Madden 09 Patch Details
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Madden 09 producer Phil Frazier has revealed the details of the first patch for the game which is expected to be available on or around the release date of August 12th, as well as some potential areas to be addressed by a second patch and ideas for downloadable content.
The first patch will predominantly be fixes that most people wouldn’t have even noticed. The biggest one of the bunch is likely the adjustment that has been made to reduce frequent long kick returns. This wasn’t something that was identified as being a problem at the community event, though most agree it is within NCAA Football 09.
The second patch will react more to the community suggestions following release of the game and they already have an idea of some of the items to work towards. CPU QB accuracy and field degradation being ones that stand out at this point.
There is also some talk as to potential downloadable content. One mentioned is the accelerated clock which had been investigated for a patch but ultimately would’ve been too large a file to qualify. It has been said that the DLC may be free.
Continue on for the full details on all this from Phil Frazier.
Patch #1 (currently with MS/Sony for certification)
1. Changed default quarter length of online leagues to 5 minutes.
2. Solved a very rare stability issue that occured when using a couple of playbooks.
3. Eliminated a button mashing glitch during high latency online games.
4. Eliminated a stability issue that sometimes occured while viewing the player HUB in online leagues.
5. Fixed a tricky disc eject glitch that occured at specific points of online games.
6. Kick Return Tuning – made improvements to help reduce frequent long kick returns.
7. Safety Tuning – eliminated issue where safeties in deep zone coverage would sometimes not react to a run to their side.
8. The game skill slider for interceptions was tuned to amplify it’s affect.
Patch #2 Possibilities
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
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
August 12, 2008 at 4:13 pm
[here should be a downlable vision cone i dont care how much the cost is. Madden isnt the same this year
August 13, 2008 at 5:38 am
Where is the player progression? What fun is a dynasty when the progression is terrible. If you edit a player, that player will not gain anything in dynasty mode. For example, EA sports gave Adrian Peterson the wrong gear AGAIN this year and they only made him a 95 overall after he tore up the league. I’m not gonna play with my favorite player when he looks like an idiot. But if I edit him, he becomes stagnant. The player progression really isn’t much better when you don’t edit players either. Finally, that age glitch is back even though they fixed it last year.
August 13, 2008 at 1:47 pm
No news on a fix for the 360 lockups?
Fortunatly I picked up the PS3 version, but I feel for those suffering on the 360…
August 13, 2008 at 7:56 pm
So, how about a small request. The endzone pylons still don’t react to players. They don’t fall down like they used to. Seems like an oversight, not sure why they stopped doing this.
Field degradation is also key in the patch.
August 14, 2008 at 8:10 am
Two quick questions….
first-piggybacking off another posters question…what are patches and how do you get them.
second-do the sliders work for cpu vs cpu games?
August 14, 2008 at 8:43 am
Are they going to address the player progression in the DLCs in the the near future? My only complaints are that the player progression is horrible and you can’t edit your players gear or change a players position without totally voiding progression. Is this something that will be fixed anytime soon? If anyone gets any info on this please let me know.
August 14, 2008 at 11:10 am
[quote comment="31048"][quote comment="31029"][quote comment="31009"]why are some people complaining about the flashes, they aren’t a big deal, why are ya’ll looking at the crowd when you’re supposed to be looking at the field.[/quote]
If thats the case why do they even add sideline players or fans in general???… the atmosphere is one of the components to a great game and when its 1st and 10 in a regular season game and bulbs are going off like its the superbowl it takes away from the game… because if you have ever been to a real football game you would know that pictures don’t go off like that.[/quote]
Well said brotha. That’s what I say to people who say that refs & chaingangs aren’t important. Like it or not they’re part of an NFL game. If refs aren’t important then why have people in the crowd? Heck why even play in a stadium? Lets just play with a field and no atmosphere since all were supposed to look at is the field right? I think EA should change their logo to “If it’s in the game it might be in ours”. Lol[/quote]
hahahah i just laughed hysterically at your ea logo thing haha
August 14, 2008 at 8:53 pm
BRING BACK THE BROADCAST ANGLE CAMERA!!! Especially for the CPU vs. CPU mode! Why in the world would you have a spectator mode and have us watch it from the “playing” camera! There’s many times where during a season I would watch other teams go at it in NFL 2K , because they gave us the BROADCAST Camera and many other angles for that matter. EA, I was a loyalist many years ago… but you have forced me to RENT your games to decide if I want to buy. Not just for Madden but for NCAA as well. I’m a die hard Football fan, and I want my football games like the “real thing,” especially when I want to watch a cpu vs cpu match. Please… get it right before your license is up!
