Madden 09 Patch #2 Now Out

by pastapadre
Posted September 23rd, 2008 at 5:41 am

After having to wait a few days from the initial time the second patch for Madden 09 was thought to go live it is now out for the 360 and PS3. As long as your console is connected online you will be automatically prompted to download the patch when next starting up the game. You will not have to restart franchise mode for the effects of the patch to come through.

Continue on to view all of the changes and feel free to leave your impressions of the game after the patch in the comments. Initial response seems to be that the gameplay related improvements have proven to be valuable, the CPU now takes too long to snap the ball even on extra points, and it may not have fixed freezes that some people have experienced in franchise mode.

Update: If you experienced freezing in franchise prior to the patch you will have to start over. Any that hadn’t previously had issues with freezing should be fine to continue.

1. Kicking play disconnect: If two opponents play a game with two different camera angles, in any situation where a game winning or tying kick was to be made, a disconnect could occur. “ActionCam” forces the game to go into slow-motion to add drama to these late kicks, but unfortunately the Classic camera does not, thus forcing the “disconnect”. This has been fixed…all cameras can still be used as well.

2. Stability issues in the play call / halftime highlights / postgame highlights screens (especially in Franchise mode after training games): This was a hard one to track down as not everyone was seeing it , we did find the issue however with some Instant Replay / cache corruption, and have a fix ready for patch 2.

3. Stability issues with Madden IQ end of game popup: This has been fixed.

4. “WR direct snap” exploit: Cheesers found an exploit to direct snap to a WR for easy short yardage gain. Not only are we fixing this play (i.e. we aren’t removing it), we are also going to be re-setting records for anyone with a winning record that has been found to be using this play.

5. Franchise Progression / Regression (or lack thereof): The lack of higher numbers was a tuning value that I think everyone agreed was just too low. This has been juiced up so you should see more realistic progression now.

Additional info I obtained on what the progression fix entails:

1) The Edit Player Progression Bug. So now edited players and created players will progress like normal. Before, anytime you edited a player’s ratings, he would then never progress in your franchise.

2) Fixed a major bug that stopped awarding progression points after the top 2-3 players at a position. So before, only 2-3 players per position were getting awarded the proper progression points. That has been fixed now, all players are now being assigned the proper progression points.

6. Edited players don’t progress: Players were not progressing after their jersey number (or pretty much any other attribute). This has been fixed.

7. Stability issue when exiting Madden ‘93 in CE version: This has been fixed.

8. Deep ball glitch: Some enterprising gamers found a way to throw a deep ball while crossing the LOS and hit a receiver wide open at a decent rate. We addressed this by making sure the DB will no longer break on the ball when the QB crosses the line while throwing.

9. CPU running out of bounds: This bug appears when the CPU tries to switch hands while running to the sidelines. This is fixed for patch 2.

10. Penalty sliders ineffective: A common complaint from the hardcore community was the lack of effect from the penalty sliders. We increased these substantially for patch 2.

11. Field degradation: Another common complaint was the lack of field degradation. Our effect was very subtle, which was also getting overshadowed by our lighting and post effects, so we increased this effect for the patch.

12. Stability issue with the Eagles and a full ring meter: We found and fixed a rare issue where the gamer could run into stability issues while using the Eagles in mini-game with a ring meter that was completely full.

13. Play call screen hitch: We found and fixed a bug that was causing a noticeable hitch when exiting the play call screen

14. Prevent Defense issue: We found and fixed an issue where defenders sharing a deep zone/prevent assignment would loosen their coverage (because they thought the other guy was covering for them), which allowed the receiver to get behind them even though they were in Prevent.

15. Brett Favre stats: With the late addition of Brett Favre, we were not able to get his Career and Season statistics into the game for the roster update. This has now been added for patch 2.

16. Defensive Preplay Mis-cue: We found and fixed an issue where defenders would leave their man wide open in a Cover 3.

17. CPU quick-snap: A very common complaint on the forums was the speed at which the CPU snapped the ball. We added a random length of time (no less than 5 seconds) for the CPU to wait and even make pre-play adjustments.

