FOF7 - Questions / Observations / Errors

[NawlinsFan]

Figured I would start a generic thread until an official one begins.



First question I have. I just finished my first pre-season and noted that no matter how I adjusted my roster the game continued resetting the starters. Yes, I have set the coaches options to "no".

[NawlinsFan]

Anyone try another position player in place of their long snapper? Initial ratings on some teams are very poor and the FA market is slim so I was wondering if other players may have the ability. Roster adjustment does penalize you though if you don't have an LS identified.

[MizzouRah]

Don't be fooled by those ratings.. take a look at his skill as a long snapper within the player page.

[NawlinsFan]

Don't be fooled by those ratings.. take a look at his skill as a long snapper within the player page.

I did. Roster file show 2/2, player card says 10.

[TheFoosballWizard]

Where do we see the new "ratings" tracker in game? I can't seem to find it and it says it tracks rating changes at TC and around week 3 of exhibition. Is it because it's the first season in my new SP league and there wasn't actually a "training camp?"

NEVERMIND. Just answered my own question. Click on the bars on the player screen and the window pops up.

[MajikMan77]

Having scout select all players from an initial player draft doesn't select any Long Snappers for the player controlled team.

[Mike Lowe]

What are folks using for cap, injury, and combine settings?

[kaybeeco]

What's the trick to starting a new game with a modified player file? I tried to do it like I've done before with 2k7, but it doesn't prompt for the alternate player file. It just starts a new game with the default player file. (also posted in FOF7 thread)

[BENGAL BRAD]

Any word on if/when the game will be available for Mac OS?

[tomr1962]

Accidently tried to open the boxscore with pdf reader now I cant open it . Ideas how to switch file to read boxscores.

[digamma]

Any word on if/when the game will be available for Mac OS?

Not on a Mac. There are several who use a parallels system to run the game. If you are not set up for parellels, this product (http://www.codeweavers.com/products/) from a company called Codeweavers gets decent reviews for running single windows programs and it looks like at least one person ran FOF 2007 using it.

[corbes]

One question for the future. When starting a new SP game with random players and coaches and an allocation draft, would it be possible to have a staff draft at that time too, instead of waiting until after the first year to bring in your own dudes?

[sjshaw]

Any word on if/when the game will be available for Mac OS?

What Digamma said. It will never be native Mac-compatible.

You will have to use Parallels, VMWare Fusion, WINE or Codeweavers. I use Parallels and it runs great.

[Julio Riddols]

I love that scrambling QB's can be huge difference makers. My inaugural season in a fictional universe and 92 scrambling QB Brent Roberson ran 129 times for 964 yards for us. It's a good thing too, because his passer rating was only 71.0.

[Apathetic Lurker]

All my options are set to NO and yet the game still signs players, adjusts rosters and gameplans..Anyone else have this problem?

[Noop]

One minor issue is that it should not take three years to renovate turf or parking lots.

[Grim.Reaper]

I have had a number of game crashes were the game stops responding and crashes to desktop.

1) While simming a season, received the error. After this issue happened, the trial for the game expired, even though I had 3 days left.

2) While exiting the game, sometimes I also get a crash.

These don't happen all the time.

Using Windows 8.1, 64-bit if that helps....

[MizzouRah]

I did. Roster file show 2/2, player card says 10.

Ok yeah.. that's horrible. :) My guy was 20/20 and 96 for long snapping.

[kcchief19]

Not on a Mac. There are several who use a parallels system to run the game. If you are not set up for parellels, this product (http://www.codeweavers.com/products/) from a company called Codeweavers gets decent reviews for running single windows programs and it looks like at least one person ran FOF 2007 using it.
I'm running FOF7 on it right now. Only issue is scoreboard doesn't appear when simming a game. I'll try some workarounds or fixes sometime this weekend.

[TheFoosballWizard]

Regarding the new staff functionality:

I noticed that you can give your coordinators a "raise" to extend their contracts.

SO, I HAZ SOME QUESTIONS:

Are they still being paid actual salaries that contribute to their happiness? If so, does a "raise" make them less likely to leave for another team?

When you give someone a "raise" does it have any effects on your teams finances?

Can coordinators/coaches make lateral moves if they're under "contract" via the staff draft, or only if they get promoted to HC? If they can, is there anything you can do to stop another team from poaching your coaches on lateral moves?

[BighouseBrock]

so i'm in my first draft and in needed a DC i found a coach i liked, he was a free agent and nothing was under the role section, i clicked select and it made him my head coach... i didn't want a head coach, needed a DC what did i do wrong?

