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NCAA Football 12 Title Update #2 Details

04:18 PM - August 2, 2011 by patsfan1993

EA Sports has just posted the NCAA Football 12 title update #2 details. The patch is currently on schedule to release before the end of the month, no exact date, as of yet.

Before getting to the details of the update, I want to take a moment to thank you, the NCAA Football community, for all of your patience and assistance during the past couple of weeks. A great many of you share the same passion for this game as we do, and you did everything possible to help identify issues, and provide the necessary details - not just to help make a game better, but to make your game better. If you are reading this, you are a member of the most dedicated community in gaming, and for that we are truly grateful. Now, on to the details:

Week Advance Anywhere

As a token of our appreciation, we�re happy to announce that as of today �Week Advance Anywhere� on the web is now available for use, and that this feature will be FREE for everyone to use.

Custom Playbooks

With this Title Update the missing play issue that led to a number of problems when using Custom Playbooks has been fixed. Not only is the issue fixed, but you will not need to recreate your playbooks! Any existing playbook will have the fix applied, and you will be able to continue using that playbook without issue.

Tendencies

As with the Custom Playbooks resolution, the fix to the issue of edited player tendencies changing will not negate any previously edited roster file. The fix will be applied to both those existing files, as well as any new roster file that is created.
If you are in a Dynasty or Online Dynasty you will not need to restart as long as your Dynasty is still in year one and you have not advanced past �Training Results� in the off-season. If you are before this point, the update will be applied to your existing Dynasty/Online Dynasty and the tendencies will be correct for all players going forward. If you are in year two and beyond, the tendency issue impact will be less and less as the players graduate/are cut from the rosters.
In addition to the tendencies issue, we have also included both the ability to edit height and weight for players, as well as the option to edit the rosters of CPU controlled teams. In an Online Dynasty the commissioner will have the ability to edit the rosters for other human controlled teams. These were both big requests from you in the community.
Finally, a bug was fixed with the profanity filter that was preventing many common names from being entered. Now, any name can be entered, for offline use. A profanity filter is applied to Online Dynasty when the Dynasty is created. If you prefer to opt out of this filter, you can set the Dynasty to Private and the profanity check will not run.

Freezes/Crashes

A major focus for this Title Update was to address any freezes/crashes that were found. There were a number of these issues fixed in this Title Update including a crash that occurred when there were multiple TeamBuilder teams in an Online Dynasty, as well as a crash that occurred during the downloading of an Online Dynasty file.

Gameplay

Increased the acceleration of QB�s on Speed Option plays.
Improved WR blocking, especially on option plays
Fixed an issue where defenders assigned to play the curl to flat/buzz zone did not engage immediately when the QB scrambles past the LOS.
Fixed an issue where safeties with inside deep � zone would drop back instead of read-and-react on run plays.
Fixed an issue in Nickel Cover 3 where the flat zone defender didn�t move as the QB was running at them.
Fixed an issue with Double Outs from 4-2-5 Normal where the RLB wasn�t blocked properly vs. certain formations.

Highlights

Fixed an issue that caused a blank photo to be uploaded leading to issues with other highlights being uploaded.

Dynasty

Fixed an issue in Online Dynasty where injured players did not remain injured when the week advanced.
Fixed an issue where a player�s injury time was only reduced by one week when going from Conference Championship week to Bowl Season. Players will now be back for their Bowl game if they should be off of the IR when their bowl game is played.
Fixed an issue where coaches that changed jobs could get stuck in a state where they were still listed as coaching at their old school on the Players Leaving screen, leading to a Transfer Failed issue.
Fixed an issue that occasionally prevented Dynasties from advancing to the post season.
Fixed an issue with the schedule that prevented entering the Virginia Tech vs. Boston College game (fixed for both Dynasty and RTG).
Fixed an issue where recruiting related trophies/achievements were not unlocked properly if you signed an extension in that season.
Fixed an issue with Program Stability where the grade would drop from A+ to D+ in one season.
Fixed an issue with the Unlock All Promises PDLC not unlocking properly on the Dynasty website.
When viewing an Online Dynasty invite, added information to show what type of job can be selected by default.
Fixed an issue when in the off-season where player stats did not match up between the web and console.

