cdcool's 15 min Quarter: CPU vs CPU (Watched General Manager) Madden 21 sliders

[cdcool]

OPENING PAGE (OP)

I'm doing them again for Madden 21!

Reviewing games now with my exact Madden 20 settings as a Start. I will start testing from here.

This is my new Forum Policy
It's needed based on a few issues I've had in the past

IMPORTANT! (PLEASE READ BELOW!)

NO bullying / inappropriate conversations / trolling will not be tolerated.

You will be ignored and reported to Operations Sports Management

Advice, acknowledgments, or change considerations will only be given to those with legitimate issues or suggestions by providing evidence of your findings.

Please provide proof via a picture, image, or video of any recommended suggestion changes, reported issues, or stat observations.

Broad complaints or criticisms with no supporting evidence will be ignored.

Use my sliders as they are or as a base to fine-tune gameplay to your liking.

It's your responsibility to adjust any slider to best fit what you would like to see, not mine.

Not entertaining every dog that barks anymore.

I appreciate your support.

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UPDATES (Extensive Testing)

Most current set posted on 3/24/2021 (Below)
Fumbles 20 to 18
Interceptions 20 to 15

Most current set posted on 3/23/2021
Interceptions 26 to 20

Most current set posted on 3/4/2021
Tackling 63 to 65
Interceptions 27 to 26

Most current set posted on 1/26/2021
Interceptions 28 to 27

Most current set posted on 1/24/2021
Interceptions 30 to 28

Most current set posted on 1/23/2021
Interceptions 7 to 30

Most current set posted on 1/16/2021
Tackling 60 to 63

Most current set posted on 1/15/2021
Tackling 65 to 60

Most current set posted on 1/11/2021
Tackling 35 to 65

Most current set posted on 1/7/2021
Run Blocking 10 back to 90 (They fixed it)

Most current set posted on 1/4/2021
Run Blocking 90 to 10 (The Slider is Broken, not doing anything)
Tackling 30 to 35

Most current set posted on 1/1/2021
Tackling 25 to 30

Most current set posted on 12/31
Run Block 39 to 90
Tackling 65 to 25

Most current Set posted on 12/30
Tackling 66 back to 65

Most current Set posted on 12/22
Tackling 65 to 66

Most current Set posted on 12/21
Injury 51 to 52 (Make the change in both In-game and Main Menu)

Set posted on 12/4
Pass Blocking 50 to 100
False Start 90 to 99
Holding 90 to 99
Roughing the Passer 99 to 51 (Still not Fixed)

Set posted on 12/3
Run Blocking 15 to 39
Interceptions 15 to 7

Set posted on 12/2
Wide Reciever Catching 52 to 46

Set posted on 11/21
Tackling 39 to 65
Run Block 60 to 15

Set posted on 11/19
Pass Blocking 45 to 50
Tackling 21 to 30

Set posted on 11/18
Pass Blocking 50 to 45
Run Block 62 to 60

Set posted on 11/15
QB Accuracy 6 to 5
Pass Blocking 8 to 50
Wide Receiver Catching 55 to 52
Run Block 78 to 62
Fumbles 28 to 20
Interceptions 26 to 15

Set posted on 11/14
Interceptions 27 to 26

Set posted on 10/20
Fumbles 30 to 28

Set posted on 10/20
Fumbles 35 to 30

Set posted on 10/20
Offside: 70 to 90
False Start 70 to 90
Roughing the Passer Stay's at 50

Set posted on 10/20
Wide Reciever Catching 38 to 55

Set posted on 10/17
Run Blocking 62 to 78
Interception 25 to 27

Set posted on 10/16
QB ACC 5 to 6
Wide Reciever Catching 37 to 38

RUN BLOCKING stays at 62 10/11

Set posted on 10/9
FG Power 49 to 48

Set posted on 10/4
Tackling 18 to 21

Set posted on 10/3
Interceptions 27 to 25
False Start 99 to 70

Set posted on 10/1
Wide Reciever Catching 36 to 37

Set posted on 9/30
QB ACC 6 to 5
OFFSIDES 80 to 70
Roughing the Passer 51 to 50

Set posted on 9/24
Pass Block 9 to 8

Set posted on 9/23
Pass Blocking 8 to 9

Set posted on 9/22
Run Block 61 to 62

Set posted on 9/20
INT 25 to 27
Offsides 99 to 80

Set posted on 9/17
Run Block: 64 (Stays at 64)
FG Power: 54 to 49
FG Accuracy: 48 to 45

Posted on 9/12
Pass Blocking: 10 to 8
FG Accuracy: 50 to 48

Posted on 9/10
QB ACC: 6
Pass Blocking: 90 to 10
Wide Receiver: Catching 36
Interceptions: 25

Posted on 9/7
QB Accuracy: 8 to 6
Pass Blocking: 30 to 90

Posted on 9/6
Pass Blocking 22 to 30

Posted on 9/4
Tackling 20 to 18

Posted on 9/3
Roughing the Passer 50 to 51

Posted on 9/2
Run Block 62 to 64


Cdcool's 15 min Quarter: CPU vs CPU (Watched GM) Madden 20 sliders and CPU vs CPU Guide


You have to use 100% of my settings in the OP, not just the sliders for these to work.

