THQ releasing patch for 'UFC Undisputed 2009' in response to online gamer complaints

by Jesse Holland on Jul 8, 2009 12:36 PM EDT

UFC Undisputed 2009 flooded the video game market on May 19 to the pleasure of fans and gamers worldwide. It’s the first video game for the promotion since Ultimate Fighting Championship: "Sudden Impact" back in 2004 — five very long years.

While the reaction has been mostly positive, gamers found that online play (as well as the single player experience) presented its share of problems. The THQ forums have been lit up since day one with a list of grievances that included premature endings, questionable submission execution and much more.

The developers have apparently heard your cries for remediation and are currently working on a downloadable patch to correct most, if not all of the current bugs.

UFC Undisputed 2009 features 80 current and former UFC fighters, including Anderson Silva, Georges St. Pierre, B.J. Penn and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, as well as extra downloadable fighters such as Ryan Bader and Efrain Escudero.

The acclaimed video game development company that has an exclusive five-year contract with the UFC, plans to release a new UFC video game every year for the next two years -- including 'Undisputed 2010.'

Those not planning on buying the next chapter in the series (or don't feel like waiting) can enjoy some relief with the current product "soon," according to the developers.

From the THQ boards:

I want to thank all of you for the support in making UFC 2009: Undisputed such an amazing success. That being said I want to you to know we’ve been working hard on fixing some of the issues found in the online experience. Hit the jump for the list of fixes.

We recognize premature match quitting as the biggest online issue and have taken steps to fix it. The Patch will have integrated code that detects who pulls the cable and will assign a Loss as well as a Did Not Finish to that player. The DNF is only counted for the player who executes the disconnection. The DNF rate will be displayed on the fighter selection screen of the Online Ranked Match. When disconnected the Winning Streak is also reset to 0.

We’ve adjusted Ranked Matches to match up players with better connections, which will improve lag issues we’ve seen to date.

We’ve adjusted the difficulty of performing submissions against AI opponents to improve the balance of subs vs. striking when playing against the AI.

We’ve adjusted the Flash KO rate so that they are less frequent.

We’ve increased maximum number of points awarded in online play from 99,999 to 999,999 and we’ve increased the Max Level from 100 to 200.

We’ve lowered the Winning Streak Bonus Max from 5 to 3.

We’ve removed the decimal places on the Leaderboard Winning Percentage so we only show whole percentages.

We’ve addressed the CAF cheat so the skill levels in CAF cannot be cheated and increased. Also any CAF with unfair point values will no longer be able to be used Online.

For PS3 users we’ve also fixed a bug that causes a freeze during auto-save; whichever controller was used to Press Start on the Title Screen will be identified as the main controller.

Rest assured our entire team plays A LOT of online matches and we read the boards every day, so we are well aware of the issues. We want to make sure we patch this correctly so it is taking a bit of time, but I can confidently say we’ll be releasing this patch soon.

Stay tuned to MMAmania.com for more news on the downloadable patch as it becomes available.

(Thanks to site reader "Lumber Legs" for the tip)

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FANTASTIC! Man i was losing hope in the game play for a while. I could not submit one AI player at all. let alone defend them successfully. the game was designed to be more realistic on the AI’s part not player capability. Hopefully we will see more patches in the future showing us they care. unlike others developers the assume their final product is flawless and offer no support for it.

by santiago69us on Jul 8, 2009 12:43 PM EDT reply actions

what is AI?

by meh on Jul 8, 2009 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions

How about for the A-HOLE’s who turn off there system whent there about to lose dam i hate dose people you know who you are

by zzzzzzzzzzz on Jul 8, 2009 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions

i like this alot but i hate the fact that they are decreesing the amount of flash ko’s… and i personaly dont find it hard to submitt the computer… and i just whooped a 117 overall created guy last night lol if you dont wanna fight people that good just leave the game session its not hard……before last week i got quit on 11 times in a row then i get submitted in a damn guillitine 10 seconds into the match …..thats what u need to correct in the game to ….guillitine defense 20 seconds into the match

by JG on Jul 8, 2009 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions

AI is artificial intelligence. Because flash KO’s dont happen that often…that why they are called flash ko’s. Ive been in a situation where i get KOed out cold in 5 seconds in the first round by a jab that was half way blocked. as far as the sub game. i dont know how you do it if your telling the truth im playing under advanced settings. i dont like normal or easy because its way to easy. but at the same time. i can beat the game with no problem in advanced id just like to sub a few mofos.

