New patch is out

[The Mighty Hog 526]

http://www.sigames.com/downloads.php?type=view&id=365

But I found http://rapidshare.de/files/9476186/FM_Patch_602.exe.html was quicker

 

 

 

And if you lot are struggling a little bit NYgreen has brought out a beta version of FM Scout for FM06.

 

http://www.nygreen.net/downloads/FMScout-v3.30b4.exe

[Jimbo 175]

Changelist as follows:

 

Football Manager 2006 v6.0.2 (Build 72973)

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General

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+ Added command line option "--user_data_location" to customise the FM06 base use data folder (also see SIbase).

+ Added command line option "--always_reload_skin" for graphics/skin authors to be able to reload the same skin from Preferences without changing skin twice.

+ Command line option "--database_location" showed an error dialog even when it succeeded in some situations.

+ Command line option "--database_location" accepts absolute paths (see SIbase documentation for details).

+ Fixed "profit/(loss)" on the home page finance panel always being 0.

+ Fixed potential problem with importing some training schedules.

+ Fixed occasional freeze on finance income/expenditure sections if --small_screen was used.

+ If a player had agreed to a "future transfer" his icon in the squad and search sections was still "bid" (instead of "trn").

+ Moved the skin cache folder from the FM06 installation folder to the user data folder to avoid permission problems.

+ Fixed camara agree's transfer on day of deadline window - but transfer is cancelled due to work permit decision coming a day too late

+ Fixed fining a player who is on loan to you and he will get upset with the club that owns the player

+ Fixed Short-term loan deals taking too long to decide

+ Fixed Claudio Ranieri appointed to as chelsea boss

+ Fixed occasional player with a contract until 17.7.2088 in 2005

+ Fixed League Two players demanding four-year deals in July 2005

+ Adjusted players contract length demands for first team squad rotation players

+ Ensured players who are unhappy at sale of player do eventually get happy again

+ Indonesian leagues now use 7 subs.

+ Fixed potential crash in international management if a staff retired while in control of the U23s or U20s.

+ Stopped managers from losing loyalty points when praising opposition managers

+ Fixed 'Use Current Team Selection' on holiday option

+ Fixed manager/coach release on just players allowing human manager to offer less wages

+ Fixed a bug where a team would still play matches at a temporary stadium after moving back to their original stadium,

+ Fixed a bug where a club team might get included in the U21 European Championship.

+ Tuning of player happiness with training.

+ If a human manager goes on holiday during a match, the match is now saved down properly so that it can be replayed to give the final result.

+ Fixed a probem where co-ownership deals would sometimes not be resolved properly at the end of the co-ownership period.

+ Virtual Manager Fix for teams being short of players sometimes

+ Tuning of virtual players playing in leagues running with Basic Detail.

+ Fix for Israeli foreign player registraton - teams are restricted to registering 5 foreign players in the whole squad and only 5 foreign players permitted in match squad.

+ Fix for players given a squad number but then get loaned out and still keep their squad.

+ Fix for tactics not processing international retirements.

+ Fix for team hiring manager when they agree to delay a contract offer.

+ Fix for german national job offer to human.

+ Fix for two global awards in one year.

+ old human contract offers now get cleared down.

+ Fixed no nation displayed in team award screen for a player

+ Fixed crash when human asks coach to pick u23 national team.

+ Can ask for a new contract when on a monthly contract.

+ Fix for clubs not checking division before offering a fate contract.

+ Fixed old 'slightly injured' icons displaying on tactics screen

+ Regen manager fix for countires such as Belarus getting lots and lots of foreign regens

+ Fixed players being described by the media as regular first-teamers when they weren't

+ Fix to stadium code very occasionally appearing in match_summary news items

+ Fixed a problem where sometimes teams were not getting their home matches moved to their preferred match day.

+ Fixed a problem with co-ownerships when teams bid nearly the same value for the other half of the player. The game now rounds both values before comparing to see which team wins.

+ Fixed a co-ownership cheat where you can buy one half of a player from one team and get the other half for free from the other team.

+ Fixed problem with -1 : -1 scorelines sometimes appearing in news items.

+ The 'one yellow card away from ban' status flag does not appear if the next match is a friendly.

+ Fixed referees regening as 14 year olds

+ Training improvement board request option is now disabled if club already has the best training facilities.

+ Training levels graph does not include the current month as the value can still change before the end of the month.

