Hi All,

There is good progress with Update 3. We have mainly focused on bug fixing, but we have also a lot of new content added to the game (especially our art department). One of the highlights are the 1,786 new player pictures, the biggest number we ever had in a single update.

In addition there is also a small list of little improvements (like saving certain selections you have made in the game).

For a full list please see our Facebook page "FIFA MANAGER - The Official Site".

http://www.facebook.com/#/pages/FIFA-MANAGER-The-Official-Site/161217421571?ref=ts

Become a fan!

We'll soon also have some screenshots available for you.

Cheers,

Gerald

Hi all!

Today you'll get a little preview of what's to come for the Online mode in Update 3:

- Tooltips display the most important factors that influence the Condition of a player (eg. played only few matches, or scored many goals). This makes it easier to estimate what you have to do to increase Condition.

- The scored goals and the average rating of a player is shown on his Info screen.

- There are additional warning messages on the buttons in the main menu.

- The highscore list is increased to 50.000 entries. This means that you only need a few points to be ranked, and you can compare yourself to other players more easily.

Of course we are also fixing bugs here. A complete list will be available when the works on the Update have been finished.

Have fun!

Cord

Hi All,

This is the list of the new features and bug fixes of Update 2 (still subject to changes).

New Features Offline Mode:

- huge database update (database of 24/11)
- option to either load the latest EA database or the Editor database (e.g. with your own data) at game start
- various new player pictures (focus on Coca Cola Championship)
- new Hall of Fame player pictures of retired players in the UK (only very few, but will become more in the future)
- new live ticker text
- complete historic league results of the Bundesliga since the very first matchday back in 1963
- additional historic league results for France and Italy
- better handling of widgets in resolutions like 1440x900 (move your mouse pointer over a widget to see it completely)
- improved website headlines
- pre-selected half-time talks (save some mouse clicks)
- option to switch off the display of song titles in the main menu

New Features Online Mode:

- new "Away from Keyboard" feature
- if you join a running game, you now get the status of the game, that is, at which point of the week the other users currently are (e.g. the main menu or a matchday). This way you can quickly estimate how long it will take you to actually join the game.
- click on a game in the game list to see its participants
- the market value of the next auctioned player is given on the transfer market overview screen
- team levels and the current matchday are now part of the match screen
- the timeline icons (goals, cards, substitutions), already used in the offline mode, will now also be seen online
- you can add another manager to your friend list directly from the respective manager info screen (available by right clicking on your avatar in the main menu)
- option for the host to set the maximum number of humans players
- date displayed on all menu sub-screens
- manager points on friends list
- manager points comparison happens more often
- option to turn off the profanity filter
- draws with no clubs of human managers are skipped

Fixed Bugs:

- 3d match improvements (better and more varied shots, more realistic number of cards, improved passing, improved goalkeepers, defenders react faster, more realistic handballs, improved 1 on 1 against the goalkeeper, more realistic back passes)
- several small Action Mode improvements
- various tuning efforts (e.g. tactical education, loss of acceleration for older players now slower)
- improved website (e.g. added a second club name to transfer news, manager info if you click on a picture)
- about 140 different other bug fixes in total
- about 40 graphical improvements and screen layout changes (e.g. Player Training Progress)

Some Examples:

- CaC problem in Italy
- "moved" clubs in France
- sometimes too much income when winning an indoor tournament
- "players sometimes end their careers too early" problem
- line-up crash (when saving a player list)
- not displayed goals in highlight mode
- long-term simulation crash
- improved AI training camp selection
- Ups & Downs now work for again for the player manager
- missing tooltips in replay mode
- won European Super Cup now added to the trophy list
- Hall of Fame: User pictures are now displayed correctly
- More realistic personal sponsor contracts for managers with a high manager level
- more modern German first names
- Youth department: Extension crash fixed
- Delegate transfers: Assistant now makes better use of the money
- Tactics/first team: Icons for crossing positions are now correct
- several graphical problems fixed at game start in the 1024x720 screen resolution
- user/additional desktop objects are now saved (no need to position them again after loading the save game)
- special characters are now correctly displayed on Russian OS
- Game start: Removed the cheat to start with more teams than allowed
- Player talks/Promises: Player levels no longer visible in UK version
- Live Ticker: Manager shouts no longer disabled after creating a player manager
- multiple player managers problem
- Pre-match screen: Background for international cup matches no longer dark
- Relegated players screen: Now with the option to add them to the short list or to scout them
- Stadium editor: Slope problem
- player manager can now make substitutions in Live Ticker match
- _PLAYER_CORNER_LEFT issues in Live Ticker fixed
- ONLINE: Matchday - sorting of the live table now works correctly
- ONLINE: Matchday - User receives " 0 actions available" at the beginning of the match
- ONLINE: 8-player crash fixed
- ONLINE: Trophy images missing in the player stats
- ONLINE: Improved referee names

Plans for Update 3:

- option to display the live ticker sentence by sentence
- option to display the live ticker word by word
- finished matches in live ticker now change their colour
- no commentary in Live Ticker conference mode
- massive increase of UK player pictures and of Hall of Fame pictures
- many additional city pictures
- Ups & Downs reworked and now more difficult

Cheers,

Gerald

Hello all,

as promised, here is are the remaining new online features which will become available with Update 2:

- After many request: There will be an AFK button (Away From Keyboard) which continues your game automatically. You can thus take a break without holding up your fellow players. But don't stay away too long - there will be neither points for the bonus race, nor automatic substitutions during a match.

- There is an additional line in the games list of the Lobby which shows the participants and the current date of a selected match. This way you can quickly see where your friends are playing.

- The maximum number of human players can be set by the host (1-8).

- The points of all players are listed in your friend list.

- You can deactivate the language filter in the Chat.

- The screen which shows the collected manager points over the season is shown more frequently, to keep you up-to-date.

- The game date is now shown on all screens in the main menu.

- International cup draws which do not contain any human players are skipped automatically.

Have fun!

Cord

Hello all,

...and now for something completely different: a blog entry which is NOT from Gerald! This time it's about the new online features which will be available soon after Update 2:

- If you join a running game, you now get the status of the game, that is, at which point of the week the other users currently are (eg. the main menu or a matchday). This way you can quickly estimate how long it will take you to actually join the game.

- The market value of the next auctioned player is given on the transfer market overview screen.

- Team levels and the current matchday are now part of the match screen.

- The timeline icons (goals, cards, substitutions), already used in the offline mode, will now also be seen Online.

- You can add another manager to your friendlist directly from the respective manager info screen (available by right clicking on your avatar in the main menu).

That's all for now. More info will be coming soon!

Cheers,

Cord