Cricket 24 - General Discussion

[gkvarma18]

Dint see any update on PS5 today.

Yes no update on PS5 yet

 

[Culmernation]

Don't think that's an official update. Nothing on the Steam depots so it's quite likely a host mandated update rather than one for the game

 

[MattW]

The thing people might have had yesterday is a Steam side update to the underlying Windows libraries Cricket 24 and a bunch of other games rely on, not a direct change to the game.

That said, today there is an update - live right now on Steam and will roll out to consoles in the coming hours, notes are as follows,

Added 2024 uniforms for Indian T20 teams
Added Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
Added custom difficulty option to Online Custom Match
Updated Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
Updated Rosters
Adjusted Online Quick Match difficulty
Improved pitch marker accuracy for wide and swing deliveries
Improved Commentary
Resolved pitch marker not appearing for late release deliveries
Resolved issues unlocking achievements
General stability improvements

Build numbers are:
Steam 3406
PS5 3409, PS4 EU 3411, PS4 US 3410
Xbox One 3407, Xbox Series 3408

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There's more detail below on those notes,

Spoiler: Full notes

Full notes

- Added 2024 uniforms for Indian T20 teams
Uniforms for the Indian T20 teams have been updated to match the new 2024 season ones. Photogrammetry sessions with the teams are upcoming and future updates will include further player visual updates.

- Added Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
The Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium has been added to the available Pakistan stadiums. Other Pakistan stadiums got some minor adjustments based on community feedback.

- Added custom difficulty option to Online Custom Match
When hosting an online custom match, you can now select from either the default difficulties, or a custom difficulty of your choice to play online. Due to requirements for network traffic, some gameplay elements will not match offline gameplay when playing online, especially in cases of higher ping between the two sides.

- Updated Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
The Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium had some renovations since the initial reference photos were taken, we have now added the roofed sections and in general made the stadium more accurate to real life.

- Updated Rosters
A pass over dozens of teams to refresh rosters and bring them up to date has been made, this includes the Indian T20 teams, as well as adjustments to various leagues such as the BBL as well as to National teams. Users who have edited these teams, such as adjusting default lineups, will not see these changes unless they reset the Academy.

- Adjusted Online Quick Match difficulty
Online custom matches previously used a difficulty which was a balance between some medium and hard elements. We have now shifted to use the standard 'Hard' difficulty for quick matches, which will be a slight increase overall.

- Improved pitch marker accuracy for wide and swing deliveries
Addressed a commonly exploited issue online where the pitch marker would show a totally incorrect landing point for deliveries that were pitched well wide or had significant swing. Pitch markers are now more accurate, with batter skill determining the exact accuracy of the displayed marker position.

- Improved Commentary
A few adjustments have been made to increase the accuracy of a number of commentary lines, and reduce some repetitiveness.

- Resolved pitch marker not appearing for late release deliveries
As with the issue relating to wide/swinging deliveries, an exploit online was to deliberately release late, which resulted in the pitch marker not appearing. This has been addressed, however in some circumstances the marker will now appear later than it would have prior to this patch. When the marker had been able to show early - such as on very easy difficulties, it would have been inaccurate, as it was appearing prior to the final position of the ball bounce being calculated.

- Resolved issues unlocking achievements
A few achievements/trophies had issues unlocking - such as requiring completing an element without simulation when that wasn't stated in the achievement description text. These have been adjusted to be unlockable as they were intended.

- General stability improvements
Numerous general bug fixes have been implemented, monitoring the bug reports that are sent in on the Big Ant support site, as well as via the console problem report functions.

 

[Kiko_97]

The thing people might have had yesterday is a Steam side update to the underlying Windows libraries Cricket 24 and a bunch of other games rely on, not a direct change to the game.

That said, today there is an update - live right now on Steam and will roll out to consoles in the coming hours, notes are as follows,

Added 2024 uniforms for Indian T20 teams
Added Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
Added custom difficulty option to Online Custom Match
Updated Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
Updated Rosters
Adjusted Online Quick Match difficulty
Improved pitch marker accuracy for wide and swing deliveries
Improved Commentary
Resolved pitch marker not appearing for late release deliveries
Resolved issues unlocking achievements
General stability improvements

Build numbers are:
Steam 3406
PS5 3409, PS4 EU 3411, PS4 US 3410
Xbox One 3407, Xbox Series 3408

----

There's more detail below on those notes,

Spoiler: Full notes

Full notes

- Added 2024 uniforms for Indian T20 teams
Uniforms for the Indian T20 teams have been updated to match the new 2024 season ones. Photogrammetry sessions with the teams are upcoming and future updates will include further player visual updates.

- Added Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
The Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium has been added to the available Pakistan stadiums. Other Pakistan stadiums got some minor adjustments based on community feedback.

- Added custom difficulty option to Online Custom Match
When hosting an online custom match, you can now select from either the default difficulties, or a custom difficulty of your choice to play online. Due to requirements for network traffic, some gameplay elements will not match offline gameplay when playing online, especially in cases of higher ping between the two sides.

