----------------------------- Football Manager 2010 v10.1.0 ----------------------------- Crash Fixes =========== General ======= - Stopped youth players being created at Glenn Hoddle Academy. - Increased recruitment for Glenn Hoddle Academy. - Fixed hair colour issue with some rare newgens getting grey hair. - Increased the percentage of local names for newgens from Wales and Ireland. - Added "nation trained" flag for older newgens generated at clubs promoted from inactive leagues. - Adjusted attendances for smaller leagues. - Adjusted attendances for smaller English cups. - Adjusted attendances for reserve matches. - Adjusted attendances for international matches. - Tweaked attendances and attendance changes for very small leagues added with editor. - Fixed a bug with away attendance calculation in some matches when a small club was playing away at a much bigger club. - Tweaked fan day feedback based on match final score. - Fixed hot-seat issue where buttons on certain news items would show when they shouldn't. - Fixed acceptance of international jobs not working. - Turkish player names now shown in full instead of just first name. - Stephen Carr no longer is retired when a new game is started. - Fixed bug where homegrown players at a B team weren't being treated as homegrown for the A team. - Adjusted filling of empty attributes for non-players. - Adjusted ability calculations for older players generated at empty active clubs. - Fixed player listed as 'Unh' no longer will have no evidence that they are unhappy on their personal section. - Improved national team selection for minor nations such as India. - Improved selection of feeder clubs offered. - Fixed a problem with the days in Britan for players who have played in England and Scotland (e.g. Mark Viduka). - Goal awards no longer given out for basic detail matches - so you don't get news items where you can't actually view the winning goal(s). - Venezula linked nations added for shorter nationality eligibility. - Fixed a data corruption in the contract offer screen that occasionally caused strange low wage requests. - Adjusted retirement dates. - Adjusted Swiss name usage for newgens. - Adjusted generation of newgens for Liechenstein clubs playing in the Swiss leagues. - Fixed highest and lowest league position records not updating properly after team has moved between regional divisions. - Turkish player of the year award will now only be given to players with Turkish first nationality. Interface ========= - Fixed bug where clicking on the scouting shortcut would take you to the squad page instead of scouting knowledge when the club has no scouts employed. - Added option to switch off reversing of titlebar colours. - Added tooltips to graphics rating stars on Preferences screen. - Fixed bug with co-efficient sorting on competition screen. - Fixed bug where Match Preview screen was missing team and competition links. - Fixed bug where action buttons on voting awards screen weren't coloured correctly. - Fixed bug where teams from inactive divisions would have no text displayed in division columns in tables, this will now show "-" instead. - Fixed text bleed issue with scouting assignments. - Latest scores, goals updates and live league table panels on the competition screen now update correctly. - Stopped team and competition logos from showing on buttons when the user has switched logos off in the preferences. - Job centre screen will now remember the sorting column chosen by the user. - Fixed offer national jobs submenu action displaying in English in foreign langauges. - Removed finances link on World drop down for selected nations that are view-only as this screen is not viewable for these. - Match full screen floating windows now update their titles when you move from match to match viewing highlights. - Under 18s match preview now doesn't tell the user about the number of players ineligible from the first team for being too old - Added text to indicate that there are no available player interaction options instead of just displaying a blank screen. - Added ok dialog to job centre panel to show manager that their advert has been placed successfully. - Made the Place Advert menu options grey-out when the advert is placed / not available instead of removing them. - Some problems with resizing columns under custom views were fixed and improved. - Fixed 30-second unresponsiveness when going manager chat. - Fixed user list in manager chat nog being updated. - Player position strength indicators on the tactics screen did not match fully with the colours used on the player positions pitch section. - Unticking 'Start Unemployed' will now revert the user's selection to their favourite club if it is a valid one to manage. - Adding attributes to a person filter will now scroll to the bottom automatically if required. - Ensured removing a scouting assignment doesn't undo the user's chosen sort on that assignments table. - Removed option to apply for a job from team action buttons if the user has already been offered the job. - Fixed bug where Add New Manager was incorrectly disabled when looking at an old match. - Fixed some issues in the classic player instructions view. - Fixed player's training panel not displaying any info if club did not have a physio. - Fixed bug where right hand split view motivation panel's were not correctly named. - Fixed issue with training options not being available when right clicking on multiple players when one is on