Two Weeks of Madden 09, and Official Patch News!

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by bad_philanthropy

I really wish EA could just put this stuff up on their own servers so we don't have to wait weeks for Microsoft and Sony to go through their extensive processes.

Same here.

Also, Ian mentioned having to get MS/Sony to approve the DLC. Couldn't they just put this out in the same manner as they do a roster update? Just curious.

[bad_philanthropy]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

Same here. Also, Ian mentioned having to get MS/Sony to approve the DLC. Couldn't they just put this out in the same manner as they do a roster update? Just curious.

Roster actually go through the EA servers.

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by bad_philanthropy

Roster actually go through the EA servers.

thats what I meant. Couldn't EA put the DLC for Madden out thru their servers like a roster update instead of going through MS/Sony?

Sorry, I didn't make that clear in my original post.

[bad_philanthropy]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

thats what I meant. Couldn't EA put the DLC for Madden out thru their servers like a roster update instead of going through MS/Sony? Sorry, I didn't make that clear in my original post.

One of the developers on here said that the ability to do so wasn't actually in the game and joked they would have to "patch it in." I think that having EA server support for patches and DLC is an underrated item for the 2010 wishlist.

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by bad_philanthropy

One of the developers on here said that the ability to do so wasn't actually in the game and joked they would have to "patch it in." I think that having EA server support for patches and DLC is an underrated item for the 2010 wishlist.

thanks man. Now that you mention it, I do recall reading something like that.

[Dborghi]

Stability issues in the play call / halftime highlights / postgame highlights screens (especially in Franchise mode after training games): This was a hard one to track down as not everyone was seeing it , we did find the issue however with some Instant Replay / cache corruption, and have a fix ready for patch 2.
Workaround until the patch: Save and re-boot after any point where you have entered the game. We learned that the likelihood of this issue appearing is magnified after multiple loads into and out of the game engine. From what we’ve seen so far, people that have tried playing only one game at a time (or even one Franchise training session at a time), and saving/rebooting afterwards, have had zero crashes.

I have been playing around with this more. Specifically getting into franchise season 3 by simming every event, then trying specific actions to see what "breaks it." (In my mind, re-booting every 17 seconds was not an option)

When testing player editing, I was able to successfully change the players name, number, accessories... all without problems. But, when I tried to change their position, player training froze during intro loading.

Tested it twice, froze both times. Maybe it's just coincidence, but it doesn't seem to be.

Hope this helps.

EDIT: Actually, this is not quite right. You cannot edit a players position, and then change it back to its original.

[zjl630]

Is there a way to download the patches on a computer and then upload to the PS3 if I don't have online for the PS3?

[Qb]

Incredibly, incredibly late on this one, but if all of that stuff is indeed 'fixed' in the second patch... wow. If it all works as intended, kudos to the Madden team for addressing community concerns...

However, unless I overlooked something, I see no mention of CPU QB accuracy. I'm guessing much of the 40+ pages could have been on this very subject, but I haven't been to the Madden forum much lately. Read the Ian's first post & replied like a schmo... Sorry!