Football Manager, Part I

[odg78]

Well a visit to two area Game Stops has led to a lot of dumb looks and complete frustration. Anyone with a tip on how best to buy the game?
--I bought mine straight off of the Gamestop website.

[DutchFootballRulez]

Thanks for the info. I have indeed found a copy of the game at a nearby store.

The game requires 128 MB of RAM, but recommends 256. I have 128 - will it work on my computer?

It will work but you will not be able to simulate many leagues at once with any type of playable speed and reaction time. I would think about Upgrading also.

[GersMan]

OK - well I'm trying to figure out how to do this right. Suffiicent equipment comes up regarding my kids as well, so I might be better served to get a new machine for gaming. This machine is tied up all the time with work anyway.

Anyone out there have a suggestion on the optimal hardware/goodies configuration for playing FM at the highest level possible (I once had a CM game installed at work where I could run like 30 leagues as active and the processing took almost no time at all. It was incredible).

I'm not a computer nerd so any help you can provide is appreciated. I'm guess 512 KB of RAM, yes?

[gaijin]

OK - well I'm trying to figure out how to do this right. Suffiicent equipment comes up regarding my kids as well, so I might be better served to get a new machine for gaming. This machine is tied up all the time with work anyway.

Anyone out there have a suggestion on the optimal hardware/goodies configuration for playing FM at the highest level possible (I once had a CM game installed at work where I could run like 30 leagues as active and the processing took almost no time at all. It was incredible).

I'm not a computer nerd so any help you can provide is appreciated. I'm guess 512 KB of RAM, yes?

Yeah. Get yourself a 3 gig processor as well with Pentium 4.

I have 2.8 gig, I've not tried running 30 leagues - Its pretty quick on the 5 that I use.

[DutchFootballRulez]

BTW, its 512MB of RAM.
I'm running 34 Leagues in 16 Nations myself. I have a 1GB of RAM and a 2.0GHZ processor. I want to upgrade as well. But a GIG of RAM is definitely a step in the right direction.

I wouldn't jump on the Pentium 4 bandwagon right away. For playing FM, its good what with the HyperThreading. But an AMD Athlon 64 would be good enough.

[Cannon]

OK - well I'm trying to figure out how to do this right. Suffiicent equipment comes up regarding my kids as well, so I might be better served to get a new machine for gaming. This machine is tied up all the time with work anyway.

Anyone out there have a suggestion on the optimal hardware/goodies configuration for playing FM at the highest level possible (I once had a CM game installed at work where I could run like 30 leagues as active and the processing took almost no time at all. It was incredible).

I'm not a computer nerd so any help you can provide is appreciated. I'm guess 512 KB of RAM, yes?

You'll need more RAM than that if you want to run a lot of leagues at a reasonable rate. The things to foucus on for FM are your main processor (I'd recommend Athlon not Intel since the top end is owned by Athlon now), RAM, and a fairly big harddrive to take all of the multi-100mb save games and leave plenty of swap space for the game.

I'm waiting a bit longer to upgrade my computer but those plus a dual graphics card setup and a DVD writer are my key components for game playing.

[Cannon]

Just making sure you guys knew that a new version of FM is out. It is 5.05 and fixes a couple of problems.

Football Manager 2005 v5.0.5
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Please note, this patch is save game compatible and contains all the fixes in 5.0.2. You do not need to start a new game, however for the best results it is suggested.

- Fixed columns moving around when using the filter panel and changing the filter, then hiding the filter panel.
- Ensured club's don't recieve more than 20 regens players in a year
- Fixed Italian stadium bug fix
- Stopped interfering buying chairman from making the club bankrupt
- Fixed shortlist crash
- Removed limit on foreign players for Australian squads. (Previous fix only applied to match squads)
- Fixed UEFA coefficient calculation for 2004/05 season. Predefined UEFA Cup teams from the database were not updating the nation team count value thus resulting in a higher than usual coefficient.

That first one was driving me nuts and I've been bugging them to fix it for months. :cool:

[gaijin]

Just making sure you guys knew that a new version of FM is out. It is 5.05 and fixes a couple of problems.



That first one was driving me nuts and I've been bugging them to fix it for months. :cool:

Have they fixed the daft limitations on foreigners in the Ukraininan league?

I had to download an unofficial patch to fix that.

[DutchFootballRulez]

why another patch so soon?

[DutchFootballRulez]

Well I know why..but never mind.

[GersMan]

I've been playing all day and IT'S GLORIOUS MADNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DutchFootballRulez]

WWSM I assume. Have you decided on upgrades yet?

[gaijin]

I've been playing all day and IT'S GLORIOUS MADNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cancel the milk, make sure you've got some hot water for a bath and you might want to buy a razor blade to trim that beard........

:D

Hey guys, what's your biggest FM / CM marathon? (i.e - what's the longest you have played consecutively?)

Also what's your best addictiveness rating?

Mine was "all CM and no work! hooray!"

[junkie_xl]

Hey guys, what's your biggest FM / CM marathon? (i.e - what's the longest you have played consecutively?)

while recovering from surgery a couple of years ago i played it non-stop for a couple of weeks in bed on a laptop...went through like 18 seasons in a row...forgot the ad. rating but it was off the chart :)

[Bonji]

Also what's your best addictiveness rating?

"I am now a Worldwide Soccer Manager expert."

[gaijin]

"I am now a Worldwide Soccer Manager expert."

:eek: - I think you should check the obituaries to see if you have been declared officially dead!

[Bonji]

:eek: - I think you should check the obituaries to see if you have been declared officially dead!
Heh he. I'm alive. Sometimes I leave to game on over night just so I don't have to load it if I just want to get a match or two in before work. :) I think the time played is probably distorted.

So I've got my third season with Barca underway. No major off-season transfers beyond Dede. He's been a nice addition by the way, earning a 10 in a league win. I've never seen a left-back do that. I also a young Croation AM who has slipped into the starting 11 very well. He's scored a couple goals and made some nice assists. Guily will not be missed, especially once Rosicky is over his nagging leg injury. I've got 10 points in the league off 4 games, so there is one away draw in there. I'm tied for first with a few other teams but Real Madrid is not one of them, so I like that. I won the Spanish Super Cup for the second year in a row. It wasn't too tough since I won the double and only had to beat Celta of the second division, my foe in the Spanish Cup Final.

So in three seasons I have 4 cups and a league title. I have 80 points in the hall of fame, one more championship and I'll get into the Spanish hall of fame.

[eneste]

Did 5.0.5 fix the no MLS Final problem?

[Cannon]

Did 5.0.5 fix the no MLS Final problem?

Don't know. Was it even reported to SI by one of you guys?

I never play MLS so I didn't see it myself. I passed along the comments I read in here but I doubt they paid attention since I was talking about a bug I hadn't actually seen.

[DutchFootballRulez]

In my Barca season (04/05) Colorado and Metrostars were in the MLS Final. Metrostars won on penalties (3-0) completely unrealistic!

Metrostars will never see the MLS Cup Final till 2010!