More 2010 Goodness

Confirmed Additions
(Official Announcements)

- Procedural Awareness - Cosmetically, a system that ensures that each player can realistically follow the ball, using the eyes, head, neck, and shoulders in a realistic manor. OS Thread

- Layered Blending/QB improvements - the blog talked about how it pertains to the QB position, but it's likely to help out other areas as well. this tech will help out in the animation department, allowing animations to "blend" better. this blog also talked about a few enhancements to the QB throws. the new QB ratings from this blog will not be in NCAA 10.

- WR/DB Interactions - bunch of updates with WR/DBs. improvement to route running, Jostling, Press releases, and Procedural Awareness. the Defensive Assignments/Matchups feature from this blog will not be in NCAA 10.

- QB Auto-Throw(Coach Mode) - pretty self explanatory, this gives the Human team QB the ability to let the CPU throw the ball for him. there will be an on/off switch and it is off by default. this will help users that enjoy "coach mode" where they call the plays and let the CPU run the plays. this feature also works Online.
- Camera Flashes, Field Goal Nets, Wind Socks, and Swappable Bowl Endzones - added camera flashes, field goal nets, and wind sock to the stadiums. the bigger the game the more camera flashes there will be. also with new tech that has been added, the ability to have team specific end zones for bowl games/championship games.

- Super Sim Updates
- ESPN Article About the Super Sim Updates - the Super Sim results are now display on the field directly(see pictures below), CPU clock management has been improved, and a new "skip play" feature added to Campus Legend.

- Custom Conferences
- ESPN Article About Custom Conferences - now you have the ability to swap any team from one conference with any team in another conference.

*Added 3/18* - Season Showdown - "In this new mode, every game counts as fans declare their loyalty to a favorite school and give the ultimate show of support in a nationwide competition. All college football fans will have an opportunity to participate in Season Showdown, as credits not only accumulate in-game but players can also earn credits for their school via new web-based games. Millions of college football fans around the country will be on a mission to prove their school is number one with NCAA Football 10’s Season Showdown." this is selectable from the main menu

*Added 3/19* - Gamplay Camera Changes - Changes to gameplay camera. now all WRs will be on-screen as much as possible, WR icons will disappear if the further back you drop, and camera during kickoffs have been tweaks to get a better veiw of the ball. this new tech will imable them to do something that has been requested numerous time by the community, however, they wont release that info till a later date.
*Added 4/17* ESPN Article on Camera Changes

*Added 3/24* - NCAA Football 10: Pocket Protection - improvements to the OL/DL interaction that will improve the line play during passing plays. this real create a "pocket" that you see in real life

*Added 3/25* - Depth of Field - the first part of this Madden blog explains how the new Depth of Field works in Madden 10 and NCAA 10. refs will not be in NCAA. Towels and chain gang are unknown but likely not in NCAA either.
*Added 3/26* - Pursuit Angles - blog describing changes done to Pursuit angles of the defense. Videos comparing pursuit angles of '09 to '10 included in blog. *Videos are Work in Progress*
*Added 4/2* - Player Lock and Defensive Assist - Player Lock allows you to only control a specific player. on defense, Player lock can alter the camera angle so the defenders back is toward the camera(like if you played a defensive player in Campus Legend). Player Lock will not work online. Defensive Assist can help you help if your not sure what the player your controlling is suppose to be doing. Defensive Assist will take the players rating in account for what happens when you use the feature. more info 1 more info 2 *Added 4/9* ESPN Article

*Added 4/9* Online/Offline dynasty updates - video showing some improvements that has been done to dynasty mode.

changes that me or someone else saw/heard from this video
- new menus
- Campus Legend seems to be renamed to Rod to Glory
- TeamBuilder option in main menu(Possible CAS?)
- Season Showdown listed on main menu
- Custom Conferences(talked about before, listed above)
- Sim Stats have been tuned
- player's "picture" have been changed
- navigating the dynasty menus seem much smoother
- player promises and players leaving bugs are fixed
- the call recruit screen has changed
- some recruits wont be available till off-season Russ explains
- you now can see how much interest is gained from each "pitch"
- you can now recruit against another school, to lower the recruits interest in that school
- WKU appears to be out of the Independent conference and in the Sunbelt like they should be for the 2009 season.

*Added 4/10* Adaptive A.I. - Blog talks about Adaptive A.I. and how it can learn what you do and react in a way to combat your strategy.

*Added 4/15* - Erin Andrews Gets In The Game! - "Erin Andrews is the newest addition to the NCAA Football 10 broadcast team, joining Kirk Herbstreit, Brad Nessler and Lee Corso in a game that envelopes the excitement and pageantry of college football at its best. Including Andrews as part of the NCAA Football 10 broadcast team complements the franchise commitment to offer the most authentic college football experience available on any gaming platform. Andrews has served as a sideline reporter for ESPN's College Football Saturdays since 2004."