[Stadium Editor]

7 minutes ago, adriano roberto said:

In my case, I am still finding some difficulty with the number of bleachers in the stadium. As an example the maracanã: I am trying to reproduce only 2 bleachers, instead of 3 as in the image.

The same is still true with some stadiums that have only one grandstand and insist on appearing two.

 

I don’t think it is possible to edit the number of tiers/bleachers within a stand 

[Stadium Editor]

32 minutes ago, adriano roberto said:

Are you changing the actual capacity of the stadium, or just changing the values of the stands?

I am editing some here, but maintaining the real capacity of the stadium.

Editing the stands and keeping the capacity as it, I have found that you have to reset every stand to 0 then make your changes for them to show in the match engine.

[Stadium Editor]

A further trial this time with Hamilton Accies (Stadium capacity 6018). I have removed one side stand and swapped around the goal ends giving Hamilton their 2-sided stadium 

[Stadium Editor]

12 minutes ago, florin.hangu said:

Does this work in saved games,or only new save? 

Only in new games

[Stadium Editor]

This is a game changer! I've had a play around with the below results

Somerset Park: I have removed the corners at the main stand, changed the main stand from a terrace to seats, changed the stand opposite the main stand to a terrace and removed it's roof

Cappielow Park: I have made both goal end stands terraces, changes the main stand from a terrace to seats and removed the corners

 

[Some issues with adboards]

Good evening,

I am posting to raise the awareness of three issues with the adboard’s within Football Manager;

1. Within the match engine, video adboard’s seem to have been capped to a maximum of 15 seconds, this results in video ads either being sped up to fit into 15 seconds or they run at normal speed and are then cut off after 15 seconds. Having made 100's of video adboard’s for the game this is very frustrating as they no longer display as intended in spite of working with all previous versions of Football Manager, is it possible to remove this limit?

 

2. Games at Neutral venues (cup semi finals & finals) are treated within the match engine as a home/away match, therefore, if the 'home team' has adboard’s assigned to them, they display instead of the competition adboard’s, this never use to happen in older versions of Football Manager.

 

3. Within the fm.xml file we have the function to turn on video ads for any club with the following code:

<!-- All Hibernian home matches have to use LED -->
<record id="1575" led_force_flag="true" concatenate_next="true"/>

However, for clubs who have video ads if we swap out the “true” for “false” within the code the video adboard’s still display.  While we have the ability to force clubs to use video adboard’s we lack the ability to force them to not use video adboard’s.

[[FM20] Pre Season Competitions V1]

Pre Season Competitions V1.1

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Fixes
- Reduced length of International Champions Cup to avoid fixture clashes

Atlantic Cup
Host: Algarve, Portugal
Eligible teams: Austria Bundesliga, Chinese Super League, Croatian Prva Liga, Czech Fortuna Liga, Danish Superliga, Farense, Irish Premier Division, Kazakh Prem'er Ligasy, Norwegian Eliteserien, Russian Premier Liga & Swedish Allsvenska
Format: 2 Groups - winners play in cup final.
Dates: 1st - 10th of February
Frequency: Yearly
Prize Money: £50,000 Participation money, 50% of gate receipts and £100,000 prize money for competition winner

Match Premier Cup
Host: Doha, Qatar
Eligible teams: Russian Premier Liga & Serbian Premier Liga
Format: 1 Group - 5 teams
Dates: 3rd - 11th of February
Frequency: Yearly
Prize Money: £500,000 Participation money, 50% of gate receipts and £500,000 prize money for competition winner

La Liga - Serie A Trophy
Host: USA
Eligible teams: Italian Serie A & Spanish Liga Santander
Format: Cup Final - 2 legs
Dates: 2nd Wednesday and Saturday in August.
Frequency: Yearly
Prize Money: £1,000,000 Participation money, 50% of gate receipts & £500,000 prize money for competition winner

Joan Gamper Trophy
Host: FC Barcelona
Eligible teams: Argentine Primera División, Brasileiro Série A, English Premier League, Dutch Eredivisie, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A & Portuguese Liga Nos
Format: Cup
Dates: 1st Wednesday of August. 3rd Wednesday of August in Euros/World Cup years
Frequency: Yearly
Prize Money: 50% of gate receipts

