Advanced Game Setup
If you want to have greater control about the setup of your new saved game, and include several more leagues than the Quick Start setup allows, then you should use the Advanced Setup option.
Rather than selecting a team (although you are able to choose this at this time from the bar at the top of the screen) and getting into your saved game as quickly as possible, you can tweak and tailor things to your exact requirements here. The Active Leagues in the main screen area are available for selection; add as many as you wish after ticking the ‘Remove nation and league restrictions’ checkbox. Doing so will disable all Cross-Sync compatibility with mobile devices and ensure the saved game can only be played on PC.
From here, you can then use the check boxes in the top right for each selected country to determine how many leagues from that nation are loaded in. The more leagues you include, the more players will be in your saved game, and the slower the Estimated Game Speed – indicated in the panel to the right of the screen – theoretically becomes.
In a similar manner to the loading of numerous leagues and nations into a save, the size of the database loaded into a save determines to some extent the level of realism the managers will experience in their saved game. You can choose this, and the start date, from the ‘Advanced Setup’ button on the bottom of the screen.
Naturally, a larger database will include more players and teams from the football world, whereas a smaller one will include what are considered the core and most important items. More capable PCs will be able to handle larger databases, but less capable ones may want to consider using a smaller option.
Depending on the size of database you’ve chosen to load, you will see a different number of players loaded into the saved game. For example, a small database might load 8000 players worldwide into the saved game, but a large database will add closer to 15000.
Screen Flow
Tucked away in the Preferences is the Screen Flow section. This allows you to configure a series of screens to display at determined intervals during the course of your game.
For example, you can ask the game to show you the ‘English Sky Bet Championship’ ‘Overview|Stages’ ‘Every Week’ ‘During Competition’ and have it stop the game from processing during the ‘Morning’, by adding an entry with each of those settings. The end product is that, at weekly intervals (the start day is determined by the day you set up the Screen Flow item), you will be taken to the ‘Stages’ screen of that competition, giving you the opportunity to review whatever content you want to from that competition. Repeat the process as much as you like for as many competitions as you need to.
It is designed to aid immersion in your own personal game world and keep you abreast of what’s going on outside of your immediate league.
Please note Screen Flow only appears when a saved game is loaded and the options are configurable on a per-saved game basis.
Online Play and Streaming (PC only)
If you want to stream Football Manager™ Touch 2020 and share your experience with a wider audience, it couldn’t be easier. The first step is to select your preferred third-party software; some well-known options include Open Broadcaster Software (OBS), XSplit Broadcaster, and Gameshow Streaming Software, and then decide upon the platform you want to stream live to.
Beginner Broadcasting
https://help.twitch.tv/customer/en/portal/topics/925393-beginner-broadcasting/articles
Broadcasting Requirements
https://help.twitch.tv/customer/en/portal/articles/1253460-broadcast-requirements
Broadcasting Software
https://help.twitch.tv/customer/portal/articles/1262922-open-broadcaster-software
https://help.twitch.tv/customer/portal/articles/733542-xsplit-broadcaster
https://help.twitch.tv/customer/en/portal/articles/2146245-broadcasting-with-gameshow
Once you’ve installed and familiarised yourself with your choice of streaming software and how to integrate it with your desired platform, all you need to do is set Football Manager™ Touch 2020 as your source material for your window/monitor/game capture (or equivalent), and away you go!
Downloads and Unlockables
The Steam Workshop is your one-stop shop for additional Football Manager™ content. You will be able to find customisable content as well as challenges and unlockables specific to Football Manager™ Touch 2020.
Remove Loan Restrictions
- This abolishes all loan rules and allows you to loan as many players as you want in or out.
No Transfer Windows
- This abolishes Transfer Windows and allows you to complete deals year-round.
Become Unsackable
- This effectively means you will never be sacked for poor performance. Job security is guaranteed.
Become National Manager
- This allows you to manage international teams from the start of a new game.
Board Request
- This allows you single, one-off guaranteed successful board request.
Abolish Work Permits
- This abolishes the work permit rule and ensures that players will no longer need to apply for ones in leagues where they previously would have had to.
Generate Son
- This will result in your fictional son appearing in your squad.
All Players Interested
- This will make every player interested in joining you. A successful transfer and contract offer will still need to be negotiated.
Lift Transfer Rules
- This lifts all foreign player-related squad and matchday rules and allows you to play with no such restrictions.
Unlimited Scouting
- This gives you worldwide scouting scope as well as allowing up to ten individual player scout reports to be processed for the next day.
New Stadiums
- Approves the building and development of a new stadium.
