Madden 22 PC Start Today Franchise Mod/Franchise File

[sinthros]

Hey everyone,

This download is exactly what it sounds like. It's a franchise file starting at the current date, but much more than that. Make sure to join the Madden Modding Community Discord (https://discord.gg/Qg6EhAp) for more information and for more mods. Installation instructions are at the bottom of this post.



MADDEN 22 START TODAY VERSION 2.7 - PLAYOFF EDITION
This download is a collaborative effort from the Madden Modding Community. Credit to Sinthros, JarekNT, Sabo, bep713, TheBleedingRed21, tmjohns18, Eli2Manningham, Aholbert32, WiiMaster, peyronnx, Chooops, Surge, Chk_nugget2, Chunt04, razzmatazz, GanjaNinja90, and Feisscrew for their contributions to the project.

Start Today.fifamod:
- Added a brand new Splashscreen featuring Mike White
- Added a new Press Start video featuring Mike White (And Zach Wilson's interceptions!)
- Added coach portraits for several new coaches

Franchise File:
- Added Eli's brand new 2023 draft class, and also added his new 2024 through 2026 classes to the download
- Added over 15 brand new Offensive/Defensive coordinators to the Free Agent coaching pool - The tool I created to do this will also be released soon!
- Handled all coach firings
- Updated ALL player ratings to be accurate, per EA's latest official update
- Updated ALL player Season/Career stats to be accurate
- All team rosters/practice squads in the franchise file are accurate as of 1/13
- Updated all player contracts and injuries

IMPORTANT REMINDER: This is intended to be used with the Progression tool, and therefore XP is turned off. Read the README for more information. The Progression Tool can be accessed in tbr-myfranchise-tool. Since we're in the PLAYOFFS now, you won't run progression until PRESEASON OF 2023. TO CLARIFY, run the Progression Tool on your franchise file in PRESEASON OF 2023 and use INITIAL PROGRESSION for 2023, and CONTINUE PROGRESSION for the years afterwards.

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10fL...ew?usp=sharing

Madden Modding Community Discord Link: https://discord.gg/s9h9QXbmar

MADDEN 22 START TODAY VERSION 2.0 CHANGELOG

Spoiler

This download is a collaborative effort from the Madden Modding Community. Credit to Sinthros, JarekNT, Sabo, bep713, TheBleedingRed21, tmjohns18, Eli2Manningham, Aholbert32, WiiMaster, peyronnx, Chooops, Surge, Chk_nugget2, Chunt04, razzmatazz, and Feisscrew for their contributions to the project.

Start Today.fifamod:
- Added a brand new 'Press Start' video AND splashscreen, with Matthew Stafford as the cover athlete
- Added ALL rookie player portraits, added ALL portraits for the 24/25 draft class players
- Added over 180 BRAND NEW XFactor Hero Poses, including veterans, rookies, and 23/24 draft prospects
- Updated XFactor Hero Poses for several players
- Updated all 2022-hired coaches cyberfaces to be more accurate
- Updated the Washington Commanders numbers
- Updated Uniforms for 49ers, Patriots, Giants, Cowboys, Panthers, Falcons, Jets, Eagles, Saints, and Bears to reflect new alternate combos debuting in 2022.
- Updated the upcoming Super Bowl (LVII) to use the accurate logo/field.
- Updated several loading screens for XFactor players

Franchise File:
- All rosters are accurate as of 7/25
- Updated ALL player ratings to match Madden 23's ratings
- Updated ALL player positions based off of ESPN depth charts
- Updated ALL player numbers
- Updated ALL player contracts; Contracts will be 100% accurate going forward
- Fixed several misspelled rookie names/ages
- Updated all injuries/retirements
- Added Eli's most recent classes to the download (You HAVE to use these in order to see their portraits )
- Added several easter eggs related to the community's favorite NFL player
- Added a folder in the download for OPTIONAL files (Read the README in that folder)

MADDEN 22 START TODAY VERSION 1.9 CHANGELOG

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Start Today.fifamod:
- Added over 1000 player portraits, including all 2022 rookies, all 2023 draft prospects, and all missing veterans (Credit to Surge)
- Updated XFactor Hero Poses for Roquan Smith, Micah Parsons, Rashawn Slater, Penei Sewell, Patrick Surtain II, Najee Harris, Jaylen Waddle, Von Miller, Stephon Gilmore, Russell Wilson, Tyrann Mathieu, Justin Tucker, Khalil Mack, Amari Cooper, Za'Darius Smith, Myles Jack, and JC Jackson (credit to peyronnx)

Franchise File:
- The 2022 Preseason/Regular Season schedule is now accurate (credit to WiiMaster)
- Updated all rookie generic cyberfaces to be more accurate (credit to peyronnx)
- All rosters are accurate as of 5/19/22
- Updated all player numbers and player positions for all teams (These will continue to be updated)
- Updated hundreds of player salaries to be accurate
- Updated player retirements
- Fixed several misspelled rookie names
- Included Eli's most recent 2023 Draft Class in the download (This one uses Surge's portraits)

MADDEN 22 START TODAY VERSION 1.8 CHANGELOG

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Start Today.fifamod:
- Updated XFactor Hero Poses for Tyrann Mathieu and Stephon Gilmore
- Updated Xfactor loading screens for Tyrann Mathieu and Stephon Gilmore (these appear when loading
into a game)

