Football Manager 2006 v6.0.3 (Build 75482) (Updated Data Patch) ------------------------------------------ General ======= + Fixed board confidence errors, sometimes board would expect higher league position when team was already top. + Stopped Chairman from purchasing goalkeepers (Chairman Interference) + Fixed a manager promise crash + Stopped managers being able to release comments whilst match is in progress + Stopped Jermaine Defoe (similar High Profile Players) from demanding really low min fee release clauses + Fix AI for relegation wage decrease + Restricted number of non-eu signings for certain eastern european countries + If player is set to retire in the distant future but is without a club he will now sit on the free transfer list for a while and then bring his retirement date forward + Tuned 'wants_first_team_football' unhapiness to make it less likely that really young players will moan about not getting first team football + Fixed code appearing in landmark games-in-charge news items + Fixed a memory leak when confirming your tactics during a match. + Fixed occasional game freeze when updating abilities for some players. + Fixed crash in some situations where certain squad selections rules combined with extreme player availability issues caused the match to crash. + Fixed occasional problems with club finances that could cause a crash. + Fixed a situation in tactics outside a match where it could loose your tactical changes (if you picked a preset tactic and then browse off the screen). + Fixed problem in network games where sometimes a client going into a match would mean you get stuck and can't go anywhere. + Restricted interest levels from fairly high profile players concerning joining smaller clubs + Restricted foreign signings for Welsh/N Irish/Rep Irish league teams + Fixed certain scenarios where a client viewing a match left the match, match may not send the new match syncs to other clients. + Fixed a problem which caused some slow-down in future seasons. Competitions ============ + Last round of group matches in Olympics should now be played at the same time. + Fixed Czech teams having friendlies incorrectly (too soon) scheduled during 16th - 31st Dec. + Hong Kong cup competitions: fixed game counting Chinese players as real foreigners. + If a club wins both the Rio de Janeiro Opening and Closing championships, this club now becomes the Rio de Janeiro State Champion regardless of which team got more points in total. + One team is now relegated from Chinese First National Division in 2006 season. + Slovakia: FA Cup winner should now get into UEFA Cup in 05/06 season. + Brazilian teams can sign as many foreigners as they want. + Sudamericano Sub-20: Fixed problem where games where being played at the stadium of one of the countries in the competition that was randomly chosen instead of stadiums within host nation. + Sudamericano Sub-20: added correct 2005 host (Columbia), added 2007 host (Paraguay), added 2009 host (Peru). + Fix for whereby a team that wins a cup competition and is meant to play in continental competition wasn't because they where outside the top division. + Ensured Australian NSL clubs don't get youth players in excess of maximum squad limit. + Improvements to Australian squad rules. + Spain: fixed problem where non-eu player is getting picked for a match by AI despite not being registered and not having a squad number. + Removed non-eu player restrictions in polish league. + Brazilian based players now go on holiday. + Fixed bug where Greek teams like AEK and Panathinaikos where playing all their champions league group matches in 2nd season at home. + The minimum of one Malaysian national U21 player meant for Super League but was applied to FA Cup has now been removed for FA Cup. + Malaysian players are now considered foriegn to Brunei team DPMM. + Hong Kong players are foreign to Dongguan Lianhua. Football Manager 2006 v6.0.2 (Build xxxxx) ------------------------------------------ General ======= + Added command line option "--user_data_location" to customise the FM06 base use data folder (also see SIbase). + Added command line option "--always_reload_skin" for graphics/skin authors to be able to reload the same skin from Preferences without changing skin twice. + Command line option "--database_location" showed an error dialog even when it succeeded in some situations. + Command line option "--database_location" accepts absolute paths (see SIbase documentation for details). + Fixed "profit/(loss)" on the home page finance panel always being 0. + Fixed potential problem with importing some training schedules. + Fixed occasional freeze on finance income/expenditure sections if --small_screen was used. + If a player had agreed to a "future transfer" his icon in the squad and search sections was still "bid" (instead of "trn"). + Moved the skin cache folder from the FM06 installation folder to the user data folder to avoid permission problems. + Fixed camara agree's transfer on day of deadline window - but transfer is cancelled due to work permit decision coming a day too late + Fixed fining a player who is on loan to you and he will get upset with the club that owns the player + Fixed