Freezing issues after the new patch (Exhibition, Franchise and RTTS)

[kt-od]

Re: Freezing issues after the new patch (Exhibition, Franchise and RTTS)

For those of you like myself who like to take advantage of cloud saves to play on your Vita, some more potentially bad news.

Since the game has not been patched on the Vita yet, when you transfer your game to the Vita, the Vita version has the old schedule which leads to the schedule getting honked up as well.

Not happy.

Wow. Thanks for testing this out! That really sucks! I play a lot of my franchise games on the Vita for the cross compatability. I hope they patch it soon.

[Bobhead]

Re: Freezing issues after the new patch (Exhibition, Franchise and RTTS)

April of 2016

Hmm well try it either way and see... I don't know how the game produces schedules for future years so I can't really explain that one, but if you are in fact in APril, it's possible the issue affects the month of April in every year. Again though, once you are actually finished with the month, you should be fine

With the inconsistencies of the problems reported, I don't want to do a work around out of fear of inconsistencies in the solution. I am sure your fix works fine, but this is growing a little complicated and I really have little faith in franchise mode at this juncture.

So basically you are aware of a working solution but would rather ignore it and whine instead? I get your upset but that's the only solution we got right now. If you are going to form an angry mob all I can say is good luck with that...

[Slim4824]

Re: Freezing issues after the new patch (Exhibition, Franchise and RTTS)

I have a theory on why this is affecting franchises that were already started pre-patch.

Let's say you played a game then saved you franchise. It was an afternoon game and all the other afternoon games were played while you played yours. Now you download the new patch and it fixes the start times. Some of those games that were played in the afternoon now may be moved to a later start time. So the game has already been played but the game now see's that the start time is past where it has been simmed up to and try to play it again. It could also work the other way for games that were scheduled for late being moved up to an early game. So the game has already simmed past that point but now there is a game in that time slot that hasn't been played. Once again something that could make the game freeze up when it starts trying to look at calendars or simming ahead.

The work around I would like to see tried for this patch is to make sure you sim through a complete day on your existing franchise before downloading the patch. That way all the games the day before are played and no games have been played on the current day. Maybe this will fix the freezing issues. I'm going to try and test this theory today when i get time. If anyone else feels like giving this a go let me know how it works out.

[Bobhead]

Re: Freezing issues after the new patch (Exhibition, Franchise and RTTS)

I have a theory on why this is affecting franchises that were already started pre-patch.

Let's say you played a game then saved you franchise. It was an afternoon game and all the other afternoon games were played while you played yours. Now you download the new patch and it fixes the start times. Some of those games that were played in the afternoon now may be moved to a later start time. So the game has already been played but the game now see's that the start time is past where it has been simmed up to and try to play it again. It could also work the other way for games that were scheduled for late being moved up to an early game. So the game has already simmed past that point but now there is a game in that time slot that hasn't been played. Once again something that could make the game freeze up when it starts trying to look at calendars or simming ahead.

The work around I would like to see tried for this patch is to make sure you sim through a complete day on your existing franchise before downloading the patch. That way all the games the day before are played and no games have been played on the current day. Maybe this will fix the freezing issues. I'm going to try and test this theory today when i get time. If anyone else feels like giving this a go let me know how it works out.

Sorry but you are late to the party, the problem has already more or less been identified. Nothing is 100% definite of course, but it definitely seems to be the issue.

[pistolpete]

Re: Freezing issues after the new patch (Exhibition, Franchise and RTTS)

So basically you are aware of a working solution but would rather ignore it and whine instead? I get your upset but that's the only solution we got right now. If you are going to form an angry mob all I can say is good luck with that...

I'm not going to form an angry mob. I just question how good the working solution is and how sustainable it is. I don't want to invest a lot more time into franchise mode without being certain it can continue.

Without expansive testing which single consumers cannot possibly have had enough time to do since Friday morning, or the programmer specifically finding the issue and remedying it I will remain skeptical.

[Jm0ney2001]

Re: Freezing issues after the new patch (Exhibition, Franchise and RTTS)

I played my twins franchise, now in mid august and had no problems at all. It seems if your deep in your franchise you'll have no issues.

[Bobhead]

Re: Freezing issues after the new patch (Exhibition, Franchise and RTTS)

I'm not going to form an angry mob. I just question how good the working solution is and how sustainable it is. I don't want to invest a lot more time into franchise mode without being certain it can continue.

