I don't know which version of DirectX he was using, just saying if he went from one DirectX to another, and that's all he did, it's not a "new" engine in any sense of the word, it would just be an upgrade. He's including Shaders so he may have rewrote most of the engine and redeisgned it's architecture some, and in that case it would be a "new" engine. Somehow I doubt that's what he did.

*whips out credit card*

Because tossing it like a frisbee is more fun than playing Maximum Football?

From what I have gathered a redeisgne and rewrite would be needed to fix some of the problems. But with the amount of time it took to do the original work, I can not imagin David would be able to do it in less then a couple of years. So, who knows.

Well, the heralded 1.5 release is still being developed. But fear not M-F fans, Daivd has given us a glimpse of what is coming:

OMFG!!!! INFLATABLE HELMETS WITH THE HOME TEAM LOGO FOR THE PLAYERS TO EMERGE FROM!!!!!

I wish I wasn't joking.

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=1535778

The inflatable helmets along with the beer tent make this a must-have game for all football fans.

how do you blow them up? you have to press A and B really fast like Track and Field?

Unless you have a wii...

In the immortal words of R. Kelly... OH SHIT.

At least they do look nice...

Whoa, where's the blue tunnel connected to? Some underground room?

And why is the bottom left of the helmet all black?

Oh, and I heard that you can turn off ineligible receivers. Is this true? This is a selling point of the game for me.

Seems the Hokies and Cavaliers are burning up the recruiting trail up in Canada, eh?

that's the beer tent shadow, fool.

And again I don't really understand posting images on their site using professional and college helemts. VT and Virginia obviously jump out, as well as the defunt Barcelona Dragons of NFL Europe.

Is that blue thing the beer tent?? I haven't been following this game very closely.

Nice.... quote from the board.

"Thanks david and mmleague about imfo on the large helmets . Definately look forward to the new patch . Got to start save for a new vid card to see those great effects."

Unfortunately, not the only person talking about needing to upgrade to play this.

"Please hurry guys....I tried playing NCAA Football 08 and it is yet another big disappointment."

Heh. I haven't played NCAA, but this can't be better....

"please hurry"

triple lol

Georgia Tech's gonna sue over the use of that bulldog.

Pumpy, you should be ashamed. I see your WOOF inflatable in that game. Don't try and act like you ain't all up into this game! :D

C'mon man. Those are the Vanilla Tech and Virgin Islands helmets.

:o

Wow this is only one step down from Madden's "Create-a-Fan."

Seriously, why would you waste 30 seconds on inflatible helmets from which to emerge when the game is in Suckville, population 1. That thing looks like a mutant beetle.

Also, did he forget to program the hair or is that in the directX 10 version?

Everyone's bald.

A bounce house for the cheerleaders would have been a much better choice.

This truly is the thread that keeps on giving.

Because this isn't a real game, it is Daivd's testing program that he uses to learn how to do "neat" things. He wanted to learn about shaders and mess around with them, so he put them in his testing program. He wanted to do large inflatable helmets and have players runs through them because it would be neat to do, so he used this testing program to test it out. He's having fun learning how to do some neat things, and he wants us to pay for the privilege of watching him learn how to do neat things.

What you need to do is buy the game and, if you are not satisfied, write a letter to Virginia Tech expressing your disapointment in them for having lent their name to such a shoddy product. You used to expect the Virginia Tech brand to mean something . . . but no more.

And then say this game has the Virginia Tech Dog Bowl. Your letter will be read.

Brilliant! I'm tempted to buy the game just to do this.

BREAKING NEWS....
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=1555867

Greetings.

As some of you may know, the next version of the game is closing in on release. While my policy is to not give release dates or estimated release dates, I think it's safe to say we're close.

There has been a slight change in plan and I thought I'd take this time to update everyone as to what that is.

As you're all aware (or at least many are probably aware), we've all been refereeing to the upcoming version as Version 1.5

After discussions with David Heath of Matrix, we've decided to change that. This version will officially be called Maximum-Football 2.0.

I understand that this name change, so close to release, is very unorthodox and is probably not something you'd see many game companies do, however our reason for this change is pretty simple. Keeping the game named Maximum-Football 1.5 would simply be seen as a patch. What you'll be getting is far, far more than just a patch. It is, for all practical purposes, a brand new game. We felt that leaving the game named in a 'patch' way, would undermine the great efforts put forth by everyone involved.

The area of concern for me is that this name change could lead to some misunderstandings on feature set. So, I'd like to clear those up before they get started.

