The Gaffovski

In the latest versions, we can already see the ball "up in the air" with the shadow underneath. The players have shadows too but you do not see the player icons "jump".

I was wondering if it wouldn't be too hard a job for the programmers to make the players jump as well?

Picture it in your mind, and tell me if that simple addition wouldn't make watching games more fun. You could then tell if a striker has headed the ball into the net, for example, and in general would make the matches look even more "alive", whilst still retaining the bird's eye perspective that FM employs (which I personally prefer instead of 3-D, since it's a tactical game not a joystick action game).

What do others think?

Caleyjag

I thought they did jump? At least that's what I think I see - the players circles get bigger as they go for headers.

Not often, but occasionally that's what happens.

willz71172

Caley...you been playing fm08 when u have had drink in you seeing players jump.

Bongo-Bongo

I'm pretty sure this use to happen. When the player jumped, the blob got slightly bigger, when he was on the ground, it got smaller. Never understood why this was removed TBH.

Caleyjag

See!!!! See!!! Bongo-Bongo agrees with me.

Drunk indeed. HUMPH! I've been on Irn Bru all weekend.

The Gaffovski

Hi, I just played a match to double-check, and no the circles do not bigger. I'm playing the 8.0.2 version.

megafan2005

trust me they do anichebe just scored for me and i aint been drinking

The Gaffovski

Hi Megafan, let's see if we can understand each other... I can trust that on your game they do, but you have to trust on my game they don't.

Maybe there's an issue somewhere then, as some people apparently do have the circles getting bigger and others don't.