Why can’t I see any defensive player icons while making my defensive adjustments? [EDIT: modified thread title to improve clarity and visibility if other players would like to report the same issue]

There aren’t any defensive player icons while making defensive adjustments. Why not? This is a travesty

This issue is not fixed. I've installed the October update, playing on PC. I still do not see button icons above the heads of the receivers when I am trying to adjust defensive man coverage assignment.

Hello, thanks for your response. I am playing on a PC and I am using an official xbox one controller. I choose the individual assignment by selecting the player group, choosing the player and then assigning him to man coverage, giving him a player to cover by pressing the button corresponding to the receiver. Unfortunately the buttons are not showing up over the players' heads.For example, I would reassign a blitzing middle linebacker to cover the strong side tight end man to man by pressing d-pad right twice, pressing the button corresponding to the middle linebacker's name, pressing right stick up to choose man coverage, then pressing the button corresponding the receiver I'd like him to cover. The problem is that the button icons do not appear over the receivers' heads making it impossible to know who is in the strong side TE position. Even if I know the offensive players' names and numbers they move around.I will try to grab a screenshot.

Here are two clips I showed to 25%. In the first one I chose the right MLB and set him to man coverage by hitting right d, right d, x, right stick up (see to left controller overlay). No button icons. In the second clip I set the individual coverage of the selected defender by hitting Y then A. Again, no button icons on receivers.https://youtu.be/OiWHiP0o-FA

Yea I'm having the same problem you have to memorize the player name just to do an adjustment. Instead if the icons popping up above their heads.

[gameplay] player icons are missing when making defensive adjustments

19 Replies

messarounsee
5 years ago
There aren’t any defensive player icons while making defensive adjustments. Why not? This is a travesty
Wallstreetrieo
5 years ago
Yea I'm having the same problem you have to memorize the player name just to do an adjustment. Instead if the icons popping up above their heads.
messarounsee
5 years ago
These are the reasons EA fails us every time. For years we get used to having a feature and then they take it completely away? It’s hard for me to believe that they would do that and that its a mistake that will be reinstated with a update.
Neo_Novalis
Hero+
5 years ago
@messarounsee I guess I face the same issue. I do not see the player icons of the offense players if I would like to adjust Man Coverage assignments.

by the way: I'll move this thread to the bug reports section for better visibility. thank you for reporting this issue!
EA_Blueberry
Community Manager
4 years ago
This was fixed in the October Title Update:

Fixed an issue causing a logo to appear over players heads instead of a question mark for specific M-Factors
virtualcappy1
4 years ago
This issue is not fixed. I've installed the October update, playing on PC. I still do not see button icons above the heads of the receivers when I am trying to adjust defensive man coverage assignment.
EA_Blueberry
Community Manager
4 years ago
@virtualcappy1

You don't see the icon after you press Y (adjustments) and then A for individual assignments? Once you press A for individual assignment the icons show up.

Can you confirm which game mode you're playing and whether you're using an official Xbox One controller?
virtualcappy1
4 years ago
Hello, thanks for your response. I am playing on a PC and I am using an official xbox one controller.
I choose the individual assignment by selecting the player group, choosing the player and then assigning him to man coverage, giving him a player to cover by pressing the button corresponding to the receiver. Unfortunately the buttons are not showing up over the players' heads.
For example, I would reassign a blitzing middle linebacker to cover the strong side tight end man to man by pressing d-pad right twice, pressing the button corresponding to the middle linebacker's name, pressing right stick up to choose man coverage, then pressing the button corresponding the receiver I'd like him to cover. The problem is that the button icons do not appear over the receivers' heads making it impossible to know who is in the strong side TE position. Even if I know the offensive players' names and numbers they move around.
I will try to grab a screenshot.
virtualcappy1
4 years ago
Here are two clips I showed to 25%. In the first one I chose the right MLB and set him to man coverage by hitting right d, right d, x, right stick up (see to left controller overlay). No button icons.
In the second clip I set the individual coverage of the selected defender by hitting Y then A. Again, no button icons on receivers.
https://youtu.be/OiWHiP0o-FA
EA_Blueberry
Community Manager
4 years ago
@virtualcappy1

Thanks for the video. Does it do this in different camera angles? Wanted to know if it might be affecting that specific camera angle. I take it you've checked your visual settings to set back to default?

Since you're on PC it's important to check for Windows updates and driver updates for your video card. Would you be able to include a DxDiag? If those aren't updated it can lead to display issues like this. It can very well be a bug too, but we'll want to go through all options to verify everything is updated first.

How to gather DxDiag information

https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/

PC Troubleshooting

https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/pc-graphics-troubleshooting/