Bug Reports Thread

[aus5892]

Here you can report any bugs you encounter during the game. Include a screenshot and, if necessary, a save file (for save games not working or related issues) to assist us in fixing the problem.

[Gilly Fan]

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k256/SeanCricket/Makeupyourownmind.jpg

Make up your own mind.

[davbloo]

i have installed the game fine, but when i try to load the game all i get is this message. "conflict with disk emulator software detected" so i haven't been able to play it is a valid copy of the game and i have no software for copying so im really disapointed at the moment. I have tried to contact support but have had no reply, i expected better!

[Sureshot]

Who did you contact? And was it by e-mail? If so, you might need to give them a bit more time to reply to you.

[aus5892]

Probably you'll need to just turn off your emulation software. If you have Daemon Tools or Alcohol or something like that, just exit it.

[muhammad saad]

Indian still dominating with 4 or 5 bowlers having an avg of 15 or less in ODIs ,This is a game killer ODIs bowling avg should not down below 20 and that 20 for very special bowler.

[Mermaidman]

Hi

the sound goes hissy and crackly sometimes.

is their a bug on it?

[AlexB]

Playing as leicestershire, in my first match whupping from Middlesex, 1st innings Paul Nixon got hit and retired hurt (batting at 5)... In the second innings although he was not available for selection in the batsmen list, when I selected du Toit to come in, the game put Nixon in

When the next inevitable wicket fell, du Toit was no longer in the batsmen list, but when I selected Snape, the game put du Toit in...

In the first innings I promoted Snape from 7 to 6 as night watchman, so whether this screwed the batting order in the second innings, but it shouldn't have affected no.5 position?

Eventually the batsman list included everyone, but as the 9th wicket went down, the main screen had the score as 273 all out, even though we had one futile last stand.

Hope that makes sense - not my clearest ever explanation!

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[Sureshot]

Hi

the sound goes hissy and crackly sometimes.

is their a bug on it?

Sounds more like a problem with your sound card and/or speakers. Do you have the most up-to-date drivers for the sound card?

[AlexB]

Not sure if this is a bug, but defintiely very strange:

Two innings of 500+ followed by 35 all out (9 wickets as one batsman was injured again)?

All wickets taken when batsmen on very defensive or defensive
Weather: Cloudy (1/5)
Light: Good (3/5)
Bounce: average (3/5)

Both of the 500+ innings were slightly worse 0/5 or 1/5 weather, with bounce slightly better at mostly 4/5.

Just seems very random?

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[Cottager]

a small one. on a free hit, somebody skied one and the commentator boomed out "this could be out!". not sure how you'd stop that happening though

[AlexB]

Another minor annoyance - when you change bowling aggression, the field changes in accordance with the new level, the length stays the same, but the line always changes to middle and off.

[andynotts]

Potential major problem with the Download and the 2 Day Free Trial: I can only think this is what this issue is connected to.

I downloaded and subsequently paid for the new game on Friday. When I turned on this morning, clicking to open the game simply didn't work. It wouldn't start at all. I tried rebooting - no joy - then re-installing to the same directory but this didn't help.

I've subsequently re-installed to a new directory and now all is fine again (not even required to enter to Softwrap key: presumably as its to the same machine) - however I'm worried that when another 2 days pass, the same thing will happen again.

[GrahamB]

Successfully chasing big fourth innings totals on a terrible pitch really shouldn't happen too often.

[AlexB]

I think there are issues when batsmen retire hurt - I have four instances of retired hurt in about 6 matches, which is a high occurance rate (although a small sample size).

However, in addition to the problem I found when my guy was hurt (see page 1), I've had an issue where an AI batsmen was hurt. After Peter Fulton went, on the dismissal screen instead of saying 'Retired Hurt' it read 'Not Out', and no-one came in to replace him.

You can see however that Fulton is still scoring runs (in the bottom left corner), and he has appeared in the highlights as well.

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[mattyhiggins]

hey everyone,

im really enjoying this new version of the game

however i cant help noticing that theres a ridiculous amount of LBWs

rarley does a game go by where theres not atleast 5 per innings.

has anybody else noticed this or is it just me?

[KentLad]

I've started an international game as West Indies and noticed that in the SA v India series, the 2nd Test match of the series was played twice!

[AlexB]

I think there are issues when batsmen retire hurt - I have four instances of retired hurt in about 6 matches, which is a high occurance rate (although a small sample size).

However, in addition to the problem I found when my guy was hurt (see page 1), I've had an issue where an AI batsmen was hurt. After Peter Fulton went, on the dismissal screen instead of saying 'Retired Hurt' it read 'Not Out', and no-one came in to replace him.

You can see however that Fulton is still scoring runs (in the bottom left corner), and he has appeared in the highlights as well.

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/2660/icc6fx0.th.jpg (http://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=icc6fx0.jpg)

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7189/icc7by6.th.jpg (http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=icc7by6.jpg)

FWIW when I reloaded the game, Fulton reappeared in the batsman info panel as if normal, and I was able to change line length & field again to him

[GrahamB]

I always thought that left arm pace bowlers would bowl from the other side of the wicket to right handed batsmen (going by the maxim that over the wicket is defined by the bowling arm being that closest to the umpire).

[AlexB]

Playing as England, the stadium was missing from one end in the 3rd test, so it appeared that the fans were sitting in mid air!

This could be my PC I guess - on the basis it might have been Trent Bridge as in real life, I started a test game as Notts and the stadium was fine.

[GrahamB]

Playing as England, the stadium was missing from one end in the 3rd test, so it appeared that the fans were sitting in mid air!

This could be my PC I guess - on the basis it might have been Trent Bridge as in real life, I started a test game as Notts and the stadium was fine.

Same thing here.

[Chris Child]

Hi,

If you can save the game at the point where any bug in the highlights happen it would be massively appreciated. These sorts of bugs are rare and very difficult to repeat. Keep a copy of the save and then send a mail via the "contact" section on the left. We'll then tell you how to get the save to us.

Your save will be in one of these locations:
Windows Vista =

C:\Users Folder\User name or Account Name\appdata\Local\VirtualStore\ProgramFiles
\Xplosiv\International Cricket Captain 3\Saves (Cap & Save File).
Depending on the Vista Software that you have installed and any user accounts created the path may vary slightly.