DO NOT POST ANY STATS IN MY FORUM IF THEY ARE NOT 100% OF MY SLIDERS AND SETTINGS.

This is an NFL Offline Franchise (slider and settings) simulator
The Objective: Get NFL End of Season Stats and great animations in Franchise for CPU vs CPU games

Simmed game stats are not optimized to match up with 15-minute quarter watched games in Madden Your watched season team stats will ruin your Franchise season because the stats will not match up with the simmed games using 15 minute quarters, your team players will lead in many categories. This is why other slider developers are using 7,8,9 minute Quarters, they are trying to get the stats to match up. I played using 12-minute Quarters for years so I get it, been doing 15-minute Quarters for over 3 years now, which is harder than 12.

These sliders require EVERY GAME for EVERY TEAM to be Watched or let played CPU vs CPU where all 32 teams are under Human control in Offline CFM, using 15 minute quarters as in the NFL.

These sliders work for the way I play, Watching every game with 15-minute quarters using Slow Supersim End Game. NOT PLAYING, SIMMING or CALLING PLAYS.

The results may vary playing any other way, they may work but I have not tested, has nothing to do with not being flexible but a lot to do with the NFL.

You are the GM making GM decisions for all 32 teams and watching the results. Not mixing simmed games with played games.

The NFL DRAFT is where you make an impact and follow your draft picks if you choose to do so for all 32 Teams.

I'm happy with the results, I've tried multiple settings and these work as good as I can get in Madden 20 PC.

If you decide to try them, use every setting I have posted or you will not get the same results.

Check em out and let me how they are working for you :-)

Restart your system (OFF the ON) if needed because of bad games and Watch at least 3 full games before commenting.

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Play Over Rule

GAME ISSUES CAUSED BY FILE CORRUPTION
Typically a sign that a game has gone bad is listed below.
Not happening that often in Madden 21
A PROFILE DELETION MAY BE REQUIRED if you see the below
Excessive Sacks more than 11
Low Pass Completion Percentages in the 30's
Excessive Passing Yards by both QB's
High scoring in the First Quarter
QB's with over 200 yards or more in the 2nd Quarter

When you see it
STOP THE GAME and RESTART YOUR CONSOLE (OFF and ON), NO NEED TO DELETE YOUR PROFILE
PC USERS STOP OR REPLAY THE GAME AFTER A RESTART IN ORIGIN
Repetitive game issues with the same issue may require a PROFILE DELETION.

SACKS

Some games are good with Sacks I really can't say how many but you have no control over when they go crazy. Certain Players trending high is gonna happen. Sacks are overstated in Madden, there are just too many, this has been an issue for years with CPU vs CPU games.

There are a few things you can do

Review Sacks after every game.

I don't start managing Sacks until about Week 10 or 11 of Watched games in the CFM, you will see what's going on and what's needed.

1. Exessive Sacks are sometimes tied to certain players, they are trending high, like 2 or more Sacks every game for numerous weeks. If you see this happening, either Fast, Normal Sim, or Advance the Week for that Team and not Watch that team's games to help reduce his Sack numbers.

Fast and Normal Sim or Advance the Week games are a bit better on Sacks but not much, but do help with a player that has a Sack issue. No need to mess around with every Offensive or Defensive player ratings.

I recommend Normal Sim, Fast Sim has stat issues such as decreased or not showing QB rushing yards. Takes about 10 minutes to watch a game, Normal Sim does not use or take into account sliders, so only use it when necessary.

2. Edit or reduce a Player's Ratings who has high excessive Sacks. I believe sometimes players get broken and their Ratings cause them to get crazy Sack numbers every week. I don't like doing this but it does work.

EA put a lot of work into Player Ratings to keep the game realistic, I don't mess with the Ratings of a Player not unless I'm forced to and that would be because it will screw up Season-Ending Stats. I don't want a Player with 30 Sacks at the End of the Season.

3. Watch excessive Sack games over, on the PC just exit out of the Window so the game isn't saved, and Watch it again. Restart and Delete your Profile.

Watched 15 minute quarters are time-consuming so this may not work for most people, I have no issue doing it and normally the second game is better on Sacks than the first or just Fast or Normal Sim the second game.

