My Simple Scout - FM Agent

Hi All,

Just finished some working on my first version of my first scouting tool for Football Manager 2009. It has no editing function but is just a simple search and view tool. Also, i added a function to see current player.

Want to thank DrBernhard as this was based on his Scout/Editor Framework. Might add functions to allow edit but right now, i just wanted a simple tool that can ease me buying players.

Also, I looking into exporting to Shortlist but I cannot find anywhere on how to read the Shortlist files and what encoding it uses. Help if you know please.

Download Link:

http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/33631002/file.html

Also, Im a Java guy so my coding of C# is not brilliant so cannot gurantee bug free. Also, the proggram was built using .NET Framework 3.5 so you will need to download that if you are wanting to get this running

LATEST ANNOUCEMENT

NEW Version ADDED!!

Hi Everyone, I have made changes and added new functions to the program. Change list include:

1. removed the Auto-Load on Startup, the program will now load by clicking Load button after startup. This will allow people to load after FM09 finished loading.

2. Can now search by Team by entering team name(or part of team name, e.g. search Manchester will show Utd and City players)

3. Search by Nation filer added

4. Search by Postion added (limited choices)

5. Search results now show Position

6. Active player function now automated, will auto-update just like Mini-SE.

7. Can now search by Staff using toggle in top area.(basic)

8. Bug fixes inc. Values maxed to 200.

Here is a screenshot of the Searching, the Acitve player automated and Staff search

New version can be downloaded here

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PRC9S5EC

Megaupload should work for most people. Please try not to mirror to other site unless really necessary. I am trying to improve my points on Megauplad.

I have still not fixed the sorting bug relating to cannot sort the players by Value or Sale value. The Staff search stil need a lot of work inc. staff roles. This will be in next version. Also, will have to investigate further to save to shortlist...right now screaming for help on this!! DrBeranrd, any ideas on the Shorlist file structure. If so, PM me plz.

Thanks to everyone and happy gaming. Any comment on improvements are welcomed

i for one am going to find this extremely useful....

and i believe its simplicity is what people have been looking for tbh..

great job mate

im also a fellow code monkey and was about to make one myself , no need now

Fantastic mate

Thanks for your efforts. I'll be giving this a try tonight. Looks great.

treble.... try reading the post at the start.,..

Brilliant, thanks!

sweet.

very nice contribution

great work.

makes a change from these flashy interfaces people seem insistant upon these days.

Fantastic Tool. So glad someone commited to the cause so soon.

Thank you very much for your efforts

Great stuff. Thank you very much.

Just a quick question though, will this automatically load all the players once I load up the game??

Thanks this is just what i need quick and easy to use maybe in future you could show the star rating of the staffs.

If you add the positions of a player it's the perfect tool!

Thank you for your program!

great tool, DrBernards framework is already having great use. Good work!

Great stuff. Thank you very much.

Just a quick question though, will this automatically load all the players once I load up the game??

Yes.

To make an addition to the great work from the author:

When you build the application through 'Build' -> 'Publish Projectname', you can build a nice setup project, which automatically downloads .Net when that's not available etc.

does this work for regens?

Great stuff. Congratulations. Is it possible to implement positional rating % like mini-se and genie? I find that CA won't tell the whole truth, where rating is based on attributes which are more important for each individual position, so a player with 151 ca could be better than an 164ca player if he has the right attributes for his position.

does this work for regens?

Yes. It uses the current in-memory game.

does it have sale values? and if so, how accurate are they?

is the link broken?

Still has some issues, just tried to search while the game was running and every time I try it comes up with an Unhanded Exception. Year, Month and Day parameters describe an un-representable DateTime.

It is fine when I click Active Player, but when I hit search it throws that up at me

Could anyone provide a new link to download this please?

The zippyshare site doesn't seem to be working, many thanks in advance!

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=3cf9df2c6f2eece1d2db6fb9a8902bda

Ill take it down if im not allowed (Y)

Still has some issues, just tried to search while the game was running and every time I try it comes up with an Unhanded Exception. Year, Month and Day parameters describe an un-representable DateTime.

It is fine when I click Active Player, but when I hit search it throws that up at me

+ 1 I had de same problem

Sorry for my english

+ 1 I had de same problem

Sorry for my english

New assemblies are available from the Framework thread, known issue, and is at this moment solved. You can either download the sample application yourself and update the dll's from the bin/debug folder, or you can wait for a new release of this app.

Im finding that Im getting no response at all. I click 'search' or 'active player' and nothing happens. Is there a specific directory it needs to be in?

http://files.filefront.com/FMAgentrar/;12450481;/fileinfo.html

File Front Download!

Hope this is ok

Rapidshare mirror added just in case!

FM Agent

Rapidshare mirror added just in case!

FM Agent

what do you use to open the fmagent?

cheers

All what I need to enjoy FM till the Genie Scout release. Thank you very much tw559, great work!

I too had a problem with the error about the dates, have uploaded the fixing files here:

http://files.filefront.com/FMAgent+DLL+Filesrar/;12450728;/fileinfo.html

Just put it in your FMAgent directory and it should work.

All what I need to enjoy FM till the Genie Scout release. Thank you very much tw559, great work!

I too had a problem with the error about the dates, have uploaded the fixing files here:

http://files.filefront.com/FMAgent+DLL+Filesrar/;12450728;/fileinfo.html

Just put it in your FMAgent directory and it should work.

Thx - now it works!

Can you please make a mac version as well?

Looking forward to the part where you can export shortlist

Mac version won't work as this is .net, which is Microsoft. There are people working on making a mac editor though. Until then, try using bootcamp or parallels.

Do you think Crossover work?

Hi all, this is downloading now, not sure how to sue it though?

how come it doesn't display every player i search for?

Thanks a lot bud, will try this later. Now I can start my proper career game.

Maybe I am being really stupid here, but how do I get this to work. It's all up on my screen. I have the my fm loaded in the background but I can't find any players. How do I load my saved game or whatever?

wat do u open it with mine says winamp not sure thats right

Sorted. Loaded the tool before the game. How foolish of me.

what did u use to open once dl mate

there should be an exe file in the file you've just extracted using winrar

Nice tool.

Great work, thank you.

Great tool - thanks for your help.

One suggestion though... could the player positions be displayed somehow?

does it work with vista?

it is constantly freezing when i click search

DrBernard would it be possible to add the "show potential attributes" option like there is is genie's scout??

Its really helpfull since many players have high PA but low position ratings

does it work with vista?

it is constantly freezing when i click search

right click and run with admin. That works for me

What currency does it use because none of my bids for sale value and even above get accepted.

wow! excellent. i am gonna start FM09 tonight!! finally gonna start *phew*

What is the sale value ??? is it pond or euro ?

DOESNT WORK, IT HAS A BLANK WINDOW WHEN I TRY TO OPEN THE SOFTWARE.

Meh.....gotta wait for Genie Scout 09.