18. Online playbook switch: We found and fixed an issue where playbooks were re-setting to the defaults after the playbook select popup was closed.

19. Additional fixes to situations where the game would freeze.

Tags: patch

Ross

I bought Madden 09 with the intent of bugs, and problems just like every video game has. Name me a video game that has NOT needed a patch. And I am not a momma’s boy, I just spend my money wisely and not complain about every purchase I make like some of you do.
Ross

I bought Madden 09 with the intent of bugs, and problems just like every video game has. Name me a video game that has NOT needed a patch. And I am not a momma’s boy, I just spend my money wisely and not complain about every purchase I make like some of you do.
Ross

I come here because it is a Sports Gaming website. Not a “Bash every game and call Pasta an EA Fanboy site.”
Ross

I come here because it is a Sports Gaming website. Not a “Bash every game and call Pasta an EA Fanboy site.”
nba2k

[quote comment="37813"]I bought Madden 09 with the intent of bugs, and problems just like every video game has. Name me a video game that has NOT needed a patch. And I am not a momma’s boy, I just spend my money wisely and not complain about every purchase I make like some of you do.[/quote]

Bought madden with the intent of bugs and problems, now thats a damn lie. “Yeah Imma go get that new madden Its gonna be tight but its got alot of bugs and problems u should get it too”.. Thats wht u said before u bought the game huh? who thinks like tht..
nba2k

[quote comment="37813"]I bought Madden 09 with the intent of bugs, and problems just like every video game has. Name me a video game that has NOT needed a patch. And I am not a momma’s boy, I just spend my money wisely and not complain about every purchase I make like some of you do.[/quote]

Bought madden with the intent of bugs and problems, now thats a damn lie. “Yeah Imma go get that new madden Its gonna be tight but its got alot of bugs and problems u should get it too”.. Thats wht u said before u bought the game huh? who thinks like tht..
Jonesey

Does anyone know if the player progression fix works on existing franchises, or just new ones? I don’t want to have to restart
Jonesey

Does anyone know if the player progression fix works on existing franchises, or just new ones? I don’t want to have to restart
maddenman

[quote comment="37814"]I come here because it is a Sports Gaming website. Not a “Bash every game and call Pasta an EA Fanboy site.”[/quote]

U talk about people complaining but what exactly are u doing right now? Complaining about the complainers, not a good look.
nba2k

[quote comment="37816"]Does anyone know if the player progression fix works on existing franchises, or just new ones? I don’t want to have to restart [/quote]

U dont have to restart.
maddenman

[quote comment="37814"]I come here because it is a Sports Gaming website. Not a “Bash every game and call Pasta an EA Fanboy site.”[/quote]

U talk about people complaining but what exactly are u doing right now? Complaining about the complainers, not a good look.
nba2k

[quote comment="37816"]Does anyone know if the player progression fix works on existing franchises, or just new ones? I don’t want to have to restart [/quote]

U dont have to restart.
r00tabaga

???am I the only one here who enjoys Madden. Sorry bout all your franchise bugs, I only jam online and don’t like playing the CPU unless my BILLS are crushing someone on Xbox Live and they quit. LOL!!!
Mr.610

[quote comment="37813"]I bought Madden 09 with the intent of bugs, and problems just like every video game has. Name me a video game that has NOT needed a patch. And I am not a momma’s boy, I just spend my money wisely and not complain about every purchase I make like some of you do.[/quote]

What other football game do we have to choose from? I mean we could spend wisely if there were another NFL game right?
r00tabaga

???am I the only one here who enjoys Madden. Sorry bout all your franchise bugs, I only jam online and don’t like playing the CPU unless my BILLS are crushing someone on Xbox Live and they quit. LOL!!!
Mr.610

[quote comment="37813"]I bought Madden 09 with the intent of bugs, and problems just like every video game has. Name me a video game that has NOT needed a patch. And I am not a momma’s boy, I just spend my money wisely and not complain about every purchase I make like some of you do.[/quote]

What other football game do we have to choose from? I mean we could spend wisely if there were another NFL game right?
Josh

See what you started Sdot? Lol
Josh

See what you started Sdot? Lol
nba2k

[quote comment="37819"]???am I the only one here who enjoys Madden. Sorry bout all your franchise bugs, I only jam online and don’t like playing the CPU unless my BILLS are crushing someone on Xbox Live and they quit.

