gillsminnow Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I've put together this file to improve the experience in the following areas: - Long term games without compromising too much on speed. - Regens come through at more obscure nations aswell as the usual ones, this should ensure your scouts will pick up players no matter what area of the globe you send them to. - No more greyed out squads when you play teams from small nations in European/International competitions. - Many, many more manageable nations. All clubs from the top divisions in each of the following countries leagues are retained and they will all develop regens. Africa Egypt Nigeria Cameroon Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Zambia Algeria Congo DR Tunisia Senegal South Africa Guinea Mali North America USA Mexico Costa Rica Honduras Panama Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Canada Cuba El Salvador South America Brazil Argentina Paraguay Uruguay Chile Ecuador Colombia Bolivia Venezuela Peru Oceania Solomon Islands Fiji Vanuatu New Zealand Papua New Guinea Asia Australia Singapore Thailand China PR Hong Kong Japan South Korea North Korea Iran Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates India Europe Albania Austria Belgium Bosnia & Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Finland FYR Macedonia France Georgia Germany Greece Holland Hungary Iceland Rep Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Moldova Montenegro Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Here's a couple of screenshots to show the use of the file in the future. These screenshots are from the nations u19/u20 squads to demonstrate that they do produce regens. Place the file in the edt folder of your latest update which will no doubt be the following directory: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\football manager 2009\data\updates\update-930\db\930\edt If by any chance it won't pick it up from there place it in the edt folders of the previous updates. Download here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelvin1234 Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 do i need to restart my game in order for this to work? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP_Doosra Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Looks amazing, will definately be giving this a go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillsminnow Posted February 27, 2009 Author Share Posted February 27, 2009 Yeah you'll need to tick the checkbox of the file under the Extra Files section in preferences and then start a new game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattWeeden Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 does this have any negative effects Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridleys Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Would slow the game down quite a bit i'd expect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillsminnow Posted February 27, 2009 Author Share Posted February 27, 2009 I played my 9.2 game til 2021 and didn't notice any slow down to be honest, I'm sure there probably was but compared to normal games without the file I didn't notice it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
small Mac Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 How have you found the quality of the smaller nation regens (eg oceania) to be? Have there been any good quality players from these nations? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
torsportsfan Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Thank you for this great file Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franzbert Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Does it work ok with the 9.2 patch? Im very interested in using this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillsminnow Posted February 28, 2009 Author Share Posted February 28, 2009 How have you found the quality of the smaller nation regens (eg oceania) to be? Have there been any good quality players from these nations? Not really from Oceania. Austria and Mexico have developed a few amazing players each in the 2020's. Does it work ok with the 9.2 patch? Im very interested in using this. Yeah it will work with all versions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roolz Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Is this better run with just 1 playable league (country?) I usually have 10 playable countries and upto 20 'divisions' depending on what I want to achieve..... will this ddt cripple the game speed because of that? - also run a Large database. If so, is it editable to get rid of the Oceania and most of the Asian nations, as im very insular and football shouldnt be played outside of Europe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillsminnow Posted February 28, 2009 Author Share Posted February 28, 2009 Is this better run with just 1 playable league (country?)I usually have 10 playable countries and upto 20 'divisions' depending on what I want to achieve..... will this ddt cripple the game speed because of that? - also run a Large database. If so, is it editable to get rid of the Oceania and most of the Asian nations, as im very insular and football shouldnt be played outside of Europe Haha Roolz, doesn't matter as you'll get sacked anyway. I run 21 leagues and noticed no real slowdown when I play. Use a medium database though but this gives a wealth of players so shouldn't really effect things too much. Its probably better than a large database to be fair and it's not retaining whole nations, just the clubs from the top leagues of those nations. And yeah, if you open the file in notepad you'll see I've listed the countries by their region so just take out what you don't want. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 I put it in the 930/edt folder but when i go to preferences, the file is NOT showing up for me to check off. Do i need to start a game, then set it up then restart, or am i missing something? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roolz Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Cheers, good stuff mate - ill give it a go Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillsminnow Posted February 28, 2009 Author Share Posted February 28, 2009 I put it in the 930/edt folderbut when i go to preferences, the file is NOT showing up for me to check off. Do i need to start a game, then set it up then restart, or am i missing something? It's a problem a few people (myself included) have had with extra files since the new patch. Just chuck it in the 9.2 edt folder then and it should pick it up there instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 No luck thus far... I'll try it again in the morning when i turn the computer back on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oo RIDER oO Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 I'm running on 4GB RAM and 3 processors and It takes ages to start a new game with this file and i mean ages Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattWeeden Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 has it effected the game speed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillsminnow Posted February 28, 2009 Author Share Posted February 28, 2009 I'm in September 2021 and running around 25 leagues on a medium database and have noticed no slow down in game speed. Yeah the initial start up of the game took a while but it's pretty speedy for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabyfaceAssassin Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 So will I need to make a new game then, or just save my current game, quit and load it up again and it will be there..? Sorry for the noobie questions, I've only really started to download things like this now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillsminnow Posted February 28, 2009 Author Share Posted February 28, 2009 Will need to start a new game, dude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabyfaceAssassin Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Ahwell no worries, I've only just gotten past the friendlies so no biggy xD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Stuart Wilson Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Any chance of updating this gills? Tried putting it in every db folder to no avail on 903. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veg Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 I'm running on 4GB RAM and 3 processors and It takes ages to start a new game with this file and i mean ages Experienced that myself, but when the game was started, the speed was at the same level as it was without the file. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillsminnow Posted March 1, 2009 Author Share Posted March 1, 2009 Any chance of updating this gills?Tried putting it in every db folder to no avail on 903. Wilson dude, it shouldn't matter which edt folder you put it in as it should be picked up in at least one of the edt folders. Made this after the 9.3 patch was released but it really shouldn't have any bearing what patch you're using. I initially had some problems with it finding the file, managed to get it to pick it up eventually though. Think a computer restart did it or something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Stuart Wilson Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Wilson dude, it shouldn't matter which edt folder you put it in as it should be picked up in at least one of the edt folders. Made this after the 9.3 patch was released but it really shouldn't have any bearing what patch you're using.I initially had some problems with it finding the file, managed to get it to pick it up eventually though. Think a computer restart did it or something. Cool will try putting it in every folder:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yvo Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Hero... I was looking for this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitecube Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Nice work... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 If i want to use this file on a custom data base i have made do i still save it in: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\football manager 2009\data\updates\update-930\db\930\edt this location? or would i save it in the edt folder for the custom database? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillsminnow Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 I have no idea to be honest as I've not used a custom database. I'd imagine it's still the latest patch edt folder though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Al Clark Posted March 3, 2009 SI Staff Share Posted March 3, 2009 Thanks - was looking for something like this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KH51 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Can anyone not using Steam show me the path where i would need to put this file?? ... is it just "football manager 2009\db\edt" or is it somewhere else? .. sorry for the obviously stupid question but my game does not seem to pick up the file. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pR!M8 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Can anyone not using Steam show me the path where i would need to put this file?? ... is it just "football manager 2009\db\edt" or is it somewhere else? .. sorry for the obviously stupid question but my game does not seem to pick up the file. Should be C:\Program Files\sports interactive\football manager 2009\data\updates\update-930\db\930\edt. Typically in the drive you installed the game at. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiphopopotamus Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Would you recommend using this edt file over the huge database option by changing the panels fmf file Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
united_4ever85 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 You can use ddtgenerator.co.uk to choose which nations you want to retain players from. Very handy tool Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillsminnow Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 Would you recommend using this edt file over the huge database option by changing the panels fmf file Never used the huge database so can't really compare. I like to have a lot of players from all over the place to scout hence why I created the file. It's satisfied my needs to be fair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cityull Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 can't get this to work for me EDIT - sorted now restarting the comp worked Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beevster Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I only have the major leagues on playable, then i put ALL the rest on view only, Its didnt slow the game down much at all, maybe about 3-5 extra seconds on results screen, ok over a season that will add up but i hardly noticed it. Just gives you extra time to turn ur pants inside out. Nice file btw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lam Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Hi all, One thing I am not clear on is wether you can put this into an existing save or if you need to start a new game. If i do start a new game, will it mess up the data files I currenntly have? The reason I ask is that I hve edited the data files to remove Spurs' poor coaches and scouts. If i load this, does it put them back in again? Previously I had tried starting new game with large database and loading players (from the menu) for ALL european teams. I then selected english, french, german, spanish, italian, scottish leagues with english, italian and spanish on playable. When had done this the game was unplayably slow. Lee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillsminnow Posted March 20, 2009 Author Share Posted March 20, 2009 You'll need to start a new game. It won't effect anything else, I play with a medium database with this file. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Race 9 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 what skin are you using Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexisgreatest Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Cant get this to work although for some reason I only have a 900 file in my location even though I have 903 installed. Any ideas why this might be? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khriztian Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Thanks for the file! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
agsankaa Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 thank you for the taking the time. was looking for something like this for awhile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillsminnow Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 what skin are you using Flex 09 iirc Cant get this to work although for some reason I only have a 900 file in my location even though I have 903 installed. Any ideas why this might be? Tried checking the updates folder? Thanks for the file! thank you for the taking the time. was looking for something like this for awhile. You're welcome. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexisgreatest Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Yeah that has worked cheers mate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackDaddy-D Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I have tried to use this file,I have coppied and paste'd it into every version of the edt folder in my FM09 directory and have tried a computer restart and FM is still not finding the file. I coppied the contents of this file into the team_holland .ddt file and it still makes no difference. Any suggestions on how to actually get this working? I'm running 9.3.0 btw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillsminnow Posted March 25, 2009 Author Share Posted March 25, 2009 No idea, it's a problem that 9.3 has created as far as I'm aware. I have it in all my update folders now so it hopefully gets picked up by at least one of them. Sorry I can't explain further. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wllm Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I have tried to use this file,I have coppied and paste'd it into every version of the edt folder in my FM09 directory and have tried a computer restart and FM is still not finding the file. I coppied the contents of this file into the team_holland .ddt file and it still makes no difference.Any suggestions on how to actually get this working? I'm running 9.3.0 btw. try this to see if it works. go to my computer/my documents/sports interactive/football manager 2009/ then go into the db folder, double click on the database folder you are using. now go into the edt folder and place the retain file there! note: it wont work with a saved game file so you will need to start a new one. now start your game, load the database you put the retain file in, click on extra files then you should see the retain file on there. tick it and press confirm and it will take you back to the league selection process, choose your leagues then create your game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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