CoffeeFueledCurmudgeon

I prefer to wait for that first patch, plus access to update a few extra competitions in the editor. Lots and lots of little issues with balance or gameplay in the beta, plus it's hard to assess how big some issues are because hysteria kicks in among some of the FM populous and it's difficult to tell if something is "OMG! FML! REFUND! BROKEN! [insert other extreme overreactions here]", or just needs a tweak with the help of examples, save games and feedback.

You've nailed that. Particularly point one I think.

Not really, you're still clearly upset that someone disagrees with you and can't get over it, resorting instead to this ongoing pre-pubescent flaming. As it happens, yes I've read the bug report, and while nobody has actually uploaded a single save to support the claims of a bug which is as unhelpful as it is predictable, I don't see how SI can review the impact without anyone bothering to submit evidence of that which distresses them so. Not to mention, the only bug is clearly nothing more than a dose of realism acting a little too aggressively within the code to counter an age-old exploit wherein people think "The whole point of fm is buying youth and developing them" rather than realism. Now, if you don't consider the ease of "buying youth and developing them" an exploit that's entirely up to you, it's your perception, and you do you. But, again, and for clarity because you've missed the point several times: Your opening statement, presented summarily as fact, was an opinion. Which was why I 'quoted' and 'added' to your quote in jest. That you've missed the point is frankly your problem, not mine, and getting all heated over it isn't getting a helpful save game submitted is it? The whole point of FM, as stated by its makers, is realism. So, my point remains, your assertion that "The whole point of fm is buying youth and developing them" is incorrect and merely your opinion. While there may be a heavy touch to SI's efforts to address the exploit, buying youth and developing them is not a USP of the product. Now calm yourself. You're getting far too upset and accusatorial about something you've decided was intoned and to be honest I cannot be bothered to waste further time correcting your misunderstanding of my original, clear response. Hope your day gets better though?

No, I quoted you stating that the "The whole point of fm for is buying youth and developing them" which is an opinion presented as a fact. This, obviously, is the wrong perspective from which to approach the issue in any case. Now, as stated if you'd bothered to read properly before triggering yourself into the above outburst, I've pointed out that the reason given for moving might be bugged, or the translation might be bugged, but the ability to sweep up everyone's kids has long been a broken element of FM that doesn't reflect the legal and footballing compensation laws accurately. I'm not sure where in my shared thoughts you've concocted the notion that I've suggested a "solution to avoiding ''exploits'' is to make the game so unrealistic that it's a complete no go to sign any promising 16-17 year olds because you feel there are groups of people who buy them all up." either. Indeed, should you care to calm yourself and re-read, I haven't offered a suggestion at all, since it isn't appropriate, though I note that the two post that have elicited the most popularity are those of Hunter and XaW who's sentiments are largely similar in terms of being more realistic and a welcome change. That said, SI may have over balanced this element, given that the variables at present seemingly make every player unavailable. Hopefully, it'll be slightly tweaked, and a balance is found where the unrealistic transfer hoarding of the past is prevent as unrealistic whilst also making it possible to sign a youngster who ticks all the engine variables. Hope this helps

Fixed for you. I'd say it works as intended. Yes, there are some people for whom the 'meta' is buying up all the regens, but it's not the point of FM, nor is it a feature or USP of the sold product. It's simply not the case that buying and developing youth is the whole point of FM. If anything, it's another exploit that's taken too long to address. It's always been far too easy to just buy in noticeably young regens, but it's far from realistic given the laws in place in various countries both civil and footballing. The reason for moving might be bugged, or the translation might be bugged, but the ability to sweep up everyone's kids has long been a broken element of FM that doesn't reflect the legal and footballing compensation laws accurately.

Where are you putting the file @JohnWarrington?

There's nothing in @Darth Rob's bug report thread to suggest it has been fixed. Can anyone verify? There's conjecture, but I've yet to see it work in testing.

No disrespect taken, but I'll be the judge of what my lifestyle and commitments allow me to spend my limited free time on. 1. It does, but that shouldn't preclude people who have a global role, a family and various charity commitments. Gaming isn't exclusive to feckless wastrels and the unemployed lol 2. It's useful to use the laptop on the train, the laptop when working on the desktop, or the laptop on the sofa when the little one wants to watch something less than enthralling. 3. I'm not against improvements, I agree that many things could be improved, but it's important to understand that SI themselves know what the spread of hardware is, and for such a niche game are not likely to exclude anyone where possible. It's not the kind of game that attracts people with high end rigs who tend to lean toward more graphically intensive and first person based games. 4. I don't expect support for everything, indeed from an overview perspective I sometimes use 2D for a better analysis, but as many have stated, they don't expect to significantly upgrade a device for a traditionally data and text based game, I don't think SI are holding back, I just don't think the match engine graphics are the most important part of a data driven simulation. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Well, I've played since the start, but in all fairness, as an adult with a wife and kids there's no time to sit at a desktop and play this. My FM buying days are over the minute it can't be played to a decent graphical standard on a laptop. It's one of the few games you can happily play with a laptop and the simulation nature of it makes it perfect for a laptop too, everything else requires a GPU. Ultimately if I want high end graphics I'll play something on a Desktop or Console, but my Dell XPS 9310 with Intel Iris XE runs the match engine on high quite happily. My next laptop may well look at AMD's integrated GPU's as an improvement on Iris XE, but what I won't be doing is buying FM if I need to buy a laptop with a GPU. Real life with responsibilities doesn't permit sitting at a desktop all day or spending a boatload just to cram a dGPU into a laptop and having to listen to loud fans to play a largely text/data based simulation. I'd like to see graphical improvement, but not at the expense of needing a dGPU to play the game.

It does work from 'Load', but doesn't work from recent. Once you load from Game Setup by selecting from folder, the recent option no longer contains a recent option either. Minor, but seems to have been the same since FM22

Has it now? Interesting.

1000+ hours every year, it'd be 1500hrs if it weren't for the editor being such a broken plaything. So, yes, because frankly it's great on the laptop, not something I use the desktop for very often, but it's always nice to have something you can play in the background while watching, working, travelling etc.

Built it outside of continental rules.

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