UPDATE HIGHLIGHT:

CO-OP

PARTY MODE

TECHNICAL RELEASE NOTES:

GAMEPLAY IMPROVEMENTS:

• Offside rule! (necessary for Co-op).
• Replay for offside.
• Kick forces are balanced (the players kick more powerful than before when charging).
• Minimum speed, rotation and acceleration increased for players with zero stats.
• Goalkeeper crouch and forward diving to get the ball from the opponent.
• Traditional style controls and PCS style controls help screens.
• Controllers settings can be accessed for the options, pre-match screen and in game.
• Controllers settings and gameplay options can be configured for each controller.
• Difficulty levels (easy / normal / hard).
• The game asks for difficulty and control style the first time it is run (can be changed in the settings).
• AI improvement to avoid players to stand still for a long time.
• AI improved when running with the ball and must kick to the goal (most advanced player).
• Balanced the marking / dribbling resolution when fighting for the ball.
• Goalkeeper AI can walk with the ball in hands before passing or kicking.
• The players with zero stats now have more control of the ball.
• Wind force reduced.

OTHER IMPROVEMENTS:

• Player size was increased a bit to improve readability of team colors.
• Snow weather now looks better.
• Improved the visuals of the snow/rain/storm weathers.
• De-saturation of the field to help readability of team colors.
• Australia & Wales included in the Global Cup.
• Changed the controls preview pre-match screen to display an image of one of the connected joysticks and its currently selected control setup and corresponding glyph.
• Added animations for camera-folk looking north.
• Added a button within joystick configuration that opens the Steam controller config directly.
• Changed the random tournaments option to not be random by default. Instead tournaments will start with their predefined brackets and participants.
• Added a build number display at the Main Menu for easy identification of current release version, specially on gameplay videos you use to report bugs.
• Changed the in-game HUD to accommodate for Co-Op player indicators, names, stamina bar, etc...
• Changed colors code for the Locked and Unavailable icons at the skills menu.
• Implemented the Offside Law and immediate camera replay for offside.
• Implemented a choice to start your subsequent career slots without the Situations mechanic. You can also disable the situations for an existing career save slot. Beware that this cannot be re-activated once disabled.
• Changed the looks of the input text fields.

BALANCE IMPROVEMENTS:

• Changed the initial career players skills: Now up to 9 players in your roster will start with a Ball Control skill and there is a 70% chance that for all 30 players that they will also have one of the nine 0-stars skills.
• Implemented a new difficulty selection screen at game start. This gives you the choice for three presets that can tailor your game experience to match your expertise with soccer games.
• Front slide tackle foul/yellow cards balance (less chances of foul).
• Goalkeeper reaction time balance (more saves if kick from a far position).
• Fast kick (kick button tap) now kicks the ball high only in the defensive half of the pitch.

BUG-FIXES:

• Solved the kick off bug, preventing starting the game.
• Fixed a bug causing the kick particle to remain visible.
• Fixed a bug that caused some Back buttons to return two menu levels back instead of one.
• Fixed a bug that caused the speed of the texts at the How To Play screens to change with the render frame rate.

DISCLAIMER: