Legend Bowl News

Gameplay Improvements Update

This patch includes a list of several gameplay improvements, bug fixes, achievements reset, team logo updates, and more! Continue reading to learn more about this update! Enjoy!

MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR ROSTER FILES IF YOU WANT TO PRESERVE ANY MODS.

Modified Atlanta Beasts and San Francisco Miners uniform colors, which resets your roster files.
Added new AI to manage clock better during quarter ending situations.
Auto skip automatically occurs when CPU is controlling ball and trying to conserve clock.
CPU play calling AI improved for situations when down big against opponent.
CPU will now reassign an injured kick returner or punt returner to next fastest player (if any exist in same position) automatically on the field.
Accelerated play clock no longer runs down inside of 2 minutes during 2nd and 4th and beyond quarters now.
Fixed issue where chain gang showing during replay.
Fixed Single Wing Ohio play issue where receiver was missing receiver icon.
Fixed crash bug that would occur when deleting career files from a long list of files.
Fixed player stat issue where longest yard stat would be well over 99 max yards.
Resolved issue where clouds from previous update weren't being created correctly.
Players who fall now stand up faster to give them a better opportunity to get up and make a play.
Fixed issue where roster would show incorrect screen when No Results on page.
Ball carrier AI automatically hurdles when trying to run passed fallen defender to avoid just bumping into him constantly.
New setting called "export_player_stats" (in savedata.ini) that exports match player stats into tab delimited file.
Steam achievements were unlocking more than designed, so this update resets all of your achievements.
Ball carrier now stiff arms and jukes away from defender as there was an issue where they would move towards defenders.
Ball carrier won't juke out of bounds now.
Dropped pass logic tuned to drop more passes the closer defenders are to the receiver when ball is about to be caught.
Defenders now get catch bonus when more open and trying to make an interception.
Defenders can now break up caught passes by hitting receiver right after receiver catches ball.
Team names now have black outline so text doesn't get washed out when team's have white jersey colors.

If you experience any bugs or issues please report them here or more preferably in our Discord where you can chat with the community, report bugs, or give feedback on the game.

As always, if you've enjoyed the game so far and like what you're seeing out of the game it would be great if you can leave a review on Steam!

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[h3]Patch Version 0.1.4.5[/h3]

Achievement Patch

Achievements are back and fixed in this update. Some other fixes added as well. Enjoy!

Added stand animation for players to mix up idle and stand poses.
Touchback called now when ball lands in end zone on punts.
Balls almost touching ground or on ground rolling need to be grabbed by player now.
Fixed Steam Achievements not working correcty.
Sorting column remains intact when moving between positions/teams in roster screens vs defaulting to depth chart colum each time you move.
Attempt at fixing a couple of soft lock issues while playing a match.
Misc improvements & fixes.

Another Day, Another Update

More updates from feedback on the Beast Update recently released. Enjoy!

Defense doesn't instantly go after ball in air anymore.
Gameplay tune fixes to get better reaction times across all defensive sets.
Short catch rate increased as was seeing too many short passes dropped.
New Galaxy dome stadium added to game.
More clouds on field during bad weather games.
Records now show star when new ones have been recorded.
Teams now tied to best record stats so you can see who you played with when you beat your best stat record.
Fixed menu paging issue when moving out of settings and back to main menu.
Fixed "Goose Egg" steam achievement issue.

Beast Update Records Update

New updates from feedback on the Beast Update recently released. Enjoy!

Fixed field banner taking a long time to disappear.
Added new records menu that stores season and tournament records.
Season championship game now shows newspaper at the end of the season.
Fixed issue where pressing "C" key while typing in game also captures a screenshot.

Beast Update Improvements Patch

New updates from feedback on the Beast Update recently released. Enjoy!

Decreased block meter to lower the ability to instantly block or shed block a player causing instant holes to appear on the field.
Rain droplets now change frequency depending on if raining light, medium, or heavy.
Added new score banner whenever you score so when watching a game you can easily see the score changes.
Fixed issue in tutorial blocking had an issue that would allow multiple blocks to occur before registering if you won or loss.
Kicking line of scrimmage moved up 10 yards during tutorial to make it easier to make field goals.
New injury icon shows under player to replace star (if star player) when player is injured to identify injured players easily on the field.
Dropped passes lower for closer passes due to seeing too many short passes being dropped.
Added player name to ball carrier when cpu controlling player.