+ Fixed a bug where right sided players are sometimes left-footed when fake players are used.

+ Nations in competitions menu are now sorted properly.

+ Fixed occasional problem where a player sign a pre-contract with another club, joins them then the next day his contract runs out and he leaves.

+ Manager feeling triumphant after losing (Manager Mind-Games Screen)

+ Fixed being repeatedly offered a national youth team job even when you decline the first offer.

+ National youth teams offering jobs to humans from that nation or who manage in that nation.

+ National youth team pool will only show players eligible for that team.

+ National youth teams only manageable if enough players available.

+ National youth teams now call up foreign based players( except african nations ).

+ Bias added to seasonal domestic awards, bias is against defenders as they have high average ratings.

+ Fix for human accepting job, resigning then accepting another job on the same day, while on holiday.

+ Fixed a bug where young players bought in from another club where not marked as "Trained at club" if they had been at their new club for 3 years before the age of 21.

+ Tuned code that adjusts loyalty in manager profile.

+ Fixed board giving manager vote of confidence 3 days after hiring him.

+ Fixed AC Milan failing to hire a manager for a long period of time.

+ Fixed expectation text for nation with nothing to play for in qualifiers.

+ Fixed monthly board confidence news item showing profit when club report loss.

+ Fixed renewal signing on fees not being included in total expenditure.

+ Fixed player involved in main and youth monthly award for same month.

+ Imported training schedules are now validated - no more intensive schedules with light workloads!

+ Players keeping accepting new contracts with a lower weekly wage fixed.

+ Potential transfer value doesn't match with the actual offer (transfer offer screen).

+ Reduced the ease with which foriegn old Players would leave Qatar clubs.

+ Human should not be able to negotiate budgets when he rejects a contract offer.

+ contract offer news item uses clubs offered wage budget when triggering text.

+ Fixed current seasons transfer budget being decreased When human negotiates budgets.

+ Tuned player unhappiness manager / player responses.

+ Fixed post-match player injection news.

+ Made AI clubs protect hot prospects a bit better

+ Lessened chances of players of decent reputation being overlooked by potential suitors in non selected leagues

+ Made ex-internationals with plenty of caps for large nations less likely to join very small clubs late in career of as non players

+ Made AI clubs a bit more willing to splash out on players they percieve to have high PA

+ Made high profile out of work managers less inclined to take assistant or coaching roles

+ Made non-playing staff more inclined to reject job offers for already filled roles at clubs - eg if 1 assistant in place, a large no of coaches, physios or scouts.

+ Lowered price clubs willing to pay out above display value for poor to average players

+ Made certain players quicker to request move to bigger club after a relegation

+ Fixed low max wages for rich clubs under wage budget in non rich leagues

+ Tuned international manager appointments for non selected leagues

+ Added extra restrict foreign signings checks for leagues which have foreigner rules

+ Fixed players wanting first-team football from expressing this as both a major and minor concern

+ Fixed wrong nation displayed for player in international roundup news.

+ Fixed player not winning top goalscorer award while on loan.

+ Fixed wrong year being displayed for greek specific date awards.

+ Fixed specific date awards processing for seasons before game start date.

+ Fixed managers of clubs in inactive comps winning national manager awards.

+ club award news item should have been using nationality instead of nation in text.

+ Null pointer fix when a comp award was being processed.

+ Fixed player gaining nationality to his original nation.

+ Award buildup news now links different players to different awards.

+ Added 'Mutual Contract Termination' for non players.

+ Fixed player scoring inconsistency in ass man team report

+ Stopped players asking for moves for first team footie when on loan/listed/future transfer etc

+ Tuned AI asking prices for top players

+ Made AI clubs take account of player potential more regarding short to mid term squad management

+ Lowered player reluctance to move abroad when already a foreign player in current league

+ Various Stadium fixs, can't just build a roof onto an exisiting stadium, your chairman will also loan the money aquired for large

stadium expansions if your club doesn't have the money

+ Extended end of season loan dates to cover play-off finals.

+ Player attribute values were in some cases not taking training effects into consideration on (mainly player comparison).

+ Transfer offer section for your own players would disappear if you browsed off the player screen then came back.

+ Some players were showing £0 when it should be "-".

