Marko1989

April 24

To me, the primary objective is always the Champions League and then I add secondary objectives to make each save different.

For example, when I played with Wolfsburg, my goal was to win the Champions League but it only counts if my main strikers are Bosnian and Brazillian nationalities when I win that Champions League. I was emulating that 2008 Wolfsburg team where their strikers were Edin Džeko and Grafite.

I always try to replicate some older squads.

Then, my goal for example was to play until one of my players was worth 100.000.000 euros. I had to play 10 seasons with Chievo, I won Serie A 7 times, Champions League 5 times and I had to wait for Portugal to win the World Cup and only then one of my Portuguese strikers was priced at 100.000.000.

But this was in FM 2021, when there was an old evaluation system, not this new stupid system there are countless players worth 100 mil or that range "from 200m - 400m".

So, in short, Champions League is main goal and then you come up with a couple of side objectives.

April 2

On 01/04/2024 at 15:12, Andros said:

which was the FM where the long ball forward to a target man (before roles and duties were implements) was overpowered? Crouch could become a superstar and Bale was like 16 years old? Must be FM2007 or 2008. There was also an Italian target forward that could be gotten really cheap, starts with 'C', can't remember the rest of his name! Anyway, whilst I had played FM before that, this was the version that really hooked me.

Anyway, most results here will be subjective based on particular saves. I would argue that the best version is always the latest one.

I think you are talking about Bernardo Corradi. And I think that was FM 2006

March 8

Install FM on a new laptop, and open Football Manager on that new laptop so that all the folders needed for the game are created in My Documents.

Then on old laptop go to My Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2024 > games folder and from there, copy your save to usb flash drive
Then go to My Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2024 > editor data folder and also copy the files to flash drive

Then plugin in flash drive to new laptop and paste the files into the corresponding folders.

If you don't have flash drive, you can also copy those files to your phone, or you can send them to yourself via email etc

March 1

This may not be the best tactic or it may even be bad, but this is how I do it -

For strikers, I always tend to put additional focus on quickness and dribbling. It does not matter if the attribute is good or not. Even if a player has 15 for dribbling, I will put dribbling as an additional focus. But I find additional focus very inconsistent, I mean, it is fine, it should not work every time.

If the desired attribute is not growing for 3 months, I will remove it, and then I will try the same additional focus after 2-3 months again.

For defenders, I always go with quickness, technique, and passing. I go for defensive positioning only if a central defender has marking lower than 14

For MC, DMC, I go with Quickness, long shots, passing. I found that there is a huge difference when my MC has 15 and when he has 18 for passing. ( but it might be a placebo )

For full backs/wingbacks/inverted wing backs - Quickness, dribbling, passing, long throws until they have 15 for all at least ( except long throws, which is impossible in many cases ), after that, I move to defensive positioning.

Wingers - Quickness, dribbling, and passing, no matter how good those attributes are I always look to max them out

In short, very rarely I try to improve attributes that are very low, I mostly go with attributes that are most important, no matter how good those attributes already are

February 20

There is probably some explanation, like club reputation etc, but in the end, the real reason is that the new player valuation system is absolutely awful. I saw in one save that Martinelly was worth ~400m. It is just bad.

January 27

6 hours ago, jyny said:

Sure, it's the Stato Skin. A quick search on google and you'll find it.

Okay, thanks :thup:

January 27

On 23/01/2024 at 13:29, jyny said:

Hi guys,

I've been playing the game since Championship Manager 00/01 but I've never had a save with so many unlikely competition winners so early on. I'm coming into my 4th season of my FM24 save and Ireland have lifted the World Cup in 2026. They won every game on the way to lifting the trophy an amazing achievement seeing some of the teams they faced along the way. Jamacia even reached the QF stage. I've had the likes of Morrocco, Tunisa, Norway, etc winning the World Cup on previous games but much deeper into my saves.

On a side note, Villa have won back-to-back Champions Leagues whilst finishing the season in 8th and 7th place respectively in the Premier League.

Anyone else had a shock winner of a major tournament so early on?

Can you please tell me what is the name of the skin you are using? Thanks in advance

January 26

I would agree about FM 2015. That was the FM I played the most. I don't remember anything overpowered. If I am not wrong, for example, in 2016 crossing was overpowered

What I like the most in FM 2015 is how players behave in certain roles and player traits. For example, inside forwards were really great. If you learn inside forward "get forward whenever possible" you can really see that in Match Engine. You pair him with false 9 and you can really see how that trait changes the game.