A game with 10 or more Sacks or a Player with 2 or more Sacks that has been trending high is my rule to Watch the game over. 10 Sacks with no player having more than one or two may be Okay if no player is excessive.

Some games have 0-5 or 6 Sacks and are good games.

4. Keep thinking you can fix Sacks with Sliders, Ratings 100%, Schemes, or Attributes.
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SLIDER GAME RESULTS

All looking good including Drops (11 receptions no drops)and 3rd Down percentages.
Passing attempts vs run attempts are good
Pass completion percentages are good
Running game is good
Penalties are good
Scores are good
Sacks can be high for some games not all
The number of Plays is good, 120 is not the standard, I counted and compared to the number in the NFL.
All Drops are not drops, watching games receivers dropping some passes look realistic.
Pass completion percentages are good: 50's-70's (season averages around 60%)
Passing Yards are good: 200's - 300's (400 are rare)
Running game is good: 100+ yards will happen
Yards per Carry are good: 4.5 and higher
Receiving is good: Drops are reasonable
TLF's are good: just had a game with 9
Interceptions are good: 0-4
Pass Deflections are reasonable and varied
Special Teams and Kicking Game are good, getting Touchbacks on Kickoffs and long Field Goals.
Injuries are just right
Penalties are good now

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SLIDER and GAME SETTINGS

USE EA's DEFAULT ROSTERS


MAIN MENU SETTINGS (MM)

GAME OPTIONS

LIVE PLAYBOOKS: ON USING TWO CONTROLLERS does not work CPU vs CPU

Favorite Team: Pick your team
Playbooks:
Offensive Playbook: Team Specific
Defensive Playbook: Team Specific
Even Teams: OFF
DIFFICULTY: ALL PRO
Game Style: Simulation
CLOCK MANAGEMENT
Quarter Length: 15 Minutes
Play Clock: ON
Accelerated Clock: ON
Min Play Clock Time: 10 Seconds
COIN TOSS: Default
GAME PLAY HELPERS: ALL OFF
PLAYER SLIDERS
Injuries: 52 (51) (I like Injuries if you don't 50) make the change with the in-game injury slider also.
Fatigue: 50
Player Speed Parity: 0
ACCEPTABILITY
Your Choice
PENALTIES
Leave them all on 50 and everything ON
Leave Penalties all on 50 as they are the only MM setting that will screw up slider settings from my testing.
PLAYER SKILL: All on 50
CPU SKILL: All on 50
VISUAL FEEDBACK
FRANCHISE GAMEPLAN BOOST NOTIFICATION: OFF
All others Your Choice
ON FIELD
Franchise Bottom Line Ticker: ALL (No issues)
Player Names: Always On
Everything else OFF
CAMERA'S
Don't apply to CPU vs CPU games
ACCESSIBILITY
Your Choice
VOLUME CONTROL
In-Game Commentary 30
Stadium Speakers 100 (So you can hear exactly what is going on during the game)
Crowd Volume 60
On the Filed 25
Music 20
Menu SFX 100
Voice Chat OFF

Game Controls and Graphics whatever works for you

LEAGUE SETTINGS OFFLINE CFM

COMMISSIONER SETTINGS
Skill Level: ALL PRO
LEAGUE TYPE: OWNERS ONLY
GAME STYLE: SIMULATION
INSTANT STARTER: OFF
TRADE DEADLINE: ON
TRADE TYPE: ENABLE ALL
COACH FIRING: ON
SALARY CAP: ON
SUPERSTAR ABILITIES: OFF
RELOCATION SETTINGS: NORMAL
INJURY: ON
PRE EXISTING INJURY: ON
PRACTICE SQUAD STEALING: ON
PLAYER PROGRESSION FREQUENCY: WEEKLY
CAREER CLOCK: ON
PLAYER MODE
Full on-Field Control: OFF
ROSTER PROTECTION
Minimum Roster Size: 53
In-Season Player Movement Limit: UNLIMITED
Player OVR Cut Restrictions: NO RESTRICTION
Offseason Player Cut Limit: UNLIMITED
DEV TRAIT MANAGEMENT 1.17
Breakout Scenarios: Off
Development Trait Regression: On
Desired X-Factor Dev Players: 25
Desired Superstar Dev Players: 50
Desired Star Dev Players: 300
CLOCK MANAGEMENT
Quarter Length: 15 Minutes
Accelerated Clock: ON
Minimum Play Clock Time: 10

USER TEAM HELP
All settings except SCOUTING and LEAGUE ADVANCEMENT are a personal choice:
Auto or Manual as the Owner of each Team
I AUTO EVERYTHING except the two mentioned
Weekly Training
Trades and Free Agency
Off-season Free Agent Bidding
Injury Management
Preseason Cut Days
Contract Negotiations
Scout College Players: MANUAL for your Team, so you can import a Draft Class.
LEAGUE ADVANCEMENT: MANUAL so the league does not automatically advance to the next week automatically after watching a CPU vs CPU game. This has to be done for Every Team

