Madden NFL 16 News Post

Madden NFL 16 Title Update #2 Available Now, Full Details Included

06:30 AM - September 30, 2015 by RexDEAFootball

Madden NFL 16 title update #2 is available now for both Xbox One and PlayStation 4. It includes improvements and fixes to gameplay, Connected Franchise, Madden Ultimate Team, and more. Check out the details below.

GAMEPLAY

Addressed issue where if a team called a time out on the safety punt, they would then be able to kick a regular kickoff
Addressed issue where sometimes a defender would have a poor pursuit angle toward the ball carrier if the ball carrier was breaking a tackle during a catch
Addressed issue where sometimes defensive linemen would freeze for the remainder of the play after being knocked to the ground
Addressed issue where the defense would not adjust alignment if the CPU controlled offensive team enacted a concept audible
Updated Individual Coverage adjustments to not only affect the pre-snap shading but also the post play leverage technique
Addressed issue where adjusting the ZONE shading would have an effect on the defenders drop location instead of just the leverage technique
Addressed issue where cancelling a PA Fake would allow for a 1-step drop on certain plays
Addressed issue where the game clock would be restarted of a declined penalty after an incomplete pass
Addressed issue where safeties in Cover 4 Deep assignments were reacting to run too quickly

CONNECTED FRANCHISE

Addressed issue where defensive holding slider would reset when exiting the screen
Addressed issue where accelerated clock would not work in H2H CFM games
Addressed issue where visual feedback settings were pulling from the user�s profile instead of league settings
Addressed issue where some settings would carry back to the FE after playing a CFM game
Addressed issue where the CPU would retain an empty roster spot when simming to the regular season when there is a player on Injured Reserve (note: changes aren�t reflected until after your current season is finished)
Addressed issue where the user could not sort player while in the Fantasy draft board
Removed Kick Return as a scoutable trait (note: changes won�t be reflected until after your current season is finished)
CFM Trade tuning
Addressed issue in CFM H2H where uniforms would change back to default home/away even after changing them in the team select screen
Addressed a rare issue that caused some Franchise files to be corrupted, preventing players from accessing their CFM (note: this won�t repair already corrupted files, and only prevents future occurrences)

MADDEN ULTIMATE TEAM

MUT Play a Friend quarter length boosted to four minutes from two minutes
In MUT H2H Seasons and Draft Champions H2H Draft, terminating the game during the load screen will give the quitter a loss and the opponent a win. In MUT, Contracts will still be removed.

OTHER

Play Now games were using regular season overtime rules rather than playoff overtime rules (removed possibility for ties)
Addressed issue in online games where the defensive timer would run out during a pause causing the game to auto pick the defensive play
Addressed over 100 general bug and stability issues

Source - EA Sports

Game: Madden NFL 16Reader Score: 7/10 - Vote Now
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Member Comments

# 401 redsox4evur @ 10/04/15 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BadAssHskr


	I'm not sure i really like how xbox1 does their file management. is anyone aware of a way that i can retain my custom play books if i delete the game entirely? i do have an external HD, but I've just never really seen the option to open up game files and grab things individually.

Upload them to the share feature. You should be able to download them after deleting the game.

# 402 DeuceDouglas @ 10/04/15 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by booker21


	This always happened? Or it started after the patch.

Mine was definitely happening pre-patch. I'm controlling all 32 rosters and have to check injuries each week and noticed two guys who were never getting any better. There may have been more but I only noticed two. Avril's may have been career ending because it was a back injury and I thought it was weird that he would retire at 29 or 30 but it still said 45 weeks when he got injured so I'm not sure. Bortles' though was a torn achilles which definitely isn't a career ender. I'm going to try messing around and figuring out if there is any way to allow him to get healthy. If not, he's basically going to spend the next 10-15 seasons on the game with a torn achilles...

# 403 jgarrett @ 10/04/15 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by SECElit3


	If I remember correctly you highlight the game on the home screen, press the options button, and choose the option to delete game. Then go into system storage and delete the application data Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Can you delete the game without deleting existing CFM save files?

