NBA 2K27 Cronus Zen script glossary: every term on the sales pages, defined honestly

Timing terms

Auto-green / Auto Green / AI Auto-Green. The core feature. The script intercepts your shoot press, holds it for a build-specific duration, and releases. The game sees a very consistent release timed to your jumper's green window. "AI" here means the vendor maintains the table of durations; there is no model, no vision, no learning. Full explanation →

Offset / release offset / Green MS. The number of milliseconds the script holds the button. The value that everything depends on. Different for every height, release speed, shot type and latency path.

Latency / Latency MS. An adjustment added to the offset to account for how long your input takes to reach the game. Near zero on wired Xbox; 15–40 ms on PS5 over Remote Play; more on a TV without Game Mode. How to measure it →

Tempo / Button Tempo / Button Rhythm. 2K27's rhythm shooting mechanic asks for a press-and-release pattern rather than a single hold. Tempo features time that pattern. "AI Button Tempo" is a tempo table maintained by the vendor.

RS Tempo / RS Auto Rhythm / RS Shoot. The same thing for right-stick shooting: the script times the stick flick and return. Rhythm shooting and scripts →

No-dip / No Dip. Shooting without the gather animation before the jumper, which shortens the animation and moves the window. A no-dip mode applies a different offset.

Fade / Auto-Green Fades. Fadeaway jumpers have a later release than set shots. Scripts with a fade mode apply a longer offset when you arm it (via modifier or stick direction).

Go To Shot / SQ Go To Shot. Avenged MVP's D-pad system for arming a shot type before the shoot press so the correct offset is applied. The best 2K26 answer to the animation-variance problem.

Turbo Shots. A macro that combines a turbo tap with the shot input to force certain jumper animations (hop jumper, turbo fade).

Meter Dunk. Automated timing for 2K's dunk meter, which is the same problem as shot timing with a different animation.

Layup timing. 2K27's layup meter has its own window; some scripts include a layup offset. Fewer do it well. Layup timing →

Shooting Stabilizer / Release Vibrator. Glory/Dynasty lineage terms. Stabilizer holds the stick steady during a rhythm shot; Release Vibrator pulses the controller on release as confirmation.

Set Point / Jump / Push / Release. Values of 2K27's Shot Timing Visual Cue setting. Every script we tested assumes Set Point.

Macro terms

Infinite Stamina / Stamina AI+. A rapid-tap pattern on the sprint input that keeps stamina from draining as fast. Exists in free GamePacks. Not what you are paying for.

Auto Dribble / Dribble combos / Auto Dribbles. Pre-recorded sequences of stick movements that perform dribble moves when you hold a modifier. Tuned to 2K27's animation lengths in paid scripts; generic in free ones. Dribble macros →

Quick-Stop / Insta-Stop / QuickStop+. A macro that performs the stop-and-gather input sequence faster than a thumb can.

Hop Back / Step-back. Macros for specific dribble-into-shot animations.

Defense Boost / AI Defense / Auto Lockdown / Defense AI+. Automated contest and block timing when you hold a modifier. The least convincing feature category in every script we tested. Do defense macros work? →

Controller Overclock / Instant Triggers. Reduced polling latency and hair-trigger behaviour on the Zen. Real but small effects.

Server Desync counter. Glory V7 lists an "experimental" mode for adjusting timing to perceived server lag. We could not measure any effect. Treat as experimental, as labelled.

Tooling terms

GPC. The C-like scripting language the Cronus Zen runs. Scripts are .gpc files compiled to bytecode and executed on the device.

Zen Studio Live. The browser-based (WebUSB, Chrome/Edge/Opera) programming tool that is now the primary way to compile and load scripts. Replaced the Windows desktop app.

Zen Studio (legacy). The Windows 10/11 desktop app, version 1.6.1 Build 82, now labelled LEGACY in the official docs. Still needed for some older scripts.

Firmware 2.2.14. The current official firmware reference. Scripts compiled for other firmware versions can throw bytecode errors. Troubleshooting →

Slot / memory slot. One of the Zen's eight 32 KB storage positions. You program a script into a slot and select it with the Zen's slot button. Slot management →

Programmer / Program Device. The Zen Studio panel (and button) that writes scripts and GamePacks into slots.

GamePack. Cronus's free, pre-built mod sets, one per game, with an OLED menu. Not tuned for 2K27 shot timing. Free vs paid →

OLED menu / Mod menu. The on-device menu, navigated with a modifier plus D-pad, where menu-based scripts (Green, Prime, Dynasty, Prodigy, MVP) take their values.

Generator. A web form on the vendor's site that compiles a .gpc with your build's values baked in. yew2K's approach; Green and Hoops have "Generator" tools that do related things. Removes the OLED menu step.

Preset / Plug and play. A script with hard-coded values and no menu (Hoops). Nothing to tune; nothing to fix when it drifts.

Values / values guide / values sheet. The vendor's document of offsets per build. Avenged MVP's is the best example of the genre.

Watermarked .gpc. Some vendors (Vertex Zens) compile a per-buyer identifier into the file to trace leaks.

Zen LINK. The $29.99 Wi-Fi module that lets a Zen feed inputs into PS Remote Play. The only officially supported PS5 path after Sony's firmware blocks. PS5 setup →

Remote Play. Sony's app for streaming a PS5 to another device. In a Zen LINK setup, the Zen talks to the device running Remote Play, not to the PS5.

Bypass. Community methods for reconnecting a Zen directly to a PS5 after Sony's blocks. Unsupported, breaks with system updates, not documented here.

Cronus MK Switch. A powered USB hub Cronus recommends when controllers under-power or disconnect.

Market terms

One-time / lifetime. A single payment for the current game cycle (sometimes "lifetime" means the life of that game, not yours). Check.

Cycle / 2K27 cycle. The year a 2K game is current. Most scripts are sold per cycle; carrying into 2K28 usually costs more.

Sale / compare-at / regular price. Nearly every vendor shows a struck-through higher price permanently. Hoops's "$100" and Green's "$90" have been struck through since we started watching. Treat the sale price as the price.

Aggregator / library. A site that hosts many creators' scripts under one subscription (Cronus Zen Central, Vertex Zens). The dollar figures on aggregator listings may be value labels rather than checkout prices.

Reseller / redistributor. A seller offering files named after other vendors' products at a lower price or in a bundle. Authorization from the creator is the question to ask, and often the answer is unverifiable. Red flags →

Undetectable. A word that describes a claim no one can substantiate. 2K's Code of Conduct allows permanent account and device bans for unauthorized third-party tools, and behaviour-based detection of exactly these devices exists in other publishers' games. Vendors who use the word are selling; vendors who refuse it are being straight with you. Ban risk →