Franchise File:
- Revamped the entire 2022 draft class to include every player drafted, along with rerating players (big
thanks to Eli2Manningham )
- Updated all player ratings to match EA's Superbowl week roster update
- The Offseason/Preseason player limit is now 84 (was 75 before)
- All rosters are accurate as of 5/5/22; This also includes all players on reserve/future contracts
- Updated player numbers and player positions for all teams
- Drafted all players to the correct teams at the correct spots
- Added all existing UDFA's to their respective teams
- Updated hundreds of player salaries to be accurate
- Adjusted cap space for several teams to be more accurate
- Updated player retirements

MADDEN 22 START TODAY VERSION 1.7 CHANGELOG

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Start Today.fifamod:
- Updated all XFactor loading screens for players who've changed teams this offseason
- Updated Bobby Wagner's XFactor Hero Pose
- Added Larry Foote's (new Bucs Defensive Coordinator) coach portrait
- Updated the Bucs offensive/defensive playbook names

Franchise File:
- All rosters are accurate as of 4/10/22 (Players signed to reserve/future contracts are currently Free Agents - they will be added to their respective teams in the next update)
- Updated several player contracts to be accurate
- Updated Todd Bowles's in-game appearance to be more accurate
- Updated player/coach retirements

MADDEN 22 START TODAY VERSION 1.5 CHANGELOG

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Start Today.fifamod:
- Added Sabo's most recent Franchise mod changes, including:
Removed agility rating from effecting sim stats when applicable
Rebalanced practice injuries
NOTE: This is meant to be played with Sabo's Gameplay Mod, which is why AGI is set to 50/removed from OVR calculations. Sabo's Gameplay Mod can be downloaded in the Madden Modding Community Discord server (check great-servers)
IF YOU'RE USING THE START TODAY MOD, YOU DON'T NEED SABO'S FRANCHISE MOD ACTIVE
- Replaced a few remaining WFT references (Draft video, team wipe, team logo vid) and replaced the Commanders goalpad texture
- Updated 'Hero poses' for Russell Wilson, Amari Cooper, Khalil Mack, and NVP Award Winner Mitchell Trubisky
- Added several new coach portraits
- Updated playbook names

Franchise File:
- All rosters are accurate as of 8PM Central, 3/15/22 (Players signed to reserve/future contracts are currently Free Agents)
- Updated thousands of player contracts to be accurate
- Re-did salary cap distribution and added 10m to the 2022 cap; this should mostly fix teams being in the red during 2022
- The 2022 draft class order is now completely accurate
- All coaching staffs are now accurate
- Switched the Bears to 4-3 and the Raiders/Vikings/Seahawks to 3-4, per real life
- Only players retiring in real life will retire
- Fixed inaccurate talent trees for some coaches

MADDEN 22 START TODAY VERSION 1.4 CHANGELOG

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Start Today.fifamod:
- Completely revamped Washington to be the Washington Commanders, including:
Fully updated uniforms (numbers are what they are due to no number array editing access)
Fully updated stadium, field, ads, jumbotron, logos, coach hats, etc
The Commanders will also now appear correctly alphabetically in the various menus in game
- Renamed the playbooks to match the coordinator/play-caller of the team (This will be updated
after all coaching hires are finalized)
- Added portraits for several new coaches
- Reverted Alt team logos and replaced them with the standard 3D logos
- Fixed a base Madden bug where the game would show the Bills logo after the Broncos score a TD

Franchise File:
- All rosters are accurate as of 2/13
- All coaching staff are accurate as of 2/13
- Updated the appearance of all hired coaches
- Updated Talent Trees for all hired/fired coaches
- Updated all coach schemes
- Handled all player contract extensions
- All injuries are accurate for the Rams/Bengals
- Only players retiring in real life will retire (with the exception of Bengals/Rams players)
- All yearly awards are accurate (these will appear visually inaccurate in the Awards screen)
- Updated the 2022 Draft Class
- Included an optional file that REVERTS REGRESSION. View the INSTRUCTIONS.txt file in
the ZIP for more information.

IMPORTANT REMINDER: This is intended to be used with the Progression tool, and therefore XP is turned off.
Read the README for more information. The Progression Tool can be downloaded in the Madden Modding Community Discord.

MADDEN 22 START TODAY VERSION 1.3 CHANGELOG

Spoiler

This download is a collaborative effort from the Madden Modding Community.
Credit to Sinthros, Sabo, bep713, TheBleedingRed21, JarekNT, tmjohns18, Eli2Manningham and m111 for their contributions to the project.

