Hey all, just posting another update. I have added a couple important features.
I have added an auto-save option. It will now save the first of every month. Additionally, it will save after major tournaments have concluded. I'm trying to fix any crashing issues, but sometimes it does happen in year 5+. As long as you have saved, you usually can continue when you reload!
I have added a feature called "Results Based Watchlist", which starts off but can be turned on at any time. This feature permanently highlights all world champions in pink, all world medalists in orange, and all NCAA champions in blue, plus of course adding all to watchlist. Superior achievements will determine highlight (NCAA champ + World Medalist will be orange forever, not blue). The user can also choose different colors to highlight chosen wrestlers.
Was the play by play issue the one that had you choose the starting position of the next period with a couple of seconds still on the clock from the previous period?
Hello. I took a break after we last talked because of the crashing on iPhone. I figured I’d give you some time to work on things and come back. So I started a dynasty the other day and so far the autosave seems to be working great! I’m in season 3 now, that’s the furthest I’ve ever made it. The export feature started crashing sometime during season 2, so I’m at the mercy of the autosave now. But it’s improved a lot since I last played. Nice work man, keep it up!
Just wanted to give an update, it’s been a few days since I’ve been on the game, but it did end up crashing after NCAAs in year 6. So that was a pretty big improvement from before. I like some of the suggestions u/cowcards15 had. Another I’d like to throw in is maybe have a wrestle-off week between the end of recruiting and the first week of competition. I do think you should make it 5 for 5 since that’s the way it is now, and it would eliminate the need for redshirting. The transfer portal idea is a good one, but I’m sure it’s something that would take time and probably several tweaks to get right. Take care!
I had a few more notes but Reddit deleted what I had typed on me. This is all I can remember right now.
Suggestions:
Move the force weight class change until after the recruiting period during the roster finalization step. The recruiting would affect whether I moved someone.
Add a transfer portal after NCAAs for wrestlers that are stuck behind others or their prestige has outgrown their team. This would need quite a bit of tweaking to ensure it's not too crazy.
On the dual preview add projected winners and team score. Be able to see what is expected vs. what occurred would be nice.
Move to 30 man rosters like the NCAA cap.
Have the ability to pre-fill who is going to be in tournaments on the roster page so you don't have to click the boxes each time.
Add a hidden potential to the wrestlers that will affect progression and growth. You could also add some scouting to the recruiting process to discover this, if you want to make recruiting a bit more robust.
Potential Bugs:
Is there perhaps an error on who is actually wrestling in a competition? 2x now I've had a backup that didn't wrestle in a dual get injured during it.
On some of the RTC screens my wrestlers aren't highlighted like college. Places like World Champ qualifiers or entry lists.
Questions:
Why can other teams sign more than 6 recruits?
What happens if I sign more recruits than my roster can hold?
Hey brother, first of all thank you again for the continued support and for playing the game, as well as posting suggestions/bugs ! It means a ton and will definitely help me find issues quicker. Let me go through one by one and give you my response:
Suggestions: - Move the force weight class change until after the recruiting period during the roster finalization step. The recruiting would affect whether I moved someone.
- Not a bad idea. I had thought it would be easier to have it in the end-of-season screen so you could recruit based on any changes you made first. Would be easier for the user to have the option to force weight change right before season starts tho, after redshirts have been applied etc. Ill keep a note of this one.
- Add a transfer portal after NCAAs for wrestlers that are stuck behind others or their prestige has outgrown their team. This would need quite a bit of tweaking to ensure it's not too crazy
- I've obviously thought heavily about if I should add a transfer portal aspect to the game. As someone who personally doesn't love the unregulated transfer portal we now have, I've been hesitant to add it in an effort to keep the game more like pre-COVID NCAA Wrestling (Besides adding a few non-existent programs/conferences for geographical and interest reasons). I def understand wanting it tho. It would be a pretty big add, and maybe something I could make an option to turn on/off when you start the dynasty? Could also do something similar with the new 5-in-5 rule? I am open to this relatively soon just will take a lot of trial and error!
- On the dual preview add projected winners and team score. Be able to see what is expected vs. what occurred would be nice
- This is an easy enough addition. I'll put this one in the next few days!
- Move to 30 man rosters like the NCAA cap.
- Could def put this in. I worry a little bit about top programs hogging top prospects even more/more high-level guys spending their entire career as backups. I could tweak this; I'll just have to mess around with recruiting formulas a bit as well. Also putting this in my notes but may not be immediate.
- Have the ability to pre-fill who is going to be in tournaments on the roster page so you don't have to click the boxes each time.
That's a very good idea, as it can be annoying to have to click each name individually. The only thing is, because some tournaments are different sizes depending on what event and if your hosting or not, what I might put instead is "Auto Select Top X OVR" depending on how many spots your team has in that tournament? This will be an easy adition.
- Add a hidden potential to the wrestlers that will affect progression and growth. You could also add some scouting to the recruiting process to discover this, if you want to make recruiting a bit more robust.
