Football Manager Early Access Beta *Official* Feedback Thread - 18.0.3

[martplfc1]

Possible bugs - screenshot showing the stadium blocking my view - want a refund for this ticket  This happened at every corner at that end.

Also, the highlights didn't show me the goal - suddenly I was winning 1-0 and it showed me the replay.

Bournemouth v Liverpool.pkm

[sedge11]

13 minutes ago, JimV said:

I'm finding the match day experience beyond annoying. Why is the in-game tactics now two screens that you both need to see at the same time? 

 

When I pause the game to change tactics I now have the team arranged horizontally and to make a sub I have to go to another screen where I have the teeth-pullingly irritating task of dragging a sub up the screen and hopes that he replaces the correct player. Then to re-arrange the formation I have to go back to a different screen. 

 

How does this help? How does it improve things? What was wrong with how it was before when you could not only do both from the same screen but could click and drag to sub and re-arrange much more easily.

If there's a way of customising the in-match tactics changing then they've hidden it really well because I haven't been able to find it.

And has ANYBODY found any use for these "scouting meetings" that come up what seems like every two days advertising 30 players you aren't interested in don't even give you the option of clicking through them?

 

 

You can do both on the same screen already, on the tactics screen.

[ChelseaSince86]

Am i right in thinking there is no more updates now pre release? Next update is on 10th Nov?

[KUBI]

Just now, ChelseaSince86 said:

Am i right in thinking there is no more updates now pre release? Next update is on 10th Nov?

Nobody knows.

[Dagenham_Dave]

22 minutes ago, JimV said:

When I pause the game to change tactics I now have the team arranged horizontally and to make a sub I have to go to another screen where I have the teeth-pullingly irritating task of dragging a sub up the screen and hopes that he replaces the correct player.

If it's just a sub you want, use the quick sub feature that's been there the last few editions. Brings up the squad view with subs and dragging a sub highlights where he can play. 

[warlock]

25 minutes ago, JimV said:

And has ANYBODY found any use for these "scouting meetings" that come up what seems like every two days advertising 30 players you aren't interested in don't even give you the option of clicking through them?

If you don't want to scout players, take control of scouting and cancel all the assignments. Or change the rating threshold so you only see the best players. Or change the scouting reports frequency to whatever you want. Or all of the above.

[serif]

So how much of a save during this period carries over to launch? Just preseason?

Edited November 2, 2017 by serif

[Dagenham_Dave]

1 minute ago, serif said:

So how much of a save during this period carry over to launch? Just preseason?

I was still playing my FM17 beta save last month. You're getting mixed up with the beta and the demo. 

[ChelseaSince86]

Honestly though, when these fixes are done for November 10th, i will be hammering the death out of this game, as i do enjoy it overall

[serif]

The thing you play after you buy the game before launch. Couldn't care less what it's called.

[CapAtom]

8 minutes ago, sedge11 said:

You can do both on the same screen already, on the tactics screen.

You can but for some unfathomable reason it isn't the default screen, you have to click the little icon for it at the top right of the tactics pitch horizontal formation view. The tactics screen which features the pitch and list views should be the only screen, the separate ones are completely pointless.

And the little quick sub/ mentality etc change icons would be much improved with a wild new idea: words to tell you what they are. I don't know what a circle with little dots means but I can read.

[ben carter]

1 hour ago, rdbayly said:

When making a substitution on previous versions, after clicking and dragging the player you wish to withdraw, suitable replacements would 'light up' on the bench. This has now gone and is very annoying. There are dozens and dozens of nuances like this that when added together, make it poorer experience than FM17.

The bit in bold I really miss from FM18. It was such a simple yet useful thing when making changes to your team.

[Dagenham_Dave]

1 minute ago, serif said:

Couldn't care less what it's called.

Good luck getting an answer then. 

[SlayerX87]

Is this a bug or its how it's designed to work? 

Asked for a affiliate club to send players for work permits, this is the second season it happens to me. 

The board gives me the 3 clubs they think are best to have as affiliate, I decline them and that's it, no second pick of teams and the option disappears from board requests till next season

[sedge11]

14 minutes ago, CapAtom said:

You can but for some unfathomable reason it isn't the default screen, you have to click the little icon for it at the top right of the tactics pitch horizontal formation view. The tactics screen which features the pitch and list views should be the only screen, the separate ones are completely pointless.

And the little quick sub/ mentality etc change icons would be much improved with a wild new idea: words to tell you what they are. I don't know what a circle with little dots means but I can read.

If you click the tactics button, you can do a sub and change formation in the same screen, you don't need the list view or  to press any other little icons at the top at all.

