Official Football Manager 2015 Feedback Thread 15.1.3

[Hunter Lionheart]

The Costa Rica squad decided to stay together for a good 2 months, covering my entire pre season. They had Copa America games up to 16/7/16 (the whole competition finished 27/7) but the squad seems to have stayed together until after their next international fixtures- the 2nd and 6th of September.

I assume this is a bug. Bryan Ruiz is slowly being forgotten by my fans

[FrazT]

Please report this with a save game in the appropriate bugs forum.

[Sussex Hammer]

No idea how some are complaining about "too many goals". I can't score for toffee bar set pieces and it would be an easier task for me to find a way to get those batteries working on that probe stuck on the comet than it is to find a way to get my striker scoring!!!

Only 12 conceded in 20 games but a mere 17 scored. So are those who are scoring goals using one striker or two? I had some lovely crosses in friendlies that were met beautifully by a rising striker and planted delightfully into the corner of the net. Since the hotfix - nothing bar the odd one that goes to the other winger a la FM14.

Half the issue seems to be that no matter what roles and duties I play I can't seem to get runners going beyond the striker from a midfield in the CM strata. Could be this bunching that doesn't help.

Is anyone getting a lone striker to score?!

[wwfan]

toffee bar set pieces

Sounds like they'd break your teeth!

[Sussex Hammer]

Sounds like they'd break your teeth!

Brilliant....

[Jimmious7]

I'd be happy with a hotfix just for the tooltips opening after every replay actually. It's annoying and worst of all...I'm getting used to it

[Kriss]

No idea how some are complaining about "too many goals". I can't score for toffee bar set pieces and it would be an easier task for me to find a way to get those batteries working on that probe stuck on the comet than it is to find a way to get my striker scoring!!!

Only 12 conceded in 20 games but a mere 17 scored. So are those who are scoring goals using one striker or two? I had some lovely crosses in friendlies that were met beautifully by a rising striker and planted delightfully into the corner of the net. Since the hotfix - nothing bar the odd one that goes to the other winger a la FM14.

Half the issue seems to be that no matter what roles and duties I play I can't seem to get runners going beyond the striker from a midfield in the CM strata. Could be this bunching that doesn't help.

Is anyone getting a lone striker to score?!

4-2-3-1 narrow (so 3 AMC's) my striker gets 25% of goals and the AMC's share the rest mostly.

[skam]

I've noticed that seeting my both wingers (I'm playing the famous 4-1-2-2-1) to man-mark opponents' fullbacks/wingbacks, it really helps preventing the other team from crossing. In fact I now barely concede goals from those deadly crosses, 'cause even if the ball is played to my rivals' wingers, my own wingers are pretty close to the ball, so there's not much space for them to go. It may harm my offense though, as my right winger is AF(A), so I have to keep an eye out for it. I just wish I didn't have to set it every game.

Other than than, and due to my team sitting deep for most of the games, my rivals tend to score against me from the long shots. But I'm sure it's just due to how my team is set up, so I have to think about how to stop opponents from shooting long at all ;-)

Oh, one more thing - anybody noticed the ridiculous situation happening from time to time, when a player tries to clear the ball out of the penalty area, but instead of kicking the ball out of the danger he just hits the opponent player, so the ball bounces back off him and finds a way into a goal? I scored like 3 goal this way and what's worse conceded at least the same.

Sorry 4 my imperfect english though.

[Kriss]

Oh, one more thing - anybody noticed the ridiculous situation happening from time to time, when a player tries to clear the ball out of the penalty area, but instead of kicking the ball out of the danger he just hits the opponent player, so the ball bounces back off him and finds a way into a goal? I scored like 3 goal this way and what's worse conceded at least the same.

Yes this is a known issue.

[tyro]

I don't see a wishlist thread for the full version - maybe I missed it, then I appologize.

Reading and reading the tactics forum and from my own experience, it would be great to add a bit more visibility to the various "strategies" that you can select.

I see so many people (including myself) and I am sure many newcomers, who select an attacking strategy and then add to that shouts that would not be necessary because they are inherent in the attacking strategy. The problem is: unless you know this, or you watch it in game, or test it by trial and error, you wouldn't know which "shout" is used by the strategy.

