Version 1.3.2 Announced

[Bertie BG]

We're please to announce that the version 1.3.2 hotfix has been completed and will be rolled out during tomorrow morning's maintenance period. This hotfix addresses some reported issues with progression (specifically progression issues) as well as updates to the latest match engine.


We are not expecting there to be any noticeable extra downtime.

See below for the full changelist.

Version 1.3.2
- 4395 - Fixed an issue in which some players could take a reputation hit due to being a free agent for an extended period, even if they were signed to a club!

- Fixed progression for crossing and set pieces and mental attributes

- Fixed competition bug causing Grass Roots Cup in Altobelli to become stuck and unable to progress

- Upgraded match engine to the latest version in all gameworlds. For the changes since 1.3.1 see below

 

Match v807
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- Fixed keeper not hoofing bobbly ball clear when dangerous to try to control it

- Made keeper first touch on backpasses a little safer

- Reduce number of unrealistic keeper fumbles and failing to hold slow moving ball

- Fumbles now recognised as mistakes

- Fixed keeper spending too long on ground after fumbling ball on the deck

- Fixed keeper who tries a save a fraction after opponent gets to ball performing illogical dive action

- Fixed keeper trying to head clear silly backpass rather than let it go out and being able to organise for corner

- Fixed keeper not using 6 seconds and hoofing ball clear while holding it under pressure

- Encouraged passing ball around in own half a little more when tactics allow for it

- Fixed dodgy angle being passed into function causing assert and potential score divergence

- Midfielders getting ball deep a little less liable to play it long when under moderate pressure

- Try to reduce instances of players heading ball that they could run onto

- Fix to prevent 2 players going for one slow moving ball that is coming into their own area

- Made sensible passes to playmaker more attractive for his team mates

- Fixed wide play over-ride in tactics creator not being utilised properly

 

Match v808
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- Stopped all but the most blatant offsides being called before any player has "interfered" with play

- Fixed wrong type of mistake being reported when keeper fumbles ball

- Added commentary for keeper fumbling ball

- Made keepers slightly more likely to dive when unable to save ball

- Fixed a couple of errors in keeper positioning that could leave goal exposed

- Stopped defender leaving ball to keeper if he isnt sure when attacker will get to the ball

- Made players stick a little closer to their man especially when defending quite high and wide

- Made defenders more likely to step up to D-line when playing the offside trap

- Fixed players not getting goalside of opponent with ball in no brainer situation

- Improved behaviour of deep lying forward type players in terms of where they look for space to move into

- Reduce strikers running wide when team mate already close to that destination

- Players less likely to move onto a simple pass at unneccesary high speed, which should generally improve their first touch

- Another check against player first touch taking ball dangerously close to own goal

- Increased chance of players trying overhead kick shots

- Stop players trying ridiculously ambitious passes at free kicks unless set to all out attack

- Reduced unneccesary long backwards passes caused by v807 change

- Toned down number of pointless hopeful through balls

- Toned down directional error on clearances when ball on best foot

- Reduced number of panicky clearances especially behind for corner

 

Match v809
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- Fixed a loophole that could still see players clear towards own goal

- Slight reduction in blocked shots and crosses to improve goal count

- Fixed player display positions incorrectly set up

- Removed old code that stopped an AMC playing directly behind a lone FC by shifting one left and one right

 
Match v810
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- Implemented goalies rolling ball out underarm

- Reduced number of panicky clearances slightly

- Small tweak to basic pass choice

- Fixed overuse of pass to lurking player at corners

- Tweaked AI strategy choice slightly

- Made AI teams set full back roles to wing back in narrow formations

- Fixed incorrect variable being used to regulate speed when moving back onside

 

Match v811
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- Made midfielders in teams without wide midfielders or wingers shift across better when defending the flanks

