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Mr_NanGe_ZzZ
Seasoned Newcomer
9 days ago

Re: game shutting down

I'm encountering two critical bugs in EA SPORTS FC 26 (Steam PC, version 26.0.8730445.0 / Title Update 1.5.1) that make Career Mode unplayable:

  1. Game Crash on Youth Player Position ChangeWhenever I try to create a Development Plan to change a youth academy player's position (whether they are still in the academy or promoted to the first team), the game crashes immediately to desktop. I've tested multiple position changes:
    • LWB → ST
    • RM → CAM
    • RB → CB
    • CDM → CMAll attempts result in the same crash. This happens in Manager Career Mode on PC (Steam).
  2. All Youth Scout Reports Show 1-99 Random AttributesSince installing TU1.5.1, every single youth scout report displays player attributes as random values between 1 and 99, instead of the normal 50-75 range. Even after promoting these players to the first team, their underlying data remains corrupted, and any position training triggers the crash mentioned above.
  3. Additional Issue: Repeated 1.7MB Update on LaunchEvery time I launch the game via Steam, it automatically downloads a 1.7MB file, even though I've already verified the game files integrity multiple times. This suggests a file validation bug in the 1.5.1 patch.

These issues are not isolated: I've seen many other players on PS5, Xbox, and PC reporting the exact same problems on the forums. The 1.5.1 patch clearly introduced critical bugs to the Youth Academy system that break core Career Mode gameplay.

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  • bdub23313's avatar
    bdub23313
    Rising Newcomer
    3 days ago

    I had the 1. issue last week, and I learned that if you don't hit "B" then you can avoid the crash and it will still change the players position. On PS5 I was just inputting the desired position change, and swapping to a different player, before hitting back and the change would register without crashing. Really annoying but that's the workaround I found. 

    Coincidentally I am now running into 2. on a new play through and it's been really frustrating, and haven't seen a workaround for that yet. 

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