It would be great to add visibility to it. Perhaps the "shouts" could be highlighted as already active or partially active for a certain strategy? Attacking: Push Higher Up, Higher Tempo, Play Wider, More Direct Passing, all highlighted? This way people would know, ok, this one is already active, if I add it, it will perhaps over emphasize that effect. It would basically make things easier, especially for newcomers.

[BWSBethal]

First off let me say a massive shout out to Kriss, FrazT, and any other mod who has helped me, and others tirelessly over the YEARS, from this forum.

How you have kept your santity over all this time is beyond me! I would have punched my screen out long ago!!!! Do any of you even have time to play FM?

Now back to my point.

Im having issues with the tactics screen. Everytime i insert a column it removes my av raiting. And if i try to make any column smaller or larger i lose my avr aswell.

Is this something screen res related? Is this a problem anyone else is having? All i am doing is adding assists to selection info.

Its not that i dont have the space to fit the assist column in.

Also on a separate note, are there any plans to update the screen zoom by another %?

100% and 95% makes my screen look enormous with loads of screen scroll to do, but 75% in way too small.

[RTHerringbone]

Acquafresca - that is a known issue which SI have been working on. It would be great if you could upload the .pkm from that match to the Bugs Forum so they can add it as an example to their internal Bug Report for this issue.

[FrazT]

First off let me say a massive shout out to Kriss, FrazT, and any other mod who has helped me, and others tirelessly over the YEARS, from this forum.

How you have kept your santity over all this time is beyond me! I would have punched my screen out long ago!!!! Do any of you even have time to play FM?

Now back to my point.

Im having issues with the tactics screen. Everytime i insert a column it removes my av raiting. And if i try to make any column smaller or larger i lose my avr aswell.

Is this something screen res related? Is this a problem anyone else is having? All i am doing is adding assists to selection info.

Its not that i dont have the space to fit the assist column in.

Also on a separate note, are there any plans to update the screen zoom by another %?

100% and 95% makes my screen look enormous with loads of screen scroll to do, but 75% in way too small.

I am sure that I speak for the other Mods to say that we all play FM perhaps not as much as we might like- keeping sanity at the time of game launch is difficult, so all we ask that you exercise some tolerance if we sometimes come over as a bit grumpy- at least Kriss and I have an excuse:D

With regard to your issue, it may be worth asking in the skinning forum for some help with this.

[oblivion618]

Well that doesn't add up.....

[bezjak78]

Hi all. I didn't post this in bugs forum as I didn't keep save from any particular situation, but I'm sure more people are experiencing this.

Happens in every FM for at least 4 or 5 years.

1. rebound goals - pretty much impossible to defend against it. Keeper saves shot that gets reflected into shooters legs every time without "error". Sometimes happens several times in same attack if keeper gets lucky and saves more then just first shot. And every time we concede goal from such situations.

2. first shot goal - happens every other game in average. Its not possible to prevent opposition from shooting at all which means I'm gonna go down 1:0 from first chance created. Doesn't matter which tactic I use or who I'm playing against. And I'm playing Man Utd in every FM which means it's not as if I have weakest players

3. loose balls - when ball comes from somewhere (keeper clearance, rebound from other player etc) which is not passed or crossed, my player always waits for ball to come to him, and no matter how much closer to ball he is compared to opponent or how much faster he is, he will not get the ball

4. fast players running along slow opponents yet can't outpace them - for example my player has 15 pace and 15 acceleration, opponent's player has 10 pace 12 acceleration and he's as fast as my player to get to the ball even in 30 meter distances

5. when defending, opponent passes the ball which happens to be quite slow, my player runs along the ball but at some point he decides he must be somewhere else on the pitch at that time, and he jogs off from the ball - it happens in more situations then just this, but always when he's supposed to take the ball and do something with it, he just runs away from it which results in attack in which I take a goal

6. defenders forgetting where they should be on the pitch in extreme ways - sometimes both of my fullbacks being on byline either on left or right side (no special instructions for players, just basic position)

7. sometimes but shouldn't happen - on counter where on opponent is closer to my goal on left side and other is trailing further behind on right side of pitch, and I have 3 defenders to close them, sometimes ALL 3 go for one closest and he just assists to now completely alone teammate to score.

Things more prevalent in this FM.

1. alot of free kicks being scored - for both sides

2. some quite spectacular auto goals - when there is no opponent in immediate vicinity like 5 or more meters, my players just score euro autogoals.