- Updated Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
The Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium had some renovations since the initial reference photos were taken, we have now added the roofed sections and in general made the stadium more accurate to real life.

- Updated Rosters
A pass over dozens of teams to refresh rosters and bring them up to date has been made, this includes the Indian T20 teams, as well as adjustments to various leagues such as the BBL as well as to National teams. Users who have edited these teams, such as adjusting default lineups, will not see these changes unless they reset the Academy.

- Adjusted Online Quick Match difficulty
Online custom matches previously used a difficulty which was a balance between some medium and hard elements. We have now shifted to use the standard 'Hard' difficulty for quick matches, which will be a slight increase overall.

- Improved pitch marker accuracy for wide and swing deliveries
Addressed a commonly exploited issue online where the pitch marker would show a totally incorrect landing point for deliveries that were pitched well wide or had significant swing. Pitch markers are now more accurate, with batter skill determining the exact accuracy of the displayed marker position.

- Improved Commentary
A few adjustments have been made to increase the accuracy of a number of commentary lines, and reduce some repetitiveness.

- Resolved pitch marker not appearing for late release deliveries
As with the issue relating to wide/swinging deliveries, an exploit online was to deliberately release late, which resulted in the pitch marker not appearing. This has been addressed, however in some circumstances the marker will now appear later than it would have prior to this patch. When the marker had been able to show early - such as on very easy difficulties, it would have been inaccurate, as it was appearing prior to the final position of the ball bounce being calculated.

- Resolved issues unlocking achievements
A few achievements/trophies had issues unlocking - such as requiring completing an element without simulation when that wasn't stated in the achievement description text. These have been adjusted to be unlockable as they were intended.

- General stability improvements
Numerous general bug fixes have been implemented, monitoring the bug reports that are sent in on the Big Ant support site, as well as via the console problem report functions.

So the updated squads are for licensed sides yes? Want to avoid a full academy reset if possible by just doing the old "delete team" trick.

 

[MattW]

So the updated squads are for licensed sides yes? Want to avoid a full academy reset if possible by just doing the old "delete team" trick.

Yeah you can just delete the individual teams - but team lineups are adjusted pretty extensively, so most domestic comps and international teams were updated.

 

[jaffar100]

The thing people might have had yesterday is a Steam side update to the underlying Windows libraries Cricket 24 and a bunch of other games rely on, not a direct change to the game.

That said, today there is an update - live right now on Steam and will roll out to consoles in the coming hours, notes are as follows,

Added 2024 uniforms for Indian T20 teams
Added Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
Added custom difficulty option to Online Custom Match
Updated Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
Updated Rosters
Adjusted Online Quick Match difficulty
Improved pitch marker accuracy for wide and swing deliveries
Improved Commentary
Resolved pitch marker not appearing for late release deliveries
Resolved issues unlocking achievements
General stability improvements

Build numbers are:
Steam 3406
PS5 3409, PS4 EU 3411, PS4 US 3410
Xbox One 3407, Xbox Series 3408

----

There's more detail below on those notes,

Spoiler: Full notes

Full notes

- Added 2024 uniforms for Indian T20 teams
Uniforms for the Indian T20 teams have been updated to match the new 2024 season ones. Photogrammetry sessions with the teams are upcoming and future updates will include further player visual updates.

- Added Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
The Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium has been added to the available Pakistan stadiums. Other Pakistan stadiums got some minor adjustments based on community feedback.

- Added custom difficulty option to Online Custom Match
When hosting an online custom match, you can now select from either the default difficulties, or a custom difficulty of your choice to play online. Due to requirements for network traffic, some gameplay elements will not match offline gameplay when playing online, especially in cases of higher ping between the two sides.

- Updated Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
The Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium had some renovations since the initial reference photos were taken, we have now added the roofed sections and in general made the stadium more accurate to real life.

- Updated Rosters
A pass over dozens of teams to refresh rosters and bring them up to date has been made, this includes the Indian T20 teams, as well as adjustments to various leagues such as the BBL as well as to National teams. Users who have edited these teams, such as adjusting default lineups, will not see these changes unless they reset the Academy.

- Adjusted Online Quick Match difficulty
Online custom matches previously used a difficulty which was a balance between some medium and hard elements. We have now shifted to use the standard 'Hard' difficulty for quick matches, which will be a slight increase overall.

- Improved pitch marker accuracy for wide and swing deliveries
Addressed a commonly exploited issue online where the pitch marker would show a totally incorrect landing point for deliveries that were pitched well wide or had significant swing. Pitch markers are now more accurate, with batter skill determining the exact accuracy of the displayed marker position.

- Improved Commentary
A few adjustments have been made to increase the accuracy of a number of commentary lines, and reduce some repetitiveness.

- Resolved pitch marker not appearing for late release deliveries
As with the issue relating to wide/swinging deliveries, an exploit online was to deliberately release late, which resulted in the pitch marker not appearing. This has been addressed, however in some circumstances the marker will now appear later than it would have prior to this patch. When the marker had been able to show early - such as on very easy difficulties, it would have been inaccurate, as it was appearing prior to the final position of the ball bounce being calculated.

