Arlie Rahn Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Here is a BETA 1.47. You simply need to run the update EXE and make sure it writes over your old bb2005.exe. It will work with old saves. You can also go directly from 1.11 to this version (don't need 1.46). Here's the list of changes: 1. Fixed more timeout issues (esp on defensive side). 2. Fixed ranking email error where national ranking was repeated. 3. Fixed PBP issues involving QB keepers and other issues. 4. Fixed some penalty logic on things like personal fouls on fourth downs and other situations. 5. Fixed a wierd repeating pop-up that happened on the gameplan screen when you put in over 100% for something. 6. Fixed a newly inflicted error that introduced some JC guys as freshmen. 7. Updated the poll logic based on feedback. 8. Major overhaul on the option offense. Updated all AI gameplans to favor more runs, changed the engine logic to include more QB keepers. You will need to advance to camp in your game to see the changes though. 9. Improved AI use of offensive gameplan. Going into each camp the AI will setup specific gameplans based on their offense type. Then, at each matchup during the season, the AI will do a better job at choosing its gameplan based on injuries, opponent, opponent's tendencies and its own play success rate. The AI also does more with the play information data collected for every team on every play. 10. IMPORTANT USER NOTE - The 4 stock gameplans will be changed before camp and when you change your offense in camp to reflect the team's new offense. If you want a specific gameplan that will never change, make sure to create a new gameplan outside of the 4 stock ones. User created gameplans will not be changed. 11. Added an "oldschool bowl" method. If you go into the "bowlGames" table in the pstats.dat and set the GDCS field to 0 for all bowl games, the AI will not use the GDCS to set any games. Instead, it will rely exclusively on the conference matchups specified in the table. If you wish to use this, make sure to fill in the proper conference matchups for the current GDCS games or it may not work. After the bowl games are played without the GDCS fields, the national champion will be the team rated number 1 by the Coaches Poll. In this setup, the GDCS controls nothing and is only a guide. 12. Improved the multiplayer import process. it should be more informative for commishes and not skip teams when a failed import occurs. 13. IMPORTANT MP ADDITION - Starting in version 1.47, when a user exports his file for use in an MP league, all of his AI settings are also passed in the file. So, if Team1 has Academics set to "CPU run", his exported team file will have that information. This will allow each MP owner to tailor the AI useage much like a SP game without any help from the commish. Also, when a user loads the main save from the commish, his options will still be there meaning no need to change them after the first time for future exports. The commish will still have the ability to set the team to be "AI run" for a certain period like normal (ie, an owner goes out of town or leaves). But, this should help both the commish and individual owners manage their tasks. 14. Improved special teams selection involving injured players. Now, the AI will be less likely to recommend a questionable player that you may be sitting for health reasons. 15. Improved SOS impact on prestige for lower teams. Now, if you are a lower team that schedules tougher opponents, you will get treated differently when it comes to the impact of your record on prestige than someone who just schedules a bunch of patsies for an extra win. This is based on the logic that more marquee opponents means more national exposure (which helps prestige). It's not an enormous impact, but it's enough to make people consider scheduling atleast one good team when you are a smaller school. Just like last time, I would recommend backing up any saves you use in the event something happens. This version should be pretty stable, but it is still a beta version so there may still be some issues. If you run into anything, please email me directly at [email]arlie@greydogsoftware.com[/email]. Thanks again to everyone checking this out! Also, do NOT switch from 1.46 or 1.47 back to 1.1 and then back to 1.46(7). This can corrupt your save as I have tried to make the update process seemless for 1.1 owners by adding certain things to the save on the fly. Switching back and forth may cause the game to think you need something that is already there (and it will cause errors that I cannot fix). You can get it here: [url]http://www.greydogsoftware.com/downloads/BBUpdate147.exe[/url] Old changes in 1.46 1. Tightening up play by play - this involves adding the missing plays in the game log, updating some grammar/sp issues and cleaning up other aspects of it. 2. Fixed taking a knee, spiking, and AI timeout usage. 3. Adjusted the engine to reward better defensive teams. Now, teams with more talented defenses should allow fewer points on average. 4. Improve the transfer logic - if an effort is made to play the player in the prior season, it now means more. Also, you get an email in the final week of camp giving feedback on potential transfer risks when redshirting players. 5. Improved the polls - Strength of schedule has been made more of a factor. The main emphasis here has been trying to improve the poll logic in the middle weeks since that's where most of the remaining problems still remain. Usually, things work themselves out by the end of the season, but you sometimes see teams ride out some generous slotting in the middle of the season. 6. Improving the recruit pitch process - Now, you will get an email after you scout a recruit that gives some additional insight on his pitch. It's still going to be handled the same (ie, you only get 1 chance to get the bonus - no partial credit). But, now atleast you have more information to work with. It also adds another reason to scout players early. 7. Added inseason player development. Players will now develop during the season and you can check this on the roster (the checkbox for changes). 