Madden 09 Roster & Patch Update

[DrUrsus]

Re: Madden 09 Roster & Patch Update

Where did you get the PS3 rosters? From within the game or from your PC? I just got the game yesterday and went online from within Madden (my first time to play this game since Madden 2002 on the PS2) and couldn't find any rosters. If from your PC, what site?

You have to go online and start an online match. Then just back out before you start it. It will give you the online rosters and ask if you want to save it.

[DrUrsus]

Re: Madden 09 Roster & Patch Update

You sure?

You don't want a better crowd/atmosphere?

You don't want any more animations/realistic movement?

You really sure?

You don't want any differences between regular season and playoffs/Suberbowl?

You don't want halftime/postgame highlights?

You sure?!!

Just makin' sure you're sure.

I'll take what you're talking about. Funny thing is NFL 2K5 had a lot of this. Next year is the year! (You can tell I am a Cubs fan).

[DrUrsus]

Re: Madden 09 Roster & Patch Update

Phil and Ian,
Great to hear your working on a second patch.
If seemed in your post Phil that you were looking for community feedback. I know that myself and several of my friends have been buying the PS2 versions for the last few years mostly b/c we like more camera options. For us we all love to play in the overhead view (NCAA) on Madden Long (Madden). I've been waiting 4 years for this now and although I like the new action cam better than the Classic. I would probably fall in love with this game again if I could play in the view I wanted.
Regards
King_James

For the life of me, I will never understand why they abandoned different camera angles. I suspect in the beginning, it was for technical reasons, but by now they could have added it back.

And please, please make sure to get those CPU sliders and Accelerated Clock in a patch or downloadable content. I promise I won't badmouth you EA guys (at least for another year .

[kenlovin]

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By the looks of the threads new direction the patch isn't out.

[BigD]

Re: Madden 09 Roster & Patch Update

Yeah, I thought the 1st 360 patch was suppose to hit today?

[Brandwin]

Re: Madden 09 Roster & Patch Update

Where's the patch... =/

[Klocker]

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From OP

For example, if MS finds a new bug with the patch, it would easily be delayed by 2 weeks. We're hopeful the patch will drop on or around 8/14.

[markprior22]

Re: Madden 09 Roster & Patch Update

I think when "on or around 8/14" is put out there, it is a given that many people will take that as 8/14 at the latest (even though I know that isn't correct). With all the interaction that took place before release, an update on the first patch would be nice if it isn't dropping today.

[rckabillyRaider]

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From OP

damn......I guess guess ps3 owners arent taken too seriously from not only game developers, but their own company Sony. Or MS is very anal about their products??

[Klocker]

Re: Madden 09 Roster & Patch Update

With all the interaction that took place before release, an update on the first patch would be nice if it isn't dropping today.

agreed... Ian?

[JBH3]

Re: Madden 09 Roster & Patch Update

Evening,


Patch #2 Possibilities
Please understand this list is under construction and won't be finalized until we've received more feedback on the final game from the community.
1. Ghost Juking OOB fix - aka CPU players running out of bounds
2. CPU Accuracy tuning
3. Amplify the field degredation effect (the system is currently working but is hidden by some of our late added post effects)
4. Other post-release community feedback

DLC Possibilities
The same warning comes with this one. We're still evaluating these changes and are working hard to get them out as quick as possible.
1. Accelerated Clock
2. CPU Sliders (you would have the all new human sliders as well as a brand new screen of CPU sliders)
3. Legacy Gen Controller Config
4. Madden Community Gamerpics (a variety of gamerpics that will show what community you belong to. make sure your community managers know you want an OS gamerpic.)


We're targeting a mid-September release for patch#2 and the DLC but will give constant updates and screenshots as we progress.

I look forward to seeing all of your very constructive feedback next week when the game is released and will do my best to answer additional questions here.

Phil

oooohhh...Please put the accelerated clock in...That would be HUGE...Then I could actually play out a good strategic game of football rather than feeling rushed to get plays off in order to see a normal amount of run/pass attempts.

Accelerated clock is must...Pretty pretty please.

[Whaaaazuuuuup]

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my thing is where are the developers now. dont stop coming in once you've got the $. keep us posted. even if you were to say "there was an issue with the patch. we want to resolve it so you get the best of it.", then many ppl would appreciate that rather than not hearing anything and letting imaginations run wild...imo...

[coogrfan]

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my thing is where are the developers now. dont stop coming in once you've got the $. keep us posted. even if you were to say "there was an issue with the patch. we want to resolve it so you get the best of it.", then many ppl would appreciate that rather than not hearing anything and letting imaginations run wild...imo...

Fear not, we aren't being ignored:

As you know, tonight is release night! We are anticipating major numbers in the game, online, and in the forums tonight...so I thought I'd give a quick update from our side of the fence:

What we are doing
1. We have a night-shift team at Tiburon (with many online engineers) to look into any major problems that may come up (servers and the like).
2. The design team (myself and Phil included) will be combing the forums for major issues
3. Our QA team is constantly checking "bug list" thread and will try to reproduce issues as needed, so if you personally come across a bug make sure you post it here:
***Official Madden '09 Bugs and Glitches List Thread***
(remember to follow the template)

What we won't be doing
We probably won't be communicating back and forth in "real time" as much as we have in the past. There have already been quite a few instances with the NCAA launch, slider-gate, and other areas where someone on the dev team has acknowledged that we are "looking into" issues posted by the community, and that gets twisted around as us admitting flaws or promising to fix it or whatever. So just know that we are monitoring these forums all night and through the morning - and working to verify / reproduce any issues that you all post - but we may not post for a while. I wanted to let you all know so you don't think I'm "disappearing" around launch time. I will be here all night...I just don't want to post a million times and end up getting myself in trouble on one where I might say the wrong thing.

Along these lines it might be a good idea for a mod to have a sticky post (that only mods can edit) that is a constantly up-to-date list of the current highest priority issues. This would really help the team out to see all of the big ticket items in one place. Just a thought...

Sound good?

...........

[aholbert32]

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my thing is where are the developers now. dont stop coming in once you've got the $. keep us posted. even if you were to say "there was an issue with the patch. we want to resolve it so you get the best of it.", then many ppl would appreciate that rather than not hearing anything and letting imaginations run wild...imo...

They have kept us updated. First, they said this weekend that they wouldnt be posting much this week. They want to let the dust settle before responding to every complaint. Second, once the patch is sent to MS its out of their hands. The focus should be on MS not EA.

[fantasysportsguy]

Re: Madden 09 Roster & Patch Update

From OP

But then someone with EA came back and said "should be Thursday". THAT is what everyone is going off of.