- Slight increase in technical ability at higher levels

- Improved chances of keepers making point blank save

- Fixed occasional instances of keepers leaving it too late to attempt a save

- Players more likely to choose safe pass ahead of risky first touch

- Further small tweak to pass choice AI

- Aimed crosses slightly further back from goal, to make harder for keeper, mainly for good crossers

- Fixed players attempting overhead kicks when facing the goal they are aiming at

- Reduced pointless long shots when run or pass on

- Boost header power for players with good heading ability

- Try to improve long shot aim variation rather than just straight at the keeper

- Fixed bug that could cause player going to meet cross, corner free kick to pull out at last minute

- Reduced fairly rare bug causing players to miscontrol ball for no obvious reason

- Reduced number of risky dribble attempts when other options available

- Made marking of nearest player slightly more lax when player tired

 

Match v812
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- Fixed bug that could cause player to fail to stop pass coming towards him, potentially causing back pass own goal

- Fixed overly zealous offside calls on players not close to interfering with play

- Made 811 change "more likely to choose safe pass ahead of risky first touch" more dependent on flair and run with ball instruction

- Encouraged players to put a few more tackles in, mainly when set to tackle hard against the relevent opponent

- Small tweak to marking of opponents in own area, to try to prioritize those closest to the goal and unmarked

- Made show onto foot AI a little more robust

- Fixed bug that could cause no keeper to be selected if current one is injured and no subs left on a depleted bench

 

Match v813
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- Fixed team selection bug that could conceivably see goalkeeper played outfield when side has 10 men

- Fixed small issue regarding defenders leaving ball for keeper before safe to do so

- Fixed issue causing players to sometimes hesitate when moving to head ball clear

- Fixed small marking issue that caused defenders to allow attacker to get goalside too easily

If you are experiencing any issues, please read this thread first : http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=163562

[Rb]

Excellent news

[Neil Roberts]

Good stuff!!

[Errol1967]

Update looks great...let's see how it works tommorow....Well Done SI and I don't give that fast compliments....lol


Kind regards,


Errol Grootjen
AFC Hollandia United
Metgod

[PompeyAl]

whilst the crossing bug has been fixes, what about all the points lost already and also the lost progression time ? soem of my wide players have lost a hell of a lot of crossing points

[krey]

whilst the crossing bug has been fixes, what about all the points lost already and also the lost progression time ? soem of my wide players have lost a hell of a lot of crossing points

Amen. If this doesnt happen and its a simple overall boost or only a bug fix many customers are going to be very unhappy. And I dont know if a copy of Total war will fix that.


Jeroen - Knudde

[mdbussen]

I'm very excited for this update.. thanks for rolling it out so quickly and making it a top priority guys

It doesn't appear that there are any ME fixes to make offsides trap more effective though...?

[Eldonko]

Good stuff, thanks guys!

[maddognorway]

Fantastic, been waiting for this! Lets hope it works

[ally1dale]

cheers si and sega for sorting this out quickly, but will those skills be back dated for improvements?

[Dicconzane]

That's truly great news. And a massive releaf.

Thank you for listening to us.

[Raest]

Excellently set out looks promising 8)

Found this in there about the offside trap 8)

- Made defenders more likely to step up to D-line when playing the offside trap

Few others too, in terms of players not being active. And tweaks to the defending in the area....

Have another read...it is quite long.

Big thumbs up for the changelist tho. Please can you keep up this format?

[Andymottram]

How should I say this ...

ABOUT TIME.

Any answer of lost progression / damaged players / backdating progression?

[Matt Farrand]

Good news but this crossing bug fix?

Does it give a boost or just fixed for new youths developing??

Id be sad if there was no boost as i have a Household name youth (AML) who has developed insanely in every department....technically gifted, brilliant mental stats and physically you rarely get better, 19pace/accel/stamina/strength/balance etc..............

...yet his crossing hasnt moved since he was born....8 - Which has sucked badly for season on end

[Marc Duffy]

Servers are all installed and now running maintenance
Client is rolling out.