+ Asking prices set by humans now treated more realistically by AI teams

+ Polish transfer values cut down at top end

+ Improved transfer AI for teams without managers loaded in non selected leagues

+ Improved transfer values of players at teams without managers loaded in non selected leagues

+ Made sure players out of contract and remaining at club on month to month basis are available free to AI teams

 

Competitions

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+ Fixed a problem in Turkish 2. Division B where group sizes were not being set properly for the second group stage

+ South-east Asian nations no longer used for 2011 Asian Nations Cup hosts.

+ Foreign rule in Slovenia now changed to non-EU rule.

+ Away goals used in Slovenian Cup semi final.

+ Teams promoted to French First Division now get their reserve teams promoted to the CFA.

+ Argentine Premier Division playoff now takes place in a neutral stadium if scheduled.

+ Matches now not moved to friday for tv in Spanish Second Division B.

+ Guandong Province home stadium will be always at Tianhe Stadium for Hong Kong-Canton Interport Cup instead of randomly chosen in Guangzhou.

+ Fixed issue where some teams in Brazilian Bahia State Championship where playing all there games at home.

+ Hong Kong FA cup minor schedule update.

+ Turkish Cup scheduling update.

+ Australian sub rule update.

+ Added Spanish Cup preliminary 05/06 teams.

+ Belgian cup final now played at Stade Roi Baudouin.

+ Serbia and Montenegro Cup history now updated properly every year.

+ Australian league matches only postponed if over 5 players are on international duty

+ Some Belgian league date changes.

+ Swiss teams now arrange pre-season friendlies.

+ Some Brazilian and Chilean teams now play matches at alternative stadiums when they play against certain teams.

+ Belgian 2nd division team is now byed to the semi finals of the relegation playoffs.

+ Players getting bans from the Australiaa Pre-Season Cup now get suspended for Premiership matches.

+ Norwegian league winners now get prize money.

+ Fixed a problem with some teams always rejecting friendlies on certain dates.

+ Added winter breaks to some reserve competitions.

+ Croatian league now keeps teams in the correct half of the table after the split.

+ Australian sub rule update.

+ Fix for Israeli foreign player registraton - teams are restricted to registering 5 foreign players in the whole squad and only

5 foreign players permitted in match squad.

+ Fix for players given a squad number but then get loaned out and still keep their squad.

+ Matches now not moved to friday for tv in Spanish Second Division B.

+ A temporary fix to stop FC United of Manchester being involved in FA Trophy for at least 2 seasons.

+ Fix to stop lower league teams from playing at home in Israeli State Cup

+ Amended Israeli squad registration window so it now ends Saturday, 14th, January.

+ Fix for FIFA Confederations Cup - rest of squad can now be named as subs.

+ Shanghai Team now plays home games at Shanghai Stadium for Hong Kong-Shanghai Interport Cup.

+ French Cup and French Ligue Cup finals now played at Stade de France.

+ For Solvakia 1st and 2nd division, added winter break for 06/07 season and onwards.

+ Fixed squad registration issue where 2 players get the same squad number.

+ Players on loan (and still on loan) at start of game now no longer get a squad number from their permanent team.

+ Fix to ensure that only the top teams in Turkish premier league appear on tv.

+ Fix to ensure loan players get squad numbers.

+ Fix for situation where AI was not assigning squad numbers to players during registration window in Spanish Segunda B division.

+ Brazilian league now works quicker when running in normal detail.

 

Media

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+ Fixed some player bio strings saying the player had a poor season when he had not

+ Fixed some contract renewal news items for player/coaches

+ Adjusted AI trigger for fans unhappy at signing of ageing player news

+ Fixed consecutive winners of compettions being declared as winning one more trophy than they actually did

+ Fixed media comment news items not being translated properly if you changed to a different language to the one you used to create the savegame.

+ Fixed XML string parsing bug that could lead to translated text not being translated properly in rare circumstances.