3. players moan too often about not having enough play time - for example Henriquez which is now my first team player - we played only 4 league games and one CL and he complains of lack of football even though he played 3 from start and 2 as sub meaning he was there in all 5 games playing and not just sitting. This should be loosened up just a bit.

Will post more when I recall.

[Mr.Delph]

Well that doesn't add up.....

I had this too with Liverpool. They wanted possession football and attacking football. Attacking football bar was maxed and possession was 3/4 full. I won the league and only lost around 4 games all season so how does that work out

[RTHerringbone]

I had this too with Liverpool. They wanted possession football and attacking football. Attacking football bar was maxed and possession was 3/4 full. I won the league and only lost around 4 games all season so how does that work out

Both examples seem buggy. Please upload your saves to the bugs form so SI can investigate.

[Dagenham_Dave]

for example Henriquez which is now my first team player - we played only 4 league games and one CL and he complains of lack of football even though he played 3 from start and 2 as sub meaning he was there in all 5 games playing and not just sitting

I'd be surprised if this was actually the case. It's a bit stricter this year, but it's not as bad as that surely? Had you left him out of loads of games prior to this? He maybe means overall he's not had enough games, not just the last five.

I'd think if you're planning on playing him regularly, you'll just say you'll give him more game time, and the issue will go away by itself. I've never found any serious dip in form when players have slight concerns, usually just when they're past the point of rescue.

[edgar555]

I'd be surprised if this was actually the case. It's a bit stricter this year, but it's not as bad as that surely? Had you left him out of loads of games prior to this? He maybe means overall he's not had enough games, not just the last five.

I'd think if you're planning on playing him regularly, you'll just say you'll give him more game time, and the issue will go away by itself. I've never found any serious dip in form when players have slight concerns, usually just when they're past the point of rescue.

It is actually this bad. Pre season I had two players who finished the last season injured come to me demanding more 1st team football. They were due to be starters anyway so I told them I'd give them 1st team football and they shut up. But it's a mess that they even came to me to talk about it. Last season should have no impact whatsoever and injured players should shut their whining.

[bezjak78]

I'd be surprised if this was actually the case. It's a bit stricter this year, but it's not as bad as that surely? Had you left him out of loads of games prior to this? He maybe means overall he's not had enough games, not just the last five.

I'd think if you're planning on playing him regularly, you'll just say you'll give him more game time, and the issue will go away by itself. I've never found any serious dip in form when players have slight concerns, usually just when they're past the point of rescue.

Thing is before season he was on season long loan and those games were first on fixture since his return. And he participated in all. Sometimes player asks for more involvement even though he played last 2 and this is his 3rd in row he will play.

[Dagenham_Dave]

Have to say I've never saw that on this version. I've had numerous players moan about not playing, but it's all been players who have been out of the picture for a while.

I also don't get many injuries, so I rarely run into the returning from injury issue that others have reported.

[milnerpoint]

Thing is before season he was on season long loan and those games were first on fixture since his return. And he participated in all. Sometimes player asks for more involvement even though he played last 2 and this is his 3rd in row he will play.

When did you start your game?

[bezjak78]

Im in beginning of my second season. By default he was on loan since start (Dinamo Zagreb) and returned just before preparations. Also since Dinamo had rights to buy him I offered him new contract as first teamer (sold Rooney to focus on younger players). Also only have RvP, Wilson and him as strikers so playing time isnt issue.

Regarding wording, it was one about lack of 1st team football.

[brawla123]

I play high tempo possession football. Sometimes my players look really slow on the ball. For example if we have a corner and the opposition clears it away, my full back will slowly run after the ball when there's a striker trying to close him down.

Another thing is when my players are trying to link up on an attack but one player keeps under-hitting his passes. Sometimes it looks like they're just giving it back to the opposition.

Players don't seem to have common sense in some situations. Recently I'm seeing a lot of crazy antics go on in my set-pieces. The free kick taker decides to sometimes take the kick when half the players in the box are offside. Has anyone else noticed this? It usually ends up in an offside goal and I'm thinking to myself ''why is he taking it when they're clearly offside.''

[bezjak78]

In pic 1 you can see he was involved in all possible matches this season since he returned - all 7 friendlies and all 8 league/CL games.

In pic 2 is his complaint.

<a href="http://imgur.com/gubity3"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/gubity3.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>

<a href="http://imgur.com/Rg2NzU8"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/Rg2NzU8.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>

[oneronaldo]

Not sure if this has been brought up, but I noticed some niggling issues.