[istronic]

Servers are all installed and now running maintenance
Client is rolling out.

great news marc, please make my jackett go up 1st

[Tsakalaki]

well done !!

[georgefar7]

What is wrong with it?I try to enter my skills page,it throws me out.I try to click my name to go to my profile,throws me out again....Is it only me?

[Dexter20csgr]

The game crashes right when i log in...I play from greece and i am at Keane GW.OS is winXP

Edit: Tried a clean install but the problem insists...Looking forward to a solution.Thank you

[georgefar7]

I am from greece to and keeps crashing when i click on skills page and my home.There is a problem with reputation stars for the away team too when in game

Seems that everyone in our GW that tries to click onmy name is thrown out of the game....Super powers given to me???

[greenmile1984]

i have problem too!!!!!! throws me out when is going to log in...because default page is home .....so no fml today i think

[georgefar7]

i have problem too!!!!!! throws me out when is going to log in...because default page is home .....so no fml today i think

Lucky me i have changed it to my senior squad then....

[Errol1967]

Yep and if I click profile of george the game throws me out, also more oranges and reds on players then before...ME is also still buggy as hell, still defenders sucks big time and goaly just standing in his goal and doing nothing...this update is a complete joke to me....

[Alza]

i have problem too!!!!!! throws me out when is going to log in...because default page is home .....so no fml today i think

I have the same problem, how do we cure this please?

[Rb]

Which gameworld guys?

[Pastajoy]

Ive just downloaded the patch and logged in to find all the stats that where effected are still effected, is there no boost in the stats that have lost so much or have they just stopped them regressing any further?

[Darkkey]

Rummenigge GW, when i try to login, it crashes when displaying message "Pruning disk cache". My team is Dark Rain. Tried either on Windows Vista Home Premium (main computer) and on XP Home (netbook). Complete reinstall didn't help.

HELP, my transfers going away.

[Errol1967]

Metgod Gw;0

[metalhead]

i applied the patch,the game starts,i login and then fml.exe crashes!!i installed it again and again but didnt worked!!What is happening?

[Rb]

If you are experiencing crashes, could you please keep it to this thread : http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=163549

Add your information within it : your gameworld, team name and operating system.

Thanks.

[Redjohnnie]

I am in Clough and i have the same problem

REDACES
Win XP (from my Work)

[mikmcdade]

this fix list is looking like it may please a good few of the Hoddle Masses..good work!

[Bertie BG]

Thanks for reporting this guys, it has been reported and we are looking into it now.

[Marc Duffy]

Yup, a fix should be available shortly. Cheers.

[twedd27]

Yup, a fix should be available shortly. Cheers.

Well 1.3.2 is out and we already need 1.3.3...

This isnt good SI.. I have had to hold back my words far to long.. I am a MOD I am a paying customer.. I help out as must as possible yet patch after patch after patch their is errors...

I have been a fan of this series of game for as long as I can remember even the first games on my Amiga...

I have to say that this game concept all be it by far the best game you have released it is terribly buggy... I pay every month for this game and only my love of the game as stopped saying something before now...

I honestly feel if people went to trading standards you would get shot.. you are providing a service where customer's are paying for a inferior product and it is not good..

I for one am getting sick of it... Since logging in this morning being excited about this new patch I am once again let down...

players have not been giving boost's to their attributes for crossing, free kicks or mentals.. and arrows are still down even on the best of young players and the managers with the best coaching skills...

their is a reputation bug which is already well documented...

their has been been an instance where if you click on a player link the game kicks you out....

I have reported these on seperate threads... in their relevent bug sections..


how long must we keep paying before we get a game where we can log on and things be normal....

their are many thousands of people playing this game and paying for it..

SI you need to fix this and I personally feel offer compensation to the customers who pay for this game and by this I dont mean offer a free game of Rome Total War..

I think a free months subscription for every member would do well to help boost consumer confidence...

