In Franchise, AUTO scouting does not work
Product: Madden NFL 24
Platform:Xbox Series X
Which console generation do you have? Microsoft Xbox Series X
What is your gamertag/PSN ID? glenno11
Date/time issue occurred 91/23 - 9/3/23
What type of issue do you have? Gameplay
Which mode has this happened in? Franchise Mode
Is your Franchise league a Cloud save or Offline save? Offline
What is your Franchise League Name? CARDINALS (Head Coach mode - Jonathon Gannon)
Summarize your bug If you set the Scouting to AUTO in the Franchise settings, everything works the same as the MANUAL setting (i.e.nothing is automatic).
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? -Make an offline franchise. (Mode like HeadCoach vs Owner doesn't matter.) -Before or after starting your new franchise (does not matter), go to the Franchise settings and set "Scout College Players" to AUTO.
What happens when the bug occurs? At the start of the season, you still have to choose scouts. On the list, you still see "HIRE AND ASSIGN SCOUTS." If you play a season, draft, then start a second season, the scouts you had last year are still there. That would be ok in MANUAL mode. In AUTO, it should have already have automatically chosen new scouts.
What do you expect to see? I should never see "HIRE AND ASSIGN SCOUTS.' The scouts should have been chosen for me, just like a CPU team would do. You can pop-up a message saying that new scouts have been chosen to make that clear if you want. During the season, I should still be able to go to the prospect list and see how the scouting is progressing. I should also still be able to pick which players go in to Favorites. The act of picking focus players could work just like it does now. It currently gives me the option to choose, or let the staff choose them. Before the draft, I should still be able to rearrange the Favorites to make my preferred draft order. In other words, all AUTO scouting should do is go through the (personally for me, tedious) process of picking the scouts.
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This problem also occurred in Madden 23 on Xbox Series X. I know the code is incredibly sophisticated but this should be a fairly easy fix. I admit I could be totally off base on that. I made video games for years (won an Academy Award). So I apologize if i'm oversimplifying the fix. It seems that all you need is this (again, apologies if I'm oversimplifying):
// While it displays "Simulating" after the preseason bye week
if (CPU_Team || FranchiseScoutCollegePlayers == MODE_AUTO)
{
PerformAutoScouting();
}
// When setting up the UI for the first game of the season
if (FranchiseScoutCollegePlayers == MODE_MANUAL)
{
UI_Add_HIRE_ASSIGN_SCOUTS_To_ToDoList();
}
else
{
// Optionally, prepare a pop-up or message on the ToDo List displaying a message that the Staff has chosen the new scouts for the year.
}
Everything else should work exactly as it does in MANUAL scouting.
I dearly love Madden and have been playing it since the mid 90's. I have complete respect and admiration for you guys. So I hope you don't take the code snippet as an insult. Have a great day!
