Tutorial Expansion, Top-3-Trades Box & Fresh Screenshots
The tutorial got a full pass: 17 steps with a step counter, fancy button-style navigation, fresh screenshots from the current build and a brand-new Events step that walks you through the sim-result overlay in its own stage. In parallel, the sim-result overlay ships a new Top-3 Trades box — you instantly see which CPU trades just reshaped the league across the weeks you simulated.
📚 Tutorial Expansion
- New Events step in the tutorial tour: the sim-result overlay gets its own stage with explanations for the news-of-the-week box, Top-3 Trades and the Super Bowl stage
- Steps 6–9 (Trading Block, Direct Trade, Free Agents, Draft) significantly expanded — new sub-sections for the CPU offer overlay, FA negotiation, mock drafts and the cinematic pick overlay
- Step counter in the top right shows "Step X of 17" at all times — no more getting lost in the tour
- Fancy button nav: the plain Next/Stop links became proper action buttons in the in-game style
- Body background switched from grey to white — tutorial content now reads with significantly better contrast
- Brand-new screenshots from the current build (instead of synthetic placeholders), plus precise DE-wording fixes across multiple steps
📰 Top-3 Trades Box in the Sim Result
- New CPU-only box inside the sim-result overlay right next to the news block: shows the three highest-value trades between CPU teams across your simulated weeks
- Logos and team names are linked, every player ships with scout-aware OVR + potential, picks with season + round + slot
- Perfect for spotting which rivals are rebuilding around you — before the next sim run catches you off guard
🛠️ news.php "All" Filter Fix
- After a game switch the "All" filter on
news.phpsometimes showed an empty table — typical after switching between two active saves - Fix re-evaluates the current game context cleanly so all news of the active save reappear
🏆 Footer Awards Refresh
- Award cards in the footer now ship with: name on its own row, meta row underneath, equal card height across the row
- Instead of generic placeholders the cards now quote fictional press outlets ("GridironGazette", "PressboxWeekly", …) — much more atmosphere on the public landing page
The tutorial now feels of one piece — with real screenshots, clean step logic and a dedicated Events step that explains the most important sim moment of the week. And the new Top-3 Trades box brings the league chatter straight into the sim-result overlay so you never miss what really matters.