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GaHeetGah
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4 months ago

Madden 26 Teambuilder Helmet Color issue (2nd post for visibility)

The helmet banners and chinstraps are appearing chrome/black in game instead of white (or any other color you choose) that it shows in Teambuilder. It even shows correctly in the preview in Download Center in game, but when you download the team and start a franchise, then play a game or view players in Adjust Lineup, the chinstraps and banners are chrome/black. Only 4 of the helmet types aren't having this glitch and appear normal (Axium, Vicis 2, Gladiator, and Light) - the rest of the helmets (f7, Speedflex, etc.) all have the glitch. It takes away from what our team is supposed to be. Last Madden, there was a similar glitch in that the banners and chinstraps would automatically match the color of the helmet chosen. This time it's a chrome black color regardless of the color. See below for example. It should be white banner where the Orcas is as well as the back banner, and the chin straps and cups should be white. Instead, you can see on the F7 they're showing up black/chrome. The Axium displays correctly in-game. 

 

There are several other things I'd love to see added to TB, but ultimately, this glitch is the biggest concern as of now. Can this please be addressed as it must not be that hard to fix. It seems to have started occurring in the past week or so since the last major Madden update. Even teams that I made a month ago prior to the glitch are having the same bug. 

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  • Even with today's update this has not been fixed. Why has nobody in the team even acknowledged this? Maybe EA_Barry​ ​ will?

  • GaHeetGah's avatar
    GaHeetGah
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    2 months ago

    Unfortunately they’ve proven time and time again that they only care about Ultimate Team and nothing else. It’s a joke of a studio that made this Madden. The gameplay is terrible too to top it off 

  • I'm going to be honest with you, considering there was the issue last year (that I circumvented by using one of my five logo spots as squares of solid colors that I could stretch across the entirety of the helmet), and then the bumpers and chin straps working correctly for the first two months this game was out, and then suddenly glitching after an update, and then not being addressed or even acknowledged for 3 straight updates.... I have to believe this is intentional. 

     

    I think their content ID system that's supposed to catch copyrighted logos, especially NFL logos doesn't work at all. And they need some way to make sure that you cannot perfectly recreate NFL teams uniforms with team builder. So if nothing else, even if you manage it perfectly recreate a team, you're stuck with these stupid Chrome bumpers and chin straps

  • js261220's avatar
    js261220
    Rising Newcomer
    2 months ago

    With the new update now every single helmet has this issue. Come on EA, this is crazy! 

  • GaHeetGah's avatar
    GaHeetGah
    Rising Hotshot
    2 months ago

    I feel that - last year I never had matching chin straps to what I put in TB, it would always be the same color as the helmet (blue helmet - blue chin straps and banners, etc.). My work around for getting a white helmet was using a logo that was a solid white square, but that sacrificed one logo slot. At least this one has memory for more logos, but now we have other glitches. It's so irritating. I wish they would let another dev team handle Franchise/Teambuilder and make MUT a separate game. I don't see why they combine the two - it's two completely different games with different player bases. 

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