Wolf_pd

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I can see if I can find something in the logo book and I remember us discussing a website with much more detail.

Thanks, appreciated. I have some options to go for, but realistic is better.

Those secondary nation things feel like something for the researchers more than for the editor. And yes, not having the same criterion and having to mass edit is major annoying.

Moved out of download section. And with regard to your question, there is no way to guess that value outside checking the editor.

Check Cup Ranking, there is a 'qualified for this stage' item in there. Most competitions with similar setups (and that's from default game advanced rules) use that one.

Yep. I did a compare between the XMLs of the FM23 and 24 editor this year to look for differences (which explains why I found so much ). The FM25 checks will probably throw up a lot of surprises. I would vote for a group of people testing the FM25 editor paid by SI, but that's me

So the screenshot above has turned into this one below. All doing that in spare time, so things are progressing. Things I noted. The 246 deleted records are players that I edited, but that have been removed from the default database between FM22 and FM24. I have not deleted any players. Most of the changes are either secondary nations failed. This is because of the addition of extra option under the second nation pulldown. Rather annoying, especially considering a lot of those are changes for Slovak, Soviet or Yugoslav players. Other failed changes are mainly deleted data entries for players, things that have been fixed in the default database for instance. Anyway, I have some more days to spend on it in January and cleaning up the data.

In the Iron Curtain build I found out that all of my secondary nation changes have failed when loading the FM22 file into FM24. Turns out that even if an extra option is added to the secondary nation part, all changes fail. Damn.... So that also means a change of plans for the player changes at this moment, as I am not interested in having to redo those every time I load up a file in a new FM version. The thing that slightly worries me is when FM25 comes around and changes are made for women football. Right now the nation is both the country and the national team. With women football entering the frame, the nation can no longer be the country, so (I expect) an extra section to turn up (yes, more things to tinker with ). But considering things like cities, local regions and languages are also connected to nation right now, that will likely then be connected to that new section instead. So more options for errors....

Hmmm, you are Austrian by any chance? I have some ideas that might surprise you, but I need to see how to weave it into the historical setting. The Hungary part is something I am going to look at. Considering my plans for Hungary it is an option to move that area to Austria.

If anyone can point me to a site with a deep dive into the Yugoslav football league system below level 3, that would be very welcome. I have information down to level 5 for Slovenia, so I am good there. Information down to level 4 for Bosnia and some idea where to go with level 5. Information down to level 5 for Croatia, but I am not entirely sure it is complete (mainly level 5, rest looks good) Information down to level 4 for Montenegro, but that one looks quite straighforward Information down to level 5 for Vojvodina, so I am good there Information down to level 4 for Macedonia and an idea where to go with level 5 Information about Serbia is surprisingly lacking There could be some 'standarisation' as one can see happen through the years, which will also help me set things up easier.

Best ones would be those of DavetheEditor, if they are around for FM20. I have used his for the FM22/24 version.

It has been improved slightly after the first update. Hard to say if it will be fixed.

The Belgian playoffs are worse

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Thanks Something for after Christmas, if I can find the right checkbox, there is a lot of redundancy in the editor

The CONCACAF Champions' Cup is maddening. There! I said it! How can a competition with 8 qualifiers pick up a ninth team somewhere along the way? How?! said probably every single person who ever tried to edit the CONCACAF competitions. To keep the peace for Christmas, the file has been parked.

It will need a fate to ensure the relegated teams ends up in the right place. I consider it a play-out tournament. Not sure how the game handles it in terms of expectations though. I have to see if the ranking system like it to be upside down.

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Andorra, Gibraltar, San Marino have been reworked and are ready for test. Cyprus is being reworked as we speak. Tomorrow it is Faroe Islands and I will spend Christmasday on the North American file. The best tactic has been to move the files back to basic rules, recheck them there, make changes if necessary and then convert to advanced rules and redo the edits. I have the World Cup lined up next weekend. That one still crashes during loading in the editor, so I will likely load that one up in either FM22 or FM23 editor, move it back to basic rules and then try to load it in the FM24 editor. The player file with 113000 errors has already being brought back 82000. I am doing that on the fly when I have some time left next to the other planned items. That has been mainly doing final checks on Czechoslovakia, Poland, Yugoslavia, before I work in advanced rules with those. Still have to do final checks on Romania (not fun), West Germany (even less fun) and *shudder* Soviet Union (that will not be fun at all....). Next month will be the big test month to see if all files are holding up, except the ones still being worked on. If files fail, there is room to fix, When this is finished, it will be boring.... Oh no, I have the Historical Divergence project

Since I am working mostly on the Iron Curtain at the moment, I am thinking of adding the Oceania history first. Editing the Historical Divergence is being slowed because of some of the issues I am noticing in the Iron Curtain as well. Some changes have been made to the editor which muck up my IC24 files and my HD42 files and fixing Historical Divergence has less priority than Iron Curtain right now.

While redoing various files for the Iron Curtain I found out that the editor allows you to assign. It was something that was already in at least FM20, but I overlooked it and never set it. You can set which round the loser or winner qualifies for. So that means you can set the loser to qualify for next round while the winner crashes out. Something to think of if I can use it in the Historical Divergence competitions A relegation tournament would go as such that every time the loser would continue while the winner would crash and have no fates, while the eventuel loser of the final has a relegation fate. Anyone aware of a tournament that works like that?

Check the dates for any playoffs. They might be outside your season. Had this error pop up in my Gibraltar file last night and the play offs were the issue.

If it is the test file, what is the blue logo saying instead of the green?