RTG

Fixed an issue where CB�s could not audible after earning the ability to do so through Coach Trust.
Fixed an issue where HB�s could not flip the play after earning the ability to do so through Coach Trust.

Online

Fixed an issue where player�s online stats were not displaying promptly on the Online Leaderboards.

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# 1001 aarontab @ 08/26/11 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by C the Lyte


	So, just move on to something else and don't stress it? Got it. This will make me a great consumer.

Fix it then. Just take care of the whole problem. Make the game work and EA apologize and give your money back. Clearly banging the wall at an online forum is only step 1 in some sort of master plan.

Sarcasm. Got it.

# 1002 stigs007 @ 08/26/11 02:21 PM

Maybe I'm mixed up on this, but wasn't this update supposed to be out before the end of August? I suppose Tuesday is still possible, but since there's been no mention of it, I'm not holding my breath.

# 1003 tribefanisu2003 @ 08/26/11 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by SECElite3


	I don't think there was mention of one. Game trailers is now mentioning tons of bugs and glitches. I wouldn't consider myself lacking intelligence. I knew this would be the case as simply changing the title of the game is not going to do anything to change the real issues taking place behind the scenes. The big issue here is the mentality of EA Sports. As I have said before, lack of competition usually leads to the belief one is untouchable, better than they actually are. They sell these games in the condition they are because they can. We buy them because there is no other alternative available. 2K didn't step up and the company everyone believed would down the giant failed. EA has given itself a huge head start on the competition by eliminating it. Unfortunately, they have pretty well secured their place on the current gen consoles. At this point, it is simply a revenue game, in other words, "How much do we HAVE to change to keep our customers buying?" In this scenario, the quality of the product takes a back seat to profit. I think we are just starting to realize this, and EA is just beginning to "burn its bridges." The issues we are encountering now are becoming more and more repetitive and EA is starting to lose face with the consumer. How many of you still remember the pump fake glitch from last year? How many of you thought about that glitch when buying this year's game? I did. Eventually those thoughts start to compound and over a period of time people start to notice a pattern, eventually that pattern will lead to an awakening of sorts and consumers will quit buying the game. The arrogance displayed by EA Sports this year only reinforces my belief of what is taking place with this company. How about the Sports Illustrated commercial that touts NCAA series as the number one sports game on the market. As opposed to what? How many football games with the license are there to choose from? The only way we will be able to put a stop to this disturbing trend, is by hitting them where it hurts... their wallets. Sincerely, A long time customer

I don't know if it can really be put much better than this.

Look, when Madden 05 and 2K5 were out, I played both, as many did, ...and I preferred Madden still. The difference is, one was driving the other to be better. And as a result, no matter which you preferred, you got a quality game.

Back on topic, I was planning on buying NCAA on day one this year. I haven't had a new NCAA Football game since 08, and had read / heard overwhelmingly good things about last year's game. (I bought Madden in 10 and 11, and both wound up traded in). For one reason or another, I decided to hold off a bit on NCAA this year. And from the looks of things, I'm glad I did. Now I can wait for it to get its issues patched, see if the patch not only fixes the existing issues but also keeps the things that are working in tact, and still get it for $30 or $40.

Numbers may say otherwise, but you get the feeling, EA has finally crossed that line and are starting to turn off a lot of long time customers. This year's NCAA effort and the way the issues have been handled with it really leave us as customers feeling like they really couldn't care less. It's very unfortunate.

# 1004 C the Lyte @ 08/26/11 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by aarontab


	Fix it then. Just take care of the whole problem. Make the game work and EA apologize and give your money back. Clearly banging the wall at an online forum is only step 1 in some sort of master plan. Sarcasm. Got it.

Aaron, going to Warranty thread instead...

# 1005 jjsmitty34 @ 08/26/11 02:32 PM

I really hope this Patch restores the NCAA crowd, this game is acouple of steps away from being great..

