I don't edit graphics, I only create my own custom database files. Therefore I don't use Jenkey's tools. Sorry I can't help you with graphics editing, but someone at soccergaming can help you with that I'm sure.
To me CPU cheating (call it as you want, to me what I point down here are cheats) is pretty obvious based in the following points:
PSYCHIC POWERS
They can predict the trajectory of the ball with perfect precision at the very nanosecond a player touches it. To make it clear, the CPU AI is not PREDICTING AT ALL where the ball is going, they simply KNOW where it will go exactly at all times, as if they were asking the engine the X,Y,Z coordinates of the ball. This is specially excruciating when in tight situations you can see a defender changing drastically it's path towards the perfect landing point the very same moment the ball is rebounding on someone. Psychic powers. Totally unfair. Make the AI predict the trajectory as if they were watchingt the ball, and if you can't because there's not enough CPU, then throw a bit of "human" delay to the reactions. Or... just use the REACTIONS stat of the player, that should be there for a reason, not only online.
They also can perfectly read your movements in real time. That's why CPU players will perfectly avoid your sliding tackle in certain situations, no matter the stats they have. If you go to replay you will see perfectly that the CPU player starts the dribbling/avoiding movement the very moment you pressed the button to do the slide tackle. Both movement are then perform in such a synchronized way that is hilarious. This is because, again, CPU isn't predicting anything based on what it sees, it just reads the inputs of the engine in realtime and reacts accordingly. Again, this should be eased out and leaving it like this is just a lazy and cheap attempt of creating artificial difficulty, because CPU knows perfectly what you will do the very moment you do anything. They should have stats impact a lot more all this decision "understanding" by the players.
NOT EXACTLY THE SAME PHYSICS RULES
The CPU doesn't always follow the same rules of physics that my players do. Countless times I've seen the CPU player doing hilariopus turns with instant maximum acceleration that you couldn't achieve with your players. In the Fifa 14 demo, I dribbled Hummels with Messi and knocked the ball ahead while passing him. To my surprise, Hummels did an hilarious backwards-totally accelerated 180º turn, caught Messi and pushed him from behind. Things like that happen now and then and are completely bollocks because there's no way I can do that with my players, it's impossible. And it happens because when pushed to the limit, the CPU has some kind of "allowance" to break free from some physical constraints that my players can't break.
STATS BOOSTING
They get boosting of stats when needed (near 45 or 90 minutes, for exmaple, or in an important match or when you're too ahead in the league and the CPU decides it must be a difficult match). Having players like Iniesta pushing Toure from behind or winning headers it's a bit embarrassing, and definitely a cheat, as the CPU is receiving an extra boost that is out of the rules. I know it's difficult to program decent AI without resorting to things like this. But there are limits and they don't even try doing it decently. It's stupid to be dominating a team for 85 minutes, then all of a suddent they become stronger and faster. Trying to impact the flow of the game "from outside" is something I just can't stand, it breaks inmersion and generates a fustration that makes me feel tired of the game. To me the challenge is playing good, beautiful and realistic football, not having to endure the god mode when it fires.
I can accept boosting of the CPU stats a bit to simulate difficult or rivalry matches, but only if the stats are the same through all the game. But boosting stats like speed and strength DURING a match should be out of the equation, because it's done only to balance the result, it doesn't take into account nothing that happened in the match. The engine simply decides it's time to pressure and that's it. Shallow experience due to cheap programming.
ZOMBIFICATION OF YOUR TEAM/PLAYERS
And last of all, and worse of all. The "downgrading" of my own players they do when necessary. I think I've tried all the good goalkeepers in the world in the last 5 or 6 Fifa. I've never felt my goalkeeper was better than my opponent goalkeeper. To make it clear, no matter who you sign, your goalkeeper is always underperforming and will always parry the ball to the feet of an oncoming striker or simply not reaching it. The story is always the same, I shoot 20 times and the opponent goalkeeper is like godly, a bloody spider that can block and stop almost everything. My goalkeeper won't save practically anything remarkable. And will parry the ball all the time. You are tempted to buy that incredible goalkeeper that costed you 2 points. But it's not necessary, because the CPU will transform it into an idiot. I even signed the worse goalkeeper I found and after 2 months the average of goals allowed was exactly the same than with Valdes, Neuer, Ter Stegen and Cech. Now, in certain situations the game does exactly the same to your players NO MATTER WHAT YOU DID during or before the match. You are playing great, then at the 80th minute your team turns into zombies, even if their stamina stats are much higher than the opponent and you hardly run during the match. In this case, it's scripting leading to a lowering of the stats of your players. So, it's a cheat.
I know both games use them at some degree and there's not enough CPU to get rid of them and have real AI in place, but there are decent ways to do it, and the way Fifa has gone during this generation has degraded the game too much. At least for me. Playing the AI now feels a collection of those things to achieve a certain level of difficulty, diregarding stats and other variables. This route has clearly put Fifa in the situation of having a linear, repetitive and mechanic single player experience, becasue this "cheats" (call it as you want) are an integral part of the definition of how the CPU plays.
