Off Topic: Front Office Football 7.0 Now available!

[Nefaro]

Looks like another american football game in the works, but looks like it is a long ways off though.....

http://footballgeneralmanager.wordpress.com/

Nice find.

Was that just announced a couple months ago?  The blog doesn't go back very far.

It's great that someone is cooking up a new one.

[Grim.Reaper]

Looks like another american football game in the works, but looks like it is a long ways off though.....

http://footballgeneralmanager.wordpress.com/

Nice find.

Was that just announced a couple months ago?  The blog doesn't go back very far.

It's great that someone is cooking up a new one.

I heard about it back in September in this thread....

http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=87622

[Grim.Reaper]

New update release with some graphic updates, guessing some gameplay updates but couldn't find any details...not sure what I think about the new graphics...

http://www.solecismic.com/downloads/index.php

[Nefaro]

New update release with some graphic updates, guessing some gameplay updates but couldn't find any details...not sure what I think about the new graphics...

http://www.solecismic.com/downloads/index.php

I like the new background and command menu graphics, although the window borders don't display your custom team colors on those anymore (in the main menu windows anyway).  :-\  So it's a mixed feeling there.  Actually I just mainly like the button icon changes and most notably the season window graphics on the left.   It needs the custom team coloring back for the borders.

As for the new Roster graphics, they look terrible.  That change was completely unnecessary and even detrimental.  It was fairly easy to differentiate everything before but now the fugly paisley color pallet just makes it a jumbled mess of a care bear rainbow.  I want the old roster graphics back, except for the new jersey number icons.  Those are the only improvements I see there.

The numerical position experience bar change (in the player info window) is a welcome addition since it's easier to see what their abilities are via both numbers and a better set of contrasting reds to dark reds.

I've not checked out some of the other screens that may have been changed.  I've seen a good in-game 'scoreboard' window preview that looked really good - dunno if that one made it in.

[Grim.Reaper]

Not really sure if I like the new toolbar, but I do like the new schedule screen.  Still much rather he focus on gameplay versus this graphic stuff.

[Nefaro]

Not really sure if I like the new toolbar, but I do like the new schedule screen.  Still much rather he focus on gameplay versus this graphic stuff.

He offered a payout for modders to create the new graphic stuff, which they did.  I don't think he spent much time implementing them after picking out the new art stuff they made.


The thing FOF needs most is some AI and game plan work.  Right now the AI for all the different teams just picks the same style of offense/defense and makes a very slight percentage variation based on personnel.  So they all run the same style of offense, for example.  He needs to come up with numerous schemes and have the AI do a decent job of picking the right scheme based on personnel, then adjust the fine percentages.  Some people lump this in with having some new Coach additions and just lumping a favored scheme in with those so you can just hire a coach with one you want to use.  Either way would work.

[vyshka]

Any MP leagues going yet?

[Nefaro]

Any MP leagues going yet?

I don't think we have too many people here who own it.   Three or four of us?

I've had my head stuck in WOFF lately, so haven't been playing much yet.

[Grim.Reaper]

New patch released plus looks like fof is attempting to get published on steam....

http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=88522

[KyzBP]

Any MP leagues going yet?

I own it but it just never grabbed me for some reason.  I may revisit it around draft time.

[Grim.Reaper]

For those that haven't followed this game since release, coming to steam and price will reduce to $24.99 in February.  See details here.

http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=89853

[DennisS]

This is a very fine game. I have been buying various versions of Front Office Football for many, many years. This is my favorite football game of all time, after Front Page Sports Football '95 and '98.

[Nefaro]

The scope is right but the way you set up play calls for Sim'd games is just plain bad. 

Don't get me wrong, the percentage matrix could work as a basis but without overall offensive & defensive schemes with specific situational playcalling for various situations, it just ends up a mostly randomized dice roll.  That doesn't do justice to football's greatest draw.. the strategy and deception to be had from it.

FOF needs a big overhaul in at least that one area, and preferably more.  It's pretty much the only serious text sim covering the subject, so it's all we got right now.  A small upgrade every seven years isn't going to do it justice though.

[Grim.Reaper]

Looks like February 4th is the release date on Steam.....

http://store.steampowered.com/app/344340/

[KyzBP]

Do you know if they're giving out steam keys to those of us who already own the game?  It would be so much nicer to have on steam.