loan. - Fixed short text/headers for some custom column headers being the same as other headers. - Made selection drop down items disabled if there aren't any real or virtual players to choose from. - Fixed bug during a hot seat match where more than one manager shout panel could be opened at once. - Ensured weather forecast shows on manager overview screen if it is shown on fixtures screen. - Fixed bug when importing filters on the search screen that meant "or" rules would be imported as "and" rules. - Enabled logos on scoreboard in TV view. - Fixed various issues with widgets in TV view and text not fitting in. - "No specific instructions" option can now be selected in the Target Opposition Player shortcut panel. - Fixed occasional discrepancy between the 'Apply' button on the job centre and the right-click menu 'Apply For Job'. - Fixed issue where clicking 'Apply' on job centre screen for international youth teams would not always work. - The classic player instructions panel now includes the Wide Play instruction. - Fixed bug where showing and then hiding the filter on the club coefficients page would result in the nation column not reappearing. - Made it impossible to just search with a key containing just spaces, as doing so would cause a very lengthy wait for the search to complete. - Added Wide Play option to player list view menu on the tactics screen. - Added confirmation dialog when applying for jobs through the job centre screen. - Fixed dual-block mode of the "Overview" squad screen sub-views not changing to single-block mode when changing back to a custom view. - Ensured first team vs reserve/youth team matches only appear once in calendar views. - Ensure news respond buttons are properly cleared down when manager resigns. - Fixed a problem with the Playoff Offside instruction on the classic team instructions panel. - Ensured coach reports aren't available for unattached players that have been scouted. - Show 'Sus' indication on national pool if player has international ban. - Fixed captain icon being duplicated on the tactics screen when substituting your captain. - When changing your club captain on the day of a match these changes are now applied for the match on that day instead of from the day after. - Ensured coach reports aren't available when making an offer for a player that isn't attached to your club. - Fixed potential crash if user clicked on search icon and then on status panel whilst setting up a new game. - Auto assign roles and duties now greyed out on the tactic screen if automatic settings are already set. - Fixed moving column on a custom view that is being sorted messing up the list sort order. - Enabled logos on match titlebar - Player ratings is now the first tab under 'Stats' in a match for easier access Backroom Advice =============== - Stopped staff advising to scout players that teams in Malaysia are not allowed to sign. - Stopped staff contradicting themselves when suggesting removing offers for players even though they gave them a good scout report. - Action button is now hidden if the user has offered a contract to a staff member/player manually. - Improved the second opinion advice. - Stopped fitness coaches offering advice on tactics unless they also have a preference for a normal coaching role. - Stopped second opinion always disagreeing with team attribute comparison pre-match advice. - Clicking Tactics button no longer causes advice to be dismissed before being actioned. - Using the Training button now links to the teams training section correctly. - Facegen pictures now appear on the backroom advice screen instead of the default picture. - Advice no longer re-appears if you have dismissed the advice by going to the screen via the news item and then going by the menu link. - Improved the recommended players advice AI. - Stopped Assistant Manager disagreeing with possible opposition instructions and then suggesting them himself pre-match. - Scouting recommendations for immedidate signings only recommend players the team can currently afford. - Backroom advice section now hidden for international matches because there was never anything to show. Editor ====== - When using specific teams in competitions, the "Could not find competition -1 in the database" message doesn't appear when testing the rules. - The scroll buttons on the tab strip now works correctly. - Can now add national team achievements for people in the editor. - Hitting the window close button X now brings up confirmation dialog if changes have been made. - Adding new clubs, competitions, etc to the database now applies the same changes to network clients as well. Media ===== - Fixed a couple of player descriptions not displaying in some foreign languages. - Fixed 'interested in job' news item not always knowing whether the job the person is interested in is currently filled or not. - Fixed comp news item which mentions several teams they could face in next round when next round opponents are already known. - Ensure that non-relevant competition round-up news items are not sent to humans for competitions split geographicaly e.g. Conference League Cup. - Fixed over-the-top news strings for winning friendly competitions. - Fixed Transfer Centre button displaying on transfer offer news when human not involved in transfer. - Added 'Make Offer' button to transfer offer news so human can easily make counter-bid for players who have just come under offer from other clubs. - Fixed news item stating player "popped up again" when describing his first goal. - Fixed exaggerated praise after qualifying from domestic cup with group stages e.g. Second Round group of Portuguese League Cup. - Fixed variable appearing in news item linking staff with vacant position. - Players no longer complain about been unable to speak to another club when a transfer offer is negoiated rather than rejected. - Players no longer complain about been unable to speak to another club if the buying team keeps delaying the transfer. - Fixed %string#1 appearing in some comp news items for progression in major tournaments. - Fixed club variable appearing in stadium improvement news item. - Fixed news item miscounting international injury tally by one. - Fixed "Consortium pull plug" news item stating consortium pulled the plug when it was actually the club. - Fixed player's bio blaming manager for club's season under-performance when manager has only just joined and is doing well. - Fixed rare instance of player transfer speculation news being generated for news where the buying team doesn't have a manager. - Fixed View Injury Table button in physio report news occasionally taking you to the wrong page for an international manager. - Ensured 'linked to job press statements' can only be responded to from the inbox and not from the news centre. - Fixed news items which were incorrectly using a nation's nationality instead of its name e.g. "Venezuela in good display against Peruvian" - Can now appeal straight red card when a player was playing for a different squad to the squad he is currently in. - Fixed award voting news "vote" button disappearing a few days after the news item is first issued. - Stopped media speculating about managers signing rubbish goalkeepers. - Pitch dimensions news item only sent if there are more than one pitch size to choose from! Finances ======== - Adjusted Finnish finances. - Adjusted non-player wages. - Adjusted ticket pricing for smaller English cups. - Tweaked English lower league youth wages. - Fixed really small teams generated with big debts. - Adjusted clubs going into administration. - Adjusted player wage demands. - Adjusted wage budgets for very small teams. - Fixed players on very high wages requesting a lot less when renewing contract. - Adjusted African ticket prices. Transfers ========= - Prevented board from stepping in and accepting bids just over the basic value of the player on behalf of a manager when player was transfer listed. - Disabled transfer decision deadline option of 'Today' when current game time is later on in the day and not possible for clubs to respond in time. - Stopped the ability to sign Institute players on bosman style deals. - Changed label for the 'Offer to Clubs Asking Price' to make it clearer that it is a percentage of the players displayed value. - Loaned out players no longer kept in first team and demoted to reserves upon return to club. - Removed duplicate news item when a youth players contract expires. - Further fixes to ensure Australian teams keep thier squad depth many years in the future. - Altered contract decision code to prevent low league key players from getting early pay rises. - Fixed occasional first team player being put in reserves and listed for loan in first season. - Stopped occasional B Club player from being given first team wages due to being a key player in the B Club - Prevented big clubs from actively looking to replace thier terrible third choice goalkeepers - Spanish based players no longer demands really high relegation release clauses, due to already having really high mandatory minimum fee release clauses Subscriptions ============= - Improved selection of subscriptions by personal assistant. - Fixed issue where certain record news items would be sent to subscriptions unnecessarily. - Should not be allowed to subscribe to virtual/grey players. - Fixed personal assistant recommending a national manager unsubscribes from World Cup. - Removing a player from a shortlist should not unsubscribe him if he exists on another shortlist. - Auto-subscribe humans to matches category for international comps e.g. World Cup to improve immersion. - Stopped human getting two match reports for the same match if subscribed to a comp's matches. Press Conferences ================= - Fixed journalist asking about signing a compatriot for a new signing when other club team already contains a player of his nationality. - Fixed press conference crediting user with multiple cup wins despite this being user's first. - Fixed follow-up question about balancing books appearing in the wrong context in new signing conference. - Miscellaneous text and press conference question fixes. - Fixed press conference questioning team's form due to poor morale when team morale is actually very high. - Improved selection of the main talking point of press conferences. - Give precedence to team-mates of the same nationality over shared language when looking for a team-mate who can help a new signing settle in. - Fixed wrong stadium name being shown in some new signing conference questions. Board Takeovers =============== - Stopped non-players who dislike a club from leading consortiums that are interested in taking them over. Network Game ================= - Now cannot join manager chat until you have completed adding a manager. - Fixed blank stage in add manager wizard when "Assign Random Clubs" has been ticked. - "Disconnect" action is now shown again on the game status screen