by Santiago69us on Jul 8, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions

artificial intellegence

by denni on Jul 8, 2009 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Thank god! I hate when people quit out after whooping their candy ass, but this patch idea still doesnt cure the problem of not getting the award points after the person quits out, but maybe people will start feeling like douche bags for quitting out, which they should!

by ilikadabudweiser on Jul 8, 2009 12:45 PM EDT reply actions

it should come up saying they throw in the towel if they quit b4 the fight ends and they should get the loss.

by markg on Jul 8, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions

I really wish wii had this game. I know this will be a big comment section so:

As many of you know, we have about 15 or so maniacs going to 101, we got a luxery box for the event. The box includes food/beverage. I can order 4 more tickets. if you’re interested, email me
kevjack115@yahoo.com and I’ll give you all the info.
on another note, the Fri night before 101, we are planning to go to Ruth’s Chris and then possibly a gentlemen’s club. If you want to go with us to dinner, also contact me. I’m trying to get a head count so that I can make reservations. You DO NOT have to be in the suite to go to dinner. ANYONE that is in philly for 101 is invited to go to dinner with us!

by kevin on Jul 8, 2009 12:45 PM EDT reply actions

dude ask thecloser am sure he will b thrilled with an invite

by ruan-fuy on Jul 8, 2009 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions

I asked him yesterday!

by kevin on Jul 8, 2009 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Ooooo Hooooo it’s funny cause they no like each other!! Fuede from Family Guy.

by Dragon on Jul 8, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions

How much are tickets, where is it being held? may be interested… broke now, might come into some $ b4 101. Can’t wait for 100, it’s gonna be sick.

by benjah on Jul 8, 2009 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Kev WTF?? Don’t you have a PS3 or an 360??

by Dragon on Jul 8, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions

lol, I’m in my mid 30’s buddy. my 7 year old son has a wii. I was never that into video games, I was an athlete growing up. I played outside from dawn to dusk when I was a kid!

by kevin on Jul 8, 2009 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions

was B.J. Penn complaining that GSP was greasing in the game as well?

by Hokum on Jul 8, 2009 12:49 PM EDT reply actions

Nice………………lol

by Dragon on Jul 8, 2009 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions

The new patch prevents fighter greasing…. ;)

by SoCalStunNa on Jul 8, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions

I played till I got Fight Night..now thats all I play…

by McArthur on Jul 8, 2009 12:51 PM EDT reply actions

I can’t beleive you would sell out on the ufc like that mac. Boxing over MMA??

by Dragon on Jul 8, 2009 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Fight night round 4 is better, it really is.

by lokie on Jul 8, 2009 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions

if i can’t submit the guy it is not better.

by newkoba on Jul 8, 2009 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Agreed. I like to kick people in the head and fight night does not have it. Although it probably is an all around better game, but in the next couple of years the ufc game will surpass it, just like mma surpassed boxing in real life………….

by Dragon on Jul 8, 2009 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Dragon – I know, I know….haha…honestly though Undisputed needs work with the glitches etc. as mentioned in this article….Fight Night has it down sweet as its there 4th go-round at it…and NO, I’ll never turn by back on MMA for boxing…EVER

by McArthur on Jul 8, 2009 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions

fight night is better……just look at this anouncement thq made….fight night has none of these problems and there online is leaps and bounds ahead of ufc…ufc will pass fight night next year but as of right now fight night take it

by JG on Jul 8, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Still though for the first game in 5+ years it is pretty sweet, it has some minor gameplay problems but not enough to turn me away from it. The Career mode however is extremely weak and needs a ton of work. Surely next years game will be phenomonal!!!
Mac- that’s right stay true!! Boxing is for people who are afraid to get kicked!! lol

by Dragon on Jul 8, 2009 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions

I rentd FNR4 and only played it for a day. Undisputed>>>FN4

But I do wish they’d change the name to UFC: MMA 2009 or whatever the year is. /it would fit in with Madden: NFL 09 and all those other games

by Syn on Jul 8, 2009 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions

i agree, FN round 4 is not good.. i like the older ones better. Just wait until next year, UFC Undisputed can only get better.

by Rampage woooooo on Jul 8, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions

I played on-line for the first week after it came out, I hated it. There was way too much lag and it seemed like everyone I played with had been playing the game for years. After getting practice and learning the controls I went back. The lag was still terrible but at least I wasn’t being subbed by unrealistic fighters. With these fixes maybe I will give it another shot but I am already bored with the game. Sorta seems like a glorified Fight Night.