Bwin Trofeo Naranja
Host: Valenica
Eligible teams: Argentine Primera División, Brasileiro Série A, ,  Dutch Eredivisie, German Bundesliga & Italian Serie A
Format: Cup
Dates: 2nd Saturday of August.
Frequency: Yearly
Prize Money: 50% of gate receipts

Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu
Host: Real Madrid
Eligible teams: Argentine Primera División, Brasileiro Série A, English Premier League, Dutch Eredivisie, French Ligue 1, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A & Turkish Super Lig
Format: Cup
Dates: 2nd Saturday of August.
Frequency: Yearly
Prize Money: 50% of gate receipts

[[FM20] Pre Season Competitions V1]

On 16/04/2020 at 14:00, OllieDrew said:

This is an excellent file but the International Champions Cup does not renew itself or work after the first season [2019]!!! Can you fix this at all. Cheers

Thanks for your feeback, though the ICC works every year for me, pehaps there was a conflict with another file you are using?

[Free Transfers - Scottish Premier]

This is not the norm, it looks as if the game processed a 'hard brexit' therefore, non UK players would require a work permit

[Stadium editor]

I propsed a potential solution to this recently which I belive would give us a stadium editor without a manager having any control over a stadium expansion

 

 

[Stadium architecture]

I've suggested a solution in the features request forum

 

[Stadiums - Potential solution to a longstanding divisive topic]

Ever since the introduction of the 3D match engine the concept of a stadium editor has been a divisive subject within the Football Manager community. One school of thought is that customisable stadiums would make the experience more immersive, while other users feel that a stadium editor would remove an element of realism for the game, as no manager will design their clubs newest ground expansion. We also have the issue of licencing which means copies of Camp Nou, Old Trafford, San Siro et al can not be reproduced within the game. While some of the stadium models within the game can play a close resemblance to real life stadia, I’m sure we all agree some are pretty poor.

 

I propose a solution to this issue, customisable stadiums within the pre-game editor. I will discuss the concept based on the example below covering Fir Park Stadium, home of Motherwell FC.

Starting with the top options we would have the opportunity to chose the stadium shape, Square resembling many UK stadiums, Rounded (e.g. Emirates stadium) or Oval (e.g. London Stadium). Next, we have option to decide on Stadium textures which influence the appearance of the stadium roof, exits, condition of the stands etc, perhaps we could have the opportunity to create our own textures and load these in to the game. The last two options allow us to place the floodlights and players entrance to the pitch.

 

If we look at that the actual ground now, we can see that each stand is made of blocks, goal end stands have 3 block per tier and side line stands have 4. This would allow Motherwell’s ¾ stand to be replicated within the game and would allow lower league stadiums to be more accurately replicated.

If we look at ‘Main Stand – Section 4’ we have 5 options.

Seat Colour – self explanatory

Terrance - Stading room instead of seats

Size – small, medium or large or a numerical number of rows could be entered

Exits - The number of exits within this part of the stand

Exit Locations – are the exits at the bottom, middle or top of the stand.

 

If we look at the ‘Stand 3 – Section 3’ we have an additional option.

Tier divider – This is what separates tiers within stands with multiple tiers. This could be walkways, walls or executive boxes.

 

This proposed concept would allow the community to produce stadiums via editor files and I believe may offer a solution to the stadium issue which appeases all parties.  

[[FM20] Pre Season Competitions V1]

Pre Season Competitions V1

I had originaly made this for personal use but thought others may be interested, the pack contains 6 real life pre season competitions along with metalic logos and trophy pictures. to install just extract folders to your Football Manager 2020 folder.

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Audi Cup
Host: Bayern Munich
Eligible teams: Argentine Primera División, Brasileiro Série A, English Premier League, Italian Serie A, Spanish Liga Santander & Turkish Super Lig
Format: Cup (4 teams)
Dates: 29th - 31st July
Frequency: Every 2 years
Prize Money: £500,000 Participation money and £500,000 prize money for competition winner

Emirates Cup
Host: Arsenal
Eligible teams: French Ligue 1, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A, Spanish Liga Santander & Portuguese Liga Nos
Format: One off match
Dates: Last Sunday of July
Frequency: Every year
Prize Money: £500,000 Participation money

