Australian Football Coach News

The latest version of Australian Football Coach fixes some more problems with the game, including a major problem which fixed both the match fitness problem (it became very hard for players to lose match fitness, so you had constant exclamation points on your team selection screen) and players playing in the reserves and the main squad at the same time, which caused a number of fitness issues.

Some very obscure situations led to some crashes as well and these have been fixed. Thank you to those who reported these problems!

Full change list for v0.19.6:
- Fixed: Game would crash if you had a lineup spot empty, were coaching games, and were the away team
- Fixed: Proper number of news items displayed on larger resolutions
- Fixed: career stats no longer duplicate if player played less than a minute
- Fixed: Game no longer crashes if AI does not field a player in the central defense position
- Fixed: Proper league rounds for historical game statistics
- Fixed: Odds display again
- Fixed: Players constantly lacking match fitness
- Fixed: Players getting picked for multiple games in the same round
- Fixed: Rookies now play for the reserve team as opposed to not playing at all
- Fixed: Rookies now have match fitness allocated against them
- Fixed: North Melbourne affiliate team switched to Werribee from Ballarat
- Added: News regarding players kicking 5 or more goals in a match

The latest version of Australian Football Coach fixes some more problems with the game, including a major problem which fixed both the match fitness problem (it became very hard for players to lose match fitness, so you had constant exclamation points on your team selection screen) and players playing in the reserves and the main squad at the same time, which caused a number of fitness issues.

Some very obscure situations led to some crashes as well and these have been fixed. Thank you to those who reported these problems!

Full change list for v0.19.6:
- Fixed: Game would crash if you had a lineup spot empty, were coaching games, and were the away team
- Fixed: Proper number of news items displayed on larger resolutions
- Fixed: career stats no longer duplicate if player played less than a minute
- Fixed: Game no longer crashes if AI does not field a player in the central defense position
- Fixed: Proper league rounds for historical game statistics
- Fixed: Odds display again
- Fixed: Players constantly lacking match fitness
- Fixed: Players getting picked for multiple games in the same round
- Fixed: Rookies now play for the reserve team as opposed to not playing at all
- Fixed: Rookies now have match fitness allocated against them
- Fixed: North Melbourne affiliate team switched to Werribee from Ballarat
- Added: News regarding players kicking 5 or more goals in a match

Version 0.19.5 has been uploaded to Steam! The biggest changes you'll see are if you coach a youth team - no longer are you subject to the random whims of your computer-operated recruiter, but you get to pick your team from a list of recruits before the start of each season. NOTE: This feature has been barely tested, so hopefully it works right.

You'll also notice some more transaction-related news items and some minor fixes. The game also will stop crashing in certain situations on the list menu due to a bug introduced in v0.19.0.

There will be no quick patches for a few days, but still working hard on the game! Some behind-the-scenes stuff has been developed and will be fleshed out more fully in the coming weeks. The focus is on improved form, morale, 16-player teams (hmmm... wonder what's being planned here), and an in-game player editor.

As always your feedback is welcomed and appreciated, whether it be reporting a crash to desktop or an idea to improve the game.

Full list of changes:
v0.19.5
- Fixed: State league players showing up on post-game stat sheet
- Fixed: Rucks now take a couple seconds to return to play following a ruck contest (in an attempt to minimise their statistical dominance)
- Fixed: Game no longer crashes on Details screen
- Fixed: Game no longer selects players without a team on Details screen in certain instances
- Fixed: 19-year-olds no longer generated for Under-18 league
- Fixed: 19-year-olds now "retire" properly from Under-18 league
- Fixed: Statistics table going outside the box on higher resolutions
- Fixed: Injured players now don't get random injuries which override whatever their current injury is
- Fixed: Set proper number of games for Under-18 league as of 2017 and fixed playoffs starting too early
- Fixed: More typos :/
- Added: Youth coaches now get to select their team from a list of zonal recruits
- Added: Additional news items for player trades, major contract renewals and free agent signings
- Added: News for player retirements

Version 0.19.5 has been uploaded to Steam! The biggest changes you'll see are if you coach a youth team - no longer are you subject to the random whims of your computer-operated recruiter, but you get to pick your team from a list of recruits before the start of each season. NOTE: This feature has been barely tested, so hopefully it works right.

You'll also notice some more transaction-related news items and some minor fixes. The game also will stop crashing in certain situations on the list menu due to a bug introduced in v0.19.0.

There will be no quick patches for a few days, but still working hard on the game! Some behind-the-scenes stuff has been developed and will be fleshed out more fully in the coming weeks. The focus is on improved form, morale, 16-player teams (hmmm... wonder what's being planned here), and an in-game player editor.

As always your feedback is welcomed and appreciated, whether it be reporting a crash to desktop or an idea to improve the game.

Full list of changes:
v0.19.5
- Fixed: State league players showing up on post-game stat sheet
- Fixed: Rucks now take a couple seconds to return to play following a ruck contest (in an attempt to minimise their statistical dominance)
- Fixed: Game no longer crashes on Details screen
- Fixed: Game no longer selects players without a team on Details screen in certain instances
- Fixed: 19-year-olds no longer generated for Under-18 league
- Fixed: 19-year-olds now "retire" properly from Under-18 league
- Fixed: Statistics table going outside the box on higher resolutions
- Fixed: Injured players now don't get random injuries which override whatever their current injury is
- Fixed: Set proper number of games for Under-18 league as of 2017 and fixed playoffs starting too early
- Fixed: More typos :/
- Added: Youth coaches now get to select their team from a list of zonal recruits
- Added: Additional news items for player trades, major contract renewals and free agent signings
- Added: News for player retirements

A minor update on finals weekend fixes several bugs including one that caused the game to crash for some users.

Thank you for your feedback so far - as always, please get in touch if there's a problem with the game or if you have an idea to make it better. More substantive updates are in the works!

v0.19.4
- Fixed: Fitness occasionally went above 100% during training
- Fixed: Message regarding state leagues now no longer includes players who had a national league game scheduled on the same day
- Fixed: Game stopped crashing if message list is empty
- Fixed: Game now properly loads news colours (was not saving them, so will only affect newly created news)
- Updated: Game now displays full news/message table on higher resolutions
- Added: news message if you can move a player to the injury list without jeopardizing his eligibility