Windows XP =

C:\Program Files\Xplosiv\International Cricket Captain 3\Saves \ (Cap & Sav File)

Chris Child

[Sureshot]

Though for ICC 2008, it is more likely to be in the folder entitled International Cricket Captain 2008 :p

Doing save files are relatively simple. Not as intimidating as it sounds.

[Chris Child]

Windows Vista =

C:\Users Folder\User name or Account Name\appdata\Local\VirtualStore\ProgramFiles
\Xplosiv\International Cricket Captain 2008\Saves (Cap & Save File).
Depending on the Vista Software that you have installed and any user accounts created the path may vary slightly.

Windows XP =

C:\Program Files\Xplosiv\International Cricket Captain 2008\Saves \ (Cap & Sav File)

[AlexB]

I'm a little concerned over 1-day scores: playing a Leics career, I felt that the 50-over scores were generally at least 20-30% too low (225-230 seems to be a very good total from what I've seen so far)

Then I got to Twenty20 and started taking more notice into the AI matches. I ran a quick spreadsheet, and as at 18th June there have been 27 1st innings that got at least into the final over - the average 1st innings total was 121.04.

I've run the same calculation from this year's real life Twenty20 - the first 27 scorecards of 1st inninngs that get at least into the final over show an average total of 159.37.

IRL there were 17 innings of 27 that were 150+. In my game, there were three out of 27 of less than 100, and only one of over 150 (strangely a massive jump to 178 :confused: ). That's only one innings in 27 that is within 10 runs of the RL average total.

IRL, there were 2 of the first 27 cards showing a total of less than 120. There were 9 innings (always of 27) in my game lower than the RL lowest total.

IRL there seven cards out of the 27 higher than the highest ICC2008 total from these 27 cards.

This is not a massive sample size, but is enough to show that there is a problem in Twenty20 totals, and it appears to be about 30% out.

[AlexB]

Ok, done a similar exercise on the FP Trophy from this year - my game is at the SF stage, and the RL trophy is at the final stage, so very similar.

The first thing to note is the number of rain affected games IRL (36) v.s number affected by rain in ICC2008 (0). However, I don't mind this as it's a game, and I'd prefer to win/lose by playing than by random chance, and I can see D/L would be a nuightmare to programme. A good compromise might be to have rain affected matches, but where some play is always possible (i.e the overs get reduced for each side as IRL)? This would add some different strategies to the game, as a 29 over game would need more aggression than the 40/50 over versions, but more patience than Twenty20. Plus it might be easier to program?

As far as average scores go, it's cloers than Twenty20 - the average FP Trophy 1st innings total IRL in 2008 where at least 49 overs were bowled is 251.76 (51 innings). In my ICC2008 game (52 cards) it was 230.90 - so the difference here is about 10%.

There some notable thoughts:
IRL there were 7 300+ 1st innings; there was 1 (remember this is all AI v. AI to eliminate any affect my good/bad play may have)
The highest score in my ICC game's 52 cards was 307: IRL it was 391 (there were also two other scores of 350 this year)
There were 6 RL totals less than 200, the lowest was 155
There were 7 ICC totals less than 200, the lowest was 133
IRL there were 11 totals between 200-225, in my ICC game there were 15
IRL there were 9 totals between 275-300, in ICC 6

This suggests that the main problem in ICC is that there's roughly the right unmber of lowish totals (maybe it will prove to be one or two too many over a significant sample size), but there are not anywhere near enough big totals, which is bringing the overall average down.

Also, given the number of matches (36) that were abandoned/rain affected IRL, the number of innings into the 50th over in ICC should be way higher than the RL total - therefore the number of batting collapses or teams simply not seeing enough innings through is way too high.

All of this is with ICC being played on normal skill level btw

[AlexB]

These numbers are based on relatively small sample sizes, but probably big enought to indicate a pattern. Based on the fact I actually want to play the game, and how each scorecard needs to be looked at individually, I'll be happy to update the Twenty20 when the tournament is complete, and to provide the 1st year's Pro40 numbers - however it would help of others could work out their completed 1st innings averages to help build a significant sample and help Chris hopefully tweak run-rates in the game.

I appreciate that this will make the game harder if the AI starts getting an extra 1.5 runs an over in Twenty20 and 20-25 extra in total in the 50 over matches, but it will add a sense of realism.

Of course, thinking about it, do the skill levels address this? I would have thought 'normal' would be closest to the RL numbers, but maybe not.

[Sureshot]

To correct one thing, there were 18 rain affected games in this season's group stages of the Friends Provident Trophy. You didn't divide by two :)

The first thing to note is the number of rain affected games IRL (36) v.s number affected by rain in ICC2008 (0). However, I don't mind this as it's a game, and I'd prefer to win/lose by playing than by random chance, and I can see D/L would be a nuightmare to programme. A good compromise might be to have rain affected matches, but where some play is always possible (i.e the overs get reduced for each side as IRL)? This would add some different strategies to the game, as a 29 over game would need more aggression than the 40/50 over versions, but more patience than Twenty20. Plus it might be easier to program?

I don't think it should be put in the game, unless it is done properly. Ie, Duckworth-Lewis.

[AlexB]

To correct one thing, there were 18 rain affected games in this season's group stages of the Friends Provident Trophy. You didn't divide by two :)

Not that it matters to the average scores, but rain affected was more - I've just done a quick scanned recount on the sly at work and got 35.

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/engine/series/319688.html

I'm including matches with curtailed overs each side (on the basis that they started late due to rain - this was the type of match I was using in my example - there are plenty of games where both sides had only 20-something or 30-something overs by prior arrangement, so D/L never came into it)
Those with curtailed 2nd innings only;
No result games
Games where no ballas were bowled at all.

It's a fair chunk - but I definitely agree that if D/L can't be done properly then it shouldn't be done at all.

[Sureshot]

Ah right, I thought you meant games that were NR.

