Why do the players disappear when one lot of action finishes

In a match, watching key action only, after one section of action finishes, all the players disappear, leaving a completely empty pitch, then reappear for the next highlight. The crowd all stay throughout though.

Its not a problem, but where do they go? It reminds me a bit of Field of Dreams, these phantom players just appearing out of the ether...strange imo. Is it just me who has this or is it the new style?

Same here, dunno why that is. Maybe due to the new engine?

You're watching highlights rather than the whole match. The match action is computed by the game whilst the match loads and then what you watch is the computer playing back through it. There's a pause between each highlight and nothing to show. Does it make much difference if the players stay paused or disappear?

If you watch the full match the players do not disappear.

I realise it's because of the pause between highlights, but it's a departure from previous games. I definitely preferred them staying in the same place as in the last highlight rather than disappearing and leaving a blank pitch- I realise it's not a problem, I just don't like it. I think maybe because I feel it disrupts the flow and makes you feel more dissociated from the action and I definitely can't watch the whole match every time.

I realise it's because of the pause between highlights, but it's a departure from previous games. I definitely preferred them staying in the same place as in the last highlight rather than disappearing and leaving a blank pitch- I realise it's not a problem, I just don't like it. I think maybe because I feel it disrupts the flow and makes you feel more dissociated from the action and I definitely can't watch the whole match every time.

What flow? Disassociated from the action? You're watching key highlights.

I'm not trying to say I'm better than that, or anything like that, but I don't see how you can say that it disrupts the flow of the game when you are playing ti at almost it's most basic, fastest speed.

Much better now, I hated it when they just stood still.

It's a feature, not a bug

It's something they've fixed, rather than broken.

Works much better.

It looked a bit weird at first but I like it now.

This bugs me a bit. In the old days I used to set a match day up so that I was looking at a split view of the league table and my player ratings, with key highlights. When a highlight was shown, it switched from the split view to the pitch, showed me the highlight, then switched back to the split view, then showed me another highlight, then it switched back to the split view etc. Will it not do that now?

It's an unnecessary effect that just makes the game feel slower. You guys have some weird logic trying to justify this. When I watch a highlight on youtube or tv, do the players fade in?

Another amazingly thought out thread (NOT!), rough week for FM'ers......It is obviously a new effect and it is quite classy I thought. Thanks SI...

Personally, I like it a lot better with the players disappearing between highlights. Before it looked weird when the subsequent highlight was in a different part of the pitch.

It looks fb.

Looks so much better now, well done SI.

And to the person who said the highlights were generated as the game loaded - what ********.

If you have a match without much key action, you're looking at a completely empty pitch (just grass) for a lot of the game. I don't understand how that can be so popular, it does seem really odd to me.

If you have a match without much key action, you're looking at a completely empty pitch (just grass) for a lot of the game. I don't understand how that can be so popular, it does seem really odd to me.

The game was popular when all we had to look at for 90 minutes was a text box and a bar indicating attacking possession in the last 5 minutes.

Kids today have no idea.

Scottie beams them up.

But wouldn't it be better for the game to switch back to another screen like league table, player ratings etc, in between highlights like we had in FM 05, 06, 07 and 08, rather than looking at an empty pitch?

I realise it's because of the pause between highlights, but it's a departure from previous games. I definitely preferred them staying in the same place as in the last highlight rather than disappearing and leaving a blank pitch- I realise it's not a problem, I just don't like it. I think maybe because I feel it disrupts the flow and makes you feel more dissociated from the action and I definitely can't watch the whole match every time.

Different strokes etc. I hated seeing the players stick on the pitch. Much prefer it to - as fluffy_sheep2 says - to have it default back to the player stats. (wish TV View would seamlessly switch between the two)

If you have a match without much key action, you're looking at a completely empty pitch (just grass) for a lot of the game. I don't understand how that can be so popular, it does seem really odd to me.

if this were an earlier game it would be a pitch full of frozen players. whats the difference between the two?