8. Added inseason recruiting options. You get an email every week with a game from three potential recruits that would like to visit. You can only choose one and if you win, the player’s interest may go up. If you lose, it may go down. Interest levels get updated every 4-5 weeks. Also, when a player visits, you automatically get the full color scale view for that player’s interest. That, combined with players that visit getting shaded yellow, will help you track who has visited. AI will handle this for you if you select AI to handle recruiting. 9. Fixed around 15 different penalty/AI issues in the engine. 10. Fixed the issue with turnover margin not being displayed properly. 11. Adjusted overall recruiting logic to mimic regional/state numbers found on recruiting sites. 12. Tweaked the player pool to better reflect the college game. 13. Fixed some MP issues including instances where recruits might not commit to human teams late in the process. 14. Fixed an instance of incorrect stat tracking (for QB sacks). 15. Added comments to gamelogs on things like bad passes, great catches, missed tackles, dropped passes… 16. Changed MP import notifications. 17. Adjusted award criteria. 18. Fixed Scheduling issues ranging from inproper number of home games to having the same rival scheduled twice. 19. Some Hotkey support. You can now use ‘ and / to move up and down most grids. Also, if you mouse over a button, it may tell you a hotkey you can use instead. The ‘Yes’/’No’ message box has this as do some of the offseason screens. 20. Conference movement. You can set it up in the game options – the choices are None, Low, Average, High. The basic algorithm is that the game goes through at the start of each offseason and checks to see if any teams should be swapped. All conferences are broken up into 4 layers – GDCS (top 8), tier 1, tier 2 and independents. Movement occurs between each grouping and there’s always a “swapping” of teams. For instance, in my testing, I had Utah replace Stanford in the Pac 10 after three seasons. Stanford then went to Utah’s conference and took its place. There’s also some region protection meaning a team in the West can only go to the Midlands and West, Midlands can go West, Midlands and Midwest, Midwest can go Midlands and Midwest, SE can go SE and AE, AE can go AE and SE. I had to setup a couple regions for each team otherwise you could hit situations where movement was deadlocked because of regions. However, you shouldn’t see teams like Fresno State going into the SEC. One final comment for conference movement: The choice levels dictate the chance movement will occur and the qualifications for a movement to occur. The highest level needs atleast 2 positive seasons for the moving up team (at a certain level) and 2 negative for the teams moving down. Those change to 3 and 4 for the average and low levels. There are also prestige restrictions meaning a team like Auburn or USC won’t get demoted if they have a couple bad seasons. Finally, make sure you turn it on in the game options if you want to use it. It defaults to “None” for saves and new games (it does work with old saves). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc66tc Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Sweet glad to see the old-bowl tie-ins added. CooleyVol and I both have retro files that really needed this featured added in. Also is the conference movement linear. Meaning if a team is in a 5 prestigure conference does it first have to move to 4, then 3, then 2 then 1? or can they jump straight from 5 to 1 conference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc66tc Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Sweet glad to see the old-bowl tie-ins added. CooleyVol and I both have retro files that really needed this featured added in. Also is the conference movement linear. Meaning if a team is in a 5 prestigure conference does it first have to move to 4, then 3, then 2 then 1? or can they jump straight from 5 to 1 conference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlie Rahn Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 It's linear. You have to move up each step. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlie Rahn Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 It's linear. You have to move up each step. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc66tc Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 So Notre Dame would have to go into the MAC or CUSA before they could join the Big10? Also with the new poll logic does conference prestigue come into play or is it still only connect to conf movement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc66tc Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 So Notre Dame would have to go into the MAC or CUSA before they could join the Big10? Also with the new poll logic does conference prestigue come into play or is it still only connect to conf movement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooleyvol Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 I can confirm that the bowl tie in option now works perfectly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooleyvol Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 I can confirm that the bowl tie in option now works perfectly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galaril Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 [QUOTE]8. [B]Major overhaul on the option offense. Updated all AI gameplans to favor more runs, changed the engine logic to include more QB keepers. You will need to advance to camp in your game to see the changes though[/B].[/QUOTE] God bless you.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galaril Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 [QUOTE]8. [B]Major overhaul on the option offense. Updated all AI gameplans to favor more runs, changed the engine logic to include more QB keepers. You will need to advance to camp in your game to see the changes though[/B].[/QUOTE] God bless you.