Match Engine Version History
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Match v656
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- Stopped players being tripped by opponents but carrying on running with the ball regardless
- Stopped defenders running towards own goal after ball has long gone out for goal kick
- AI teams slightly more careful with width and depth when using defensive mentality
- Improved home advantage slightly in FML
- Improved tracking of opposition players by their opposite number in formations
- Stopped commentary referring to easy chances being missed when they clearly arent easy
- Improved accuracy of lunges at loose ball towards goal
- Stopped ridiculously innacurate near post headers at goal from corners
- Made defensive line drop back to correct place quicker when defending
- Reduced keeper effectiveness slightly
- Made players look to get ball on best foot more often when bearing down on goal
- Improved likelyhood of player trying to round keeper when one on one with him
- Improved positioning of player marking wingers who have ball
- Improved defender reaction to rebounds
- Made players make pass back more often when under pressure facing own goal
- Tweaked number of long shots
- Stopped counter attack flag being set too easily when team wins ball - which had impact on effects of defensive team mentality
- Fixed keepers changing ends too slowly at extra time half time
- Fixed anomalies in clip rating scores in FML


Match v657
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- Fix to marking of ball player that should improve defending potential one on one situations
- Jumping influence over ariel duel winner increased

Match v658
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- Stopped advantage being played in favour of player on floor
- Jumping influence over ariel duel winner tweaked
- Further improved marking of player with ball
- Tweaked marking of other players
- Made players stay with opponent for longer when set piece is taken rather than move to default tactical position and leave them free
- Made subs more or less likely for AI teams depending on team performance vs expected result
- Fixed bug where injured player sometimes wasnt replaced by AI
- Fixed bug where 10 man AI teams would stick with uneven formation
- Adjusted offside rule to follow new "interfering with play" rules more strictly
- Improved midfielder tracking of opposite opponents by taking more account of forward or back arrows
- Reduced instances of midfielders being caught in possession after dallying on ball in own half
- Stopped both fullbacks bombing forward when not set to make forward runs often
- Made defensive line drop back a bit quicker still, to desired position when team defending
- Improved interception AI a bit
- Made team mate stand with free kick taker at indirect free kick in shooting position
- Improved player reactions to loose balls in area
- Reduced number of long shots from players with it set to "never"
- Tweaked finishing further according to ease of chance
- Made type of corner delivery vary more when set to "mixed"

Match v659
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- Tweaked AI manager expectation of result a bit
- Tweaked AI use of run with ball player slider
- Tweaked AI use of forward run player slider
- Improved individual player tracking of their opposite number in formation
- Made decisive players less likely to get caught in possession
- Made defensive line movement work somewhere in between versions 655 and 658
- Improved marking at corner kicks
- Made central defenders more likely to shift and cover full backs when required
- Stopped defenders backing too far off opponents who are running at defence with ball
- Stopped corners being sent to edge of area when no team mate standing there
- Reduced through balls that are too easy for covering defenders to intercept
- Made teams defend slightly wider so as to cover danger from wings better

Match v660
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- Improved defender positioning when marking opponents on or off ball
- Stopped bug that saw AI teams set counter attacking option to on in FML regardless of original human tactic setting
- Tweaked effect of red cards on motivation of both teams
- Tweaked effect of scoreline on motivation of both teams
- Stopped full backs defaulting to marking strikers when up against narrow formations
- Reduced defenders getting dragged out of formation too easily against one striker formations
- Tactics that have players with arrows pointing on top of other players ( or other player's runs ) now have those arrows nulled by the match engine

Match v661
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- Activated missing tactical instructions in FML matches
- Made playing out of position affect player performance more
- Tweaked default marking player for defenders when formations arent "like for like"
- Further tweak to defender marking positioning against off ball opponents
- Made specific man marking tighter to chosen opponent when ball not near goal
- Made full backs tuck in more when defending against narrow formations
- Tweaked keepers up a tiny bit
- Fixed some legal tactic arrows being disabled in v660
- Made players less likely to prioritise holding defensive line over marking player in dangerous area

