FIFA 19 patch notes for PS4, Xbox One and more reveal FUT fixes and updates to career mode
FIFA 19 has only been out a few days, and EA has already patched it to fix some bugs and address some concerns.
The patch is currently being tested on PC and is expected to hit consoles any day now.
The changes are mostly dealing with things outside matches as the FIFA 19 development team is "planning on limiting changes to Gameplay... in an effort to keep the balance and feel of the game consistent."
That having been said, shooting and free kicks are getting tweaks.
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EA has fixed a problem that meant the power bar for free kicks was "incorrectly going to 100% when the player had requested less power," and also addressed an issue when players were trying to shoot with power but ended up with a side-foot tap instead.
Career mode updates include removing the Driven Pass, Acrobatic Clearance, Diving Header,Fancy Flicks and GK Up For Corners traits entirely "as they no longer had an in-game function."
The patch will also fix a number of transfer issues, including some being rejected "due to incorrect budget calculations".
News feed problems have been addressed, so Player of the Month awards and player swaps should be properly reported.
Petr Cech has also been given a tie and had his scrum hat removed to give him an extra edge in contract negotiations.
Fifa Ultimate Team fixes include some situations were a fourth reward wasn't showing up in Rivals, errors involving item swapping and coin balances not updating properly.
FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) fixes in full
Addressed the following issues:
- In Rivals, some reward options contain four rewards but only three were displaying in the front end.
- This was a visual issue only, players selecting these rewards receivedall of the appropriate rewards.
- Trying to swap duplicate items from the New Items screen would sometimes cause an error message to appear and/or display an undefined Item image.
- FUT Coin balances were sometimes not visually updating properly when a player was outbid on an Item on the FUT Transfer Market.
- This was a visual issue only and had no impact on a player's FUT Coin balance.
- Stability issue that would sometimes occur in FUT Single Player Seasons if the player had forfeited the previous match.
- Squad Building Challenge rewards that provided a FUT Item required logging in and out of FUT before you could claim them.
- Visual issue where a player would sometimes disappear during a pack opening walkout animation.
- Some walkout animations were causing the player to warp into place.
- The country graphic displayed in Squad Battles for a Squad from India were incorrect.
- The Rivals post-match Weekly Score summary was displaying oddly if the player's Rank had changed while they were playing the previous match.
Other problems such as players disappearing and warping to location have also been addressed, according to the notes.
Skill Games should work first time now after a bug stopped a player's Individual Attributes loading properly loading first time was squished.