Start Today.fifamod:
- Added Sabo's most recent Franchise mod (1.5.1) changes, including:

ROSTER MANAGEMENT
-Reverted some depth chart requirements that was causing for rookie QBs to be released and a ton of transactions to go through during the season

STAFF
-Revamped all of the currently used offensive schemes to more modern terminology. Also adjusted the archetypes to match the schemes.
-Renamed the playbooks to match the coordinator/play-caller of the team (will update after all coaching hires are complete)

MISC
- Added portraits for Luke Getsy, Ben McAdoo, and Mike Macdonald
YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE SABO'S FRANCHISE MOD ACTIVE IF YOU'RE USING THE START TODAY MOD

Franchise File:
- The franchise file starts in the Conference Championship round
- Handled all staff transactions
- Created Ben McAdoo, Luke Getsy, and Mike Macdonald
- Updated scout info for some teams (replaced the Bears/Vikings/Giants GM names)
- Updated the draft classes in the download with Eli's most recent DC's

IMPORTANT REMINDER: This is intended to be used with TDawg's Progression tool, and therefore XP is turned off.
Read the README for more information. YOU DON'T NEED EXCEL TO USE THE TOOL ANYMORE AND CAN USE THE BRAND NEW MYFRANCHISE TOOL, available for download in the MADDEN MODDING COMMUNITY DISCORD

MADDEN 22 START TODAY VERSION 1.2 CHANGELOG

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- Start Today.fifamod:
All credit to Sabo for the following changes:
PLAYER MANAGEMENT
-Increased the trim roster player percentage from lt 16 to 18, and the age from gt 27 to 29

ROSTER MANAGEMENT
-Completely revamped the salary metrics for all positions to accurately match IRL contracts. No longer will 75 OVR QBs demand 25M a year or a
72 OVR FA TE cost 3M. (NOTE: THE GAME DOESNT INFLATE SALARIES AS THE CAP INCREASES SO FOR THE TIME BEING I HAVE FLATTENED THE CAP)
-Increased the rank requirements for players to reach the dev trait progression based on stats
-Fixed minimum position requirement

DRAFT
-Fixed issue with team selecting top guy on the board no matter what their needs with the first overall pick only.
(NOTE: The expression file by EA has some errors in it that is causing for the QB selection issue to sometimes occur.)

STAFF MOVES
-AI will now hire coordinators instead of recycling the fired head coaches
-Forced staff hiring to end at start of resign stage instead of at start of FA week 2
-Made all generated head coaches only come in as coordinators now.

PRACTICE
-Disabled XP being assigned during the scenarios and disabled the retirement scenario from triggering.

MISC
- Added Joe Brady and Jim Harbaugh's portraits

Franchise File:
- The franchise file starts in the Divisional Round, and all previous games have the accurate results/correct scores
- Updated ALL player season/career stats to be accurate
- All injuries for remaining playoff teams are accurate
- Changed the salary cap distribution for future years to FLATTEN instead of continually increase
- Handled all staff firings and added Jim Harbaugh and Joe Brady to the FA Coach pool
- Certain high profile coordinators (Byron Leftwich, Brian Daboll, etc) will be 'fired'; This is to allow them to get hired as Head Coaches following
Staff Week. This was done deliberately.
- Changed what players say when accepting/declining a contract extension
- Adjusted a few players OVRs so that QBs like Carson Wentz don't get immediately released in the Offseason
- Updated the draft classes in the franchise file/the ZIP download
- Adjusted desired X-Factor/SS players

MADDEN 22 START TODAY VERSION 1.0 CHANGELOG

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Start Today.fifamod:

- Added brand new portraits for ALL head coaches and coordinators (credit to tmjohns18)

- Replaced all default team logos with 3D-esque versions - Replaced all 'White team logos' with 3D-esque alternate team logos

- Replaced all default loading screens that appear before loading into a game with NFL photos from the 2021 season

- Baked in Sabo's FRANCHISE MOD (more info on this is further down in this post)

Franchise Fle:

- The franchise file starts in week 16, all games have the accurate results/correct scores

NOTE*: Player season stats are not accurate

- All default coordinators AND all default scouting staff have been replaced with their real-life counterparts (Credit to tmjohns18)

- All career stats for coordinators who used to be head coaches are accurate

- Replaced the three default free agent head coaches with Doug Pederson, Ryan Day, and Jim Caldwell - Eli2Manningham's 2022 draft class is loaded in by default, and his other classes are in the download IMPORTANT: This is intended to be used with TDawg's Progression tool (available in the Madden Modding Community Discord), and therefore XP is turned off. Read the README for more information

SABO'S FRANCHISE MOD INFO:

ONLY WORKS IN OFFLINE FRANCHISE

Morale System:

-Revamped to include multiple stats/awards for each position

-Increased the morale effect on overall rating

Player Management:

-Disabled XP and Focus player training. This mod is created to work with T-Dawgs progression tool only.

-Revamped regression points to start at peak age of their position and slowly drop after that

-Added QB archetype changes for franchise mode. Field general is now Strong Arm. Scrambler is now improvisor. (If existing franchise, must advance week to take effect).

This is required because the AI pocket behavior is broken when the other two are assigned to the QB.

-Receive a dev upgrade for breaking a NFL season record or winning certain awards

-Decreased retirement chances of older players with a high overall rating

Roster Management:

-Revamped trade value. Draft picks are based on real life charting and I matched overalls to it. Increased how AI valued rookies and first year contract players.

-Revamped the roster ranking grading system to improve how teams evaluate needs.

-Increased QB trade value from other positions

-Changed QB production grade weight from touchdowns to QB Rating.

