Games PC SEASON TICKET FOOTBALL 2003 User Manual

Welcome to Season Ticket Football 2003!

Thank you for purchasing Season Ticket Football 2003! When you play Season
Ticket Football 2003 you choose from thousands of coaching and general manager
options.

After only a few plays, you'll find that Season Ticket Football 2003 is the most
realistic and educational football simulation game you can buy. We use every
available official statistic, expert player ratings and hundreds of coaching
options to accurately portray the game of football.

Most importantly, Season Ticket Football 2003 is fun to play! Whether you're
playing against a friend or the computer, replaying a season, playing in a draft
league or playing on the internet, you'll enjoy the real-life football
excitement of Season Ticket Football 2003!

The Start Menu
When you start the game, a menu appears that gives you some options in order to
get you into the game quickly- like play a scheduled league game, view a
specific team roster, load a new season, play an exhibition game and so on.
Otherwise you can just click on Continue to close this menu box.

The Play Menu
To begin select Play from the top of the main Season Ticket Football screen.
Choose the type of game you wish to play. To begin play, select Play from the
top of the main Season Ticket Football screen. Choose the type of game you wish
to play.

Exhibition Game: Statistics are NOT compiled.
Internet-Join Game: League or non-league games are played head-to-head over the
internet.
Tournament Game: Play a game from the playoff schedule.
Resume Game: Continue playing an unfinished, saved game.
Unscheduled League Game: Play an unscheduled league game. ALL statistics and
records are compiled into your league stats.
Scheduled League Game: Play a scheduled league game. ALL statistics and records
are compiled into your league stats.

Exhibition Game
Statistics are NOT compiled.

Internet-Join Game
League or non-league games are played head-to-head over the internet.
Designate one player to host the game on his computer and the other to be the
remote player. The host selects both teams and the game set-up options and
proceeds to the game screen to wait for the remote player's call.
With both players connected to the internet, the remote player selects Internet­Join Game from the play menu on the opening screen. The remote player enters the
IP address of the host computer and selects Connect. When the host receives the
call, he will have the option of allowing the caller to coach either team or
declining the call.

Find IP Address
This will display your current IP address in order to connect to an Internet
game. Your IP address changes each time you connect to the Internet unless you
use a static IP address.

Resume Game
Continue playing an unfinished, saved game.

Tournament Game
A complete playoff tournament may be played with up to 16 teams. The following
options are available when Playoff Game is chosen:
Seedings-Set from 1 to 8 seedings in each of two brackets. These teams must all
be unique. Each bracket must have at least one team. Teams will be re-seeded
after each complete round of games is played.
Set Pairings-The computer will set up individual game matchups.
Clear Playoffs-Erase all seeding and results.
Update Stats-Add game stats to current details.
Play Game-Click any game listed to proceed to the game preferences screen.

Scheduled League Game
Choose from a previously scheduled, un-played game. All statistics and records
are compiled into your league stats. The following options are available when
Play/League Scheduled Game is chosen:

Scheduled League Game Options:

Previous Week-View the schedule of the previous week.
Next Week-View schedule of the next week.
Select Game-Add the highlighted game to list of games to be played. Double­clicking a game not yet selected also adds the game to the list of games to be
played.
Entire Week-Add the entire displayed week to the list of games to be played.
Play All Games-Add all remaining un-played games to the list of games to be
played.
Unselect Week-Remove the entire displayed week from the list of games to be
played.
Unselect All-Remove all games from the list of games to be played.
Play-Play all selected games. If both coaches for a game are computer coached,
the games will be played very rapidly.

Unscheduled League Game
Play an unscheduled league game. All statistics and records are compiled into
your league stats.

SELECTING TEAMS
After selecting the game type, make team selections.

Exhibition and Unscheduled League games
Highlight your choice for visiting team then click the Visiting Team button. Do
the same to select your home team. Select Play to continue.
Note: Statistics from Exhibition games will not be saved.