Short-term loan deals taking too long to decide + Fixed Claudio Ranieri appointed to as chelsea boss + Fixed occasional player with a contract until 17.7.2088 in 2005 + Fixed League Two players demanding four-year deals in July 2005 + Adjusted players contract length demands for first team squad rotation players + Ensured players who are unhappy at sale of player do eventually get happy again + Indonesian leagues now use 7 subs. + Fixed potential crash in international management if a staff retired while in control of the U23s or U20s. + Stopped managers from losing loyalty points when praising opposition managers + Fixed 'Use Current Team Selection' on holiday option + Fixed manager/coach release on just players allowing human manager to offer less wages + Fixed a bug where a team would still play matches at a temporary stadium after moving back to their original stadium, + Fixed a bug where a club team might get included in the U21 European Championship. + Tuning of player happiness with training. + If a human manager goes on holiday during a match, the match is now saved down properly so that it can be replayed to give the final result. + Fixed a probem where co-ownership deals would sometimes not be resolved properly at the end of the co-ownership period. + Virtual Manager Fix for teams being short of players sometimes + Tuning of virtual players playing in leagues running with Basic Detail. + Fix for Israeli foreign player registraton - teams are restricted to registering 5 foreign players in the whole squad and only 5 foreign players permitted in match squad. + Fix for players given a squad number but then get loaned out and still keep their squad. + Fix for tactics not processing international retirements. + Fix for team hiring manager when they agree to delay a contract offer. + Fix for german national job offer to human. + Fix for two global awards in one year. + old human contract offers now get cleared down. + Fixed no nation displayed in team award screen for a player + Fixed crash when human asks coach to pick u23 national team. + Can ask for a new contract when on a monthly contract. + Fix for clubs not checking division before offering a fate contract. + Fixed old 'slightly injured' icons displaying on tactics screen + Regen manager fix for countires such as Belarus getting lots and lots of foreign regens + Fixed players being described by the media as regular first-teamers when they weren't + Fix to stadium code very occasionally appearing in match_summary news items + Fixed a problem where sometimes teams were not getting their home matches moved to their preferred match day. + Fixed a problem with co-ownerships when teams bid nearly the same value for the other half of the player. The game now rounds both values before comparing to see which team wins. + Fixed a co-ownership cheat where you can buy one half of a player from one team and get the other half for free from the other team. + Fixed problem with -1 : -1 scorelines sometimes appearing in news items. + The 'one yellow card away from ban' status flag does not appear if the next match is a friendly. + Fixed referees regening as 14 year olds + Training improvement board request option is now disabled if club already has the best training facilities. + Training levels graph does not include the current month as the value can still change before the end of the month. + Fixed a bug where right sided players are sometimes left-footed when fake players are used. + Nations in competitions menu are now sorted properly. + Fixed occasional problem where a player sign a pre-contract with another club, joins them then the next day his contract runs out and he leaves. + Manager feeling triumphant after losing (Manager Mind-Games Screen) + Fixed being repeatedly offered a national youth team job even when you decline the first offer. + National youth teams offering jobs to humans from that nation or who manage in that nation. + National youth team pool will only show players eligible for that team. + National youth teams only manageable if enough players available. + National youth teams now call up foreign based players( except african nations ). + Bias added to seasonal domestic awards, bias is against defenders as they have high average ratings. + Fix for human accepting job, resigning then accepting another job on the same day, while on holiday. + Fixed a bug where young players bought in from another club where not marked as "Trained at club" if they had been at their new club for 3 years before the age of 21. + Tuned code that adjusts loyalty in manager profile. + Fixed board giving manager vote of confidence 3 days after hiring him. + Fixed AC Milan failing to hire a manager for a long period of time. + Fixed expectation text for nation with nothing to play for in qualifiers. + Fixed monthly board confidence news item showing profit when club report loss. + Fixed renewal signing on fees not being included in total expenditure. + Fixed player involved in main and youth monthly award for same month. + Imported training schedules are now validated - no more intensive schedules with light workloads! + Players keeping accepting new contracts with a lower weekly wage