[Chris Child]

Excellent analysis. It looks like a little bit of adjustment is needed to the aggression levels, but we're pretty close. I've changed these quite a bit since the early versions. The game play balance seems fine now, which was my main concern, so a few tweaks to match real matches should make it perfect.

[Nivoleum]

I haven't got a screenshot, as my trial has expired, but there is a noticeable glitch in LBW replays. Sometimes, the ball tracker seems to go straight down into the ground, then bounce back up to normal height after a second or so. Does anyone else have this problem?

[GrahamB]

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[aus5892]

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Seeing as I've never encountered this error, I'd offer that it may be an issue with your graphics card. Do you have all the latest drivers for it and the latest version of DirectX?

[GrahamB]

Seeing as I've never encountered this error, I'd offer that it may be an issue with your graphics card. Do you have all the latest drivers for it and the latest version of DirectX?

Pretty sure I do, but I'll check anyway.

[RTB]

Just played internationals only option as England. Played 3 tests against New Zealand. Despite playing all 3 tests, Vetori only bowled one over in the entire series. Is this a bug?

[Shelsey]

Just played internationals only option as England. Played 3 tests against New Zealand. Despite playing all 3 tests, Vetori only bowled one over in the entire series. Is this a bug?

This is an interesting one. In some peoples games Vettori doesnt bowl at all but in others Vettori bows the correct amount of overs and does well.

In my game Vettori was great in 2008 before inexplicably being dropped in 2009. He played just 3 ODIs in 2010 and wasnt in the NZ World Cup squad 2011 ( hes not retired and has been doing well in domestic cricket and in the occasional ODIs he has played). As of April 2011 NZs first choice attack appears to be Gillespie, Southee, Franklin, Oram, Hiini (none of which are spinners). Ryder also seems to bowl a lot.

[muhammad saad]

How about offline tournaments b/w your saved teams (along with the saved player statistics just like online statistics being saved) it will be good if you match up 2008 Yorkshire with 2080 Yorkshire:D.

[muhammad saad]

One more thing plz plz plz include the U19 Worldcup.

[RTB]

This is an interesting one. In some peoples games Vettori doesnt bowl at all but in others Vettori bows the correct amount of overs and does well.

In my game Vettori was great in 2008 before inexplicably being dropped in 2009. He played just 3 ODIs in 2010 and wasnt in the NZ World Cup squad 2011 ( hes not retired and has been doing well in domestic cricket and in the occasional ODIs he has played). As of April 2011 NZs first choice attack appears to be Gillespie, Southee, Franklin, Oram, Hiini (none of which are spinners). Ryder also seems to bowl a lot.

Maybe it has something to do with the ai only using 5 bowlers. New Zealand had 6 (O'Brien, Gillespie, Ryder, Oram, Southee & Vettori). For some reason Vetttori is ignored. I have also noticed that in ODI the ai only uses 5 bowlers. Isn't this unrealistic as well. I bet you will have difficulty finding a recent ODI were 5 bowlers bowled 10 overs each.

[IndiaWarrior]

only 2 to 3 bowlers bowl their full quota of overs.

[lyates]

Everytime i try load, i cannot ecause it says unrecognised file format, wht can i do. I spent ages on my game :(

[jcosgrove]

Everytime I look like bowling a team out for a low score they seem to put on about 200 for the last 2 wickets. I had bowler friendly conditions on a day 4 pitch and had the other team 106/8 yet the last 2 wickets put on 150...This is happening regularly and i have tried all kinds of different tactics.

[GrahamB]

Everytime I look like bowling a team out for a low score they seem to put on about 200 for the last 2 wickets. I had bowler friendly conditions on a day 4 pitch and had the other team 106/8 yet the last 2 wickets put on 150...This is happening regularly and i have tried all kinds of different tactics.

In tests (and FC?), scoring big totals seems a bit overdone whereas taking wickets seems too hard.

[acook]

Everytime I look like bowling a team out for a low score they seem to put on about 200 for the last 2 wickets. I had bowler friendly conditions on a day 4 pitch and had the other team 106/8 yet the last 2 wickets put on 150...This is happening regularly and i have tried all kinds of different tactics.

150! Thats massive. I have found it quite tough getting 20 wickets (sometimes to tough) but I have never had the last 2 wickets put on that many never mind reguarly! whoose your bowlers Broad and pattison!?

[rparkes]

Just had a bit of a problem that I remember from some of the previous versions going as far back as Australian Cricket Captain.

In the international game, I'm playing as Australia, in the 2nd season of the game, played the yearly tri-series, winning all 6 group games, then as I prepared for the best-of-3 finals series, I pressed continue and it went all the way through to the start of the next tour, auto-playing all 3 of the finals, with my last picked 11 (a weakened team that I put in against Zimbabwe in game 6) where I was defeated by South Africa by 10 wickets, 7 wickets and 170 runs (bowled out for 84).

A bit frustrating after beating SA in pretty much every other game on the tour haha.

Interesting that it did let me play the finals in the first season, it is (so far) just the second which skipped it. Also in real life, the 3rd game doesn't get played at all after one side wins the 1st 2 - at least in the Australian tri-series anyway. In the game you still have to play the 3rd one.

Really enjoying the game so far otherwise
Cheers

[lyates]

Everytime i try load, i cannot ecause it says unrecognised file format, wht can i do. I spent ages on my game :(

Can someone who know what there doing tell me whats happened. Please.

Thanks in advance.

[Sureshot]

In tests (and FC?), scoring big totals seems a bit overdone whereas taking wickets seems too hard.

I've found big problems in Test matches. 1600 runs per game seems about normal. The First Class game has been about perfect for me, at Essex.

[rparkes]

Yeah I agree, I've found Test matches I've played (as Australia) to be regularly very high scoring regardless of conditions. In most games I play neither team is able to bowl the other out for anything less than a large score. For example I just had a series against South Africa - in all but 1 of the 5 games both sides made well over 500 in one of their innings.

Interestingly, the 3rd and 4th innings in particular seem to regularly produce hardly any wickets. Some extreme examples: in one game I declared in the 3rd innings at 0-423, and in another at 3-608 with a triple hundred by Ponting. This was after SA had made over 500. Both times I set them a huge target and was unable to get more than 3-4 wickets in a day and a bit in good bowling conditions. In the first game SA declared at 3-570 in the 3rd innings after following on.

