themodelcitizen

Can you go into C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 2024 Editor (or your equivalent folder) and run the exe from there? Maybe right click it and run as administrator? Or maybe you don't have enough RAM?

Could you just set "team type" to reserve for the first entry? Shouldn't need fall-back teams (which I've never got working). There's more convoluted ways to do it with team pools and "ignore teams" entries but it would be more work

Would only add that if the host nation's league hasn't ticked over yet you might need "get best team in competition" which I believe takes whoever's ranked 1st, while "best teams in division" is last year's champion. The registration issue sounds like it could be a date thing, like the hidden CWC rules are for a specific date range only maybe. For the playoff itself you could try using a different (more flexible) set of registration rules

It's a square peg for sure. Then again so is playing in the US in general. Still trying to figure out what's keeping USLC teams from offering bigger deals, I wonder if we have to wait for a specific date to tick over, or is it like this in the future too?

I've thought about it, although pro/rel would be a different file, and I don't really have the energy at the moment to keep both going. The most basic version wouldn't include MLS, the way they build rosters and draft players etc doesn't really lend itself to teams going up and down. USLC to USL1 makes a lot more sense, the roster rules are largely similar and you'd just have to adjust your salary cap each year. Maybe a playoff with the NISA champs. It would also mean teams move around a bit, which does happen IRL, just not with pro/rel on the field. USL2 could be at the bottom but it would be really hard for teams getting relegated to adjust to semipro (in some cases hamstrung by contracts for guys they can't even register) Simplified rules sound interesting too, you could scrap everything in contract rules and drafts and see what happens over a few years of testing. Would need some tweaks but should work. Years and years ago (FM08 maybe) I think someone took the Israeli league, made it American and renamed it MLS, and plugged all the MLS teams in (with relegation to a second division with NASL teams like Puerto Rico). Editing wasn't quite as sophisticated then so it was a straight swap. Meant you had the exact rules and format of the Israeli leagues but as far as the game knew, it was an American division called MLS with all the right teams. Was actually lots of fun and easy to just burn through a season as you weren't keeping an eye on all these insane roster rules. Something to think about. That might be easier here too mind you

I'd take a look at Rainbowz' Isle of Man file, probably a good place for inspiration

If it's showing them as too far to travel, there must be incorrect info somewhere? Check the coordinates for the local regions (if they have them) and cities in Cambodia too, I wonder if someone added a W coordinate as an E (i.e. plus or minus when it should have been the other way), and all of the relevant stadiums. If it's not a travel issue, I think you could set all the Indonesian clubs as rivals to the Cambodian clubs (with a low number so it doesn't show in-game) and the box for "does not play friendlies" checked, although that would probably just lead to more issues

Probably too obvious, but is the semifinal set up under "requirements" for the final? If they're separate stages, the final may be trying to set itself up before the semi winners are crowned

Can you DM me the save file if possible, I wouldn't mind poking around. That $14.5K figure sounds familiar from past saves, I was usually able to up it by moving money around or selling players and would suddenly be able to offer $80K to $110K but there might be something preventing you now. Not a problem to raise this stuff, I need the feedback, only way to improve these files. Might be something in contract types or Board/chairman settings that actually makes a difference in FM24 and never worked before

Just occurred to me there might be a way to "use playoff rankings" in Wales and use flexible ranking places for everyone under 1st, so that 1st gets the title but the teams in the playoff can steal 2nd or 3rd (thereby taking the second-best European spot). Would need a bit of testing though

Thanks for the feedback. Which club? I wonder if we need to adjust overall finances down there, maybe if they don't see enough money coming in they won't free up any for signings. The CBS deal IRL means we might be able to keep it realistic in the process. I've coached in the lower divisions before and it was a struggle but not to that extent. FYI salary cap space may not correspond to the board's understanding of how much they can spare - is there a separate wage budget anywhere under finances? That would be a more realistic look at room for new signings. But still, they shouldn't be stonewalling you with 900K of cap room. Once I hear more details I'll start brainstorming and testing

What about this, in the main teams list - get teams from team pool, sort by seeding (can't remember if it will be ascending or descending), seed by reputation (I think that's an option?) In the team pool - set an entry with "best teams in division" (or "get best teams in competition" if you want current standings from a season that hasn't ticked over yet) and maximum teams to 4, with division set to EPL. Repeat for each division you want (all 52 European nations). This should work by drawing the 4 teams as separate entries each? And then the "get teams from team pool" should sort them all by that seeding by reputation with no regard to nationality. Try it and see

I was about to post something but would just be repeating myself from 3 and a half years ago, lol, if it's every 2nd season then it sounds a lot like something isn't finishing in time and is pushing into the next year. Transfer window, league fixtures, cup dates, something like that. If the league can't finish or there are other hanging threads like that when season update day hits, it just won't schedule the new season. By the time another year rolls around, though, it's fine and can schedule again. Triple check every single date in there, for that matter they might have used 2020/2021 instead of 2000/2001 by accident somewhere (assuming "base year for dates" is 2000). Or maybe they put a cup final on, say, May 31 and made season update day June 1, not realizing that one is a weekday (so will change every year) and the other is a hard date. If it's not a date issue, try posting it up and maybe someone can take a look

There's a simple way where you can also just tell it to ignore the 38 (or 32 before the format change) "best teams in competition" for the CL, and then tell it to grab the [amount of teams] "best teams in competition", only problem is that the Board/media won't know that they're getting in a back door

Just seen the Vancouver thing, do you live around here? Might actually hit the Caps game tomorrow if my buddy is into it I do wonder if there's a way to keep dynamic reputation by leaving all the CLs etc intact as much as possible, without fixtures, and just using them for seeding/coefficients etc, but that's a massive project I don't know if I'll have the energy for (especially with BC summer fast approaching)