Game Viewer

The Game Viewer is where all the action takes place and where all those hours of work to adjust your team's strategy come to life. The system here at SimSportsWorld is very different than the other sports simulation games you have ever seen. This page will explain what happens on the Game Viewer screen.

==Simulation ==

The simulation process starts near its scheduled game time. Once the game is added to the simulation queue, after five to ten minutes you are able watch your game in action. There is no live control for your team while you are watching, you are watching your team pull off your strategy, so make sure to make those changes when you notice certain things in the game! The box score is available after about 40 minutes after the simulation has started. You can find the box score on your team's page, and see the stats of each player and the score.

==Hot Keys ==

There are certain hot keys to do things while watching the game in the Game Viewer screen. Here are the hot keys:

1 - Watch in 60 FPS (highest quality but runs slower) 2 - Watch in 30 FPS 3 - Watch in 15 FPS (lowest quality, is a bit choppy but best choice for slower computers) 4 - Show Crowd 5 - Hide Crowd (this can help improve game speed for slow computers as well) 6 - Show Team Stats 7 - Hide Team Stats 8 - Show Player Stats 9 - Hide Player Stats

==Sections on the Screen ==

===Top ===

At the top of the screen, you will see a couple important things: the update ticker and the scoreboard. The update ticker in the top left tells the viewer stat updates for the players. For example, if someone gets a rebound, it would tell them who got the rebound, and how many total the player has. This will notify you of all what happens, as it happens live in-game.

The top also shows the scoreboard, which shows the team names, the score of what each team has, and the time left. It is color-coded so that you know who's team is wearing what color. This is where you will probably be looking at from time-to-time to know who is winning and how much time is left in the game. Since the game is separated in halves, each half is 20 game-minutes long. The reason we say "game-minutes" is because you can alter the game speed by choosing the 60 fps, 30 fps or 15 fps options. The lower the fps, the faster the game will be. Game speed can also be adjusted by turning the crowd on or off.

===Middle ===

In the middle of the Game Viewer screen, you can see the main action and this is where your eyes will probably be at mostly. This is where court and all the players are. As you watch the game, this simulation-style makes it feel like you are actually watching a real game, especially with all the crowd and announcer sound effects in the background. You can see each team has their own color depending on the primary color of their team. You will see the court and the players doing what they do best. On the side of the screen, you will also see the shot clock showing how much time left you have for that possession. Lastly, do you see those guys in the striped black and white uniforms? Those are the referees in the game. That is all you will need to pay attention in the middle part of the Game Viewer screen.

===Bottom ===

At the bottom of the Game Viewer screen, you can see the bench, coaches and what each hotkey does. As you can see, the coach moves back and forth, just like the games in real life. Yes, the little things can make the game much cooler! But also, you can see the players wait in the sideline to get in the game. The last thing you can see on the bottom of the screen is the hot key legend. This tells you what hot key does what, just in case you forget. ==Gameplay == There will be many things happening at the same time during a game and you will need to know as much as you can to understand the information that is relayed out to you. The most important aspects are covered below.

Ticker
The first important thing you know is the ticker on the top-left on the screen, which is where you can see what happens live as the game is happening in front of you. All the detailed stats you might want about who scored and how much points they have, the person who rebounded the ball and their total rebounds, and all other changes to recorded stat categories appear here as they happen. This allows you to keep track of a player's stats during the game without having to really look away from the gameplay to pull up the stats screen.

Stat Overlays
The box score overlays are very helpful during the game to keep track of which players have done what. These are brought up by hotkeys 6 and 8 and can be removed with 7 and 9. Because the ticker covers live action, sometimes the player you want to see stats for isn't in the game and therefore won't have his stats appear. Pulling up the team/player stats can also help compare how your team is doing against the other team or just how well your team has played so far. If your team has managed to build a lead but only because they've shot 6/10 from the 3-point line when normally they only shoot 30%, you might have to worry a little bit about the other team coming back if your shooters start missing more.

Player Energy
While watching, you may notice the little bar underneath each player. This bar represents the player's current enegy level. This is very important to keep an eye on because lower energy levels cause players to play at a much lower skill level. The bar changes from green to yellow at 75% energy, and changes from yellow to red at 50% energy. Adjusting stamina settings to try and keep players fresh is a very important part of coaching and watching the energy levels actually change in-game is the best way to get a feel for the settings. Stamina increases any time a player is not actually playing, most commonly when that player is on the bench or when there is a timeout in the gameplay.

Timeouts
TV Timeouts are called every 4 minutes in order to let the players regain some of their energy. Teams also have 5 timeouts to use over the course of the game and the itmeout strategies can be set on your team management page. Both TV and team timeouts last for 1 minute. Timeouts let your players regain their energy, but does the same for your opponent so timeouts can often help both teams. In addition to the 1-minute timeouts, there is a 3 minute halftime that allows players to start mostly fresh in the second half.

The Crowd
The crowd can be switched on or off. If you have a slower computer that isn't letting the game run as fast as you would like, you can speed up the gameplay by switching off the crowd. To switch off the crowd, press the 5 hot key on your keyboard. If you want it back on, then hit 4.

Frame Rate
You can watch the game in the Game Viewer with different frame rates, depending on how fast or slow you want it. The less FPS, the faster the game can process. 60 FPS is the slowest, while 15 FPS is the fastest. The tradeoff to a faster game speed is a slightly choppier game, playing with the settings and finding what speed you prefer for your computer is the best way to go.

The Jersey Number System
A player does not have a specific jersey number associated with them, rather they are numbered based on position and string. Starters are numbered 11, 21, 31, 41 and 51. The first digit represents the player's position,

1 = PG, 2 = SG, 3 = SF, 4 = PF, and 5 = C

For the bench players, the numbers are 12, 22, 32, 42, and 52. The first number still represents position, but the second digit is a 2 instead of a 1 because they are a backup.

For example, if a player is #21, he would would be the starting shooting guard (2 for shooting guard and 1 for starter). If a player is #52 he would be the backup center (5 for center, 2 for backup)