For about a year now (maybe more), I have been stating that the 'next version' of the game would have some additional features asked for by the playing community. Some of those features involve AI trades, salary caps, online game play, etc.. Those of you that frequent the board probably know what I'm talking about. As I said, I've been saying that 'the next version will have those'. We'll, this is being advertised now as 'the next version', but I'm afraid those features I just mentioned will not be included. And that is why, Maximum-Football 2.0 is still going to be a free update to anyone that has purchased any flavour of version 1.

What you will be getting is a better graphics experience, better game play, and better animations. Along with a few new features requested by the game community.

Along with the release of Maximum-Football 2.0, Matrix will be making printed manuals available. I'll ask someone from Matrix to post a reply here to explain the process of obtaining a printed manual.

The official Maximum-Football website (http://www.maximum-football.com) has been updated to reflect the name change.

So, I hope this rather unusual name change will not throw too much confusion into the mix.

thanks again,
David Winter

Sweet Lord baby Jeebus, all 7 pounds 11 ounces of him wrapped in swaddling, this release had better be the second coming of our lord and savior Tom Landry, or so help me Vince Lombardi, I will find Daivd Winter and slap him silly where he stands, CFL rules allowing or not.

Putting this in the Babel Fish language translator. Setting: "Bullshit to English."


I have absolutely no fucking clue when the next version will be released, but I decided to talk about it anyways.


All that stuff I've been telling you guys? Yeah, it was a bunch of horseshit.


This game is so fucked up that when we make improvements, it's hard to determine if those improvements constitude an update or a whole new version. We're calling it 2.0 to swindle all you suckers into thinking it's a whole new game.



We spent way too much time arguing over this instead of working on new features for the game.


Please don't throw stuff at me, but I'm about to piss you off.



Even though we decided to call this a whole new version, we're adding fewer features than we promised when it was only gonna be 1.5. No, that doesn't make any sense, but this version is such a shitty deal that we're not going to even try and sell it to the suckers who were stupid enough to buy it the first time around.


You'll be dazzled by the new graphics, the improved game play, and uh, new graphics! No I did not at all repeat two of the improvements.


You guys need toilet paper? Let me know and I can send you some.


Hope you idiots can still find the website.

oh sweet jesus. Here we go again

did anyone else scratch their head at this point?


so wtf? you want to call it a "new game" but not include the feature set you were going to include so you're going to call it a patch? but you want to have everyone refer to it as a new game?

that's just...maximum footballish

The version number is maximumly customizable!

just when you think this thread is close to dead...we could get another 5k posts out of version 2.0!!!

He should have just called it version 1.9999999999999

Uh....what? So they are calling it 2.0 for what reason? And they are going to profit by calling it 2.0 for what reason?

Actually version 0.5 would be best.

"We're throwing out the shitty features already in the game!"

AAAAAAGHHHHH stpuid marthafokkkerssss@@@ Why couln't you lrt a DE lead the leagfue in padding???? AAAGHHH@!

Eagerly waiting for the all new franchise reports... Who do you think will be the one to get -20934.9473254112 yards passing? :)

I can't believe he spelled well as we'll

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SCREW YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

hahaha

Yeah, we don't want to confuse those who have purchased the game. We just want to confuse the people who haven't bought the game.

So the game doesn't actually have the features to warrant calling it 2.0, but since he didn't make the deadline to add all the features he wanted (Oh yeah, he did these simple things in the early 90's. You know, drafting, trading, salary caps, etc.), he had no choice but to call it 2.0 to please his publisher. At least that is my assumption right now.

If Matrix advertises this "new version" with anything other than new graphics and play editor, they are going to drop down a few more notches in my mind.

Actually, I still have an old reg number from when I originally purchased the game. Might have to post some screenshots once it comes out. Y'all just have to see the inflatable helmets!

i'm frankly surprised that matrix hasn't washed their hands of this at this point

That was the part I liked.

IT LIVES!!!

As you can see, I customized the game to play 3 on 3:

This thread is like a long lost friend suddenly showing up for a visit.

Every time it appears on the front page I smile and shed a little tear.

I do not know what to say anymore. Seriously, this guy has to be the new White House spokesman. Tony Snow has nothing on this guy.

So it's a patch. Got it.

"John Cena can't wait for Maximum Football 2.0! RAAAAAAAAAAWR!"

Excellent.

This 2.0 version is spectacular news.

So...while I've promised some concrete & quantifiable features for the "next version", I'll go ahead & (once again) not deliver on that promise and just deliver a new version with some impossible to quantify features like "better graphics" & "animations'.

