Daveincid

Preview January ALPHA: - Realistic player development - New derbies & awards - Citizenship fixes - National team improvements - League files for: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras - 11 new files + 3 files updated Cheers Daveincid

Makes sense

I'm glad you liked it:) I completely agree. Of course you'll still be able to use high pressing tactics in a very effective way IF you manage your squad properly. My goal was mainly that you can't just successfully (most times) "plug & play" such tactics without taking several other factors into account.

I did more extensive tests last year but there is no benefit for me to spend massive time on evaluation for something which works fine for me for years However, I did posted results as part of the Gegenpress-discussion in the General-Feedback-thread: https://community.sigames.com/forums/topic/579205-football-manager-2024-official-feedback-thread/?do=findComment&comment=14242670

It's a question of interpretation. Does my mod impact the tactic itself? No. Does it impact the factors which are required to use a very intensive tactic in a very effective way? Yes it does. So for my logic, this lowers the effectivity of tactics like Gegenpress

Interesting

this 100%

I'm very happy to announce my next update for FM24. My "Increase Realism"-Megapack APRIL Update! READ ME BEFORE INSTALLING 1. Follow me on X and YouTube to stay up to date. 2.Delete all my previous files from the “Editor-Data” folder. 3. Make sure you don't use any other files that don't work with my Megapack. This applies to all themes that my mod covers. 4. The Megapack is in most cases compatible with transfer updates and all possible graphical adjustments. 5. My resources are very limited, so I don't answer questions like "Is your work compatible with X or Y?” 6. If you have urgent questions that cannot be answered from the text, please send me a private message here in the forum, on X, Discord or in the official SIForum. QUESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS WILL NOT BE ANSWERED. 7. The effects of my files in the game are not visible or comprehensible in the pregame editor, so please only give me feedback or bug reports that have arisen directly from the game. 8. I am very grateful for any feedback about found bugs. However, this must be formulated in such a way that I can do something with it. Please use the template below and send me a PM. I'll read every PM but depending of the issue I might not respond to every message (resource management): - Type of bug (visual, game-mechanics): - Affected Club/Nation/League: - Exact description of the bug + source if any why XY is wrong: - Screenshot (if useful): - Direct suggestions for improvement based on source XY: - Further comments: 9.If you don't want to write me a private message, you can also leave your feedback on my Discord-Server. 10.If you need help with the correct installation, you can find it here on YouTube. 11.If you are looking for tips & tricks to make your save game more realistic, you can get some input here in this video. 12.For FM-Fanpages: Write me a private message first, if you want to publish my work on your Fanpage. 13.For File-Creators: All copying of my work (this also includes crediting) is forbidden "INCREASE REALISM"-MEGAPACK APRIL UPDATE • ALTERNATIVE YOUTH RATING + GAME IMPORTANCE & OTHERS • CLUB DATA FIX • CLUB FINANCES FIX • GEOGRAPHICS & LANGUAGES • REALISTIC INJURIES • SALARIES MARKET VALUES & SPONSORS • STAFF ATTRIBUTE ADJUSTMENTS • TRANSFER PREFERENCES • WEATHER CHANGES • CITIZENSHIP FIX • WORLDWIDE AWARD FIXES • WORLDWIDE DERBY FIXES • NATIONS AGREEMENTS • NATIONAL TEAM ATTENDANCE • NATIONAL TEAM REPUTATION • YOUTH & TRAINING FACILITIES • CA/PA ADJUSTMENTS + NEW WONDERKIDS & OTHERS • CLUB TRANSFER PREFERENCES • LEAGUE REPUTATION CHANGES • TICKET PRICE ADJUSTMENTS • PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS • BLUE STARS FIFA YOUTH CUP NEW • PRE-SEASON CUPS NEW • FC BARCELONA SALARY FIX NEW • GERMAN II TEAMS FIX NEW • FRANCE OVERSEAS TERRITORY FIX NEW ALTERNATIVE YOUTH RATING + GAME IMPORTANCE & OTHERS This file changes the "youth ratings", the "game importance" and the "development status" of many countries. The main purpose of the changes is to make both the quantity and the potential maximum quality in long-term saves more realistic. However, this file is not solely responsible for the quality of players, the file „youth & training facilities“ is also very important. BRIEFLY SUMMARISED • The global distribution of talent has been slightly increased • The development potential was calculated individually for each nation based on more than 15 different criteria. For example, the HDI (Human Development Index), national and international audience average, population size, financial resources and much more! CLUB DATA FIX This file completes various missing data of over 1500 clubs of the 1st and 2nd division in over 150 nations: • Nicknames of clubs • missing city coordinates • 89 new stadiums • missing club rivalries • missing club foundation dates • club colours CLUB FINANCES FIX The focus for the first December update was on Germany: • All clubs of the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga had a much too low account balance, because from my point of view the TV money, which was paid out at the end of the 22/23 season, was not included. This has now been corrected • The overstated debts of Schalke 04 have been adjusted. GEOGRAPHICS & LANGUAGES (+German Version) Geographical data: The whole world is now covered with real data. From the population of a small village in Ghana to the correct altitude of small villages in the mountain peaks of Peru: • 5500+ edited cities • 1800+ local regions edited • Missing coordinates of over 1800+ cities • Missing elevation data of over 4200 cities • All cities now hava a „attraction“ value added These changes may have an impact on: • The distribution of newgen birthplaces • Travelling costs • Sponsorship deals • Contract negotiations • Fitness/Injury frequency of players Languages: • 100+ new languages created • The difficulty level of all languages has been increased by 30% to prevent players from learning the language too quickly • 181 Nations have been edited • 1800+ local regions • Many individual cities edited With those changes, the linguistic diversity of all nations is represented in much greater detail. In addition to the official languages of a nation, the unofficial languages are now also taken into account. These are intended to represent those people who speak a second or even third language without having the nationality of that nation. German version: The German version is located in an extra folder "German Version". If you play the game in German, delete the English version REALISTIC INJURIES (+German Version) This file increases the probability of injury by approx. 