NCAA Football 09 Patch Announcement

[bad_philanthropy]

I am just hoping that at some point one of the producers at EA can convince the powers that be to have an "NHL 08" year. On that game there were basically no additions or improvements other than a serious overhaul of the AI. The end result was the greatest AI in a sports game to date. So good that I can still pick it up and not have the game feel the same as the last after all these months. It made the gameplay so good that additional flaws or absent features were easily forgiven by the people who played it.

I know football is infinitely more complex than hockey but with one single focus I think it could be done.

[elliottcarbone]

Quote: Originally Posted by OMT

We have identified and fixed the bug causing the game to crash when editing rosters. This bug also causes teams to disappear and team ratings to change. The patch is being tested tonight, and assuming all goes well it will be submitted tomorrow for certification. The expected release is in 5-10 days. Until the patch, we recommend you cease editing rosters. Rosters that have been corrupted by the bug will not work after the patch. If you have a roster in progress and have not encountered any freezes or missing teams, it will work after the patch. There is a possibility a roster can be corrupt and not have surfaced any problems yet. This is why we recommend that you stop or back up your work among multiple save files. We are also fixing the bug where the depth chart gets reordered after editing a player with this patch. These are the ONLY fixes in this patch. We are planning on a 2nd patch with many fixes, but we had to get this one out the door. We appreciate everyone's patience on this matter. Special thanks to CDJ, 21SEC, and Fairdale Kings for helping us track this down.

Its about time............

[LowerWolf]

I'll ask here rather than start a new thread:

For the EA guys on here, will the presumed second patch (not the roster-edit patch but the one for gameplay issues) be able to work on an existing dynasty? Or are we better off waiting until after that patch (assuming there is one) is released to start our dynasties?

Thanks.

[SoMiss2000]

Quote: Originally Posted by talbain

come on man think this through. if you release ncaa in august then when do you release madden? after the nfl season starts? release two football games in the same month?

madden hasn't always come out in August. I wouldn't mind it releasing in September, after the season starts.

[astronut]

Quote: Originally Posted by mwjr

Which begs the question: with problems like these appearing every year, wouldn't it be better for EA to simply push back the release schedules for their games? Instead of releasing NCAA July 15, why not release it August 15? That's still two weeks before the start of college football and it allowes testers a full extra month.

I guess I'm just not optamistic, I think no matter when the game comes out there will still be problems to fix. So if the game comes out a month later thats just a month later on getting the patch. So the earlier the game comes out the earlier the patch. If they started letting the community guys be the testers, then more bugs or issues would be found, then it would be okay releasing it later because there wouldn't be as many things to patch.

[Herky]

Quote: Originally Posted by SoMiss2000

madden hasn't always come out in August. I wouldn't mind it releasing in September, after the season starts.

Remember when Madden used to come out in November?

[stateprop]

OMT thank you for recognizing the problems fast and fixing them right away ty. But i have a ? who are testing these games before they are released because they are not doing a good job and they need to be fired.

[bling1202]

So it'll come out next week?