fixed. + Potential transfer value doesn't match with the actual offer (transfer offer screen). + Reduced the ease with which foriegn old Players would leave Qatar clubs. + Human should not be able to negotiate budgets when he rejects a contract offer. + contract offer news item uses clubs offered wage budget when triggering text. + Fixed current seasons transfer budget being decreased When human negotiates budgets. + Tuned player unhappiness manager / player responses. + Fixed post-match player injection news. + Made AI clubs protect hot prospects a bit better + Lessened chances of players of decent reputation being overlooked by potential suitors in non selected leagues + Made ex-internationals with plenty of caps for large nations less likely to join very small clubs late in career of as non players + Made AI clubs a bit more willing to splash out on players they percieve to have high PA + Made high profile out of work managers less inclined to take assistant or coaching roles + Made non-playing staff more inclined to reject job offers for already filled roles at clubs - eg if 1 assistant in place, a large no of coaches, physios or scouts. + Lowered price clubs willing to pay out above display value for poor to average players + Made certain players quicker to request move to bigger club after a relegation + Fixed low max wages for rich clubs under wage budget in non rich leagues + Tuned international manager appointments for non selected leagues + Added extra restrict foreign signings checks for leagues which have foreigner rules + Fixed players wanting first-team football from expressing this as both a major and minor concern + Fixed wrong nation displayed for player in international roundup news. + Fixed player not winning top goalscorer award while on loan. + Fixed wrong year being displayed for greek specific date awards. + Fixed specific date awards processing for seasons before game start date. + Fixed managers of clubs in inactive comps winning national manager awards. + club award news item should have been using nationality instead of nation in text. + Null pointer fix when a comp award was being processed. + Fixed player gaining nationality to his original nation. + Award buildup news now links different players to different awards. + Added 'Mutual Contract Termination' for non players. + Fixed player scoring inconsistency in ass man team report + Stopped players asking for moves for first team footie when on loan/listed/future transfer etc + Tuned AI asking prices for top players + Made AI clubs take account of player potential more regarding short to mid term squad management + Lowered player reluctance to move abroad when already a foreign player in current league + Various Stadium fixs, can't just build a roof onto an exisiting stadium, your chairman will also loan the money aquired for large stadium expansions if your club doesn't have the money + Extended end of season loan dates to cover play-off finals. + Player attribute values were in some cases not taking training effects into consideration on (mainly player comparison). + Transfer offer section for your own players would disappear if you browsed off the player screen then came back. + Some players were showing ? when it should be "-". + Asking prices set by humans now treated more realistically by AI teams + Polish transfer values cut down at top end + Improved transfer AI for teams without managers loaded in non selected leagues + Improved transfer values of players at teams without managers loaded in non selected leagues + Made sure players out of contract and remaining at club on month to month basis are available free to AI teams Competitions ============ + Fixed a problem in Turkish 2. Division B where group sizes were not being set properly for the second group stage + South-east Asian nations no longer used for 2011 Asian Nations Cup hosts. + Foreign rule in Slovenia now changed to non-EU rule. + Away goals used in Slovenian Cup semi final. + Teams promoted to French First Division now get their reserve teams promoted to the CFA. + Argentine Premier Division playoff now takes place in a neutral stadium if scheduled. + Matches now not moved to friday for tv in Spanish Second Division B. + Guandong Province home stadium will be always at Tianhe Stadium for Hong Kong-Canton Interport Cup instead of randomly chosen in Guangzhou. + Fixed issue where some teams in Brazilian Bahia State Championship where playing all there games at home. + Hong Kong FA cup minor schedule update. + Turkish Cup scheduling update. + Australian sub rule update. + Added Spanish Cup preliminary 05/06 teams. + Belgian cup final now played at Stade Roi Baudouin. + Serbia and Montenegro Cup history now updated properly every year. + Australian league matches only postponed if over 5 players are on international duty + Some Belgian league date changes. + Swiss teams now arrange pre-season friendlies. + Some Brazilian and Chilean teams now play matches at alternative stadiums when they play against certain teams. + Belgian 2nd division team is now byed to the semi finals of the relegation playoffs. + Players getting bans from the Australiaa Pre-Season Cup now get suspended for Premiership