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PLAY-BY-PLAY INSTRUCTIONS
The play-by-play system has been updated to allow you to enter your own play
descriptions. It will take a little while to get used to the cryptic system
employed by the program, but once mastered entering a play description is
easily accomplished.
The file where this play-by-play resides is "Userpbp.fil" for normal
play-by-play or "Baxter.fil" FOR maximum play-by-play both located in the
C:\SOMBKW\PBP
directory on your hard drive. You should edit the file with windows notebook
or another text editor that can create files in ASCII format with lines
greater than 80 characters in length.
The best way to learn the system is to look at a couple of samples to
decipher how the substitution system works. The key to the substitution
system is the character @. Whenever you see this character you can refer to
the substitution chart found below for an explanation.
The ID is the basic description of this play, the "12345" is the positions
eligible for this play account (1=Point Guard, 2=Shooting Guard, 3=Small
Forward, 4=Power Forward, 5=Center), and the "PCT" column lists the
percentage of time the play description should be used when a match has been
found.
ID 12345 PCT PLAY DESCRIPTION
01 00001 010 The free is up@JIt rolls around@JAnd it drops in for the big
guy.
Using the charts below we will now decode the sample listed above. The
sample lists a free throw made (ID=01) by a center (because there is a 1
under position 5), and this play description should be used 10% of the time
when a match is found. In the body of the description the @J means to pause
a second and then go to a a new line.
ID CHART
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ID PLAY RESULT
01 Free throw made
02 2 point field goal made
03 3 point field goal made
04 Free throw missed
05 2 point field goal missed
06 3 point field goal missed
07 2 point field goal made + foul
10 Offensive Rebound
11 Defensive Rebound
12 Pre-free throw discussion
13 "Block-man" moves over and tries to intimidate the shooter
14 Shot blocked
15 Shooter moves in 3 point territory for a shot
16 Shooter is outside
17 Shooter penetrates
18 Shooter is inside
19 Shooter makes an inside power move
20 Shooter is on a Fastbreak
21 Desperation shot at end of quarter/half
22 Desperation shot is good!
23 Desperation shot is no good
24 Technical foul called (use @D for team name that committed the foul)
25 Team sets up it's half-court offense
26 Defensive team not able to commit an intentional foul
27 Team is in the trapping defense
28 Team is in the press defense
29 Team breaks the trap (college only) and gets a fast-break opportunity
30 Team breaks the press and gets a fast-break opportunity
31 Team handles the trap (college only) and sets up it's half-court offense
32 Team handles the press and and sets up it's half-court offense
33 Individual defender is pressuring the ball during the press or trap
34 Individual defender is guarding the shooter
35 Team breaks the trap (college only) and looks to shoot
36 Team breaks the press and looks to shoot
37 Nice pass by passer sets up an open shot
38 Fastbreak broke down - setting up half-court offense
39 Stolen by defender
40 Stolen by defender who lumbers up the court with the ball
41 Stolen by defender who drives toward the basket
42 Turnover: caused by trap (college only)
43 Turnover: caused by press
44 Turnover: from action deck (normal flow)
45 Turnover: half-court passing column
46 Turnover: fastbreak passing column
47 Turnover: while shooter is attempting a shot
48 DAZZLER - Great pass results in an automatic basket
49 Passer is looking to pass the ball
50 Team is looking to setup a play (Pass to Any 1+)
51 A loose ball foul has been called
52 An intentional foul has been called
53 Offensive team takes the ball out of bounds
54 Defender is there, but backs away because he is playing safe
55 (Always follows 54) Shooter scores because defender backed away
56 Shooter is fouled in the act of shooting
57 Foul on defender and he has fouled out
58 Player is having trouble finding a teammate to pass to. (Replay 23)
59 Defender switches and is covering shooter
60 Passer is looking to setup a play (Replay)
61 Offense is holding for the last shot
62 Shooter decides to pass (Replay from a shooting column)
63 Jump ball is controlled by the offense
64 45 second violation (college)
65 24 second violation (pro)
66 Offensive team rebound
67 Defensive team rebound
68 Shot after a rebound
69 Team looks to fastbreak
70 Team brings the ball up court
71 Offensive foul on shooter
72 Foul on defender
73 Offensive foul on shooter and he has fouled out
74 Fouled while taking a three point shot
75 Three point shot plus a foul (possible 4 point play)
76 Pass from player positioned outside to player positioned outside
77 Pass from player positioned outside to player positioned inside
78 Pass from player positioned inside to player positioned outside
79 Pass from player positioned inside to player positioned inside
80 Return pass
81 Player dribbles
82 30 second violation (ABA)
89 Pre-game announcement
90 Before jump ball at start of the game
91 The end of the game
92 The end of the half
93 The end of the quarter
94 The half gets underway
95 The quarter gets underway
12345
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In these columns are either a 1 or a 0 for each position. A 1 indicates that
the player in the column is eligible for this play description. A 0
indicates that the player in the column is not eligible for this play
description.
