NCAA Football 12 Patch #2 Now Available

Published on 09-21-2011 08:30 AM

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The second patch for NCAA Football 12 is now available on both the Playstation 3 and X-Box 360. The updated patch notes have been released by EA in a new blog. Continue below after the break for the details of what is included in the patch.

UPDATE - Info on title update #3 and "Transfer Failed" issues can be found here.

Custom Playbooks
With this Title Update the missing play issue that led to a number of problems when using Custom Playbooks has been fixed. Not only is the issue fixed, but you will not need to recreate your playbooks! Any existing playbook will have the fix applied, and you will be able to continue using that playbook without issue.

Tendencies
As with the Custom Playbooks resolution, the fix to the issue of edited player tendencies changing will not negate any previously edited roster file. The fix will be applied to both those existing files, as well as any new roster file that is created.

If you are in a Dynasty or Online Dynasty you will not need to restart as long as your Dynasty is still in year one and you have not advanced past “Training Results” in the off-season. If you are before this point, the update will be applied to your existing Dynasty/Online Dynasty and the tendencies will be correct for all players going forward. If you are in year two and beyond, the tendency issue impact will be less and less as the players graduate/are cut from the rosters.

In addition to the tendencies issue, we have also included both the ability to edit height and weight for players, as well as the option to edit the rosters of CPU controlled teams. In an Online Dynasty the commissioner will have the ability to edit the rosters for other human controlled teams. These were both big requests from you in the community.

Finally, a bug was fixed with the profanity filter that was preventing many common names from being entered. Now, any name can be entered, for offline use. A profanity filter is applied to Online Dynasty when the Dynasty is created. If you prefer to opt out of this filter, you can set the Dynasty to Private and the profanity check will not run.

Freezes/Crashes
A major focus for this Title Update was to address any freezes/crashes that were found. There were a number of these issues fixed in this Title Update including a crash that occurred when there were multiple TeamBuilder teams in an Online Dynasty, as well as a crash that occurred during the downloading of an Online Dynasty file.

Gameplay

Increased the acceleration of QB’s on Speed Option plays.
Improved WR blocking, especially on option plays
Fixed an issue where defenders assigned to play the curl to flat/buzz zone did not engage immediately when the QB scrambles past the LOS.
Fixed an issue where safeties with inside deep ¼ zone would drop back instead of read-and-react on run plays.
Fixed an issue in Nickel Cover 3 where the flat zone defender didn’t move as the QB was running at them.
Fixed an issue with Double Outs from 4-2-5 Normal where the RLB wasn’t blocked properly vs. certain formations.

Highlights

Fixed an issue that caused a blank photo to be uploaded leading to issues with other highlights being uploaded.

Dynasty

Fixed an issue in Online Dynasty where injured players did not remain injured when the week advanced.
Fixed an issue where a player’s injury time was only reduced by one week when going from Conference Championship week to Bowl Season. Players will now be back for their Bowl game if they should be off of the IR when their bowl game is played.
Fixed an issue where coaches that changed jobs could get stuck in a state where they were still listed as coaching at their old school on the Players Leaving screen, leading to a Transfer Failed issue.
Fixed an issue that occasionally prevented Dynasties from advancing to the post season.
Fixed an issue with the schedule that prevented entering the Virginia Tech vs. Boston College game (fixed for both Dynasty and RTG).
Fixed an issue where recruiting related trophies/achievements were not unlocked properly if you signed an extension in that season.
Fixed an issue with Program Stability where the grade would drop from A+ to D+ in one season.
Fixed an issue with the Unlock All Promises PDLC not unlocking properly on the Dynasty website.
When viewing an Online Dynasty invite, added information to show what type of job can be selected by default.
Fixed an issue when in the off-season where player stats did not match up between the web and console.

RTG

Fixed an issue where CB’s could not audible after earning the ability to do so through Coach Trust.
Fixed an issue where HB’s could not flip the play after earning the ability to do so through Coach Trust.

Online

Fixed an issue where player’s online stats were not displaying promptly on the Online Leaderboards

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447 Comments

ram29jackson - 09-09-2011, 12:07 AM
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oh, no,..you are saying they screwed up defenders now? i was happy with the recent norm all things considered.

so running is way too easy now? that would make the entire game `16 bit novelty junk if thats true

bdoughty - 09-09-2011, 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by jaymo76

So... if I download the patch I get: 1. broken no huddle 2. broken custom playbookshmmm... the bigger question is not whether I should download the patch. The bigger question is should I trade in NCAA for the first time ever??? I LOVE the NCAA series and the game this year just had so much potential but it's been letdown after glitch-fest letdown. What reason do I have left to play this game? Seriously... I think it's time for everyone to answer this question for himself.The one saving grace is all my draft classes which I can import to Madden.... oh wait, I can't because of the double save issue. Trajectory, leaping linebackers, psychic DB's, coach pregression that is out of control, no ability to edit height/weight, zero running abilities by spread/option teams, etc., etc., etc. So do we wait another month to have these issues fixed??? I don't know... I am loving my time with Madden. Maybe it's time to walk away from NCAA 12. I really just don't know...