LOL!!![/quote]

LOL I dont mess with online bcuz of peeps quiting and peeps throwing deep every play. So I am a franchise guy and play with my friends every sat.
nba2k

[quote comment="37819"]???am I the only one here who enjoys Madden. Sorry bout all your franchise bugs, I only jam online and don’t like playing the CPU unless my BILLS are crushing someone on Xbox Live and they quit.

LOL!!![/quote]

LOL I dont mess with online bcuz of peeps quiting and peeps throwing deep every play. So I am a franchise guy and play with my friends every sat.
nba2k

[quote comment="37821"]See what you started Sdot? Lol[/quote]

I wouldv said something regardless..
nba2k

[quote comment="37821"]See what you started Sdot? Lol[/quote]

I wouldv said something regardless..
sean

[quote comment="37804"][quote comment="37802"]If Madden was released for FREE you all would still be complaining about every little problem. It is a ****ing videogame and no game is perfect. Appreciate what you have and stop getting butthurt over small crap.[/quote]

I totaly disagree with u, thats why EA has Community events for we the buyer can tell them what we like and dont like. We the gamers are the reasons for the patches, u take us away and u take away ur money. EA wants there money so they listen to us. I dont kno how u feel about the franchise freezing but its a big deal to me I spent 90 bucks and i want to get thru a damn season. U might wanna waste ur money but its hard times where I live.[/quote]

its funny that after reading a few comments, i was about to write exactly wat ross wrote but saw he did the job for me. if its hard times where u live, dont buy the game. since i can tell u bought the CE like me since u said u spent 90 bucks, after playing the 93 game, it should make u appreciate the kind of game ea has released. no video game will be perfect. even games like gears of war and gta 4 have its problems. if u dont like it, sell it. its kind of like wen people say think of the people in africa wen u throw away perfectly good food. think about the people hu cant afford the game wen u say that its terrible. one peron pointed out priorities. video games r made for entertainment. if u say that it would only be entertainment if the game was “good,” then either u take it too seriously or r too high maintenance
sean

[quote comment="37804"][quote comment="37802"]If Madden was released for FREE you all would still be complaining about every little problem. It is a ****ing videogame and no game is perfect. Appreciate what you have and stop getting butthurt over small crap.[/quote]

I totaly disagree with u, thats why EA has Community events for we the buyer can tell them what we like and dont like. We the gamers are the reasons for the patches, u take us away and u take away ur money. EA wants there money so they listen to us. I dont kno how u feel about the franchise freezing but its a big deal to me I spent 90 bucks and i want to get thru a damn season. U might wanna waste ur money but its hard times where I live.[/quote]

its funny that after reading a few comments, i was about to write exactly wat ross wrote but saw he did the job for me. if its hard times where u live, dont buy the game. since i can tell u bought the CE like me since u said u spent 90 bucks, after playing the 93 game, it should make u appreciate the kind of game ea has released. no video game will be perfect. even games like gears of war and gta 4 have its problems. if u dont like it, sell it. its kind of like wen people say think of the people in africa wen u throw away perfectly good food. think about the people hu cant afford the game wen u say that its terrible. one peron pointed out priorities. video games r made for entertainment. if u say that it would only be entertainment if the game was “good,” then either u take it too seriously or r too high maintenance
sean

typo correction
peron=person
sean

typo correction
peron=person
nba2k

[quote comment="37824"][quote comment="37804"][quote comment="37802"]If Madden was released for FREE you all would still be complaining about every little problem. It is a ****ing videogame and no game is perfect. Appreciate what you have and stop getting butthurt over small crap.[/quote]