- Resolved issues unlocking achievements
A few achievements/trophies had issues unlocking - such as requiring completing an element without simulation when that wasn't stated in the achievement description text. These have been adjusted to be unlockable as they were intended.

- General stability improvements
Numerous general bug fixes have been implemented, monitoring the bug reports that are sent in on the Big Ant support site, as well as via the console problem report functions.

Thanks @MattW , just curious can we expect any fixes with actual gameplay improvements like keeper and fielder issue etc, or will those be addressed in the upcoming patches down the line?

 

[Kiko_97]

Yeah you can just delete the individual teams - but team lineups are adjusted pretty extensively, so most domestic comps and international teams were updated.

I've not touched most of the licensed leagues, so I've gone through the teams I could delete. Is the PSL covered in this patch at all considering that's finished now?

 

[MattW]

Thanks @MattW , just curious can we expect any fixes with actual gameplay improvements like keeper and fielder issue etc, or will those be addressed in the upcoming patches down the line?

There's more to come in patches, best channel there is to make sure that the support team are aware of the specifics, as that feedback is collated and helps to direct focus areas of future patches. A big one for this patch was working on a number of issues raised from those who play a lot online.

It's an obvious reality that we have a lot of attention on the upcoming titles, such as Tiebreak's early access process, but there's still plenty of work ongoing and planned on both Cricket 24 and AFL 23 as the other current releases, though the gaps between updates will be a little longer than they were in the launch window. I can't confirm content for future updates, just that they will exist, and not just be 'cosmetic' changes.

Is the PSL covered in this patch at all considering that's finished now?

We're still working with the PSL to get together all the elements, you'll see some of that in this patch, such as squad updates, an additional PSL stadium, but other parts will be in a further batch of work to come.

 

[gkvarma18]

Yeah you can just delete the individual teams - but team lineups are adjusted pretty extensively, so most domestic comps and international teams were updated.

Thanks MattW for the update. My only question is one which is keeping me away from the game on PS5 -- Automatic triggering of prod pull shot animation by human batter glitch, is this issue fixed or not please confirm. I have raised many tickets with different video proofs to support team

 

[Nithin Antony]

There's more to come in patches, best channel there is to make sure that the support team are aware of the specifics, as that feedback is collated and helps to direct focus areas of future patches. A big one for this patch was working on a number of issues raised from those who play a lot online.

It's an obvious reality that we have a lot of attention on the upcoming titles, such as Tiebreak's early access process, but there's still plenty of work ongoing and planned on both Cricket 24 and AFL 23 as the other current releases, though the gaps between updates will be a little longer than they were in the launch window. I can't confirm content for future updates, just that they will exist, and not just be 'cosmetic' changes.


We're still working with the PSL to get together all the elements, you'll see some of that in this patch, such as squad updates, an additional PSL stadium, but other parts will be in a further batch of work to come.

communications like this gives us a little faith that things will go in the right directions. Community isn't a noisy bunch people going for BA's throat every time. but when the gameplay is not upto the mark and then there is no updates from BA is when people get all cranky and noisy. Hope the communications part will be focused on a little more and then we can all focus on giving our feedbacks to improve the game. Communication holds the key .

 

[jaffar100]

@MattW @gkvarma18 Can someone explain, Reset the Academy means to go each of the tabs International, Indian T20 etc and click on 'Replace All with best'?

 

[Kiko_97]

There's more to come in patches, best channel there is to make sure that the support team are aware of the specifics, as that feedback is collated and helps to direct focus areas of future patches. A big one for this patch was working on a number of issues raised from those who play a lot online.

It's an obvious reality that we have a lot of attention on the upcoming titles, such as Tiebreak's early access process, but there's still plenty of work ongoing and planned on both Cricket 24 and AFL 23 as the other current releases, though the gaps between updates will be a little longer than they were in the launch window. I can't confirm content for future updates, just that they will exist, and not just be 'cosmetic' changes.


We're still working with the PSL to get together all the elements, you'll see some of that in this patch, such as squad updates, an additional PSL stadium, but other parts will be in a further batch of work to come.

Fully appreciate comms like this. As stated enough times it should be more forthcoming, it's good to know the patch cycle is still in force. Look forward to getting this update on Xbox and seeing the fixes.

Last request, anything on Rugby 24's impending release?

 

[midhun333]

Can anyone confirm the issue with special shots being fixed for Arcade controls?

 

[The Fridge's Leg-Spin]

@MattW @gkvarma18 Can someone explain, Reset the Academy means to go each of the tabs International, Indian T20 etc and click on 'Replace All with best'?

Reset the academy means go to settings and there will be an option there. It essentially means, you delete everything you've downloaded from the academy, such as players, logos, teams etc (Up to player choice) and reset the game to how it was before. This only effects the academy btw. Custom difficulties or any other settings you have are untouched.

 

[Kiko_97]

@MattW @gkvarma18 Can someone explain, Reset the Academy means to go each of the tabs International, Indian T20 etc and click on 'Replace All with best'?

Reset means going into settings > reset academy