FIFA 21 Update 1.05 patch notes
- Start
- When viewing reruns during a match played with the artificial turf turned on, some kits were not displaying correctly.
- Inconsistent capitalization of some player names.
- When selecting a VOLTA FOOTBALL 5v5 Kick Off match, the Miami and New York stadiums were not properly available.
- FIFA Ultimate Team
- Added the ability to see all position modifiers possessed when applying a position modifier consumable to a selected player item.
- Added a shortcut to transfer targets to the Squad Transfer Market screen.
- Added a UI flag to note which kit is already selected in the Stadium Customization Match Kit.
- After using Buy Now on an item in the Transfer Marketplace and selecting the item attribution option, the player was incorrectly sent to a limited version of the Transfer Marketplace page on which the item was won.
- When attempting to return to the first option on the Playback menu, after scrolling to the last one, the first pair of options would get stuck off the screen.
- When exchanging player items on the Squad Transfer Market screen after adjusting a bid in the radial menu, the option to create an offer has lost functionality.
- After scoring a goal, the FUT player item that displays on the pitch was sometimes missing letters and / or numbers.
- When a player item was selected on the team screen and the player moved to the club screen, using the preview selection would cause the originally selected player item to be deselected.
- After completing a team building challenge with an item reward in FUT, the player was not taken directly to the New Items screen.
- On-screen items that appeared after completing a team building challenge did not play at the correct speed.
- In co-op team battles, the captain would see the second player's club badge in the Pause menu instead of the opposing team's.
- The lens screens were displayed at a slower rate than expected.
- The club badge was displayed as a gray placeholder image on the pre-game solo draft screen.
- Practice Celebration displayed incorrect preview animation in the Customize Stadium screen.
- Division Rivals placement progression gained in Squad Battles was not showing in the Division Rivals menu.
- In the Co-Op lobby, the selected mode sometimes took longer than expected to load.
- A stability issue could sometimes occur when registering a Tifo in the Customize stadium menu.
- When a Co-Op invitation was accepted by a player who is not a mutual friend, the player who accepted was removed from FUT.
- After scoring a goal, the FUT player item that displays on the pitch sometimes has additional text below it.
- No image was present when claiming the Division Rivals rewards.
- Updated incorrect button captions on the Team Objective screen.
- Instances of deactivation of the stadium lighting when browsing the menus.
- In some cases, rare items would be too bright when selected on the transfer market.
- Fixed some co-op stability issues that could occasionally occur.
- Various improvements to certain celebrations and pack release animations.
- Addressed a rare desynchronization issue when playing Co-op Team Battles.
- Update the screen feed after redeeming a Coin Boost.
- Removed the caption for the Co-op End of Session button for single player players.
- Fixed cases where some attributes were different between FIFA players and FUT player items.
- Updated several button captions in several menus.
- After using the Compare Prices option on a transfer market item, bids cannot be properly adjusted by the player.
- gameplay
- Increased the difficulty of Competitor mode.
- This change has the most impact when the processor AI is defending against counterattacks,
- Competitor mode is present for the Legendary and Ultimate difficulty levels.
- This change has the most impact when the processor AI is defending against counterattacks,
- Reduced the time it takes for a player to recover from a block animation.
- Contextual Agile Dribbling now maintains a slightly longer distance to the opponent to improve handling.
- Slowing down of the Elastico skill.
- The impact of this change is most noticeable when the Elastico is chained multiple times.
- Increased the difficulty of Competitor mode.
- After a directed execution, body feints and imitations are disabled for some frames of the animation to avoid button conflicts.
Resolved the following issues:
- After a directed execution, body feints and imitations are disabled for some frames of the animation to avoid button conflicts.
- Player Lock remained true to a player for the duration of a match if the setting was disabled while in use during a match.
- In some situations, when a request was made to shoot from inside the box, the request would rarely result in a tackle.
- When using the automatic position while playing as a goalkeeper, the goalkeeper continuously made movements and lost stamina.
- Through passes would sometimes result in a short pass in inappropriate situations.
- Sometimes a player would hit the ball to the ground during a cross which resulted in a bad cross attempt.
- Entries required for an instant hard tackle should now be pressed within a shorter amount of time, in order to avoid a button conflict with the secondary container.
- Improved the logic for determining when the player requests a Jockey for a Shoulder Challenge or Seal.
- Fixed a few instances of a missed ball hit during a Strafe or Agile Dribble.
- Sometimes a requested clearance would cause the ball to travel in an unintended direction.
- In some cases, players unnecessarily performed a stretch animation.
- Adjusted receiver selection for direct passes, to achieve more desirable receiver targets.
- Rarely, during a cross request, the correct receiver was not targeted, causing the ball to go out of bounds.
- Improved touches during a skill move when the ball carrier is physically challenged by the opponent.
- In rare situations following a deflection, the ball could get stuck in the goal frame.
- In some situations, a requested pass would not occur when the ball carrier and the opponent were physically arguing.
- The ball would sometimes have an unrealistic vertical trajectory in situations where two players were fighting for a header.
- A player's arm can sometimes get stuck in a goal after falling inside.
- Sometimes the following skill moves are not consistently performed as requested:
- Flick hat.
- Step Overs while standing.
- The combination of ball rolling in the scoop turn.
- Sometimes skill moves weren't executed if they were called in immediately after the ball carrier had finished turning.