I pretty much never got Duminy out in the whole series - he made 6 centuries - 3 of them not out in the 4th innings to save 3 matches. Also Amla made 2 big double hundreds against me and Smith 4 hundreds.

When I play sides weaker than South Africa however, these sort of scores still happen occasionally but less often.

[Hackers76]

hi

I bought the game (shop not download) couple of days ago but have managed maybe half hour gameplay max before it crashes, all save files show as corrupted and when I confirm the prompt to retreive an older file it states it has encountered a problem and needs to close the program.
All in all not a great start.

Came on here hoping to find a patch, no joy.

What I have noticed though is my version of the game is V8.11, however when you click to by the game via download the prompt tells me you will be downloading version 8.12.

If v8.12 is available to buy why is there no patch to update my version to this?

[rparkes]

...then as I prepared for the best-of-3 finals series, I pressed continue and it went all the way through to the start of the next tour, auto-playing all 3 of the finals, with my last picked 11...

Just a further update on this - I've only just gone back to this game after a few days - it also seems to have skipped the squad selection for the next tour - so I am stuck with my fairly experimental one day team from the previous series for a test match tour...

[Chris Child]

hi

I bought the game (shop not download) couple of days ago but have managed maybe half hour gameplay max before it crashes, all save files show as corrupted and when I confirm the prompt to retreive an older file it states it has encountered a problem and needs to close the program.
All in all not a great start.

Came on here hoping to find a patch, no joy.

What I have noticed though is my version of the game is V8.11, however when you click to by the game via download the prompt tells me you will be downloading version 8.12.

If v8.12 is available to buy why is there no patch to update my version to this?

These versions are the same. One is download and the other is the CD. We need to keep them separate for the patching system.

Empire's support staff are the best people to contact with a problem on a particular machine. We haven't had many crash bugs reported, so it might be a problem with your drivers. Email support@empire.co.uk and they will run through some diagnostics with you.

[Manickam]

I can't see the stadium and the crowd during the game. What could be the problem.

[Shelsey]

As SAfrica my schedule in 2008:
India (A)
England (A)
Bangladesh (H)
Australia (A)
Australia (H)

2009:
Sri Lanka (H)
Australia (A)
Australia (H)

Against the Aussies 4 times in 5 tours...............

[Nivoleum]

I have the same trouble in ICC 06, but the tours are in the 2020's XD

[Themer]

I was just playing a match when suddenly my players appeared on the ball tracker. Theyre just stood there.

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/6631/peculiarballtrackerxk5.th.png (http://img77.imageshack.us/my.php?image=peculiarballtrackerxk5.png)


Strangley enough when I took the screenshot there was only bits and pieces of the player visible.

[AlexB]

I was just playing a match when suddenly my players appeared on the ball tracker. Theyre just stood there.

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/6631/peculiarballtrackerxk5.th.png (http://img77.imageshack.us/my.php?image=peculiarballtrackerxk5.png)


Strangley enough when I took the screenshot there was only bits and pieces of the player visible.

looks like the West Indian 'Scream'! Voodoo!!!

Be scared. Be very scared.

[deadmetal]

II've tried to save a custom tactic but I get a runtime error message and then the game ends

[jcosgrove]

I still find it hard to believe some of the fields the other team set. I was in a one day game and 250/4 with 5 overs left and they still had 2 slips.

Surely the fields they set should be defensive?

[qpeedore]

I rarely see bowlers or even all rounders taking the man of the match award. It seems as if the game doesn't really care about which team the man of the match belongs to, as long as he has had the highest amount of runs in the game. I know it's just a minor annoyance, but it bothers me big time.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v717/ghetto_smurf/1.jpg

How does Hamish Marshall get the man of the match when:
1. He's on the losing team (I know it happens in real life sometimes that the losing team has the man of the match, but this is ridiculous...)
2. He made 19 in the second innings
3. Tim Murtaugh top scored in the second innings AND took 6/45 to restrict them to 168 all out

I'd have even understood if Chris Peploe or even Anthony Ireland got the award, as they bowled well in both innings. But having Marshall get it just seems so random to me.

[Sureshot]

He was the only centurion. I don't know how the MOTM system works, I presume it would work on some kind of hidden points system. Centuries would be more weighted than 50s.


Opposition batsman skied the ball. He was caught, but over the boundary, umpire signalled six, but he was given out.

[qpeedore]

Edges look like they're going to the boundary but suddenly change direction (almost at a right angle!) to end up at a fielder's feet.

A ball was once picked up what looked like at least a yard over the boundary but the game interpreted it as only the two the batsmen ran.

But I'm not really in this game for the graphics so those are minor issues for me. I do love the diving animations, though. Had a catch taken at leg slip that looked absolutely amazing!

[dave1234]

If the ball goes toward third man or fine leg boundaries the ball appears to be heading for 4 then will change direction & the batsmen will run 1 or 2... any ideas?

[dave1234]

every time i try to save a custom field setting it crashes the game. Is this a known problem?

[The Phantom Ram]

It seems to tell you about a rain interuption that will happen in the next session. For example you can get to the end of the morning session, it will then tell you that 1hr 50m have been lost. Then it will show you the scorecard to indicate lunch. Then when you start the afternoon session you realise this is where the time is lost.

[The Phantom Ram]

RFM should be faster than RMF as it is in real life.

[qpeedore]

I agree with the rain. If a break happens in the middle of the interruption, shouldn't the time of the interval factor into things too?

[Sureshot]

RFM should be faster than RMF as it is in real life.

RMF has been faster than RFM throughout the ICC series.

It seems to tell you about a rain interuption that will happen in the next session. For example you can get to the end of the morning session, it will then tell you that 1hr 50m have been lost. Then it will show you the scorecard to indicate lunch. Then when you start the afternoon session you realise this is where the time is lost.

But when you start the afternoon session, what is the time? Is it 3:00PM? (the break for lunch at 1:10PM iirc)

I agree with the rain. If a break happens in the middle of the interruption, shouldn't the time of the interval factor into things too?

Use an example of a Test match.

