updata 2将于11月21号发布

yanedison

Hi to all,

At first, I’d like to say thank you in the name of the whole team for the altogether mostly positive feedback on our newest game, FIFA MANAGER 12.  

We have read many good things in our forum and our decision to put all our focus on the traditional offline part of the game seem to have been the right choice. Despite these positive voices, the most commonly asked questions deal with update 2 and its release date.  

Update 2 plans
For starters, I’d like to give you some general info concerning the update planning. The basic rhythm hasn’t changed with FIFA MANAGER 12 – this means on update will come out in November, one in December and one update will be released after the winter transfer window has closed in February.   

The save-games can of course be continued with these updates, so it is not mandatory to start all over again every time.

The second (alas the next one) update is unofficially planned to be finished by November 21. In detail, this means that we will work on getting rid of errors and the improvements on various areas in the game until Nov 17/18. Ideally, you should not find crucial bugs on Nov 19 or later if they shall be fixed for update 2.  

This date is unofficial since the update still has to pass a very extensive test before it is officially released. If it fails to succeed in this final check, the whole process will be delayed for one or two days.  

Content of update 2
Let’s talk about the content of this second update for FIFA MANAGER 12. The main focus clearly lies on the eradication of bugs. Every day, we go through our forums (German and international) and collect errors and ideas or suggestions to fix them. They then get prioritized and the work on solving them begins respectively.  

Another focal point is the graphical uniformity of the game. This might sound a bit nebulous, but actually leads to more information per screen which is a pro for you as a player. I think that even now (although not all details have been realized) this has a positive effect on the game. In addition, lots of atmospheric details will be added and other graphics will be updated as well.  

Further main points for the update are budget improvements and the ability for AI driven clubs to demolish buildings. Players will not be transferred to the second team as frequently as they are now and AI clubs will sign players without a club even more often which consequently leads to a smaller number of players ending their career at an early stage. The AI clubs also prolong contracts sooner than now which also affects the same area.

The bar that is used for the player scouts can be switched on again, there will be more players from other ethnicities then you home clubs’, more spectators will attend games against rivals and staff salaries were reduced, too.

Still in the planning phase is to reduce the frequency of the clause “offer from abroad” and also change the “50% of the market value” part of the clause. Less players will be moved to the reserve team (e.g. at Bayern Munich). Budget allocation will be simplified and a strong accumulation of transfer budget will be avoided.   

  In general, we are currently conducting extensive long-term tests to check the impact of these changes in the course of 30-40 seasons.  

Concerning the 3D mode of the game, we will take a look at the “hold the ball” problem and deal with several smaller fixes.  

Which bugs have been fixed / will be fixed?
The problems with reserve teams that happen for example in Spain and Austria are on the very top of our list.  

The television funds allocation for relegated and promoted teams has been fixed. Players are now portrayed in the correct order.  

The problem concerning the multiple re-naming of the grandstands has been fixed, as well as the issues concerning the financial trust while generating fan assets. The national-team-widgets now work better and we are working hard to better integrate the maintenance costs for youth camps in the budget planning. In addition we made modifications in the player development section, especially at the development of abilities in relation to the position level of players.  

Various player pictures will be updated and the update will also contain a updated database.  
Feedback and suggestions for the database can be posted here: http://board.fm11.de/index.php?showtopic=25090&view=findpost&p=256779

Downloads / Workbench
These two areas will undergo quite some change in the coming days and weeks. The workbench will be updated and will contain all new options that FIFA MANAGER 12 offers (some interesting new things will be part of the update). In addition, we are working on some sort of “tactical advisor” which will contain tips and tricks for the single areas of the game.  

Problems when installing the game
After we encountered problems on the first day, the majority of installation problems can now be tracked down to serial numbers that were entered incorrectly or wrong email addresses that don’t belong to the account. Typical problems concerning the serial number typos are U and V as well as S and 5 or G and 6. Please risk a second view on the code…

Turkish League
The Turkish league is not licensed this year. However, this can change in coming years. We have no direct influence on this issue but we are aware of its importance.