I totaly disagree with u, thats why EA has Community events for we the buyer can tell them what we like and dont like. We the gamers are the reasons for the patches, u take us away and u take away ur money. EA wants there money so they listen to us. I dont kno how u feel about the franchise freezing but its a big deal to me I spent 90 bucks and i want to get thru a damn season. U might wanna waste ur money but its hard times where I live.[/quote]

its funny that after reading a few comments, i was about to write exactly wat ross wrote but saw he did the job for me. if its hard times where u live, dont buy the game. since i can tell u bought the CE like me since u said u spent 90 bucks, after playing the 93 game, it should make u appreciate the kind of game ea has released. no video game will be perfect. even games like gears of war and gta 4 have its problems. if u dont like it, sell it. its kind of like wen people say think of the people in africa wen u throw away perfectly good food. think about the people hu cant afford the game wen u say that its terrible. one peron pointed out priorities. video games r made for entertainment.

if u say that it would only be entertainment if the game was “good,” then either u take it too seriously or r too high maintenance[/quote]

Im still trying to find where i said the game was terrible… Oh yeah stop dick riding, peace.
nba2k

[quote comment="37824"][quote comment="37804"][quote comment="37802"]If Madden was released for FREE you all would still be complaining about every little problem. It is a ****ing videogame and no game is perfect. Appreciate what you have and stop getting butthurt over small crap.[/quote]

I totaly disagree with u, thats why EA has Community events for we the buyer can tell them what we like and dont like. We the gamers are the reasons for the patches, u take us away and u take away ur money. EA wants there money so they listen to us. I dont kno how u feel about the franchise freezing but its a big deal to me I spent 90 bucks and i want to get thru a damn season. U might wanna waste ur money but its hard times where I live.[/quote]

its funny that after reading a few comments, i was about to write exactly wat ross wrote but saw he did the job for me. if its hard times where u live, dont buy the game. since i can tell u bought the CE like me since u said u spent 90 bucks, after playing the 93 game, it should make u appreciate the kind of game ea has released. no video game will be perfect. even games like gears of war and gta 4 have its problems. if u dont like it, sell it. its kind of like wen people say think of the people in africa wen u throw away perfectly good food. think about the people hu cant afford the game wen u say that its terrible. one peron pointed out priorities. video games r made for entertainment.

if u say that it would only be entertainment if the game was “good,” then either u take it too seriously or r too high maintenance[/quote]

Im still trying to find where i said the game was terrible… Oh yeah stop dick riding, peace.
Josh

To be honest, I’ve already traded my Madden 09 for NHL 09 (Best EA Sports game & I don’t even follow hockey). I could take the freezing anymore & it looks too cartoony for me. Plus I like NCAA better anyway. Once NBA 2K9 drops I won’t even think twice about playing Madden. We’ll see if EA has their act together next year.
Josh

To be honest, I’ve already traded my Madden 09 for NHL 09 (Best EA Sports game & I don’t even follow hockey). I could take the freezing anymore & it looks too cartoony for me. Plus I like NCAA better anyway. Once NBA 2K9 drops I won’t even think twice about playing Madden. We’ll see if EA has their act together next year.
sean

the only people in my mind that can complain r critics and ppl hu du that as a job(i put pasta in this group of people that can complain)
sean

the only people in my mind that can complain r critics and ppl hu du that as a job(i put pasta in this group of people that can complain)
nba2k

[quote comment="37828"]the only people in my mind that can complain r critics and ppl hu du that as a job(i put pasta in this group of people that can complain)[/quote]

LMAO dumbest comment ever! Pasta doesnt do this as a job either..
nba2k

[quote comment="37828"]the only people in my mind that can complain r critics and ppl hu du that as a job(i put pasta in this group of people that can complain)[/quote]

LMAO dumbest comment ever! Pasta doesnt do this as a job either..
nba2k

[quote comment="37828"]the only people in my mind that can complain r critics and ppl hu du that as a job(i put pasta in this group of people that can complain)[/quote]