And Barcelona tiki taka formation worked really well for me in that FM

Also, if you like to play in 2D, FM 2015 still has that nice looking 2D ME and not this abomination we have today

January 10

It is very broken, even if the agent is influencing the valuation it is still broken, no agent in the world would come up with such a valuation. It would not be a problem if one player value was 200, 300, 400M, but there are a bunch of players. Look at this bs, Martinelli 329M !?!?!

I will never understand why they got rid of the previous valuation that was similar to Transfermark. One price, based on a couple of factors, it was not perfect, but at least it is not as ridiculously bad as this system. Among bad valuations, there are many examples of "not for sale" players which clubs would very easily sell in reality.

Or, if they don't want to get rid of ranges, they could make a combination of old and new system. One number for player value like Transfermarkt, and range for the money club would sell a player. Something like this. But again, old system with just one value would be the best. No "not for sale" bs, no 350-400m ranges for players in 2025 and similar

January 3

On 02/01/2024 at 17:12, Sunstrikuuu said:

Another relatively minor irritation that's been in the game forever:

£105 million for arguably the best winger in the game is a breathtaking bid, I guess, but in the wrong direction. Jamal Muisla is being linked to clubs for £150m or more, Vinicius Jr for £250m, and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for £197m (Arsenal's Martinelli is linked for £106m, which is another data point here). I know it doesn't matter because I as Arsenal's manager get to choose how much I sell Saka for, but it's odd that Saka's linked to clubs for 60% or less of what his peers are linked to clubs for. Likewise Saliba's £81m suggested pricetag is more than £50m less than De Ligt, £130m less than Gvardiol, and £90m less than Levi Colwill. Martin Odegaard's £100m pricetag -- Bernardo Silva's is 2.5x as much, Bruno Fernandez is more than double, Foden is 2.25x.

Valuation is weird, and it's not entirely cosmetic, because these values affect player happiness with the asking price you put on them. And happiness is a whole thing.

I didn't buy FM 24 and this is one of among many reasons I don't want to buy it. Valuation is just weird and makes 0 sense.

My friend does have FM24 I was checking the "player search" screen and there are players valued at 400.000.000+.. Like what the heck.. Kvaratskhelia in his save is 360.000.000 even though he is still in Napoli. And we all know in reality they would probably sell him for 3X less money. I have no idea how they even approved such a bad valuation system

December 26, 2023

1.) Dynamic potential. I hate the fact that you can predict a player's career without any external tools, even when he is only 16y old. When you know that his potential is low, and it is fixed, there is no point in giving him playing time if you already know there is no chance for him to become good. The fixed potential is flawed, ancient, limited etc

2.) Old 2D Match Engine. They removed everything from 2D ME and made it look like something from the '80s. No game should go backward in any department like FM did with the 2D engine.

3.) -

December 10, 2023

Yes, I fully agree with this. If I am not wrong, they put 0 when they are not sure, but that can completely ruin a player in some saves. Not just determination, any attribute set to 0.

I think when they are not sure ( if that is the reason why they put 0 ) they should do a range, for example, they set Determination for Barco to be in a range from 12 to 20 in the editor

November 26, 2023

I have no idea what is the purpose of this post. SI should create a game with months where managers can't be sacked? They should perfectly recreate reality?

When you create a new save, so many things can go wrong for every manager. When you create a new save game, and when you click "continue" for the first time, every connection with the real world is gone. Everything will be different and nothing has to be 100% realistic. It is a game. And it should be different.

November 24, 2023

I am surprised he never had "Run with the ball through the center"

November 11, 2023

What I don't get about these complaints is - You know the state of gaming in general. You know that developers/publishers will release games with tons of bugs or unfinished games. You know in the case of this game, it will always be released with tons of bugs, with minimum improvements, and you still pre-order the game. Wait, wait until is fully patched, and then buy it or skip the year if you see it's not good. That will hopefully teach them to put more work into their game.

Here on the forum, you create such hype before the release, "will it be released tomorrow?!" "I hope this week!" "I hope it will be until 6:15!" "I hope it will be this weekend!", 3 months before it is even released there is always a topic "guys who are you going to manage in FM 202X???" . You are counting the minutes until the game is released and then you get disappointed.

