Dev traits not revealing

Its a process BUT IT WORKS!!!!!.....i played the whole season from preseason to super bowl on PLAY FULL GAME. My downs weren't showing as well, but once i passed super bowl ALL 22PLAYERS ABILITIES WERE UNLOCKED. THIS IS A VERY VERY GOOD GAME......JUST HAVE ALOT OF TWEAKS YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT ON YOUR OWN.....AND THIS IS THE 2ND ONE NOW THAT IVE FOUND OUT BY MYSELF AND COUNTING LOL HAVE A GOOD ONE. Send direct message if help is needed.

but i doubt it s supposed to be the intended way to make franchise mode  works

as its not either to make kick return and field goal impossible in the 4th quarter unless you re clever enough to "imagine" the kicker bar.........

I m not the kind to spam forums and to post actually

but again and again in 7 days it s the start of the regular season the game is out since 30 DAYS now ......... and with no guarantee to be able to use the official roster changes in franchise mode or to be able to play a full match of 4 quarters ????  its OVER frustrating 

it s even more frustrating when you see that they have no problem adding everyday new fancy overpriced pack in MUT mode celebrating 10 years !!!! yeah and that they CANT even have an official communication on fix date and on this problem

Hi @EA_Blueberry we have been asking for an update for over 2 weeks now and we have had no response at all from you, I can see that you have been answering other threads so are you just ignoring this one? The game has been out over a month and it still doesn’t work properly. The dev trait reset is game breaking on what is the only update to a very dated franchise mode but it’s still my favourite as I don’t play MUT. If I edit anything it breaks, if I trade in a few rookies to active rosters it breaks. If I change a players position it breaks. This surely cannot last too much longer as the game has been out for over a month for early access and they have tried to fix it and failed, are they even looking in to it? Please just keep us updated that is all we ask for and the communication has been poor at best so far. Look forward to getting a response and an update. 

So i completed a full franchise season on pc without any issues. I manually did training for half the year (i'm lazy, okay?), edited multiple players including my rookies, exited the franchise multiple times. This is with an ACTIVE roster on cloud.

This issue, for me on pc anyways, is solved. Its a little perplexing that it's not the case for all 3 systems, but like i said i will leave this thread open until @EA_Blueberry gives us an official answer and it seems most people have this problem resolved. 

your last post gave me some hope so i tried again

running the game on PS4,

so......

only the preseason roster in offline mode allow me to have snap counting toward development, what ever i do or don't i mean editing player saving training whatsoever with cloud or active roster iit wont let rookie developed

and in the middle of the 4th quarter ( i play all match on full 60 mn experience ) the kicking bar disapear from screen leading to automatic missed FG attemps and penalty on punting ........

Still no answers @EA_Blueberry does this update solve the issue or not?

As everyone stated, this issue is game breaking for me as well... I play on PS4 and have bought Madden every year for many years, but this goes beyond comprehension for me.  I spent $80 for a game that has it's only real update broken in Franchise mode and yet like a miracle from God himself MUT (the EA Money Maker) works like a charm and we can keep adding stupid * to that for people to spend thier hard earned money on but yet those of who already spent our hard earned money lose out.  This should be fixed and EVERYONE should get half of thier money back to them for this.  What do you have to say for yourself @EA_Blueberry ?? Are you going to fix this any time soon and if not where can I get my hard earned money back at??

and still broken on PS4 after the last patch

i give up :/

@EA_Blueberry can’t let this go I’m afraid we need an update as it’s obvious it’s not being worked on and that it was actually the new mode they were working ok. Need to keep this on the front page in the very slim hope that easports actually do there job and make franchise mode remotely playable. If I was this inept at my job I would get the sack so not sure what you are all playing at but it’s become laughable

Hey y'all,

been browsing here and in other madden related sites since I first realized the issue yesterday a couple games into my first season in SINGLE PLAYER OFFLINE UPDATED ROSTER franchise mode.

since EA obviously doesn't give a f* about franchise mode (going to be the last Madden I bought) I tried to find a way to at least have it working acceptably for me;

and it kinda worked, I just haven't fully understood what the critical moves are and for which player they work and for which not.

I'll describe it as detailed as possible, so maybe some of you guys who have some time at hand (I'm in the middle of my exams and got no time for extensive try and error right now) can develope it further and find the way it works out bulletproof.

- Go to edit player at your hidden players and change the trait to normal. then go out of editing, back in and change it back to the original trait.

-this let's you play with the open traits for now,

unfortunately they reset to hidden as soon as you have to leave for whatever reason and reload the last save (auto or manually doesn't make a difference)....

- BUT I figured out that this re-hiding of traits would only happen to rookies, a year 1 TE I changed from Normal to Star just stayed with it, so i suspected it might disappear after the season.

- tried with one rookie TE, revealed his star trait so he couldn't accumulate snaps and simmed to week 17

-I did this because I wanted to make sure his development trait is open when the season ends, because even though hidden players seem to get their deserved share of XP points  when the trait itself is hidden, I wanted to keep the possibility open that his trait gets upgraded by going to the Pro Bowl, which I'm not sure is possible when the trait is hidden.

- so I simmed the last game, got pro bowl XP for him (no change of trait unfortunately)

- then simmed the first playoff game; divisional, where I forced a loss to end my season to get him in year one, and then he was a year one player with star trait

- now the trait stayed on star even after going out and loading

- another player who i had edited to superstar and what was hidden before the switch to year one revealed it immediately, even though he had 0/500 before the advance, and he also stayed with it.

- for good measure I tried what would happen if I'd let the hidden star TE go into the second year with a hidden trait, and it also revealed the trait and stayed with it after reloading

- for even better measure I then simmed to next season, and the traits still stayed revealed after reloading

so long story short, you can play with the revealed traits after editing them, and at the end of the season, when your players go from rookie to 1yr it stays or gets revealed permanently. Nevertheless I would suggest you make sure the trait is revealed when the season goal xps get rewarded to make sure they can get a better trait.

I hope this helps some of you enjoy your franchise mode a little more.

and if you find this helpful and you are registered at other madden related platforms where you discussed this problem, please share this so as many people as possible benefit from it and maybe someone can use these tricks to find a total, permanent workaround for it.

EDIT: okay I had to learn that when I play a game manually, the traits are reset after the game, during the season.

All the downs get counted during the game but when you advance to the next week they all reset, its really ridiculous. it  only happened after the last patch that went trough.

@pauliesmooth wrote:

All the downs get counted during the game but when you advance to the next week they all reset, its really ridiculous. it  only happened after the last patch that went trough.

Maybe for you. I created this thread like a month ago lol.

@ready2611 

Thank you for sharing a detailed bug report walking us through the steps and offering a potential workaround. 

We're going to need to gather some additional account examples if you're still experiencing this from the latest update. Please respond back with the following:

• Gamertag/PSN ID/Origin ID
• Platform you play on
• Franchise affected (online/offline/both)
• Are you using updated or pre-season rosters for the franchise?

@EA_Blueberry  good to finally hear a response as we have been waiting a very long time to hear back

Don’t see why you need my PSN ID

PS4

both offline and online

active rosters

I bought the early release version not sure if that is of any help. I’ve deleted it completely and reinstalled and still not working

Ive tried playing a quarter and then simming the rest of the game and that works but as soon as I play a whole game the counters reset.