[Ben E Lou]

so i'm in my first draft and in needed a DC i found a coach i liked, he was a free agent and nothing was under the role section, i clicked select and it made him my head coach... i didn't want a head coach, needed a DC what did i do wrong?You can only draft a HC in the HC round. Look to the right of the screen and it says "Head Coach Round" or whatever stage you're in.

[BighouseBrock]

nevermind, i see each round has a title and its head coach round

[BighouseBrock]

You can only draft a HC in the HC round. Look to the right of the screen and it says "Head Coach Round" or whatever stage you're in.


yep, just discovered that. thank you.

[cankles]

I've had 3 crashes, all when attempting to load a new game. Playing trial on Windows XP.

[cuervo72]

Don't be fooled by those ratings.. take a look at his skill as a long snapper within the player page.

Do long snappers accrue experience correctly? Looking at the initial player file I am seeing LS who are fully red, but none of them are showing anything for positional experience on their player cards. Or do they all just come fully developed?

[Carman Bulldog]

Just had my Brian Hoyer led Browns team drop 72 points against the Raiders in 2014. Granted, there were 3 interception returns, 1 fumble return and 1 punt return. The offense only actually put up 267 yards. The score was 58-0 with 22 seconds left in the first half.

[Grim.Reaper]

Just had my Brian Hoyer led Browns team drop 72 points against the Raiders in 2014. Granted, there were 3 interception returns, 1 fumble return and 1 punt return. The offense only actually put up 267 yards. The score was 58-0 with 22 seconds left in the first half.

This should probably be listed as a bug since putting up 72 points for the Browns is usually a season total, not a game total:)

[Carman Bulldog]

This should probably be listed as a bug since putting up 72 points for the Browns is usually a season total, not a game total:)

We actually went on to win the Super Bowl led by the 31/31 rated Brian Hoyer. What does he do in the off-season? Signs a $55 million - 5 year deal with New England, who just locked Brady up for 3 more seasons and will be paying him a total of $41 million over those three years.

[Dynasty23]

Probably a dumb question, but no matter where I look, I'm not seeing the new ratings history screen. I'm 99% sure I set it up to track the ratings when I started my game. I'm pretty sure I'm just overlooking it, wherever it is. Can anyone tell me where exactly it is I should be looking? Thanks.

[aran]

Click on the ratings listing (the area with the bars) in the player page. That'll bring up a screen listing that player's ratings over time.

[Dynasty23]

Click on the ratings listing (the area with the bars) in the player page. That'll bring up a screen listing that player's ratings over time.

Thank you.

[scorp]

On the long snappers, mine John Denney is actually has a zero in long snapping and the guy has been a career long snapper in the NFL?

[Sef0r]

On the long snappers, mine John Denney is actually has a zero in long snapping and the guy has been a career long snapper in the NFL?

Its the only thing he does and he isnt that good at it...go figure :)

[scorp]

Yeah sign a FA that was 86 LS ability. just crazy.

add in OTs with zero for pass blocking???? How did these guys ever play college and get drafted if they have absolutely pass block ability?

[Rawhide]

I am seeing the AI offer more trades to me, particularly after the draft. Not all of them are pointless, either.

Quarterbacks are rarely chosen at number one in the draft.

By 2025, many ex-players appear as coaches.

In my current game, Tomlin is the only current coach still going in 2040, and still at the Steelers.

I started one season 9-0 and missed the playoffs at 11-5 (two other teams also finished 11-5 but we lost to both of them down the stretch). Another season, we started 0-6, made the wildcard at 9-7 and lost the conference final in extra time (missed a 35 yard field goal down 3).

I have seen only one 19-0 team and one 0-16 team.

The quarterback corelie (sp?) is a fantastic comparison tool.

[corbes]

Amateur draft preview now tells you, on each player's card, whether the player is a potential affinity or conflict.

Any chance we could get the same information via green and blue colors on the players' names in the main draft preview screen, as elsewhere in the game? Having that information available visible at a glance, next to the combine scores, would be super helpful.

[corbes]

While I'm here. I like the new player development tracking on the player cards. I would LOVE the ability to hit "next" and "previous" from the development tracking card itself, as opposed to having to click three times. (Click on ratings, click to close ratings, click to next player)

[scorp]

Just finished my 2nd draft, FA2 just starting, while I was looking at the new rookies I noticed the TE I took has a long snapping bar.
Only thing I can thing of is I interviewed him, no other TE on my roster has that 13th bar.http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l178/scorpionking271/sandersonLSshows_zps04a39b08.jpg (http://s96.photobucket.com/user/scorpionking271/media/sandersonLSshows_zps04a39b08.jpg.html)