FIX: Setting Up A 32 Team OFFLINE CFM Instructions

[woodjer]

Re: FIX: Setting Up A 32 Team OFFLINE CFM Instructions

How important is a 32 team franchise? I'm not sure I understand what the point is?

It's completely up to you. Most people that do 32-team CFMs are doing it to have more control over what the rest of the league does. For example, I use it so I can initiate trades and control the CPU signing/re-signing players. It's my first go-round with it but, so far, I feel more immersed and invested than I have before. If you just want to control one team and let the others do as they please, it's not a big deal. Just a matter of preference.

As for what the point is...in addition to what I mentioned above, it was more important this year to some because Drive Goals were causing some really weird situations with way over-inflated confidence for the user team. That's been toned down some since it was patched but, if you don't like the new Drive Goals, it's a way that you can disable them since they don't come into play in user vs. user games.

[NFCastle]

Re: FIX: Setting Up A 32 Team OFFLINE CFM Instructions

Finally have mine up and running after the help given here. (Thanks!)

Question about resigning/offseason...

I have autopilot on for other 31 teams, and for example, the Skins resigned Griffin, and the Broncos let Osweiler walk.

If I cut Griffin, and clear cap penalties for the skins, would that make it like this never happened?

As for Osweiler, I'm assuming I'd have to either go back and make sure they resign him, or give him a big contract in free agency for the broncos.

[RogueHominid]

Re: FIX: Setting Up A 32 Team OFFLINE CFM Instructions

Finally have mine up and running after the help given here. (Thanks!)

Question about resigning/offseason...

I have autopilot on for other 31 teams, and for example, the Skins resigned Griffin, and the Broncos let Osweiler walk.

If I cut Griffin, and clear cap penalties for the skins, would that make it like this never happened?

As for Osweiler, I'm assuming I'd have to either go back and make sure they resign him, or give him a big contract in free agency for the broncos.

Logically, this makes sense. If you release Griffin and clear the cap penalty for WASH, effectively all you have done is erased the signing.

I am going to go in and make sure NE signs Garoppolo and DEN signs Osweiler, but beyond that I'm going to let the CPU do what it does.

[Culture Rot]

Re: FIX: Setting Up A 32 Team OFFLINE CFM Instructions

63 pages to do what took 3 seconds to do years ago?

[Kendall_Gilbert]

Re: FIX: Setting Up A 32 Team OFFLINE CFM Instructions

I used this method before it worked for me but i'm tired of this EA needs to fix CFM it sucks. I wish they would model their franchise mode after 2k's My League mode. That has probably been said a million time but they need to because CFM sucks horribly

[Kendall_Gilbert]

Re: FIX: Setting Up A 32 Team OFFLINE CFM Instructions

63 pages to do what took 3 seconds to do years ago?

That is exactly what I'm saying it's EA's BS!!!

[Mike Lowe]

Re: Tutorial: Setting Up A 32 Team OFFLINE CFM

Question: If you use ths trick, what happens down the road when the AI teams still end up with high confidence, but your team stays at the default?

[woodjer]

Re: Tutorial: Setting Up A 32 Team OFFLINE CFM

Question: If you use ths trick, what happens down the road when the AI teams still end up with high confidence, but your team stays at the default?

Well, technically, there are no AI teams. Also, the goal isn't to keep your team at the default, it's to prevent it from skyrocketing quickly. And, if all else fails, you go into the commissioner settings and reset confidence to 50.

[bjb2445]

Re: Tutorial: Setting Up A 32 Team OFFLINE CFM

Well, technically, there are no AI teams. Also, the goal isn't to keep your team at the default, it's to prevent it from skyrocketing quickly. And, if all else fails, you go into the commissioner settings and reset confidence to 50.

Correct me if I'm wrong. But don't we only have the option to raise confidence to 50, and not actually reset, or lower, confidence that is over 50, back to 50?

[woodjer]

Re: Tutorial: Setting Up A 32 Team OFFLINE CFM

Correct me if I'm wrong. But don't we only have the option to raise confidence to 50, and not actually reset, or lower, confidence that is over 50, back to 50?

You could be right. I remember seeing the option and thinking "reset" in my mind. Then again, it was when I first started my CFM so I didn't pay a ton of attention to it. If raising is the only option, we'll have to dig further.

[Joshua_85]

Re: FIX: Setting Up A 32 Team OFFLINE CFM Instructions

Ok I need help. I have 32 team control with the settings enabled in this thead. The only problem I'm seeing now is that trades are very easy now. TOO easy. I can trade anyone on my team for anyone else on another. Is there a way to fix this? I was happy that I finally found a way to control all 32 teams and fix everyone's depth charts so that the best are starting. However, trading is very important in CFM. So I have to decide to have the best depth charts or harder trading. There is ALWAYS something messed up in Madden. Always have to look for work arounds for something that should only take a few minutes to do. Then once you go through the tedious process, you find even more problems. This is ridiculous!

[aussiefan]

Re: FIX: Setting Up A 32 Team OFFLINE CFM Instructions

This might already be in amongst these pages already, but........
Doesn't doing this make trading broken? In that the CP will accept any trade, however stupid?

[Mattanite]

Re: FIX: Setting Up A 32 Team OFFLINE CFM Instructions

Ok I need help. I have 32 team control with the settings enabled in this thead. The only problem I'm seeing now is that trades are very easy now. TOO easy. I can trade anyone on my team for anyone else on another. Is there a way to fix this? I was happy that I finally found a way to control all 32 teams and fix everyone's depth charts so that the best are starting. However, trading is very important in CFM. So I have to decide to have the best depth charts or harder trading. There is ALWAYS something messed up in Madden. Always have to look for work arounds for something that should only take a few minutes to do. Then once you go through the tedious process, you find even more problems. This is ridiculous!

If you have 32 team control then trading is automatically accepted, no matter what, as all you are doing is accepting it yourself (as your username is tagged on all teams). I don't even know if running autopilot will fix this? In 32 online with different users then trades are not automatic.

[Joshua_85]

Re: FIX: Setting Up A 32 Team OFFLINE CFM Instructions

If you have 32 team control then trading is automatically accepted, no matter what, as all you are doing is accepting it yourself (as your username is tagged on all teams). I don't even know if running autopilot will fix this? In 32 online with different users then trades are not automatic.

Yeah I tried autopilot and samething. So I basically have to choose between having control of the depth charts or harder trading. Right?

[Mattanite]

Re: FIX: Setting Up A 32 Team OFFLINE CFM Instructions

Yeah I tried autopilot and samething. So I basically have to choose between having control of the depth charts or harder trading. Right?

Its not really harder/easier trading more like trading/jedi mind trick... yes, although since they released the update fixing drive goals there is less reason to do 32 control.