How To Build A Custom Offensive Playbook And Gameplan

[edgevoice]

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Thanks a lot, Edge. [emoji3] Maybe I give it a try after all. But it would not have been possible without your initial write up. I'll tried it before and experienced messed up formations. It was awful. Hopefully GB playbook works for me just as the Saints' did for you.

Best of luck to you. Be patient, take your time and do 1 step at a time and you will be fine. Think about balance and situations when selecting your plays.

[edgevoice]

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I exclusively use a custom playbook. I've never had issues with formation jumbling. I pick a formation and all the variations/plays I want then move to the next. I think that is key. Finishing a formation before you move on to the next.


Writing down they formations/plays you want before hand can really help. Hope this helps.


Right now I'm using a custom offensive playbook that consists of Goalline, Singleback, Pistol, Wildcat, and Shotgun. No Iform variations except goalline which I hardly use. It has been so much fun. More of a spread/multiple TE/ multiple RB college style playbook with a good mix of motions, read options, screens, reverses. Allows me to get very creative.

Good advice right here. Exactly what I did with regards to putting playbook to paper in advance. Important to keep in mind that while we're creating a custom playbook, in essence we are truly editing an existing playbook that has already been formatted. I believe this to be the reason that many folks understandably run into formation jumbling and other problems. I focused on building from the formations already present in my selected book. From there, I brought additional formations and plays into my book without experiencing any glitches.

Hopefully in the future, Madden will overall this system so that we can write our books from scratch, arrange our formations and plays the way we want to and give us more play slots to build a gameplan from.

[ajra21]

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I was building an O scheme, saved it etc. Now it's gone.

Weird. Whatever.

So I start again and the SF playbook to base it off is gone as well.

Has anyone else had this occur?

[StefJoeHalt]

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I was building an O scheme, saved it etc. Now it's gone.



Weird. Whatever.



So I start again and the SF playbook to base it off is gone as well.



Has anyone else had this occur?

Not specifically..but I have noticed less issues with certain playbook..I used Raiders as a base as one..no issues..used Eagles for another..a mess, same with Rams..so maybe related to which base book you use


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[ajra21]

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Not specifically..but I have noticed less issues with certain playbook..I used Raiders as a base as one..no issues..used Eagles for another..a mess, same with Rams..so maybe related to which base book you use


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When I built one playbook, around a dozen O plays "turned" into a punt. Very annoying.

[edgevoice]

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I was building an O scheme, saved it etc. Now it's gone.

Weird. Whatever.

So I start again and the SF playbook to base it off is gone as well.

Has anyone else had this occur?

Wow, the actual base playbook is gone as well? That sounds like it could be an X-File...

When I first tried building an offensive custom playbook, I selected the Cowboys. However, when I went into practice mode, several plays were missing and formations were badly jumbled. When I went back to view the playbooks, Jason Garrett's name was now listed on the Bills playbook.

I ended up deleting the custom playbook, turning off my console and unplugging it and then did a re-boot. I selected the Saints book as my base and had absolutely no issues at all thankfully. Hopefully, if you feel like giving that a go, it will work out for you.

Another example of why I try not to jump up and down asking for additional features. It would be appreciated if core functions of the game were worked on so that they would be stable too the point whereas we wouldn't have to jump through hoops or employ workarounds to get them to work. Good luck.

[ajra21]

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Wow, the actual base playbook is gone as well? That sounds like it could be an X-File...

When I first tried building an offensive custom playbook, I selected the Cowboys. However, when I went into practice mode, several plays were missing and formations were badly jumbled. When I went back to view the playbooks, Jason Garrett's name was now listed on the Bills playbook.

I ended up deleting the custom playbook, turning off my console and unplugging it and then did a re-boot. I selected the Saints book as my base and had absolutely no issues at all thankfully. Hopefully, if you feel like giving that a go, it will work out for you.

Another example of why I try not to jump up and down asking for additional features. It would be appreciated if core functions of the game were worked on so that they would be stable too the point whereas we wouldn't have to jump through hoops or employ workarounds to get them to work. Good luck.

I can still use the SF playbook in games.

It is gone from the menus when you are choosing one to base an edited playbook on.

[skives]

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Is your playbook shared on xbox? If so what is your gamertag?

[edgevoice]

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Is your playbook shared on xbox? If so what is your gamertag?

Yes. I have 2 playbooks uploaded to XBOX that you can download. The first is my custom playbook named Edgeoffense, while my 60-play organized gameplan is named Edgeplan. Gamer tag is GridironGary88. I hope that helps you out.