Scheduled League Games
Select one or more games to play using the selection screen. To play an entire
week, choose Entire Week. To play all games, choose Play All Games. To play one
or more games, highlight a game and choose Select game. Continue until the games
you want to play are all selected. Use the Unselect Week or Unselect All buttons

at any time to cancel your choices. Press Play to play the chosen games and
Cancel to return to the main screen. To build or modify a schedule, select
Organize/Schedule from the top of the opening screen.

Resume Game
To resume a previously started game, double-click the desired game. Press
"Clear All Saved Games" to delete all games from the list.

Playoff Game
A complete playoff tournament may be played with up to 16 teams. To set up a
playoff tournament or play playoff games.

SETTING GAME PREFERENCES
The Game Preference Menu is used to change active season directories, install
seasons, set play-by-play speed and select box score type. This menu appears
automatically before a game and may be accessed by choosing Setup from the game
screen. The following options are available:

Visiting/Home Coach-Toggle between computer and human coach.

Game Type-Toggle between League or Exhibition game. This option is NOT available
after the opening kick. Statistics will only be saved for League games.

Play Speed-Adjusts how quickly the play-by-play is printed onto the screen.
Speed ranges from 0 (fastest) to 10 (slowest).

Box score-Choose between traditional or expanded box scores. This option may be
changed before, during or after games.
Zoom-Select a game time to move forward to. The computer will coach both teams
up to the selected point in time.

At-Double click a stadium, for the game to take place at. This option is not
available after the opening kick.

Month-Select a month for the game weather. This option is not available after
the opening kick

Computer Coach-Select offense to have the computer coach the offense for BOTH
teams. Select defense to have the computer coach the defense for BOTH teams.

Cancel-Cancel changes and return to game.

Play-Save changes and return to game.

THE GAME SCREEN
The Game Screen is where all plays are called. On offense, you set the lineup,
call the plays and choose your ball carriers and receivers. The defense sets up
lineups, coverage, stunts, blitzes and much more. Then, each offensive,
defensive, and special teams player performs as he did in real life with amazing
statistical accuracy! The following options are available from the game screen:

Quick Sub-Click any player on the field to access the Quick Sub form. The Quick
Sub form displays a list of possible substitutes for the selected player.
Double-click the player, click OK to substitute.

Lineups-Click either team name from the scoreboard to access the Roster form.
The Roster form may also be accessed by pressing L.

Platoon List-Select from a list of 7 pre-saved platoons for offense and defene.
Platoons may only be changed prior to the actual play call. This option is not
available for special teams plays. The platoon only needs to be selected when
changing from the current platoon.

Options-Select from a list of options to be added to the current play. Options
must be selected before the actual play is called. For details on specific
options see "Offensive Strategy" and "Defensive Strategy" in the appendix
section.

Play Call List-Select from a list of available plays listed at the lower center
of the game screen. Any options or platoon changes must be called before
selecting a play. For complete lists of available plays see "Offensive
Strategy", "Defensive Strategy" and "Special Teams Strategy" in the appendix
section.

The following buttons can be found on the game screen. Clicking each button will
allow you to do the following:

Replay-View a replay of the last play.

Coach-Have the computer coach this play only.

Box-View a current box score for the game in progress. The box score may be
either a standard newspaper style box score or an expanded box score.
Choose File on the top of the box score screen to print the box score or save it
to disk. Choose File/Exit, press Esc or click the X in the corner to return to
the game screen. You can change the style of the box score with the Game Setup
menu.

Pace-Change the offensive play pace for both teams during a game. The following
options are available:
Normal-Maintain a standard pace between plays.
Fast-Use less time between plays with the risk of more mistakes (false starts,
bad snaps, etc.).
Very Fast-Use very little time between plays with a significant risk of more
mistakes.
Slow-Use more time between plays.
Very Slow-Use much more time between plays and risk more delay penalties.

Show Clock-Check to have the clock options appear after any play that does not
automatically stop the clock.

