#11594 Appeals glitch fielders - catch not registering
Hello, I have noticed that pressing the button for bowler appeal will often glitch fielders and cause them to ignore the ball, or stop the game from registering fielder actions. First, hitting appeal will stop closest fielders from chasing the ball and often they will join in with the appeal, throwing up arms while AI takes easy runs. Second, I have even had fielders taking CLEAR CATCHES off driven shots at midwicket, but because I appealed at the same time the catch is taken, the game does not register the catch and next delivery continues as normal to the batter who should be out. Obviously this is game breaking, completely spoils desire to bowl. Please try to reproduce this bug by getting RHB AI to pull offside delivery to midwicket while appealing immediately after shot.
Desired Behavior: Closest fielder or any fielder in the path of the ball should not join in appeals, in fact it is not necessary that any fielder join in appeal for it to be a legitimate appeal per cricket rules. This is from gameplay on 4/24/2022. Fielders should prioritize taking care of the ball as they do in real life.
Addendum: This is separate from, but similar to, the fact that fielders in the path of the ball do not behave with required urgency and regularly allow AI to take easy extra runs by slow kneeling for balls in the deep, slowing down significantly when coming to the ball, etc. And also, the bug that the bowler is "frozen" for several seconds after bowling and cannot field effectively, while AI bowlers can.