PCT
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Under the PCT column is a number from 001 to 100. This number indicates the
percentage of time to use this play by play when the other columns match the
current play result. IMPORTANT: If a play is not selected from the
Userpbp.fil then the play by play will default to the Strat-O-Matic defined
plays (this is the same play descriptions from Version 5.0 of the game).
***IMPORTANT NOTE***: In the following two sections (SUBSTITUTION CHART and
MODIFIERS) be aware that the program is case sensitive. For instance, "@J"
must be used for a new line, not "@j".
SUBSTITUTION CHART
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This chart is the key to defining your own plays. Before defining a play
description there are certain limitations you must understand. First, the
longest line supported in the USERPBP.FIL is 250 characters, so all play
descriptions must be less than this limit. If you exceed 250 characters in a
given line then the game might hang or otherwise malfunction. Secondly, the
longest length before an @J (new line) character is 49 bytes. Be sure not to
exceed this length either.
SYMBOL MEANING EXAMPLE
@1 Shooter's or pass recipient's full name John Stockton
@2 Shooter's or pass recipient's last name Stockton
@3 Defender's full name
@4 Defender's last name
@5 Passer's full name
@6 Passer's last name
@7 Rebounder's full name
@8 Rebounder's last name
@9 Block man's full name
@0 Block man's last name
@A Shooter's seasonal points per game 22.1
@B Shooter's seasonal high 41
@D Defensive team name New York
@H Shooter's current game points 18
@L Time left 1 minute 12 seconds
@M Time left on shot clock 3 seconds
@O Offensive team's name Los Angeles
@Q Quarter 3rd quarter
@T Score NY leads 43 to 31
@U Home team's name Los Angeles
@V Visiting team's name Los Angeles
IMPORTANT NOTE
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In certain play by play-by-play categories (such as 50, 58 and 81) you will
have to use @2 instead of @6 to describe the player with the ball. Since
there is not "shooter" or "passer" in these categories the program uses @2
to indicate the player in control of the ball.
PLAY BY PLAY MODIFIERS
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Note that in the following descriptions, "the number" refers to a
substitution number (such as @B). If more than one substitution number
occurs then the following priority chart decides which number in the play
description will be considered "the number": @H, @B.
@J Pause and start a new line of play-by-play
@N Same as @J but use a longer delay
@X Display this message only if "the number" is greater than 1.
@Y Display this message only if "the number" is greater than 20.
@! Display an "!" at the end of the message if the number is 40 or more.
@- Delay after sending this message (must be placed at the end of the
message, also you may use this multiple times for longer
delays)
@W Blow whistle if using a SoundBlaster card
@C Sound horn if using a SoundBlaster card
@E Sneaker squeaking sound if using a SoundBlaster card
@F Bounce of ball sound if using a SoundBlaster card
@G Big crowd reaction for offense if using a SoundBlaster card
@P Smaller crowd reaction for offense play if using a SoundBlaster card
@I Big crowd reaction for defense if using a SoundBlaster card
@K Smaller crowd reaction for defense if using a SoundBlaster card
@:A1 Display this message only for great assist men
@:A2 Display this message only for great scorers
@:A3 Display this message only for great rebounders
@:A4 Display this message only for great defenders
@:A5 Display this message only for poor assist men
@:A6 Display this message only for poor scorers
@:A7 Display this message only for poor rebounders
@:A8 Display this message only for poor defenders
@:AA Display this message only for slam dunks
@:AB Display this message only for outside shots
@:AC Display this message only for penetration shots
@:AD Display this message only for inside shots
@:AE Display this message only for fastbreak shots
@:AF Display this message only for rebound shots
@:AG Display this message only when in "Show No Action" mode
@:AH Display this message only when the shot clock is running down
@:AI Display this message only if shooter is open due to double team
@:AJ Display this message only if shooter is double teamed
@:AK Display this message only in 2nd half
@:AL Display this message only in last 6 minutes of the game (but not last
2)
@:AM Display this message only only for good penetrators
@:AN Display this message only only for poor penetrators
@:AO Display this message only only for good outside shooters
@:AP Display this message only only for poor outside shooters
@:AQ Display this message only only for good inside shooters
@:AR Display this message only only for poor inside shooters
@:AS Display this message only only for good 3pt shooters
@:AT Display this message only only for poor 3pt shooters
@:AU Display this message only only for good fast break shooters
@:AV Display this message only only for poor fast break shooters
@:AW Display this message only in overtime
@:AX Display this message only in last 2 minutes of the game
@:AY Display this message only if lead is between 4 and 9 points
@:AZ Display this message only if game is within 3 points |