- Roster Bug (sound like they fixed it)

- Depth chart logic with overall rating (that's their design, sounds like no fix)

- Multiple Freezes (appeared to be fixed)

- Custom Playbook (fixed)

- Coach Prestige Progression (he said it was fixed in the interview)

These are some of the headaches I have with the game and most of them are going to be fixed (Hopefully).

# 1006 C the Lyte @ 08/26/11 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by tribefanisu2003


	I don't know if it can really be put much better than this. Look, when Madden 05 and 2K5 were out, I played both, as many did, ...and I preferred Madden still. The difference is, one was driving the other to be better. And as a result, no matter which you preferred, you got a quality game. Back on topic, I was planning on buying NCAA on day one this year. I haven't had a new NCAA Football game since 08, and had read / heard overwhelmingly good things about last year's game. (I bought Madden in 10 and 11, and both wound up traded in). For one reason or another, I decided to hold off a bit on NCAA this year. And from the looks of things, I'm glad I did. Now I can wait for it to get its issues patched, see if the patch not only fixes the existing issues but also keeps the things that are working in tact, and still get it for $30 or $40. Numbers may say otherwise, but you get the feeling, EA has finally crossed that line and are starting to turn off a lot of long time customers. This year's NCAA effort and the way the issues have been handled with it really leave us as customers feeling like they really couldn't care less. It's very unfortunate.

I am finally seeing the lyte on this, and am seriously doubting getting Madden, at the very least with in the first few weeks.

# 1007 BadAssHskr @ 08/26/11 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Td1984


	Glad I am waiting until Christmas to buy Madden then. Looks like EA (or at least Tiburon) is falling apart.

see you in December.

well actually i won't. got a pretty itchy block list finger today.

# 1008 Armor and Sword @ 08/26/11 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by C the Lyte


	You know, I was all on board with this line of thinking until last nyte. How am I to play through freezes? My slider sets I have, all the tweaking I have done, gameplay, rosters, the whole nyne...all that stuff is spectacular. It has made for a great playing game. However, back in the "good ole' days", I never had an issue with freezing that I am now. And there is no slider to adjust the freezing rate. It is frustrating to no end. I've tried playing the same game 3 times 3 straight days (Nebraska @ Penn St.-I have yet to win @ Penn St. through 5 or 6 years, so for me it's a big rivalry.). Everytime, under 2 minutes to play, it freezes on me. You can't just play through that. Just a video game? Yes. But for me, it is also a hobby that I enjoy and spend a lot of spare time. Bike riding is a hobby too. Let's say I go for a 5 mile ride. 3 days in a row, the chain pops off everytime with 1 mile left to go and I can't fix it. Same principle. My opinion. Sorry for the rant.

I have seen a ton of this with the freeze bug. I personally have only had 3-4 instances of a freeze and it was only in my dynasty hub menu...never during a game.

Yep it is a bug. I just have not experienced nearly as much as a lot of people.

# 1009 BaylorBearBryant @ 08/26/11 03:48 PM

I'm curious as to what the legal reasoning from EA and their defendants is for the licensing agreements not to interfere with monopoly/competition prevention regulations.

Does anyone know the history of this? Was Madden and EA the first company to sign exclusive licenses?

# 1010 aarontab @ 08/26/11 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by BaylorBearBryant


	I'm curious as to what the legal reasoning from EA and their defendants is for the licensing agreements not to interfere with monopoly/competition prevention regulations. Does anyone know the history of this? Was Madden and EA the first company to sign exclusive licenses?

I believe (and i'm no expert by any stretch) that being the sole maker of an NFL (or NCAA) game doesn't constitute a monopoly because they aren't stopping anybody from making football games in general. It goes against all gamer common sense and shows how a lot of those laws were made long before issues like this could arise, but i believe that's why it's not considered a monopoly in that sense.

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Originally Posted by C the Lyte


	I am finally seeing the lyte on this, and am seriously doubting getting Madden, at the very least with in the first few weeks.

Last year i waited to buy madden until black friday when Best Buy did the "all EA sports games are $35" deal. Best decision i ever made, i played the game a few times and felt like i spent a reasonably low amount of money on it. Definitely recommend this route.

