Football Simulator
Patch Notes v0.06r2 Early Access
Sim New 3 is the default. Plays nicely.
Better Pro physics setting.
Added Pro 2 physics setting.
Improvements:
High quality field goal post asset with camera.
AI offensive coordinator chooses to go for it when appropriate.
Better lighting during daytime
Optimized Carolina stadium.
Optimized Dallas stadium.
Random weather in season mode no longer chooses Snow or Rain (until they are optimized)
UI parade bars added to gameplay menu
Bug Fixes:
Fixed QB double clutching the ball sometimes for the player. Still can happen with AI.
Fixed UI bugs caused by refactoring.
Fixed season mode playbook issues.
Fixed playbook issues with 2 players.
Fixed broken volumetric lights.
Known Issues:
Changing controller configuration mid-game can cause bugs.
Patch Notes v0.06 Early Access
- Significant performance improvement across the board due to:
- Texture size reduction and filtering simplification
- Geometry simplification and LODing
- Aggressive physics body culling system (required some re-architecture)
- Much more efficient sideline players, cheerleaders, coaches and referees.
- Decimated City Day background mesh. Night to follow.
- Texture size reduction and filtering simplification
- Added new intro music (intro.mp3)
- Added customizable camera settings to PhysicsGameplaySettings (more to come)
- Standardized day and night lighting across scenes. Still a work in progress.
- Better depth of field during gameplay.
- Faster camera movement during gameplay.
- Small improvement to QB dropback animation.
- Season mode main menu visual improved.
Tweaks:
- Arcade Four is the new default.
- All settings now enabled by default.
- Action camera settings changed.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed magenta unreadable text issue
- Fixed season mode player stats after using fantasy draft
- Fixed kickoff camera not being set correctly.
- Fixing formationsUI bug when opening formations screen from a playbook that is not the current playbook and not on last playbook
Known Issues:
- Season mode LOD bias is set too low, causing pop-in.
- Stadium optimization and art pass are still in progress.
- Weather still needs optimization.
- Small chance of throw animation issue due to new QB animation. Working on fix.
Patch Notes v0.05r17 Early Access
- Hotfix for playbook creator.
Tweaks:
- Balanced is the new default physics.
- Turned logging on to make bug fixing easier.
Patch Notes v0.05r16 Early Access
- Improved memory usage by using shared materials. Should reduce framerate drops.
Patch Notes v0.05r15 Early Access
- Fantasy Draft: It now works! Draft an entire fantasy team along with the rest of the league and play that team in your season.
- Play Creator: Create your own play from existing Formation and Assignments.
- Playbook Customization: Copy the default playbook. Add new plays that you design. Remove plays.
Improvements:
- Improved physics & gameplay with Sim New 3. All hail Sim New 3. Better everything including overall gameplay. Please switch to this physics if you haven’t already.
Patch Notes v0.05r14 Early Access
- Added Music/Intro/intro.mp3 which will play during the match intro. Customizable in mods.
Tweaks:
- Better situational pass coverage AI. They will pick you off in the middle and not get beat deep or on the edges.
- Increased character rotation speed in all physics settings from 0.75 to 1.5 for a much more fluid gameplay experience.
Improvements:
- Changed in-game keyboard to reset to original value unless you hit enter.
- Added spacebar to in-game keyboard.
Patch Notes v0.05r13 Early Access
- Seasons must now be explicitly saved using the Save button or by starting a match by pressing Play. This way you can sim parts of a season and Restart if you don’t like the results.
- Doubled character rotation speed in Balanced. Feels really good now.
- Reduced SSAO intensity. Grass looks better now.
- Changed texture quality from half to quarter resolution for performance. Next we'll add it to the menu.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed bug where hitting Next during playoffs would Sim your game.
- Fix for kicker punting the ball multiple times causing the ball to teleport in random directions
- Improved punt blocking
- Fix for announcer calling ball fumbled on punt returns
- Out of bounds detection fixed and improved.
- Fixed shadow cascade on grass issue.
Patch Notes v0.05r12 Early Access - 11.12.2022
- Auto-generated All-Star teams for National, American and League.
- New background video.
Bug Fixes:
- Better run pursuit and pass coverage.
- Fix for shadow cascade issue.
- Fix for SSAO with grass issue.
- YawRotationJoint is 2x speed when strafing, fixing some AI issues.
- Better VO when pass is complete then incomplete.
- Better grass color.
- Fix for DeadBall dive issue, somewhat.
- Fix for Stranger Things bug, somewhat.
- Better RunRandomRoute and in-route adjustment to coverage
- Fixed kickoff kicker being on wrong side sometimes (due to play flip).
- Data structure optimizations for improved memory performance.
- Less Boost when players get up so they don’t pop and cause weird issues.
Known Issues
- Not using Pursuit stat anymore for now.
- Punt blocking and punt return blocking are barely working and need tweaking/fixing.
Tweaks:
- Balanced is the new default physics.
- Default physics jsons will now be overwritten with updates.
Patch Notes v0.05r10 Early Access
- Fixed defensive player IK arms not working. Pass coverage is much better now.
- Added shadows to grass near sidelines.
Known Issues:
- Challenges are broken.
Patch Notes v0.05r9 Early Access
- Fixed undershirts not saving
- Endzone coverage fix.
Tweaks:
- Wobble Sim Hard is now the default. Physics override settings turned off for a more realistic experience.
- Better accessories on the Philly QB.
- Better blocking animation.
- Better random route running.
- Tweaked Balanced physics setting.