BETA Update 1.2.0 - 11gb
Hey all, apologies for yet another post. I must be pinging you all like crazy 🙃. I am releasing this version tonight and it is a culmination of all the patches and updates over the past couple days. The patch notes will tell you what you need to know for the changes that were made from the 1.1.1 to now:
Performance:
Fixed the issue with the pitch lines being all over the place. The pitch sizes in the game that you select now accurately reflect in game and the pitch gets scaled to the selections you make. (1.1.4)
Non custom stadiums have referees again and now load quickly. (1.1.4)
Crowds now all start seated. (1.1.4)
I am testing a new function to switch animations based on events, and there is a v0.1 version in there now, but this crowd system is giving me psychological damage 😂
Also will hopefully add the ability to segment home/away again.
Crowd animations now switch (1.1.5)
Reduced polygons in some props which will lead to better performance. (1.1.4)
Seats will now have shaders that will allow the club colours to be maintained more consistently. (1.2.0)
This is now in a beta phase and the necessary files for all clubs will be added in due course.
Sadly no camera fix yet. That is my next big fix that I hope to get into BETA soon.
Lighting:
Testing experimental lighting sets for:
Anfield (Liverpool)
Stamford Bridge (Chelsea)
Stade Louis II (Monaco)
Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia (Como)
Old Trafford (Manchester United)
El Sadar (Osasuna)
Allianz Arena (Bayern Munchen)
These were all 1.1.4
There is now a properly functional day/night detection system which allows the lighting to be used well every time.
2D:
2D now does not render any crowds, making it ideal for really low end hardware. Instead you get a 2d version of the stadium top down.
You will still see stadium roof, and am looking at ways to improve that.
Stadium loading is dramatically quicker.
Stadium Improvement:
Germany is now mapped properly.
Fixed the camera crew at Osasuna
Added various texture fixes
New/Overhauled stadiums:
Estadio da Luz (Benfica) - No custom lighting
Estadio do Dragao (FC Porto) - No custom lighting
Estádio José Alvalade (Sporting CP) - No custom lighting
Gremio Arena (Gremio) - No custom lighting
Allianz Parque (Palmeiras) - No custom lighting
Arena MRV (Clube Atlético Mineiro) - Has custom lighting
Fritz-Walter-Stadion (1. FC Kaiserslautern) - Has custom lighting
Estádio Beira-Rio (SC Internacional) - Has custom lighting
From here the paid text starts. I will maintain the beta password, so that will not change. So the one you had received would have worked for you guys. Please continue to give feedback on Discord, so that way I can make it actually in one place! Thank you all for the continued support :D
I want to go over the "release" schedule for a bit. I have taken the feedback on board. From now I will maintain a one week early access build. The thing is that it has all gone from 0->100 so quickly that I struggle to keep most people happy. And this is a me problem, not a you problem. I will post updates to the Patreon as soon as they will be available, and then a week later for the public. That also allows me some breathing space :D
With that said, I will make the decision to for this one time only make the bug fix for the stadium pitch correction available for the public tomorrow. It is a really big bug and I want to keep the momentum behind the pack alive. I appreciate this might not be popular with some of you, and I feel that. Trust me, I do. The poll was overwhelmingly in favour of it with 46-3 and again, this will be the only time I will do something like this.
My biggest problem is that I am a people pleaser , that doesn't work too well together with this. I am also a feeling person which is in the way sometimes and especially on these dilemmas😅
Anyway, enough waffle, here is the link to the download:
Installation path for Steam is:
Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 26
Installation path for Xbox Game Pass is either:
XboxGames\Football Manager 26\Content
or
ProgramFiles\WindowsApps\SportsInteractive.FootballManager26
Windows Epic
Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager26
Furthermore, when you install the files, make sure you place all subfolders into those directories above. That is two folders and 4 loose files. If you do not do that it will not load.
TROUBLESHOOTING:
If your lighting does not work yet, try the high graphics settings.
Even on lower end hardware since it runs better on high anyway for some reason 😂
If you are having extraction issues, try using winrar to extract the files.
The first boot after an update to FM or running for the first time will take a long time.
IT HAS NOT FROZEN, IT IS LOADING. DO NOT INTERRUPT IT!
Should you get an anti tamper message do this:
Remove the files from the directory when FM is closed.
Boot the game, play a match, close FM.
Reinstall the files whilst FM is closed.
Then you will be able to play.
Once again, thank you everyone!
Warm wishes,
Bassy