Maximum-Football 1.5 Features

New for Maximum-Football 2.2

Note: This list is correct as of February 29th, 2008. All features listed are subject to change or removal.

Play Book Specific;

Play book situations have more granularity in the Distance From Goal settings.
When using the 'Save As' function on a play group, you are now presented the option to also transfer the group plays into the newly created play group.
You can now specify a play group to be applicable to the first, or second, or either half. Either is the default. (Play books are upgraded automatically upon use.)
Play books now allow for selecting multiple plays to add to the playbook.
When selecting plays to add to a play group, you now have the option to see only plays currently in the play book (default) or add plays from disk.
Play books no longer need to have plays in specific playgroups. If a situation is found and no plays are specified, it will use the play type selection weights to pick a random play of the specified type out of the play book.
You can now import multiple exported play books into one play book.
Changed the labels on the play group for YTG to be a bit more clear.

Quick Simulation Feature Specific;

Added some additional constant settings for the simgame. This allows for having a normal range of yard distances as well as an exception range of yard distances.
Each league now has its own simulation settings data file.

General Enhancements;

The Player Data screen now shows the Skill values for maximum and injured. If a player is rated at his full skill the skill value is shown in green. If a player has an injury that is effecting a particular skill, the skill is shown with the maximum in yellow, and the actual in red.
Improved weather graphical effects.
Some minor sound improvements.
Improved weather effects.
Adjusted the under coverage of M2M cover to place the defender between the target and the ball rather than the target and the LOS.
Adjusted the amount skills decline as players age.
Adjusted the odds of a player retiring after only 1 or 2 years in a league. It can still happen that a player plays one or maybe two seasons and retires, but it's less likely now than previously.
Reorganized the league screens moving the league structure screen to the Edit League screen.
Added draft history screen.
Added individual team schedule screen.
It's now possible to view stats for players, teams, and the whole league on a season by season basis.
A variety of new stat items tracked. The statistical categories have been reorganized.
Individual Player Stats pages now show stats per season and Career Totals.
It's now possible to view a player directly from the league stats screen without having to find that player on a team.
The training camp view of the team screen now loads a little bit faster.
Added an option to clear rosters when resetting a league. If this is left unchecked only league and player statistics will be wiped out. Teams will retain their rosters and the league will be at the start of Season 1. If you reset the league with this option checked, then the league will be in a season 0 state.
US Amateur fields now record sacks using the same method as the US Pro field.
Time outs for sudden death games using a US Pro field are now reduced by 1 (unless there is only 1 time out in the league rules).
Added a new layer of play calling AI. If a specific play book situation is found, then the game will still use the settings in that situation first. However if no play situation is found it now has an extra layer of AI to provide better play calling based on the game situation.
Between seasons, you can use the Remote Files feature to import teams/rosters/depthcharts from another league. This makes creation of new leagues from existing leagues faster.
Leagues now support a Snake Draft option.

Bug Fixes;

Corrected a problem with the sound system that could cause game instability if sound files were not found.
Changed the team news generation so that the contents of the news would not cause problems for the Remote File process.
Fixed the Fumbles Lost stat that could double record for each fumble lost. You could end up with more fumbles lost than fumbles made.
Defensive penalties no longer reflect on the rushing and passing yardage stats.
Fixed typo on the player bio.
Fixed a bug with drafts that could potentially have a player drafted twice across two seasons if a drafted player was released in training camp.
Fixed a problem with M2M coverage that could see a defender line up on a QB if the QB's target skill was higher than a receiver.
Faked Punts and Field Goals now properly process the yardage gained (if any) on both run and passing plays.
When attempting to load a play into a playbook, the Player Count drop down list is properly disabled. As it's not possible to import a play that doesn't match the play book design, there is no reason to allow that selection.
Fixed a bug with the loading of training camp settings. Previously saved training camp settings now load back properly into the screen.
Corrected a play book bug that would show a blank play in a playgroup if that play had been deleted from disk outside of the game editors.
Fixed a problem with setting team locations to West Cost in the core game, then trying to load them in the utilities.
Play books now properly export the play group profiles. You are now given an option to load the play group profiles on import.
The free kick after a safety is now taken from the correct yard line.
Game logs now properly process to the end of the game. Previously, the log would end with the change of possession prior to the last possession of the game.
Corrected a problem with AI depth chart sorting.
Corrected a problem with not being able to assign defenders to all possible receiver combinations for 12 man football.
Corrected a problem with the the depth chart not assigning the correct number of blockers or coverage players for special teams.

Corrected the following Canadian timing rules;

When using a Canadian field, the game clock now properly runs during a PAT attempt except after the minute warning.
The game clock now properly starts when the play clock starts after a punt return prior to the <n> minute warning.
The game clock now properly starts when the play clock starts after a kick off return prior to the <n> minute warning.