August 15, 2008 at 6:05 am
The one thing i don’t understand is why we need patches to fix these kind of things. Most of that list is full of things that are standard in a football game. A patch should not be needed to fix those. These things should be there already. Come on i mean seriously, why would we have to ask for grass degredation. Its been in 06,07 and 08. that makes no sense.
August 15, 2008 at 6:51 am
What I’m seeing is good, that they are actually looking at these lists. I noticed from last year to this year, the defensive line always goes off in strange directions and they can’t be controlled to go where you want them to go. It’s like they have a mind of their own, no control. This has been a big issue for me since the last few maddens have not corrected this problem. Also, I think they did improve the rate so many fumbles and ints from last year, so offense is more realistic. I have, however, only seen 1 fumble in about 10 games I’ve played, maybe because I ran a lot. The CPU players running out of bounds all the time is really bad, that DEFINITELY needs a fix. My last big gripe is that when I make a unique play and export it into Madden 2009 from Head Coach 2009, I can not FLIP the play, it won’t allow it. Also, the custom plays during the game all say CUSTOM, so I don’t know what to pick without going into all them. Maybe there will be a way to fix this. I hope so.
August 15, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Does anyone know or pasta can you find out what in the hell happened to player editing.I mean If they (ea) dont want to get players right the at least allow us to fix it. Im an eagles fan so I am goint to give a few examples on the eagles but it all over the game.
Brodrick Bunkley is probably the most well built 305 pounder in the nfl. On madden he looks like a fat slob.
Mike Patterson 6′0″ and a shade under 300 in madden he looks like a line backer playing DT
Omar Gaither is up to about 235-240lb. in madden built like a DB.
The point is why has full player editing been taken away. No body types, player position, height, weight……
Can we at the very least get an explanation? Or better yet just put back so we can stop asking about it!
August 15, 2008 at 6:03 pm
player progression is a joke… i traded mcnabb for a DT and had Kolb start.
i then proceeded to take my team to the super bowl, throw 44 TD’s and havea 104 QB rating… guess how much he goes up.
2 points… he’s an 83 now. Vince young played mediocre at best last year and is an 88 in 09… shouldn’t my QB be on the same rating scale? everyone knows if any qb does that good this year in the next madden he’ll be a 95+
August 15, 2008 at 6:30 pm
PLAYER PROGRESSION i have been very disappointed in last years medden to the point where i didnt even play it anymore due to the lack of player progression and no substitutions option.
i was hoping this would be better seeing as how you brought back substitution and i assumed that the horrible player progression would be fixed. i was wrong.
i simulated the entire season to find that only one player progressed! The fun of franchise mode is not your record at the end of the season but how much you can progress your players to make a better team.
i have bought every madden since it was on sega in 95 and i have to say unless progression is fixed to the way it wasfor example in the last gen, “06″, madden 09 will be my last. and i speak for everyone who plays franchise mode on this one
August 17, 2008 at 8:44 pm
So remember back on the PS2 when you could hit players so hard there helmet’s would come off. It was rare but was pretty cool when it did happen.
Is this affect not in any of the next gen offerings? I miss that. Why did they get rid of that. It would work great on these new hits you can make in the new game.
Live Weather does not seem to be working
August 19, 2008 at 6:53 pm
i know this might be a stupid question but what are patchs and how do i get them?
August 21, 2008 at 11:03 pm
One thing I look for in franchise mode every year is whether simulated games use the quarter time value you’ve set in your franchise preferences. And they never do — it’s always 15 minutes. So I’m playing games with 6 minute quarters, and every other game is using 15-minute quarters.
Why is that always overlooked? That seems like such a no-brainer!
August 26, 2008 at 2:38 am
The game is basically useless to me because I get booted almost every time i try to play online. I keep taking loses that aren’t my fault. Its ridiculous that the game could have such a huge problem like this. My record is 4 – 7 with 4 disconnect loses. If this doesn’t get fixed, I’ll take the game back.
August 26, 2008 at 11:51 pm
K i’ve been playing this game non stop long quarters and already in my second season this is what I’ve noticed so far. Sorry if they’ve already been said but i cant ready everything.
1. NE Coach…. 07 didn’t have him either.
2. Yards don’t match the meter at the top. E.G. 2 and 9 ran for 8 should be 3rd and 1 instead the meter at the top says 3rd and 2. same on Defensive side. 1st and 10 sacked for loss of 3 meter at top says 2 and 12. (Drives me nuts)
3. (THIS IS HUGE!) in 07 after a few seasons in franchise mode the game would freeze and I could never get past 3 years. I was in second season and wanting to do the active training and the game CRASHED!!! In Second season i can’t train anyone because it CRASHES!!!! EA WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING!