# 404 booker21 @ 10/04/15 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by jgarrett


	Can you delete the game without deleting existing CFM save files?

On ps4 yeah. Just delete the game and the files will still be there when u install the game again.

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# 405 asandique @ 10/04/15 11:12 PM

Will xbox one files be saved if I delete the game and reinstall it? And what are people seeing when they reinstall it after deleting it? The game is playing better? How? I really don't want to start my cfm all over again

# 406 blue21 @ 10/05/15 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Armor and Sword


	"Addressed over 100 bug and stability issues" Still love this game regardless. It's the best Madden I have ever played on the field top to bottom.

An unplayable franchise mode, defense has taken a step back from last years version and still unaddressed bugs in H2H play..... This is far from the best Madden ever top to bottom

# 407 RogueHominid @ 10/05/15 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by blue21


	An unplayable franchise mode, defense has taken a step back from last years version and still unaddressed bugs in H2H play..... This is far from the best Madden ever top to bottom

IDK what you're talking about, Willis! CFM is working great for me, and I'm getting a really nice range of defensive performances that seem to respect the individual matchups and talent differentials that I see on a game-by-game basis.

Post-patch #2, this is the most well-balanced Madden I personally have seen.

# 408 SickDL @ 10/05/15 01:51 PM

Do we have to start a new cfm for the patch to take effect? I've got a 32 team control master file from before patch 2. Would like to start another cfm using this save

# 409 BadAssHskr @ 10/05/15 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by SickDL


	Do we have to start a new cfm for the patch to take effect? I've got a 32 team control master file from before patch 2. Would like to start another cfm using this save

i was only 3 games deep in my 1st season, i went ahead and restarted. at the end of the day i don't think you have to do it. if i were looking at it again, i wouldn't have restarted.

# 410 blue21 @ 10/05/15 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Trojan Man


	IDK what you're talking about, Willis! CFM is working great for me, and I'm getting a really nice range of defensive performances that seem to respect the individual matchups and talent differentials that I see on a game-by-game basis. Post-patch #2, this is the most well-balanced Madden I personally have seen.

LOL "different strokes reference"

CFM is still broke. Unenjoyable and unplayable. The draft classes not matching up with the players the linemen regress, the hurt players who never heal up. I can go on. But hey maybe sub par or average equals greatness to you.

The defense in last years version was much better...
I can do the same PA-GO on the CPU and H2H and any and get the same results everytime. TE's open down the middle no matter what coverage the defense plays.
Cover 2 guys getting beat down the middle too.

And theres still H2H issues

And heres the thing I don't even play Madden as much as majority of the people here. But everytime I play its the same problems over and over.

But you may like CFM I just don't like having to over compensate for problems that should have been fixed by now. Thats not enjoyable to me

# 411 BlackBetty15 @ 10/05/15 04:52 PM

Guys, if you are playing with the tuner ON...stop yourselves right now. Like...exit your game and just stop. Delete the tuner,and play without it.

- As for the patch problems...As someone else in this madden forum has said, in the IT and computer programming side of the house...it is a known "no-no" to download patch on top of patches. I can give you a very specific example of digital forensics evidence lost or damaged due to Encase software updates being installed over each other instead of completely DELETED...THEN reinstalled. Like it or not, you want the game the developers patched and say "is good" that's the way you have to do it.

So...to recap this irritating ordeal I keep re-reading over and over again with the same "madden is broke" comments...I say again...

1. Delete the Madden from your system. Get rid of it. If you want you roster...save it off to the cloud and reload AFTER.

2. Reinstall the game NEW
3. Install new updated patch.
4. DO NOT PLAY WITH THE TUNER.
5. Enjoy Madden as it is very well done this year sans some defensive characteristics that hamper game play which I am fixing myself. (If anyone wants the 53 man roster with JUST the characteristics in it let me know) (Its mostly the strip, big hits, swim/power moves, and aggressive ball, and penalty discipline attributes I messed with.)