1) Instant Results button. The first time you do it, its fine, works as it had in previous FMs. But after that, I noticed your formation is locked to the one you did the first Instant Result with. For example, the first time I Instant Resulted in my save with a 4-4-2, afterwards everytime I used it my team only plays 4-4-2, despite me selecting the players and tactics to a 4-2-3-1 or whatever. I've felt strange when my players were complaining to me about being played out of position, then checked my previous games and saw that my team had been playing a 4-4-2 all the time.

2) The Tactics analysis screen. The record of what tactics my team has used is not even close to being accurate, I've played almost an entire season switching between a 4-5-1/4-2-3-1 but it only seems to record when I play a 4-4-2 (which incidentally, was the first tactic I used in that save).

[Davey Boy]

Not a complaint, just a general question about this series.

I find it hard to keep a lead, i mean i have been 2-0, 3-0 up and bam they make a comeback. But i have noticed more often than not i have made a sub just before hand could that play a part in it? New player/s not up to speed yet? and anyone find it hard to keep a decent lead?

EDIT

should i be using be using the new feature and say "concentrate"? when i am 2 or more ahead?

[RTHerringbone]

I play high tempo possession football.........'

All these are known issues and you should see improvements in due course

[RTHerringbone]

Not a complaint, just a general question about this series.

I find it hard to keep a lead, i mean i have been 2-0, 3-0 up and bam they make a comeback. But i have noticed more often than not i have made a sub just before hand could that play a part in it? New player/s not up to speed yet? and anyone find it hard to keep a decent lead?

EDIT

should i be using be using the new feature and say "concentrate"? when i am 2 or more ahead?

In spite of the ire this comment usually provokes: It is likely to be tactical.

What sort of changes are you making when you have a lead? What is your set up? What sorts of goals are conceded? What level are you playing at?

If you can answer all of those in a new thread in the Tactics Forum, we can happily help you out.

[Dagenham_Dave]

1) Instant Results button. The first time you do it, its fine, works as it had in previous FMs. But after that, I noticed your formation is locked to the one you did the first Instant Result with. For example, the first time I Instant Resulted in my save with a 4-4-2, afterwards everytime I used it my team only plays 4-4-2, despite me selecting the players and tactics to a 4-2-3-1 or whatever. I've felt strange when my players were complaining to me about being played out of position, then checked my previous games and saw that my team had been playing a 4-4-2 all the time.

Unless you're playing Football Manager Classic, SI won't give you any support for this, as the instant result button on the main game is a modification an external party has implemented into a new skin.

[Praha06]

I am stuck on the match screen, its full time but i can't progress on with the game. I am running the latest patch on my macbook pro.

[securitaz]

In spite of the ire this comment usually provokes: It is likely to be tactical.

What sort of changes are you making when you have a lead? What is your set up? What sorts of goals are conceded? What level are you playing at?

If you can answer all of those in a new thread in the Tactics Forum, we can happily help you out.

I had the same thing for 3 matches in a row, and many more in total with West Brom in PL.

4-6 goals in first 30 mins, tried every feature and no subs made to prevent from lose my lead. Its unpreventable.

From 3-0 to 3-3 so many times within a blink haha...meh..,and no its not my tactic;).

Regards

[RTHerringbone]

I had the same thing for 3 matches in a row, and many more in total with West Brom in PL.

4-6 goals in first 30 mins, tried every feature and no subs made to prevent from lose my lead. Its unpreventable.

From 3-0 to 3-3 so many times within a blink haha...meh..,and no its not my tactic;).

Regards

Davey Boy took the initiative and posted a new thread in the tactics forum. Feel free to do the same

[ZOXEXIVO]

Please, read comments in Steam for Football manager 2015

[oblivion618]

Wages are ridiculous. Carlos Vela is currently on 35k p/w, go to offer him a new contract in Jan 2016, he wants 175k p/w. I know he may have ambition, but there is no way in hell Vela in real life thinks he would get anywhere near 175k. Absolutely ridiculous.

[HUNT3R]

Wages are ridiculous. Carlos Vela is currently on 35k p/w, go to offer him a new contract in Jan 2016, he wants 175k p/w. I know he may have ambition, but there is no way in hell Vela in real life thinks he would get anywhere near 175k. Absolutely ridiculous.

Who's he playing for? Who are you managing?