[CapAtom]

Just now, sedge11 said:

If you click the tactics button, you can do a sub and change formation in the same screen, you don't need the list view or  to press any other little icons at the top at all.

I know but if you click on tactics from the match you get the pitch view (the horizontal pitch with the formation of your players). This screen contains very little useful information. The list view contains more info but not the pitch and formation. If you want both you have to click on tactics in the top right and you are taken to a screen which contains both sets of information. There is no reason this isn't the default tactics screen (this screen also has the highlight for positions a player can play lacking from the other screens)

[martplfc1]

41 minutes ago, serif said:

So how much of a save during this period carries over to launch? Just preseason?

If you start a Beta game, it will all carry over to the full game, there is no cut off.

If you're playing the demo, I believe it lasts 6 months, but the 18 demo isn't out yet.

Edited November 2, 2017 by martplfc1

[stevemc]

Are custom adboards not supported within the Beta?

[martplfc1]

Is this a known bug? Basically all players but the keeper going forward for set pieces and corners.  The corner tactics are the standard, pre-set ones, i.e. I haven't amended it all.

[Dagenham_Dave]

Is anyone else getting this? 

On the info panel that comes up between highlights with the team line ups etc on them, I can only hover over the opposition's info. For example, if one of my players gets a knock, I can't hover over the little orange icon to see what the injury is, but I can for the other team, which means I have to go into quick sub to find this out. I'm not sure if this would be a bug or just my settings. 

[TheBigBoss]

Why is 2D classic so dark surely there's a brightness setting

[ChelseaSince86]

Out of curiosity, and slightly off topic, does anyone know what causes the UI to lag in FM? Like opening player profiles, and certain other areas etc

Edited November 2, 2017 by ChelseaSince86

[Valencia7]

 I really don't get the thinking behind some of the UI design in FM18 tactics screen. For instance, why is role and duty displayed in selection window if it's already displayed on the formation graphic? With role ability (again, this also can be seen on formation window) and name you're left with no space to view other information. There is no space to add any additional information on the selection screen if you want to add anything. I like to see players' recent form (last 5 matches), apps, assists and minutes played in this season. When I add all this, the screen becomes useless. 

 

Also, the fact that you can only see 6,5 bench players might get annoying in italian league and friendlies. 

 

Edited November 2, 2017 by Valencia7

[Dagenham_Dave]

2 minutes ago, Valencia7 said:

 I really don't get the thinking behind some of the UI design in FM18 tactics screen. For instance, why is role and duty displayed in selection window if it's already displayed on the formation graphic? With role ability (again, this also can be seen on formation window) and name you're left with no space to view other information. There is no space to add any additional information on the selection screen if you want to add anything. I like to see players' recent form (last 5 matches), apps, assists and minutes played in this season. When I add all this, the screen becomes useless. 

 

 

Right click on the column header and you can remove it. 

[Valencia7]

3 minutes ago, Dagenham_Dave said:

Right click on the column header and you can remove it. 

I'd do that, but than you can't quick-select with right clicking on it. And i'm left with dragging each player across the screen, which I'm to lazy to do.

 

The ideal option for me would be to scale it down but it's locked. 

Edited November 2, 2017 by Valencia7

[Domathon]

beta summary : results are totally random regardless of any tactics, with a selection of short 1/4 day injuries and lots of goals for the ai from corners.

[KUBI]

Just now, Domathon said:

beta summary : results are totally random regardless of any tactics, with a selection of short 1/4 day injuries and lots of goals for the ai from corners.

Proof?

[Domathon]

why does the ai score so many goals from corners?

[Dagenham_Dave]

1 minute ago, Domathon said:

why does the ai score so many goals from corners?

Because your team isn't defending them properly?

[Domathon]

i cant believe i wasted so many hours making notes and researching to just roll a dice, im a relegation tipped team i EXPECT to loose a lot of games but when swansea who are rooted at the bottom of the league beat me 2nil and play like ajax in the 90s i have to walk away.

[Domathon]

i been playing the game for many many years im a micro manager first thing i did was set up set pieces, meh too deflated to counter argue a dice roll simulator

[PHITSO]

3 hours ago, JimV said:

I'm finding the match day experience beyond annoying. Why is the in-game tactics now two screens that you both need to see at the same time? 

 

When I pause the game to change tactics I now have the team arranged horizontally and to make a sub I have to go to another screen where I have the teeth-pullingly irritating task of dragging a sub up the screen and hopes that he replaces the correct player. Then to re-arrange the formation I have to go back to a different screen. 

 

How does this help? How does it improve things? What was wrong with how it was before when you could not only do both from the same screen but could click and drag to sub and re-arrange much more easily.

