Originally Posted by Solecismic.com

The following changes are included in the 6.0e update, along with everything changed through 6.0d:

• Screen for in-game box scores is too tall for 1024x768 desktop.
• Goal-line formation reverses tight ends.
• Cosmetic fixes for a handful of printed screens.
• Cosmetic fixes for a handful of information screens.
• Playoff records now update properly.
• Break down offense and defense for team totals of running plays and passing plays.
• Hide Red Zone information in Solevision-generated box scores until the game is final.
• Team scouting report shows incorrect overrall scouted rating.
• Fix and extend (slightly) achievement list to show more statistical categories.
• Change order of placement in dime depth chart - dime back should not be placed before starters.
• Ensure stage emails during multi-player game are available at the right time.
• Biggest need on trade screen and information screen does not reflect a team's 34/43 choice.
• Use of color scheme, when set to change with player cards, isn’t consistent - a little better now..
• Make sure a player can not be listed twice at the top of the special teams depth chart.
• Make sure the extra defensive lineman in goal-line defense is not starting elsewhere.
• Fix problems with phantom offsides call on defense during a punt or kickoff play, which could lead to extra point being kicked for wrong team if return for touchdown.
• Slight tweak to the curve where older players are no longer offered long contracts.
• Some changes made to time-out calls in two-minute offense.
• Tweak in AI rushing percentages to right side.
• If a player retires early, he should have up to two seasons of accrued bonus count against the cap, instead of one.
• Soften restriction for trading away players at start of fully-drafted career.
• Tweak AI for deciding when appropriate to decline a penalty on third down that would result in fourth down if accepted (only when making a field goal tougher).
• Timing of play-calling corrected if indication of a two-minute warning if no time out called - Clock stops at 2:00 instead of running to point where next play would have been snapped.
• Potential removed for crash when 3rd quarterback is injured, but still in depth chart.
• Lower the number of penalties called.
• Redefine the concussion injury so that players do not try to play through the injury during a game.
• Increase the risk of players getting injured in the summer league.
• Take a shot at reducing the problem with the game hanging when it opens. The theory here is that virus checkers do not handle broadcasts from the game properly.
• Try and count the salary cap hit properly when a player is cut during the season. At some point, FOF will need to change the rules completely, and just guarantee an entire salary once the season begins.
• The pop-up showing cap hits was corrected for the case when a player making the veteran minimum is released.
• When dealing with a veteran minimum salary in salary offer screen, bonus was not being calculated correctly.
• The play selection algorithm now properly uses the game plan settings for defensive personnel choices.
• The play selection algorithm now properly uses the adjustments screens on offense and defense.
• More than one teams changing cities could choose Akron.
• AI should make sure it is not signing a seriously injured player in mid-season.
• In a league starting with a full draft, but the game was saved before the draft was finished, the level economic playing field option should work.
• In a league starting with a preference draft, implement a proper snake order for drafting.
• Don't show rookie ratings in recommend screen during the start of a league using a full draft.
• Rewrite algorithm for how the overrated/underrated assessment is chosen during the rookie interview process.
• Eliminate scoreboard screen flashing during play-calling after the play-calling screen exits.
• Fix cosmetic error with fumble recovery distance of fumble in end zone resulting in touchdown.
• Could not verify, but put in some protection code to try and endure AI could not sign a coach to an undefined salary.
• Change algorithm, speeding up team penalty avoidance changes based on staff ratings.
• In multi-player fixed problem that could lead to incorrect cap approval/denial of a signing if a team is making offers to more than one player.
• Rewrite pieces of the logic for determining how well the staff recognizes play-calling trends during a game.
• Give commissioner full access to void contract button on player screen.
• Penalty should not be declined at the end of a game if declining the penalty would lead to the end of the game for the trailing team.
• When a game is over, the channel button in Solevision should show "Final."
• Remove the clumsy attempt to provide city names when opening saved games or joining a new MP league.
• List of Solevision weeks now populated properly - a crash could occur when a week was listed and that file wasn't on the computer.