Enable Fog of War
- Allows the use of the Attribute Masking mode.
Boost Bank Balance
- Allows you to buy additional transfer funds; you decide your level of investment.
In-Game Editor
- Allows use of the In-Game Editor.
Morale Boost
- Changes every player in your squad to have Superb morale.
Magic Sponge
- The ‘Magic Sponge’ will instantly heal any injured player and restore them to full fitness.
Dodgy Lasagne
- A bout of sickness will strike your next opponents.
Lifetime Contract
- Allows you to sign a single player to a perpetual rolling contract.
Remove Player Suspension
- Removes a suspension from a player for their next fixture.
All Job Applications
- Ensures that all job applications are successful and result in you being offered the position.
Design a Son
- This takes the ‘Son Generated’ unlockable a stage further and allows you to have input on their biographical and footballing details.
Golden Generation
- This generates a group of potentially world-class youth players in your next intake.
Dream Transfer
- This allows you to make one unrestricted transfer of your choice. Any player from anywhere in the world!
Challenges
There are a number of challenge situations to immerse yourself in; each challenge can be carried on upon completion into a full saved game.
The Saviour Cometh
Your team are embroiled in a relegation battle halfway through the season. Can you take the reins and guide them to safety?
Injury Crisis
Your team is swamped with injury problems, leading to most of your first team players being on the treatment table. Can you meet the board’s expectations in the league?
The Invincibles
You’ve gone on a long run without defeat. Can you cement your place in history by going the full season unbeaten?
You can’t win anything with kids
A batch of exceptional youth players has risen through the ranks and joined your first team. Can you claim silverware with a side built around this core of young, homegrown talent?
Unrest at Home
Your appointment as manager has left some senior players unhappy. How will you handle the dressing room and the inevitable egos within? Can you avoid being sacked before the end of the season by matching the board's expectations?
Top Division Underdog
Your side will be immediately promoted to the top division in their country. How will you fare as massive underdogs?
Financial Storm
Your club is in financial peril. Can you maintain competitiveness on the pitch while reducing the club's debt and wage bill off it?
Rise from the Ashes
You may no longer be in administration but, with no players under contract and limited resources, the start of the season looms large with plenty of work still to do. Can you assemble a squad to guide the club to safety?
Fixture Pile-Up
Inclement weather has resulted in the mother of all fixture pile-ups. Can you negotiate a congested fixture list for the rest of the season while achieving the targets set by the board?
Starting from the Bottom
Your team has been relegated to the bottom tier. With a squad full of unhappy players and under strict demands from the board, your task is to ensure promotion by going unbeaten in the league!
Additional challenges can be created, shared and downloaded by using the Challenge Creator in the Pre-Game Editor.
Fantasy Draft
The fantasy draft mode allows you to build a brand-new squad from a pool of players. Every participating club takes it in turn to select a player from the pool, until the squads are complete, at which point they are pitted against one another within a league or cup format.
When starting the Fantasy Draft mode you have three options; Quick Start, Create Draft or Join Draft. The quickest way to get stuck in is to join an existing Fantasy Draft game; selecting ‘Join Draft’ allows you to filter out the available online Fantasy Draft games to find the one that suits you.
If you want to create your own select ‘Create Draft’. Pick your choice of Player Pool – World Pool is the default selection with a wide range of alternatives available from the Downloads section – and set the desired parameters for Squad Budget, Draft Time Round Limit, and further competition rules. Alternatively, create your own pool from the powerful options behind the ‘Create Custom Pool’ button.
Once you’re in a competition you need to Create Your Club. Conjure up a name, nickname and stadium name, upload a custom logo, and settle on your home and away kit colours and styles. Choose carefully though as, once set, these are your choices for all subsequent Fantasy Draft games.
After a brief wait in the lobby for all participants to fully prepare themselves the draft will begin. You have five minutes to add players from the pool to your shortlist, using the search functions and filters available, before the clock starts ticking and the draft itself gets underway. You have the option to ‘Auto Pick’ (three suggested picks will be made based on your budget and current squad, allowing you to make the final decision) or ‘Auto Draft’ (control of the draft will be handed over to your assistant), while ‘Finish Draft’ will appear once you’ve made all necessary selections.
Once you’ve completed the draft, you need to get to grips with your squad inside the game mode, with several screens similar or identical in nature to those described throughout this manual. Good luck!
Season Limit
Football Manager™ Touch 2020 comes with a thirty-season playing limit on tablet devices. Should you wish to continue your career beyond that point you can do so only on the PC version of the game.
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