I am excited to announce that the latest update to the game engine has been released - version 0.2.2! I have applied this game engine to MFN-8 and CUST-10, all other leagues will switch over to this new engine at the end of their current seasons.
Here are the main bullet points for this version:
* Attendance algorithm has been updated so that the stands are fuller (and therefore HFA has closer to the intended effect)
* Passing velocity has been reduced to be more accurate to real life passing speeds.
* Toss velocity has been significantly reduced, hopefully this will reduce or eliminate the mishandled pitch resulting in a 15 yard loss.
* Fixed a bug with the 3rd and 4th down box score values.
* The draft class will be released at the end of the regular season instead of at the season turnover. This will give all teams the ability to view the draft class while the playoffs are going on. Note that this is a 0.2.2 feature - so the leagues still using the 0.2.1 engine won't have this happen at the end of their current seasons.
* The biggest update of all: the running game is working again. While I'm still not 100% pleased with its current state, it is tons better than the 0.2.1 engine. The 0.2.1 engine included fixes to the running game to make it less powerful, but it was an overcorrection and really should not have made it to a general release. The 0.2.2 engine solves what the 0.2.1 engine was trying to solve and also improves the realism of the run game. Expect further changes in future releases, but I felt this was important to get into the general release to fix what the 0.2.1 engine broke.
Thanks again for all your input, besides helping to identify issues in the engine your feedback helps drive what items get the highest priority. Thanks for playing and enjoy the new updates!