for network clients. - Fixed a problem where the next fixture details on the manager overview panel would not update for network clients. - Fixed other managers watching a match being able to view the playing managers feedback widget. - Fixed and improved user idle time counts. Competitions ============ - Fixed bug where user-named friendly competition gets its name changed to Friendly Cup after saving and reloading. International ------------- - CONCACAF World Cup qualifying section now starts off at the third round stage with the correct teams and fixtures. - African World Cup qualifying section now starts off third round stage with correct teams and fixtures. Australia --------- - Updated Australian A-League kick off times. - Fixed discipline rules to correspond with specifications. Belgium ------- - Tweaked Belgian Second Division TV coverage. Brazil ------ - Fixed issue of Brazilian national First and Second Division games being played during the World Cup. Chile ----- - Chilean First Division B clubs can sign/sell unlimited number of players in summer transfer window Croatia ------- - Fixed Croatian sides not arranging any friendlies during the winter break. Czech Republic -------------- - Tweaked Czech First Division TV coverage. Denmark ------- - Fixed period when Danish teams can start playing friendlies during the winter. - Fixed Danish Cup draw rules. - Danish Work Permit rules now check the wage offered to a player. - Updated TV prize money. England ------- - Fixed Blue Square Premier and Blue Square North\South playoffs being shown on TV when there is no TV deal in place. Finland ------- - Updated Finnish Premier League to award teams with TV money beyond 2012. France ------ - Fixed issue of French Coupe De La Ligue being set up after the first round draw. - Updated TV revenue system for First and Second Division. - Fixed Coupe De La Ligue kick off times and TV viewings. Germany ------- - Fixed issue with German Cup's first round clashing with other German leagues due to the German Cup using the 2008 first round date. - Fixed scheduling for First, Second and Third Divisions in Germany. - Updated German kick off times. - Updated German Cup TV prizes. - Updated German first division to coincide the recent move of the penultimate game to a Sunday. - If one or both teams that have qualified for the German Cup final also take part in the relegation for the German First/Second Division then the two relegation legs should be rescheduled. - Included international days, where matches are not played. - Fixed issue with match times after the new year Greece ------ - Fixed a problem with Greek youth team full time player squad selection rule. - Changed Greek Superleague cup schedule to finish a few weeks earlier. - Updated Greek Superleague to give out TV prize money to teams to coincide with the recent contract. Hong Kong (China PR) -------------------- - Added Hong Kong League Transfer Windows. - Stopped teams not in Hong Kong First Division participating in reserve league. Holland ------- - Matches are now played at 1630 every three Sundays in the Dutch Eredivisie. Israel ------ - Fixed issue with Israel Premier and National league games playing during the play offs. - Israeli Cup winner now takes 2nd Europa League seed after 2nd placed league team Italy ----- - Serie A league schedule improvements. - Games no longer take place on Easter Sunday. Norway ------ - Fixed Norwegian Cup's geographical drawing during the preliminary stage. - Fixed issue with second division teams occasionally being drawn into the preliminary stage. - Tweaked how Third Division teams are selected for promotion to Second Division. - Removed the nation trial day. - Norwegian squad selection rules changed. Portugal -------- - Updated League Cup TV prize money. Romania ------- - Fixed issue with games being played during the Romanian Second League winter break. Russia ------ - Tweaked Russian Premier League schedule. Scotland -------- - Fixed issue where the final day Scottish league fixtures not being held on same day due to Scottish Cup Final. - Updated Scottish Cup prize money. - Fixed issue with Scottish Cup finals not taking place. - Scottish U21 players now need to be younger than 21 on the 1st of January of the season start year. Spain ----- - Fixed issue with first round of the Spanish Cup being too late. Sweden ------ - Fixed incorrect fixture rule for Swedish Super Cup. Switzerland ----------- - Fixed Lower League teams not playing at home in Swiss Cup. - Fixed Swiss sides not arranging any friendlies during the Winter Break. - Fixed scheduling for First and Second Divisions in Switzerland. Turkey ------ - Turkish Premier Division Schedule tweak. - Updated Turkish Cup Prize Money. - Added a check for foreign non-homegrown players in the youth leagues. United States ------------- - Added a link to the Waiver List on the MLS competition menu. - Added a link to a draft on the MLS competition menu when it is currently been held (Superdraft and Waiver Draft). - Toronto FC now pursue more Canadian players in the Superdraft. Uruguay ------- - Updated Uruguay's transfer windows to be different for First and Second division. UEFA Europa League ------------------ - Fixed fixture order. UEFA Champions Cup ------------------ - Updated league dates. International ------------- - World Cup teams are now drawn in order of highest seeds first. - Yellow cards are no longer carried on from the qualifying rounds to the World Cup. - U20 