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Solecismic
11-03-2003, 08:13 AM
The College Years version 1.2a update is now ready.

Both the downloadable and CD versions have been updated.

Changes made:

- Export dialog changed to include FOF 2004 export choice.

- Minor depth chart algorithm change to allow younger players with more upside to start ahead of older players who might be better now, but don't have as good a future. It's kind of a 2/3 current + 1/3 future calculation now.

This will have no effect on 1.2 careers. You can continue them without changes. The same issue affects 1.1 and earlier careers - new schedules will reflect the new conference alignments added in 1.2, but the teams will remain in their old conferences.


People with the original CD should download the 1.2a update, which comes with a 1.2a patcher.

People with the downloadable version should download the new version (not the update) just as when they purchased the game. Then run the download, which will automatically update the game to 1.2a.

EDIT: THIS PAGE (http://www.solecismic.com/tcysupport/index.html) contains the update.
Bee
11-03-2003, 08:18 AM
Sweet!!!!!!
Icy
11-03-2003, 08:18 AM
Great news Jim, to be able to keep using 1.2 careeers is really great to export the current drafts to the incoming FOF2k4. All is getting ready for the release, i'm counting each minute :)
Ben E Lou
11-03-2003, 08:19 AM
Dang Jim. You're keeping me too busy stickying threads and updating the front page. I gotta get some work done so I'll have time to play the dadgum thing! ;)
Ksyrup
11-03-2003, 08:21 AM
Originally posted by Solecismic
It's kind of a 2/3 current + 1/3 future calculation now.


Now we REALLY see the impact QS has had on Jim...
Solecismic
11-03-2003, 09:03 AM
Originally posted by SkyDog
Dang Jim. You're keeping me too busy stickying threads and updating the front page. I gotta get some work done so I'll have time to play the dadgum thing! ;)

Okay, I won't mention there's another diary entry up right now...

Great to see all the new stuff on the front page, though.
Ksyrup
11-03-2003, 09:06 AM
Cool!

I like how you've made TCY a must-have in conjunction with FOF2K4. Considering thefact that the players' stats import with the TCY players and we won't otherwise have that with the FOF players, I can't see a reason NOT to create a side-by-side TCY career to use with the new game.
kingnebwsu
11-03-2003, 09:15 AM
The whole depth chart AI issue alone should improve TCY's difficulty. Hopefully. I need to bust that game out again :)
Ben E Lou
11-03-2003, 09:24 AM
Originally posted by Solecismic
Okay, I won't mention there's another diary entry up right now...

Great to see all the new stuff on the front page, though. Heh. I missed this one. Front page updated again.

--Ben
MrBug708
11-03-2003, 11:06 AM
Skydog, you linked the wrong diary
Ben E Lou
11-03-2003, 11:20 AM
Originally posted by MrBug708
Skydog, you linked the wrong diary Oops. Fixed.

--Ben
FBPro
11-03-2003, 12:49 PM
I don't want to assume too much but am I correct in thinking that this 1.2a patch contains all others up to that point?
cthomer5000
11-03-2003, 01:17 PM
Originally posted by FBPro
I don't want to assume too much but am I correct in thinking that this 1.2a patch contains all others up to that point?

I'm pretty sure the answer to that is yes, but the site should say for sure.
MrIllini
11-03-2003, 06:14 PM
I seem to remember that there was a utility for making TCY draft files more realistic for import into FOF2, including the endurance issues. Is that right?

If so does anyone have a link to, or a copy of the utility they can send me?

tia
FBPro
11-03-2003, 06:21 PM
There is a link to it off of the FOFC font page.
MrIllini
11-03-2003, 07:18 PM
found it on jim's website...

guess if I had looked in the first place, I'da been alright, huh?

:)
Vegas Vic
11-03-2003, 11:01 PM
Thanks for the update, Jim.

No offense to the FOF series (they're great), but TCY is my favorite text sim of all time. I look forward to the continuing evolution of TCY in the upcoming years.
Tasan
11-04-2003, 01:03 AM
**NEVERMIND, I'M AN IDIOT"

Move along nothing to see here.
Darkiller
11-04-2003, 05:08 AM
Originally posted by Vegas Vic
Thanks for the update, Jim.

No offense to the FOF series (they're great), but TCY is my favorite text sim of all time. I look forward to the continuing evolution of TCY in the upcoming years.

and you'll be glad to read (maybe you have, maybe you haven't) that on Jim's TCY FAQ he wrote this:

"Q: Will there be a TCY2? / A: That's likely someday"
Ben E Lou
11-04-2003, 06:03 PM
bump....and un-stick