No. of Leagues or DDTs

Whenever i start a new game no matter where, i always do a career game so not that interested in other leagues, only the players at major teams and a few others so set up some DDTs for that. What do people find best though for realism, having as many leagues running or just use the 1 league you intend to manage in and use DDTs? Does the number of leagues have an impact on the European trophies eg run the Dutch league only, are they more likely to win CL and UEFA Cup even with other teams as DDTs?

I was going to start a thread later about this ..

Basically I have spent a lot of time trying out various configurations with 9.2 - trying to find the balance between a reasonably crisp and quick game and a level of realism and depth.

I'm running a good dual core CPU (not amazing, certainly not on a par with the intel C2D's) and 2 GB of ram.

I use ddtgenerator.co.uk and ticked the box at the bottom for Europe (retain major clubs) and just went through the nations list on the right and clicked maybe 30-40 of the major European, South American and African footballing nations.

Here's the contents of my DDT file.

#Retain Clubs

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "256"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "186"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "250"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "344"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "349"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "476"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "136174"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "505"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "602"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "603"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "612"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "630"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "650"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "676"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "679"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "680"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "685"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "688"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "699"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "728"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "735"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "828"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "826"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "851"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "858"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "866"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "865"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "868"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "884"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "886"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "907"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "915"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "912"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "2247"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "947"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "901"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "920"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "960"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "948"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "967"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "981"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "983"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "992"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "991"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1009"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1013"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1028"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1036"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1083"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1099"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1106"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1129"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1132"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1135"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1139"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1140"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1150"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "2194"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1100"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1167"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1174"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1178"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1487"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1488"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1478"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1489"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "7540205"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1510"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1513"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1518"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1525"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1529"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1301108"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1569"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1570"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1952"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1955"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1724"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1742"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "4202262"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1749"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1687"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1664"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1708"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1733"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1705"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1725"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1710"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1726"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1685"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1736"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1728"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1751"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1759"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1775"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1777"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "7444307"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1665"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "2092"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "2094"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1743"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1666"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1737"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1668"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "4200564"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1776"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "7452072"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "4203036"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "2098"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1750"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "102014"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "2097"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "814344"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1503308"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1738"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1849"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1866"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1870"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1871"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "482813"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1885"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1895"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5313481"

#Retain Nations

"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "1649"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "1435"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "755"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "757"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "759"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "1651"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "760"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "11"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "1652"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "1653"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "366"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "761"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "762"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "763"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "764"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "577"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "765"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "769"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "781"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "771"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "145174"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "772"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "784"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "789"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "775"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "776"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "24"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "377"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "116"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "379"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "62002127"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "38"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "786"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "1655"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "1656"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "787"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "788"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "383"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "790"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "791"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "793"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "802"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "43"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "794"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "795"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "45"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "796"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "797"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "798"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "50"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "389"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "390"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "1657"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "584"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "62003815"

League wise, I am running 30 leagues from fifteen nations. So all of the major leagues from Europe e.g. England, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland etc.

I deliberately missed out South America and Australia and some of the obscure leagues from Scandinavia e.g. Norway and Denmark, Finland and Russia etc.

Game uses about 500mb of RAM (I've had bigger games topping 1.5gb so this is nice) and processes fast enough for me not to get annoyed or bored during the close season etc.

My advice is use the DDT to decide which additional nations to load and keep the major European clubs - but don't go over 30 leagues if you want it to remain quick. There does seem to be a sweet spot between 30 and 40 leagues where it just works, but any more than 40 kills it dead in my experience.

Also: If you do load a popular top division, you really need to load the reserve/B team leagues too or its not much fun.

So Spain, France and Germany etc. Belgium for the feeder clubs etc etc etc.

Just play around with it.

I always manage in Brazil, so i load "Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Uruguay" + Large Database

If you manage in Europe, you could at least load "France, Portugal, Spain, England and Italy"

England, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Scotland, Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, Mexico. That's all the Nations I load.

Not sure if it's my PC but I hope not since I only bought it this time last year as a top of the range model but I tried running an "epic" game running every league with the largest database and the detail level on full. I found that by season 3 I was getting a very slow performance and eventually this lead to virtual memory errors causing the game to crash which in turn lead me to abandon the game. (Pity as I've always wanted to play a career with all as much reality as possible) So now I've started a game with all the top level leagues from around the world (plus all the leagues in England, Ireland, Scotland and N.Ireland) with a normal database and so far so good.

Not sure if it's my PC but I hope not since I only bought it this time last year as a top of the range model but I tried running an "epic" game running every league with the largest database and the detail level on full. I found that by season 3 I was getting a very slow performance and eventually this lead to virtual memory errors causing the game to crash which in turn lead me to abandon the game. (Pity as I've always wanted to play a career with all as much reality as possible) So now I've started a game with all the top level leagues from around the world (plus all the leagues in England, Ireland, Scotland and N.Ireland) with a normal database and so far so good.