# 412 blue21 @ 10/05/15 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackBetty15


	Guys, if you are playing with the tuner ON...stop yourselves right now. Like...exit your game and just stop. Delete the tuner,and play without it. - As for the patch problems...As someone else in this madden forum has said, in the IT and computer programming side of the house...it is a known "no-no" to download patch on top of patches. I can give you a very specific example of digital forensics evidence lost or damaged due to Encase software updates being installed over each other instead of completely DELETED...THEN reinstalled. Like it or not, you want the game the developers patched and say "is good" that's the way you have to do it. So...to recap this irritating ordeal I keep re-reading over and over again with the same "madden is broke" comments...I say again... 1. Delete the Madden from your system. Get rid of it. If you want you roster...save it off to the cloud and reload AFTER. 2. Reinstall the game NEW 3. Install new updated patch. 4. DO NOT PLAY WITH THE TUNER. 5. Enjoy Madden as it is very well done this year sans some defensive characteristics that hamper game play which I am fixing myself. (If anyone wants the 53 man roster with JUST the characteristics in it let me know) (Its mostly the strip, big hits, swim/power moves, and aggressive ball, and penalty discipline attributes I messed with.)

Not saying your wrong at all... BUT the simple fact that we have to do all of this just for the game to MAYBE work properly is stupid. Then when I do all of this the same bugs I addressed earlier will still be in the game.

Also doesn't the game tuner automatically load when you turn the game on?
How do you turn it off?
Also if I delete the game that means my custom playbook will be deleted also right?

Another question. What if Im playing online H2H and I did exactly what you said as far as deleting the game but lets say my opponent didn't. Wouldn't that affect our game?

See none of this makes any sense to me... Which is part of the reason I haven't played Madden in almost two weeks..

It reminds me an old show called Sanford and Son. Everytime Fred Sanford would open his drawer he would have to bang on the table, knock 3 times, do a shoe shuffle and etc just to get the drawer to open properly lol

Oh how I wish the people who created NBA2k series could also do football

# 413 roadman @ 10/05/15 07:22 PM

So, not playing after patch #2 drops and CFM is still "broken."?

Ah, no, just no.

If you want to say that CFM is lacking, I'll back you 100%, but I'm getting great games after patch #2 in CFM.

# 414 blue21 @ 10/05/15 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by roadman


	So, not playing after patch #2 drops and CFM is still "broken."? Ah, no, just no. If you want to say that CFM is lacking, I'll back you 100%, but I'm getting great games after patch #2 in CFM.

I meant I hadn't played it in almost two weeks. I went back last nite and downloaded the update and nothing has really changed still the same and the same bugs that were in CFM are still there

# 415 roadman @ 10/05/15 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by blue21


	I meant I hadn't played it in almost two weeks. I went back last nite and downloaded the update and nothing has really changed still the same and the same bugs that were in CFM are still there

That just simply isn't true at all. Confidence was tweaked.

There is at least 4 of those that affected me bleow before patch #2.

CONNECTED FRANCHISE
Addressed issue where defensive holding slider would reset when exiting the screen
Addressed issue where accelerated clock would not work in H2H CFM games
Addressed issue where visual feedback settings were pulling from the user’s profile instead of league settings
Addressed issue where some settings would carry back to the FE after playing a CFM game
Addressed issue where the CPU would retain an empty roster spot when simming to the regular season when there is a player on Injured Reserve (note: changes aren’t reflected until after your current season is finished)
Addressed issue where the user could not sort player while in the Fantasy draft board
Removed Kick Return as a scoutable trait (note: changes won’t be reflected until after your current season is finished)
CFM Trade tuning
Addressed issue in CFM H2H where uniforms would change back to default home/away even after changing them in the team select screen
Addressed a rare issue that caused some Franchise files to be corrupted, preventing players from accessing their CFM (note: this won’t repair already corrupted files, and only prevents future occurrences)