Many Thanks

Alan Tweddell

Houghton GW MOD

[jd182]

any updates cause my FML isnt even loading up now just goes through 10 connect attempts lol

[Marc Duffy]

I've got the autopatch servers down right now to roll out the fix.

[jd182]

I've got the autopatch servers down right now to roll out the fix.

thank you sir

[Rafael Popovic]

There is a problem with the team rep displayed during the matches. It's totally wrong or missing. I'm a 4star team rep and sometimes during the match my rep appears 3 or 3,5 star.

Regarding the player progression when we should receive the benefits of the new patch?

[Rb]

There is a problem with the team rep displayed during the matches. It's totally wrong or missing. I'm a 4star team rep and sometimes during the match my rep appears 3 or 3,5 star.

Regarding the player progression when we should receive the benefits of the new patch?

In regards to your first issue. Its known and being looked at.

As for progression, it will take a number of days to show the effects

[john farrar]

I've got the autopatch servers down right now to roll out the fix.

Have you got a rough estimate when the autopatch servers will be up? thanks

[Pastajoy]

So in response to that RB, there is no boost for the stats that have allready suffered so it puts youth players a season or 2 behind basicly

[Marc Duffy]

Have you got a rough estimate when the autopatch servers will be up? thanks

10 mins for you sir.

[GerberFC]

There is a problem with the team rep displayed during the matches. It's totally wrong or missing. I'm a 4star team rep and sometimes during the match my rep appears 3 or 3,5 star.

Regarding the player progression when we should receive the benefits of the new patch?

i had this earlier i thought "wow im a 4.5 star team"

[Marc Duffy]

So in response to that RB, there is no boost for the stats that have allready suffered so it puts youth players a season or 2 behind basicly

As far as I'm aware there should be a little bit of catch up

[jd182]

So in response to that RB, there is no boost for the stats that have allready suffered so it puts youth players a season or 2 behind basicly

little bit extreme i reckon lol i in my main gw my youths havent lost that much at all

[john farrar]

thanks marc for getting back to me

[Rb]

It should now be available to download

[john farrar]

marc my connection is fine but updates to 36% then stops and goes to 0kb/s did it again and got to 70% and the same thing is there anything wrong with it?

[john farrar]

is it down again as now doesnt update again

[welshynufc09]

mine wont even upload, it says there a problem and fml launcher has stopped working.

[john farrar]

i think the update sever is back down m8 seems like it anyway.

[Dazron]

my regens that excelled in set pieces have lost 3-4 actual whole points in 2 weeks. they've gone from 19 free kicks and penalties to 15 - 14. How is that right or fair? I can post to each player and show you. Your bug has messed these players up you should put them back to where they were before you messed things up. It really ****es me off. You've dicked me off so much this week i'm considering canceling my accounts. There was a thread here tha we showed specific examples of this and you've deleted it. And now you've messed up yet another ANOTHER update. I've never complained before but you're really really bad at a) Customer service (i've raised support tickets before that have just simply been ignored) and b) maintaining the game.

Shame on you.

[Rb]

11.30am Update

The autopatch server is down again as 3997 didn't fully fix the issue with the game crashing on sign-in. It affects Greek and Zambian managers and any Greek or Zambian player you click on.

The team are working flay out on this now

[welshynufc09]

11.30am Update

The autopatch server is down again as 3997 didn't fully fix the issue with the game crashing on sign-in. It affects Greek and Zambian managers and any Greek or Zambian player you click on.

The team are working flay out on this now

I cant even get onto the game yet :/

[Dazron]

ridiculous

[Dazron]

I can't even remember an update that went smoothly - no wait there was that one...

