TPF Patch Link...

[MizzouRah]

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Todd

[MizzouRah]

Installing the Update:
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Download the file above, and launch the setup file and make sure to point the installation program to the directory where you currently have the game installed, i.e., C:\Program Files\400 Software Studios\Total Pro Football

Stability Fixes:
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- Fixed rare RTE overflow crash that prevented advancing past week 18.
- Cutting a player that you gave a RFA tender offer will no longer cause a crash
- Fixed crash when viewing depth chart after trading a starter
- Start fantasy draft in offseason and begin college draft sometimes caused a crash
- Placing only a single player in the compare box will no longer cause the game to crash
- Clicking Next or Previous in player cards during free agent negotiations will no longer cause a crash
- Moving mouse wheel extremely fast on career leaders interface will no longer cause a crash
- Fixed issues pertaining to abnormally large signing bonuses causing stability issues
- Crash in regards to having inactive or cut players in your depth chart and trying to play week 1 (this has been a main one for many of you emailing me - an easy fix for now is to remove all players from your depth chart that were cut or are inactive for week 1)

Bug Fixes:
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- Now able to execute signing bonuses for rookies and veterans in week 11 higher than $30K
- All contract offers are now at least the league minimum based on the player's league experience
- Added images for missing defensive play diagrams
- Problems saving custom conference and division names in league creation resolved
- Fixed display issue where kick out of bounds penalty was referred to as touchback in the PBP
- Fixed false start penalty declined bug
- Fixed issues related to repetitive hiring/firing of coaches
- Fixed 4th down penalties against the offense being declined
- Resolved PBP issue where a penalty on a punt sometimes gave the ball to the opposing team at the kicking team's original LOS
- Fixed the advance scouting reports to have better value good rushing teams in its description (ie, not most teams favoring passing)
- Fixed AI to have all penalties inside the 20 amount to half the distance to the goal line on either end. It currently only kicks in when the penalty would result in more yards than there is left before entering the end zone
- Fixed rare bug where an incomplete pass on 3rd down resulted in a short gain.
- Fixed PBP readout issue "punts 24 yards to the 24 yard line"
- Fixed a display issue where the yardline sometimes appeared as the "54" in the PBP, instead of the 46.
- Fixed a few interface issues pertaining to grid/table sorting (like not having the FA grid re-sort after making a bid).

Engine Tweaks:
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- Refined trading AI so that a team cannot receive multiple good players and high draft picks for one "star" player
- Block field goals and scoring from safeties now appears in the PBP readout and gamelogs.
- Refined the coach sign AI to be a little more fair to the human since there is only 1 week.
- Significantly refined the in-game penalty accept/decline logic
- Refined the AI during the free agency period for undrafted rookies to give human players a better chance at signing these players
- Marginal players will sign earlier in the free agency process even if they only have one offer
- Reduced the number of veteran players that were asking for long-term (6 and 7-year) deals
- Changed the click increment in the coach biding slider to equal $25K for easier offers
- Refined the end of game and end of half logic.

New Features:
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- Added a "Rest Starters" option in the PBP interface. When checked, your second-string players will be substituted for starters (this option is not available in the preseason, as all four strings play in those games)
- Added Total % below plays listed in the package editor
- You can now call timeouts when manually coaching games in the PBP interface.
- You will now receive an email about any coach you make an offer to, regardless if he signs with you or not
- You will now receive an email after the free agency period for undrafted rookies (offseason, week 11) is complete detailing what team each person you bid on signed with (including players you signed)
- You will remain in the contract interface of the player card after making a bid. This should make the week 11 undrafted free agency period a little easier, as you can simply sort by rating, make an offer and then click the next arrow to view the next free agent.
- Most of the grid/table scrollbars will now do a full page up (or down( when clicking the area above the arrows.

[MizzouRah]

double-dola,

Now, since I don't own the game yet and know most of you here at FOFC, I would like to know how the game runs/plays/etc.. after running with the new patch for awhile.

It's great to have two football sims, each with their own niche within the same sport, yet hopefully two different experiences!


Todd

[DeToxRox]

I've had a fun time with it (I am dling the patch now.. Slow as hell though) I've run into like 4 or 5 errors in about 12 hours of game time, and all the errors I've run into are covered in the new patch. For me though, I am waiting for the NFL rosters, because in a game this deep, it's just easier to have more reference to fall back on.

I'll let you know more once I play pre-patch a while.

[MizzouRah]

Originally posted by DeToxRoxDVHStyle
I've had a fun time with it (I am dling the patch now.. Slow as hell though) I've run into like 4 or 5 errors in about 12 hours of game time, and all the errors I've run into are covered in the new patch. For me though, I am waiting for the NFL rosters, because in a game this deep, it's just easier to have more reference to fall back on.

I'll let you know more once I play pre-patch a while.

Great! Thanks!!




Todd

[SirFozzie]

Link is 404. (ie not found)

[MizzouRah]

Arghhh... link must be too long.. I linked the thread to the file.


Todd

[Die Hand die Verletzt]

Works fine for me after patching. Also waiting for NFL rosters to really be able to dig into it.