Madden NFL 21 Update 1.22 PS5 / Xbox Series X | Patch Notes S
- Highlights
- New Spongebob Court location
- Second round of franchise updates after launch
- Gameplay updates
- Area coverage improvements
- Adjusted Deep Zone Defender logic to focus more on threats deep within their zone and less on shorter routes approaching their zones
- Adjusted the Deep Zone logic in Cover 1 to react more quickly to Deep Over, Post and any other deep crossing routes.
- Updated the facing direction of Deep Zone players so that they are facing the ball rather than the line of scrimmage, which will help Deep Zone defenders turn in the right direction when traversing roads deep.
- Adjustment of simulation logic on internal publication routes (S-Posts). There was a significant separation resulting from this release and a cut near the line of scrimmage. This change prevents defenders from being rigged during this first segment of the route.
- Added Gen 5 specific turn animations to locomotion, which will improve a defender's ability to switch from strafe to running faster and smoother to help defenders get into position to play the balloon faster.
- Optimization to improve "turn and run" to better anticipate vertical speed threats
- Adjusted to allow faster top strafe speed for defenders in Deep Zone
- Extends the distance that a deep third party can look inward when anticipating Deep Crossing routes coming from the other side of the field.
- Fixed an issue where Deep Third Outer Defenders would exploit Receiver # 1 (Outer) for too long, even when the receiver was no longer a Deep Threat.
- DEV NOTE: We've made some significant changes to the area coverage setting, especially the deep areas to better balance the deep passing game and increase the anticipation of defenders in the deep areas. One thing to be aware of is that these changes only apply to defenders in the coverage area and will NOT affect players in the “Match” area after their transition to men's coverage during the period. applicable match coverage parts. We will continue to monitor Human and Zone coverage statistics and comments for future tuning updates, and thanks to the Madden community for the Zone coverage comments.
- General gameplay fixes:
- Kickoff Playclock Exploit - Fixed an issue allowing the kicker team to stay on the Play-call screen indefinitely without having to call a game. This was used as an exploit to force the receiving team to quit in order to to exit the game. Now the play clock will slow down as it should and force the kickoff to be called when it expires.
- Fair Catch Exploit - Fixed an issue that caused the ball carrier to enter a state where they could not be tackled after kicking or punting the ground after a good catch. With this fix, any player on the team who receives a kick or punt after a good catch can be tackled.
- Area coverage improvements
- Franchise Updates
- The second round of franchise updates announced after launch have arrived, check out the Madden NFL 21 Gridiron Notes for more information:
- New Commish Controls
- Draft Auto-Pilot: Assign the autopilot during draft.
- House rules: determine how many times a game can be called in a game and how long a player must wait before resuming the same game.
- Cancel Free Agent Settings: Cancel FA signatures during the offseason directly through the transaction log. Click on a signature and reverse it to return the player to the free agent pool.
- Team Priority Settings: Stewards now have the option to enable / disable or allow users to retain individual settings for Heat Seeker, Ball Hawk, and Switch assist tackle.
- Staff Logic Improvements: New guidelines for UC Writing Logic to help teams determine whether or not they should have an interest in writing a first-round QB.
- Mouthpieces can now be applied in all new franchises, we are working to have this update passed to existing leagues in the future.
- New Commish Controls
- The second round of franchise updates announced after launch have arrived, check out the Madden NFL 21 Gridiron Notes for more information:
- Presentation updates
- Fixed an issue preventing the game clock from displaying during launch matches
Madden NFL 21 Update 1.22 PS4 / Xbox One Patch Notes
- Highlights
- New location Spongebob Yard
- Second round of franchise updates after launch
- Franchise Updates
- The second round of franchise updates announced after launch have arrived, check out the Madden NFL 21 Gridiron Notes for more information:
- New Commish Controls
- Draft Auto-Pilot: Assign the autopilot during draft.
- House rules: determine how many times a game can be called in a game and how long a player must wait before resuming the same game.
- Cancel Free Agent Settings: Cancel FA signatures during the offseason directly through the transaction log. Click on a signature and reverse it to return the player to the free agent pool.
- Team Priority Settings: Stewards now have the option to enable / disable or allow users to retain individual settings for Heat Seeker, Ball Hawk, and Switch assist tackle.
- Staff Logic Improvements: New guidelines for UC Writing Logic to help teams determine whether or not they should have an interest in writing a first-round QB.
- Mouthpieces can now be applied in all new franchises, we are working to have this update passed to existing leagues in the future.
- New Commish Controls
- The second round of franchise updates announced after launch have arrived, check out the Madden NFL 21 Gridiron Notes for more information:
Madden NFL 21 is now available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X | S. For more information on this update, visit the official Madden website.