On a side note, i actually waited until mid-December and got NBA2k11 for $39 at Target, so waiting has a lot of perks, even on well-made games.

# 1011 BaylorBearBryant @ 08/26/11 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by aarontab


	I believe (and i'm no expert by any stretch) that being the sole maker of an NFL (or NCAA) game doesn't constitute a monopoly because they aren't stopping anybody from making football games in general. It goes against all gamer common sense and shows how a lot of those laws were made long before issues like this could arise, but i believe that's why it's not considered a monopoly in that sense.

Has anyone made a football game recently other than EA besides Backbreaker? It seems like they're walking a thin line with this. It just comes across as a giant loophole. The licensing agreement is in fact to prevent competition, not to gain extra privileges.

And I don't want to hear the BS about how they're competing with other non-sports, non-football games.

That's like saying the NFL on Fox's main competitor is QVC Jewlery Bonanza rather than CBS, NBC or ESPN's coverage of the NFL.

I understand EA pays the NCAA for this agreement, I'm curious as to when it would become detrimental to the NCAA to have an inferior product. When the game doesn't sell, would the NCAA chose not to renew?

Does anyone know when the first exclusive licensing agreement for sports games occurred?

# 1012 aarontab @ 08/26/11 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by BaylorBearBryant


	Has anyone made a football game recently other than EA besides Backbreaker? It seems like they're walking a thin line with this. It just comes across as a giant loophole. The licensing agreement is in fact to prevent competition, not to gain extra privileges. And I don't want to hear the BS about how they're competing with other non-sports, non-football games. That's like saying the NFL on Fox's main competitor is QVC Jewlery Bonanza rather than CBS, NBC or ESPN's coverage of the NFL. I understand EA pays the NCAA for this agreement, I'm curious as to when it would become detrimental to the NCAA to have an inferior product. When the game doesn't sell, would the NCAA chose not to renew? Does anyone know when the first exclusive licensing agreement for sports games occurred?

I honestly don't know, but you're 100% right, it's BS. Trust me, lawmakers and league execs don't play or give two dry tugs about videogames, so they probably don't even think about it from any of these standpoints. I'm curious to know if anybody has any more info about this too, because it is definitely hurting the finished* product to have this exclusivity agreement.

*not finished

# 1013 d witty10 @ 08/26/11 04:51 PM

yes, the madden12 day1 patch was out wed when i got my copy of madden12.

# 1014 BaylorBearBryant @ 08/26/11 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by aarontab


	I honestly don't know, but you're 100% right, it's BS. Trust me, lawmakers and league execs don't play or give two dry tugs about videogames, so they probably don't even think about it from any of these standpoints. I'm curious to know if anybody has any more info about this too, because it is definitely hurting the finished* product to have this exclusivity agreement. *not finished

I think the exclusive licensing agreements are the root of the problem. I don't remember all of these issues prior to these deals.

# 1015 KSUowls @ 08/26/11 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by aarontab


	You buy a new bike? Seems to me that's a much more expensive hobby that people are ok putting a lot of money into....weird how analogies sometimes work against your point. Either way, you're right about the freezing thing, i'm not discounting that, but if other things in my life break, i just replace them. You obviously can't replace NCAA with another working NCAA (because it doesn't exist for you) so just replace it with something else entirely. Move on and don't stress about things you can't control.

Actually the analogy did work out fine

. It's only purpose was to show that with other hobbies where you need some kind of product to perform the hobby then in many of those cases there is a way to resolve the problem. The actual money is a non issue for the purposes of that analogy. Just to argumentative though, buying a bike and later replacing some piece that is broken isn't necessarily more expensive either. Initial costs are greater at both points, but a decent road bike priced at around $600 will probably last at least 2 years before anything major goes wrong. So you would only need to buy 10 games over that 2 year period to make the hobbies equal which seems fairly realistic. :P

I do agree people don't really need to stress out about this, but I think that is reading too much into what people are saying. Also, any implication that people shouldn't complain about a product they spent a decent amount of money for is wrong imo.

