Hello, and happy September!



Football is back! In the MyFootballNow world, we’re inching closer to making the new UI the primary version. Last month brought some great feedback, and I’m excited to share this month’s updates:

• Contract negotiations have been redone to be closer to the legacy UI. They’re back to being a modal dialog, with items rearranged and the expense category bar restored.



• Depth chart information has been restored on player cards.



• Drag-and-drop has returned to the War Room, building on the success of drag-and-drop in the depth chart.



• Fixed the issue where the War Room pick order was incorrect before being scheduled.



• Fixed an issue where, during the offseason, “players under contract” in the depth chart included expired contracts for current free agents.



• Restored “offered contracts” on player cards.



• Fixed player search results so they now sort correctly by your weights (instead of default weights).



• Fixed box score handling on defensive touchdowns.



• Fixed an error that occurred when joining a team.



• Fixed an error on team page tabs for brand-new leagues.

As always, let me know if you run into any other issues. My plan is to make the new UI the default soon—unless there’s a compelling reason to wait. After a month or two of it being the default, I’ll shut down the old UI. That will finally free me up to start working on the game engine again. But first I want to make sure nothing important has been missed in the transition.



I know many of you are eager for new engine development and features - I am too! The old UI is starting to show its age and, in some areas, it’s beginning to fall apart. That means its end of life is coming very soon. This isn’t an excuse, but a reminder of why so much effort is going into the new UI. It’s not just a visual refresh - it’s the foundation for stability, smoother updates, and the ability to add new features going forward.



Thanks so much for your patience and support!

When finished the new UI we would like to have a road map if you are able to do so.

League Awards (Player Awards) function in the new UI does not work properly. It will display the same player winning the player awards at multiple positions, even positions not played.

Working in the Depth Chart and whenever I add or remove a player to/from a position all the players at that position disappear. Requires a refresh to show them again.



Also, I know that there has been talk of restricting where we can position certain players and I have no problem with that... for the most part. Right now it's free agency in XFL and when I look for players to fill positions I always look for any player, including those outside of the position group. Sometimes you can find an overlooked gem that way. This season I found a pretty decent player who has been playing at TE, but has a better rating for C. But I can't change his position outside of the backfield or receiver corp.



Could the restrictions be lifted during free agency so we can shuffle players to where they make the most sense and reassign them to the new position? Then put the restrictions back in place once the season begins.

The commish, cjfred68 can do that by going to the new UI and changing the settings. I did it for USFL when I first heard about it.

New UI issue: Fumbles lost not displaying in the boxscore in real time; only appear in the boxscore when the game is over.

NFL League, regular season game #1, New York Jets @ Buffalo Bills.

> @ 8:03 of the 2nd quarter, Bills fumble the ball away to the Jets. Fumble lost does not record in the real time boxscore.

> @ 2:23 of the 2nd quarter, Jets fumble the ball way to the Bills. Fumble lost does not record in the real time boxscore.

> At the conclusion of the game, no fumbles appear in the real time boxscore. However, after the game has concluded, if you click on "Go To Log" and then access the boxscore link from there, the fumbles lost do appear in the boxscore.

New UI issue: Default display problem with "Show Play-by-Play" versus "Hide Play-by-Play"

Example:

> You are watching the game animation and you have the "Show Play-by-Play" feature activated. If you "Go to Log" on any given play to see which offensive / defensive plays were called, and then you click on "Return to Game" thereafter, the game changes the default to the "Hide Play-by-Play" setting.

It seems to me that the display play-by-play option should remain defaulted to whichever setting you had on last which, in this example, would be "Show Play-by-Play".