NCAA Football 09 Patch Announcement

[Jas8099]

Quote: Originally Posted by bad_philanthropy

I am just hoping that at some point one of the producers at EA can convince the powers that be to have an "NHL 08" year. On that game there were basically no additions or improvements other than a serious overhaul of the AI. The end result was the greatest AI in a sports game to date. So good that I can still pick it up and not have the game feel the same as the last after all these months. It made the gameplay so good that additional flaws or absent features were easily forgiven by the people who played it. I know football is infinitely more complex than hockey but with one single focus I think it could be done.

Amen.

[FlyingFinn]

Quote: Originally Posted by mwjr

Which begs the question: with problems like these appearing every year, wouldn't it be better for EA to simply push back the release schedules for their games? Instead of releasing NCAA July 15, why not release it August 15? That's still two weeks before the start of college football and it allowes testers a full extra month.

How does pushing back the release help long term. After the first year (release in July last year then aug the next) you jump back to the yearly dev cycle, just as we have now.

[FlyingFinn]

Quote: Originally Posted by ewto16

For those of you that keep asking if the 1st or 2nd patch will work with a dynasty that is already started, it will not. Unless EA changes something from how they have done it in the past, the dynasty file isn't affected by any patches made to the game.

Gameplay patches don't deal with gamesaves at all. The executable that is running is what is changed so any saved season will have the gameplay changes incorporated once patched. However, if the patch changes ratings to players in the default roster that will not be seen in your dynasty.

The roster patch will prevent certain actions from corrupting roster files but it can't fix rosters that are already messed up. This is why they suggested editors just stop editing.

[DGuinta1]

I am really enjoying this game a ton. Any chance the "2nd" patch could fix the CPU and running out of bounds unnecessarily? Is that a problem with the game logic? Curious. Thanks.

[DrUrsus]

Quote: Originally Posted by DGuinta1

I am really enjoying this game a ton. Any chance the "2nd" patch could fix the CPU and running out of bounds unnecessarily? Is that a problem with the game logic? Curious. Thanks.

The CPU players have been running out of bounds since the original Madden football/NCAA. It has gotten a little bit better, but it is something that should have been eliminated YEARS ago. I don't get it. Also, what is the deal with the weird angles the CPU will take to the ball carrier? Sometimes they will escort them into the endzone instead of hitting them. There was a problem like this on the PS2 version of NCAA 08 last year that really hurt an otherwise really good game. Wide open gameplay is just a little too wide open. I like the game overall, but I think I would have been happier if they would have just fixed the problems with NCAA 08, like the CPU AI, and LB INTs.

[ElroyJetson]

what if you dont get online with your ps3 because you dont have internet , how do you get the patch?????

[joerob]

Quote: Originally Posted by shorty199127

what if you dont get online with your ps3 because you dont have internet , how do you get the patch?????

Im sure someone will help you out with sending a zip drive to them and have them load the rosters on that and send it back....just dont pay for em...theiving bastards

[colkilla]

this is why together (ea with the community) the game can continue to get better. adam is on these threads constantly, heard about a bug, got guys on it, and with the help of the community (cdj, fkings, etc) the cause was identified, fixed and now we'll get a patch. i agree that ea games lately have not been perfect, but no game is. you have got to stand up and applaud the effort by adam and the rest of the staff because they are trying to give us the best possible college football experience (videogame wise). they could have gone away and hid when the bug popped up and the average gamer who isn't concerned with rosters would have bought the game anyway and ea still would have made money hand over fist. i guess what i am trying to say is THANK YOU...