Madden NFL 23 Patch #3 Available – Patch Notes

[British Bronco]

Re: Madden NFL 23 Patch #3 Available – Patch Notes

Just tested a 10 year sim with 32 team control and coach firing ON. No custom draft file.

I'm afraid it is as before. I didn't even have to play a game. All 32 real coaches had been fired. I went to retire one so I could create a new character and the game instantly crashed and could not be recovered.

I will now test 32 team control with coach firing OFF and this time download a custom draft file.

[Darkwolf90]

Re: Madden NFL 23 Patch #3 Available – Patch Notes

Not sure if this has been noted but at least in the uniform select screen the Jets Alternate Helmet doesn't show up as black, it still shows as the default green.

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[Error1355]

Re: Madden NFL 23 Patch #3 Available – Patch Notes

Just tested a 10 year sim with 32 team control and coach firing ON. No custom draft file.

I'm afraid it is as before. I didn't even have to play a game. All 32 real coaches had been fired. I went to retire one so I could create a new character and the game instantly crashed and could not be recovered.

I will now test 32 team control with coach firing OFF and this time download a custom draft file.

Amazing that this is still broken after multiple games. Oh well I'll just continue keeping head coach firing off and control every team. :/

[TDKing]

Re: Madden NFL 23 - Title Update 3 Now Available

Online franchise



First season



Generated draft class



I played as lions, had 2x 1st rd picks (lions have their own and the rams) didn't like many of of the 1st round prospects so traded down a lot and didn't pick until the 30th pick. When it booted me, it took me all the way back to pick 18

So is it trading during the draft that causes the problem?


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[Falcon17000]

Re: Madden NFL 23 Patch #3 Available – Patch Notes

Confirming what others have said, the long-term Franchise corruption seems to stem from lack of coaches. The game doesn't generate new ones, and eventually runs out of usuable coaches and crashes around the 8-10 year mark.


Turning off coach firing isn't ideal, but my (admittedly small) testing seems to show it working without having to control any other teams.

[MattyIce]

Re: Madden NFL 23 Patch #3 Available – Patch Notes

Looks like more shoes in than originally reported but many are glitched. It shows a few extra Nikes and Jordan’s but I wish we could see them.


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[British Bronco]

Re: Madden NFL 23 Patch #3 Available – Patch Notes

This is the post I just submitted in the EA bug thread. It contains the results of tonight's experiments. As it turns out EA_Kent has popped up again to ask how the bug is. So we may have their attention.

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/Offline-Franchise-saved-game-doesn-t-load/m-p/11941032/highlight/false#M4673

Hi EA Kent



Thanks for checking in.



I can confirm the franchise bug is still present. The game will let you play multiple seasons. But the game will then crash at some point in the future after you have completed a played game.



There appear to be two triggers

1. Not enough league coaches after a period of time.

2. Custom draft files.



Here are my controlled experiments I ran today after the patch.



1. 32 team control and Coach Firing OFF. I advanced the game by 10 seasons and played the superbowl. Game was fine and allowed me to carry on. Although it's not very immersive to see the same 32 coaches there after a decade and defeats the purpose of coach firing etc.



2. 32 team control and Coach Firing ON. I advanced the game by 10 seasons and could not even play the SB. All 32 coaches had been fired and the moment I went to select one to retire him, the game crashed.



3. 32 team control and Coach Firing OFF and I used a custom draft file from the community for the 2023 draft. I advanced the game by 10 seasons. Played the SB to the end. Finished the game. Game immediately crashed. It gave the chance to submit a bug report which I did. I named you EA Kent in the description. My PS profile name is Joneseythecat044. I submitted the error log about 10 minutes ago - 2335 approx UK time, which is 1835 Florida time.



You and your devs should be able to recreate this problem fairly easily. Just run the same controlled experiments I did.



Please fix this as soon as possible. It is not fair to offer players the chance to play multiple seasons and then watch as the game crashes and they loose a franchise they have been working on for ages.



Thank you.

[British Bronco]

Re: Madden NFL 23 Patch #3 Available – Patch Notes

NB It might be worth other people trying to replicate the 32 team control "fix/workaround".

I'd hate people to start long term franchises using 32 team control, coach firing OFF and no custom draft classes only to find another heartbreaking bug further down the line....

As I am on the PS5 it really would be good if an XBOX user could try the same experiment. It takes less than an hour.

