[muflihi]

I've never done this before, but I've just downloaded a patch and can't work out what the hell to do with it to update my game (01/02).
Any help?
Cheers

[Spoon]

Which patch are you trying to use? We need more info if you want some help.

[muflihi]

Well having looked at the properties of the patch it just says Championship Manager 01/02.lnk which I doubt is much help.
It was the latest update from the official site...dated from June...I wanted to be updated with signings etc...

[Peakite]

There is no such thing as a patch that updatye properly. A patch may update signings to a certain time, but never updates the leagues accordingly. Which kingd of defeats the point. And tends to forget everything outside half a dozen divisions. If it isn't by SI it isn't a patch, but a cheating upate.

[profiled]

get the cm sorted data update, it's the best and most extensive i've seen.

it doesn't update the year, but promotions and relegations are taken care for most leagues, and all the major world transfers are taken care of.

the mls data is actually fairly decent, although not perfect.

[muflihi]

Buggery, that's what I have...I thought that it was a patch...still not sure how to add it though.

[profiled]

Originally posted by muflihi
Buggery, that's what I have...I thought that it was a patch...still not sure how to add it though.

if it's the cm sorted update, either it has an exe that installs or (i think), or you just unzip all the *.dat files in the zip to your cm3\data directiory, overwrite as neccesary.

You have to start a new game in order for the changes to take effect.

[muflihi]

It's definitely the sorted update (version 23rd July 2002) but didn't come as a zip file or a dat file.
It's a .lnk file according to the properties.
It's not even a file that I can open in itself...would I need to download something to open it?

I hope I'm not being annoyingly inept

[profiled]

Originally posted by muflihi
It's definitely the sorted update (version 23rd July 2002) but didn't come as a zip file or a dat file.
It's a .lnk file according to the properties.
It's not even a file that I can open in itself...would I need to download something to open it?

I hope I'm not being annoyingly inept

you didn't download the right thing then =)

http://www.sigames.com/dl.php?id=286...ted.exe&type=9

[muflihi]

Annoyingly inept it is then!

Cheers mate, I'll give it a go and hopefully this will be the last of the thread