[[24.2] Through balls in central positions]

I have to admit I don't think any of these make sense as a screenshot as examples for not playing through balls. The first one is marginal but hard to deny a player the choice to dribble on his own there. The rest appear to be very, very low percentage passes. There's not really much opportunity for through balls when you're on just outside of the penalty area. Do you have any examples of counter attacks or something closer to the halfway line where it'd be a clearer break?

In my save at least I don't really see much of an issue playing these kind of passes.  Counter attacks could maybe be more direct at times but I haven't seen much to make me think there's an issue. I attached my pkm this event is 45+1 fernandes goal.

Man Utd v QPR.pkm

[Defensive headers from set pieces and second ball]

What highlight level are you playing on?

If you're playing with key or extended highlights the game isn't really going to show you an unremarkable throw in or corner where the defender headed or hoofed the ball clear of danger and the play gets bogged down in midfield as teams wrest for control of possession.

Maybe there's a request that the ME selects a few more pure defensive highlights to balance out attacking ones just to keep you off balance on what to expect. But I'm sure people would complain "why is this a highlight?"

[My players have lost more than 4 determination in 1 month]

On 25/10/2023 at 13:26, Zachary Whyte said:

Hello, can you please upload your save file to us, you can see how in the link below.

If possible do you have a save from before the players determination dropped? 

 

Linking a related report with more examples. 

 

[-10 Determination in 2 months]

Just had bellingham drop 4 points from June to October. Also personality change from perfectionist to model citizen (yay?). 

I did have him in a mentoring group with Erikson whos determination is 16 at the start but after his determination dropped from 20 to 19 I removed Bellingham from the group. I can understand that being the cause but the effect seems way too high.

Edit:

I also uploaded two files to you guys named Bellingham Pre determination drop July 2024 and Bellingham Determination Drop Oct 2024. I might have a few in between if needed as well as a few pre transfer. 

 

[Home V Away: Goal scoring not in line with real life]

15 minutes ago, Michael Sant said:

There's a lot of information and a lot of effort in this post. Thanks for taking the time to go in depth. Our QA team will take a look over these figures, but it is getting into a little more of an abstract and complex area in this regard. 

Thanks Michael. I know you guys do soak test frequently and it's possibly come up on your radar. I don't expect a silver bullet here obviously since this isn't a traditional bug fix. I don't recall it being as drastic in the release day version, hence the post. Main frustration in the game is currently looking like rockstars at home and then sunday league players away - in an extreme sense. 

I did another test in Spain (2 actually) as an "out of sample" validation. I'd be happy to share the results if it's helpful - though its mostly the same conclusion. 

[Home V Away: Goal scoring not in line with real life]

Some additional graphs.

relegation teams get hammered in this match engine when playing away. Even after adjusting for the blackburn outlier of 60 goals against. 

 

 

And home goals scored mostly okay. Relegation teams should score more and mid table teams should score less is really the only trend but we're not far off here. 

[Team Self Sabotage]

6 hours ago, Michael Sant said:

Some of these do just sound like mistakes and slip-ups that can happen in a game. But the QA team can review the pkm and see if there are any issues they can see in this. Thanks for sharing.

Yes I could understand that. Perhaps more of an animation issue or how its represented. 36th minute one is definitely something imo (though might already be logged). As well as 47th minute chance doesn't seem to register any xG despite the text presumably saying there was a shot in the text. Thanks.

[Bad Transfer policy and player choices]

7 hours ago, Kyle Brown said:

Completely understand your frustration. It's a difficult one to try and fix as it can at times be quite subjective, but we're constantly working on the AI behaviour and hoping to improve upon it with every update. 

Appreciate you guys looking into it. Not an easy task to balance. Obviously teams get pipped all the time and we shouldn't always get our transfer targets. Just felt like this was one to flag and hopefully it provides some insight. 

[Bad Transfer policy and player choices]

Added another save game file. TammyEasySign.fm this starts a few days before the bad transfer pre bid and no one tries to swoop in last minute. Find it rather ridiculous that the difference in a few days you can't sign a player that is clearly not on another team's radar. 

[Bad Transfer policy and player choices]

I also added bad transfer pre bid.fm as a file

[Dribbling into own net]

Thanks, Michael.

[Playing to 38 degrees it’s the same to play 5 degrees?]

4 hours ago, Matteo3champions said:

Maybe few years ago. Actually, temperature has no effect. 

Yeah it definitely used to. I don't know why it would be taken out...

[Playing to 38 degrees it’s the same to play 5 degrees?]

On 22/11/2022 at 09:06, Matteo3champions said:

I’m sure that @HUNT3R written that temperature has an impact in game

 

[Incorrect offside in law]

Found an offsides from a goal kick. 58:40. Had to reread the rules to make sure nothing changed! 

Man UFC v Southampton.pkm