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STEROIDS_R_US
field goals no good from the 10 yard line ???
February 28, 2011 at 09:51PM View BBCode
there seems to be a ton of easy field goals missed in good weather and by good skill level kickers (B+, B+). In todays game alone in perfect weather my B+B+ kicker missed easy field goals from the 22 yard line, 14 yard line, 18 yard line and my holder has "A" for execution and "A" for hands ???
Hamilton2
February 28, 2011 at 11:13PM View formatted
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Would you please provide a link to the game in question? Thanks!
STEROIDS_R_US
http://football.simdynasty.com/boxscore.jsp?boxscoreid=919&thid=91
also my kickers execution level is B+ as well. In the same game where my kicker missed 3 out of 4 field goals there was also 3 extra points missed after touchdowns. I realize there was a small crosswind but 15 MPh is not a huge wind gust. In the real NFL you might see one missed extra point for a team in 8 games if your lucky but my team had 2 missed extra points along with the 3 missed field goals. Anyway this may be something for you to look at in the future. thanks
March 01, 2011 at 02:51AM View BBCode
oh sorry about that here it ishttp://football.simdynasty.com/boxscore.jsp?boxscoreid=919&thid=91
also my kickers execution level is B+ as well. In the same game where my kicker missed 3 out of 4 field goals there was also 3 extra points missed after touchdowns. I realize there was a small crosswind but 15 MPh is not a huge wind gust. In the real NFL you might see one missed extra point for a team in 8 games if your lucky but my team had 2 missed extra points along with the 3 missed field goals. Anyway this may be something for you to look at in the future. thanks
Admin
--Chris
March 02, 2011 at 10:05PM View BBCode
I found and fixed a bug related to this today, so some of these misses, both field goals and extra points, will go away.--Chris
Admin
That's either really bad luck or there's something else wrong... the bug I fixed earlier would not account for this. I'll look at it.
--Chris
March 02, 2011 at 10:07PM View BBCode
Originally posted by STEROIDS_R_US
there was also 3 extra points missed after touchdowns.
That's either really bad luck or there's something else wrong... the bug I fixed earlier would not account for this. I'll look at it.
--Chris
Admin
The sim treats extra points like field goals from the 2, so there's nothing special about them. When any field goal is kicked, the sim selects a target angle. The target angle gets higher as you get closer to the goal, as distance becomes less important than keeping the opponent from blocking the ball.
However, kicking at a higher angle puts the ball higher in the air for a longer period of time. This makes it more susceptible to the wind. All of the missed kicks here were wind-related (except one that went opposite the wind, that was a bad hold). In real life, the kicker would lower the angle of the kick when kicking ino the wind or against a crosswind on short field goals to reduce the effect of the wind; this would bring increased risk of a block but the extra accuracy in the actual kick makes up for it, and lowering the angle would have saved some of the kicks here.
So I think that is where to look... lowering the angle when dealing with stiff wind.
--Chris
[Edited on 3-4-2011 by Admin]
March 02, 2011 at 10:16PM View BBCode
All those extra point misses are wind related. And I think I know what's happening.The sim treats extra points like field goals from the 2, so there's nothing special about them. When any field goal is kicked, the sim selects a target angle. The target angle gets higher as you get closer to the goal, as distance becomes less important than keeping the opponent from blocking the ball.
However, kicking at a higher angle puts the ball higher in the air for a longer period of time. This makes it more susceptible to the wind. All of the missed kicks here were wind-related (except one that went opposite the wind, that was a bad hold). In real life, the kicker would lower the angle of the kick when kicking ino the wind or against a crosswind on short field goals to reduce the effect of the wind; this would bring increased risk of a block but the extra accuracy in the actual kick makes up for it, and lowering the angle would have saved some of the kicks here.
So I think that is where to look... lowering the angle when dealing with stiff wind.
--Chris
[Edited on 3-4-2011 by Admin]
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