NBA Live 2004

NBA Live 2004
Developer(s)	EA Sports
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Series	NBA Live
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	NA October 14, 2003 EU November 7, 2003
Genre(s)	Sports, Basketball
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (4)
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	GN8E69, GN8P69
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

EA Sports gives basketball fans a heaping dose of NBA action with NBA Live 2004. Live 2004 delivers the most realistic basketball recreation yet from EA with redesigned player models, as well as all 29 accurately rendered NBA arenas. Customize the level of computer competition with easy-to-use AI adjusting slider controls. Simplified controls scheme allows players to run play formations at the touch of a single button. Exclusive EA Sports "Freestyle Control" lets players express their game easily with the right analog stick. Updated Dynasty Mode integrates the ability to import favorite college players in order to create the ultimate NBA team.

Problems

VP6 Videos

NBA Live 2004 uses the VP6 video codec, common in Electronic Arts' titles, causing its videos to have vertical line artifacts and other glitches on many graphics cards. The Software Render will display VP6 video correctly, but is typically too slow. VP6 rendering also reacts poorly to the Force Texture Filtering enhancements (and Anisotropic Filtering on NVIDIA), causing further scrambling. See issue 7193. In 5.0-15515 or newer, this can be fixed with "Manual Texture Sampling" in the Graphics Settings -> Advanced menu.

VP6 video

VP6 video with manual sampling

Configuration

Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.

Graphics

Config	Setting	Notes
Manual Texture Sampling	On	Render VP6 video

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with NBA Live 2004 since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

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5.0-20130 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester

Gameplay Videos

Dolphin Emulator 4.0.2 - NBA Live 2004 (1080p HD) - Nintendo GameCube