TEAM SETTINGS
Tutorial Pop-Ups: OFF
Auto Progress Players: ON
Fill Roster: ON

My Volume Control Settings for CPU vs CPU Games
In-Game Commentary 30
Stadium Speakers 100 (So you can hear exactly what is going on during the game)
Crowd Volume 60
On the Field 25
Music 20
Menu SFX 100
Voice Chat OFF

SETTING UP OWNERS ONLY
1. Start a new Offline CFM.
2. Select your team and change the role to an Owner select his/her specialty and give him a name
3. Go to League Settings and change it to Owners Only.
4. Start your Franchise
5. Create 31 owner characters (Real Owners are gone in Madden 21)
6. Go into each created Owners League Settings
7. User Help
Select your degree of control for the team, Scout College Players (Your Team) and League Advancement (All Teams) must be on manual as stated in User Team Help (above)


SLIDER SETTINGS 3/24/2021

Clock Management
Quarter Length: 15 minutes
Accelerated Clock: ON
Minimum Play Clock Time: 10 seconds

The numbers in BOLD are the Current settings

Settings are for the CPU & Player. I've always done both to be on the safe side.

Injuries: 52 (51) (I like Injures, if you don't 50) needs to be changed in Menu Game Options also.
Fatigue: 50
Min Player Speed Threshold: 0 (At 100 more Sacks and DB/Safeties are slower)
QB Accuracy: 5 (6) (5) (6) (Yes it works)
Pass Blocking: 100 (50) (45) (50) (8) (9) (8) (10) (20) (90) (30) (22) Should cut down on Sacks, this slider does a lot of nothing, might even increase Rushing.
Wide Receiver Catching: 46 (52) (55) (38) (37) (36)
Run Block: 90 (10) (90)(39) (15) (60) (62) (78) (62) (61) (62) (61) (60) (63) (64) Slider is not working, does nothing.
FUM: 18 (20) (28) (30) (35)
Pass Defense Reaction Time: 100
INT: 15 (20) (26) (27) (28) (30) (7) (15) (26) (27) (25) (27) (25)
Pass Coverage: 100
Tackling: 65 (63) (60) (65) (35) (30) (25) (65) (66) (65) (39) (30) ( 21) (18) (20)

Special Teams
FG Power: 48 (49) (54)
FG Accuracy: 45 (48) (50)
Punt Power: 10
Punt Accuracy: 90
Kickoff Power: 59

Madden 21 Penalties
Offside: 99 (90) (70) (80) (99)
False Start 99 (90) (70) (99)
Holding 99
Face Mask 99
Defensive Pass Interference 99
Offensive Pass Interference: ON
Kick Catch Interference: ON
Illegal Block in the Back: 99
Intentional Grounding: ON
Roughing the Passer 51 (99) (50) (51) or put it on 50 and get fewer penalties everywhere.
Roughing the Kicker: ON
Running into the Kicker: ON

Auto Subs: ALL on Default

Recommended
CallMeMcCringleberry Madden 21 XP Sliders


CPU vs CPU with Slow Supersim: have control of all teams in Owner mode in a Franchise

Setting up Owners and Controlling all 32 teams in a new Franchise
In Franchise Hub just hit R3, pressing down the right stick which will bring up Madden Messenger
Then hit RB to select Create Character
Then Select Team
Then select Style
then Owner
R3 to switch characters or add a new one (Do this for all 32 teams)
R3 means pressing down the right stick

Watching Games
Go into Supersim by pushing in the left stick, using the B button or going to the pause menu, and selecting "Super Sim" after the game starts.
X select Speed Slow
Jump Forward select "End of Game

[cdcool]

Still no Ref's on the Field

[cdcool]

as of today the game is nothing more than a Roster update for Franchise which needs some minor slider adjustments.

Testing

[cdcool]

OP is updated with my starting slider set which is still in testing

[cdcool]

OP UPDATED 8/21/20
QB ACCURACY 20 to 15

Not Bad

[cdcool]

OP UPDATED 8/21/20
QB ACCURACY 15 to 10
WIDE RECEIVER CATCHING 38 to 37
ROUGHING THE PASSER 51 to 50

[cdcool]

Good CPU vs CPU game with good Stats!

Washington 2 Injuries
Eagles 1 Injury
7 Total Sacks
3 Interceptions
Completion Percentages 63% and 58%
Rushing Average 4.8
WR led in Receiving 125 Yards

[cdcool]

EA is working on the game, I see stuff changing