Originally Posted by New Help File

We have received many questions about how a player's coverage ratings translate into these coverage options. The answer is complex. On each play, a defensive player is assigned a coverage rating based on the chosen coverage, the position he plays and the targetted receiver.

Cornerbacks, even when in zone coverage, need to have man-to-man and/or bump-and-run skills because they are almost always responsible for a wide receiver close to the line of scrimmage. And safeties, especially the free safety, even when in man coverage are often essentially playing a zone. The strong-side linebacker is often assigned to the tight end.

We recommend you try out different lineups, especially in the Nickel and Dime situations, and see which coverages work best for your players. There's a lot of flexibility in this system.

Double Coverage:

You may assign double coverage based on the cornerbacks. One cornerback is always assigned to the flanker, and one to the split end. Your choice affects which side each cornerback covers. If you choose to orient the cornerbacks left and right, then they stay on the left or right side regardless of which sides the flanker and split ends choose. If you choose to orient the cornerbacks based on their abilities, then your top cornerback will always cover the opposing team's best wide receiver.

In double-coverage, a safety (usually the free safety first) automatically joins one of the cornerbacks. This doesn't mean there won't be double coverage elsewhere, just that it's automatic in this case. This is also what the game reports in the play-by-play. When the cornerbacks stay on one side or the other, your choices are to double-cover either the split end or the flanker. When they cover based on ability, your choices are to double-cover either the top or the second-best receiver.

Double-coverage percentages indicate what percentage of all plays a safety is in automatic double coverage.

Originally Posted by New Help file

If it is First-and-Ten and you have, then, runs set to 45%, short passes to 25% and long passes set to 30%. And your setting on this screen modifies runs by 30% more, short passes by 10% less and long passes are the "same," then the game will make the following calculations. Runs = 45 * 130% = 58%, short passes = 25 * 90% = 22%, long passes = 30%. They are then adjusted to add up to 100%. So you would end up running 54% of the time, short passes 19% and long passes 27% in that situation.

The "Never" setting will reduce the chance of running that offense to 0%. The "Always" setting adds 900% to the modifier, so it's essentialy an "almost always" setting.

Originally Posted by Joe (Post 1456185)

no change in RB endurance?

Originally Posted by Subby (Post 1456189)

Was this submitted by anyone? I know I mentioned it to SD (I have a low endurance RB in GEFL that is set to 100% but doesn't even get the first carries of the game) but thought someone else had already submitted it.

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27 (Post 1456663)

Can anyone else who has patched confirm that they are still seeing 6.0d as the current version on the about FOF screen?

Originally Posted by twothree (Post 1456675)

No. I see 6.0e in my uninstalled/new installed version.

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27 (Post 1456676)

Thanks. Guess, I'll retry the installation later.

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27 (Post 1456663)

Can anyone else who has patched confirm that they are still seeing 6.0d as the current version on the about FOF screen?

Originally Posted by kingfc22 (Post 1457023)

Did draft interviews give "hard to read" result prior to this patch? If not, then this is a neat addition.

Originally Posted by FFL Buffalo Bills (Post 1456903)

As in delete it from your computer altogther.. And re-install. Doesn't that take away from how many downloads your allowed per license. Don't ya only get 2 downloads:confused:

Originally Posted by Dutch (Post 1457553)

Fixed. :)

Originally Posted by Solecismic (Post 1457490)

I understand the positional graphics aren't everyone's favorite. I like them myself, but I also keep my monitor brightness very low and realize they look a little rough on a laptop screen. But if you're going to replace them, please use a tool that replaces them directly.

Don't use an executable that someone else has provided with the changes already made. I believe someone making those changes has written a tool that does it properly, though for obvious reasons I can't openly support it or link to it.

Originally Posted by Kobeck (Post 1459185)

First - GREAT game and it just keeps getting better at simulating the NFL.

Second - why not let certain things, positional graphics and splash screens for instance, be easily modified? Some things are already easliy modified, the sounds and Gridiron Girl, why not make more of the purley cosmetic things easily modified because it would free you to continue to improve the simulation aspects of your industry leading product