Your money to do with as you wish. We all have different abilities to overlook things. I have no control over the situation other than not to buy it in the first place. All the glitches aside it plays a good offline game for me and that is all I use it for. There are plenty of people enjoying the game. Sometimes you just have to come to accept that it is a game.

Rudy - 09-09-2011, 05:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Oneback

I'm not, I'm tired of being positive spin guy...this shit is getting ridiculous.

I have zero faith in EA that this game will get any better than it is, to be honest it hasn't changed much in years anyway. In all my talking with the powers that be over there I always get the same answer..we don't have the capability to do that or this is the way we decided to do it. So instead of putting resources towards making things work as they should they decide to hamfist things also known as "this is the way we decided to do it", the way cover 2 is played is a prime example. This shit is getting old...I was hoping attending the community event and being able to have some input would calm my fears/make me feel better, in honestly it made me feel worse and unless they commit the resources to make things work as they should things aren't going to change and I don't see anything changing.

Bring on another publisher, EA has had their shot and blew it in my eyes.

This is my feeling on a lot of things now. After 5+ years on next gen the game plays the way it does because it's the way EA wants it to play. It's not going to change. So if someone isn't happy with the gameplay, don't expect any significant change from one year to the next. I've always hoped players would have more weight and momentum but it's a design decision to make players feel the way they do. Same goes for everything else.

Originally Posted by Unconquered

So I've finally learned my lesson and I won't be buying NCAA 13 on launch day next year, or any year until EA sorts out these quality-control issues. I'll buy it used, if I buy it all.

This is my view as well. Unless I'm blown out of the water by previews next year as well as the demo I will not be buying day one. This is rent first only. Madden has my money now and I don't regret dumping NCAA 12 for one second. Maybe EA needs to go with flexible release dates and push things back to fix bugs because NCAA has been sloppy for awhile in this department.

oweb26 - 09-09-2011, 06:53 AM
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LOL @ this entire thread now. Everything is fine to me personally but then again I don't get my panties in a wad if something isn't to what I think it should be. Its a damn game, I'm to busy and honestly too lazy to care enough to take it personal.

Yes No huddle is FUBAR now, honestly I just recreated my custom playbook no real need to fight the damn game. Other than that I don't have any complaints.

mtoo22 - 09-09-2011, 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by oweb26

LOL @ this entire thread now. Everything is fine to me personally but then again I don't get my panties in a wad if something isn't to what I think it should be. Its a damn game, I'm to busy and honestly too lazy to care enough to take it personal.

Yes No huddle is FUBAR now, honestly I just recreated my custom playbook no real need to fight the damn game. Other than that I don't have any complaints.

For everyone that can overlook it there are some people who can't. Everyone's going to have a different opinion.

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Unconquered - 09-09-2011, 08:49 AM
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"You have reached the minimum allowed plays required for your coaching strategy."

This is gonna be a lot of fun

Seems some playbooks now have certain plays that simply CANNOT be removed. For example: Alabama > Ace Slot Flex > TE Post. It's not really a custom playbook then, is it?

They should have never made it so that custom playbooks depend on a base playbook. Bad idea. We should just be able to build our own from scratch.

Pig Bomb - 09-09-2011, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Unconquered

"You have reached the minimum allowed plays required for your coaching strategy."

This is gonna be a lot of fun

Seems some playbooks now have certain plays that simply CANNOT be removed. For example: Alabama > Ace Slot Flex > TE Post. It's not really a custom playbook then, is it?

They should have never made it so that custom playbooks depend on a base playbook. Bad idea. We should just be able to build our own from scratch.

nevermind...the fix i used before does not work now..

also after that message when looking to add/remove plays it seems that all the formations i tried to delete and got the message with are still there and each only has 1 play in it... weird

psuexv - 09-09-2011, 08:57 AM
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I didn't see it in the write up of fixes, does anyone know if they fixed the Sim issues with time not running off the clock during the huddle?

coogrfan - 09-09-2011, 09:28 AM
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So I'm clear on this: is no huddle FUBAR'ed for custom playbooks only?

psuexv - 09-09-2011, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by coogrfan

So I'm clear on this: is no huddle FUBAR'ed for custom playbooks only?