-Increased AI trading with each other during the season

-Decreased chances of teams signing lower rated free agents

-Increased teams chances of releasing older overpaid players

-Increased chances of higher rated players being signed

-Increased how many players get offered deals in FA

-Increased value for higher rated older free agents

-Increased out bidding chances in offseason FA

-Increased min requirement of active players

-Increased practice squad stealing

Drafting:

-Moved team evaluating their draft needs from start of FA to the end of it

-Revamped the tier generator for default draft classes

-Disabled pocket trait QBs from being assigned to generated classes

-Increased how many draft stories populate

-Enabled AI offering the user trades during the first four rounds of the draft.

-Dropping the min overall down to as low as 50 for every slot that way if bust is projected there and in the pick range, they wont ignore him.

-Increased how many positions can be drafted up to the number 4 overall pick to help with QBs being only positions selected in top 5

-Making AI select from their team needs the first 4 rounds of the draft.

-Increased the range they select from during round 1 and decreased the range they select from for rounds 2-7.

Will remove AI reaching preventing busts from sliding and removes them from stealing.

-Decreased positions allowed to be drafted twice one draft by the AI to WR/CB. Meaning if a team drafts a LE, they will only select a RE for the rest of the draft. I did this because AI is at a disadvantage bc they don't edit positions.

-Shuffled the weeks that percentages get revealed during the season all the way until the scouting combine.

-Added an extra week for scouting to stretch out the percentage reveals to match the college season progress.

-Moved super focus to the off-season after the combine to get user more engaged with the scouting process while going through FA.

-Expanding the grading scale range to throw more mystery at the user.

-Everyone reaches 75%. Gets grades. Have to rely on combine data for physicals without position focus.

Tier 1 position specialty focus reaches 80% unlocks grades and physicals

Tier 2 position specialty focus reaches 81% unlocks grades, physicals and archetype

Tier 3 allows you to focus on an extra position. Meaning if their specialty is FS/SS but you put the national focus on QB, both reach 81% unlock grades, physicals and archetype.

6 private workouts in offseason reaches 100% unlocks true talent

Practice:

-Updated the gameplan boosts to match Gen 5 settings

-Replaced practice injuries broken finger to concussion and hip pointer to ankle

SUPER-SIM STATS

-Based entire system around matching NFL 3 yr averages

-Updated the punting yardage to fix average, touchback and inside 20 (longest punt stat is sacrificed)

-Rebuilt the running and passing game based on before/after contact average (longest pass stat is sacrificed)

-Targeted receiver weighted by overall rank on team (HBs cap at around 80)

-Updated the weighted ratings system across the board

-Increased quarterback fumbles

-Increased scramble chance

-Increased assisted tackles

-Increased deflections

NOTE:

Still few issues i need to clean up but will focus on those on the next release. No luck with staff hiring for now, waiting on EA's next franchise update to see if it corrects it.

Did best I can with QB logic, while vastly improved you will still have a couple of outlier scenarios.

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

- Put the CAREER - STARTTODAY FRANCHISE FILE wherever your Madden 22 saves are located; By default, this will be in C:\Documents\Madden NFL 22\Saves.

Once you've put the file here, go to LOAD OFFLINE FRANCHISE in game and select the file. The default user controlled character is Andy Reid. IN ORDER TO CHANGE TEAMS, first RETIRE the Andy Reid character (he won't really retire) and select the option to create a new character. Make sure when creating your new character, you select whatever settings you prefer (Having 'Fill roster' on/off, Injuries on/off, etc).

- For the DRAFT CLASSES included in the download, you'll once again put them wherever your Madden 22 saves are located. By default, this will be in C:\Documents\Madden NFL 22\Saves. Eli's 2022 class is already loaded in by default. In future years, you can import the next draft classes in the Scouting screen by pressing left click on your controller and importing a local file.

- For the STARTTODAY.FIFAMOD file, open the latest version of the FIFA MOD MANAGER, which you can find linked in #installation-guide in the Madden Modding Community Discord (https://discord.gg/Qg6EhAp). After launching the Fifa Mod Manager and letting it find your Madden 22.exe, import the StartToday.fifamod file into Fifa Mod Manager and apply the mod. After the mod is applied, launch the game from the Fifa Mod Manager.

FAQ:

- I keep instantly crashing/I'm stuck at the start screen/I'm crashing while loading into a franchise game:
1. Delete the Madden22_orig.exe file in the game's install folder, e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Madden NFL 22\Madden22_orig.exe.
2. Repair the game in Origin after.
3. Delete the mod data folder. Can be located inside of Local Disk > Program Files > Origin Games > Madden > Fifa Mod Data.

- Why are XP Sliders zeroed out in the Start Today file?:
This franchise file is meant to be used with TDawg's Progression Tool, available in the Madden Modding Community.
If you don't have Office 365, since the Start Today mod runs with Sabo's Franchise Mod baked in, even if you turn XP back on it won't work correctly.
The only way to get around this is to open the Fifa Editor Tool, go to Legacy Explorer, export the base league FTC file and base Tuning FTC file, reimport them,
export the project to a mod, then put that 'mod' as higher priority than Start Today in the Mod Manager. However, this means all of Sabo's logic changes will also
be reverted.

- Can I use something other than Office 365 to run TDawg's Progression Tool?
No. There are no workarounds, no other ways. You HAVE to Office 365 in order for TDawg's tool to work.
UNTESTED: There's an Excel XLookup Add-on for older versions of Excel. This MAY OR MAY NOT allow you to use TDawg's tool with older versions of Excel.
Here's the link: https://github.com/Excel-DNA/XFunctions/releases. IF THIS WORKS FOR YOU, LET ME KNOW.

