EA Sports FC 24 Title Update 4 Patch Notes Revealed — Here’s What It Does

EA Sports has unveiled the next big update to FC 24, which makes just a handful of gameplay changes but addresses one significant bug.

The bug in question, dubbed the ‘Trickster Glitch’ by the community, involved using a player with the Trickster+ PlayStyle to stick the ball to the dribbler’s leg, leaving them free to simply run into the goal to score. The bug swept through Ultimate Team’s competitive multiplayer last week, with high-profile streamers using it to dominate the ultra hardcore Weekend League.

Here's how it looked:

Look at this guys...
No words man...

Hopefully EA fixes this ASAP🥴 pic.twitter.com/y1M8irxOX4

— Rxcky (@rxckydusa) October 20, 2023

Eventually EA Sports disabled the Trickster+ PlayStyle, although the developer has yet to address calls for those who used the glitch to be punished. FC 24 Title Update 4 aims to tackle this bug, alongside a number of other issues, but there's no mention of the Trickster+ PlayStyle returning to the game.

Gameplay changes are light, much to the disappointment of FC 24’s core community who had hoped for a line on what's called the '71 depth meta'. Title Update 4 reduces the amount of curve that could occur on first time precision passes taken at extreme angles, slightly reduces potential accuracy of acrobatic shots, and when crossing from a wing position, players will now prefer to use the foot closest to the touchline.

Other highlights include this note: “Addressed instances of Controller Settings sometimes resetting.” With any luck this will address a long-standing issue with EA Sports’ football game that sees controller settings reset.

EA Sports said Title Update 4 will soon be available for all versions of FC 24. Here are the EA Sports FC 24 Title Update 4 patch notes in full:

Ultimate Team

Made the following change:

• Added an Evolutions Overhead Indicator on/off setting found in Game Settings

Addressed the following issues:

• The penalty kick accuracy indicator was not visible during penalty kick shootouts in Champions matches.
• A Bronze Tifo could have incorrectly displayed for some Rivals Milestone Stages instead of the correct reward, this was a visual issue only.
• Some specific Player Item pairs could not have been placed in the same squad.
• Gerd Müller & Bobby Charlton, Franck Ribéry & Jairzinho, and Abily Camille & Xabi Alonso.
• The Founders Evolution could have incorrectly displayed a Player Item that was not selected for it, this was a visual issue only.
• After bidding on a Player Item found on the Transfer Target compare price screen, exiting the screen did not function as intended.
• After opening a Pack and swapping a duplicate Item for a tradable version on the New Item screen, the Quick Sell value did not always display, this was a visual issue only.
• Longer Pack descriptions did not automatically scroll in the Store.
• After bidding on a Player Item found on the Transfer Target compare price screen, exiting the screen did not function as intended.
• After opening a Pack and swapping a duplicate Item for a tradable version on the New Item screen, the Quick Sell value did not always display, this was a visual issue only.
• Exiting the See All Rewards screening Squad Battles resulted in being taken to the Opponent Select instead of Your Rank screen.
• Addressed an issue that could have impacted Evolution Player Item selection.
• Concept Items did not get automatically replaced in a Squad if a replacement Player Item was obtained through the Transfer Market UI on the Squad screen.
• An error message could have displayed after attempting to select a Concept Item for an Evolution.
• When swapping a Manager Item, the CHM UI displayed a green color instead of red for lower CHM values, this was a visual issue only.
• In Rivals, the pause menu displayed the opponent’s Squad name instead of Club name.
• Season Progression tifo rewards could not always be previewed.

Gameplay

Made the following changes:

• Reduced the amount of curve that could occur on first time Precision Passes taken at extreme angles.
• Slightly reduced potential accuracy of acrobatic shots.
• When crossing from a wing position, players will prefer to use the foot closest to the touchline.
• This change does not apply to Trivela Crosses and High Crosses.