If a rain delay happens say at 1:15, it lasts for 2 hrs. You get back on at 3:15. You've only last 1hr 35 minutes. Because it's playing time lost, not overall length of time which can include tea or lunch intervals.

[Myrmecophaga]

Edges look like they're going to the boundary but suddenly change direction (almost at a right angle!) to end up at a fielder's feet.


Big edges have sometimes had the appearance of doing that for me, but I think you'll find (as I have) that it is because the shadow is misleading you. If the sun is right behind the ball as it descends, then obviously the shadow will seem to stop. If it is in a similar plane to the descent (making the estimation that the descent is straight rather than a straightish bit of a parrabola) but to one side the shadow will move towards the boundary on the ascent, and then turn sharply in descent. That is probably what you are seeing.

[qpeedore]

The ball is rolling around on the ground at the time.

[Myrmecophaga]

Ah, are you refering to edges to the slips?

[qpeedore]

Edges past the slips, yes...where a slip fielder would be, for example.

[Packer Al]

I can log-in initially ok but as I move around the forum, try to create messages etc I am constantly losing my log-:confused:in - I am constantly having to log-in again and occassionally the system just seems to give up ! Could someone check my set-up please. Thanks

[Packer Al]

I have twice experienced having the same batman at both ends but am hopeless at uploading a screenshot - has anyone else come across this wee glitch ?

It seems to occur when a player retires hurt

[Bobby]

Toured India with England. They didn't use one spinner in the test series , why?

[rishi]

:D
they don't hav any gud ones left mate! all are now with sri lanka :D

i m Indian by the way!!

[IndiaWarrior]

We still have enough good spinners.Incase of Srilanka Murali will soon retire and cannot be sure if Mendis will be equally effective against other countries.

[qpeedore]

Mendis has showed that he can confuse guys who normally play spin very well. But he isn't unplayable. Sehwag showed that. Now either Sehwag sees something the rest of the world doesn't, or he's just figured Mendis out. Dravid was done in by a sweet delivery in that first test match. But remember...Mendis had his international debut against the West Indies (wished I could have gotten tickets to those ODIs...my friend did).

Back on topic, I've been looking at Jacques Rudolph in Derby very closely, as he's the season's top scorer and Ed Smith form my team is the second highest. I've been checking to see how far away Smith is. I noticed that Derby played a game, Rudolph retired hurt in the first innings for 40-odd.

Now I know when I'm playing, if someone retires hurt they usually get something fractured and it takes anywhere from 2 weeks to...I dunno how long to heal. Whether the guy is from my team or my opposition, he never comes back out to the middle or takes the field.

But Rudolph scored 8 in the second innings of that same match. I checked again, 40-odd in the first, 8 in the second. Clicked on his name. Out for 2 weeks - fracture.

It doesn't directly affect me, to be honest. But you can take this both ways. If a batsman gets an injury (like a fracture) during a match, he's unlikely to be out there again until he's healed. That's what happens in matches I control. So if you're looking at it that way, then it's unrealistic for him to come back in the second innings.

BUT...if you look at it another way, batsmen commonly return to the crease when they retire hurt, depending on how bad their team situation is. Chattergoon coming out with a severely sprained ankle in the last Test for the West Indies against Australia a couple months ago comes to mind for me. Looking at it this way, it's unrealistic for batsmen to stay out of games totally after being hit.

[IndiaWarrior]

yeh u r absolutely Right.

[rishi]

LOOK AT THIS .. all my friends are here :D

i don't know when i'll find a bug to report. :p, but for the time being I am enjoying the game :D

[Myrmecophaga]

I have a LS regen who is left handed, so that should be SLA not LS surely?

[Sureshot]

Sometimes bowlers bat with the opposite hand of what the ball.

Ashley Giles. Bats right-handed, bowls left handed. James Anderson bowls right handed, bats left-handed, likewise with Stuart Broad.

Difficult one to compare, because you use two hands to bat with and only one to bowl with.

[Myrmecophaga]

But he uses his left hand when bowling (see in the animation).

[Themer]

He's a chinaman I've seen it before on the game its just that in game there is no such thing as a chinaman. So therefore it makes him a LS.

[qpeedore]

Yes. A left-arm legspinner and a chinaman bowler are the same thing.

What would be strange is if the ball turns the same way as a right arm legspinner, which would definitely be a bug.

[Myrmecophaga]

I am playing him now, I'll have a look.

[Themer]

The leftarm legspinner I had spun it back into the pads of right handers so its not a bug.

[Myrmecophaga]

This one is either bowling more googlies than stock balls, I need my eye tested, or is bugged.

I'll keep an eye on it though.

[rishi]

first reportable observation

whilst checking for salaries for good players, i found out the squad screen with pesonal selection on, shows a diff. salary for Adam Shantry whilst, checking for the same on his profile personal details, it shows a different salary. ???

[Sureshot]

I noticed this with a couple of my players. It was only wrong by £1k for one player, but was about £12k off for another! I'm not sure what impact this has on what figure you actually pay.

[Myrmecophaga]

My guess is that the profile shows the actual sallary, and the Personal list shows the value of the player if he got a new contract today. It makes scary reading for me mid season when youth players have come through...

[rishi]

nope. that wont be true..
otherwise it would be rediculous to have someone paid 5 tims his salary last season.

eitherways its confusing.. and should show similar figures (at the end of season you always get to see their expected salary and current salary tab) so whats the point of 2 different figures during season.

[Oli987]

I think something which could be addressed is the randomness of shot selection. For example, players far too often get out playing big ugly shots when on a defensive or very defensive setting. Just now I lost a wicket the last over of the day with my batsman going for a big swipe despite being on a very defensive setting. Players simply wouldn't play this shot in that situation!

[Oli987]

Michael Carberry blugeons me round the park every single time I play against him, despite the fact he has a defensive style there isn't a single time he hasn't scored at more than a run a ball against me in a one day game.

[rishi]

very valid point..
ugliest of ugly shots.. when on very defensive styke they make room to try hit over covers/point and end up giving an easy catch to slips or keeper.
i hate that.. tht definetely is unexpected and alarming for a top batsman.