I spent over 100 bucks for the Madden Special edition, and this is what I get, its kind of a slap in the face. It shows what EA really thinks of its customers and they fail to provide a high quality product and still advertise like nothing!.
4. DB’s are RETARDED! 07 the catches were to easy and now, the ball hits the DB’s everywhere but therer hands. I had three DB’s under a loft and they all missed it….
5. Basic CRASHING, i tried to load the game and it crashed again!
SOOOOOOO DON”T BUY THIS GAME!!!! Im stuck with it, but I think its the last madden game I’ll ever get, I just bought my first one last year, and was really really disappointed, and not its the same thing. Just stick to 07 i hear that was the best one.
August 26, 2008 at 11:53 pm
Sorry I meant 08.
PS> dont’ get the special addition!!!! Head Coach is worthless!!! All the starts are from last season, NE still doesn’t have a head coach
the stadium and everythng is all from last year!!! EA did nothing with this game, that’s why they included, cuz no one would buy it off the shelves if they knew had horrible it was!
September 6, 2008 at 5:43 am
I’m looking for a patch that changes the college players you import from NCAA 09’s jersey numbers to fit the NFL requirements for position.
It would be cool if they retired numbers too.. ..Greenbay has a Receiver with the number 4 in my most recent Franchise game.
September 10, 2008 at 12:38 pm
I would like to see a patch that would stop the game from freezing in a 2 player franchise mode. It always seems that the first game plays fine, then the next game freezes. We have to restart the system before we play our second game.
September 12, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Why the hell has every madden I have bought feel the need to freeze up in franchise mode. Now even superstar does it. Like a moron I went and ordered Xbox elite only to discover I am hardly the first person to come across this issue. If this is the sort of crap EA is going to provide to its customers, then they should perhaps look to a different trade. Preferably one they do not suck at. I can deal with flashes, ghost jukes and whatever lame glitch most of you people have to deal with, but an inability to actually play the game? That is ridiculous and borderline criminal. Luckily I have no way of returning the game for my money back, so thanks EA. Fricken crap company. Honestly, the hype for this game is by far the most overrated event I have experienced in my 26 years of cognoscente existence. To all you madden fanatics, really? This is what you get pumped up for? A game incapable of even running? Dumb!
September 12, 2008 at 8:07 pm
[quote comment="31015"]EA Sports is really taking care of there games lately, if there is a flaw they get it fixed pretty fast. There doin roster updates faster and with Live everyday. They really make u wanna buy there games because I feel like they really finally wanna give me a good product to have fun playing.[/quote]
Are you high? There games are not ready to be released. There testing sucks. So many flaws with madden. Cant even play franchise mode.
September 13, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Player progression sucks, and seems non existent. I really hope this gets fixed, because this is really one of the key elements in franchise mode, and anyone who plays franchise will agree with me. I’m really disspointed that player progression sucks so bad.
Where are O-linemen pancakes? I can play an entire season and the most pancakes I get is like 7. Unless you control your linemen and manual pancake you wont get any. This should be changed
September 15, 2008 at 3:52 pm
I WANT QB VISION O.O
PLEASE QB VISION
September 22, 2008 at 11:52 am
can someone help me ind a way from my madden 09 franchise from freezing when i try to advance past the pro bowl its says updating player information then freezes
September 26, 2008 at 2:39 am
How long is going to take them to get this patch out? My franchise freezes every time i try to train. I am not amused. Glad they are fixing progression though.
September 28, 2008 at 6:34 am
How about fixing some of the MANY bugs in franchise mode!?!?! For example, the *same* bugs that were found (and incredibly easily reproduced) in Madden NFL 08!
October 15, 2008 at 3:09 am
Wheres the wide reciever strafe???????????????? seriously does’n't make the game better AT ALL without it… PLEASE give it back!!!
October 15, 2008 at 3:23 am
Dear EA, good job on madden 09…
Why did you remove wide reciever strafe?
have you ever seen a jump ball?????
does the reciever turn and jump (strafe)?, or does he run around in circles until the ball arrives? in madden 09 you are doing the latter, its not realistic and its not fun.
example- remember moss’ td’s against the dolphins last year? he STRAFED!
whatever dudes, please give me my wide reciever strafe back and stop highjacking my fun!