- Is Sabo's Gameplay Mod necessary?
It isn't necessary but highly recommended. If you use his gameplay mod, play on ALL MADDEN, SIMULATION, DEFAULT SLIDERS (With injuries bumped up to 50).
Note: At the time of this release, Sabo's Gameplay Mod is in beta and isn't OFFICIALLY out yet

- I went to my Madden documents folder to put in (some save file/draft class/roster) and there's nothing there! Where are my saves?
By default, your Madden saves are in 'This PC > Documents > Madden NFL 22 > saves', but sometimes the save files can be stored elsewhere (Steam versions
of Madden 22 may store the saves elsewhere, I'm not sure). If you're having problems finding your save files, simply type 'Madden NFL 22'
into your Windows search bar, and one of the folders it finds will have your save files.

- Why does Bill Belichick have an inaccurate win total in his career stats?
He actually doesn't, but it displays wrong visually. The CareerWins stat only allows up to a certain value and then underflows. With that said, if you
sort by his career win percentage, that is accurate.

- Will these mods work on a pirated version of the game?
You need a legitimate copy of the game to use these mods and we will not provide support to ANYONE using pirated versions. Piracy not only hurts the devs,
it hurts the PC community getting future versions and focused updates.

- Will you include an alternate franchise file with 'That Franchise Guy's ratings at some point?
Very unlikely. Conceptually his ratings can make more sense at times, but with the way Madden is designed it doesn't work well for gameplay, ESPECIALLY with
Sabo's Gameplay mod active.

- Do you accept donations?
I make this mod as a hobby, not as a paycheck; close this file and go have fun.

[PunkMonk]

Re: Madden 22 PC Start Today Franchise Mod/Franchise File

Amazing update Sinthro's. Finally started my franchise last night and it's playing very well. AI team management is noticeably better. Saw the Steelers trade away Chase Claypool to the Dolphins after they signed OBJ in the off-season, that was cool to see. A lot more trading going on in general. Overall with the Start Today, Progression Tool, Gameplay Mod, Scoreboards, etc... M22 is in really really good shape this year.

One question I have in regards to the moral system... With the USER CB Catch Allowed not working I noticed my CB's always have higher morale because they get the +1 or whatever weekly morale boost for not allowing a catch. Any way to disable that stat from having an effect on morale?

[kingsofthevalley]

Re: Madden 22 PC Start Today Franchise Mod/Franchise File

Good afternoon. Curious to know, since the Madden PC mod community seems to have a hold on changing different aspects of the game, has anyone figured out what the sliders actually do?

This seems to be a question that has NEVER in years had a definitive answer. Unless there's something I'm missing, If these guys are under the hood, this information should be readily available. However, I go to the slider thread, and numbers are all over the place with all types of speculation.

Can we please get to the bottom of this? Is there any thread that I may have missed that has the definitive information on sliders listed. Looking at different sets, its like this guy has pass coverage at 90 and says this it, that guy has pass coverage at 20 and says that is it, come on.

Someone has to have this information. Any devs from EA have the slider effects listed anywhere? I'm simply looking for a comprehensive guide for sliders, NO speculation, kind of like an old school game instruction booklet if you will. Thanks.

[Darth Aegis]

Re: Madden 22 PC Start Today Franchise Mod/Franchise File

Good afternoon. Curious to know, since the Madden PC mod community seems to have a hold on changing different aspects of the game, has anyone figured out what the sliders actually do?

This seems to be a question that has NEVER in years had a definitive answer. Unless there's something I'm missing, If these guys are under the hood, this information should be readily available. However, I go to the slider thread, and numbers are all over the place with all types of speculation.

Can we please get to the bottom of this? Is there any thread that I may have missed that has the definitive information on sliders listed. Looking at different sets, its like this guy has pass coverage at 90 and says this it, that guy has pass coverage at 20 and says that is it, come on.

Someone has to have this information. Any devs from EA have the slider effects listed anywhere? I'm simply looking for a comprehensive guide for sliders, NO speculation, kind of like an old school game instruction booklet if you will. Thanks.

Negative, the editor just has a bunch of folders with values. It has no explanation of anything. Even the the slider section has sliders that aren't even in the game itself.

[sinthros]

Re: Madden 22 PC Start Today Franchise Mod/Franchise File

MADDEN 22 START TODAY VERSION 1.1 - JOHN MADDEN EDITION
This download is a collaborative effort from the Madden Modding Community.
Credit to Sinthros, Sabo, JarekNT, tmjohns18, TheBleedingRed21, and m111 for their contributions to the project.

Start Today.fifamod:
- Added a retro John Madden Splashscreen
- Replaced the 'Press Start' video with the retro John Madden Splashscreen with classic Madden music
*If you're using Sabo's Beta GP Mod, make sure ST has higher priority to avoid crashing
- Replaced all XFactor Loading screens with actual photos of the XFactor players
- Changed all Quarterbacks to be the Improvisor archetype
NOTE: This improves how AI quarterbacks play. Calculations for OVR have been adjusted accordingly
- Fixed an issue related to morale with the 'catches allowed' stat
- Fixed an issue with trading players for picks
- Reverted most retirement ages
- Updated all generic coach portraits, and updated John Madden's portrait
- Updated the Panthers Stadium edgewall
- Added a small Easter Egg; Good luck finding it!