[shadowswiss]

don't even get me started on the mac version - i'ev tried the install 3 times and it gets 30% of the way through the install, then launches the app as version 1.3.1

i've just uninstalled AGAIN (like we did at 1.2) and now i'm going to download "again"

[Dazron]

I'm on Mac and i've had to do a manual un-install EVERY SINGLE UPDATE it's ridiculous

they forget they support Mac I think - Rome Total War is a case in point

[Marc Duffy]

I'm on Mac and i've had to do a manual un-install EVERY SINGLE UPDATE it's ridiculous

they forget they support Mac I think - Rome Total War is a case in point

This isnt true. It's to do with what you have docked I believe. mac updates in the same way as PC

[Marc Duffy]

don't even get me started on the mac version - i'ev tried the install 3 times and it gets 30% of the way through the install, then launches the app as version 1.3.1

i've just uninstalled AGAIN (like we did at 1.2) and now i'm going to download "again"

The autopatcher is down right now awaiting the fix so that would explain that.

[welshynufc09]

My game wont even load up! Whats the crack fml?

[Dazron]

This isnt true. It's to do with what you have docked I believe. mac updates in the same way as PC

NONSENSE

I have to un-install to make the launcher run at all otherwise it just does the spinning ball thing. I have to go into user / library / preferences and find the Sports Interactive folder in there to make it work at all. It NEVER updates itself. Ever.

And explain Rome Total War on Steam to a Mac user? Go on...

[shadowswiss]

you have to laugh

the initial post in this forum says

"We are not expecting there to be any noticeable extra downtime."

unlucky

[john farrar]

your game wont load up as the autopatcher is down welsh there fixing it and you wont be able to log on till the have fix the issue.

[Dazron]

"We are not expecting there to be any noticeable extra downtime."

Egg on your face....


As if anyway... you've never had a smooth update face it

[burnsy78]

i'm not happy about not being able to play but give them a break guys!!!

at least thet're teying to sort it out for us

[burnsy78]

they're trying*

[Solihull]

Firstly I got the ball spinning , then i unistalled and re-installed and it worked fine. I then clicked on one of my players and the game crashed!?!

Now I have the same again stupid ball going around and around, disapointing but, lets bare with them, they are pretty good when it comes to things like this. ( and hope the udate is worth it.)

[Sufyaan]

doubt it will be up and running today, the present yesterday was uteer crap and the quiz in st johns was ran by an utter ****, this games gets better and better

[Matthias1985]

fml isn't loading up for me i just get the loading screen , is there something i have to download ?

thanks

[john farrar]

is there a rough time for when it will be back up and running? thanks

[john farrar]

matthias 1985 the patch thing isnt working when it is you will be able to get back into the game. same problem for all at the mo

[Matthias1985]

doubt it will be up and running today, the present yesterday was uteer crap and the quiz in st johns was ran by an utter ****, this games gets better and better

thats a bit harsh mate , SI didnt have to give anything away yesterday , i wont play the free game myself but it was a nice gesture none the less , and the quiz we had in our gameworld (greaves) was good fun

[Matthias1985]

matthias 1985 the patch thing isnt working when it is you will be able to get back into the game. same problem for all at the mo

thanks bud

[john farrar]

no problem it was fixed but then went back down due to problems with the game crashing when you clicked on greek players

[Sufyaan]

Im not the only one that feels that way about the game, in st johns theirs about 10others that feel that way

end of the day, they promised us summat, forgot and someone posted summat on the site about rome wars and they just dished them out for free

[Solihull]

I got a message via FML telling me we are getting a free game but, where do we get it from? I had a e-mail off em' but no free game?

PS IM DOWNLOADING UPDATES!!! WHOOP WHOOP very slowly though

[Sufyaan]

We will have to download it through steam

if you have a mac then your fuked, it wont work, thats just SI not thinking as usual

[Dazron]

Forget it if you're on a Mac

*SI buries head in sand

[Solihull]

stream? sorry for the ignorance

[Sangue]

Can we try and keep this thread clear for when the auto-patch is back up - there are a few of us refreshing this thread and having trouble keeping up to date due to the number of pointless posts.

[Sufyaan]

steam.

its like an online service by Sega i think, if you activate football manager thourhg online way its through steam

[Solihull]

it must be up, im online!!!!! I said that ages ago.