[spaniel89]

i so far have had two saved games on my laptop
one of which i had 3 seasons with an all conquering essex squad which seemed to dissapear.
then i started a new season with surrey and was onto my third and tried to load it yesterday but it had dissapeared again. I just don't understand where they have gone as they have loaded successfuly before, however randomly dont appear, and i do not want to keep starting new seasons then losing them!

[Sureshot]

What OS are you running, XP or Vista?

Is it in the saves folder in the ICC2008 folder in your hard drive?

[spaniel89]

in that folder there is only the shortcut and the readme file?
so no the saved games have disappeared, how is that possible and i am on vista

[Sureshot]

I don't have a lot of experience with Vista, unfortunately.

Just a couple of things to try:

1) Do you regularly virus scan your laptop, including Spyware remover?
2) Have you tried searching your computer for the save file name?
3) Do you lose any other files on your laptop?

Only other thing that I can think of, is that do you often use system restore? It's an unusual problem and I don't remember anyone else having this issue.

Also, do you have the boxed version of the game or the digital download?

[spaniel89]

i dont scan my laptop very often, i have only used system restore once, that was a while ago. it is the boxed version of the game, have searched for it and just cant find it!
confused
:(

[Sureshot]

On Windows Vista, the save files should be located at:

C:\Users Folder\User name or Account Name\appdata\Local\VirtualStore\ProgramFiles
\Xplosiv\International Cricket Captain 2008\Saves (Cap & Save File).
Depending on the Vista Software that you have installed and any user accounts created the path may vary slightly.

If you run the exe directly by clicking on it on the folder, then Vista looks in the standard, XP type, location which is:
Windows XP =

C:\Program Files\Xplosiv\International Cricket Captain 2008\Saves \ (Cap & Save File)

That's the reply I got from Chris, I hope that helps. :)

[spaniel89]

cheers yeah it did
still not there though, just one more question, can saved games from another laptop be moved? through burning or memory stick?
much obliged

[Screenwriters CC]

I've just encountered an error in the game and hope this is the best place to post this.

Playing the County Game, I recently had a number of my players called up for the World Cup. Most of those players were at the time of being called up, receiving both training and physio. As with the game usually (and this is a point that should be addressed within the next version) you cannot redeploy the physio to another player right away as it becomes stuck on your player that is currently away from the club for a short time. (Clicking the player to try and move the physio just comes up with the message that the player is away on international duty).

However this time, the training sessions also did the same thing and these sessions are usually freed up straight away. I thought the real annoyance of this was that they would be stuck for the entire World Cup tournament.

However an even bigger problem arose as on the players' return: the sessions and physio disappeared altogether!!! This is really annoying as it's only about a third of the way through the season! I am currently on the 2020 season within the game and this is the first time, this situation has ever happened to me. I'm hoping it will be the last...

[Sureshot]

cheers yeah it did
still not there though, just one more question, can saved games from another laptop be moved? through burning or memory stick?
much obliged

I can't see why not. If it were me I'd copy it to a memory stick and paste it into the file on the computer you are transferring it to. Remember to C&P both files (Cap and Sav).

That's a horrible bug Screenwriters. Can't say I've ever had any problems with training and physio sessions being 'locked' when a player is called up for international duty. Hard to think of a suggestion for a cure as I've never come across a problem with that bit in ICC08. What happens once you start the next season?

[Screenwriters CC]

That's a horrible bug Screenwriters. Can't say I've ever had any problems with training and physio sessions being 'locked' when a player is called up for international duty. Hard to think of a suggestion for a cure as I've never come across a problem with that bit in ICC08. What happens once you start the next season?

Normally for me, the physio becomes 'locked' on an international player when called up for one or two domestic games, that's fine. But as I said, this time all of the physio and training sessions were locked on my players for the whole World Cup. And on the players' return, they then actually disappeared totally from the menu altogether. So I've now only got four training sessions and two physios to deploy for the rest of the season and they haven't returned yet. I've only played around another 1/4 of the season since, but I'm hoping that the change of season will cure this and I'm quite confident that it will.

Thanks for the response and sorrow Sureshot, much appeciated! And I shall let you know how the season change goes. It's been a unique challenge this season!

[tony]

I noticed that One dayers and One day Internationals result in the exact same stats in current matches. Same thing happens with First Class and Test matches.

For example; Ricky Ponting has currently played 4 one day internationals and averaging 46 runs thus far.....this stat will be exactly the same for his One dayers column too.

What's going on there?

I have noticed there is an issue with the statistics. The statistics for first class and test matches are the same...and same with one day domestic and one day international games....has anyone else noticed this?

[Sureshot]

Well it should with First Class and Test matches, because the Test match records are included in First Class records. It's the same with ODI records and List A records.

[tony]

hmm, i think they are actually different. You don't see Brian Lara's highest test score of 400* as his highest score as his first class score...list a and odi should be different also....odi and tests should only be recorded when nations play against each other.

[aus5892]

Lara's highest FC score is 501*, which is why it shows up as his highest FC score rather than the test score of 400* which is lower. But in all official records, ODI and Test matches are listed as List A (OD) or First Class games. Ricky Ponting's test matches for Australia will show up in his FC and test career, but his FC matches for Tasmania or Yorkshire won't show up in his test career.

That's the way all official records are set out.

[Screenwriters CC]

Lara's highest FC score is 501*, which is why it shows up as his highest FC score rather than the test score of 400* which is lower. But in all official records, ODI and Test matches are listed as List A (OD) or First Class games. Ricky Ponting's test matches for Australia will show up in his FC and test career, but his FC matches for Tasmania or Yorkshire won't show up in his test career.

That's the way all official records are set out.

Tony. Aus and Sureshot are 100% correct. Test matches are First Class games and ODIs are List A games, therefore Test and ODI stats will be added to a players FC and List A statistics.

The juxtaposition of the stats in this way are actually quite interesting as by looking at the difference between their Test and FC stats for instance, you can see how they have adapted to Test level cricket, some of whom actually have better averages at the top form of the game.

If a player's high score is attained in a Test match, then his FC high score will naturally also be this. If his FC and Test HS appear different on a player's statistics, then you will know that the player must have acheived a higher score within a non Test match, First Class game, most probably a Domestic match.

