Patch 6.1a Released

[Guest]

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The following changes are included in the 6.1a update, along with everything changed through 6.1:

• Properly use coach's discipline ratings to affect team penalty frequency.
• Teams will not expect the run when the opponent comes out in a five-receiver formation.
• Tweak Hall of Fame criteria to generate more realistic position distribution.
• The Recommend button in the playoffs should create a game plan for opponents beyond the first round.
• Unsportsmanlike conduct against the defense is now an automatic first down.
• Tweak to Solevision to avoid generating a first-down comment after a lost fumble.
• Correct team pass rush percentage calculation on summary screen and in HTML.
• Further tweak running back choice algorithm. Study real-life limits, remove part of the exploit for putting low-endurance backup on chart.
• Remove potential exploit of coach ratings from using software designed to read MFC displays.
• Change text on player salary screen to properly reflect how veteran minimum works.
• Tweak to avoid timing problem when exiting Solevision before games are over, crash might be possible.
• Correct resolution of standings tiebreakers when three or more teams tied, and common games are used inter-divisionally.
• Correct resolution of draft order when in-conference teams have same record and same strength of schedule.
• Fix corruption of data files causing defensive players, increasing from defensive line exponentially to secondary, to experience a higher injury proneness after year one of a league. Note, this resets injury proneness for all players, but this is the only fair way to fix the problem.
• For a greater challenge, increase overall maximum injury setting from 200 to 400.

[Lintyfresh85]

Are we going to this switch before the sim?

[kingfc22]

Just curious to when we are updating to the patch.

[aholbert]

Just curious to when we are updating to the patch.

I dont want to make any major changes during the season especially during the playoff push. I would also like to hear from some of the FOF vets like Skydog, Hoosier and Cotton about what effect switching to the new version could have on the season. I'm leaning toward waiting until after the Championship to switch.

[kingfc22]

That's what I had figured and is usually what happens in the leagues I am in.

[Guest]

I dont want to make any major changes during the season especially during the playoff push. I would also like to hear from some of the FOF vets like Skydog, Hoosier and Cotton about what effect switching to the new version could have on the season. I'm leaning toward waiting until after the Championship to switch.

FOFL has switched (we were just before Week 4 when it came out) with no negative effects. WOOF switched immediately as well, but we were in the offseason. There appear to be no game engine changes--just fixes, especially to the penalty situation. I don't know of a good reason not to patch, although I could understand why some might be nervous late in a season. These are the most significant fixes, imho:

• Properly use coach's discipline ratings to affect team penalty frequency.
• Teams will not expect the run when the opponent comes out in a five-receiver formation.
• Unsportsmanlike conduct against the defense is now an automatic first down.
• Further tweak running back choice algorithm. Study real-life limits, remove part of the exploit for putting low-endurance backup on chart.
• Fix corruption of data files causing defensive players, increasing from defensive line exponentially to secondary, to experience a higher injury proneness after year one of a league. Note, this resets injury proneness for all players, but this is the only fair way to fix the problem.

If you do decide to wait, it will be a very good idea to patch right before hitting "End Season" so we get this fix (draft order is set in the end season routine, I believe):

• Correct resolution of draft order when in-conference teams have same record and same strength of schedule.