------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Football Manager 2005 ******* Unofficial Seven Nations Patch ******* (Algeria, Albania, Bosnia, Cyprus, Macedonia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia League Patch) File name: fm_7_nations_patch.exe Website: http://www.hkcm.com/ Release date: 29th April, 2005 By Frank Ng ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY !! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =========== REQUIREMENT =========== - Football Manager 2005 Version 5.0.3 or above ============ DATA BACK-UP ============ - If you want to keep your own data, please make backup for the following files, - fm2005.exe - all ***.dat file (in "data\db" folder) - game.xml (in "data\menus" folder) - The author will not bear any responsibilities if your game data has been damaged!!! ========================= STEP-BY-STEP INSTALLATION ========================= 1) Upgrade your FM2005 into Version 5.0.3 or 5.0.5 2) Unzip "fm_7_nations_patch.zip" file 3) Run the executable file "fm_7_nations_patch.exe" 4) Choose your FM 2005 game path and follow the instructions 5) Run "fm2005.exe" as usual to start the game and now you can find 7 totally new leagues in the Start New Game menu! (You are recommended to keep the "Player Retained Files" [DDT files] when starting the new game. You can unclick the choices in Options menu as you like) ======== FEATURES ======== - Playable Saudi Arabian Premier League - Playable Qatari League - Playable Algerian First Division & Second Division League - Playable Cypriot A Division & B Division League - Playable Bosnian Premier Division & First Division League - Playable Macedonian First & Second Division League - Playable Albanian A1 & A2 Division League - Staff Awards added to all new playable leagues - Over 1000 Albanian, 1700 Algerian, 1700 Bosnian, 700 Cypriot, 950 Macedonian, 250 Qatari & 600 Saudi Arabian players & staff included - All clubs in different new leagues can participate continental competition correctly - All competition fake names changed to real names now - Asian staff award rules fixed - Saudi Arabian League club logos included - Qatari League club logos included - A few Saudi League Player Photos included - "Player Retained Files" included for users to choose to load more players from the new league region - New media names for Albania, Algeria and Saudi Arabia - Hong Kong League club squad list updated - and many minor changes included... ===================== KNOWN BUGS & PROBLEMS (Will be fixed if possible) ===================== ***Albanian League*** - Incorrect promotion and relegation system - Some Austrian clubs participate Albanian Cup Preliminary Round - Incorrect foreigner rules for Albanian League due to the original league rules and structure - Incorrect amount of A2 Division teams ***Algerian League*** - Incorrect promotion and relegation system - Algerian Super Cup should be extinct already ***Bosnian League*** - There should be 2 groups for First Division instead of just one. This is due to the restriction of the original League structure - Bosnian Super Cup should be extinct already ***Cypriot League*** - Incorrect season start date, the league should start at around September - Incorrect promotion and relegation system ***Macedonian League*** - Macedonian League Cup & Second Division Cup are fake competition. It is because of the restriction of the original league structure ***Qatari League*** - Incorrect season start date, the league should start at around September - Incorrect promotion and relegation system ***Saudi Arabian League*** - Some Indian clubs participate Crown Prince Cup early Round - Prince Faysal bin Fahad Cup incorrect rules ======= CREDITS ======= Frank Ng - Patch Maker, Logos Maker, Qatari data & Technical Support (FM Official Chinese, Hong Kong, Singaporean, Malaysian & Asian data Researcher) Assem M Salih - Saudi Arabian data (FM Official Saudi Arabian data researcher) Driss Merabtene - Algerian data (FM Official African data researcher) Fabrice Leclercq - Patch web-space provider (FM Official Belgian & French data researcher) Dusan Stamenkovic - Bosnian & Macedonian data (FM Official Bosnian & Macedonian research co-ordinator) Periklis Triantafyllis - Cypriot data (FM Official Greek data researcher) Salih Shala - Albanian data (FM Official Albanian data researcher) - This patch was made using FM 2005 Official Data Editor v1.0.2 & HEX Editor - Hong Kong Football Manager Website --- http://www.hkcm.com/ Author E-mail: Frank Ng ngcsfrank@yahoo.com.hk Enjoy playing FM2005! !!!!!!! IMPORTANT NOTES !!!!!!! - This patch is for personal use ONLY! Users must NOT further update and re-distribute the patch without permissions! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * FM 2005 is a registered trademark of Sports Interactive.