[oblivion618]

Who's he playing for? Who are you managing?

Real Sociedad. It's just a standard contract offer, I'm not even doing it to bat away potential buyers.

[HUNT3R]

Real Sociedad. It's just a standard contract offer, I'm not even doing it to bat away potential buyers.

So he has improved a lot then? How are you doing overall? Seems like he's not that keen on staying, so will have high wage demands.

[Jimmious7]

Please, read comments in Steam for Football manager 2015

I hope you're joking. Steam forums are a place to avoid at any cost, not to go and read actual comments.

[oblivion618]

So he has improved a lot then? How are you doing overall? Seems like he's not that keen on staying, so will have high wage demands.

Top of the league. In the knock-outs of the UCL. Basically doing amazing.

Not just isolated to him, got Pardo wanted 80k as well when he's currently on 6k.

[johnhughthom]

Top of the league. In the knock-outs of the UCL. Basically doing amazing.

Not just isolated to him, got Pardo wanted 80k as well when he's currently on 6k.

So you are complaining that players showing top of La Liga and latter stages of Champions League form want top of La Liga and latter stages of Champions League worthy wages?

[oblivion618]

So you're a title contending club in one of the major nations & have aspirations of also winning the Champions League, assuming that he is still an important part of your squad £175K pw sounds reasonable enough to me.

Yes but it should be within the context of the club. A player who has been there for 5 years (and apparantly loves the club) should know not to expect wages on a level similar to Barca or Madrid. Look at Atletico in real life, they are competitive on all fronts yet don't pay stupid wages.

[Lawlore]

Now back to my point.

Im having issues with the tactics screen. Everytime i insert a column it removes my av raiting. And if i try to make any column smaller or larger i lose my avr aswell.

Is this something screen res related? Is this a problem anyone else is having? All i am doing is adding assists to selection info.

Its not that i dont have the space to fit the assist column in.

Also on a separate note, are there any plans to update the screen zoom by another %?

100% and 95% makes my screen look enormous with loads of screen scroll to do, but 75% in way too small.

The columns are accepted as borked on the Tactics Screen for certain resolutions (mine included), exactly as you say, but there is a workaround to make it usable with columns that you want/need:

http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/405217-Official-Football-Manager-2015-Feedback-Thread-15.1.3?p=9969015#post9969015

Hopefully that'll be of some use.

[johnhughthom]

Yes but it should be within the context of the club. A player who has been there for 5 years (and apparantly loves the club) should know not to expect wages on a level similar to Barca or Madrid. Look at Atletico in real life, they are competitive on all fronts yet don't pay stupid wages.

Therefore lost a number of their best players this summer.

[3AtTheBack]

Loving this edition, I thought that FM14 was the best one in recent memory but this one is absolutely fantastic (y)

[HUNT3R]

Yes but it should be within the context of the club. A player who has been there for 5 years (and apparantly loves the club) should know not to expect wages on a level similar to Barca or Madrid. Look at Atletico in real life, they are competitive on all fronts yet don't pay stupid wages.

Yes, but he will get those wages elsewhere if you're not prepared to pay it. Atletico found that out too.

[mistershoko]

It's almost impossible the get out of a bad form... you should do something about that.

[HUNT3R]

It's almost impossible the get out of a bad form... you should do something about that.

It really isn't. You should do something about it. The tactics forum awaits.

[Jap]

I don't see a wishlist thread for the full version - maybe I missed it, then I appologize.

Reading and reading the tactics forum and from my own experience, it would be great to add a bit more visibility to the various "strategies" that you can select.

I see so many people (including myself) and I am sure many newcomers, who select an attacking strategy and then add to that shouts that would not be necessary because they are inherent in the attacking strategy. The problem is: unless you know this, or you watch it in game, or test it by trial and error, you wouldn't know which "shout" is used by the strategy.

It would be great to add visibility to it. Perhaps the "shouts" could be highlighted as already active or partially active for a certain strategy? Attacking: Push Higher Up, Higher Tempo, Play Wider, More Direct Passing, all highlighted? This way people would know, ok, this one is already active, if I add it, it will perhaps over emphasize that effect. It would basically make things easier, especially for newcomers.

This...A 100 times this.

[mattk lfc]

What is the time period is before you can sign a Brazilian player on a pre-contract?

The scout report says he can be signed on a pre-contract immediately but the option isn't there when I go on his profile