Adding more than 2 clubs to a team

[FCUtdWill]

Hey everyone,

I was browsing the XML files of Football Manager 2011, and came across an .xml file called club.xml (data > format > database is where it's found.)

When I was looking through this file, I found this (see bold text):

            <!-- Reserve teams for multiple edit -->
           <record>
               <flags id="field" value="Crty"/>
               <string id="name" value="Reserve Teams"/>
               <flags id="type" value="list"/>
               [b]<integer id="maximum_items" value="2"/>
[/b]                <boolean id="allow_move" value="false"/>
               <list id="dependencies">
                   <record field="Crty" exists="true"/>
               </list>
               <record id="list_item">
                   <list id="fields">
                       <!-- reserve type -->
                       <record>
                           <flags id="field" value="Ttyp"/>
                           <string id="name" value="Team Type"/>
                           <flags id="type" value="enum"/>
                           <boolean id="is_client_field" value="true"/>
                           <flags id="enum_values" value="rstm"/>
                       </record>
                   </list>
               </record>
           </record>

I also found at the bottom of the file that it says insert fields for b and c teams. Also in the folder above there's .xml files for club b team and club c team. If I was to add more, I'd add these to the bottom of the main club.xml file after calling them club d team etc for example.

If I change the maximum items to 6 (for example) instead of 2, would I be able to add several more clubs to the first team and this wouldn't mess my editor up?

If I could get this working, it'd help me a lot as I'm making a league which has 4 divisions and there's clubs that have 4 separate teams (one in each division) so would be able to add them this way rather than having to make them as affiliated clubs and then the possibility of two teams from the same club in the same division.

Thank you in advance for any replies,

FCUtdWill

[magicmastermind124]

You could change it but there is no guarantee it will work in game. What you may need to do is mirror the setup of Spanish B teams.

[FCUtdWill]

You could change it but there is no guarantee it will work in game. What you may need to do is mirror the setup of Spanish B teams.

Thank you for the quick response.

I've set up the setup of Spanish B clubs (to the affiliated clubs) but both clubs played in the same division (a couple of seasons in to the game) on a test season I ran, and this is when I had Cannot Play in the Same Division ticked.

I'll see if adding more reserve teams to the XML works and report back.

[el Chuese]

This is really interesting, can't wait to hear what happens

[FCUtdWill]

Looks like a no-go here unfortunately :-(

Copied the club a team twice, renamed both to club d team and club e team, changed those values to match up with each new team. Even changed something in the team ui to add more teams, but still not working.

Two teams added fine, but the other 2 don't show up despite in the changes section of the club, 2 are successful and the other 2 aren't. Is there a way to see the unsuccessful attempts?

So looks like you can't do it :-(

[BurnCM4X]

I've changed the value, and no changes on the editor. You still limited to 2 extra squads for team.