History of footballSimulationEngine

Version 4.0.0

fixed: red cards didn't send players off the pitch correctly
fixed: player skills incorrectly assigned for tackles and slide tackles
fixed: corners and goal kicks not correctly assigned / calculated
fixed: intentPOS sometimes returned as null
fixed: second half returned kickoffTeam with the ball, now secondTeam
new: added ability to set the width of the goal to make the game more customisable

altered 'startPOS' to 'currentPOS' to better reflect what the variable is used for
altered 'relativePOS' to 'intentPOS' to better reflect what what the variable is used for
added 100+ test cases
cleaned 'setPositions.js' and created/cleaned 'setFreekicks.js' to improve readability and reduce duplication
improvement to corners by putting players in the box
players with red cards are removed from the pitch
penalty taking improvements
skills used more intensively i.e. shooting can be both on/off target determined by skill
add player specific stats including tackles, passes, shots, saves and goals

security fix for https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16487
limit ability for players to become 'stuck'
checks to reduce occurances of players.hasBall = true when the ball is not with the player

Added to allow more tackles and fouls
Added fitness measure (currently has no affect on the game - see later versions)
Remove promises from the internal functions (still required for three main functions as above)
Includes a test suite (still in development)
Improvements to ball movement to give movement over time instead of a 'jump'
refactoring to improve source code readability
Removed dependency on async function
Resolved error where players leave pitch
Provided setup data - e.g. a pitch JSON and two team JSONs for easier setup
Allow interception of the ball whilst in transit
Included ability to set a players action for each iteration to enforce a specific move
Added Offside logic