can you switch to a large database during a game?

hi guys,,

i am playing in a network game.. and we (stupidly) started off on a small database... now we are struggling to find decent players (start of 3rd season).... so can you switch to a large database during a game? we are in pre season just now.

thanks

Unfortunately you can't. Once you have set up the game you are stuck with the database and leagues you loaded.

doh! oh well.. there seems to be a few good regens kicking around, i suppose they will have to do. cheers for the response NF.

NF

Do you know why they removed the option to change view only leagues to playable like you could in some versions of CM?

the problem you will have is the game will always try and keep the number of players the same so if you have started with only 20,000 then the game will keep the number around the same throughout.

NF

Do you know why they removed the option to change view only leagues to playable like you could in some versions of CM?

Nope :confused:. I've only have played FM from 07. I played Championship Manager 06 and 05 for the PS2.

i didnt even know that option was available before...

Oh ok. I think it may have been 99/00. Maybe 00/01 aswell. You could change leagues from view only to playable on the fly.

Oh ok. I think it may have been 99/00. Maybe 00/01 aswell. You could change leagues from view only to playable on the fly.

i wonder why that was removed, i often regret setting leagues up to view only because i would like to manage a club there after 10/15 seasons.

i wonder why that was removed, i often regret setting leagues up to view only because i would like to manage a club there after 10/15 seasons.

Well that was what was good about it. At the time my computer was awful. Something like a 900Mhz processor. So it was good where I could load, England (playable - Prem only) and Spain and Italy (view only). When I got bored of England, I could change it to view only and change Spain or Italy to playable and carry on my save.

Well that was what was good about it. At the time my computer was awful. Something like a 900Mhz processor. So it was good where I could load, England (playable - Prem only) and Spain and Italy (view only). When I got bored of England, I could change it to view only and change Spain or Italy to playable and carry on my save.

i can only imagine they changed the way the leagues set up initially with read only selected. something that cant be added after you have started.

I wish thery would bring it back. It was really useful for people that didnt have the best of computers.

Well, it kinda exists still, only, playable leagues function a bit like "view-only" of those days when you dont have an active manager there. In that they do the "quick" calculations rather than the "full".