Canadian Football 2017
Canuck Play vBlog
https://www.youtube.com/canuckplay
There is also their Facebook page should you want to make a comment.
https://www.facebook.com/CanuckPlay/
Getting excited for some 2018 Maximum Football?
There’s an exciting new feature being added to Maximum Football. Hint, the acronym is DPC. #longtimecoming
... stay tuned for more
Canuck Play's February 14th Announcement
I'm happy to share with you the Canuck Play's official announcement. It's in the form of an eight and a half minute presentation that can be found on Youtube at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvD02stLykk
If you don't want to take the time to watch it (but please do!) here are some key points:
- Unfortunately there's still no official licensing
- The title will be renamed Maximum Football; although will still retain all CFL rules
- There will be much improved graphics and player movements
- It will be out on PC, XBOX1 and PS4
- It will come with 3 predefined leagues; one 9 team Canadian, one 10 team Canadian and a 16 team American league
- Players names and stats will now also be customizable on the consoles (not sure about changing the uniforms and logos though)
- There will be frame by frame replay available, with a completely unlocked viewing camera
- ...and much more!
Feel free to comment here, or on Canuck Play's official Facebook page
Thanks,
Randy
Big Announcement coming Wednesday, February 14th!
Updated: we now have a date for the announcement!
December Update to be released on Steam: Sunday Dec 10th
- Corrects an issue that could block a second controller from being recognized in 2 player games.
- Now reloads all plays each time the game enters into the stadium, this prevents the need to restart the game completely after creating new plays from scratch.
As well, a complete breakdown of what the plan is for 2018 will be made public in the next few weeks!
Progressing towards 2018
Aside from developing for PS4, here are some changes that will affect the Steam version of the game:
General Changes
- The game engine has been updated to Unity 2017.2 (the most recent stable release).
- The game's User Interface now automatically swaps controller icons depending on the platform the game is running on.
- Updated a couple of shaders to improve performance for DirectX 12.
- Begun the process of adding the team and player editing screens but updating the title screen's menu.
- Updated to the latest Steam SDK for the PC Desktop version.
Graphics
We're closing in on our final player model artwork. The game will feature different player model styles for different positions each with a much higher detail level than was shown in 2017.
It should be pointed out that the uniform layout is completely different from 2017 as well, with each player type having its own variation of the uniform file. So unfortunately, existing custom uniforms will not carry forward to new editions of the game.
Stadiums will also be getting a make over with more detail in the buildings themselves, but we're also working on a process to provide 3D spectators in the stands.
Team and Roster Editor
Outside of the visuals, the team and player editing functionality is progressing on schedule. It is now possible to proceed into the edit mode of the game and rename teams and players, change player skill ratings, edit depth charts (on a formation by formation basis), and change a few other basics as well. For team and roster editing, it will certainly help if you have a keyboard attachment for your controller, but you can use the on-screen keyboard as well (it's just a bit slower to use).
Details of the November update
- We've corrected the issue of the Man 2 Man coverage dialog loading empty in the Play Designer.
- Corrected the problem of offensive linemen "jittering" while dropping back from the line of scrimage during pass blocking. The pass blocking movement is much smoother now.
- Corrected the issue of Right Guards not picking up the correct player when the defense is running a play with 5 down linemen.
- Improved the back field blocking assignment logic.
- Corrected an issue with kick returners 'warping into position should the ball bounce before they can field the kick.
- Corrected the issue of playoff games that are still tied at the end of Over Time not continuing until there's a winner.
- Corrected an issue of Defensive Backs on human controlled teams occasionally breaking off task after pass is thrown and ending up out of position.
Side note: the Xbox1 update is passed certification and should be available for players to download today as well. It has all the major functionality of 1.5.5.0 as well as the fixes listed above.
Bug fixes for patch v1.5.5.0 being submitted this weekend
<*> We've corrected the issue of the Man 2 Man coverage dialog loading empty in the Play Designer.
<*> We've corrected the problem of offensive linemen "jittering" while dropping back from the line of scrimage during pass blocking. The pass blocking movement is much smoother now.
<*> We've corrected the issue of Right Guards not picking up the correct player when the defense is running a play with 5 down linemen.
<*> We've improved the back field blocking assignment logic.
<*> We've corrected an issue with kick returners 'warping into position should the ball bounce before they can field the kick.
<*> We've corrected the problem of playoff games that are still tied at the end of Over Time not continuing until there's a winner.
Production has started on Canadian Football 2018 (and PS4)
As well, they are beginning development on the Sony PS4 platform.
I know PS4 doesn't affect us Steam purchasers directly, but the more overall sales, the longer Canadian Football will continue to be improved and updated for all platforms.
Randy
MOD goodies included with patch v1.5.5.0
After the new patch has been downloaded, there are two new folders in the game installation folder. (usually "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Canadian Football 2017"):
\TeamTemplates
\RosterMaker\RosterMaker\bin\Debug\RosterMaker.exe
The templates are for 10, 16 and 32 team leagues.
The RosterMaker even includes the C# source code should you wish to create your own roster editing utility using Visual Studio 2017.
Details can be found at http://canuckplay.blogspot.ca/2017/10/league-templates-roster-maker.html
Looking forward to what all you creative folks can come up with!