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Q237734: NFL Fever 2000: Unable to Add Plays to Playbook During Season

Article: Q237734
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbui kbimu msgame
Last Modified: 22-SEP-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft NFL Fever 2000, version 1.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you add new plays to a team's playbook in Microsoft NFL Fever 2000, the
plays may not appear in the play picker when you play a game.

NOTE: The new plays are available when you play a Practice.

CAUSE
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This behavior occurs if you add the new plays after you begin a season.

RESOLUTION
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To prevent this issue from occurring, add the new plays that you want to use
during a season to a team's playbook before you begin a season.

To work around this issue, use the following methods in the order in which they
are presented.

Delete All of Your Saved Games
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To delete all of your saved games:

1. Start NFL Fever 2000.

2. On the Main screen, click Loaded Saved.

3. Click Single.

4. Click the title of any game in the list of saved games, click Delete, and
  then click Yes.

5. Repeat step 4 until you delete all of the saved games.

6. Click Cancel to close the Loaded Saved Game window.

7. Click Season.

8. Repeat steps 4 through 6.

9. Click Playoff.

10. Repeat steps 4 through 6.

Create and Add the New Plays That You Want to Use
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To create and add a new play:

1. On the Main screen, click Manager.

2. Click Playbook Manager.

3. Click to select the team you want, and then click New Play.

4. Under Formation, click to select the Formation you want.

5. Under Sub Formation, click to select the Sub Formation you want.

6. Right-click the quarterback icon, and then click to select the quarterback's
  action.

7. Right-click either a backfield or a receiver player icon, and then click the
  circle that terminates the path you want that player to take.

8. Repeat step 7 until the path for each backfield and receiver player is
  selected.

9. Click Save Play.

10. Type the name of the play in the Play Name box.

11. Click OK, click Close, and then click Close again.

12. Click Main to return to the Main screen.

NOTE: If you want to create and add new plays to more than one team's playbook,
you must repeat these steps for each team.

Start a New Season
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To start a new season:

1. On the Main screen, click New Season.

2. Under Difficulty, click to select Rookie, Veteran, or All Pro.

3. Under "Length of Quarter," click to select 3, 5, 10, or 15.

4. Under Schedule, click to select Random or NFL 99.

5. Click Create Season.

6. Click Main to return to the Main screen, or click Kickoff to start the first
  game of the season.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft NFL Fever 2000,
version 1.0.

Additional query words: 1.00 msgame nflfever nfl2k football missing not available

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Keywords          : kbui kbimu msgame 
Technology        : kbGamesSearch kbNFLFever2000 kbNFLSearch kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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