# 1016 aarontab @ 08/26/11 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by KSUowls


	Actually the analogy did work out fine . It's only purpose was to show that with other hobbies where you need some kind of product to perform the hobby then in many of those cases there is a way to resolve the problem. The actual money is a non issue for the purposes of that analogy. Just to argumentative though, buying a bike and later replacing some piece that is broken isn't necessarily more expensive either. Initial costs are greater at both points, but a decent road bike priced at around $600 will probably last at least 2 years before anything major goes wrong. So you would only need to buy 10 games over that 2 year period to make the hobbies equal which seems fairly realistic. :P I do agree people don't really need to stress out about this, but I think that is reading too much into what people are saying. Also, any implication that people shouldn't complain about a product they spent a decent amount of money for is wrong imo.

I'll concede that. Look, i don't agree with some people's opinions. Doesn't make me right. It doesn't mean they aren't allowed to express it. To me there's no need to burn calories on this unless the patch doesn't come out at all or worse, comes out and doesn't fix enough. I'm getting laid into pretty hard for saying the complaints are being overblown, and i think i deserve it. That's what having different opinions during a discussion leads to, and until OS makes me king

my opinion isn't worth more than anybody else's. Like i said, i'm a blowhard with time on my hands, it just so happens this is my outlet.

# 1017 Scott @ 08/26/11 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by whitebrow24


	Well its the end of the month and I bet we see no update until october.

I wasn't aware it was August 31st.

# 1018 Td1984 @ 08/26/11 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by whitebrow24


	its the last friday of the month....you honestly think it will be out before the 1st?

The 1st is on Thursday. There's still time. Though I don't expect it until the first full week of September.

# 1019 Flightwhite24 @ 08/26/11 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Armor & Sword


	Just take a moment. And go back to a time (PS1, PS2/XBOX) when we would get our sports games, whether that was Madden, NCAA, Triple Play, NHL, 2K football and basketball.....and we found plenty of bug's, glitches and imperfections. What did we all do then? We kept playing, and getting the most out of the game. Came up with house rules if it was really annoying...we did whatever we had to to make sure we can overcome and enjoy the game. Today we have patches. People easily forget last gen, when we had no choice. We either accepted the imperfections (which every sports game enounter because...it is a video game and not real life) or a programming bug of some sort that comes up when you put enough hours into a game. We kept playing, and enjoying our franchises. What the heck has happened here? Yes the game has warts and bugs. But I am in year 3....with named rosters and having an amazing time. And I know there are hundreds of thousands of NCAA 12 players out there that are too. OS has become a tiny island in a vast ocean that "so called" hard core sports gamers come and gather to wallow in their frustrations that they can't get a realistic game experience or this is broken or that is not working right and placebo effect this.....oh my goodness. And it is on every sub forum here. Even for the so-called greatest sports games of our lives (The Show 2011, NBA 2K11). Everyone has a right to express their opinions. But the core disfunction that has really plagued this great community is the intense, loud and immature posts that have spread like a disease and have infested and trolled what are meant to be informational threads as well as mature and intelligent discussions about our great sports games of today. Think what you all want about EA, or 2K basketball or EA NHL or whatever. We have never had so good with sports video games......ever. I don't care what the negative voices keep bitching about. Everyone holds on to memories of yesteryear because yeah....there were some great games....back then! But now? They can't hold a candle to what we have. My opinion. The patch will get here. And I feel bad if your stuck in this misery of not being able to play this game. I just can't understand that line of thinking. The game is extremely playable. I don't get it. Guess I am either too old to care or maybe I am blissfully ignorant. It's a video game.....nothing more...nothing less. Life is short. Play hard.

This post deserves to be Post of the year!!!!

Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk

# 1020 DreadedSteeler @ 08/26/11 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by weeeeeeez


	I have decided to not buy another NCAA football game until they the psychic D is removed. It's no fun when the defense knows exactly what play you're running.

You would be much better off just asking for dramatically improved A.I.

Until the A.I. is at least somewhat intelligent in its play calling and decision-making the cpu needs these cheats and any other artificial boosts in order to be competitive.

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