matches. + Norwegian league winners now get prize money. + Fixed a problem with some teams always rejecting friendlies on certain dates. + Added winter breaks to some reserve competitions. + Croatian league now keeps teams in the correct half of the table after the split. + Australian sub rule update. + Fix for Israeli foreign player registraton - teams are restricted to registering 5 foreign players in the whole squad and only 5 foreign players permitted in match squad. + Fix for players given a squad number but then get loaned out and still keep their squad. + Matches now not moved to friday for tv in Spanish Second Division B. + A temporary fix to stop FC United of Manchester being involved in FA Trophy for at least 2 seasons. + Fix to stop lower league teams from playing at home in Israeli State Cup + Amended Israeli squad registration window so it now ends Saturday, 14th, January. + Fix for FIFA Confederations Cup - rest of squad can now be named as subs. + Shanghai Team now plays home games at Shanghai Stadium for Hong Kong-Shanghai Interport Cup. + French Cup and French Ligue Cup finals now played at Stade de France. + For Solvakia 1st and 2nd division, added winter break for 06/07 season and onwards. + Fixed squad registration issue where 2 players get the same squad number. + Players on loan (and still on loan) at start of game now no longer get a squad number from their permanent team. + Fix to ensure that only the top teams in Turkish premier league appear on tv. + Fix to ensure loan players get squad numbers. + Fix for situation where AI was not assigning squad numbers to players during registration window in Spanish Segunda B division. + Brazilian league now works quicker when running in normal detail. Media ===== + Fixed some player bio strings saying the player had a poor season when he had not + Fixed some contract renewal news items for player/coaches + Adjusted AI trigger for fans unhappy at signing of ageing player news + Fixed consecutive winners of compettions being declared as winning one more trophy than they actually did + Fixed media comment news items not being translated properly if you changed to a different language to the one you used to create the savegame. + Fixed XML string parsing bug that could lead to translated text not being translated properly in rare circumstances. Assets ====== + Updated Malaga player pictures + Updated Racing Santander player pictures + Updated Villarreal player pictures + Added Celta player pictures + Updated Emmen, Go Ahead Eagles and Sparta Rotterdam logos + Removed wrong Blackpool away kit + Updated Atletico Madrid player pictures + Added Southampton player pictures Match Engine Version History ============================ Match v448 - Reworked match condition progression - Slight tweak to AI managers "sitting back" AI - Toned down certain motivation and nervousness effects - Slightly increased effectiveness of long shots - Fixed occasional defensive clearances across own area - Cut down on remaining occurances of long range headers on goal Match v449 - Tuned no of goals from 448 Match v450 - Tweak to team selection AI Match v451 - Fixed bug where team said to have won trophy in normal league game - Improved pass selection at higher levels - Stopped eg 4-0 wins being described as "a poor game" in comms - Redone player reaction AI to manager being pleased or delighted after loss or poor result - Reduced changes to morale based on post match talks - More sanity checks on morale changes in match - Fixed manager reputation changes post match - should slow down rises for new managers - Improved AI manager formation selection for matches - Improved in match calculation of player pace as affected by physical condition - Improved in match calculation of player pace when running with ball - Tweaked motivation of players according to match score - Stopped keeper coming forward for corners if he has instruction "stay back if needed" - Tweaked marking from defenders of team with an attacking throw situation - Allowed other players bar strikers to consider making off ball run into an empty channel - Made players with clear sight of goal more likely to shoot than run into a more difficult shooting position - Made swap player tactic work for human teams - Fixed occasional player time wasting in silly situations - Tuned player match condition progression Match v452 - Further improved AI manager formation selection for matches - Improved AI manager substitution AI - Tweak to passing/run with ball choice AI - Tweaked player covering team mate AI - User can now give full backs arrows beyond half way Match v453 - AI teams now have correct required result set before match - eg if need to win by X to qualify, draw to stay up etc etc - AI teams more positive with starting formation according to opponent - Fixed high condition penalty for wet pitch surface - Teams now more likely to shut up shop when getting hammered against expectation to avoid further embarrassment - AI teams in non vital domestic league matches more likely to go for the win depending on manager attacking attribute - Swap player really does work now ;-) - Tweaked match rating related reputation progression - Made choice of