If there's a way of customising the in-match tactics changing then they've hidden it really well because I haven't been able to find it.

And has ANYBODY found any use for these "scouting meetings" that come up what seems like every two days advertising 30 players you aren't interested in don't even give you the option of clicking through them?

 

 

It’s a shambles. I’d love to know what SI were thinking.

[rusty217]

Gotta say I really don't like the UI changes. The all caps looks atrocious, some of the options on the side bar being moved is pretty annoying. Squad and schedule right next to each other last year was perfect! I feel like it was much easier to get from the squad screen to the club screens in previous versions as well. Actually, it still is.... for every team except my own? Looking at another team I see a bar along the top with Overview, News, Players, Tactics, Schedule etc with drop down menus to get straight to the section you want as well. Why on earth isn't that available for my team as well? The team that I'm going to spend the most time looking at. Why do I have to search up and down a separate list to move between sections when it's all readily available on any page for other teams?

Then there's the matchday experience, I just don't like it. All the gumpf at the beginning just seems like an annoyance. A lot of the tactical options not only take up more screen space (on account of taking up two separate lines, one, perhaps even both, of which is dropped lower than it used to be) but they are also a lot less clear. FM17 displayed my team mentality and shape and stuff so I could easily see it. Now I have to click on it just for it tell me what I'm currently using, even if I don't want to change it. Why obscure information like that? Oh and my preferred match camera (main stand) has been removed as well, along with many others. Then there's the annoying replay pop-up too. That was perfect before when it was just part of the existing ui. Now it pops up in the middle of the screen obscuring stuff and takes up more space on account of an "upload to youtube" option that I'm literally never going to use.

Oh and I've already made a separate thread about this, but might as well include it here so this can be a complete summary of my thoughts on the game so far, but I've got to say I'm highly disappointed the new expanded World Cup format isn't included in the game. That's the main reason I've been waiting for FM18 rather than playing 17, I even made a thread asking if it would be added in a patch for 17 when it was first decided, I've been looking forward to it that much. Made even more annoying considering the European qualification system has been updated, a change that I didn't want. If only it were possible to edit world cups and continental coefficients/qualification rules...

The dynamics feature seems like a nice addition, haven't really played around with it much though as I'm not really interested in playing a save without heavy use of the pre-game editor. Speaking of which, are there any improvements or changes to that this year as a possible saving grace? It's currently pretty obtuse about some things and there's a lot of hard coding which gets in the way at times. If the editor got some significant improvements and finally allowed me to make some of the changes I've always wanted (including an expanded World Cup which y'all at SI didn't do :() then that would definitely give me more reason to persist with FM18 rather than just going back to 17.

Edited November 3, 2017 by rusty217

[Deisler26]

Some feedback. This? This is a little redundant, no?

[serif]

5 hours ago, martplfc1 said:

If you start a Beta game, it will all carry over to the full game, there is no cut off.

If you're playing the demo, I believe it lasts 6 months, but the 18 demo isn't out yet.

Thank you for not being dense. I might go ahead and start playing.

So how much changes from these commercial sham betas to release? I'd presume very little but some people seem to think possibly a lot.

Edited November 3, 2017 by serif

[HUNT3R]

3 hours ago, Deisler26 said:

Some feedback. This? This is a little redundant, no?

I'd say so. If you don't mind, I post in the bugs forum would be great.

[sedge11]

9 hours ago, CapAtom said:

I know but if you click on tactics from the match you get the pitch view (the horizontal pitch with the formation of your players). This screen contains very little useful information. The list view contains more info but not the pitch and formation. If you want both you have to click on tactics in the top right and you are taken to a screen which contains both sets of information. There is no reason this isn't the default tactics screen (this screen also has the highlight for positions a player can play lacking from the other screens)

I can see what your saying, but I've just not had any problem just using that one screen, the horizontal formation pitch screen to do everything I need, so guess it's not an issue for me.

[Dagenham_Dave]

4 hours ago, serif said:

So how much changes from these commercial sham betas to release? 

In what way is it a 'commercial sham beta;'? 

[themadsheep2001]

16 minutes ago, Dagenham_Dave said:

In what way is it a 'commercial sham beta;'? 

I'm genuinely convinced people still don't release this is an open beta, and not a "you get to play the game two weeks early" release. Which is odd, because that's how it's always been. As for changes, lots can and probably will change. It's already changed once. People forget there's a closed beta that's also still running, which will have started long before the open one 

[forameuss]

9 minutes ago, themadsheep2001 said:

I'm genuinely convinced people still don't release this is an open beta, and not a "you get to play the game two weeks early" release. Which is odd, because that's how it's always been. As for changes, lots can and probably will change. It's already changed once. People forget there's a closed beta that's also still running, which will have started long before the open one 

Not exactly a stretch, I'd say that's pretty obvious, and has been since SI brought in the beta.  It's always been treated as a beta, but a lot of people never understood what they are.  

