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I'm sure that will follow.

Statement from Kinetic Games, developer of Phasmophobia which is one of my other favourite games and also happens to use Unity: Link to tweet:

He wasn't saying the beta would be out then - he was saying the speculation thread would be

Unity have since backpedalled to a degree in that multiple installs on the same device wouldn't be charged each time, only for the first install, but a player downloading game on two different PC's would mean 2 install fees. From the perspective of even someone who's not a developer, changing their fundamental T&Cs in this manner screams extremely bad faith to me.

I'm just looking forward to the annual chaos that is the beta speculation thread lol.

As long as club ID's within the database are unchanged, yes.

Assuming you play on Windows, you can change the volume of FM itself to zero using the sound settings so even if it's playing in the background, you won't hear it.

If enough people kick up a stink about it, Unity will almost certainly change course. Waves Audio, who produce a vast number of very popular plugins for music production software, recently announced a change in their pricing model in that you could no longer buy a single plugin for a one-off cost (which would also come with a year's updates - you'd have to then buy an update plan if you wanted updates beyond the first year from purchase). Rather, to use any Waves plugins you didn't already own, you would have to go for their monthly subscription of $25 per month, which would come with every single plugin, but if you stopped paying you'd lose access to all the plugins you didn't already have a perpetual licence for. It was an absolute PR disaster for Waves. There was a massive stink kicked up. Many people swore to never use a Waves product ever again, even the ones they already owned a perpetual licence for. Waves did a complete u-turn and within days of announcing the switch to the subscription-only model, they confirmed they'd be bringing back the option to buy perpetual licences and have the subscription thing as an option for those who wanted it. https://musictech.com/news/industry/waves-subscription-only-u-turn-licenses/ I wouldn't be surprised to see some kind of similar u-turn from Unity if enough people kick up a big enough stink.

I've always enjoyed a mediocre overpriced burger as part of the matchday experience, and it happens whether I'm watching Southampton or Eastleigh. The main difference between them is how overpriced it is.

I'm happy to see the words "interaction logic" in the roadmap as the current interaction system isn't really fit for purpose. Example, : Me: "Player X, I've been really happy with your performances of late". Player X: "You wot mate, your standards are clearly lower than mine if you think I've been in good form." Me: "Errrmmm.... sorry I spoke." Player X: "I'm not happy about this and I don't feel I can drop it". Player X goes on to be moody about it for the next 27 years (may be a slight exaggeration, but you all know what I mean here). If this revamped interaction logic prevents the above from happening, then it'll be a huge improvement.

It is something which is in the likes of FIFA and was in PES (assume it's in eFootball). Would also be good as an accessibility option for those who have a type of colour-blindness.

I'd be very surprised if SI went down the subscription route for the full game. With regards to the Touch mode this year and FMM24, firstly the £60 per year subscription for Apple Arcade is for the service as a whole, not just FM so to call this a £60 subscription just for that is quite misleading. And they have said FMM24 will be available on Google Play and the App Store to download, just you'll need a Netflix login to actually play - I don't think this means you actually need an active subscription although I have asked for this to be clarified. Whilst I personally think it's nonsense needing a Netflix login to play the game, that's another issue. FM makes a huge amount of money each year. I don't think it would be in SI's interests to mess with their cash cow as a subscription service would not go down well. And finally, the Unity charging per install, as far as I can see, only applies to developers using Unity's free development tier. It's fairly safe to assume SI aren't using the free tier.

You call it pep talk, I call it launching a water bottle at my skipper's face.

The difference between those two is the graphics card. The price difference between them isn't massive so if you can afford the more expensive one, then go for it. For FM23 a gaming laptop isn't strictly necessary and likely won't be for FM24. However FM25 will see increased system requirements so there's a chance it may become necessary then.

Where did you see that?

If you're wanting 3D into FM25, the issue we currently have is there is no current indication on system requirements, so we're having to go with the assumption for now that a dedicated graphics card is going to be required for 3D for FM25 onwards. I can't find any brand new ones with a dedicated graphics card under £500. There is this refurb model, which is a couple of years old but should be ok: https://www.laptopstation.co.uk/products/asus-tuf-fx506lh-h-series-core-i5-8gb-ram-512gb-ssd-nvidia-gtx-1650-15-6-fhd-screen-gaming-laptop Or this brand new one which is slightly above £500, and if you can afford it is the one of the two I'd go for: https://www.amazon.co.uk/HP-15-fb0020na-Pulsefire-Stinger-Headset/dp/B0BZJ3XXN4/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3FQ3IWJRRDEFK&keywords=gaming+laptop&qid=1694515456&refinements=p_85%3A20930949031%2Cp_n_feature_fifteen_browse-bin%3A21761439031|8322530031&rnid=8322509031&rps=1&s=computers&sprefix=gaming+laptop%2Caps%2C77&sr=1-3&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.42a483c5-1df2-46ee-a728-92d018483bf9

I'd avoid both of those. The first one is several generations old, and with a Mac it very much depends on what version of MacOS it runs, as FM23 won't run on older versions of MacOS. For an extra £10 over the first one, this one has a 11th generation i5 which is a lot newer and much better. Would also play FM23 quite well: https://www.laptopstation.co.uk/products/hp-14-dv1629sa-11th-generation-core-i5-8gb-ram-512gb-ssd-bang-olufsen-speakers-14-ips-fhd-screen?_pos=3&_fid=46b5da870&_ss=c

What are you looking to do with the laptop? That's kind of a critical question before I can answer whether they're likely to be good enough or not.

I didn't say they were a good thing!

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What's your budget?

The second link didn't work, but if it's this I would definitely go with this over the first one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Victus-HP-Laptop-16-e0071na-Kingdom/dp/B09RB5TNJR/ref=sr_1_3?crid=A5XC7UE2M70N&keywords=Victus%2BGaming%2BLaptop%2BPC%2B16-e0071s&qid=1694469664&sprefix=victus%2Bgaming%2Blaptop%2Bpc%2B16-e0071s%2Caps%2C100&sr=8-3&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.42a483c5-1df2-46ee-a728-92d018483bf9&th=1

Good point lol

I think the graphics are the only thing where we'd like to see FM close to what FIFA has been doing.

Not if you've seen how my Stenhousemuir team is playing this season. Season one: Play like world beaters, narrowly miss promotion. Season two: Dog toffee.