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Easter holidays

Bubbles, FC Sunnyvale Developer 11 April 2014, 15:26

Easter is coming up next week, and that means we'll be on holiday all week. This also means that there won't be a blog post next week.

Server issues today

If you were on the site earlier today, you probably encountered a few "Bad Gateway" errors. This happened because some of the servers ran poorly after we had been tinkering down in the engine room. The problem was found and corrected, and the servers are now running fine again.

Substitutions

Last week, we corrected a bug that meant the system wouldn't always choose the best substitute when a player was injured during a match.

As I mentioned, that fix ONLY applied for substitutions made DURING a match. Substitutions made ​​at the start of a match due to existing injuries or suspensions use different routine to find a suitable player, and were therefore not covered by last week's patch.

This week we've been examining the other replacement routine and found that it also needed some fixing in order for it to always pick the optimal replacement. The fix in this case was quite a bit more more complicated, especially since we wanted to make sure that the two routines use exactly the same algorithm in the future.

Since the fix is ​​quite complicated, and because we don't want to risk something breaking while we are not at the office, we won't upload it until after Easter. In the meantime, we recommend that you keep an eye on players who are injured or suspended - as well as players who leave your club - and make sure you pick the best substitute for them yourself.

Happy Easter

That's all for today. Have a happy Easter!