themodelcitizen

They come from the USL2, so you could just dump new clubs (modelled after colleges) into the existing USL2 conferences, I think that's what most people do. If you didn't wanna build the rules then at least it would look the way you want in their history, news items about the draft, etc. Yeah they're really not good at it, I tried different options in the editor to make them take advantage of the loan system more, but they're not great at this kind of squad management

Done. Do people mind the multi-stage set up? Does the game sort of "know" what's going on when you win before the next stage is drawn? It's a bit convoluted but seems to reflect the way they're actually going to organize it

Could take a look at how I merged them into the Copa Libertadores. If you know how to get at the default rules you can see how they're set up before I changed them around here

Are they created comps? "Get last winner" might not be an option in that case, but I think you could give them all fate actions for the winner like "qualify team for comp", and then use "get qualified teams" in the joint competition file

Love the injury changes. What else can they get? Polio? I made an NASL database for FM19 that took place in 1978 but was a sort of "best of" the league in terms of format, players, etc. Been thinking of ways to revive it, might be nice to change all the dates for 1966 and have Eusebio and Cruyff with future moves to a fully developed NASL already set

Fixing the teams in USLC and USL1, thankfully it's an easy adjustment with as many teams leaving as came in, so we can keep the 2023 format but with the correct 2024 lineup. It doesn't look like SI touched any of the rosters in USL2 or NISA? Can leave that for now... still working on that money bug affecting USLC teams (and USLC teams only) though, this is probably best as a background mod until we get that fixed

Is it the min/max team rule for the competition found under the nation rules themselves?

I can't recall trying that specific one, and MLS hasn't been using it for years (if ever), but it might throw up some weird group names. Probably worth a shot. There's also MLS "3-group style" which must be from when they had a Central Conference c. 2001-ish.

Not even "MLS 2 Groups Style"?

I'll do a version like that this weekend, you guys are right and it is better treated as a new tournament with a new history. Same reputation should work mind you

I believe "best teams" automatically sorts by last season's standings. Not sure about "all teams"

I don't think I did anything that should affect it, I guess there might be some default issues with it. I'd rather the old Confederations Cup back to be honest, just no room on the calendar for it

Some appear to be hard-coded. You could flood the nation and its regions with created people (like 100+ year old refs who won't interact with the game in any way) to try and crowd the name pool with different names, but even that's not reliably consistent. Some extinct nations like Ireland pre-1922 appear to be more malleable than others in that regard.

I'd guess the player you're duplicating has to exist in FM24 as well? Either way I'd go through and re-enter some of the attributes, like literally re-type what it says. Sometimes they show up as active in the editor but are still blank until a change is registered there

No, I feel like that would break coefficients and all the default qualifying stuff, or at least too big of a project to take on with spring/summer in full flow