NCAA Football 09 Patch Announcement

[FlyingFinn]

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Which begs the question: with problems like these appearing every year, wouldn't it be better for EA to simply push back the release schedules for their games? Instead of releasing NCAA July 15, why not release it August 15? That's still two weeks before the start of college football and it allowes testers a full extra month.

How does pushing back the release help long term. After the first year (release in July last year then aug the next) you jump back to the yearly dev cycle, just as we have now.

[FlyingFinn]

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For those of you that keep asking if the 1st or 2nd patch will work with a dynasty that is already started, it will not.

Unless EA changes something from how they have done it in the past, the dynasty file isn't affected by any patches made to the game.

Gameplay patches don't deal with gamesaves at all. The executable that is running is what is changed so any saved season will have the gameplay changes incorporated once patched. However, if the patch changes ratings to players in the default roster that will not be seen in your dynasty.

The roster patch will prevent certain actions from corrupting roster files but it can't fix rosters that are already messed up. This is why they suggested editors just stop editing.

[DGuinta1]

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I am really enjoying this game a ton. Any chance the "2nd" patch could fix the CPU and running out of bounds unnecessarily? Is that a problem with the game logic? Curious. Thanks.

[DrUrsus]

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I am really enjoying this game a ton. Any chance the "2nd" patch could fix the CPU and running out of bounds unnecessarily? Is that a problem with the game logic? Curious. Thanks.

The CPU players have been running out of bounds since the original Madden football/NCAA. It has gotten a little bit better, but it is something that should have been eliminated YEARS ago. I don't get it. Also, what is the deal with the weird angles the CPU will take to the ball carrier? Sometimes they will escort them into the endzone instead of hitting them. There was a problem like this on the PS2 version of NCAA 08 last year that really hurt an otherwise really good game. Wide open gameplay is just a little too wide open. I like the game overall, but I think I would have been happier if they would have just fixed the problems with NCAA 08, like the CPU AI, and LB INTs.

[ElroyJetson]

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what if you dont get online with your ps3 because you dont have internet , how do you get the patch?????

[joerob]

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what if you dont get online with your ps3 because you dont have internet , how do you get the patch?????

Im sure someone will help you out with sending a zip drive to them and have them load the rosters on that and send it back....just dont pay for em...theiving bastards

[colkilla]

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this is why together (ea with the community) the game can continue to get better. adam is on these threads constantly, heard about a bug, got guys on it, and with the help of the community (cdj, fkings, etc) the cause was identified, fixed and now we'll get a patch. i agree that ea games lately have not been perfect, but no game is. you have got to stand up and applaud the effort by adam and the rest of the staff because they are trying to give us the best possible college football experience (videogame wise). they could have gone away and hid when the bug popped up and the average gamer who isn't concerned with rosters would have bought the game anyway and ea still would have made money hand over fist. i guess what i am trying to say is THANK YOU...

[BigDPW]

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So has the patch gone to certification at microsoft? Any news since the first post? Are we still expecting it next week?

[OMT]

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So has the patch gone to certification at microsoft? Any news since the first post? Are we still expecting it next week?

It is in the certification process. Not sure when it will be out though. We guessed 5-10 days, but that was assuming we could get the process expediated. That is out of my hands, so I don't know.

[TheDutchDad]

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It is in the certification process. Not sure when it will be out though. We guessed 5-10 days, but that was assuming we could get the process expediated. That is out of my hands, so I don't know.

Sorry if I missed this, but did you ever explain what the whole problem was with the rosters anyhow? Why did ti mess up when you tried to edit something? If you posted this earlier I apologize, I'm just curious what it was.

[moose1619]

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Hey Adam,
Any chance in future versions to alow more time during timeout. I mean when I call a defensive timeout I need time to think about my focus and then to think about my play, but I am only alloted 12 seconds. Even on the offensive side I am only allowed 25-30 seconds. I like to really think about my play and I may need to find it in a certain formation. I mean gives us a minute and when we pick a play we get the regular 25 second clock. In years past of MAdden or NCAA, I don't remember which, we had more time and I always enjoyed it.

Thanks

[ewto16]

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Gameplay patches don't deal with gamesaves at all. The executable that is running is what is changed so any saved season will have the gameplay changes incorporated once patched. However, if the patch changes ratings to players in the default roster that will not be seen in your dynasty.

The roster patch will prevent certain actions from corrupting roster files but it can't fix rosters that are already messed up. This is why they suggested editors just stop editing.

Madden was patched last year. It didn't fix my franchise. It still froze when there were no FBs to sign. It still had a stupid amount of fumbles and the AI was still magical.

[SoxFan01605]

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Madden was patched last year. It didn't fix my franchise. It still froze when there were no FBs to sign. It still had a stupid amount of fumbles and the AI was still magical.

Not that it matters at this point, I guess, but you may have been too far along for it to take effect. The issue (as I recall) was with FA's disappearing, so if you had already lost your FA's then the patch was useless to your franchise, I'd imagine, as it fixed the issue causing them to disappear (and did not, obviously, bring back the ones that did). I never had the problem at all, as the patch came out before I got far enough for it to be an issue, but it sucks that roster/franchise issues are so prevalent in next gen sports games.

[callmetaternuts]

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It is in the certification process. Not sure when it will be out though. We guessed 5-10 days, but that was assuming we could get the process expediated. That is out of my hands, so I don't know.

Thanks again for updating us. The onus is on MS and Sony to get it certified and out to us. Problem 1 = fixed

[tj1182]

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Thanks again for updating us. The onus is on MS and Sony to get it certified and out to us. Problem 1 = fixed

What exactly is that process for MS? and why does it take so long, do they have to test it out themselves?