# 416 blue21 @ 10/05/15 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by roadman


	That just simply isn't true at all. Confidence was tweaked. There is at least 4 of those that affected me bleow before patch #2. CONNECTED FRANCHISE Addressed issue where defensive holding slider would reset when exiting the screen Addressed issue where accelerated clock would not work in H2H CFM games Addressed issue where visual feedback settings were pulling from the user’s profile instead of league settings Addressed issue where some settings would carry back to the FE after playing a CFM game Addressed issue where the CPU would retain an empty roster spot when simming to the regular season when there is a player on Injured Reserve (note: changes aren’t reflected until after your current season is finished) Addressed issue where the user could not sort player while in the Fantasy draft board Removed Kick Return as a scoutable trait (note: changes won’t be reflected until after your current season is finished) CFM Trade tuning Addressed issue in CFM H2H where uniforms would change back to default home/away even after changing them in the team select screen Addressed a rare issue that caused some Franchise files to be corrupted, preventing players from accessing their CFM (note: this won’t repair already corrupted files, and only prevents future occurrences)

LOL you're kidding right?

What about these issues that still aren't addressed:

Draft Classes with unbelievable speeds compared to the players already on the game.

Off. Linemen regress way too fast

Sim a game and look at the ridiculous stats scores

Some injured players NEVER recovering from injuries

All of those bugs have been in the game since it came out and still haven't been addressed

# 417 LionsFan01 @ 10/05/15 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by blue21


	LOL you're kidding right? What about these issues that still aren't addressed: Draft Classes with unbelievable speeds compared to the players already on the game. Off. Linemen regress way too fast Sim a game and look at the ridiculous stats scores Some injured players NEVER recovering from injuries All of those bugs have been in the game since it came out and still haven't been addressed

Not to mention still getting stuck at the spinning football. Still happens frequently to me. Thankfully at that point the results are saved, but that doesn't make it any less annoying.

# 418 roadman @ 10/05/15 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by blue21


	LOL you're kidding right? What about these issues that still aren't addressed: Draft Classes with unbelievable speeds compared to the players already on the game. Off. Linemen regress way too fast Sim a game and look at the ridiculous stats scores Some injured players NEVER recovering from injuries All of those bugs have been in the game since it came out and still haven't been addressed

Ah, no, I'm not.

You said, if you need to go back to your post, you said, CFM was unenjoyable and unplayable and CFM was still broken. There are others telling you it's playable and some things were fixed in CFM.

The sim engine has been borked for many years, that's a legacy issue and won't be fixed in a patch.(tweaked maybe) I doubt if draft classes will be addressed in a patch either this year.

CFM is one of the main issues that appears is getting a hard look next year.

By the way, there is no need to bold, we get it, not every issue was fixed in CFM. The Madden team has come out with 2 patches in 5 weeks, faster service than in the past.

# 419 asandique @ 10/05/15 09:08 PM

I see my questions went unnoticed lol. How much different is the game if you reinstall it cuz im already getting good games!

# 420 blue21 @ 10/05/15 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by roadman


	Ah, no, I'm not. You said, if you need to go back to your post, you said, CFM was unenjoyable and unplayable and CFM was still broken. There are others telling you it's playable and some things were fixed in CFM. The sim engine has been borked for many years, that's a legacy issue and won't be fixed in a patch.(tweaked maybe) I doubt if draft classes will be addressed in a patch either this year. CFM is one of the main issues that appears is getting a hard look next year. By the way, there is no need to bold, we get it, not every issue was fixed in CFM. The Madden team has come out with 2 patches in 5 weeks, faster service than in the past.

And there are others telling you thats its still not playable or enjoyable.
If you look through the forum there are post detailing the bugs still in CFM.

So to me and many others that not neither enjoyable or playable.

BUT

Like I said if you like sub par or average and you think thats great, then by all means have fun.

Also like you told me to look back at my original post (which I did) and I started off by disputing another posters claim that this was the best Madden ever from top to bottom.

Heres another issue: I just finished playing a game (H2H) in which I'm blowing out the guy 35-3 and guess what...... A network timeout, the game freezes and I get hit with the loss LoL I can't make this up.

Ive got about 10 L's from that. And its not my internet connection. I have the best that TW provides and no other game has this issue..

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