Yeah I don't think any computer would be good if they had every league selected.

I have 2 gigs of ram so normally I would play just English(4 levels), Spanish(2 levels), Italian(2 levels), German(2 levels) and French(3 levels) leagues.

I use a small database with 2 dts so that I get full national teams for most squads without slowing the game down too much.

#Retain Clubs


"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "151988"
//chile

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "399"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "404"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "403"

//columbia

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "420"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "427" 
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "421"

//PERU

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1449"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "117754"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1450"

//URUGUAY

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1921"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1922"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1918"

//Bolivia
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "311"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "120066"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "309"

//PARAGUAY
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1445"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5280161"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "102924"

//VENEZUELA
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "109189"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "120998"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "109192"

//ECUADOR
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5270338"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "109180"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "109177"

//----------------------------------------------------------------------
//United States
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "72000160"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1907"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1913"

//Mexico
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1253"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1255"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1260"

//CANADA
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "145773"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "72000789"

//COSTA RICA
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "102367"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1200885"

//EL SALAVADOR
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1200249"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1200440"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "102363"

//TRINI
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "23007490"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "102372"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "134636"

//JAMAICA
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "105998"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "105993"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "105990"

//guatemala
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "102365"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "102364"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5395180"

//honduras
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "308276"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "308277"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "102369"

//panama
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "308262"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "308263"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "308268"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "308267"

//Nicaragua
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5375175"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5375180"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5375181"

//belize
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "314894"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "314893"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "314895"

//Bosnia-Herzegovina
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1300153"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1300156"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "652649"





//-------------------------------------------------------------------

//Australia

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "122986"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "426430"


//China

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "407"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "116403"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "414"

//Hongkong

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "133681"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "133678"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "133674"

//India

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "130637"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5512151"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5512184"

//Indonesia

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5622859"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "7746529"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5622862"

//Malaysia

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "135382"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "135365"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5623376"

//Singapore

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1609"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1606"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1608"

//South Korea

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "200373"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "106813"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "106818"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "130775"



//pakistan
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5350076"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5350069"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5350063"

//kuwait
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "135247"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "135245"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "135246"

//iraq
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "135215"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5626504"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "135214"

//bahrain
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "102861"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5626087"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5512110"

//myanmar
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5627378"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5627387"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "135340"

//---------------------------------------------

//nigeria
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "120286"

//ghana
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "801910"

//cameroon
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "393"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5340779"

//ivory coast
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "3506513"

//senegal

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "131261"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5341073"

//south africa

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1643"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1645"

//MOROCCO
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1201011"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1201001"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "106054"

//TUNISIA
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "401149"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "106857"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "106858"

//EGYPT
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "106756"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "106757"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "106755"

//Algeria
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5340079"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5340072"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5340080"

//angola
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5390055"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "74"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5380038"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "75"

//mali
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "131266"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "8626864"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5341651"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5340991"

//zambia
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5341705"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5341707"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5341704"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5341699"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5341711"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "3400878"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5341706"

//-------------------------------------------

//norway
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1289"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1293"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1295"

//nothern ireland

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1274"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1277"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1278"

//greece

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "967"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "981"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "983"

//LITHUANIA
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "485310"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1300725"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1211"

//isreal

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1083"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1090"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1093"

//slovakia

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1620"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1623"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "130872"

//belarus

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "303"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1300113"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "130875"

//hungary

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1055"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "7522765"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "130823"

//slovenia

"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1632"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1629"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "128652"

//sweden
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1816"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1843"

//austria
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "158"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "156"

//bosnia
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1300153"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1300156"

//chzech
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "476"

//brondby
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "496"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "505"

//estonia
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "746"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "514351"

//finland
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "816"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "129132"

//iceland
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1070"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1072"

//montenegro
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "401748"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1102443"

//poland
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1300881"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1456"

//san marino
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1301142"

//LATVIA
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "483867"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1204"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "483868"

//CYPRUS
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "451"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "450"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "452"

//macedonia
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1236"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "116192"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "128000"

//geogia
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "892"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "483761"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1300526"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "891"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "483911"

//romania
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1510"

//swiss
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1855"

//albania
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "61"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "69"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "72"

//azerbijan
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "130840"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5321693"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "145748"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "127787"

//luxembourg
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1226"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1221"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1231"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1224"

//san marino
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1301133"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1301141"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1301125"

//malta
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1250"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "138209"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1247"

//faroe islands
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1300342"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "805"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "32000006"

//Moldova
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1264"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1267"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1268"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "478105"

//---------------------------------------------------------

//UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "135450"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "135448"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "135443"