Addressed the following issues:

• In some situations, the ball could have incorrectly stuck to a dribbler's leg as they ran.
• In some cases, Lob Precision Passes did not go to the intended receiver.
• When changing the aiming input in the final moments of an outside foot shot animation, the shot could have sometimes gone towards the keeper instead of the intended spot.
• Low powered lobbed drop kicks did not always send the ball to the intended receiver.
• Manual passes affected by Pinged Pass and Long Ball Pass PlayStyles did not always function as intended.
• When attempting to block a pass as a defender, an incorrect block animation could have sometimes occurred.
• During a specific goalkeeper save animation, the keeper’s arm could have gone through the pitch, this was a visual issue only.
• In some rare situations following a save, the goalkeeper could have momentarily faced towards their own goal while getting up.
• In some rare situations, the goalkeeper faced away from the ball when attempting to save a shot.
• Flair Passes could have sometimes occurred when requesting Swerve On Demand Passes with 40% power or more.
• Players could have sometimes passed through a camera operator near the ad boards.

Career Mode

Addressed the following issues:

• Press conference tutorials could have continued to appear after the first press conference in Manager Career.
• In Manager Career, Scout Reports for lower league clubs could have shown reports for high OVR top league players that weren’t interested in moving to a lower league.
• The GK PlayStyles, Any PlayStyles, and None scouting instructions were not available in Career Mode.
• In Manger Career, if a player was to retire, the expiring contracts warning could incorrectly display even if all other contracts were renewed.
• The Brand Exposure Objective did not function correctly in Manager Career.
• The Read A Book By A Club Legend Activity could have occurred more often than intended in Player Career.
• At the end of a Player Career season, an offered contact could have displayed an incorrect team when signing for a target team.

Clubs

Addressed the following issues:

• When playing as a goalkeeper at the StrongHER stadium, the view was incorrectly limited due to stadium geometry.
• In some specific scenarios, PlayStyles not intended to be equipped on a Virtual Pro could have been equipped.
• Some accessories did not display in the Drop-In lobby.
• Goalkeeper Attributes did not always display correctly when viewed through Leaderboard and My Pro Presets screens, this was a visual issue only.
• Editing the appearance of AI teammates could have resulted in them not looking as intended, and could have prevented the ability to further edit them.
• After completing a Player Career match, players were unintentionally taken to the Perks screen.
• Club names could have been edited when the setting was greyed out.

VOLTA

Addressed the following issues:

• Scoring in the last second of a Foot Golf Arcade game resulted in the next round’s timer not functioning as intended.
• Squads could have become corrupted in 3v3 Rush matches in Kick Off.
• The Cross Facial Hair did not display correctly.

General, Audio, and Visual

Made the following changes:

• Updated some out of match scenes, UI elements, crowds, broadcast packages, Pack animations, stadia, and audio.
• Added 17 new starheads and updated 1, they will appear in-game following an upcoming Server Release.

Addressed the following issues:

• [PS5/XBSX|S/PC Only] In rare cases, Personal Settings could not be saved.
• Addressed instances of Controller Settings sometimes resetting.
• Addressed several UI elements and button callouts not displaying and functioning as intended.
• Addressed instances of incorrect and unformatted text displaying.
• Clubs specific stadia could have been selected in unintended modes.
• Addressed some stability issues that could have occurred.
• [Switch Only] Addressed instances of touch screen input not functioning as intended for some UI elements.
• [Switch Only] When playing horizontally on a single Joy-Con, SL and SR did not function correctly on the Video Calibration screen.
• Addressed cases of some buttons not being able to be remapped to others.

FC 24 launched last month but has already endured a microtransactions controversy, with the community reacting in shock to a $30 Ultimate Team pack that was made available to buy before the game even properly launched. FC 24 launch sales are down 10% compared to the launch sales of FIFA 23 last year in Europe. FIFA 23 was a monster hit for EA, but FC 24 launch sales are still down compared to 2021’s FIFA 22 by 3.7%. Of course, it’s worth pointing out that EA’s football video game franchise changed its name this year after EA Sports’ relationship with FIFA broke down. This month, EA announced FC 24 had more than 11.3 million players worldwide, including through EA Play. New players in FC 24 are up nearly 20% year-over-year, EA added.

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