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Originally posted by atlbruce
Yeah, 100% Pass Short + 80% Run in your tactics = sim wackiness, so make your %s add up to 100 and you'll find it's a lot more predictable.

I mean, it just calculates out of the total, so you'd Pass Short 100/180 times and Run 80/180 times. It's not really percentage based.

How much of this have you read?

https://glb2.warriorgeneral.com/game/forum/thread/5225371

Ever get to this point?

https://i.imgur.com/42iZd4A.png

Anyway, I'll help as much as you need. There is a logic to it, you just have to understand it. That was hard for all of us, but we can get you up to speed and it'll stop being a source of frustration.

I read that article a half dozen times. And that image is in my harddrive.

"Everything I just outlined is probably still confusing for most, so please ask questions below and I will try to help."

THIS A million times.

Originally posted by Mango Fandango


My assumption is that everything is ratioed accordingly. Unless that's completely wrong and it's causing the AI to call plays that shouldn't even register?



What exactly do you mean by everything?

Here's the short version:

The first 5 are in one Group

Pass Short
Pass Medium
Pass Long
Run Inside
Run Outside

Now, what's really important, is that you need to go through your Defensive Playbook and make sure that there is a play IN EACH FORMATION that corresponds to what you are calling. This is where people experience the most errors.

Also, if you are missing a play that the tactics matrix called, the system goes through a filter decision. Bort explains it here:
https://glb2.warriorgeneral.com/game/forum/thread/5132647?page=9#49542506

Originally posted by Corndog
I mean, it just calculates out of the total, so you'd Pass Short 100/180 times and Run 80/180 times. It's not really percentage based.

Hi Corndog, thanks for the input there. This, however, makes me far less confident in my playcalling. It is, as I initially thought, ratioed but plays are called where they shouldn't.

I mean, my team is filled with coaches who I've brought over from Steam - new and old to GLB. I'm the most zealous of the lot, I guess, as I had a lot of experience with GLB1.

This messy system, however, needs to be overhauled if the guys that I have brought over are to take the next step and coach a team.

- Short "pass/run" plays are higher priority than medium or long "pass/run" plays when tactics calls for inside or outside run D.

This is also important if you are using Inside or Outside Runs.

If in the Tactics Matrix, you have an Inside Run called 100% of the time - let's say on 3rd and 1 - then the system will try and call that play. HOWEVER, if you don't have an Inside Run play call in the FORMATION that the Offense lines up in, then the system will look for a Short Pass play.

Originally posted by Mango Fandango

This messy system, however, needs to be overhauled if the guys that I have brought over are to take the next step and coach a team.



The system actually works well so no you don't want it overhauled.

The DOCUMENTATION is horrific.

Once you understand it, it actually works very well. It's getting there that is a problem for people.

Originally posted by Xars


Now, what's really important, is that you need to go through your Defensive Playbook and make sure that there is a play IN EACH FORMATION that corresponds to what you are calling. This is where people experience the most errors.

Also, if you are missing a play that the tactics matrix called, the system goes through a filter decision. Bort explains it here:
https://glb2.warriorgeneral.com/game/forum/thread/5132647?page=9#49542506



I am meticulous in the playbook, the plays I want are tagged how I want. For example, in EACH FORMATION Long Run plays are SKy Blitzes vs 3rd and very long. I am consistent on my part.

I am not missing plays. Read my rant and it's that plays are being called at inappropriate times. Like Long Runs being called on 2nd/Short Pass. The playcalling is not coherent.

Originally posted by Corndog
I mean, it just calculates out of the total, so you'd Pass Short 100/180 times and Run 80/180 times. It's not really percentage based.

Which means it is.

The system will calculate the numerator and denominator for you to create the % mix.

So you don't have to use a 100-base inputs. The system will calc it.

I'm not being snarky. Cdog is right in what the calcs are. It's just that they effectively create a 100%-based system for you.

Originally posted by Xars
The system actually works well so no you don't want it overhauled.

The DO****ENTATION is horrific.

Once you understand it, it actually works very well. It's getting there that is a problem for people.



2 solid weeks of tinkering and it's not obeying what I want. Maybe I'm getting closer, but I don't think I wish to spend another day "getting there".

I may just finish this season and be done and dusted with GLB.

Originally posted by Mango Fandango
I am meticulous in the playbook, the plays I want are tagged how I want.

But is it what the system wants?

I'm trying to be helpful. But you build the playbook for the system.

If you are getting the "wrong" play call, either you made a Tactics Matrix input error or you have a Playbook input error.

Sorry. But that's the truth.

Now, we (I) will help you fix this. And we've all made these errors when we were starting. It sucks but you can get it fixed.

Originally posted by Mango Fandango
2 solid weeks of tinkering and it's not obeying what I want. Maybe I'm getting closer, but I don't think I wish to spend another day "getting there".

I may just finish this season and be done and dusted with GLB.

Again, wrong perspective. Again, not being a d**k but you have to change your approach to understanding the Tactics Matrix logic.

In essence, once you obey it; it will obey you.

Originally posted by Xars
Again, wrong perspective. Again, not being a d**k but you have to change your approach to understanding the Tactics Matrix logic.

In essence, once you obey it; it will obey you.



Yeah. That's not happening. Matrix obeys me, not the other way round.

I guess it's 1 and done from me.

I'll explain the Grouping a little more.

The first 5 are in one Group

Pass Short
Pass Medium
Pass Long
Run Inside
Run Outside

Now, let's run through the decision tree with basic example:

Assume each of the 5 above has a 20% chance of being called. We have 20-20-20-20-20 in the Tactics Matrix as First Down settings (and all of them for this example).

Now what happens:

Pass Short - If this gets called, it will run the Pass Short play in the Playbook for the formation the Offense called. If there is no Pass Short play, it will look for a Medium or Long play. If there are both Medium and Long plays there, it will randomize the play calling based on your blue dots of each play.

Pass Medium - If this gets called, it will run the Pass Medium play in the Playbook for the formation the Offense called. If there is no Pass Medium play, it will look for a Short or Long play. If there are both Short and Long plays there, it will randomize the play calling based on your blue dots of each play.

Pass Long - If this gets called, it will run the Pass Long play in the Playbook for the formation the Offense called. If there is no Pass Long play, it will look for a Short or Medium play. If there are both Short and Medium plays there, it will randomize the play calling based on your blue dots of each play.