FIFA 18 PC Third Official Update

Made the following changes in Gameplay:

• Made ground passes and ground through passes less effective when blindly passing the ball between 90 and 270 degrees, where 0 degrees is the direction the player is facing.
• The most significant impact will be seen when the pass angle is between 140 and 220 degrees.
• The impact scales when the pass angle is between 90 (least impact) and 139 degrees and between 221 and 270 (least impact) degrees
• The passes impacted by this change will see:
  • Reduced ball speed.
  • Reduced accuracy.
• Disabled user controlled reactions, when locked to a player, when the goalkeeper is holding the ball.

Addressed the following issues in Gameplay:

• The goalkeeper sometimes parrying the ball into his own goal.
• The goalkeeper diving too early on downward header and volley shots.
• Players sometimes becoming invisible during a match.
• Dragbacks not working when rapidly tapping the modifier button.
• Players being unable to string together multiple stepovers.
• The goalkeeper, in some situations, being unable to throw the ball after making a save close to the goal line.
• The player automatically passing the ball from a set piece after the game had been paused in an Online match.
• An issue with Custom controls where movement with the directional buttons was not working when locked to a player.

Made the following changes in FIFA Ultimate team:

• Added the Objectives tile to the Pause Menu in all FUT Online modes.
• Added Guest Mode in FUT Online Seasons and FUT Online Draft.
• Disabled the FIFA Trainer within FUT Champions.

Addressed the following issues in FIFA Ultimate team:

• An issue in Squad Building Challenges where tagging a group of challenges would make it unselectable.
• ICONs displaying their current age on in-game overlays.
• Wrong badge showing for your opponent on the Online Season's Match Preview screens.
• Objective Completed visual notification not displaying correctly for some Daily/Weekly Objectives.
• Alignment of the text on Manager League items.
• An issue with the effects shown during the pack opening animation.
• The icon of your rank in Squad Battles displaying incorrectly when claiming rewards.

Addressed the following issues in Online Modes:

• Players crashing when matching up in Pro Clubs Friendly Matches in certain situations.
• Players would not receive invites in Pro Clubs Friendly Matches in certain situations.

Addressed the following issues in Career Mode:

• Players crashing during the first game of the season in certain situations.

Made the following changes in Audio / Visual / Presentation:

• Updated the Chile National Team kits and crest to be authentic.

Addressed the following issues in Audio / Visual / Presentation:

• The volume of the audio in the Cristiano Ronaldo celebration.
• Some issues with crowd flags displaying the wrong images.
• Some visual issues with the Bundesliga broadcast package.
• Situations where the ball would appear to go through the goal netting.
• An issue where a player on the ground would incorrectly animate as flipping or spinning.
• Celebrations clipping through ad boards.