I created a defensive left end in franchise mode. When the game starts I keep getting the Sim page and I have to keep hitting "continue". Or if it does go to the game, it is from the side view and my player is not even on the field and the game plays the down automatically. This is really frustrating because I bought this game to play it, not watch it play itself. I'm getting even more frustrated because I've been on chat 2 or 3 times for this issue and got nowhere. It seems like it's an act of congress to get EA to do anything about bugs and glitches. I've bought 3 or 4 of these Madden games, I seriously doubt I will be buying any more of them.

@artdog71 Did you create a player for a "Player" Franchise? If that's the case the computer will call the shots and if the coach decides the ball is going your way that is when you'll have a shot. If you're a rookie you won't have as many opportunities until you prove yourself.If you want to create a player and have them on your roster full time when you play all sides of the ball, you'll want to start a Coach or Owner franchise and make sure you upload the custom roster with the created player on it when the Franchise is asking you to use a custom or NFL roster. Hope that clears up any confusion.

@artdog71 did you already try to substitute your player in? if you select plays using the "by formation" option, you can substitute players. the key required for substituting players should be shown below the plays.maybe you have to go to the settings before and select "enhanced playcalling". not sure whether substituting players is possible in "slim playcalling"...hope that helps. good luck!

@Neo_Novalis Honestly I didn't even know you could do that. When I get back on I will try it and let you know if it works or not. I got so fed up I deleted the player but I'll make another one.The only thing is when I first got the game everything worked just fine. It's after the updates all this stuff started. I will give your solution a try though. Thanks for the help.

Hey, just created a new LE and I'm sorry to say that I tried what you suggested but it didn't work. Thanks for trying anyway. I think I'm pretty much done giving EA money for screwed up games.

@EA_Blueberry Not exactly what is going on but thanks for the reply. The game only does this on any player I create for the defensive line. It doesn't do it for any player created for another position.

Won't let my created player play in games.

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Neo_Novalis
Hero+
5 years ago
@artdog71 did you already try to substitute your player in? if you select plays using the "by formation" option, you can substitute players. the key required for substituting players should be shown below the plays.

maybe you have to go to the settings before and select "enhanced playcalling". not sure whether substituting players is possible in "slim playcalling"...

hope that helps. good luck!
artdog71
5 years ago
@Neo_Novalis Honestly I didn't even know you could do that. When I get back on I will try it and let you know if it works or not. I got so fed up I deleted the player but I'll make another one.
The only thing is when I first got the game everything worked just fine. It's after the updates all this stuff started. I will give your solution a try though. Thanks for the help.
artdog71
5 years ago
Hey, just created a new LE and I'm sorry to say that I tried what you suggested but it didn't work. Thanks for trying anyway. I think I'm pretty much done giving EA money for screwed up games.
EA_Blueberry
Community Manager
5 years ago
@artdog71

Did you create a player for a "Player" Franchise? If that's the case the computer will call the shots and if the coach decides the ball is going your way that is when you'll have a shot. If you're a rookie you won't have as many opportunities until you prove yourself.

If you want to create a player and have them on your roster full time when you play all sides of the ball, you'll want to start a Coach or Owner franchise and make sure you upload the custom roster with the created player on it when the Franchise is asking you to use a custom or NFL roster.

Hope that clears up any confusion.
artdog71
5 years ago
@EA_Blueberry Not exactly what is going on but thanks for the reply. The game only does this on any player I create for the defensive line. It doesn't do it for any player created for another position.
artdog71
5 years ago
I've got a video of exactly what is going on but it's too big to send to them. I compressed it down but the quality is not very good. I can't find an email address anywhere to send it to them nor would I know who to send it too. I've pretty much waved the white flag and figure it's probably not ever going to be resolved. Thanks for you help anyway.
Neo_Novalis
Hero+
5 years ago
@artdog71 If you want to provide a recording/video, you could also upload it somewhere else (e.g. on youtube) and provide the link here. I'm using youtube but change the settings to "not listed" to avoid that my videos can be found via searches (e.g. google, etc.) if I want to report a bug, for instance.

I hope that the issue will be solved for you. good luck!
artdog71
5 years ago
@Neo_Novalis Wow what a great idea! I never thought of that. I'm definitely going to try it. Thank you so much.
Neo_Novalis
Hero+
5 years ago
@artdog71 welcome! 🙂 but the thanks should actually go to EA_Blueberry, who suggested me Youtube once.
that I upload the videos as "not listed", I have then decided because I do not want to unintentionally promote bug exploits (if that would be possible) if the videos showing bugs could be easily found.
artdog71
5 years ago
@Neo_Novalis Hope I did this right. Here is the link (I think) https://youtu.be/C9meIm0n0ME