PBP-View play-by-play text for the current game.
Choose File on the top of the box score screen to print the play-by-play or save
it to disk. Choose File/Exit, press Esc or click the X in the corner to return
to the game screen.

Save Game-Save the game in progress. The current game can then be restarted at
that point if necessary.

Setup-Return to the Game Preference Menu to change current game settings.

Organizing Teams and Players
Season Ticket Football offers complete team general manager functions. Players
may be created, edited, drafted, traded or released. You can even draft against
the computer!

The Organize Menu
To begin organizing your teams, choose Organize from the top of the opening
screen. A drop-down menu with the following options appears:
Teams: View, create, modify, erase, move, or import teams.
League Tools: Perform tasks for the active league including resetting league
statistics and records, and releasing players and teams into the free agent pool
and setting default lineups and coaches.
Schedule: Modify the schedule for the active season directory.
Rules: Modify specific rules for the active season directory. Each season
directory has its own rules.
Stadiums: Choose a stadium and its weather conditions.
Draft: Draft players.
Encyclopedia: Build an encyclopedia and generate custom reports.
Play-by-Play: Edit play-by-play descriptions.
Setup: Install seasons, choose box score style, computer vs. computer speed and
play speed.
Player Search: Search for a player in a specific league.
Edit Records: Edit league records.
Career Tools: Execute aging, retiring, free agencies and random rookies.
Model League: Create a new league based on an existing league.
League Notebook: Create team or league text files.

TEAMS: Organizing Teams and Rosters
Choose Organize/Teams to view, create, modify, erase , move, or import teams.
This form can also be accessed by selecting Rosters from the opening screen. The
following options are available:
View Team Roster-Display the Roster Form for the highlighted team. The roster
may also be viewed by double-clicking the desired team.

Crate Team-Create a new team in the highlighted location. The highlighted
location must be blank in order to create a new team. The Modify Team form is
displayed to enter new team information.
For more information, see "The Modify Team Form" below.

Erase Team-Erase and remove the highlighted team. You will be prompted to verify
this selection.

Relocate Team-Move the highlighted team to a new division.

Modify Team-Display the Modify Team Form and make changes to the team name,
colors, logo and other information. For more details, see "The Modify Team Form"
below.

Import Team-Import a team from a different season directory. Highlight an
unoccupied team location and select Import Team. The following options are
available:
Import Drive-Select the drive to import a team from.
Import Directory-Select the directory to import a team from.

Available-Double-click the team you would like to import.
Import Team-Import the highlighted team.
Cancel-Return to the Teams menu without importing.
Exit-Return to main menu.

THE MODIFY TEAM FORM:
Modifying Team Characteristics
The Modify Team Form allows for the editing of all team characteristics.

The Modify Team Form may be accessed in the following ways:
Choose Organize/Teams and click Modify Team.
Click the team logo, team name, or Modify Team from the Roster Form.

Modify Team Form Options:
Coach-Enter the coach's address, city, state, zip, e-mail and phone numberCity­Enter the city for the selected team.
Nickname-Enter the nickname for the selected team.
Abbreviation-Enter a three letter abbreviation for this team.
Coach-Enter a coaches name for the selected team.
Base Year-Enter the year the player statistics are based on. This is very
important for comparison between playing styles of different eras.

Team Type:
Pro-standard pro team with all players on their original team
Draft-contains players from more than one original team
College-contains college teams and uses college rules

Penalty Scroll Bar-Team penalty ratings range from 1 (least penalized) to 5
(most penalized). The average pro team is rated 3.
Sked Scroll Bar-This scrollbar is used only for College teams. The strength of
schedule ratings range from 1 (easiest) to 10 (most difficult). Most major
college teams have a strength of schedule between 7 and 10.
Home & Road Colors-Display palettes of colors to select home and road foreground
and background colors for a team.
Home Park-Click to select the home park for this team.
Available Logos-Click to select a logo for this team. Please note that any logos
located in your game folder may be used as a team logo. Unless you specify
differently,the Program Files/Infogrames/Season Ticket Football 2003/Team Logos
folder.