//UZBEKISTAN
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "475411"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "7900348"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "485456"

//kazakstan
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "484442"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "483066"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "130593"


//SAUDI
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "106063"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "102862"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1535"

//IRAN
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "102856"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "102860"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5512191"

//qatar
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "102853"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1026831"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "3400801"

//lebanon
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "114948"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "23017389"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "114951"

//nepal
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "134893"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "134891"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1019493"

//jordan
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "135251"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "135253"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "135257"

//vietnam
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5627022"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5627026"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "135393"

//thailand
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "134900"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "134919"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "134901"

//syria
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "135478"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "135479"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "135471"

//sri lanka
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5626520"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5350039"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "5626519"

//japan
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1195"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1189"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "107280"

//-------------------------------------------------------------

//NEW ZEALAND
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1301560"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "1301557"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "130036"

//Fiji
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "130055"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "130058"
"RETAIN_PLAYERS" "130057"



#Retain Nations


"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Afghanistan"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "American Samoa"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Andorra"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Anguilla"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Antigua & Barbuda"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Armenia"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Aruba"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Bahamas"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Bangladesh"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Barbados"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Benin"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Bermuda"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Bhutan"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Botswana"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "British Virgin Islands"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Brunei Darussalam"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Burkina Faso"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Burundi"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Cambodia"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Cape Verde Islands"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Cayman Islands"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Central African Republic"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Chad"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Chinese Taipei"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Comoros"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Cook Islands"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Cuba"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Democratic Republic of Congo"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Djibouti"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Dominica"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Dominican Republic"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "East Timor"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Equatorial Guinea"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Eritrea"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Ethiopia"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "French Guyana"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Gabon"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Grenada"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Guadeloupe"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Guam"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Guinea"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Guinea-Bissau"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Guyana"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Haiti"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Kenya"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Kosovo"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Kyrgyzstan"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Laos"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Lesotho"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Liberia"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Libya"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Liechtenstein"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Macau"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Madagascar"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Malawi"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Maldives"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Martinique"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Mauritania"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Mauritius"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Mayotte"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Mongolia"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Montserrat"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Mozambique"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Namibia"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Netherlands Antilles"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "New Caledonia"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Niger"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "North Korea"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Oman"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Palestine"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Papua New Guinea"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Puerto Rico"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Reunion"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Rwanda"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Saint Lucia"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Saint Martin"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Saint Pierre and Miquelon"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Samoa"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "São Tomé & Principe"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Seychelles"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Sierra Leone"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Sint Maarten"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Solomon Islands"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Somalia"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "St Kitts & Nevis"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "St Vincent & The Grenadines"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Sudan"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Surinam"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Swaziland"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Tahiti"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Tajikistan"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Tanzania"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "The Congo"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "The Gambia"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "The Philippines"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Togo"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Tonga"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Turkmenistan"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Turks and Caicos Islands"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Uganda"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "US Virgin Islands"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Vanuatu"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Wallis and Futuna Islands"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Yemen"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Zaire"
"RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "Zimbabwe"

I use ddtgenerator.co.uk and ticked the box at the bottom for Europe (retain major clubs) and just went through the nations list on the right and clicked maybe 30-40 of the major European, South American and African footballing nations.

League wise, I am running 30 leagues from fifteen nations. So all of the major leagues from Europe e.g. England, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland etc.

I deliberately missed out South America and Australia and some of the obscure leagues from Scandinavia e.g. Norway and Denmark, Finland and Russia etc.

Kinda off-topic but how are Switzerland and Sweden "major leagues from Europe" and Russia and even Denmark for that matter are obscure?!

Kinda off-topic but how are Switzerland and Sweden "major leagues from Europe" and Russia and even Denmark for that matter are obscure?!

Fe Fi Fo Fum, I smell a northerner!

Well Russia isn't a major league (yet) and Denmark has never really appealed to me personally. You could always chuck em in. Its not like anything I do matters.

the speed aint much of an issue, its more the realism part cause in previous games when ive done 1 league only with DDTs, teams in that country always seem to win the CL, UEFA Cup, Scotland even won the world cup lol. is that because there was only the scottish league running even with DDTs? do you need more leagues for those other teams to compete better or do the DDTs do that anyway? if the DDTs do that anyway then might as well just start new game with 1 league and DDTs yeah................or have i just confused myself lol?

Fe Fi Fo Fum, I smell a northerner!

Well Russia isn't a major league (yet) and Denmark has never really appealed to me personally. You could always chuck em in. Its not like anything I do matters.

Russia is becoming a very popular country to manage in now. There are some quality players there and it seems that every club is rich.

anyone from SI or a tester answer my question plz lol?

I think they have better things to do.

Yes it has an impact .. cause if you don't load the leagues .. teams will be picked by their rep.

were do you find ddt's at