At this point, those are the least requested new "features" from the community, however, it is the easiest way for me to do very little(or perhaps nothing) & still not get my contract terminated by Matrix.

With All Pro Football 2k8 out there, there is no real reason for Maximum Football to continue to exist.

Except for comedy i suppose.

Well it's more than a patch. It's a patch with a misleading name in an attempt to generate more revenue! :D

Once again, it is better to work hard than actually accomplish stuff.

George Stephanopolus just called and said that was uncalled for. :)

That's what immediately caught my eye as well..

What's in a name? that which we call a piece of crap
By any other name would smell as bad;

-Bill S.

Yup, and I'll bet that it was all Matrix's idea (Daivd pretty much says so in his post).

As long as the story keeps going and we keep having some entertainment, let them keep fueling the flames. :)

Give David a break, I see some big improvements.

Max Football 1.0 Screenshot:


Max Football 2.0 Screenshot:

Nicely done.

Uh...What the FUCK? Since when? Must be a new policy, cos you and your batshit crazy wife/PR disaster sure screwed the pooch last time. Lest we forget...

hxxp://maxfoot2.ytmnd.com/

I just wonder if the guy with the "Christmas in July" quote for the new patch is sitting at his chimney, still waiting for the Good Saint Patchilaus to make an appearance.

Is this a free upgrade? Or is it called Maximum Foosball 2 just so he can charge people again?

No...its a free upgrade to existing customers. However, they are just calling it MF2 just to draw in more suckers who were waiting for things like an actual schedule and an assortment of front office functions. I am so curious to see how Matrix is going to advertise it.

I'm more curious as to WHY Matrix would advertise it.

Hey guys, I do come to this website to keep up to date on FOF, and I do read this thread from time to time.

I don't post much, because it really isn't worth my time to do it. This thread is often counterproductive.

Anyway, I would like to note a few things that should answer some questions that came up here:

Maximum Football 1.x uses DirectX 8, Maximum Football 2.x uses DirectX 9

The game engine for Maximum Football 2.x has been changed, so a lot of code had to be rewritten.

Maximum Football 2.x will run on Windows XP and Vista. 1.x ran on 98se and XP.

Because of the changes above, the game was named Maximum Football 2 rather than just Maximum Football 1.5.

It isn't like Madden goes through huge changes from year to year with its updated title. It makes sense for Maximum Football to go to 2.x

As any members here that are also on the Matrix Games board know, I find constructive criticism and feedback to be of value. If you really want changes that would make Maximum Football a better game, as some of you have stated, then it would be a good idea to voice them on the Matrix Games board rather than just mock Maximum Football here.

I don't work for Matrix Games, and I push for game features like no other, but I understand the limitations of the project as well. It is easy to go around trashing other people's efforts, but that doesn't get much constructive work done.

It's funnier if the game sucks.




Thank you.

Trying very hard not to laugh.

HIGH FIVE FOR THE THREAD THAT NEVER DIES!

Actually, I'm not trying very hard.

Maximum Football 2.0 is over-rated. Version 1.X was the bomb.

Welcome to Hollywood.

Anyone else afraid this thread has gotten so big it will start eating the other threads?

This thread is 108 pages long! :o

180 pages for me. with 30 posts per page.

I'm insecure and this thread makes me feel better about myself.

Well, that could be valid. Thank you for being honest. :)

How Jennfier doing?

Seriously, someone must have an axe to grind with the developer or is trying to light a fire under his butt to get the features he wants. Why wouldn't he have started a new thread on this, instead of contributing to something he believes is counter productive?

Plus he tried this a while back and said he was open to questions only to never come back again. What is going on here?

Canada is going on.

If you bought Maximum Football with Canadian dollars, and sold it in American dollars, your profits went through the roof!

It's a profit deal!

I just get the feeling that Marauders would secretly hate for this thread to die and is afraid to admit it.

I wouldn't be surprised if he was a sock puppet of someone here that doesn't want the thread to die.

That's cool though cause it worked.

(im only kidding)

It's hilarious that there are instantly nearly 20 people reading this thread.

Marauders: Any screenshots of current stats? As a number of us have stated, if this game is generating realistic stats in single player you'll probably get a number of new sales.

From the new games forum description for MF 2.0

Acclaimed by whom?

I shouldn't have even opened up the thread, but I'm glad I did, LMFAO:D . I'm just glad the wife is at work otherwise she'd be wondering why I was sitting here at the computer with tears running down my cheeks.

By surfing the Matrix forums I've discovered that there are hard limits on yardage in the quick sim engine.

Maximum run = 19 yards
Maximum pass = 41 yards

But those can be customized.