Creating plays

[hack153]

this is the error i keep getting when attempting to create plays...

Object variable wiith block variable not set in procedure...cls.

Press F9 to contine

then the screen says hit ESC and i'm kicked out of the game

[dreamtheatervt]

Already addressed:
 
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=1294304

[Marauders]

Thank you for taking the time to report, hack153.
 
This is likely the bug that I reported in the beta board, and was also reported here on the public board that was initiated while creating receiver patterns.
 
This was an add on bug recently, as it was not a problem before, and David has already squashed it.
 
In the mean time, make sure you select the player prior to hitting the icon.
 

[hack153]

is this not being able to create passing plays a bug?  i've tried everything, read the manual, uninstalled, re-installed, used people suggestions and still i cannot create a passing play where my QB doesn't just take off.  anyone else having this issue?  so frustrating!

[dreamtheatervt]

Post a screen shot or upload your play on here and let us look at it.  Seeing that this is an isolated problem, I'm guessing you are doing something wrong in your play.

[hack153]

why is my QB running and never passing?

[dreamtheatervt]

The problem is you have all you logic on one point.  Click on the second box for the QB (the dropback point), then add the wait for and pass logic.

[David Winter]

[WAITFOR] and [PASS] need to be on the next command point.

What you've told the QB to do is drop back away from point one to the next point. Then in the next point you probably don't have any commands for the QB to execute. And, because you've told the player to move away from the first point, he can no longer execute commands for that point (because he's no longer there). Essentially [DROPBACK] works the same way as [MOVETO] but uses a different animation and allows the QB to also read the DL.

Try this

Point 1 (root point)
[DROPBACKTOPOINT]

Next Point (or last)
[WAITFOR]
[PASS]

I would look at the stock passing play design for further examples.

There is a large section in the manual that covers assignment of logic to command points. It should give you a good starting point.

[Marauders]

Just as Dream and David are stating, the commands have to be at the point you want them to execute.

The Drop Back To Point and Move To commands are final commands. That is, any logic listed after them will not be executed at that logic point.

You must click on the player, and then click on the command point that you want the quarterback to pass from. It will be highlighted and will give you a fresh set of blank commands.

This is how it should look:

[hack153]

thanks to all for the help.  much appreciated!

[Magnum357]

I would like to point out aswell that I found out about the "Drop Back to Pass" and "move to point" only allows you too make one 1 point (or 1 straight line) when making pass plays.  This can be tricky if you want to make a roll out pass play, and the only solution I have found to make plays like this is just to make the "Drop back to Pass" Route go straight left or right.  Its not exactly what I would like to see, but it does allow for some ability to make a Roll out pass.
 
Unless somebody out there knows of a way to make the QB actually roll out of the pocket with several command points.

[Tullius]

@ hack153

BTW The formation looks illegal. Both receiver are on the LOS.