Franchise File:
- The franchise file starts in week 17, and all previous games have the accurate results/correct scores
NOTE: Player season stats are not accurate, the goal is to have them accurate for the next release
- Updated key injuries from week 16
- Globally updated certain player traits
- Updated all Auto Subs for all teams
- Added $10M to the 2022 Salary Cap
- Turned off Focus Player XP gains

IMPORTANT REMINDER: This is intended to be used with TDawg's Progression tool (in the Madden Modding Community Discord), and therefore XP is turned off.
Read the README for more information. YOU NEED OFFICE 365 OR OFFICE 2021 TO RUN TDAWG'S TOOL.
I wouldn't run the tool until the start of the 2022 season, since this current season is almost over.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YwlewcMH1Yr6kwSBSesUU2Q7qX4LOX-U/view?usp=sharing

[NinjaDuder]

Re: Madden 22 PC Start Today Franchise Mod/Franchise File

MADDEN 22 START TODAY VERSION 1.1 - JOHN MADDEN EDITION
This download is a collaborative effort from the Madden Modding Community.
Credit to Sinthros, Sabo, JarekNT, tmjohns18, TheBleedingRed21, and m111 for their contributions to the project.

Start Today.fifamod:
- Added a retro John Madden Splashscreen
- Replaced the 'Press Start' video with the retro John Madden Splashscreen with classic Madden music
*If you're using Sabo's Beta GP Mod, make sure ST has higher priority to avoid crashing
- Replaced all XFactor Loading screens with actual photos of the XFactor players
- Changed all Quarterbacks to be the Improvisor archetype
NOTE: This improves how AI quarterbacks play. Calculations for OVR have been adjusted accordingly
- Fixed an issue related to morale with the 'catches allowed' stat
- Fixed an issue with trading players for picks
- Reverted most retirement ages
- Updated all generic coach portraits, and updated John Madden's portrait
- Updated the Panthers Stadium edgewall
- Added a small Easter Egg; Good luck finding it!

Franchise File:
- The franchise file starts in week 17, and all previous games have the accurate results/correct scores
NOTE: Player season stats are not accurate, the goal is to have them accurate for the next release
- Updated key injuries from week 16
- Globally updated certain player traits
- Updated all Auto Subs for all teams
- Added $10M to the 2022 Salary Cap
- Turned off Focus Player XP gains

IMPORTANT REMINDER: This is intended to be used with TDawg's Progression tool (in the Madden Modding Community Discord), and therefore XP is turned off.
Read the README for more information. YOU NEED OFFICE 365 OR OFFICE 2021 TO RUN TDAWG'S TOOL.
I wouldn't run the tool until the start of the 2022 season, since this current season is almost over.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ywl...ew?usp=sharing

Great Work Sinthros and crew! I love the old school intro. The coach portraits are nice too and having the right OC/DC is a bonus. The 3d logos are nice too.

also...kind of unrelated, but maybe a feature request

2: Do you know what file inside the editor controls the background? I've noticed flash frames (not related to this mod) of the coach in the office in the background sometimes. This is on all versions of the game, even the next gen Xbox Series S. So, I thought maybe we can turn off the background and just have the coach again, because I liked that better than the M22 background they have.

If you don't know about either of these that's fine. Just asking. And FYI, I deleted discord again, because it was a bit much, this forum is more my speed (I'm old). lol. Thanks.

[holsterhusto]

Re: Madden 22 PC Start Today Franchise Mod/Franchise File

Awesome mod! Everything works great except I can't see the coaches/coordinator portraits? All that shows up is the team's logo in that spot. Any idea what I am doing wrong?

[NinjaDuder]

Re: Madden 22 PC Start Today Franchise Mod/Franchise File

Hey Sinthros,
Just wondering, is it possible to port the franchise file to m20? what would I need to do, copy paste inside the franchise editor? Thanks.

[sinthros]

Re: Madden 22 PC Start Today Franchise Mod/Franchise File

MADDEN 22 START TODAY VERSION 1.2 CHANGELOG
This download is a collaborative effort from the Madden Modding Community.
Credit to Sinthros, Sabo, bep713, TheBleedingRed21, JarekNT, tmjohns18, Eli2Manningham and m111 for their contributions to the project.

- Start Today.fifamod:
All credit to Sabo for the following changes:
PLAYER MANAGEMENT
-Increased the trim roster player percentage from lt 16 to 18, and the age from gt 27 to 29

ROSTER MANAGEMENT
-Completely revamped the salary metrics for all positions to accurately match IRL contracts. No longer will 75 OVR QBs demand 25M a year or a
72 OVR FA TE cost 3M. (NOTE: THE GAME DOESNT INFLATE SALARIES AS THE CAP INCREASES SO FOR THE TIME BEING I HAVE FLATTENED THE CAP)
-Increased the rank requirements for players to reach the dev trait progression based on stats
-Fixed minimum position requirement

DRAFT
-Fixed issue with team selecting top guy on the board no matter what their needs with the first overall pick only.
(NOTE: The expression file by EA has some errors in it that is causing for the QB selection issue to sometimes occur.)