And that's the feeling me and a lot of other veteran players feel of the single player experience, that the CPU is more based in a player-situation focused model rather than having a sandbox and let the stats do their work.
Yep worked for me last year. Don't turn off your console or FIFA game for that matter. Always leave it on. Hopefully it will work again this year.
maybe next year it will be back.
Been glued to PES demo went back to this played a match could not play no more this game brings me 0 excitement.
Cant believe im saying this but i lost my love for Fifa now
Great explanation with #2, I've never thought of it like that but you're quite probably right.
.2 days testing of 14 DEMO.
I will never play this game again, too slow, gameplay is hell, players movement is tragedy, too many nice goals, not possible shots, etc. I dont see one thing which is positive. For me FIFA13 was masterpiece, now EA try to do PES from Fifa? I dont know. Another year of playing FIFA13 - or maybe it is chance that EA will release full FIFA14 as FIFA13.1 (almost the same gameplay and all squads/kits/etc. updated).
For me slow FIFA14 is a killer for this series. Fast FIFA13 gameplay was the best game ever - and I will play it now and next weeks.
When I play FIFA14 I dont want next matches, when I start FIFA13 I cant see when 7 hours passed.
14demo is barca style game (a lot of passes, slow actions), FIFA13 is EPL style footbal, much faster - and also giving us a lot of fun in playing football game.
Thank you for attention
2 days testing of 14 DEMO.
I will never play this game again, too slow, gameplay is hell, players movement is tragedy, too many nice goals, not possible shots, etc. I dont see one thing which is positive. For me FIFA13 was masterpiece, now EA try to do PES from Fifa? I dont know. Another year of playing FIFA13 - or maybe it is chance that EA will release full FIFA14 as FIFA13.1 (almost the same gameplay and all squads/kits/etc. updated).
For me slow FIFA14 is a killer for this series. Fast FIFA13 gameplay was the best game ever - and I will play it now and next weeks.
When I play FIFA14 I dont want next matches, when I start FIFA13 I cant see when 7 hours passed.
14demo is barca style game (a lot of passes, slow actions), FIFA13 is EPL style footbal, much faster - and also giving us a lot of fun in playing football game.
Thank you for attention
2 days testing of 14 DEMO.
I will never play this game again, too slow, gameplay is hell, players movement is tragedy, too many nice goals, not possible shots, etc. I dont see one thing which is positive. For me FIFA13 was masterpiece, now EA try to do PES from Fifa? I dont know. Another year of playing FIFA13 - or maybe it is chance that EA will release full FIFA14 as FIFA13.1 (almost the same gameplay and all squads/kits/etc. updated).
For me slow FIFA14 is a killer for this series. Fast FIFA13 gameplay was the best game ever - and I will play it now and next weeks.
When I play FIFA14 I dont want next matches, when I start FIFA13 I cant see when 7 hours passed.
14demo is barca style game (a lot of passes, slow actions), FIFA13 is EPL style footbal, much faster - and also giving us a lot of fun in playing football game.
Thank you for attention
If this kind of paceabuser won't be present in FIFA 14, I'll be happy.2 days testing of 14 DEMO.
I will never play this game again, too slow, gameplay is hell, players movement is tragedy, too many nice goals, not possible shots, etc. I dont see one thing which is positive. For me FIFA13 was masterpiece, now EA try to do PES from Fifa? I dont know. Another year of playing FIFA13 - or maybe it is chance that EA will release full FIFA14 as FIFA13.1 (almost the same gameplay and all squads/kits/etc. updated).
For me slow FIFA14 is a killer for this series. Fast FIFA13 gameplay was the best game ever - and I will play it now and next weeks.
When I play FIFA14 I dont want next matches, when I start FIFA13 I cant see when 7 hours passed.
14demo is barca style game (a lot of passes, slow actions), FIFA13 is EPL style footbal, much faster - and also giving us a lot of fun in playing football game.
Thank you for attention
2 days testing of 14 DEMO.
I will never play this game again, too slow, gameplay is hell, players movement is tragedy, too many nice goals, not possible shots, etc. I dont see one thing which is positive. For me FIFA13 was masterpiece, now EA try to do PES from Fifa? I dont know. Another year of playing FIFA13 - or maybe it is chance that EA will release full FIFA14 as FIFA13.1 (almost the same gameplay and all squads/kits/etc. updated).
For me slow FIFA14 is a killer for this series. Fast FIFA13 gameplay was the best game ever - and I will play it now and next weeks.
When I play FIFA14 I dont want next matches, when I start FIFA13 I cant see when 7 hours passed.
14demo is barca style game (a lot of passes, slow actions), FIFA13 is EPL style footbal, much faster - and also giving us a lot of fun in playing football game.
Thank you for attention
