Front Office Football Nine Documentation

The 9.0f update was released on March 16, 2024.

• In overtime during the playoffs, the game does not try and process the extra point after a touchdown on the first possession. This leads to a second free play from the two-yard line and an immediate end to the game.

• Home field advantage is not always eliminated for neutral-site games.

• If the coach has called to spike the ball, the quarterback still has the opportunity to call a pass to a secondary receiver.

• When replacing players in three of the four goal-line defensive alignments, one of the position markers is duplicated, which will cause the replacement to go into two positions at one time.

• There's an issue with one of the schedule rotations with the 28-team league structure. The final week of games is ignored.

• There is some minor work done to protect against a crash within the simulation when multiple players are injured. This might not solve the reported issue - the code in question shouldn't be hit that way regardless.

• A confirmation is required when trying to start a new universe when another universe is open.

• When holding the first pick during the Amateur Draft, the draft should start with the progress button referencing the pick itself rather than asking you to begin the draft.

• Protection was added trying to prevent saving a universe in an unstable state when exiting the game without warning under various conditions. Regardless, universes can still be corrupted if using the task manager to exit while the autosave option is checked.

• A few penalties on the defense on punts and field-goal attempts needed to be added to the list of penalties which extend a game to an untimed play if committed on the last play of a half.

• The ability to reactivate a player from injured reserve after four weeks should count playoff weeks as well as regular-season weeks.

• On the Roster screen, if a player is unsigned with more than three years of experience, he should be included in the Free Agency view as well as that team's view. Roster Status on Player cards for all unsigned players was changed to “Unsigned”.

• Saved games can continue.

• For those who are working on customization, please remember to back up all your work.

• This version updates the schedule file 28_6_16_schedule.csv. This will not affect saved games. An existing universe using the 28-team format can continue and will used the fixed format for future seasons.

• Steam updates should not touch other .csv files, but we can't guarantee that.

Your installation of Front Office Football Nine will automatically update on its own. If you go into the Steam app's Library and right-click on the game and examine Properties, you can change the priority for Updates. There's a line at the bottom of this screen that tells you when your game was last updated.

You can also view the Credits screen in the League Menu within the game. This screen shows the game's version. This update is version 9.0f.