STAFF MOVES
-AI will now hire coordinators instead of recycling the fired head coaches
-Forced staff hiring to end at start of resign stage instead of at start of FA week 2
-Made all generated head coaches only come in as coordinators now.

PRACTICE
-Disabled XP being assigned during the scenarios and disabled the retirement scenario from triggering.

MISC
- Added Joe Brady and Jim Harbaugh's portraits

Franchise File:
- The franchise file starts in the Divisional Round, and all previous games have the accurate results/correct scores
- Updated ALL player season/career stats to be accurate
- All injuries for remaining playoff teams are accurate
- Changed the salary cap distribution for future years to FLATTEN instead of continually increase
- Handled all staff firings and added Jim Harbaugh and Joe Brady to the FA Coach pool
- Certain high profile coordinators (Byron Leftwich, Brian Daboll, etc) will be 'fired'; This is to allow them to get hired as Head Coaches following
Staff Week. This was done deliberately.
- Changed what players say when accepting/declining a contract extension
- Adjusted a few players OVRs so that QBs like Carson Wentz don't get immediately released in the Offseason
- Updated the draft classes in the franchise file/the ZIP download
- Adjusted desired X-Factor/SS players

DOWNLOAD LINK: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FoJ...ew?usp=sharing
DISCORD LINK: https://discord.gg/Qg6EhAp

[NinjaDuder]

Re: Madden 22 PC Start Today Franchise Mod/Franchise File

MADDEN 22 START TODAY VERSION 1.2 CHANGELOG
This download is a collaborative effort from the Madden Modding Community.
Credit to Sinthros, Sabo, bep713, TheBleedingRed21, JarekNT, tmjohns18, Eli2Manningham and m111 for their contributions to the project.

- Start Today.fifamod:
All credit to Sabo for the following changes:
PLAYER MANAGEMENT
-Increased the trim roster player percentage from lt 16 to 18, and the age from gt 27 to 29

ROSTER MANAGEMENT
-Completely revamped the salary metrics for all positions to accurately match IRL contracts. No longer will 75 OVR QBs demand 25M a year or a
72 OVR FA TE cost 3M. (NOTE: THE GAME DOESNT INFLATE SALARIES AS THE CAP INCREASES SO FOR THE TIME BEING I HAVE FLATTENED THE CAP)
-Increased the rank requirements for players to reach the dev trait progression based on stats
-Fixed minimum position requirement

DRAFT
-Fixed issue with team selecting top guy on the board no matter what their needs with the first overall pick only.
(NOTE: The expression file by EA has some errors in it that is causing for the QB selection issue to sometimes occur.)

STAFF MOVES
-AI will now hire coordinators instead of recycling the fired head coaches
-Forced staff hiring to end at start of resign stage instead of at start of FA week 2
-Made all generated head coaches only come in as coordinators now.

PRACTICE
-Disabled XP being assigned during the scenarios and disabled the retirement scenario from triggering.

MISC
- Added Joe Brady and Jim Harbaugh's portraits

Franchise File:
- The franchise file starts in the Divisional Round, and all previous games have the accurate results/correct scores
- Updated ALL player season/career stats to be accurate
- All injuries for remaining playoff teams are accurate
- Changed the salary cap distribution for future years to FLATTEN instead of continually increase
- Handled all staff firings and added Jim Harbaugh and Joe Brady to the FA Coach pool
- Certain high profile coordinators (Byron Leftwich, Brian Daboll, etc) will be 'fired'; This is to allow them to get hired as Head Coaches following
Staff Week. This was done deliberately.
- Changed what players say when accepting/declining a contract extension
- Adjusted a few players OVRs so that QBs like Carson Wentz don't get immediately released in the Offseason
- Updated the draft classes in the franchise file/the ZIP download
- Adjusted desired X-Factor/SS players

DOWNLOAD LINK: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FoJ...ew?usp=sharing
DISCORD LINK: https://discord.gg/Qg6EhAp

Hey Sinthros, I noticed the focus player slots on the gameplan are locked out. I'm not using T-Dawg's progression tool, because office...so I was wondering how to unlock those. Is that in the franchise editor? Thanks.

[Eli2Manningham]

Re: Madden 22 PC Start Today Franchise Mod/Franchise File

Hey Sinthros, I noticed the focus player slots on the gameplan are locked out. I'm not using T-Dawg's progression tool, because office...so I was wondering how to unlock those. Is that in the franchise editor? Thanks.

A brand new tool was release where you don't need office. Check the discords

https://discord.gg/QBrXhauM

[NinjaDuder]

Re: Madden 22 PC Start Today Franchise Mod/Franchise File

A brand new tool was release where you don't need office. Check the discords

https://discord.gg/QBrXhauM

I appreciate the link, Eli, but do you know how to unlock those on the file? thanks.

[sinthros]

Re: Madden 22 PC Start Today Franchise Mod/Franchise File

MADDEN 22 START TODAY VERSION 1.3
This download is a collaborative effort from the Madden Modding Community.
Credit to Sinthros, Sabo, bep713, TheBleedingRed21, JarekNT, tmjohns18, Eli2Manningham and m111 for their contributions to the project.

