TrueFoot Gameplay Mod v1.6 Alpha — Supporter Early Access (Patreon)

v1.6 Alpha is ready and it is yours first.

This build is mostly one thing: defending. I went back through every defensive system in the game and compared what we ship against what the game ships. A lot of what I found was our own older settings fighting each other, quietly pulling defenders out of position since earlier versions.

🧤 Keepers come out in one on ones

This is the one I could never solve. Keepers sat on the line and waited, and every attempt to change it did nothing.

The reason turned out to be that the game picks a keeper behaviour tier, and the default tier ignores every aggressive setting. Once that was understood, the rest followed.

Reads the runner, steps out, commits at his feet

Comes out on angled attacks too, not only through the middle

Dives for balls he is not going to reach, which makes the goalmouth look alive

Holds a slightly higher starting position instead of living on his line

🛡️ Defending is built around shape

Fullbacks hold their zone instead of chasing a winger inside

Midfielders cover across the pitch, so the diagonal runner is a midfield problem, not a defender's

The deep midfielder tracks a runner all the way back and stays in the second press

Defenders step out for someone coming at them, not for someone running past

The CPU keeps pressing inside its own half

🔨 Fouls and physical play

Contact is scored properly, so challenges that deserve a whistle get one

How hard a team tackles varies by team and by moment, some matches are scrappier than others

Shoulder duels last longer and carry more weight

Shielding is rewarded, so the carrier is not stripped by a bump

Winning the ball yourself is less automatic than it was

🎯 Headers were split in two

Headed shots at goal tightened over two passes, a striker meeting a cross should hit the target far more often

Headed passes went the opposite way and are looser now

Knockdowns and clearances drop into space rather than finding a teammate every time

That was deliberate: more second balls on the floor means more midfield fighting, which is what the mod is supposed to be about

⏱️ Restarts, closer to the modern game

The laws have been pushing the ball back into play faster, and the game still restarts at its own pace.

Goal kicks and throw ins are quicker to get away

Keepers waste less time before putting the ball down

Corners and free kicks were deliberately left alone, players still need time to get into the box

⚡ The rest

CPU shooting from distance and with more power

Better vision when the CPU picks a pass

More pace on free kicks from players who are not dead ball specialists

Keepers kicking long instead of always rolling it out

Real match ball weight and tuned air drag

Fatigue driven injuries that lean towards knocks rather than substitutions

A losing team that keeps trying instead of fading

🔧 About the Tuning Pack

The options you already have are being retuned against v1.6, because the base they were built on has moved

New options are coming as part of that pass

For this alpha, Motion and Motion+ stay compatible and the rest are switched off while it runs

That keeps your feedback a clean read on the new work rather than a mix

❤️ Get it

TrueFoot Hub App or https://truefootmods.com/download

Sign in with Patreon, choose the Realism Gameplay alpha, press Download

The TrueFoot Hub app is the easiest route, it installs it for you

TrueFoot Hub 1.3.8 or newer is needed, older versions will not show the alpha

In the Hub the alpha and v1.5 sit side by side and you swap with one button. Save your v1.5 setup before switching, the app will offer to. Nothing is deleted either way

💬 Feedback

Feedback is the whole point of the alpha.

Include your difficulty, sliders and match type

I am looking hardest at defensive shape, keeper decisions inside the box, foul counts and how the physical duels feel over a full match

Thank you!