Cricket stats have been this way for as long as I can remember and the stats within ICC are correct in this manner.

[Matt2401]

Hey, For Some Reason Whenever I Try And Play The Demo For ICC '08 I Get A Message Saying "Invalid Disk Inserted". :confused:

Any Suggestions?

[aus5892]

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling?

The only thing I can think of is if you've changed some files, I think the way to fix it would be to delete everythign and reinstall it.

[Matt2401]

Yeah went through and deleted all the old files and what not and reinstalled it. And it's now working like a charm.

Cheers for the help mate, much appreciated!

[aus5892]

No problems, glad to hear it works now.

[Cyril Washbrook]

I'm playing as Australia at the moment. It's February 2010, and I'm about to embark on my fourth series against South Africa...

[Sureshot]

Playing as?

Or is this a mis-post and should be in "How are you doing" thread?

[Cyril Washbrook]

Playing as?

Or is this a mis-post and should be in "How are you doing" thread?
As I said, Australia (international only). Looking back in this thread, it seems a few others have had the same problem of repeatedly playing against the same team over and over again.

[aus5892]

The South Africa mistake is definitely there where you play them in consecutive seasons, that's just the game's inbuilt fixtures.

[rishi]

Hi Aus,

Just like the RFM and RMF issue that we understand needs to be corrected for game to depict realism and not confusion. I also find that its not only that left armers (fast or medium) are by default bowling 'around the wicket' line, but they take more wickets with that line then the 'over the wicket' line.
Around the wicket usually should only be to upset a well set batsmen and may be take a wicket, but over the wicket must be far more aggresive line for left armers.

Do you think, this can be corrected in next version. It kinda looks stupid just to get a wicket I have to stick with 'around the wicket' line, and I believe others would agree with the same.

To add to this, may be even the default feilding set-up. Minor changes, but just to strive for that much wanted realism.
:)

[Themer]

Hi Aus,
Just like the RFM and RMF issue that we understand needs to be corrected for game to depict realism and not confusion.

There is no issue with this they are correct, Right Fast Medium is a bit faster than Medium hence Medium Fast and Right Medium Fast is Mediumly fast bowling without being out and out fast so they are right, if I've written that correctly. :)

[Cyril Washbrook]

Hi Aus,

Just like the RFM and RMF issue that we understand needs to be corrected for game to depict realism and not confusion. I also find that its not only that left armers (fast or medium) are by default bowling 'around the wicket' line, but they take more wickets with that line then the 'over the wicket' line.
Around the wicket usually should only be to upset a well set batsmen and may be take a wicket, but over the wicket must be far more aggresive line for left armers.

Do you think, this can be corrected in next version. It kinda looks stupid just to get a wicket I have to stick with 'around the wicket' line, and I believe others would agree with the same.

To add to this, may be even the default feilding set-up. Minor changes, but just to strive for that much wanted realism.
:)
I haven't observed closely enough to get an accurate picture, but it might be a case of the game not taking into account the likelihood of modes of dismissal. I'm hypothesising based on what you've said that the only effect that going around and over the wicket has in the game is increasing the likelihood of LBWs if the left-armer goes around the wicket, since most balls that pitch outside leg aren't going to be given out. When a left-armer goes over the wicket, the game should (if it doesn't currently) increase the likelihood of the bowler getting a catch - it's often the angle that makes it awkward. Again, I haven't examined this sort of thing closely enough - all of my bowlers are right-armers - so I could well be underestimating the depth of the game engine.

There is no issue with this they are correct, Right Fast Medium is a bit faster than Medium hence Medium Fast and Right Medium Fast is Mediumly fast bowling without being out and out fast so they are right, if I've written that correctly. :)
The conventional form that I have always seen in terms of classifications is that Fast Medium is faster than Medium Fast. More importantly, the problem with your syntactic explanation is that in the phrase "medium fast", medium is not an adverb, and so the bowling style cannot be described as "mediumly fast". Even if we tried to assume "medium" to be an adverb, neither medium fast nor mediumly fast would be grammatically correct; mediumly isn't a word and medium cannot even function as an adverb. Similarly, in the phrase "fast medium", fast is not an adverb.

In conclusion, though: it's not important - as long as you can tell the difference, it doesn't change anything.

[afridi118]

i was playing as hampshire and i have none contract to renew so i press continue and i only was able to pick youth and overseas players and there was no domestic screen

[rishi]

Cyril Mate, you possibly did everything in your post to show the correct manner of writing a FM or a MF bowler.

The game's bowling speed through highlights confirm that FM and MF issue still exists (eg: RMF being faster than RFM athough RF is still correctly outright fast). This was what I said could be changed around -To have your fast medium bowlers bowl at faster pace than medium fast.

For what I understand with experince from the observed error with default bowling lines, this issue might be affecting gameplay as well and in addition also creating confusion.

[the_trademarc]

Hey there,
Just wanted to make someone aware of this bug.

I was playing Aus vs. SA (as Aus) this morning, 2nd ODI in early 2012.

Chasing 354 on a flat deck, I was cruising at 2/311 before collapsing to 7/341 and eventually needing 8 off the last over. M.Hussey was on strike, and the first ball of the last over he smashed to mid-off, and was fielded by one of the fielders. The screen then showed the pitch and Hussey running to the non-strikers end for a single, but then the umpire signalled a boundary. The next delivery, M. Johnson was on strike :confused: and he hit the winning boundary through square leg.

These little bugs aren't a big thing for me, I play the game for the statistical value and not so much the graphical value, but I thought that was a pretty big glitch there, especially in the patch

[Cyril Washbrook]

Hey there,
Just wanted to make someone aware of this bug.

I was playing Aus vs. SA (as Aus) this morning, 2nd ODI in early 2012.

Chasing 354 on a flat deck, I was cruising at 2/311 before collapsing to 7/341 and eventually needing 8 off the last over. M.Hussey was on strike, and the first ball of the last over he smashed to mid-off, and was fielded by one of the fielders. The screen then showed the pitch and Hussey running to the non-strikers end for a single, but then the umpire signalled a boundary. The next delivery, M. Johnson was on strike :confused: and he hit the winning boundary through square leg.