THE ROSTER FORM:
Managing Team Lineups and Rosters
The Roster Form is a powerful tool that offers complete options for team,
roster, and lineup management.

The Team Roster Form may be accessed in the following ways:
Choose Organize/Teams and click View Roster.
Choose Rosters from the main screen and click View Team Roster.
Press L from the Game screen.
Double-click the team on the Team Roster Form.

Roster Form Options:
Player-View ratings, modify statistics and ratings, create, release, erase,
trade or draft a player.
Lineups-Auto-fill or erase platoons.

Modify Team-Display the Modify Team Form. (See page 12)
Edit Roster-Edit various ratings and spreadsheets.
Coach-Set platoon and play usage for the computer coach.
Reports-View Team Statistics, Salary, Injury or Tendency reports.
Roster-Release players, reset stats, reset salaries, give recovery time and
display player photos.
Exit-Exit roster and save all changes

The Player Menu
The Player Menu displays all players that meet the roster tab description. Click
the position tabs on the form to view lists of quarterbacks, skill players,
offensive linemen, defensive linemen, linebackers, defensive backs, special
teams or a complete alphabetical list of players.
The following options are available from the Player Menu:
View-View ratings as well as complete real life, computer, and current game
statistics for the highlighted player. You may also view a player by double­clicking his name on the roster list.
Create-Create a new player. An editable blank player form will appear. All
ratings and statistics may be entered at this time. A roster may contain a
maximum of 75 players.
Modify-Modify statistics and ratings for the highlighted player. An editable
ratings and statistics form will appear.
Release-Release the highlighted player to the free agent pool. You will be asked
to verify this choice.
Erase-Erase the highlighted player. You will be asked to verify this choice.
Trade-Trade the highlighted player to a different team. A team list will pop-up
and you will be prompted to select a new team or cancel.
Draft-View a list of available free agents for possible selection.

Lineup Menu
The lineup menu may display one of seven offensive or defensive platoons or the
special teams platoon. To toggle the displayed platoon click the name of the
desired platoon. To enter the highlighted player into the displayed lineup
double click the desired lineup location. If the player does not normally play
the selected position you will be prompted to verify the selection. During game
play, injured or inactive players may not be selected. Please note: Since many
players will be on more than one platoon, offensive players selected for the
Basic-1 platoon will be automatically entered into all other offensive platoons.
These default selections may be changed as desired.

The following options are available from the Lineup Menu:

Autofill Lineups-Selecting autofill will complete all offense, defense, and
special teams platoons with the best available players. Autofill is only
available when a roster contains 30 or more players.
Erase Lineups-Erases ALL platoons.

Modify Team
Display the Modify Team form. This form allows you to change team colors,
logos, year, coach, coach's directory information, city, nickname, abbreviation,
stadium and other team ratings.

Edit Roster
Select a spreadsheet to edit various ratings and statistics.

Coach Options
The Computer Offense

The Computer Offense Form is used to set platoon and play usage for virtually
any game situation when the computer is coaching a team. The programmable coach
makes all coaching decisions when the computer is coaching this team. It may be
accessed by selecting Coach/Computer Offense from the Team Roster Form.