by jay on Jul 8, 2009 1:01 PM EDT reply actions

I had a horrible lag problem as well. I was able to post a decent record though, like 13-5 or something but the fights I won was way closer than they should have been. Offline play for this game imo is the best.

by Dragon on Jul 8, 2009 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions

dont u mean unglorifyd?

by JG on Jul 8, 2009 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t think unglorifyd is a word, but I meant that it looks like Fight Night when you are standing and trading. So it would be glorified because it was a copycat with a few new bells and whistles. I might be using the word improperly, but I don’t think so.

by jay on Jul 8, 2009 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions

The constant saving during the career mode in this game is maddening. They need to have a fix for that as well. Every single action seems to require the game to notify you that it is saving.

by stevo on Jul 8, 2009 1:02 PM EDT reply actions

stevo, you are right. I hate that. Save every time you train? Why? Is there a way to turn the auto save off?

by jay on Jul 8, 2009 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions

that really pisses me off too

by jimmy on Jul 8, 2009 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Thank God they fixing the quit to dashboard glitch, its soo annoying, i played the demo constantly for the month leading up to the release of game, as soon as i got i went straight online ( even now i still not touched career or classic fight mode) but evenytime i take some one down, mount them and pound the shit outta them block their reversals and pound out some more i always got this fight is invalid cause the bitch u were fighting quit….

Thank u THQ u have restored some of my faith in you

by CoN'r on Jul 8, 2009 1:32 PM EDT reply actions

i want to have a southpaw fighter and a few more styles to pick from im sure they are going to fix alot of this stuff up in the next game

by justin on Jul 8, 2009 1:34 PM EDT reply actions

yeah what is the deal with Crocop not being a lefty

by stevo on Jul 8, 2009 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions

It’s gay there are no southpaw fighters in the game, not really sure why………

by Dragon on Jul 8, 2009 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions

I hate that there is no fighter-specific style. The WWE games have styles and moves specific for that guy, and the UFC game has it too, but its EXTREMELY limited. I want to see Chuck in his awkward stance, Rampages’ signature blocks, Jardine’s jerkiness and wierd looking kicks, stuff like that, along with the Southpaw guys.

And whats with Tito getting a head kick but Rich Franklin doesnt?

by Syn on Jul 8, 2009 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions

or machida or franklin or anybody even in career mode you dont have that option i dont like that but in fight night you have that option

by justin on Jul 8, 2009 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions

so…yeah i played this game for about a day and have never picked it up since. The combos suck, you can’t really chose submissions, and the muy thai clinch is retarded. can somebody tell me why there is so much hype surrounding this game?

by Spitforce on Jul 8, 2009 1:44 PM EDT reply actions

Becasue judging by your comments you didn’t play the game long enough to learn all the different moves and comobos that are possible. The better you get at this game, the better it is…

by DCAV on Jul 8, 2009 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions

cos its awesome. the submissions work like in real like if ur in some1’s half guard ur going to reach for an arm an go for a kimura right!?. and u can get good combo’s jab, cross, high kick whats wrong with that and thats just the tip of the iceberg. for a 1st try i think they did really well with this.

by ruan-fuy on Jul 8, 2009 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions

I dont like how you can just sit up from under side-control and reverse position. That and the half-guard to half-guard sweep is a bit ridiculous.

by Syn on Jul 8, 2009 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions

and lol at how only 2 default guys in the game have Judo. Kind of a waste if you ask me.

by Syn on Jul 8, 2009 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions

So is there any word on new fighters to download? Clay guida needs to be in the game haha

by Rampage woooooo on Jul 8, 2009 4:04 PM EDT reply actions

i cant believe that there are complaints about the game in general, its a new era of gaming and their first attempt is pretty damn good. Ofcourse there are glitches and ofcourse first time around it wont be as good as an already established game such as fight night. However given time the amount of progress that we alone recognise the game can make and probably fairly easily just shows how good this game will become!!

it can only get better!!!

on the ps3 is it possible to add friends and chat to people? i havent figured this out yet??

by mo on Jul 8, 2009 5:27 PM EDT reply actions

man I really wished they had the patch were we can have cpu vs cpu Id love to see how good my caf really is

by denni on Jul 8, 2009 5:42 PM EDT reply actions

Can anyone download Bader and Escudero or did you have to purchase the game at a certian franchise to be able to do get the two extra characters? Help!

by Jonathan on Jul 8, 2009 7:28 PM EDT reply actions