User manual GAMES PC BACKYARD BASKETBALL

[. . . ] Backyard Basketball Help File WELCOME TO BACKYARD BASKETBALL HELP! Three seconds on the clock, down by two. Do you play for the tie with an inside shot, or go for the win with a three point bomb?It's your chance to be the hero in Backyard TM Basketball !Play alongside your favorite Backyard Kids in some of the wackiest games of full-court 3-on-3 ever! [. . . ] To change configuration of the mouse from 1-Button Mode to 2-Button Mode, click two button. (Note: 2-Button mouse configurations only available on PC). For detailed descriptions of how each controller is configured, see the Gameplay section. << Season Setup | Season Play Top | Create Team >> SEASON PLAY SEASON PLAY In Season Play, you can coach your team through an 18-game season in the Backyard Basketball Association. To start a season you must first create a Coach identity. Begin by clicking on the "New Coach" button in the "Season Play" screen. Enter a coach name in the "Enter Coach Name" dialog box and click "Done. " You are then taken through the following screens. Click "Season Setup" to go to the next screen in order, or click on any of the subheadings below to skip directly to that section: Season Setup > Options > Create Team > Draft Players > Team Info Page > Team Strategy Once you've successfully created a season team, the next time you return to the Sign-In screen you your coach name will appear in the list, along with your team name, your record, and your status within your season. To resume your season, you can click on your coach name and then click on the "Forward" button, or you can simply double-click on your coach name. You can delete a coach by selecting the coach name you want to delete, then SEASON PLAY clicking on the "Delete Coach" button. Proceed to Season Setup >> SEASON SETUP SEASON PLAY: Setup > Options > Create Team > Draft Players > Team Info Page > Team Strategy SEASON SETUP These are preferences or rules that are set before the season begins, and cannot be modified once the user has passed this screen. Draft Mode q q FIRST FIVE PICKS: The classic Backyard draft process. You get to pick your five players unopposed, leaving the computer to draft the rest of the league from the remaining players. FULL DRAFT: A more traditional draft process. You take turns with the other 16 teams, selecting players one at a time in until all teams have their five players. You get the first pick in each round, while the computer finishes each round in an accelerated fashion. SEASON SETUP If you wish to skip the draft at any point, the computer fills out the league randomly. Difficulty Difficulty settings and descriptions are identical to those in Single Game. Season Mode Settings Season Options are identical to those in Single Game. . Choose a Court Choose the court at which your home games will be played. << Season Play Top | Options >> CREATE A TEAM SEASON PLAY: Setup > Options > Create Team > Draft Players > Team Info Page > Team Strategy CREATE TEAM Choose a silly Backyard team like the Melonheads or Hot Doggers from the Parks Conference or the Driveway Conference. Customize Team CREATE A TEAM Click on the Customize Team button to give your team an adjective like Gas-powered or Bombastic, or even choose your team uniform's primary, secondary and accent colors from the 30 color swatches. << Options | Season Play Top | Draft Players >> DRAFT PLAYERS - Season Play SEASON PLAY: Setup > Options > Create Team > Draft Players > Team Info Page > Team Strategy DRAFT PLAYERS Bleachers Every Backyard Kid and Pro Kid is sitting on a long set of bleachers, waving, wiggling and being squirmy. And at least one mysteriously translucent Customizable Rookie is sitting there too. Use the white arrows in the upper left and right corners of your screen to navigate back and forth in the bleachers. Draft Mode DRAFT PLAYERS - Season Play If you've chosen "First Five Picks, " you can pick your five players all at once. But if you've chosen "Full Draft, " after you make your first selection, the computer then drafts the first player for all the other teams. [. . . ] After a team makes a basket, the other team begins its possession by first taking the ball out of bounds, and then passing the ball to a teammate standing in-bounds. The offensive team has 5 seconds to inbound ball, then 10 seconds to bring the ball from the back court to the front court (the half of the court with their opponent's basket). Back to Top TIME q q q q q Four 3-minute quarters Overtime is 1-minute quarters (1 time-out). Clock stops on violations, fouls, turnovers, substitutions and time-outs. [. . . ]