Standard Offensive Situation
Down, To Go, Yard Line-Highlight a down, yards to go, or yard line situation to
modify.
Draw, Inside, Outside, Screen, Short, Medium, Long, Bomb-Toggle scroll bar to
enter play usage percentage for the highlighted down, to go and yard line
situation.
Platoon-Highlight platoon to use for the highlighted down, to go, and yard line
situation.
Special Adjustments
Special adjustments are used to modify the Standard Offensive Situations listed
above.
Game Time-Highlight a game-time situation you wish to modify.
Score-Highlight a score differential you wish to modify.
Platoon-Highlight a platoon you would like to be used when the highlighted game­time and score conditions are met.
Play Adjustment-Highlight a run/pass adjustment you would like made when the
highlighted game-time and score conditions are met.
Offensive Options
Motion-Toggle scroll bar to desired frequency of motion usage.
Play Action-Toggle scroll bar to desired frequency of play action usage.
Shotgun-Toggle scroll bar to desired frequency of shotgun usage.
Trick Plays-Toggle scroll bar to desired frequency of trick plays.
Computer Defense-Display the programmable computer defense for the selected
team. (See "The Computer Defense" below.)
Default Offense-Generates a default offense for this team, based on its
personnel.
Player Usage-Display the Player Usage Form. The player usage form allows the
user to determine player time and usage for all players when the computer is
coaching this team.

The Computer Defense
The Computer Defense Form is used to set platoon and play usage for virtually
any game situation when the computer is coaching a team. The Computer Defense
form may be accessed by selecting Coach/Computer Defense from the Team Roster
Form.

Standard Defensive Situation
Down-Highlight a down situation to modify.
To Go-Highlight a "to go" situation to modify.
Yard Line-Highlight a yard line situation to modify.
Basic, Key, Double, Run, Pass, Prevent, Goal Line,
Platoon-Highlight platoon to use for the highlighted "down", "to go", and "yard
line" situation.

Special Adjustments
Special adjustments are used to modify the Standard Defensive Situations listed
above.

Game Time-Highlight a game-time situation to modify.
Score - Highlight a score differential to modify.
Platoon - Highlight a platoon you would like to be used when the highlighted
game-time and score conditions are met.

Play Adjustment - Highlight a run/pass adjustment you would like made when the
highlighted game-time and score conditions are met.
Defensive Options
Man-Toggle scroll bar to desired frequency of man coverage.
Vary Depth-Toggle scroll bar to desired frequency of varying coverage depth.
Line Slants-Toggle scroll bar to desired frequency of line slant usage.
Basic Blitz-Toggle scroll bar to desired frequency of basic blitzing.
Run Blitz-Toggle scroll bar to desired frequency of run blitzing.
Pass Blitz-Toggle scroll bar to desired frequency of pass blitzing.
Computer Offense-Display the programmable computer offense for the selected
team.
Default Defense-Generates a default defense for this team, based on its
personnel.
Player Usage-Display the Player Usage Form. The player usage form allows the
user to determine player time and usage for all players when the computer is
coaching this team. See "Player Usage Form" below.

Player Usage Form
The Player Usage Form is used to set player rushing, receiving, and
passing usage and as well as game status for the selected team when being
coached by the computer.
Player List-Highlight the player whose usage ratings you wish to adjust.
Rushing, Receiving and Passing Usage-Choose from one of six different ratings
for the highlighted player:
Don't use-player will not rush unless there is an emergency situation
Much less than real-use 60% less than real life
Less than real-use 30% less than real life
Real life-use at real life levels
More than real-use 30% more than real life
Much more than real-use 60% more than real life
Status-Highlight the player whose status you wish to adjust. Select Active or
Inactive status for this player. Players selected as active will be available to
play barring injuries. Players selected as inactive will not be eligible until
changed to active status.

Password
(Optional) Set a password to limit access to your coaching files.

The Reports Menu
The following options are available when you choose Reports from the Roster
Form.
Statistics-Display the Team Statistics Form. From the Team Statistics Form you
may view team stats, player stats, rosters and box scores for this team.
Injuries-View a list of current injuries for this team.
Salaries-View a list of all salaries for this team.
Tendencies-The tendency report shows team offensive and defensive play and
platoon tendencies.

Roster Options
Release All Players-Release ALL players to the free agent pool. You will be
prompted to verify this choice.
Reset Stats-Reset all statistics for this team to zero. You will be prompted to
verify this choice.
Week Off-Give all players on this team a week off to recover from injuries. You
will be prompted to verify this choice.