[Neil Brock]

11 hours ago, SlayerX87 said:

Is this a bug or its how it's designed to work? 

Asked for a affiliate club to send players for work permits, this is the second season it happens to me. 

The board gives me the 3 clubs they think are best to have as affiliate, I decline them and that's it, no second pick of teams and the option disappears from board requests till next season

Could you please raise this on our bugs forum here? - https://community.sigames.com/forum/569-other-gameplay/

Many thanks. 

[Flashman]

Couple of things are annoying me now about the match day UI (after about 65 hours...)

 

Previously with the quick menus I would be able to see at a glance how many TI's I had enabled, my mentality and my team shape - now all of that information is hidden behind another drop-down click.  Of course I should be able to remember all of this information but sometimes I don't, and it was very useful to have a reminder right there in front of me.

 

Does anyone else think the coloured bars in the match stats widget are a little unnecessary?  They make the widget far too large meaning I have to sacrifice another one (I've chosen to lose opposition info, which isn't ideal), and the garish colours only serve to obscure what I'm really looking for, which is the numbers.

 

I get that SI are proud of their new graphical representation but I'd still prefer to have information in front of me, like the pop-up offside cards, and goalscorer info.

[Flashman]

...  and whilst we're on the subject of scouting (were we?), when the reports are delivered to my inbox I only have the option to do one thing with each report before it disappears off into the ether.  Sometimes I'd quite like to add a player to my shortlist AND keep scouting him, but as soon as I click either option.... *poof*.  Gone.  I realise I could go searching for the player's profile and do it from there, but who has the time..?  

[Pizza Lips]

13 hours ago, ai2ker said:

Exactly this - What if I want to add a guy to a shortlist and keep scouting? Can't - choose one option and the card is gone. What if I'm scouting a ton of regens and am quickly clicking through discard/keep scouting and make a mistake? Can I go back and find the card I just made a mistake on? Nope. 

There's a list of all your discared players in the scouting section. I use it quite a bit to rescout guys i'm still not sure about.

[treble_yell_:-)]

7 minutes ago, Flashman said:

...  and whilst we're on the subject of scouting (were we?), when the reports are delivered to my inbox I only have the option to do one thing with each report before it disappears off into the ether.  Sometimes I'd quite like to add a player to my shortlist AND keep scouting him, but as soon as I click either option.... *poof*.  Gone.  I realise I could go searching for the player's profile and do it from there, but who has the time..?  

You can just right click his name and do it from there though.

[Flashman]

Maybe I'll try that, thanks  

 

A button labelled "Shortlist and keep scouting" would be handy too.  In case anybody's watching.

[Per Annum]

Currently bossing the Scottish Championship with an unfancied side due to the fact I can loan in top division players from across the world for zero wage contribution.

In the first summer there is a limited amount of players willing to join, but the loan window stays open and foreign loans are unlimited so by November I'm just hoovering up EPL, Serie A, Argentina PL players for zero expenditure. Am in the process of selling my entire team to remove expenditure, and the players I'm loaning in are so good they can easily cope with the resulting tactical/squad lack of consistency.

I raised this as a Scottish Data issue and was told that wasn't the right place as the SC is the 210th ranked league in the game.

Something needs to be changed so that all these clubs are rejecting the loans so their players play at a higher level. At worst they should be insisting on loans up to the next global window only (i.e. Jan) so they can recall and loan to better clubs.

Also, players shouldn't be willing to be the 87th player to join a club on loan in the same window, but I've been raising this as a bug since time immemorial.

[Domathon]

conceded over 20 goals from corners in 1 season.

[frank_olaf]

35 minutes ago, Flashman said:

Previously with the quick menus I would be able to see at a glance how many TI's I had enabled, my mentality and my team shape - now all of that information is hidden behind another drop-down click.  Of course I should be able to remember all of this information but sometimes I don't, and it was very useful to have a reminder right there in front of me.

100% agree with this. I miss seeing which mentality my team is set at without having to do another click. 

As you said, I know it is something I should remember but I do tend to forget from time to time.

Hopefully this could be 'fixed' by a custom skin if SI don't change it.

[themadsheep2001]

Just now, Domathon said:

conceded over 20 goals from corners in 1 season.

You've mentioned this before. Could you upload the save game, your defensive set piece set up, and a few examples of the type of set goals your conceding?