When will you learn, you are the reason they are comfortable with releasing unfinished games because you can't wait and you rush to give them money.

November 6, 2023

15 minutes ago, D-Foxx said:

Five minutes into a new save on the full release. For the love of god, please SI - fix this bug asap. The constant unrealistic whining is an absolute game breaker for me.

I am not really sure what to think anymore.

I didn't buy FM 2022 and FM 2023 because of the lack of improvements and now I can't buy FM 2024 because I see many people here complaining about this game-breaking issue. I am also probably not the only one, so this is really bad. I hope they will fix this because I want to buy FM 24 because it is the last of its kind; but all the key issues must be resolved. This one especially, I don't want to play babysitter simulator.

November 3, 2023

Oh, yeah, you are right, my method is not correct. I thought all your players have the same age so you wanted to add 7 years to that age. Yes, my method will not work in this case, since they will all be the same age as you said. Sorry but I am not sure what you need is possible

November 3, 2023

Well, if you can filter those players on one screen like on my screenshot, you can do it

1. Filter players and select them all by holding shift

2. When you select all players, click on this edit button

3. That will open the mass edit screen

October 22, 2023

1 hour ago, craiigman said:

Also tried, even reset the cache.

Ah, then it seems we can't do it anymore. It is a shame since it is very ugly

October 22, 2023

13 minutes ago, Dagenham_Dave said:

Tried it with the background you had in your post, but it doesn't seem to work, sadly. Should the textures folder be inside the graphics folder, or just on its own?

Nope, the folder should not be in the graphics folder, it should be on its own ( in root My Documents > FM 2024 folder to say so, alongside skins and other folders )

Did you change the format to DDS? Because the image in my post is in PNG

I will upload the DDS file, try that, clear the cache and all that. But maybe it is impossible in this year's version

match_background.dds

October 22, 2023

On 21/10/2023 at 15:30, craiigman said:

2D classic disappointing again, looks like they are playing in the void

Wow, this one is the worst one yet, they managed to outdo themselves

I don't know if this works in FM 24 but you can put any image behind the pitch so it is not just one color.

In My Documents, create a folder called "textures", and put any image there but in DDS format. And name it match_background.dds

You can take any JPG image you like and convert it to DSS ( it is important because if you use PNG or JPG the game will stutter ).

I've put this image of grass and stadium stands, it is still ugly but at least it is not the void

It looks like this in the game, FM 21

October 18, 2023

35 minutes ago, Dagenham_Dave said:

I was a developer, I'd make the minimum effort with how the skin looks as almost everyone downloads a new one within a week anyway.

Yeah, that is if you are lucky enough to have other people to make your product look better for free.

October 18, 2023

45 minutes ago, Dagenham_Dave said:

There is absolutely no need to change it. It's a part of the game people are arguably in more than any other, therefore familiarity is key. Changing for the sake of change is never a good thing.

It'll change on FM25 anyway.

1 hour ago, alian62 said:

Why change a good feature ? But it will change for FM25

I didn't mean a change in terms of functionality. I meant in terms of how it looks.

Why do you mean people who make skins are adding for example grass texture to the field or why they are adding player images next to play position icons. Because it is starting to be monotone.

In terms of functionality, it is fine, but it is like seeing the same software for years now. Imagine playing 5 sequels of some other game and the menus, aesthetics, and graphics are exactly the same. Of course, it would become boring. They were changing it before so it is not just changing it for the sake of change. Sometimes after 5 years, the game must look fresh without relying on a skinning forum.

2010

2015

2018

October 18, 2023

I must congratulate SI for remarkable consistency in not changing the tactic screen for 4 years now ( maybe even more)

This has to be some Guinness record for laziness

FM 2021, 22, 23

FM 2024

October 2, 2023

1 hour ago, daveh83 said:

Where’s that located.

44 minutes ago, Lord Rowell said:

Same question. I've had problems streaming some services whilst playing FM - looks like this is the cause.

As far as I know, that only works for Lenovo laptops, and it is an app from the Microsoft Store, I don't own one, but I guess if you have a Lenovo laptop you can find that app by searching "Vantage" in the taskbar search, and from some guy screenshot, it is here

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