Florida Cup
Host: Florida, USA
Eligible teams: American MLS, Argentine Primera División, Brasileiro Série A, Colombian Liga Aguila, Dutch Eredivisie, Ecuadorian Serie A, German Bundesliga, Polish Ekstraklasa, Scottish Premiership, Ukrainian Premier League
Format: Cup
Dates: 9th-11th of January
Frequency: Every year
Prize Money: £500,000 Participation money, All gate receipts pooled with 20% given to each club and £500,000 prize money for competition winner

International Champions Cup
Host: China & USA
Eligible teams: American MLS, English Premier League, Dutch Eredivisie, French Ligue 1, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A, Mexican Liga MX, Scottish Premiership, Spanish Liga Santander & Portuguese Liga Nos
Format: League of 12 teams, each team plays 3 games, penalities if a draw at full time for a bouns point
Dates: 19th July - 9th August
Frequency: Every year
Prize Money: £1,000,000 Participation money, All gate receipts and TV money pooled with 8% given to each club and £2,000,000 prize money for competition winner

Premier League Asia Trophy
Host: Rotates between China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore & Thailand
Elegible teams: English Premier League x4
Format: Cup
Dates: 17th-20th of July
Frequency: Every 2nd year
Prize Money: £1,000,000 Participation money, 40% of gate receipts and £1,000,000 prize money for competition winner

Uhrencup
Host: Bern, Switzerland
Eligible teams: Austrian Bundesliga, Dutch Eredivisie, English Premier League, German Bundesliga, Greek Superleague, Polish Ekstraklasa, Scottish Premiership, Serbian Super Liga, Swiss Superleague x2 & Turkish Super Lig,
Format: Cup
Dates: 9th-13th of July
Frequency: Every year
Prize Money: £250,000 Participation money, 40% of gate receipts and £250,000 prize money for competition winner

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[[M19] Alternative Scottish Pyramid V1.0]

On 01/12/2019 at 21:37, gregthewellfan said:

Hi mate, loved this database in FM19 would it work on the new version do you think?

Thanks for the comments, there will be an updated version for FM20 however it’ll be January at the earliest before a release as I currently have very little free time

[New Laptop/PC Advice -Please Read the Opening Post]

On 31/07/2019 at 15:40, Smurf said:

1,2, or 4.

 

Cheers Smurf, appreciate the advice, went with the 1st one in the end 

[New Laptop/PC Advice -Please Read the Opening Post]

Looking for a bit of advice, I'm having to replace my laptop and have a budget of £700 at the most. I only use a laptop for FM and making graphics for FM in photoshop, typically GIF files for video adboards (which can be around 20 seconds long and upto 80Mb in size). In regards to FM I play in the 3D match engine and look to have the top leagues in at least 6 nations in a save, typically my saves rarely pass 4 seasons. I also travel a lot so a sturdy laptop is essential as in the past I have had problems with the screen hinges breaking.

I have looked into the 4 laptops below, would anyone be able to recommend one of the 4 or something more suitable within my budget?

https://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/FX504GD-E4127-ASUS-TUF-Gaming-FX504GD-E4127_2571126.html

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[[M19] Alternative Scottish Pyramid V1.0]

Alternative Scottish Pyramid

I've been working on and off this file for a few years and thought it's about I upload my work for others to critique/enjoy. In every addition of FM I tend to play a long term save in Scotland and after a season or two I quickly get bored of the repetitive fixtures/league structure. I've made a file with a new 16-10-16 structure within the SPFL which also includes the Highland, Lowland and East of Scotland leagues. My long term plan for this save is to incorporate the juniors into this setup and create a fully functional league pyramid. I'll now talk through the changes I've made to the SPFL with some justification as to why I've made certain changes. I have tried to keep a form of realism within this file where possible and I'm fully aware people may not agree with some changes in this pyramid.

The Premiership

My initial idea was to turn the premiership into a 16 team league where clubs play each other twice, giving us 30 games with no splits. However, the more I thought about this the more I released how unfeasible such a set up would be. While this system would take a away the monotony of playing teams 4 times a season in the league, losing 8 rounds of fixtures and 2 Old Firm games would be a financial disaster in terms of TV money and sponsorship. We also in Scotland have this bizarre belief that a bigger league would leave too many teams with nothing to play for. To make up for this shortfall in fixtures and to give all sides something to play for throughout the season, I've looked to the splits in Denmark and Belgium as motivation. Personally I have nothing against league splits and while this system will give at least 6 extra games, more importantly it will ensure each side has an equal number of home and away matches.

