NBA 2K16 Errors, Crashes, Controls, Connection, My Park, Bugs and Fixes

How to fix NBA 2K16 errors, crashes, bugs, My Park Issues, connectivity issues, keyboard controls customization and related problems.

EA might be the dominant force in soccer, but 2K’s NBA series is certainly more popular than EA’s counterpart. Like other sports titles, we also get to play an NBA game every year so following the tradition, 2K has released NBA 2K16 to fulfill your basketball needs for the current year.

Overall, the game is doing fine but there are some issue that 2K needs to address soon if they don’t want to alienate their community. However, there are some workarounds and possible fixes you can try to resolve the issues you are facing.

#1 NBA 2K16 – Connectivity Issues
A lot of players have been complaining that they are are unable to connect to “My Park” mode and other online modes for NBA 2K16. If that’s the case, you should try the following troubleshooting steps:

If everything is normal and you are behind a router, make sure that you have following ports opened:

TCP 80, UDP 88, UDP 3074, TCP 3074, UDP 53, TCP 53, UDP 3064, TCP 1795, TCP 1745, UDP 1795, UDP 1745

For console users, try changing your NAT settings to open as it can improve your connection stability.

#2 NBA 2K16 Game Crashes on Xbox One
If you have the digital pre-ordered version of the game, and it keeps you sending back to the home screen after the launch, there is a workaround for you here to get the issue fixed.

#3 NBA 2K16 – Menu Sound Bug While Streaming
According to NBA 2K16 support, this is not a bug and the game has been designed to function that way however, if your sound is missing during actual gameplay, you contact support or try general troubleshooting which includes updating your sound card drivers.

#4 NBA 2K16 – How to Customize Keyboard Controls
By default, the game doesn’t allow to choose the controls of your own choice. Here is a detailed guide on how to customize your controls using autohotkey tool.

#5 NBA 2K16 – 99 Rating in My Park Mode
Well, naturally, it’s impossible so if you are facing players with such rating, they are cheating and you shouldn’t be playing with them. The issue has already been notified to 2K so hopefully we will be getting a fix soon.

#6 NBA 2K16 Stuttering Issue
First thing you need to make sure is that your drivers should be up to date. If you are still facing stuttering issue specially in MyPark mode, then you should wait for a patch or two to get it fixed as it’s a know issue and should be resolved with the future updates.

#7 NBA 2K16 Game Crashes to Desktop
Even if you have a monstrous PC, try lowering the visual settings and see if the game crashes or not. If it’s giving you a dll related error, you should run the redistibutables present in the game’s folder.

Needless to say that your GPU drivers should be up to date. Also, make sure that you are not running any third party programs in the background like Fraps. You also need to ensure that your firewall/antivirus is not blocking the game or it could disconnect or crash during online play.

#8 NBA 2K16 – Controller Issue
If your controller is not being recognized during gameplay, make sure that you plug the controller in before launching the game. It should fix the issue.

#9 NBA 2K16 – Error 0xc000007b Fix
It’s a pretty generic error and here is a list of troubleshooting methods you can try to resolve the issue.

#10 NBA 2K16 – MyCareer Mode Fix
First, try verifying your game files. If that doesn’t fix the issue, you may want to reinstall the game after restarting your PC.

#11 NBA 2K16 – Commentary Fix
Try running the game in borderless window and if that doesn’t fix your issue, switch to Simcast live for 1 second and back into the game.

If you are facing any other issues, let us know in the comments below.

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