captain have less impact on technical player match abilities - Tweak penalty kick conversion rates - Try to make better players "put foot on ball" a bit more - Make unfair red and yellow card get stored correctly as such for use in discipline module Match v454 - Stopped play being brought back for offside when advantage should be played for attacking team - Stopped players being swapped without having it set in tactics - Given booked players more time to take up proper positions at set piece - Improved pre match calculation of "expected result" for use in AI manager tactical approach - Made AI teams a little more careful away from home when not losing - Made AI teams utilise the forward run instruction more realistically - Made the better players at better teams a little less inhibited by away games - Slight increase on mental effect on weaker willed players of playing top opposition - Fixed bug stopping managers giving red carded players team talks - Try to make midfielders get a few more goals by joining the attack quicker - Improved run with ball AI a little - Fixed problem with defence of team with attacking throw that can leave attacker a run on goal if ball cleared - Fixed obscure bug where keeper will run out of own area to intercept an impossible ball and leave goal empty - Reduced number of very wild and innacurate shots Match v455 - Fixed "poor game" commentary line after heavy win for one of the teams - Made AI managers go very defensive a little less, especially in non vital games - Improved AI use of try long shots player instruction - Made long shots specialists eg Lampard less reluctant to have a dip - AI teams now abandon 1 up front formations during the match if things arent working - Retuned match ratings a little to allow for recent changes in the engine - Further tuned offensive positioning of central midfielders with forward run instruction set - Cut down on harsh red cards for "professional fouls" Match v456 - Match engine now recognises promotion contenders as such - Swap player issue with subs and changing of role via tactic screen fixed - Player match ratings micro tweaked Match v457 - Fine tuned match ratings Football Manager 2006 v6.0.1 (Build 70473) ------------------------------------------ General ======= + Fixed potential injury news item crash (trying to display injury league table for a non-existent competition). + Fixed a crash at the end of the season in Belgium when running with top division only. + Fixed random unregistering of players in leagues which restrict re-registering of players to certain times of the year (Portugal/Spain/Mexico etc) + Fixed problem with portugeause league and foreigner rule, counting any non-portugeuse players as being foreign, instead of non-EU. + Added extra sanity checks for manager reputation, to help prevent quick escalation of reputation. Football Manager 2006 v6.0.1 ---------------------------- General ======= + Tuning of young player physical progression + Spanish regenerated players and virtual players do not get given common names as much. + Goalkeeping coaches now do not have high ratings for other coaching types. + Loan players who have a "cannot play in cup matches" clause, can play in competitions which their main team are not entered for. + Arsenal now use their red and white home top from the 2006 season onwards. + Slovenian wages tuned. + Mental attributes and happiness have more effect on training levels + Ensured team talk slight concerns get cleared down for loan players who have been loaned from non_selected leagues. + Toned down severe post-match player morale changes, this ensures players take at least a couple of good matches to go from poor/very poor morale to very good/superb morale and vice versa + Ensured human managers don't get criticised for not praising thier own players when in fact they have left team-talks to their assistant managers. + Stopped "grey team managers" being given negative attributes and therefore sabotaging their own teams causing some very big defeats. + Teams in the same division should not have the potential for a giant-killing news story even if one is semi-pro and one is pro. + Prevented board/fans/former club favourite/current player congratulations news items from appearing after a team has qualified for the Uefa Cup via the Intertoto Cup + Adjusted the increase / decrease of human manager visible attributes. + Reduced inflation of price clubs are willing to pay for a player based on domestic average rating. + Ensured assistant coach/manager can't give feedback on himself. + Some tweaks to coach and team reports. + Monaco virtual players now have French nationality instead of having Monaco set as their nation. + Fixed stadium expansion bug where team would sometimes not move back to their old stadium once it was finished. + Fixed problem where some players would start the first season with stats from the previous year + Fixed second nationalities for regens - previously weren't getting set properly. + Fixed problem with caretakers manager's hanging around for ages without being offered the job or a replacement being found + Fixed differing time periods for injury between profile and physio report + Fixed players