------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Football Manager 2006 ******* Unofficial Iranian, Saudi, Thai, Vietnamese League Patch v1.1 ******* File name: fm2006_4_asia_leagues.exe Website: http://www.hkcm.com/ Release date: 13th February, 2006 By Frank Ng ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY !! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =========== REQUIREMENT =========== - Football Manager 2006 Version 6.0.1 or above ============ DATA BACK-UP ============ - If you want to keep your own data, please make backup for the following files, - fm.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 FM2006 into Version 6.0.1 2) Unzip "fm2006_4_asia_leagues.zip" file 3) Run the executable file "fm2006_4_asia_leagues.exe" 4) Choose your FM 2006 game path and follow the instructions 5) Run "fm.exe" as usual to start the game and now you can find Iranian, Saudi, Thai as well as Vietnamese League in the Start New Game menu! ========================================== IMPORTANT NOTES BEFORE STARTING A NEW GAME ========================================== 1) In order to fix the fake name problems of clubs in French League & Japanese League as well as grey German & Dutch international teams, please remember to delete the four *.lnc files (i.e. brussels.lnc, fake.lnc, france.lnc & nleague.lnc) in your FM 2006 "data\db\lnc\all" folder before you start to run any new games. Those lnc files are totally useless and will only create fake names. Don't hesitate, delete them all! 2) As there is an unknown problem in the Saudi First Division, you MUST not start your new game with Saudi First Division. Otherwise, the First Division league will be suspended in the second season and afterwards. 3) 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 Iranian, Saudi, Thai & Vietnamese Leagues - Staff Awards added for all the playable new leagues - Over 1,100 Iranian players & staff included - Over 800 Saudi Arabian players & staff included - Over 1,100 Thai players & staff included - Over 900 Vietnamese players & staff included - All competition fake names changed to real names now - Iranian League club logos included - Qatari League club logos included - Saudi Arabian League club logos included - Vietnamese 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 Saudi Arabia - Harchester staff & player deleted - and many minor changes included... ===================== KNOWN BUGS & PROBLEMS (Will be fixed if possible) ===================== ***Iranian League*** - Incorrect Iranian First Division League format ***Saudi Arabian League*** - There should be no Saudi Super Cup in real life - Incorrect promotion and relegation system - Saudi First Division not playable in the 2nd Season and afterwards. Hence, please do not choose it ***Thai League*** - Incorrect season start date due to the restriction of the original Israeli League format - There should be only 2 rounds in Thai League instead of 3 rounds inside the game - Pro League Cup is a fake competition due to the restriction of the original League format ***Vietnamese League*** - Incorrect amount of clubs in V-League due to the restriction of the original League format ======= CREDITS ======= Frank Ng - Patch Maker, Logos Maker & Technical Support (FM Official Chinese, Hong Kong, Singaporean, Malaysian & Asian data Researcher) Assem M Salih - Saudi data (FM Official Saudi data researcher) Alireza Dehghani - Iranian data (FM Official Iranian data researcher) Songpon Tulata - Thai data (FM Official Thai data researcher) - This patch was made using FM 2006 Official Data Editor v6.1 - Hong Kong Football Manager Website --- http://www.hkcm.com/ Author E-mail: Frank Ng ngcsfrank@yahoo.com.hk Enjoy playing FM 2006! !!!!!!! IMPORTANT NOTES !!!!!!! - This patch is for personal use ONLY! Users must NOT further update and re-distribute the patch without permissions! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * FM 2006 is a registered trademark of Sports Interactive.