Start Today.fifamod:
- Added Sabo's most recent Franchise mod (1.5.1) changes, including:

ROSTER MANAGEMENT
-Reverted some depth chart requirements that was causing for rookie QBs to be released and a ton of transactions to go through during the season

STAFF
-Revamped all of the currently used offensive schemes to more modern terminology. Also adjusted the archetypes to match the schemes.
-Renamed the playbooks to match the coordinator/play-caller of the team (will update after all coaching hires are complete)

MISC
- Added portraits for Luke Getsy, Ben McAdoo, and Mike Macdonald
YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE SABO'S FRANCHISE MOD ACTIVE IF YOU'RE USING THE START TODAY MOD

Franchise File:
- The franchise file starts in the Conference Championship round
- Handled all staff transactions
- Created Ben McAdoo, Luke Getsy, and Mike Macdonald
- Updated scout info for some teams (replaced the Bears/Vikings/Giants GM names)
- Updated the draft classes in the download with Eli's most recent DC's

IMPORTANT REMINDER: This is intended to be used with TDawg's Progression tool, and therefore XP is turned off.
Read the README for more information. YOU DON'T NEED EXCEL TO USE THE TOOL ANYMORE AND CAN USE THE BRAND NEW MYFRANCHISE TOOL, available for download in the MADDEN MODDING COMMUNITY DISCORD

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RUVKRXpzt_0qquqlXhcYfBO7pv5Q5uRo/view?usp=sharing

[sinthros]

Re: Madden 22 PC Start Today Franchise Mod/Franchise File

MADDEN 22 START TODAY VERSION 1.4 - SUPERBOWL UPDATE

This download is a collaborative effort from the Madden Modding Community. Credit to Sinthros, Sabo, bep713, TheBleedingRed21, JarekNT, tmjohns18, Eli2Manningham, Aholbert32, Bonqueque, and m111 for their contributions to the project.

Start Today.fifamod:
- Completely revamped Washington to be the Washington Commanders, including:
Fully updated uniforms (numbers are what they are due to no number array editing access)
Fully updated stadium, field, ads, jumbotron, logos, coach hats, etc
The Commanders will also now appear correctly alphabetically in the various menus in game
- Renamed the playbooks to match the coordinator/play-caller of the team (This will be updated
after all coaching hires are finalized)
- Added portraits for several new coaches
- Reverted Alt team logos and replaced them with the standard 3D logos
- Fixed a base Madden bug where the game would show the Bills logo after the Broncos score a TD

Franchise File:
- All rosters are accurate as of 2/13
- All coaching staff are accurate as of 2/13
- Updated the appearance of all hired coaches
- Updated Talent Trees for all hired/fired coaches
- Updated all coach schemes
- Handled all player contract extensions
- All injuries are accurate for the Rams/Bengals
- Only players retiring in real life will retire (with the exception of Bengals/Rams players)
- All yearly awards are accurate (these will appear visually inaccurate in the Awards screen)
- Updated the 2022 Draft Class
- Included an optional file that REVERTS REGRESSION. View the INSTRUCTIONS.txt file in
the ZIP for more information.
Download Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wiX...ew?usp=sharing

IMPORTANT REMINDER: This is intended to be used with the Progression tool, and therefore XP is turned off.
Read the README for more information. The Progression Tool can be downloaded in the Madden Modding Community Discord.

[sinthros]

Re: Madden 22 PC Start Today Franchise Mod/Franchise File

MADDEN 22 START TODAY VERSION 1.5 - FREE AGENCY UPDATE
This download is a collaborative effort from the Madden Modding Community. Credit to Sinthros, Sabo, bep713, TheBleedingRed21, JarekNT, tmjohns18, Eli2Manningham, Aholbert32, Bonqueque, and m111 for their contributions to the project.

Start Today.fifamod:
- Added Sabo's most recent Franchise mod changes, including:
Removed agility rating from effecting sim stats when applicable
Rebalanced practice injuries
NOTE: This is meant to be played with Sabo's Gameplay Mod, which is why AGI is set to 50/removed from OVR calculations. Sabo's Gameplay Mod can be downloaded in the Madden Modding Community Discord server (check great-servers)
IF YOU'RE USING THE START TODAY MOD, YOU DON'T NEED SABO'S FRANCHISE MOD ACTIVE
- Replaced a few remaining WFT references (Draft video, team wipe, team logo vid) and replaced the Commanders goalpad texture
- Updated 'Hero poses' for Russell Wilson, Amari Cooper, Khalil Mack, and NVP Award Winner Mitchell Trubisky
- Added several new coach portraits
- Updated playbook names

Franchise File:
- All rosters are accurate as of 8PM Central, 3/15/22 (Players signed to reserve/future contracts are currently Free Agents)
- Updated thousands of player contracts to be accurate
- Re-did salary cap distribution and added 10m to the 2022 cap; this should mostly fix teams being in the red during 2022
- The 2022 draft class order is now completely accurate
- All coaching staffs are now accurate
- Switched the Bears to 4-3 and the Raiders/Vikings/Seahawks to 3-4, per real life
- Only players retiring in real life will retire
- Fixed inaccurate talent trees for some coaches

IMPORTANT REMINDER: This is intended to be used with the Progression tool, and therefore XP is turned off.
Read the README for more information. The Progression Tool can be downloaded in the Madden Modding Community Discord.

Download Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/198O...ew?usp=sharing