 

Assets

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+ Updated Malaga player pictures

+ Updated Racing Santander player pictures

+ Updated Villarreal player pictures

+ Added Celta player pictures

+ Updated Emmen, Go Ahead Eagles and Sparta Rotterdam logos

+ Removed wrong Blackpool away kit

+ Updated Atletico Madrid player pictures

+ Added Southampton player pictures

 

Match Engine Version History

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Match v448

- Reworked match condition progression

- Slight tweak to AI managers "sitting back" AI

- Toned down certain motivation and nervousness effects

- Slightly increased effectiveness of long shots

- Fixed occasional defensive clearances across own area

- Cut down on remaining occurances of long range headers on goal

 

Match v449

- Tuned no of goals from 448

 

Match v450

- Tweak to team selection AI

 

Match v451

- Fixed bug where team said to have won trophy in normal league game

- Improved pass selection at higher levels

- Stopped eg 4-0 wins being described as "a poor game" in comms

- Redone player reaction AI to manager being pleased or delighted after loss or poor result

- Reduced changes to morale based on post match talks

- More sanity checks on morale changes in match

- Fixed manager reputation changes post match - should slow down rises for new managers

- Improved AI manager formation selection for matches

- Improved in match calculation of player pace as affected by physical condition

- Improved in match calculation of player pace when running with ball

- Tweaked motivation of players according to match score

- Stopped keeper coming forward for corners if he has instruction "stay back if needed"

- Tweaked marking from defenders of team with an attacking throw situation

- Allowed other players bar strikers to consider making off ball run into an empty channel

- Made players with clear sight of goal more likely to shoot than run into a more difficult shooting position

- Made swap player tactic work for human teams

- Fixed occasional player time wasting in silly situations

- Tuned player match condition progression

 

Match v452

- Further improved AI manager formation selection for matches

- Improved AI manager substitution AI

- Tweak to passing/run with ball choice AI

- Tweaked player covering team mate AI

- User can now give full backs arrows beyond half way

 

Match v453

- AI teams now have correct required result set before match - eg if need to win by X to qualify, draw to stay up etc etc

- AI teams more positive with starting formation according to opponent

- Fixed high condition penalty for wet pitch surface

- Teams now more likely to shut up shop when getting hammered against expectation to avoid further embarrassment

- AI teams in non vital domestic league matches more likely to go for the win depending on manager attacking attribute

- Swap player really does work now ;-)

- Tweaked match rating related reputation progression

- Made choice of captain have less impact on technical player match abilities

- Tweak penalty kick conversion rates

- Try to make better players "put foot on ball" a bit more

- Make unfair red and yellow card get stored correctly as such for use in discipline module

 

Match v454

- Stopped play being brought back for offside when advantage should be played for attacking team

- Stopped players being swapped without having it set in tactics

- Given booked players more time to take up proper positions at set piece

- Improved pre match calculation of "expected result" for use in AI manager tactical approach

- Made AI teams a little more careful away from home when not losing

- Made AI teams utilise the forward run instruction more realistically

- Made the better players at better teams a little less inhibited by away games

- Slight increase on mental effect on weaker willed players of playing top opposition

- Fixed bug stopping managers giving red carded players team talks

- Try to make midfielders get a few more goals by joining the attack quicker

- Improved run with ball AI a little

- Fixed problem with defence of team with attacking throw that can leave attacker a run on goal if ball cleared

- Fixed obscure bug where keeper will run out of own area to intercept an impossible ball and leave goal empty

- Reduced number of very wild and innacurate shots

 

Match v455

- Fixed "poor game" commentary line after heavy win for one of the teams

- Made AI managers go very defensive a little less, especially in non vital games

- Improved AI use of try long shots player instruction

- Made long shots specialists eg Lampard less reluctant to have a dip

- AI teams now abandon 1 up front formations during the match if things arent working

- Retuned match ratings a little to allow for recent changes in the engine

- Further tuned offensive positioning of central midfielders with forward run instruction set

- Cut down on harsh red cards for "professional fouls"

 

Match v456

- Match engine now recognises promotion contenders as such

- Swap player issue with subs and changing of role via tactic screen fixed

- Player match ratings micro tweaked

 

Match v457

- Fine tuned match ratings

[The Mighty Hog 526]

Anyone found the game tougher after this patch? Started a new game and I can't buy a win. Fucking impossible. Changing tactics does nothing either.

[Jimbo 175]

To be honest, I'm quite happy with my winning ways at the moment so I've not bothered updating mine.

[Isegrim 9896]

To be honest, I'm quite happy with my winning ways at the moment so I've not bothered updating mine.

72002[/snapback]

 

That's what annoys me about FM2006 in general - the effect of team moral. You win a couple of game and you are going on a long streak, but as soon as you lose 3-4 games in a row, I find it nearly impossible to turn the fortunes...

[menace13 0]

Seems normal to me, also here's a new record.

 

 

 

NOTE ALL GAMES ARE NOT PLAYED WITH THE LATEST PATCH