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Madden 12 Franchise Check List and Tips on Improving your Franchise Experience
by NastyNateSolder
***DO NOT HIT AUTO REORDER ROSTERS***
1. Buy Madden 12 :P
2. Unlock Online Pass
3. Save original roster as Preseasonwk1.ros
4. DL Regular Season Week 1 Roster
5. Save as NFLwk1.ros
6. Load NFLwk1.ros from File Management
7. Go to Franchise Mode
8. Configure Options
a. Suggestions
Settings I used:
Sim Injuries = OFF
INJ = OFF
SAL CAP = ON
QTR = 10
DRAFT = OFF
DEADLINE = ON
USE PRE INJ = OFF/NO
UPDATE CHART = USER
RE-SIGN = USER
FA BIDS = USER
SIGN DRAFT = USER
FILL ROSTER = USER
SIM CUT DAYS = USER
SIM SCOUTING = USER
EDIT PLAYER = ON
9. Select all 32 Teams
10. Go into Coaching Schemes
a. Coaching Schemes Suggestions
OFF = 50/50/100
DEF = 50/50
Under DEF Set to either 4-3 or 3-4 depending on roster depth and coach habits
Team Base Defense
Arizona 4 - 3
Atlanta 4 - 3
Baltimore 3 - 4
Buffalo 3 - 4
Carolina 4 - 3
Chicago 4 - 3
Cincinnati 4 - 3
Cleveland 4 - 3
Dallas 3 - 4
Denver 4 - 3
Detroit 4 - 3
Green Bay 3 - 4
Houston 3 - 4
Indianapolis 4 - 3
Jacksonville 4 - 3
Kansas City 3 - 4
Miami 3 - 4
Minnesota 4 - 3
New England 3 - 4
New Orleans 4 - 3
NY Giants 4 - 3
NY Jets 3 - 4
Oakland 4 - 3
Philadelphia 4 - 3
Pittsburgh 3 - 4
San Diego 3 - 4
San Francisco 3 - 4
Seattle 4 - 3
* Louis 4 - 3
Tampa Bay 4 - 3
Tennessee 4 - 3
Washington 3 - 4
11. Go to NFL.com
http://www.nfl.com/
12. *if you have a laptop skip this step
a. Print out all 32 Teams Active Rosters as of
9/11/11
13. Go to Player Management
14. Use Printed Sheets to Delete Fake UFA Players
15. Go back to Player Management and Cut Players as follows
OFF= QB [2] RB [4] FB [1] WR [5-7] TE [2] LT [2] LG [2] C [2] RG [2] RT [2]
DEF= LE [2] RE [2] DT [3-4] LOLB [2] MLB [2] ROLB [2] CB [5-7] FS [2] SS [2]
*= K [1] P [1]
16. Go to Player Management and fix Player Pos as needed
17.
***DO NOT HIT AUTO REORDER ROSTERS***
ex. (OVR)
LOLB 82 ROLB 87
LOLB 73 ------
LOLB 64 ------
change to
LOLB 82 ROLB 87
LOLB 73 ROLB 64
this will balance out the depth charts
18. Go to Player Management and select Team Captains
WHY? Cause these are the players at the coin toss u don't want benchers out there
I normally pick my favorite players for each team.
19. Go to Player management and do all the player edits you want 8)
all personal pref here.
NOTE:You can't edit "?"/rookies/fakes till after preseason :cry: :shock:
20. Depth Chart Time 8) Even out the Depth and balance the weight
a. ex(1)
LOLB Jerry 1st ROLB Harry 1st
LOLB Barry 2nd LOLB Barry 2nd
LOLB Terry 3rd LOLB Terry 3rd
why? = Cause now these 2 players will say 2nd String and 3rd String this is important
for simulation reasons and auto sub reasons [don't forget to set your auto subs
]
POS that need to be balanced [LT,LG,RG,RT,LE,RE,LOLB,ROLB]
21.Players needed to fill req. after UFA Fakes are Cut [if you released the correct fake ones you
will have these left over don't cut real rookies
***Make sure to sign only FAs below 59 OVR so it wont effect your depth changes you just made.***
HB= TEN
T= ARZ IND GB
G= SD IND ATL SF GB OAK STL NO
C= OAK NYG
DT= ARI SD DAL MIA GB BAL HOU
FS=GB
22. Next Save File as
NFLwk1.fra <-- Save to restart season
NFL.fra <---- Season to Play
"Your Team" ex. Patriots.fra <--- Your Team's Franchise
you will basically make a league template with changes as default
23. Now Sim the Pre-Season if you wish to do so but when Pre-Season is done
do not forget to edit the rookies
Print out a sheet of Rookies Names for a reference. Edit them if you wish.
Next Save File as
NFLwk1.fra <-- Save to restart season
NFL.fra <---- Season to Play
"Your Team" ex. Patriots.fra <--- Your Team's Franchise
24. Then simulate the season and look for any glitches bad stats etc.
If not move on to Pre-Season and test that as well.
If you have time Simulate the Season again on Year 2 now.
25. If there is no problems then load the file of your choice below
NFLwk1.fra <-- Save to restart season
NFL.fra <---- Season to Play
"Your Team" ex. Patriots.fra <--- Your Team's Franchise
Enjoy! You earned it probably take a good 7-15 hours or more :shock: if you really your picky , ocd , etc :P
I simmed some seasons and the stats were pretty good don't forget about coach schemes