These little bugs aren't a big thing for me, I play the game for the statistical value and not so much the graphical value, but I thought that was a pretty big glitch there, especially in the patch
Hmmm... I was going to say that the mid-off fieldsman misfielded, but then that can't explain why Johnson was on strike. Are you sure that there wasn't a single in between?

[the_trademarc]

Nope.
I watched it like 5 times to make sure I wasn't seeing things.
I shoulda made a screen dump but it didn't occur to me at that time.

I still find it awfully weird for something like that to happen, and now I find myself watching more than I used to to see if it happens again.

[the_trademarc]

By the way, there was no single, it was just 4, 4 and game over

[afridi118]

this happend with me also but dont remember excately

[HampshireJames]

Why is Daniel Vettori SO bad on the game...it bugs me.. as whenever i play with or against NZ he plays as a batsman???
when clearly he is 1 of the best spinners in the world. This bug should've been fixed on the UPDATE

[ellboss]

Just thought I would make someone aware of this, if they aren't already...one of my players was given out lbw for this...

[aus5892]

Just thought I would make someone aware of this, if they aren't already...one of my players was given out lbw for this...
Could be the element of human error being thrown into the game?

[afridi118]

some kind a glitch or bug look at screen shot India all out but still playing says play over i amnot playing updated version due to editor.
just curious.

[aus5892]

We can not provide any support for the old version, if you choose not to update there is nothing we can do about any bugs you may encounter.

[afridi118]

i am not saying i need help just little curious that it could happen in the new version also just a random bug.

[rockon92]

When ever I set a field and click on SAVE the games closes and shows some error. :(

[Sureshot]

This has been mentioned before on a few times. Are you updated with the latest patch? From previous talks with Chris he thinks it might be an XP or Vista problem, what OS are you running?

[str]

Something happened to my LBW . The video stops for 3 seconds when the ball hits the pad . Reinstalled the game but still have this problem .

[Auric Goldfinger]

I noticed a little bug in the game today when playing on my Glamorgan game. My opener Francois Du Plessis was dropped off a no ball and it still counted in Du Plessis' innings statistics as a dropped catch.

[str]

I am still waiting for help .

[Sureshot]

str, are you using the patched version of the game?

What are your system specs? Are your video card drivers up to date? Are you using an integrated graphics card? (ie. Laptop)

[G-Reb]

I find a massive problem with the game is the number of LBW's that are recieved in an innnings

ive been playin alot due to School holidays and am finding that i get 8 or 9 LBW's an innings both for and against me, this is totally inaccurate and should be fixed!!!

what fun is it being bowled out LBW!!!

[str]

200GB space and using ATI Radeon 512MB graphics card . The problem started after an internet game .

Reinstalled the game . Tried every way . I think I have to delete my save folder to fix it .

I can't do it you know .

[Cyril Washbrook]

EDIT: Whoops, wrong thread.

[Sureshot]

str, are your graphics drivers up to date? Go to RadarSync.com and download their free driver scanner.

Are you using the digital or CD version?

[str]

Yes everything is good . LBW video stops for 3 seconds when the ball touches the batsman's pad . This is the only problem .

I use 2 antivirus programs . So PC is fast and virus free .

Digital version .

[str]

EDIT: Whoops, wrong thread.

Edited because forgot to post ATI Radeon .

[paddersz122]

Hi

I have recently bought International Cricket Captain 2008 and I can't install it, every time I try to Install it goes to a white screen. I have always wanted a version of the game and I have tried the demos, and now I have finally been bothered to buy it I can't install it, could you help me?

I am using Vista.

[str]

Use Windows XP . Vista is slow .

[paddersz122]

The demo's have worked with Vista before

[Imager36]

Vista isn't slow if you have a decent PC, and it works well on Vista. Does it give any options? At what point in the installation does it whitescreen?

[paddersz122]

No it just goes to a white screen, no menu or anything really. What happens is I put the disc in then it goe to the menu with the Install and Readme and other options. I click Install and It will just go to a white screen. I will have another look later and see if it works.

[Imager36]

Two things immediatly spring to mind:-

1. Is the demo still installed? Shouldn't make any difference but uninstall it anyway.

2. How about trying this. Go to Computer from your start menu, then right-click the Cricket Captain disc and click open, then double-click setup.exe. This may bypass something if there was a problem on the autorun.

[paddersz122]

The demo is uninstalled and I have tried setup.exe, It didn't work, it goes to a black screen, and when I click on it turns white.

[Imager36]

I'm out of ideas in that case. Maybe an admin will be able to help more, sorry :).

[paddersz122]

Thats ok, don't worry, you tried your best! Just a bit stuck, I could try it on my desktop but that only has 512 mb of RAM.

[aus5892]

Does your system match up with the minimum system requirements? That's all I can really think of.

[paddersz122]

Well it doesn't, but I have downloded the demos fine and they have worked, and anyway should that really stop the installation?

[Sureshot]

Yes everything is good . LBW video stops for 3 seconds when the ball touches the batsman's pad . This is the only problem .

I use 2 antivirus programs . So PC is fast and virus free .

Digital version .

There's your problem, there. You only need one, good, anti-virus. Have two and they will conflict. No need for two if you have a good one. I recommend NOD32, I've found Avast! to work well for the free programmes.

--------

padderz, What are your system specs? If you say they don't meet the system requirements and yet you run Vista, then I'm not sure why. You need a minimum of 1GB of DDR2 to run Vista, which is perfectly ample for ICC08.

[paddersz122]

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 3062 MB RAM
DirectX: DirectX 10
Graphics Card: Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset

[Sureshot]

What Anti-virus and firewall(s) are you running?

Sounds to me like a program/etc is blocking it.

When did you last do a system scan with the AV or malware/spyware remover?

Are your drivers up to date?

Most people don't know this. I recommend going to www.radarsync.com and downloading that software. I use it frequently, it is excellent. Run it and it will tell you what is out of date. It's pretty simple, any problems with that program tell me. It will run through most of it for you.

If you go into Windows Task Manager (Ctrl-alt-del) does it say if the programme is "not responding"?

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