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      *** Championship Manager 99/00 HKCM Chinese League Patch (Final version) ***

File name: cm9900CHN_League.zip
Download Website: http://www.hkcm.com/
Release date: 23-9-2000							By Frank Ng
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	  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
	  !! PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE UNZIPPING THE FILES !!
	  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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DATA BACK-UP
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- If you want to keep your own data, please make backups of your CM99/00 "DATA" 
  folder and your "cm9900.exe" file before the installation. You can zip all the *.DAT 
  files and the cm9900.exe file as backups.
- After you have replaced the "cm9900.exe", all your old saved games (including the
  saved games of the beta version) CANNOT be reloaded. To use back your own saved game 
  data, simply replace the "cm9900.exe" with an original one.
- The author will not bear any responsibilities in the case that your data has been 
  damaged!

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INSTALLATION
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 (This unofficial league patch ONLY support the english version of CM99/00)

- After you have unzip this file, there should be another 2 zipped files (They are 
  "c-league_data.zip" & "c-league_cm9900.zip")
- Unzip the "c-league_data.zip" into your CM99/00 "DATA" folder & replace all the files. 
- Meanwhile, also unzip the "c-league_cm9900.zip" into your game directory to replace
  the original one.
- Start a new game and then choose "China"..... Then, you can play the Chinese League!

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KNOWN BUGS & PROBLEMS
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- There should be 14 First Division A teams and 12 First Division B teams instead of
  16 D1A teams and 10 D1B teams (This is due to the restriction of the Japanese League
  structure)
- China will not join to play the 2002 World Cup Asia Qualifying rounds because it has 
  become the host nation with South Korea! (To join the World Cup Finals is the dream
  of all Chinese, isn't it?) :)
- China has been invited to join the Copa America 1999
- Incorrect games' rules. (There should not be extra time when teams are level after
  90 minutes)
- Regenerated Chinese players have Japanese names...
- Incorrect 1999 CFA Cup history record (because it is necessary to fit the Super Cup
  schedule)
- "Chinese FA League Cup" is not a real competition because of the restriction of the 
  game structure of J-League.
- Some of the non-league teams have been extinct or not real due to the restriction 
  about the Cup matches draws.

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CREDITS
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- This update was made using the Jonas Noréns CM99/2000 editor Version 2.0 & 
  Tri Wasono's editor version 3.4
- Hong Kong Championship Manager Website ---
  http://www.hkcm.com/
- Special thanks to
  "dudufly" & 
  "soul" for providing many important data and help me for the names translations

Thanks for your supports and please don't forget to visit http://www.hkcm.com/

  Author E-mail: Frank Ng
		 frank@hkcm.com

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NEW in the FINAL VERSION
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- Further 200 new Chinese players added (There are now over 1,200 Chinese players!)
- More foreign players playing in China have been included
- Wages level of Chinese clubs have been modified
- The league standard and club reputations of China has been modified so that it will be
  easier to buy players
- Improved stadium and club attendance data
- Fix the bug that the game cannot continue and go back to Windows after half of the 
  season
- Chinese cities' weather, longitudes and latitudes included
- Chinese Competition Histories included
- All transfers update to 21-9-2000

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FEATURES on BETA VERSION (17-6-2000)
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- The patch is the cm99/00 3.72 version instead of 3.73 as 3.73 has been reported having
  problems during loading the cds.
- Japanese J-League has been replaced by the Chinese First Division A & B leagues
- Totally about 1,000 Chinese players included
- Totally over 250 Chinese non-playing staff added
- Totally 89 Chinese referees added
- Over 250 Chinese players' history
- ALL the 26 league clubs included
- Fixed ALL Chinese players' names (first & second name has been messed up before!)
- Removed the found duplicated players (especially Chinese players)
- A lot of Chinese cities and stadiums added
- Many Chinese players' histories
- New national teams added! (They are Mongolia, Bhutan, Guam from Asia and Eritrea from
  Africa)
- Over 160 new Hong Kong players & staff added
- Over 130 new Australian players & staff added
- Accurate Hong Kong team data added
- Hong Kong & Macao players now speak fluent Chinese rather than English
- Edited all English & Scottish non-League clubs with accurate data
- A lot of new cities & new stadiums of different countries added
- Fixed the stadium bug happened on the Dutch league clubs
- Stadiums added to national teams (such as Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein, Palestine etc)
  so that the stadium status of all the national teams no longer as "various"
- New stadiums of South Korea added (There will be more choices of stadiums for the 
  2002 World Cup)
- Many player transfers and loans included (most of them has been set as "future 
  transfers" so as to retain reality)
- Changed the players of "Zaire" (an extinct nation) into "Democratic Republic of
  Congo" so that players can be called up to the international squad
- Edited all South American teams data
- Colours of many clubs and national teams changed
- Modified the "reputation" of many international teams especially the Asian ones
- Change many nationality names into correct form, such as 

			    Gabon --> Gabonese
			     Laos --> Laotian
		 FYR of Macedonia --> Macedonian
	Democratic Republic of Co --> Zairean
		     Faroe Island --> Faroese
		       Kampuchean --> Cambodian		etc........

- Huge amount of clubs all around the world edited with detailed data! They are:

	       AFRICA: Egypt, Morocco, Republic of South Africa, Tunisia
		 ASIA: Hong Kong (all clubs), Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea, 
		       Bahrain, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Nepal,
		       Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, U.A.E., Yemen
	       EUROPE: England (all Conference & non-league clubs), Scotland (all 
		       non-league clubs), Austria, Bosnia, Greece, Liechtenstein, 
		       Lithuania, Malta, Switzerland, Turkey
	NORTH AMERICA: El Salvador, Guatemala
	      OCEANIC: Australia, New Zealand
	SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, 
		       Venezuela

- and many new players added & minor changes included...

Enjoy it !

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