Version 0.8.1 is out and the game's closer to moving out of early access! This patch makes renewing contracts more interesting as you'll get information on where the player stands with asking for a contract, and cleans up a lot of simulator issues. The game's scoring is down again after a fix regarding the hot spot and players have been taught to use the corridor less. They still use it slightly too much, but it's starting to get better.
Also fixed are issues with rucks getting too much of the ball because they were playing in multiple games due to a variable reset issue in new code and a contract bug where a player would accept any offer you made due to code not triggering properly.
Some issues are still known to exist, such as the "draft pick trades" bug - occasionally the game will decide the draft pick you're offering is incorrect and stops the trade from going through - and not being able to accept a job offer when unemployed (though this may have been fixed and didn't make it to the change log - need to double check.)
Change log here:
VERSION 0.8.1
- Fixed: Can now see kicks/handball heat maps during the game normally and can see all heat maps after the game has ended
- Fixed: Team stats were switched again on the match engine screen
- Fixed: Players would accept any offer during a contract extension due to the code to check the amount not triggering
- Fixed: Players still won't re-sign with you, but they won't complain about the team not having a winning culture if you've just made it to the grand final
- Fixed: Recently resigned player was displaying as zero on the salary chart screen
- Fixed: Rucks from other teams were not resetting properly and taking the ruck contests
- Fixed: Scoring summary now shows the correct score at the start of the quarter, not the score of the first score after the start of the quarter
- Improved: Migrated contract extension news to Articles.csv and added new contractual variables
- Improved: Contract screen now lets you easily add/subtract years to a contract
- Improved: Added morale to contract offer screen
- Improved: Players now do a better job of running to/defending kicks to the hot spot
- Improved: Players do a better job kicking away from the corridor when clearing the ball
- Improved: Players are forced away from the corridor
+ Added: Your list manager now gives you hints as to the player's mind-set during re-signing
+ Added: Player morale improves slightly when signing a contract extension
+ Added: Player morale declines slightly when rejecting a contract extension
+ Added: Contract now shows a + sign next to extended players on squad list screens