Don Bradman Cricket 14 - Issues and Anomalies after patch 2 [PS3/360]

[Langeveldt]

We can't but by doing the reverse of what you think fixes it we hope to make it crash.

We have had one crash this afternoon, yet to nail the reason why - hopefully it's related to your crash and we can issue a fix.

I guess people dont want to lose their academy stuff but if we can get some crashers uninstalling and going back to out of box teams and doing a bit of testing i think we may be on to something

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I guess people dont want to lose their academy stuff but if we can get some crashers uninstalling and going back to out of box teams and doing a bit of testing i think we may be on to something

I will then edit some teams myself and see if it still saves fine

 

[TripleM]

Two minor issues that have been around since the game was released. (They're not the type of issues that fit the template).

1) If I create a casual match, the default will be Amateur. I change the difficulty to Pro, and start the match. If I then save and resume at a later stage, the difficulty will have reverted to Amateur. Several times I've resumed a saved match and suddenly noticed the bowling aids are back on. Can a saved game store that information so it doesn't need to be reentered every time you continue?

2) A ball goes to the boundary for 4 with a fielder chasing. It crosses the rope. The fielder wanders over the rope and reaches the ball. After that, there is always a merry dance - pick-up-ball-drop-ball-instantly-pick-up-ball-drop-ball-instantly-dive-backwards-over-rope-to-pick-up-ball.... it looks pretty bad. It seems pretty clear this is because they want to tap the ball back when near the boundary, but can this be disabled once the ball is over the rope?

 

[Mr Snrub]

1) If I create a casual match, the default will be Amateur. I change the difficulty to Pro, and start the match. If I then save and resume at a later stage, the difficulty will have reverted to Amateur. Several times I've resumed a saved match and suddenly noticed the bowling aids are back on. Can a saved game store that information so it doesn't need to be reentered every time you continue?

With issue one, this is a fairly useful idea. Change your games difficulty in the main options menu, if set to Pro or whatever, when you re-load your game, it will be at your preferred difficulty.

 

[richowebbo]

I guess people dont want to lose their academy stuff but if we can get some crashers uninstalling and going back to out of box teams and doing a bit of testing i think we may be on to something

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I will then edit some teams myself and see if it still saves fine

I have done this and it seems to save. Same with using an un edited player.I think its an issue with linking to academy.

 

[ellgieff]

I understand the 360 crash/freeze issue takes priority, because of the impact, but there's room for other bugs, yes?

Mode: Career
Match Type: FCC
Over Count (Match Overs + When Occured): 259 ish - 4.3 of the 4th innings
Ground: Bradman Oval
Teams: Somerset vs Surrey
Get Best: Yes
Description of Issue:

I thought I'd try a career with a 26 year old, see if increased skills would make batting more rewarding/less like a lottery.

As you can see, there's still something hinky with the physics:

 

[Llewelynf]

I have all my teams downloaded and have also used a player from academy for my career but since I have deleted all my previous game saves I have not had the game freeze issue. Yesterday I set up my friend's xbox exactly the same way (using my teams on the academy and also deleting his save games) and he doesn't have the issue either.
@BigAntStudios just maybe something worth noting, since the patch update my career points and xp points don't seem to be posting on leaderboards. Not really a major issue, just thought I would mention it.

 

[richowebbo]

I understand the 360 crash/freeze issue takes priority, because of the impact, but there's room for other bugs, yes?

Sure is room for other bugs, such as the bowling speed bug, but as someone with the crash bug, I hope that gets fixed first!

 

[BigAntStudios]

Crash bug is certainly our primary focus.

 

[twobob]

Not sure this is the correct thread as this is a pretty minor issue but I am seeing a high frequency of crazy dives from the bowler if i attempt shots back down the ground resulting in a hell of a lot dropped catches, evn some that were straight on (although admittedly were shots taken from 88mph deliveries).

It does kind of feel like the bowler has improved super agility, not quite to the level of the super human fielding of patch 1, but more deliberate as to prevent the frequency of runs and boundaries scored as a result of straight drives and shots back down the ground.

Personally I would like to see the batsman punished more for trying these kind of shots, It definitely is an easy get out and also a shot that a human player might take when they have tried to pre-meditate a different shot type. It would be nice to see less dropped catches from the bowler, especially when the drive is straight at them at chest/gut height. Also think there should be less hollywood dives from the bowler for drives just wide of the pitch, the batsman should be punished for the shot selection or the mistiming at an earlier stage, is more edges the answer?

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Oh also, seperately, as mentioned in the career mode thread. I started a career as a 21 year old and looking at the menu i was already in with a shout of playing for england and in the IPL, even though I hadnt played a single career inning yet

 

[Gamer Pradosh]

Mode: Career
Match Type: Test
Over Count (Match Overs + When Occured):
Ground: Melbourne Stadium
Teams: India vs SA
Get Best: Yes
Description of Issue: The batsman doesn't complete full run i.e he falls short of the crease...Don't know whether this happens regularly but happened today and the batsman was well short...

 

[Langeveldt]

Okay started a career with out of box teams and instant crash after the first nets. Im using an old xbox from the uk with 60gb hdd

 

[Dougie1]

ok ok - enuff already!!

lets look at the evidence!!

from what everyone has posted - it becomes apparent to me that the freeze has nothing to do with having saved games from pre patch, nothing to do with the mode of game u are playing (career, competition etc), nothing to with whether ur teams are out of the box or get best, nothing to do with ur profile, nothing to do with being online/offline etc etc

as the freeze always seem to occur at the "continue" stage in the process (be that after an autosave at the end of a match or a save made by a player at any time) - this would suggest to me that the code is failing to initiate the "continue" because the particular piece of code which is calling the "continue" process is too resource intensive - thereby causing the system to hang!

so this bit of code is what i reckon needs to be looked at

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[flintoff]

I had the freezing issue. I deleted all my data for DBC on my hard drive. Booted it back up and downloaded 'get best' and got patch 2 again. Started a new career and haven't had any freezing issues as yet. Done 3 matches and 2 net sessions, also tried saving and exiting a few times with no problems.

Did a couple of casual matches too and not frozen yet! Works for me as I was always going to start a new career with patch 2, but I can see this not really being a solution for many people.

 

[Gilly03b14]

Career Mode Save Crashing

Mode: Career
Match Type: Test
Over Count (Match Overs + When Occured): End of game
Ground: Various
Teams: Essex and various
Get Best:
Description of Issue: I think this is already being looked at but will post in case - apologies if so. In career mode my game keeps crashing when saving. However this is only after I have finished a test match. If I save it during a test match, or after a T2O, ODI it is fine. Also if I forfeit the match it also saves ok.

 

[Dougie1]

I had the freezing issue. I deleted all my data for DBC on my hard drive. Booted it back up and downloaded 'get best' and got patch 2 again. Started a new career and haven't had any freezing issues as yet.

did you delete everything - profile, saved games and patch 2?

also how did u manage to download "get best" b4 downloading patch 2?

would make me wonder what will happen when u download "get best" in the future "on top" of patch 2

cheers

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