What!!! Then why do they have community events? Or producer look at forums to get ideas and to see what the major problems are?
nba2k

[quote comment="37828"]the only people in my mind that can complain r critics and ppl hu du that as a job(i put pasta in this group of people that can complain)[/quote]

What!!! Then why do they have community events? Or producer look at forums to get ideas and to see what the major problems are?
maddenman

[quote comment="37828"]the only people in my mind that can complain r critics and ppl hu du that as a job(i put pasta in this group of people that can complain)[/quote]

I dont agree with u buuuuddy.
maddenman

[quote comment="37828"]the only people in my mind that can complain r critics and ppl hu du that as a job(i put pasta in this group of people that can complain)[/quote]

I dont agree with u buuuuddy.
sean

[quote comment="37829"][quote comment="37828"]the only people in my mind that can complain r critics and ppl hu du that as a job(i put pasta in this group of people that can complain)[/quote]

LMAO dumbest comment ever! Pasta doesnt do this as a job either..[/quote]

i never said pasta did this as a job and they du that so they no wat people want and feedback. it doesnt mean everything is ganna be perfect.
sean

[quote comment="37829"][quote comment="37828"]the only people in my mind that can complain r critics and ppl hu du that as a job(i put pasta in this group of people that can complain)[/quote]

LMAO dumbest comment ever! Pasta doesnt do this as a job either..[/quote]

i never said pasta did this as a job and they du that so they no wat people want and feedback. it doesnt mean everything is ganna be perfect.
acreyman

[quote comment="37828"]the only people in my mind that can complain r critics and ppl hu du that as a job(i put pasta in this group of people that can complain)[/quote]

So you cant complain about a movie that sucks either? I usually dont listen to Movie critics because I have seen some good movies that got tore apart by the critics. Make your own opinion, screw the critics.
acreyman

[quote comment="37828"]the only people in my mind that can complain r critics and ppl hu du that as a job(i put pasta in this group of people that can complain)[/quote]

So you cant complain about a movie that sucks either? I usually dont listen to Movie critics because I have seen some good movies that got tore apart by the critics. Make your own opinion, screw the critics.
r00tabaga

GUYS! GUYS! STOP THE FIGHTING !!! THIS IS WHAT THE TERRORISTS WANT US TO DO———— DON’T YOU SEE IT???
r00tabaga

GUYS! GUYS! STOP THE FIGHTING !!! THIS IS WHAT THE TERRORISTS WANT US TO DO———— DON’T YOU SEE IT???
sean

[quote comment="37834"]GUYS! GUYS! STOP THE FIGHTING !!! THIS IS WHAT THE TERRORISTS WANT US TO DO———— DON’T YOU SEE IT???[/quote]

i agree lol
Dmac271

What you guys complain about are the most ridiculous things. Its a video game, it will never be perfect just as no other game with ever be perfect. Granted this game wont suit everyone, people are going to complain no matter what. Its a football game and for that its what we have to live with for now. Just play the game and don’t worry about the minuscule details, just play the game. Its about having fun not finding every little thing that’s wrong with it, its for fun and entertainment, its not real life. Its just a game and a game to entertain. One last thing, this game would be way worse if EA truly didn’t care, if they didn’t they wouldn’t waste their time with the 2 patches and roster updates. You guys that complain should be thankful you even got that.
sean

[quote comment="37834"]GUYS! GUYS! STOP THE FIGHTING !!! THIS IS WHAT THE TERRORISTS WANT US TO DO———— DON’T YOU SEE IT???[/quote]

i agree lol
Dmac271

What you guys complain about are the most ridiculous things. Its a video game, it will never be perfect just as no other game with ever be perfect. Granted this game wont suit everyone, people are going to complain no matter what. Its a football game and for that its what we have to live with for now. Just play the game and don’t worry about the minuscule details, just play the game. Its about having fun not finding every little thing that’s wrong with it, its for fun and entertainment, its not real life. Its just a game and a game to entertain. One last thing, this game would be way worse if EA truly didn’t care, if they didn’t they wouldn’t waste their time with the 2 patches and roster updates. You guys that complain should be thankful you even got that.
Josh