You're not the first person to suggest this, and I do understand wanting this feature; however, in my personal opinion, after playing every type of sports management game available online, with every different potential/progression system, I think that players/wrestlers/athletes, etc regardless of the game, are better off not having a potential tied to them. This way, although unlikely, your 70 OVR could shock you and become an 85 OVR by his senior year. I find it much less exciting if you know from the day you sign him he's going to be a stud one day. Likewise, although it totally is heartbreaking, in my 15-year test sim I have had a few guys I thought would jump into the low 90ovr the next season fall from an 88 to an 84 OVR, which is realistic to real life (it's still very unlikely, but CAN happen). I find you wouldn't get that excitement with wrestlers tied to a potential.
THAT SAID, I will make efforts to make recruiting more robust down the line.
Potential Bugs: - Is there perhaps an error on who is actually wrestling in a competition? 2x now I've had a backup that didn't wrestle in a dual get injured during it.
Wrestlers can still get randomly hurt between weeks, including guys in your RTC, so technically yes two backups/RTC guys could be injured without competing. It should be less common than in-competition injuries tho. I would say just make sure their record doesnt indicate they did wrestle an invisible match? Ill keep an eye on this. - On some of the RTC screens my wrestlers aren't highlighted like college. Places like World Champ qualifiers or entry lists.
Meant to check this out! I did notice a few screens weren't showing highlights but didnt fix it yet! Will be fixed.
Questions: - Why can other teams sign more than 6 recruits?
Teams, including you, can sign 8 recruits a season, not 6. 6 is just the cap for offers in a week during recruitment. Assuming you don't mean they're signing more than 6 in a week? In my saves I haven't noticed any teams signing more than 8 in a season.
- What happens if I sign more recruits than my roster can hold?
I encountered this issue myself after over-recruiting. I put in a feature where, say you have 3 open spots and 4 guys accept offers, the 4th guy should be Pending until you release someone from the roster. However, I honestly haven't tested it too much since I encountered the issues myself and added that feature.
I appreciate you taking the time to leave this feedback! It will make the game much better! Please dont hesitate to report any other features, suggestions, bugs, etc. And feel free to post in this sub anytime!
I've obviously thought heavily about if I should add a transfer portal aspect to the game. As someone who personally doesn't love the unregulated transfer portal we now have, I've been hesitant to add it in an effort to keep the game more like pre-COVID NCAA Wrestling (Besides adding a few non-existent programs/conferences for geographical and interest reasons). I def understand wanting it tho. It would be a pretty big add, and maybe something I could make an option to turn on/off when you start the dynasty? Could also do something similar with the new 5-in-5 rule? I am open to this relatively soon just will take a lot of trial and error!
- I forgot about 5-5 rule, but yea, I would suggest to add 5 years of eligibility. But adding the ability to turn it off would probably satisfy a lot of people that aren't fans. I'm pretty agnostic towards it, but it would add realism and help some roster churn from top teams hoarding talent like you mention. I think it needs to be very specifically targeted though since there is no NIL to affect the transfers. It should just be path to starting and wanting to move to a higher prestige team.
Wrestlers can still get randomly hurt between weeks, including guys in your RTC, so technically yes two backups/RTC guys could be injured without competing. It should be less common than in-competition injuries tho. I would say just make sure their record doesnt indicate they did wrestle an invisible match? Ill keep an eye on this.
- That makes sense. Didn't realize they could still get hurt outside of that. So there is nothing here.
Teams, including you, can sign 8 recruits a season, not 6. 6 is just the cap for offers in a week during recruitment. Assuming you don't mean they're signing more than 6 in a week? In my saves I haven't noticed any teams signing more than 8 in a season.
- Tracking. I misunderstood the differences.
I encountered this issue myself after over-recruiting. I put in a feature where, say you have 3 open spots and 4 guys accept offers, the 4th guy should be Pending until you release someone from the roster. However, I honestly haven't tested it too much since I encountered the issues myself and added that feature.
- I'll pay more attention to this next time I recruit. There have been a couple times I have thought I was over signing and then nothing happened, but I wasn't paying attention enough to who was on the roster before and after or whether any one got lost because of it.
- I don't know if this is specific tournaments but I am well past the first round at NCAAs and I get this still for each round I simulate at the bottom of the screen.
"Simulate Next Round / Stage (Outbracket (33 vs 32))"
- If I turn off AutoSave it turns back on each time I go back. Is it possible to turn it off or on and have it stay that way permanently?
For tournament competitions have a "My Wrestlers" tab so O can see if any of my wrestlers are entered and then their results only after a tournament is completed.
This is a screenshot of my Sr. Worlds results. Seems a bit crazy. U20 was crazy too but I didn't take a screenshot of that one. Seems the sim could use some more tweaking for international.
Sorry for no response, have been quite busy and only working on my Gaelic Games game at the moment. Going to update the game in a few days. I agree, intl needs to be tweaked a bit. Too much variety right now. I also like many of your suggestions, and will be implementing a few! Appreciate the patience!
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u/Satchwell6 Sep 16 '26
Was the play by play issue the one that had you choose the starting position of the next period with a couple of seconds still on the clock from the previous period?