Match v662
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- Fixed injury time being extended too easily
- Improved positioning for free kicks around the corner of opponents area
- Spread attacking players around a bit more at corners
- Improved marking at corners to account more for "mark tall/small player" instruction
- Improved position of player standing with taker at free kicks
- Fixed instance of match not kicking off after goal
- Fixed bug where player is fouled but carries on running and then play gets pulled back with no advantage played
- Tweaked AI mentality slider ( applies to FM 8.0.2 only )
- Tweaked assistant manager team talk suggestions ( FM 8.0.2 only )
- Improved AI use of back arrows for one defensive midfielder in 442 formation ( FM 8.0.2 only )
- Improved AI use of opposition specific instructions ( FM 8.0.2 only )
- Improved default player to mark for each player according to formations
- Fixed bug where referee can "teleport" after a goal
- Reworked effect of "creative freedom" slider on player flair attribute
- Made AI teams sub very tired players earlier
- Fixed run past opponent being counted and reported in comms when defender too far away to think about a challenge
- Fixed some instances of players running ball out of play needlessly
- Fixed some instances of player being clean through and shooting first time unneccesarily
- Improved direction of shot when player lunges in on ball close in
- Made full backs stay back more often depending on forward run slider or team mentality slider being very defensive
- Stopped marginal offsides being called when ball has been touched since original pass was made
- Fixed bug where keeper doesnt react properly to slow or still ball and lets attackers in
- Stopped too many players going for same ball when corner swung into far post
- Improved positioning of closing down player when he finds himself being caught wrong side of opponent
- When keeper way out of position defenders now close down ball player immediately
- Fixed bug where keeper picks up ball then clears wildly as if under lots of pressure
- Toned down finishing a tad when chance not clear cut
- Improved trajectory of free kicks on goal
- Toned down length of keeper kicks from hand
- Made players play more back passes when under pressure
- Improved near post flick on from corners/crosses

Match v663
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- Fixed v662 bug where players stop in their tracks and let ball player go
- Tweaked AI mentality slider ( applies to FM 8.0.2 only )
- Tweaked effect of consistency attribute a little ( a few more off days )
- Fixed bug where defenders may commit foul in area when ball nowhere near
- Fixed v662 bug where player marking ball player sometimes drops off suddenly and illogically
- Tried to eradicate more instances of players stopping on ball and being caught in possession
- Reduced ability of players to change direction with ball at high speed
- Stopped team all out attack setting overriding goalie mentality and sending him forward for corners late on
- Made players move towards ball that is theirs for the taking ( broken in 661 )
- Fixed bug where player set to man mark specific player would drop way deeper than his defensive line
- Made attacking teams a little more adventurous with passing in safe areas
- Reduced instances of refs giving fouls mistakenly when player clearly gets the ball
- Tweaked keeper ratings down a little

Match v664
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- Tweaked AI mentality slider ( applies to FM 8.0.2 only )
- Fixed illogical assistant teamtalk suggestions to individual players ( applies to FM 8.0.2 only )
- Reduced slightly effect of scoreline on match ratings
- Tightened up marking at both set pieces and open play
- Also improved defensive tracking of lone strikers
- Made players more likely to close down when opponents try to play keep ball
- Improved execution of short free kicks to player standing next to taker
- Stopped players taking unrealistic first time shots when ball played in to them fast and in same direction of goal
- Reduced ability of players to "stop dead" when picking up ball at pace
- Tweaked defensive line slightly
- Attackers without high mentality setting now defend a bit deeper
- Tweaked on ball decision making to try to reduce players caught in possession too easily
- Reduced pointless long shots on weaker foot
- Fixed over-long keeper kicks
- Made players help out team-mate on ball more readily
- Fixed players leaving post for no reason as corner swung in
- Reduced condition drop slightly ( aimed mainly at midfielders )
- Increased hit on attributes caused by low condition
- Fixed rare score divergence between platforms
- Improved goalie position when narrowing the angle on attacker
- Made AI ( FM 8.0.2 only ) use man marking on players who dominate possession

Match v665
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- Fixed bug where keeper can fail to control back pass and slice clearance to opponent for no logical reason
- Fixed bug where defender can run ball into own goal instead of making clearance
- Increased no of fouls, cards and penalties back towards v663 level
- Fixed bug where marking at set pieces is too static and sometimes loose
- Fixed corner taker ignoring instructions on where to place corners
- Fixed freakishly long clearances from deep positions
- Reduced careless passes across own area at lower levels
- Stopped defenders stepping out to close down midfielder prematurely