I use active rosters but with a few trades for a couple of rookies from other teams and no editing of any kind

9 minute quarters

The dev traits are revealed before the SB game but no in game acknowledgement of it, only find out when going into my roster

Still losing the kicking meter and direction during 4th quarter

Still getting terrible commentary that isn’t related to what is happening in the game

Not sure what else to add except it’s extremely concerning that it seems as if you are still

in the gathering data stage considering this has been like this since release, the new superstar mode and MUT obviously is more important

Akersj92

Ps4

Online franchise (with 8 user teams)

I don't remember what roster, we started this when the game came out. Please fix this, I have a team full of rookies that aren't developing right 😢

So the new update hasn’t done anything for franchise!!! This is terrible, especially as no one will answer any of the questions *cough* blueberry *cough*

PLLLEEEEESSSSSEEEEE give us an update more than what platform your on or and your gamer tag 

Have they actually done anything?

@Dickieg 

Can you send me your PSN ID in a private message so we can pass along the account examples to the team to reproduce this? 

Another user recently posted in another thread that deleting the local and cloud saved data fixed it for them, however by deleting the local saved data that will definitely delete your offline franchises. FYI. Once a new franchise was created it was resolved for them. If anyone is willing to test that out, please let us know of the results. 👍

@EA_Blueberry 

If no one else wants to give their gamer tag I will absolutely give you mine if it will help fix this mess!!

PSN Tag: Rheems1

System : PS 4

Mode : Offline and Cloud Franchise (both)

Roster : Current, fantasy draft and preseason (with trades)

The issue remains that when you finally get a break out player, the person tells you that you need to run 500 downs with them.  In Offline Franchise the snaps don’t count up at all, in Cloud the snaps will count until you start the next game or exit the mode at which point they go to zero again.  I started a new franchise the other day to test it (offline, preseason rosters with fantasy draft), got Hunter Renfrow to be break out player... Dev Trait is hidden, played a game with Hunter Renfrow as first line WR so he was on the field for all snaps.  Completed game and snaps played said 0/500 still.  It is like that with online franchise as well, you are welcome to mirror my screen while I play, verify that Hunter Renfrow is playing all my downs and see that his counter remains at zero.  Whatever you have to do to fix this!

No the person said only the preseason roster worked it didnt work for online or updated rosters so it wasnt a fix!

I'm having a bug where I played with aj brown in franchise mode he had a normal dev trait I got a scenario to improve his dev trait I completed the scenario, once i did it showed a hidden dev trait and the downs played out of 500 have not went up.

@EA_Blueberry 

I’ve tried to delete everything and restarted and it hasn’t worked AGAIN, sim through pre season a game at a time, 200+ snaps for 3 rookies with hidden dev, play the first game and reset to between 50-60. This was online franchise with active rosters

I give up and will start playing a franchise that actually works and is fun to play NBA 2k20

So disappointing that this can go on for so long without solving it or that it is even an issue as they obviously haven’t tested it before release as it doesn’t make money like MUT or the other stupid mode that was released.

Need some honesty from EA people to hold their hands up and admit this is a complete shambles.  

Do they intend to fix this at all?

Not playing another down until I get some answers 

Not playing another down and not buying any EA products from now on

thats totally unnaceptable

more than one month...............

I have survived those last years with the lack of "realism" in the franchise mode , or the lack of deepness ......... ( tradings is a joke , coaching and training as well ) but at least it was playable

Hey, Franchise fans.

The information you've provided us has helped out the team in the process of addressing this. They're looking to fix this is an an upcoming update, stay tuned. 👍

Per today's title update:

Fixed an issue causing the hidden dev trait snap-count to reset when using active rosters to start a Franchise league

• Dev Note: This is fixed for newly created leagues. The Team is still investigating a fix for leagues that were created and we intend to address this in an upcoming title update.

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@EA_Blueberry wrote:

Per today's title update:

Fixed an issue causing the hidden dev trait snap-count to reset when using active rosters to start a Franchise league

• Dev Note: This is fixed for newly created leagues. The Team is still investigating a fix for leagues that were created and we intend to address this in an upcoming title update.

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This is great news to hear. I'm hopeful this will work moving forward. If anyone can test this out, it would be much appreciated!