- Flicking the right stick during the ball receiving process would sometimes cause the next skill move request to go unresponsive.
- Sometimes players did not follow the optimal running lane when approaching the ball for a shot or pass resulting in unresponsive action.
- Fixed some instances where the player would run on the ball before performing a requested cross, resulting in an unanswered action.
- Career mode
- Added Hungary, Bulgaria and Iceland to the Youth Scouting map.
- The captain sometimes complained about losing his captain's position when resting for a cup match.
- Fixed a grammatical error when negotiating with players.
- The text would overlap on the development tile for players with a nickname.
- Removed the non-functional D-Pad Tactics UI from Player Career mode because it was causing button conflicts.
- When editing the manager, some hair accessories sometimes did not display a thumbnail image.
- Improved the intense lighting of the game that can occur when entering a match from the interactive match simulation.
- After transferring a player's roster and delegating the renewal of their contract, the player could not be removed from the transfer roster.
- Fixed some instances of development plans not appearing to be completed despite sufficient time.
- Some council goals were not being properly progressed during preseason tournaments.
- Addressed stability issues that could rarely occur during post-match interviews.
- Adjusted the color of the team ranking star when replacing teams in the UEFA Europa League.
- Fixed various visual menu issues only.
- On some occasions, the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League competition brand remained on the menus after being accessed through the calendar or the weekly schedule.
- Contractual delegations were not using the correct negotiating logic.
- Fixed some cases of Bundesliga aircraft congestion.
- A club's default captain was indicated by a UI element on the Interactive Match Sim Fitness and Notes screens instead of the currently selected captain.
- Improved the transition between trading scenes and the menu.
- Improved lighting in some trading scenes.
- The players sometimes asked for contract renewals when they had already signed a contact that same season.
- Sometimes the wrong team name was displayed on the News tile.
- Salary caps did not increase when the team controlled by the manager was promoted.
- Disconnecting the controller would not pause the match in the Interactive Match Sim.
- When playing as a goalie in Player Career, AI teammates played at Legendary difficulty even when a lower level was selected.
- After entering the match through the interactive Sim, with controllers assigned to each side, a controller disconnection resulted in the corresponding team being deactivated.
- Addressed a rare stability issue in player careers.
- The players recently transferred to the club could not be loaned.
- Sometimes the in-game group celebrations did not go as requested.
- Fixed incorrect selection of referees in preseason tournaments.
- Various stability improvements.
- Professional clubs
- Text-to-speech did not work properly in Pro Clubs matches.
- In Pro Clubs, the Pitch and Kits preview was missing from the Tactics tile when using Arabic.
- The default players in the LF and RF positions had an OVR of 75 instead of 80 when using the 3-4-2-1 formation.
- After completing a match and selecting Play Next Match, the available skill points were not visible on the Match Search screen.
- The 2D player's portrait was not showing on the Match Facts screen.
- Improved lighting in Pro Clubs matches.
- Football Volta
- Music is now playing during matches played in the VOLTA STADIUM.
- When a new Featured Battles event starts while the player is already in the Featured Battles menu, the player will be taken to the main menu and will receive a message explaining that the new event has started.
- Added an indicator to the screen while Drop-In matchmaking is in progress.
- The menu was briefly active while searching for a Drop-In match.
- VOLTA COINS were not showing in the Gear Up menu when accessed through Squad Management.
- In some places the AP host and the music were too quiet.
- The overall Player Growth UI was not sized correctly on post-match screens.
- Sometimes the same objective would show multiple times on the milestone progress screen after the match is over.
- Sometimes the menu would display incorrect button captions and grayed out options after disconnecting from the controller.
- Updated the placeholder image that was present when hovering Mbappé in a match hall.
- The novice defense skill game would get stuck in an endless loop if the ball went out of bounds.
- Fixed a stability issue that could sometimes occur during a Featured Battles match.
- During a celebration, an AI teammate would sometimes move erratically.
- In the Net Flicks skill set, the player-controlled Avatar would perform an automatic pass on the first attempt after retrying.
- In the Net Flicks skill game, an AI player would sometimes prevent the skill game from completing by moving the ball to an offside area.
- Controls conflicts on mouse and keyboard controls after using the one-button option.
- The event timer now displays days instead of hours, if applicable.
- After finding a potential team match, players would sometimes receive an "Unable to set up match" error message.
- Sometimes players would see a "Failed to Join Match" error message when trying to enter a squad match lobby.
- Audio, visual and general
- Addition of 1 Manager Star Head.
- This will only be available after a server update.
- Updated some broadcast packages, kits, stadiums, stages and audio.
- Sometimes the menu music did not play after a package in the online seasons.
- Addressed an issue that caused visual corruption in a pre-match scene that impacted Liverpool during a match at Anfield.
- Addressed an issue where squares were displayed on the player performance screen found in a match pause menu.
- A player in the background would sometimes shake when reserving scenes.
- Sometimes goalkeeper animations would visually get corrupted for a few frames of the animation when saving, this was only visual.
- Sometimes the transition animations between falling and landing would get corrupted during a few frames of the animation, this was only visual.
- Addressed issues related to the iconic celebration of Alvaro Morata.
- Various stability improvements.
- Addition of 1 Manager Star Head.
For more information on this update, visit the official FIFA 21 Trello board.