reaction to manager mind-games not showing up on client machines when playing network game. + Fixed receiving news story stating Liverpool fifth times when should be sixth times champions. + Fixed cases of manager being hired from within the club having the wrong 'time in charge' stat + Fixed players on loan at a club who are signing for them at a later date (e.g. Laurent Robert) getting wrong player_bio about them. + Fixed a bug where you can fine a player who is on loan to you and he will get upset with the club that owns the player. Interface ========= + Injury league table not filled in for domestic leagues that had finished. + Squad screen filters now filter WB L/DM (C) players correctly. + You now have to pick a goalkeeper in quick tactics like you do in detailed tactics. + Added "Help" to the Mac menu bar to follow standard behaviour on the platform. + Help for "offer to clubs" now shows the correct information (instead of the "transfer offer " page). + Pressing the escape key now closes the help dialog. + Training section "attributes" list could display slightly different values than the player profile. + Improved goal net graphics. + 3rd placed Royal League teams displayed the 3rd placed team order instead of the proper group they were in. + Used "Far" as short text for both "attack far post" and "stand on far post". + Squad filters for teams works for b-teams if user is browsing the game without having added a human player. + "Release comment" section disappeared when you clicked on another section of a player (before you had confirmed the comment). + You were able to change some tactical settings from the full time team talks. + If you used quick flicks to go to next team while on your own tactics section you might end up seeing their instructions. + Referees now show a 'Based' city (if city is known) instead of showing an unknown city of birth on their profile. + Clicking 'View Draw' might not take you to the results of the draw if you viewed a different section of the same competition. + Minimum fee release clause was not visible while making a transfer offer for players in countries where this is mandatory (Spain). + Substituting a player at half time would initially leave his overall team talk at "None" until you it again. + Sometimes players were duplicated in part-exchange offers in the "Transfer listed" menu on the "Add" button. + Can now give team talks to players who were substituted. + Added more printing functionality to panels like Match Report, Match Stats, Home + Player instructions "swap player" (outfield) and "distribute to" (goalkeeper) did not remember settings if set outside a match. + In-match tactic panel updates the tactic title on the right panel properly. + If you were in control of both a nation and a club, using the quick flicks did not go anywhere. + If you were controlling a nation and a club, the context of the national FA confidence was the club and not the nation. + Corrected "Upcoming Fixtures" to "Fixtures & Results" on the manager home section. + In rare cases the player profile would display "-" for form even when the player had valid form. + Player histories did not show season year properly for clubs where season overlaps the new year (2004-05 format). + Go On Holiday dialog could have the "reject all offers as well as another item selected (they're mutually exclusive). + Go On Holiday dialog "Return from holiday after:" N days edit box layout fixed. + Inputting extended characters using AltGr (or Alt+Control) did not work. + Pasting a single character from the clipboard to an edit box did not work (multiple characters did). + Continue game timeout does not get used when a manager is making a team talk after the match. + Reset requested scroll position when loading new HTML screen. + Fixed wrong team being used in news item stating reasons for transfer delay being refused. + Fixed exchange players showing up on news item but not on transfer offer screen + Fixed home page snapshot of K-League (displayed opening stage intead of combined league). + Fixed Belgian lower divisions snapshot (displayed opening stage and not combined league). + Fixed possible crash browsing through teams staff list using the Quick Flicks. + Fixed potential crash on European World Cup qualifiers second placed teams table if clicking on team position to see progress. + Fixed some duplicate news items. + Being able to deselect the 'Index' panel in the tutorial by reclicking on the 'Index' button. + Fixed every second seperator line in tree view items being slightly longer than the others Competitions ============ + Scottish league cup ties are now seeded properly. + Fixed some issues with the CONCACAF Champions League when MLS is not a selected league. + Mexican teams now do not register too many foreign players. + Implemented English Conference changes for 2006/07 season. + Mexican First Division groups are now correct for 2005. + Prize money removed from Serbia and Montenegro Cup. + Manager snapshot panel now shows full stage name in the competitions panel. E.g. North Semi Final instead of Semi Final + All-Ireland Cup now stores past years correctly. + Teams from 2006 African World Cup qualifiers do not qualify