No it's all playbooks. I played last night and used team specific and if I went no huddle it takes you to the 1st Shotgun formation.

coogrfan - 09-09-2011, 09:43 AM
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Umm...that's going to be a problem.

gigemaggs99 - 09-09-2011, 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Pig Bomb

they took it out at the request of the NCAA since it's now a penalty if someone does it in real life

That's funny, it's still in the "coaching tips" when the game is loading, it tells you to run to your mascot to celebrate....FUNNY

NatureBoy - 09-09-2011, 10:11 AM
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This just came from the NCAA Football 12 twitter feed: If you are still experiencing issues with your custom playbook post update, you'll need to delete it and create a new one to fix the issues.

JBHuskers - 09-09-2011, 10:23 AM
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So is the no huddle problem seen with guys with custom playbooks, or is it happening to guys that don't have a custom playbook? I haven't created one yet. Was going to wait til this patch.

coogrfan - 09-09-2011, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by oweb26

Yes No huddle is FUBAR now, honestly I just recreated my custom playbook no real need to fight the damn game. Other than that I don't have any complaints.

"Other Than That, Mrs. Lincoln, How Did You Enjoy the Play?"

hawkeyeguy - 09-09-2011, 10:48 AM
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Superlinebackers is still my biggest gripe of the game and until this (should be small) fix is fixed I will not be 100% on board with this game (oh and the inability to save bowl games in online dynasty mode was a huge problem for us in year 1, hopefully that is now fixed)

Unconquered - 09-09-2011, 10:49 AM
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Just found two more bits of weirdness with custom playbooks post-patch, and I had only 30 minutes to fool with it before work:

1) Using UTEP's playbook as a base, I have Shotgun Normal -> 4 Verticals in my playbook ... even though I don't.

2) Selecting the formation Shotgun 5WR Tiger also gives you plays from Shotgun 5WR Flex Trey (I think it's 5WR Flex Trey ... it's just a few formations above 5WR Tiger, but I'm not in front of my Xbox 360 right now). They're mysteriously linked.

I'll send EA an invoice for my bug testing. Anyone know what the minimum wage is in Florida?

gigemaggs99 - 09-09-2011, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by coogrfan

So I'm clear on this: is no huddle FUBAR'ed for custom playbooks only?

When I played last night, it seems like it takes you to your first play in your playbook, i.e if you're running the 3-3-5 stack on defense and you're in a DIME 3-2-6, then the offense does no-huddle it pulls up 3-3-5 stack, not sure why but you can scroll back over to Dime 3-2-6, it's a few more clicks but it seems to work ok.

This was with default 3-3-5 stack, not a custom playbook.

Same thing on offense, I came out in Ace Big and then did no-huddle, it took me to Shotgun Slot F Wing, which is the first SG formation in my playbook. Again I was able to scroll back to my formation, I guess it's annoying, but it does seem to work.

On a side note, the WR blocking is wild, the option attack is fun to run now. I played a few games using Army's PB and MAN! The WR's basically throw the DBs to the ground, not sure if that's holding but it makes for some interesting gains.

I played some offline games and everything seems to work alright. The no-huddle issue is there (as mentioned above) but you can scroll through to make it work, just takes a few more seconds.

They changed up the special teams menu, seems like it defaults to punt or FG...reverse of what it should....if you're 4th and long on your own 20 it defaults to FG attempt, if you're on their 20 and it's 4th and 2 it defaults to PUNT, not sure why it doesn't just do one or the other so you have to pay attention to what is defaults to.

Online wise, I played an OD game, I won. I'm the OC and my defense was on the field to end the game. When the game was over, it didn't show the normal highlights and end game recap. It just took me to the pause menu and gave me the option to "exit game" when I clicked on that it told me all progress would be lost. But I couldn't do anything else, so I click Exit and then it took me back to the OD menu, showed my game was completed and had the correct score, just didn't do any highlights. Not sure what's going on there, but it did keep the game results. So other than presentation it seems to be working.

As far as MY OD, I couldn't get it to pass the Transfer Failed option. Couldn't advance it online, so scrapped the OD. Guess we'll start over.

I also played a few ranked online games and 2 out of 5 just froze while we were playing, the score was 0-0 I could still text message my opponent but both our screens were frozen. The only way out was to "quit" the game from the PSN menu.

I really don't want to go to Madden, I like College Football...maybe if it atleast keeps working offline it will be ok.

lilheavy - 09-09-2011, 11:26 AM
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Sorry if its been posted already but when creating a new playbook, "I Form Tight" is no longer listed. Unfortunate for me because that was my base formation for my triple option attack Hopefully this will be resolved. No reason to remove formations.

morsdraconis - 09-09-2011, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by lilheavy

Sorry if its been posted already but when creating a new playbook, "I Form Tight" is no longer listed. Unfortunate for me because that was my base formation for my triple option attack Hopefully this will be resolved. No reason to remove formations.

It's still there, it's just called something different (if I'm not mistaken).