[Shosum13]

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I need to get around to making a custom book. In every stock playbook in the game I always find myself wishing there were certain other plays. Plus this will let me build a book based on the strengths of my team and play style. Can you also set custom audibles inside of playbooks? I can't stand that there isn't a way to set up custom audibles on the stock play books other than in game and the audibles that come set with those books usually don't contain an option for a lot of situations.

[edgevoice]

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I need to get around to making a custom book. In every stock playbook in the game I always find myself wishing there were certain other plays. Plus this will let me build a book based on the strengths of my team and play style. Can you also set custom audibles inside of playbooks? I can't stand that there isn't a way to set up custom audibles on the stock play books other than in game and the audibles that come set with those books usually don't contain an option for a lot of situations.

Yes, you absolutely can set audibles when using a custom playbook. However, make sure to set your audibles in the custom playbook section only. That way, they will stick.

If you go back and add additional plays to a formation in the future, you may have to reset the audibles from that formation, since sometimes the new plays you've then added will take their place.

[chos533]

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While nowhere near as well designed when compared to past iterations of Madden, building a custom playbook and installing a gameplan is still possible in Madden 19. Although this feature is somewhat limiting, I will show you how I was able to build a custom playbook and install a 60 play gameplan. When properly utilized, not only will you have a playbook that best represents your playing style, you'll find yourself becoming a much better and more efficient play caller based on situation. You will also not have to "formation fumble" through your playbook in order to select your plays.

Before you start building your custom playbook, be sure to pick a book that best represents the formations you want to use. In so doing, you will have the ability to take advantage of formation substitutions. Once you've settled on a playbook, select one play from a formation you wish to save and put it in all gameplan situations, except hail mary. Doing this will insure you avoid being prompted that a play cannot be deleted, since it's the only play in a given situation. Keep in mind that you will not be able to delete any play designated as "safe situation". Next, delete all plays and formations you do not wish to have in your book. From there, delete the rest of the plays you don't want to keep, but make sure you save at least 1 play per each of these formations, in order to keep the integrity and order of your playbook intact. If you don't, your formations may scramble and thus may not appear where they belong. Finally, build your playbook by first adding plays to the formations you've saved. Afterwards, you can select additional formations and plays you wish to install. Everyone has their own tastes, but I would highly advise that you try to stay as balanced as possible. Writing your playbook to a simple word pad file will allow you to keep track of how many runs, short, medium, deep passes and nickel packages you are installing. Think "situation". When you have finished, name your book and save.

In order to start building your gameplan, start by simply selecting your offensive playbook for editing. You would then select 9 plays you absolutely want to show up all the time for each situation. This is done by awarding 3 plays 5 stars, 3 plays 4.5 stars, and finally 3 plays 4 stars. Continue to do this throughout every situation or copy and paste situations. Of note, 3rd & 4th down medium situations only allow for 6 selections. Make sure you are picking plays from every formation in your playbook or that formation may not show up in game. These plays will show up under Frequent Playcall Window. If you want to further enhance your gameplan, select 9 additional plays for each desired situation and award a star rating of 3.5 for each play chosen. While these plays will not show up under Frequent Playcall Window, you will notice 5 or 6 of them will randomly rotate under the Strategy Pick Window. What I did was add 2nd and short to both 1st and 10 and 2nd and medium/long situations. I also added 3rd and medium to my redzone situation. When you are finished, save playbook as gameplan. Finally, you will have to go through a game and call all of your plays at least 1 time. After you do this, you will find that all of your plays in your gameplan will show up according to situation under the Frequent Playcall Window, while supplemental plays you've added by rating them 3.5 will start rotating under the Strategy Pick Window.

In the future, I hope EA improves the gameplan feature, as it had done so well in Madden 12. Being that there are 27 available playcall windows, it flies in the face of all logic to not be able to assign more plays into a gameplan window than 9. Having said that, having at least 9 plays for almost every situation and the supplemental use of formation substitutions is better than nothing.

I have uploaded both my core offense named EdgeOffense and 60 play gameplan named Edgeplan for XBOX users in case you want to download and use either as a template. My apologies to PS users as I regretfully have no means to upload for you folks.

How you do the game plan on defense? I use 34 defense

[edgevoice]

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How you do the game plan on defense? I use 34 defense

I found no way to successfully install and implement a defensive gameplan. I also was unable to keep defensive formations from jumbling when making a custom playbook. I believe the situations themselves cause a great deal of problems here. If they were simply grouped by personnel packages, maybe I would have had a chance.

Figuring out the workaround on the offensive side of the ball almost had me sent someplace for a nice long rest, in a room with padded walls.....