20% and further increases the number of injuries caused by sprints. The injury probability in the base game is traditionally always about 20% lower than in reality. The advantages of this file: • Better squad rotation (as there are more injuries) • Young players reach their potential less often (important for the overall balance) • Intensive counter-press tactics are less effective (as significantly more muscle injuries will occur due to sprinting ) German version: The German version can be found in an extra folder "German Version". If you play the game in German, delete the English version and replace it with this one. SALARIES MARKET VALUES & SPONSORS This file changes the financial behaviour in all nations in the 3 main areas "salaries", "market values" and "sponsorship income". The current update includes changes which especially lowers the too high wage-demands for top players in top leagues. Salaries: Salaries are based much more on real existing data. A player from Cameroon no longer earns €500k per year, but perhaps €30k. Market values: Market values have been adjusted globally so that the actual transfer fees paid (!not the market values shown!) in nation XY are more realistically represented. The market values in some larger nations have been lowered (e.g. England). The reason for this is that otherwise, talented players in particular won’t get transferred often, as the club demands are far too high. Sponsors: The sponsor values have been adjusted worldwide (and already tested for all default nations) to better balance the finances of the clubs. In addition, I have calculated individual maximum values for each nation. This should improve realism, especially in smaller nations, and thus make "Build a Nation" saves more realistic. STAFF ATTRIBUTE ADJUSTMENTS This file is intended to improve the behaviour of AI managers in the following areas: • Squad rotation • Loan out big talents • Increased usage of young players in low priority cup matches • Earlier tactical changes TRANSFER PREFERENCES I have researched all nations on transfermarkt.com that have a preference for players with a certain nationality and adjusted them accordingly. Over 200 nations have been edited! Not only the nationalities have been adjusted, but also the age preferences. There are certain nations that clearly stand out as "development leagues" based on various data. (Very high proportion of players under the age of 24). For example Denmark, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Croatia or even obscure nations such as Kyrgyzstan. WEATHER CHANGES I have integrated climate change into the game. In concrete terms, this means that there is a small probability (approx. 5%) that temperatures in all regions of the world will be higher than those entered by default. In London, for example, temperatures of up to 42 degrees can be reached in rare cases. Previously, the maximum was 32 degrees. This can have an impact on the fitness of the players. It is therefore definitely worth taking a closer look at the weather forecast for the next match. CITIZENSHIP FIX I have made adjustments in 95 nations concerning the years to gain nationality. What sounds easy is quite tricky. The sources are sometimes different and unfortunately in the editor you cannot select the options "Will be naturalised if he has good relations with local politicians" or "Will be naturalised if he invests 1 Million euros in the country". 😉 WORLDWIDE AWARD FIXES This file balances the reputation-behavior through awards across all nations. It will be more difficult to keep your top youngster at your club, especially outside of top leagues but it also increases the chances that top clubs want to sign your player for a lot of money. Overall, it should help to make squad management, player happiness and transfers more logical. WORLDWIDE DERBY FIXES This file adds over 300 missing derbies from clubs and national teams in over 50 nations. It also contains over 1000 reputation adjustments to create a cross-nation balance. Among others, derbies are included such as: • "Volga Derby" between Rubin Kazan and Krylia Sovietov. • "La guerra del futbol" between El Salvador and Honduras. • The "Derby of Ghana" between Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak SC and many more! NATIONS AGREEMENTS This file adds 24 agreements between nations. You can find this information in the nation tab overview. NATIONAL TEAM ATTENDANCE All national teams now have the correct attendances added. Unfortunately Football Manager does not implement this 1:1 and the number of spectators in the game is often much higher than it should be. I have taken this into account in my adjustments. NATIONAL TEAM REPUTATION For a better game balance, I have slightly adjusted all national team reputations. YOUTH & TRAINING FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS This file improves the balance of the current ability of newgens when they are created. In some cases/nations it was generally too high and in others too weak. The adjustments to the training facilities then ensure that the subsequent development speed is realistic. CA/PA ADJUSTMENTS + NEW WONDERKIDS & OTHERS In total there were over 31k players edited in over 160 nations. Over 84k changes. The following areas were edited: • New Wonderkids (players already in the database, but way too bad) • CA/PA adjustments based on the first half of the 23/24 season • Missed preferred foot • Missing dual nationalities • Missing player relations • Missing player height • Structural problems with player reputations (has been harmonized worldwide) I have also made a complete overhaul for national teams worldwide. This leads to: 1. More realistic national team selection. (A lot of minor nations were outdated) 2. A better representation of each national team's strenght CLUB TRANSFER PREFERENCES A total of 22 teams from 20 nations have a special preference. This can either be players from a certain nation or age preference. LEAGUE REPUTATION CHANGES Adjustments were mainly made in South America (balancing reasons). TICKET PRICE ADJUSTMENTS Mainly teams from Asia were edited PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS This file includes some clean-up of the original database which leads to speed improvements up to 10%, depending on your db setup. I've tested it with several different setups and speed improvements were between 6.2-10.4%. BLUE STARS FIFA YOUTH CUP NEW This is a youth tournament which is held yearly in Switzerland wihere some of the biggest Clubs worldwide taking part. The file was part of DaveTheEditor’s FM23 files and he gave me the permission to continue the files for FM24. PRE-SEASON CUPS NEW This file adds several pre-season cups to the game. The file was part of DaveTheEditor’s FM23 files and he gave me the permission to continue the files for FM24. FC BARCELONA SALARY FIX NEW This file corrects some of Barca’s player salaries. According to the latest financial reports, the total salary-costs of Barcelona is much higher as it’s represented in the game. In longterm-saves, this leads to Barcelona swimming in money while in reality they are struggling. GERMAN II TEAMS FIX NEW If you are playing with a german lower league file, II-teams of Bundesliga clubs tend to dominate their division and after a couple of ingame years, the 3rd division is often dominated with much more II-teams as it should. This file reduces the strength of II-teams without hardcoding any rule which would prevent them from promotion. FRANCE OVERSEAS TERRITORY FIX NEW This file fixes a bug where french overseas territories such as Guadeloupe or French Guyana can’t field all their players while playing in the french cup. So it makes playing in one of those overseas territories more of a pain than joy. With this file, all players are able to play the french cup and especially «build a nation» in those nations are now much more entertaining. PLANS FOR THE MAY UPDATE? A lot! HOW TO INSTALL "Increase Realism Megapack" in FM24 Place all files (not the folder) in "Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2024/editor data". FURTHER INFORMATIONS INCLUDED IN THE „READ ME“ FILE IN THE DOWNLOAD-LINK NEW SAVEGAME IS REQUIRED! Have fun! Cheers, Daveincid Download-Link: https://www.mediafire.com/file/02lgfrvrfvsc977/FM24_Increase_Realism_Megapack_APRIL_Update_%2805.04.24%29.zip/file