[quote comment="37824"][quote comment="37804"][quote comment="37802"]If Madden was released for FREE you all would still be complaining about every little problem. It is a ****ing videogame and no game is perfect. Appreciate what you have and stop getting butthurt over small crap.[/quote]

I totaly disagree with u, thats why EA has Community events for we the buyer can tell them what we like and dont like. We the gamers are the reasons for the patches, u take us away and u take away ur money. EA wants there money so they listen to us. I dont kno how u feel about the franchise freezing but its a big deal to me I spent 90 bucks and i want to get thru a damn season. U might wanna waste ur money but its hard times where I live.[/quote]

its funny that after reading a few comments, i was about to write exactly wat ross wrote but saw he did the job for me. if its hard times where u live, dont buy the game. since i can tell u bought the CE like me since u said u spent 90 bucks, after playing the 93 game, it should make u appreciate the kind of game ea has released. no video game will be perfect. even games like gears of war and gta 4 have its problems. if u dont like it, sell it. its kind of like wen people say think of the people in africa wen u throw away perfectly good food. think about the people hu cant afford the game wen u say that its terrible. one peron pointed out priorities. video games r made for entertainment.

if u say that it would only be entertainment if the game was “good,” then either u take it too seriously or r too high maintenance[/quote]

Once again it’s people like you that settle for anything & say “If you don’t like it don’t buy it” that encourage EA to continue to halfass sh*t and not fully live up to their potential because they know they’re the only NFL game on the market. Don’t you want the best football game possible? Why shouldn’t we want EA to push technology to the limit a deliver that mind blowing football experience? I hate to use this analogy but what if they said during slave days “Why complain about conditions? It’s the way it’s always been.” Why ask for change?” Then would would probably still have slavery. That type of mentality get’s nothing done. I know it’s just a video game but I ask you if it’s not that important to you then why are you here? Don’t knock other people for caring.
Josh

[quote comment="37824"][quote comment="37804"][quote comment="37802"]If Madden was released for FREE you all would still be complaining about every little problem. It is a ****ing videogame and no game is perfect. Appreciate what you have and stop getting butthurt over small crap.[/quote]

I totaly disagree with u, thats why EA has Community events for we the buyer can tell them what we like and dont like. We the gamers are the reasons for the patches, u take us away and u take away ur money. EA wants there money so they listen to us. I dont kno how u feel about the franchise freezing but its a big deal to me I spent 90 bucks and i want to get thru a damn season. U might wanna waste ur money but its hard times where I live.[/quote]

its funny that after reading a few comments, i was about to write exactly wat ross wrote but saw he did the job for me. if its hard times where u live, dont buy the game. since i can tell u bought the CE like me since u said u spent 90 bucks, after playing the 93 game, it should make u appreciate the kind of game ea has released. no video game will be perfect. even games like gears of war and gta 4 have its problems. if u dont like it, sell it. its kind of like wen people say think of the people in africa wen u throw away perfectly good food. think about the people hu cant afford the game wen u say that its terrible. one peron pointed out priorities. video games r made for entertainment.

if u say that it would only be entertainment if the game was “good,” then either u take it too seriously or r too high maintenance[/quote]

Once again it’s people like you that settle for anything & say “If you don’t like it don’t buy it” that encourage EA to continue to halfass sh*t and not fully live up to their potential because they know they’re the only NFL game on the market. Don’t you want the best football game possible? Why shouldn’t we want EA to push technology to the limit a deliver that mind blowing football experience? I hate to use this analogy but what if they said during slave days “Why complain about conditions? It’s the way it’s always been.” Why ask for change?” Then would would probably still have slavery. That type of mentality get’s nothing done. I know it’s just a video game but I ask you if it’s not that important to you then why are you here? Don’t knock other people for caring.