World Cup now takes place in 2009. Match Experience ================ - Fixed bug where Stockport home kit colours were not matching the titlebar/commentary colours for friendly matches. - National teams in international finals now use 1-23 for virtual player squad numbers instead of 23+. - Injury icon now no longer appears above a player in a match if the match is rewound to before the injury. - Fixed pitch textures been inconsistance between 2D and 3D view. - Fixed bug where playmaker and target man roles were not being setup correctly in the match. - The first team now always uses the first kit when playing in the intra squad friendly. - Crowds now celebrate shootout goals and all penalty misses - Fixed "dead time" not being skipped when players retrieve ball for set pieces Match Engine ============ Match v807 ---------- - Fixed keeper not hoofing bobbly ball clear when dangerous to try to control it - Made keeper first touch on backpasses a little safer - Reduce number of unrealistic keeper fumbles and failing to hold slow moving ball - Fumbles now recognised as mistakes - Fixed keeper spending too long on ground after fumbling ball on the deck - Fixed keeper who tries a save a fraction after opponent gets to ball performing illogical dive action - Fixed keeper trying to head clear silly backpass rather than let it go out and being able to organise for corner - Fixed keeper not using 6 seconds and hoofing ball clear while holding it under pressure - Encouraged passing ball around in own half a little more when tactics allow for it - Fixed dodgy angle being passed into function causing assert and potential score divergence - Midfielders getting ball deep a little less liable to play it long when under moderate pressure - Try to reduce instances of players heading ball that they could run onto - Fix to prevent 2 players going for one slow moving ball that is coming into their own area - Made sensible passes to playmaker more attractive for his team mates - Fixed wide play over-ride in tactics creator not being utilised properly Match v808 ---------- - Stopped all but the most blatant offsides being called before any player has "interfered" with play - Fixed wrong type of mistake being reported when keeper fumbles ball - Added commentary for keeper fumbling ball - Made keepers slightly more likely to dive when unable to save ball - Fixed a couple of errors in keeper positioning that could leave goal exposed - Stopped defender leaving ball to keeper if he isnt sure when attacker will get to the ball - Made players stick a little closer to their man especially when defending quite high and wide - Made defenders more likely to step up to D-line when playing the offside trap - Fixed players not getting goalside of opponent with ball in no brainer situation - Improved behaviour of deep lying forward type players in terms of where they look for space to move into - Reduce strikers running wide when team mate already close to that destination - Players less likely to move onto a simple pass at unneccesary high speed, which should generally improve their first touch - Another check against player first touch taking ball dangerously close to own goal - Increased chance of players trying overhead kick shots - Stop players trying ridiculously ambitious passes at free kicks unless set to all out attack - Reduced unneccesary long backwards passes caused by v807 change - Toned down number of pointless hopeful through balls - Toned down directional error on clearances when ball on best foot - Reduced number of panicky clearances especially behind for corner Match v809 ---------- - Fixed a loophole that could still see players clear towards own goal - Slight reduction in blocked shots and crosses to improve goal count - Fixed player display positions incorrectly set up - Removed old code that stopped an AMC playing directly behind a lone FC by shifting one left and one right Match v810 ---------- - Implemented goalies rolling ball out underarm - Reduced number of panicky clearances slightly - Small tweak to basic pass choice - Fixed overuse of pass to lurking player at corners - Tweaked AI strategy choice slightly - Made AI teams set full back roles to wing back in narrow formations - Fixed incorrect variable being used to regulate speed when moving back onside Match v811 ---------- - Made midfielders in teams without wide midfielders or wingers shift across better when defending the flanks - Slight increase in technical ability at higher levels - Improved chances of keepers making point blank save - Fixed occasional instances of keepers leaving it too late to attempt a save - Players more likely to choose safe pass ahead of risky first touch - Further small tweak to pass choice AI - Aimed crosses slightly further back from goal, to make harder for keeper, mainly for good crossers - Fixed players attempting overhead kicks when facing the goal they are aiming at - Reduced pointless long shots when run or pass on - Boost header power for players with good heading ability - Try to improve long shot aim variation rather than just straight at the keeper - Fixed bug that could cause player going to meet cross, corner free kick to pull out at last minute - Reduced fairly rare bug causing players to miscontrol ball for no obvious reason - Reduced number of risky dribble attempts when other options available - Made marking of nearest player slightly more lax when player tired Misc ==== - Made some updates to the Game Credits