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc66tc Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Along with CooleyVol i can say the oldbowl tie-ins work great. The first season I simmed i did run into a lil poll logic stuff. Heres the setup Orange Bowl #1 Miami (12-0) vs #4 LSU (10-1) Rose Bowl #2 Michigan (10-1) vs #20 UCLA (8-3) Fiesta Bowl #3 Nebraska (11-1) vs #6 Florida St (10-2) Cotton Bowl #5 Texas (10-2) vs #10 Iowa (9-2) Heres how it all went down. LSU beat Miami 47-25 Michigan beat UCLA 67-13 Nebraska beat Florida State 39-19 Texas beat Iowa 19-7 In the media and coaches poll Miami only fell one spot behind Michigan. Final Media and Coaches Top5: Pv 1. Michgan (11-1)(2) 2. Miami (12-1)(1) 3. Nebraska (12-1)(3) 4. LSU (11-1)(4) 5. Texas (11-2)(5) Computer Poll: 1. LSU (11-1) 2.Texas (11-2) SOS #2 3. Nebraska (12-1) 4. Oklahoma (11-1) 5. Michigan (11-1) GDCS 1. Miami 2. Michigan 3. Nebraska 4. Texas 5. LSU The only thing i see wrong at all is the GDCS still ranking Miami so high and the Media and Coaches not dropping Miami but one spot after a beat down from LSU, who wound up ranked behind them in the final polls. Basicaly I guess i am just looking for a little more shakeup in the final polls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc66tc Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Along with CooleyVol i can say the oldbowl tie-ins work great. The first season I simmed i did run into a lil poll logic stuff. Heres the setup Orange Bowl #1 Miami (12-0) vs #4 LSU (10-1) Rose Bowl #2 Michigan (10-1) vs #20 UCLA (8-3) Fiesta Bowl #3 Nebraska (11-1) vs #6 Florida St (10-2) Cotton Bowl #5 Texas (10-2) vs #10 Iowa (9-2) Heres how it all went down. LSU beat Miami 47-25 Michigan beat UCLA 67-13 Nebraska beat Florida State 39-19 Texas beat Iowa 19-7 In the media and coaches poll Miami only fell one spot behind Michigan. Final Media and Coaches Top5: Pv 1. Michgan (11-1)(2) 2. Miami (12-1)(1) 3. Nebraska (12-1)(3) 4. LSU (11-1)(4) 5. Texas (11-2)(5) Computer Poll: 1. LSU (11-1) 2.Texas (11-2) SOS #2 3. Nebraska (12-1) 4. Oklahoma (11-1) 5. Michigan (11-1) GDCS 1. Miami 2. Michigan 3. Nebraska 4. Texas 5. LSU The only thing i see wrong at all is the GDCS still ranking Miami so high and the Media and Coaches not dropping Miami but one spot after a beat down from LSU, who wound up ranked behind them in the final polls. Basicaly I guess i am just looking for a little more shakeup in the final polls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlie Rahn Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 [QUOTE=tc66tc;157184]So Notre Dame would have to go into the MAC or CUSA before they could join the Big10? Also with the new poll logic does conference prestigue come into play or is it still only connect to conf movement?[/QUOTE] ND is on the "independent rule", so they will never move to a conference. They are already assured a spot in the GDCS if they meet certain criteria. There's no reason for them to join a conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlie Rahn Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 [QUOTE=tc66tc;157184]So Notre Dame would have to go into the MAC or CUSA before they could join the Big10? Also with the new poll logic does conference prestigue come into play or is it still only connect to conf movement?[/QUOTE] ND is on the "independent rule", so they will never move to a conference. They are already assured a spot in the GDCS if they meet certain criteria. There's no reason for them to join a conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc66tc Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 [QUOTE=Arlie Rahn;157194]ND is on the "independent rule", so they will never move to a conference. They are already assured a spot in the GDCS if they meet certain criteria. There's no reason for them to join a conference.[/QUOTE] So the indep rule field gives them a GDCS bid if top10 and no conf movement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc66tc Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 [QUOTE=Arlie Rahn;157194]ND is on the "independent rule", so they will never move to a conference. They are already assured a spot in the GDCS if they meet certain criteria. There's no reason for them to join a conference.[/QUOTE] So the indep rule field gives them a GDCS bid if top10 and no conf movement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlie Rahn Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 Nebraska probably should have been at 2 instead of Miami. I think the fact that Miami was undefeated makes it tougher for them to drop to 3. What was their SOS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlie Rahn Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 Nebraska probably should have been at 2 instead of Miami. I think the fact that Miami was undefeated makes it tougher for them to drop to 3. What was their SOS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlie Rahn Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 [QUOTE=tc66tc;157195]So the indep rule field gives them a GDCS bid if top10 and no conf movement?[/QUOTE] The indep rule gives them a GDCS bid regardless of conference movement. It just wouldn't make sense for ND to join the big 10 and lose out on their auto BCS bid for just finishing above a certain spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlie Rahn Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 [QUOTE=tc66tc;157195]So the indep rule field gives them a GDCS bid if top10 and no conf movement?[/QUOTE] The indep rule gives them a GDCS bid regardless of conference movement. It just wouldn't make sense for ND to join the big 10 and lose out on their auto BCS bid for just finishing above a certain spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc66tc Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 [QUOTE=Arlie Rahn;157196]Nebraska probably should have been at 2 instead of Miami. I think the fact that Miami was undefeated makes it tougher for them to drop to 3. What was their SOS?[/QUOTE] Michigan 20 Miami 60 Nebraska 36 LSU 30 Texas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc66tc Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 [QUOTE=Arlie Rahn;157196]Nebraska probably should have been at 2 instead of Miami. I think the fact that Miami was undefeated makes it tougher for them to drop to 3. What was their SOS?[/QUOTE] Michigan 20 Miami 60 Nebraska 36 LSU 30 Texas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlaw77 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 On the subject of the option. Was the depth chart logic looked at? ie putting the same player in the game at two different positions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlaw77 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 On the subject of the option. Was the depth chart logic looked at? ie putting the same player in the game at two different positions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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