dynasty schedule problems...

[JerseySuave4]

this is from Block-O. He did not go about saying it the nicest way but he brought up a scheduling issue in dynasty mode...

"Way to go EA....Ohio State plays Michigan and Penn State on the road in the 2nd year of the dynasty as well.

This hurts the rivalry of the 3 teams and recruiting as well.

Now i cant bring my recruits to the PSU or UM game. 2 top quality games that i always bring recruits too. "

I thought OMT talked about how they fixed the dynasty schedules so teams rotate, teams properly flip home & away, time of games was better (Big 10 day games come late fall), etc.

Anyone else notice any other issues with schedules in dynasty mode? Other teams that play the same team home year after year or schedules not rotating or any other issues?

[OMT]

Re: dynasty schedule problems...

this is from Block-O. He did not go about saying it the nicest way but he brought up a scheduling issue in dynasty mode...

"Way to go EA....Ohio State plays Michigan and Penn State on the road in the 2nd year of the dynasty as well.

This hurts the rivalry of the 3 teams and recruiting as well.

Now i cant bring my recruits to the PSU or UM game. 2 top quality games that i always bring recruits too. "

I thought OMT talked about how they fixed the dynasty schedules so teams rotate, teams properly flip home & away, time of games was better (Big 10 day games come late fall), etc.

Anyone else notice any other issues with schedules in dynasty mode? Other teams that play the same team home year after year or schedules not rotating or any other issues?

We're looking into see if this can be patched. Right now we are only seeing it with Big 10 year 2 schedules. Anyone seen it with another conference?

[stewaat]

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Damn. I play in the Big Ten. Hopefully it gets patched ASAP. However it probably won't affect my current dynasty so FML.

[gerg1234]

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We're looking into see if this can be patched. Right now we are only seeing it with Big 10 year 2 schedules. Anyone seen it with another conference?

Pac-10 is in really bad shape. Oregon State plays the same conference schedule as year 1. That includes Oregon on the road. Also ASU on the road every season.

[JerseySuave4]

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We're looking into see if this can be patched. Right now we are only seeing it with Big 10 year 2 schedules. Anyone seen it with another conference?

perhaps its just those conferences that dont split in half and have title games... Big 10, Pac 10, Big East. I havent started my dynasty yet so i havent noticed the problem but he made a thread that got locked because of how he addressed the topic so i figured i'd start this one in case other have noticed issues so it can help you guys locate the issue and work on fixing it. Maybe the bugs/glitches thread is where it should be. Glad to see you guys are already trying to work on the problem.

[RU_Goo]

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I also noticed the Big 10 scheduling issues. ridiculous.

[gerg1234]

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Been looking at the schedules for the Pac-10....through 3 seasons so far. Season 1 and Season 2 are identical schedules. Season the starts to rotate...unless you're an Oregon State fan...you get screwed because you get ASU in Tempe 3 years in a row.

Looks as though the rotation works well after season 3....EXCEPT since Oregon State had Arizona State on the road in season three they will get Zona and ASU at home in season 4 then on the road again in season 5....and on and on.

[xXBlackshirtsXx]

Re: dynasty schedule problems...

perhaps its just those conferences that dont split in half and have title games... Big 10, Pac 10, Big East. I havent started my dynasty yet so i havent noticed the problem but he made a thread that got locked because of how he addressed the topic so i figured i'd start this one in case other have noticed issues so it can help you guys locate the issue and work on fixing it. Maybe the bugs/glitches thread is where it should be. Glad to see you guys are already trying to work on the problem.

i think your right. the big 12 hasnt had any problems that i have seen yet

[TripleJ185]

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I did a test dynasty with UGA simming up to the third season. I noticed going into the second season that the UGA/GT game was NOT the last game of the season. If you ask me, that game should be a lock. I mean, it is ALWAYS played the Saturday after Thanksgiving. I guess the same would be said for Florida/FSU, Alabama/Auburn, Clemson/S. Carolina... Those games should always be the final games in ones schedule. Plus, UGA plays Florida in late October/early November. It's been that way for a good while. One could go to College Football Data Warehouse and look up seasonal data for each teams schedule through the years. (Google it since i am not that much of a poster)

I really don't like the shifting of SEC East schools all around my calendar knowing that hasn't been the case since the 90's. If I had a custom conference, yeah, they could move however they want. I dunno. I'll be doing some more testing this weekend.

Triple J. (c)

[TripleJ185]

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Well, I just simmed South Carolina's first season and is now looking at season 2's sked. The Carolina v. Clemson game is in the right spot (week 14) but all other rivalry games in the SEC occur in Week 13 (Florida/Fla. St., Georgia/Ga. Tech). Sadly, Alabama v. Auburn happens in week 12! In week 14, the SEC is pared with a lot of MAC teams, some WAC teams and a few independent teams.

Just simply leave intrastate rivalry games on week 14.

[IamLEGENDsince87]

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Adam is there a way u guys can patch the times for schedules....ohio state plays WAy to many night games N its jus looks stupid then the games that r supposed to be at night aren't ...y do u guys do that???

[WildcatDawg]

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First off, I know nothing of writing code for games but as an experienced college football fan it is clear that certain games are played at certain times of the year. Would it be so difficult for the devs to organize the production of the game by assigning 1 conference to a group and have one person in that group be in charge of finding out all the details about how the conference operates (Conf. Scheduling Patterns, Traditions, Recruiting Tendencies, Correct Uniforms, Team Entrances, etc.) By dividing up the mammoth task of all 120 FBS team into 1 conference per group of employees, this may provide more attention to detail.
Who knows they very well could already be operating with this structure

[IamLEGENDsince87]

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Exactly.....N at least they could use common sense with the schedule times N there r numerous sites that will give u future schedules for every team

[andy4theherd]

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CUSA is 100% accurate through 4 seasons (i simmed using Marshall)

[HST]

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Wow. I used to think I was being somewhat petty getting frustrated when Texas and OU would play a night game, which has never happened in the history of the series.

I usually just shrugged it off thinking that eventually that would be fixed. Again, I'd just blow it off considering that these were seriously minor issues, yet thing just keep getting worse with every new game.

I've always felt like you should be able to control the game times and the weather in your dynasty. I know many players wouldn't like this, seeing as it is of course unrealistic to be able to control the weather. However, I'd just like to be able to make the conference games that I see on television appear the same in my dynasty. For those who hated it, perhaps there could remain a "random" setting. What was the quote from the Madden developer? "It's your game, you should be able to whatever the Hell you want with it." I'm a fan of this philosophy. It'd be difficult to understand why anybody would disagree with that.

My confidence in EA's gumption when it comes to finally fixing the little things have dwindled to approximately less than zero.

Seemingly, the trend with this series is to just continue to get less attentive to details while creating more bugs than what was there to begin with. Depressing.