fmscout, sortitoutsi

I heard this guy never won a title? So I'm not 100% sure (duck and away :P) But enough off-topic

no problem Germany is still worth taking a look.

In case you took the number for 20 teams - France Ligue 1 went from 20 to 18 teams, so those numbers are fine with 2 teams less. Edit: Germany has no Haaland or Lewandowski anymore, so maybe this has an impact too

Due to todays update of Football Manager 24 - public release will be on Friday 8th of December

To quote José Mourinho: "I prefer not to speak. If I speak, I am in big trouble." But checking out some of the big fansites could be useful

You'll see once it's released

You only have to if you want it in advance. Next friday it will be available for everyone. It does make a big difference

I'm not a dev so I can't answer thr question about how they focus the tactic. Greater consequences 100%

That was the goal of it and I'm glad it worked

4231 gegepress + injury mod. 3rd, 11 points behind Feyenoord, struggling during english weeks. End of the season: Well....i can't say because I was being sacked in March 24. Gegepress-tactics are getting way too less punishement (-> not enough injuries). So SI can't please everyone. At least with my injuries-mod, you won't fly through holiday-mode winning everything

Hello everyone ! I'm happy to announce that I'll continue the project of DaveTheEditor for FM24. The first nations will be available in my January update. My schedule is a bit different as Dave's. High important leagues comes first and the step by step further down. I hope to provide the same quality of files as Dave did! Please do not ask when file XY is released. It's ready when it's ready. I'll give everything I have to make Football Manager 24 the most complete version ever! Cheers Daveincid

you'll see once it's released.

Try it but most likely it won't work

Exactly this Not surpized that such an answer comes from you Very good idea!

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