to the 2008 African Nations Cup any more. + Some English FA Cup prize money amounts fixed. + Hong Kong AFC Playoff now gets scheduled once all of the domestic competitions have finished. + Ramat-Hasharon now deducted 2 points in 2005 Israeli National League. + Spanish teams now start playing friendlies earlier. + All Ireland cup now uses refs from Ireland or N. Ireland. + European player awards tunning + Greek player of the year problem fixed. + Greek foreign player of the year problem fixed + Player winning more than one seasonal award fix + Attacking bias added to seasonal player awards. + Some fixes for managers withdrawing players from international friendlies + Australian players no longer win Asian awards. + Award winner news item appears after player thanks manager news item. + Fixed string error (australian pre match odds news) declaring league as being finished when it hasn't. + Fixed some fixture dates in England for non World Cup/Euro Championship years. + Fixed a bug where the European qualifying news would not come up for some nations. + Slovakia now uses a non-EU player rule instead of a foreign player rule. Match ===== + When 2 human managers are playing each other in a match, the game now shows both team talk screens at the end of the match instead of just the one. + When a human changed the order of his penalty takers just before a shootout, the score would sometimes not be stored properly when the result gets processed. + Fixed a match screen crash which would sometimes happen after making quick tactic changes. + If a human manager leaves a match (goes on holiday, disconnects from network game, etc), the assistant manager will now make tactical changes in his place. + Fixed bug where the view menu on the tactics screen might be disabled for a second human manager on the same machine. Transfers ========= + Starting foreign loans are now not treated as domestic loans for English teams when counting the number of loans done so far. + Fixed bug where occassionally the game might forget to process a future transfer. + Fixed a bug where national teams would sometimes appoint a director as their new manager. + Players signed after a club has finished its season, now get put on holiday. Mac Specific ============ + Fixed some keyboard shortcuts in the help dialog. + Fixed possible problem with cpu idle when re-activating the application during a match. + Fixed Mac keyboard shortcut for Preferences to conform to standard Mac shortcut. Assets ====== - ADDED Livingston player pictures - Fixed Scott Thomson (Dunfermline) picture mapping to the wrong Scott Thomson - ADDED Nottingham Forest player pictures - Fixed Cardiff pictures (Darren Purse, Jeff Whitley, Joe Ledley and Neal Ardley) - Fixed Stafford Rangers player pictures (Peter Thomson) - Fixed Blackpool badge - Fixed Rotherham kits not displaying - Fixed Daejeon kits not displaying in first season - Fixed Joao Goncalves FaceInTheGame picture Data Editor =========== - Fixed potential crash on the squad screen - Fixed manager preferred formations sometimes defaulting to 442 - Fixed a crash when changing the name of a club and then clicking on the club agin Tutorial Note ============= The tutorial will only display properly in the languages installed with the Retail CD. Match Engine Version History ============================ Match v444 - Fixed exagerrated nervousness in matches of "grey players" - Stopped "grey managers" having negative attributes - "Turned up" dribbling a little - Made control of ball coming from unsighted position harder - Made one touch football harder to achieve at lower levels - Improved "purchase" on tackles made close to own goal - Improved direction of headed clearances and flick ons - Made less speculative balls down the wings go out for throws - Tweaked letting ball run out AI - Reduced in match condition drop for all but increased it for jumping to account for DC's - Removed pointless shots and lobs from silly distance that distorted shot count by about 3-4 per match. Match v445 - Fixed over-reaction to "warn against complacency" team talk after good performance - Fixed graphical glitch that can occur when disallowed goal crosses the line - Stopped very occasional dangerous short free kicks across own back line - Improved clearance AI - Improved AI manager mentality settings - Fixed 45 minute rule bug that prevented sensible substitutions by AI international managers - Slightly lessened amount of runs into channels by strikers - Slightly adjusted condition effect of attacking mentality - Fixed keeper average ratings anomaly that could result in high rating when little to do in easy win - Fixed defensive midfielder and wing back match ratings - Tweaked dribbling AI just a little more - Tweaked method of counting successful dribbles - Fixed player "warping" over pitch bug - Tweaked team shape very slightly vs mentality and narrowed defence a tiny bit in own third of pitch - Stopped players set to "mark tall player" from closing down corner taker - Cut down on long range headed goal attempts Match v446 - Fixed dodgy clearances behind caused by v445 Match v447 - Fixed condition drop for wingers and other players doing a lot of running with ball