixes is the ability to import custom teams from previous
versions of the game. I can't import a team I created in 2003 into
2004--quite annoying.
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> Well, I think you have to create a custom team and save it under a
> different name, otherwise the roster specs will revert to default when
> you exit the game. (I think). I created a custom team using the Vikings
> as a template--altered a few of the players names and ratings and saved
> the roster.
>

I've saved the roster after modifying the RAMs and several other teams.
And every time I reboot, restart the game, and reload the roster, the
changes are there. I can see that the players are either taller/shorter
depending on the changes that I've made. Some are slower.

>
>> I'm getting annoyed at the running game. My 6ft, 8inch, 300lb linemen
>> will
>> block for 2 secs and then WHAM! The tiny defensive linemen pop free and
>> nail my custom FB.
>
> Hmmm, are you juking and using spin moves? It makes a big difference.

It's not my running back, its my 300lb linemen. They block for all of 2
secs (with Max stats), and then fall down and let the 5ft 6inch, 160lb
defensive guys thru.

Shear maddeness!

>
>
>> I just got Madden 2006 on sale today ($20 USD). I sure hope they fixed
>> this.
>

Well I can run now. I made several changes to all the teams in 2006;
similar to what I did for 2005. Course I also adjusted the sliders to my
favor. But now it seems more playable. Might not be realistic, but now
my linemen don't fall down after 2 secs. There are now holes for me to run
for.

> I saw that and am tempted, but I have 2003 and 2004. One thing that I
> think 2006 fixes is the ability to import custom teams from previous
> versions of the game. I can't import a team I created in 2003 into
> 2004--quite annoying.
>

I checked my manual (tiny) and didn't see anything about "importing" prior
rosters. But I'll load the game up later and check it out.
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> OldDog wrote:
..
> Well I'm disappointed in the Madden 2006 manual. Nothing on Importing,
> although it is one of the options to select from a menu. Clicked it, but
> couldn't browse to my Madden 2005 dir. So I don't know what this option is
> for. Is it for exchanging custom rosters between Madden 2006 users?
..
That's weird that you couldn't browse to another directory. I presume
the feature is there so you could transfer your team to another
computer, but exchanging rosters between Madden 2006 is essentially the
same action.

> So I copied and pasted my 2005 roster into the 2006 dir. Started the game,
> and there's the 2005 roster. Loaded this roster and was able to see all of
> my players from 2005 that I created/edited.


When I try to do that between 2003 and 2004 I get an error message,
"Unable to load roster."


> However, when playing a game with this roster, the team uniforms are wrong.
> The player names and stats look right. But they got a different team
> uniform on. For example, the Rams were wearing the Patriot's uniforms.

Strange!

I ended up duplicating my team on the computer with 2003 on it. I was
able to transfer the artwork for my custom team "Bandits" so I could
recreate the same uniform and stadium I had in 2004 into the 2003
version. So at least that stuff is transferable.
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> OldDog wrote:

> It's not my running back, its my 300lb linemen. They block for all of 2
> secs (with Max stats), and then fall down and let the 5ft 6inch, 160lb
> defensive guys thru.
>
> Shear maddeness!

..
That's weird. What happens if you use the training camp option and
select running game?
.
> Well I can run now. I made several changes to all the teams in 2006;
> similar to what I did for 2005. Course I also adjusted the sliders to my
> favor. But now it seems more playable. Might not be realistic, but now
> my linemen don't fall down after 2 secs. There are now holes for me to run
> for.

It shouldn't be that way. Something is goofy.
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> <snip>
>
>> I saw that and am tempted, but I have 2003 and 2004. One thing that I
>> think 2006 fixes is the ability to import custom teams from previous
>> versions of the game. I can't import a team I created in 2003 into
>> 2004--quite annoying.
>>
>
> I checked my manual (tiny) and didn't see anything about "importing" prior
> rosters. But I'll load the game up later and check it out.
>
>

Well I'm disappointed in the Madden 2006 manual. Nothing on Importing,
although it is one of the options to select from a menu. Clicked it, but
couldn't browse to my Madden 2005 dir. So I don't know what this option is
for. Is it for exchanging custom rosters between Madden 2006 users?

So I copied and pasted my 2005 roster into the 2006 dir. Started the game,
and there's the 2005 roster. Loaded this roster and was able to see all of
my players from 2005 that I created/edited.

However, when playing a game with this roster, the team uniforms are wrong.
The player names and stats look right. But they got a different team
uniform on. For example, the Rams were wearing the Patriot's uniforms.
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