I could try to convince you, but honestly it would only take you 15-20 minutes to definitively test it out yourself. Delete the patch, Sim through the end of APril, and save the franchise as a second, new file. Download the patch, and sim to your heart's content. You can re-load and try again. You should experience no problems, but if you do, your original franchise file is untouched, and you will be at the same place you are now.

[pistolpete]

Re: Freezing issues after the new patch (Exhibition, Franchise and RTTS)

I could try to convince you, but honestly it would only take you 15-20 minutes to definitively test it out yourself. Delete the patch, Sim through the end of APril, and save the franchise as a second, new file. Download the patch, and sim to your heart's content. You can re-load and try again. You should experience no problems, but if you do, your original franchise file is untouched, and you will be at the same place you are now.

For all we know this freeze could happen again on May 14th due to something odd in the schedule. I know it's unlikely, but I have a job, school and two kids and I need to be 100% certain that the franchise will not crash again (as far as we know it) before I play another work's week of games.

[BamaFan1309]

Any word on a fix for this yet?

[cusefan74]

Re: Freezing issues after the new patch (Exhibition, Franchise and RTTS)

Any word on a fix for this yet?

Most likely it will be a couple of days.

[CaptainZombie]

Re: Freezing issues after the new patch (Exhibition, Franchise and RTTS)

Holy cow dude. You don't think your being a little extreme. There is no reason to believe your franchise is history yet. People are always jumping off bridges on this site. Im fairly confident answers will be coming tomorow and a fix in the next couple days. If we haven't heard anything by the end of the weekend then post your little diatribe. It hasn't even been 24 hrs and your already forming the lynch mob. Jeeeez

Well, after 2 patches and now the second one potentially can ruin weeks of work is not right. People at this point have every right to be mad at SCEA. No developer should get a pass no matter how much heart and effort is put into place. At the end of the day how much was this patch tested considering its not even working with the Vita? Why would you release it knowing it also breaks your handheld version which is being advertised quite a bit on TV.

I'm about 6-7 games in my franchise and I'm afraid to continue. I played 2 games last night with the White Sox post patch and didn't encounter any freezing. I can start all over again, but really don't feel like it considering that some of my games took 1.5-2 hours each to play through. My goal this year was to get through 162 games which I haven't done in many years.

[dlk90514]

Re: Freezing issues after the new patch (Exhibition, Franchise and RTTS)

Okay I am 38 games into my Orioles single team franchise OS Spring Training rosters. I have played 4 games post patch. I am not experiencing any freezing problems. The only thing that I am seeing is the Athletics and Mariners games from May 11th are not counted in the standings for them (the teams that they played have the outcomes reflected on their records) or look like they have been played on the schedule. May 11th is the date I was on when I downloaded the patch yesterday morning.

Is this going to effect anything in my franchise beyond the Athletics and Mariners playing only 161 games? Any responses would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Knight165]

Re: Freezing issues after the new patch (Exhibition, Franchise and RTTS)

Wow....at this thread. Just wow.

....and the way some guys are fanning the flames is absurd.
(especially ones who said they were giving up on this game two weeks ago!)

Guys...we didn't even know until yesterday whether we would be able to continue franchises or not. Most guys who referenced the previous schedule patch even stated we were forced to restart our franchise with that patch.

"I'm five games into my franchise and I have to restart?!!!!" Seriously?

Yes...I realize some guys are way deep into it....that sucks.
Heck...I've set up my franchise with injuries/moves and such three times now, and I certainly didn't want to do it again..... But c'mon....we're playing a game here, not trying to cure cancer.

Some of you guys are sad.
I'd feel sorry for you ....but I'm heartless.

M.K.
Knight165

[BaylorBearBryant]

Re: Freezing issues after the new patch (Exhibition, Franchise and RTTS)

Patience is a virtue.

It also comes in handy when starting your Show franchise! Glad I waited.

I'm sure SECA will get this sorted out, asap.

[pistolpete]

Re: Freezing issues after the new patch (Exhibition, Franchise and RTTS)

Wow....at this thread. Just wow.

Some of us get an hour a day to play the game, so we're looking at all summer to play a 162 game season. It took me almost exactly a month to get to the point we are in our season. Now I cannot continue.

I've changed my mind about many of the other things in this game that annoy me. If a gameplay thing seems silly, all I need is a slider adjustment.

I've come around to the gameplay and I was a little late to the party and it is amazing. The fact right now I cannot continue my franchise irritates the heck out of me.