[Momoney168]

Re: Madden NFL 23 Patch #3 Available – Patch Notes

NB It might be worth other people trying to replicate the 32 team control "fix/workaround".



I'd hate people to start long term franchises using 32 team control, coach firing OFF and no custom draft classes only to find another heartbreaking bug further down the line....



As I am on the PS5 it really would be good if an XBOX user could try the same experiment. It takes less than an hour.

So something I do is take 32 team only during the preseason. Coach firing is tied to the goal set week 1. By default cpu goes with make playoffs which is why so many coaches get fired early. But this allows me to set each teams goal at a reasonable level (along with preseason scenarios to develop young players around the league). After week 1 I retire each character but the goal sticks. In 22 I made it 7 seasons offline without issues. Probably not a total workaround but it works for me so far.


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[Tweeg]

Re: Madden NFL 23 Patch #3 Available – Patch Notes

Confirming what others have said, the long-term Franchise corruption seems to stem from lack of coaches. The game doesn't generate new ones, and eventually runs out of usuable coaches and crashes around the 8-10 year mark.


Turning off coach firing isn't ideal, but my (admittedly small) testing seems to show it working without having to control any other teams.

What if we just create a new coach whenever one gets fired, and then “retire” from the team? They’ll now have the newly created coach without having to hire from the diminishing pool, and we don’t have to resort to controlling every team.

[jfsolo]

Re: Madden NFL 23 Patch #3 Available – Patch Notes

Some gameplay impressions after 3 games on All-Madden:

It was always in the game, but was invisible to the User, they added a visible tackle battle "A" button for the User team. With that, the tackle battle "Win" animation sequence seems to have been smoothed out, it's less janky now.

Regular tackle interactions seem to have been refined as well. The range on the dive tackle still need to be shorten as well, it's the one really bad tackle still in the game IMO.

As everyone has noticed the of course fixed the Interception slider, but they did more than that. Defenders play the ball exponentially more realistically now, so they aren't even in position most of the time to make a crazy INT. Picks and PBUs are earned now.

Along with that CPU QB decision making is much better too, they attempt very few of those super wild automatic INT type throws now, and on the rare occasion that they do almost every one falls to the ground harmlessly.

Playcalling for the CPU offenses seems more diverse too, I saw a lot of plays that I haven't seen from them before. I feel like there is a good balance between deep balls, medium range passes, and check downs.

It still needs to be tuned to allow use to greatly increase the frequency of them, but I had 3 holding calls against me in the last game, including one on the game tying 2 point conversion.

[exhiilarate]

Re: Madden NFL 23 Patch #3 Available – Patch Notes

I'm very bummed that they didn't even get the jets black helmets into the game anyone else seeing this issue besides me?

[JoeRodgers1175]

Re: Madden NFL 23 Patch #3 Available – Patch Notes

I tested free agency once with salary cap on. Top two free agents after the 2023 season were Nick Bosa and Justin Herbert. So, no, free agency was not fixed.

[kennylc321]

Re: Madden NFL 23 - Title Update 3 Now Available

Just curious why this matters? It’s weird but doesn’t affect anything? I wouldn’t not play this game because of it.

People have the most interesting things that set them off. All I can say is whatever floats their boats

[bcruise]

Re: Madden NFL 23 Patch #3 Available – Patch Notes

Some gameplay impressions after 3 games on All-Madden:



It was always in the game, but was invisible to the User, they added a visible tackle battle "A" button for the User team. With that, the tackle battle "Win" animation sequence seems to have been smoothed out, it's less janky now.



Regular tackle interactions seem to have been refined as well. The range on the dive tackle still need to be shorten as well, it's the one really bad tackle still in the game IMO.



As everyone has noticed the of course fixed the Interception slider, but they did more than that. Defenders play the ball exponentially more realistically now, so they aren't even in position most of the time to make a crazy INT. Picks and PBUs are earned now.



Along with that CPU QB decision making is much better too, they attempt very few of those super wild automatic INT type throws now, and on the rare occasion that they do almost every one falls to the ground harmlessly.



Playcalling for the CPU offenses seems more diverse too, I saw a lot of plays that I haven't seen from them before. I feel like there is a good balance between deep balls, medium range passes, and check downs.



It still needs to be tuned to allow use to greatly increase the frequency of them, but I had 3 holding calls against me in the last game, including one on the game tying 2 point conversion.

I did throw a like on this, but I just want to elaborate and say I really appreciate the post patch gameplay impressions. I still have time left on my trial and am still on the fence about purchasing.

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