 

After 30 games the league will split into 4 groups, giving every team in the league an extra 6 balanced games (3 home & 3 away), which is an improvement on the current split where teams can play more home than away games or vice versa, or play 1 side 3 time away from home and 1 time at home, Like Hibs V Aberdeen this season. The top 4 teams make up the Championship group, teams 5th-8th make up the European Places Playoff group, teams 9th-12th the Relegation Playoff Group and the bottom 4 teams play in the Relegation group. After each group has finished team 4 will play team 5 in a 2 legged playoff for the final Europa League place and team 12 will play team 14 in the Relegation playoff semi final with the losing team playing the winner of the Championship Playoff. This gives us a 16 team league with 36 fixtures, every team will have something to play for and there is less fixture monotony as you will face 12 team's twice and 3 teams 4 times (excluding playoffs)

The Championship

The Championship remains similar in terms of structure, the only real difference is two teams are automatically promoted to the Premiership. I have toyed about with various league setups for the Championship, however there is not really enough 'big' SPLF teams for a bigger league to work. Increasing the number of teams further would also significantly dilute the quality of the Championship and make the jump between the Premiership and Championship too extreme. Any team relegated from the Championship receives £60,000 in parachute money for 2 seasons.

League One

The remaining League 1 and 2 clubs form a new look 16 team League. League One is a simple play each other twice, 30 game league. A higher % of TV money has been diverted to these clubs to offset the cost of losing 3 home games per league season. A 16 team 'semi-pro' league seems more feasible than the SPFL welcoming in 4 new teams to fill the gap in League 2. I've kept the relegation playoff as it is, as in reality there will be no automatic relegation from League 2 in till the standard of the Lowland League increases. In future updates I may look to change this to automatic relegation occurring after a few seasons. As in real life any side relegated to the Highland/Lowland league will recieve £40,000 in parachute money for 2 seasons.

 

Highland League

The Highland league keeps its current structure and is designed to float between 16 and 20 teams ensuring regionalisation at this level remains correct. The following cups have also been added: Highland League Cup, North of Scotland Cup, Aberdeenshire Shield and the Aberdeenshire Cup. In terms of youth of development the North of Scotland U20 and the Aberdeeshire and District League have also been included, teams in each region can opt in and out of these leagues from the beginning of season 2.

 

Lowland League

The Lowland League starts as a 15 teams league as in real life and will expand to a 16 team league team in season 2. Like the Highland League it is designed to float between 14-18 clubs to ensure regionalisation, this may impact season 2's expansion. The following cups have also been added: Lowland League Cup, SFA South Challenge Cup and the Qualifying Cup. In terms of youth development the Lowland Development League, Challenge Cup, Knockout Cup and League Cup have been added, again teams in each region can opt in and out of these leagues from the beginning of season 2.

 

East of Scotland League

The East of Scotland League begins with this seasons conference system, the top team in each group progress to the Round Robin Championship Group where the top 2 teams win promotion the the Lowland League. The runner up, teams 2-5 across each conference and the 2 best 6th placed teams form a 16 team Premiership in Season 2 while the remaining teams form a North and South regioned Division One. The Following cups have also been added: East of Scotland League Cup, King Cup & Alex Jack Cup (Winner qualifies for next seasons Scottish Cup).

 

Other Changes:

- Added £3k in travel costs to any Scottish clubs playing away to English, Irish, Northern Irish or Welsh clubs in the Irn-Bru cup in line with current cup rules.

- Ticket prices added for 72 clubs

- Attendances updated for 69 clubs

- Stadium information corrected for 46 grounds

- Facilities info added to 48 clubs

- 112 staff members added

- 471 records added giving more depth the game

- 425 past winners added to newly created competitions

- 125 unique city pics added for clubs from Premiership to East of Scotland League

- 87 stadium pics added for clubs from Highland, Lowland, East of Scotland and some Junior clubs

- 15 trophy pics added

- Logos added for all senior competitions

 

Installation instruction

extract to my documents/sports interactive

 

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Any feedback/suggestions for further updates welcome