[cupidstunt]

Well 1.3.2 is out and we already need 1.3.3...

This isnt good SI.. I have had to hold back my words far to long.. I am a MOD I am a paying customer.. I help out as must as possible yet patch after patch after patch their is errors...

I have been a fan of this series of game for as long as I can remember even the first games on my Amiga...

I have to say that this game concept all be it by far the best game you have released it is terribly buggy... I pay every month for this game and only my love of the game as stopped saying something before now...

I honestly feel if people went to trading standards you would get shot.. you are providing a service where customer's are paying for a inferior product and it is not good..

I for one am getting sick of it... Since logging in this morning being excited about this new patch I am once again let down...

players have not been giving boost's to their attributes for crossing, free kicks or mentals.. and arrows are still down even on the best of young players and the managers with the best coaching skills...

their is a reputation bug which is already well documented...

their has been been an instance where if you click on a player link the game kicks you out....

I have reported these on seperate threads... in their relevent bug sections..


how long must we keep paying before we get a game where we can log on and things be normal....

their are many thousands of people playing this game and paying for it..

SI you need to fix this and I personally feel offer compensation to the customers who pay for this game and by this I dont mean offer a free game of Rome Total War..

I think a free months subscription for every member would do well to help boost consumer confidence...

Many Thanks

Alan Tweddell

Houghton GW MOD

I get a funny feeling your going to get ignored mate. I too have been a fan of this game since the amiga days and like you alan am thinking SI need to do something. I am currently in 2 GW's, and thinking of closing them both down. One of the GW i am in is whiteside. From the very beginging we have had serious problems. Everyone has lost weeks worth of skill and days worth of gaming, and all we got off SI is a pathetic 3 days free subs! How generous is that! not very.............................

[Sufyaan]

did you re-install everything, or when you clicked on FMLive, it just popped up

[Chrissybh0y]

Jesus everyone needs to calm down , the game will be up wen its ready, every thing that is new has bugs, we go through this everytime a new patch comes out, everyone needs to either do sumthing else or invest in a life if this game means that much to u all no offence

[Andy .]

Hows about we all go outside and play in the sun?


Instead of MOANING COMPENSATION BLA BLA BLA.

[burnsy78]

if you have time to bitch and moan you must be able to find something else to do.

i'm tidying and stuff and just check now and again.

SIMPLES!!!!!!!!

[Ziruz]

Hey guys, I'm new to this. Will everything be updated automatically?

[Andy .]

Aye Burnsy! Preach!

Im playing my ps3, and sitting patiently waiting for the FM Backroom Staff to finish their Scouting off the autopatcher :/

BRING THE NOISE!

[Major Beef FC Kyle]

lol, what sun? It's major cold . I'm gonna go punch some old people in the spine, nice1 SI, old peeps gettin' mauled cause of this

lol, kiddin' what was the issue with the patch hombres?

[Andy .]

Oh god. Stay away fae ma granny!

Something about greeks and zambians causing havoc.


The Gers Fc

Unofficial #1

[Chrissybh0y]

I just heard they only have scouting 4 they need to wait 56 days for 5 to complete

[Andy .]

It only adds a 5% boost to scouting the autopatcher.

I dont think waiting 56 days would be worthwhile. Maybe they should learn Man Management Level 1? And maybe they can manage the Patcher?

[burnsy78]

And those of us who are old enough to remember computer games loading via a cassette should be more patient than others.
Those that are moaning and don't remember those times don't know how good you have it now!!!

[Dazron]

I've given SI a break all the way along and I'm ****ed off enough to join the bitching minority today because

A) the set piece bug has ruined 4 of my key players
B) this happens every update and i'm sick of it
C) they can't get the mac update working properly
D) they've dissed their mac customers with this steam ****.

[Andy .]

But you also now have it that good

[Dazron]

and hands up anyone who thinks this Match Engine is worth shelling out for every month? Not me

[Andy .]

Mines is working now