Football Manager 2010 Patch v.10.3.0

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version: v.10.3.0Crash Fixes===========- Fixed crash when clicking on the backroom advice button.- Fixed issue causing runtime error in network gamesGeneral=======- Players who say they are willing to leave the club to help with the clubs debts no longer get upset if you transfer list or offer them out.- Fixed scouts completing their nation assignments too early for small reputation clubs.- Adjusted generation of names for Croatian newgens with second nationalities.- Fixed older newgens in some cases getting youth contracts instead of regular contracts.- Playing for a clubs A and B teams now does not count as having already played for 2 clubs in a season when joining a new team.- Past meetings tables are now sorted by goal difference and goals for after points.- National team facts information panel now only uses first team players.- Adjusted changes in very low average attendances- Fixed newgen name issues where some African newgens for example were getting English names because of their birth city language being English.- Players no longer get unhappy about the clubs league position until after a reasonable amount of games have been played.- Fixed bug where a person loses a language skill when changing from a player to a staff member.- Stopped inappropriate manager to manager comments been available on Brazilian State league games.- Adjusted newgen attribute creation and development- Adjusted Danish cup attendances- Players don�t get called up to Olympic qualifiers if they have important club matches.- Automatic rejection of other national job offers if offered multiple jobs. When you accept an offer it auto-rejects the other jobs just like it does with club management.- Adjusted Turkish Super Cup attendances- Adjusted Bulgarian attendances in continental matches- Adjusted attribute progression- Adjusted newgen PA levels- Adjusted conversion of negative PA values- Stopped players constantly feeling under media pressure.- Cancelled friendlies now don�t cause entire tours to be cancelled.- User achievements screen now displays the date left after the user has resigned from a national youth team job.- Stopped user been able to interact with players who are away on loan.- Stopped two player happiness contradictions, wanting a new challenge/agreed a future move and also wanting to stay at the club.- Improved the selection of players parent teams send to their affiliates.- Fixed shots off target in quick matches sometimes being displayed as a negative number.- Increased the number of strikers selected in U20 World Cup squads.- Fixed German First Division games being refereed by lower division refs (requires new game).- Improved international squad selections.- Stopped unavailable players playing matches in inactive leagues.- Stopped player conditions dropping so much in the quick match engine.- Removed some pre-game histories that were being retained when playing with fake players (requires new game).- Removed inconsistency in a players decision to try to learn a new preferred move or not.- Stopped staff members joining much smaller teams for a minor job promotion (Steve Gatting etc.)- Fixed an issue that could stop a human getting an international job when he is the best candidate.- Made some improvements to Best Eleven selections.- Fixed an issue whereby a scout was hired but couldn't perform scouting duties, mainly affects long term games.- Stopped duplicate news item appearing for human manager�s former team when appointing a new manager.- Removed Chelsea transfer embargo.- Fixed an issue whereby a player could become unregistered if user went on holiday over the registration deadline.- Got the board to take into consideration the time left on a player�s contract when deciding to veto a free transfer.- Fixed an issue whereby the board would state you can scout a region, but the option never appears for that region on the assignments dialogue.- Fixed incorrect contract rejection reason when a coach rejects a contract due to basic wage.- Fixed an issue whereby a human manager was prevented from accepting a management position at an amateur club upon the first time of asking.- Fixed an issue where the incorrect match sequence milestone could be displayed pre-match for the away team.- When a player complains in the media the unhappiness isn't removed until they have responded to the manager�s response.Finances========- Adjusted wage and contract length demands of players with long term injuries- Adjusted English manager wages- Adjusted Brazilian sponsorships- Adjusted Uruguay wages- Adjusted English non-league finances- Updated Brazil top level ticket prices.- Stopped Chairman investing in club when not required.- Fixed Swiss youth wages being too high.- Adjusted Swiss finances.- Fixed Finland wages rising too high.- Adjusted Danish wage budgets.- Adjusted French finances.- Adjusted Spanish B division Wages- Fixed backend sugar daddy budgets.- Adjusted Greek finances- Adjusted South Korea finances- Fixed Singapore, Israel wages bug causing low end wages being calculated incorrectly.- Adjusted Dutch wages.- Adjusted MLS staff wages.Interface=========- Fixed issue where calendar bar was not cleared down after choosing to start a New Game from within another game.- Fixed problem where the quick flicks did not work when on a managers search screen.- Fixed issue where the view of the finances screen was not remembered when going back to it.- Fixed text problem in the Latest Scores when button would change between wrapping to two lines and not wrapping when the button was clicked.- Made it possible to remove the picture from an old manager profile when adding a new manager.- Made sure the training sections are available for at least one of the reserve or youth squads.- The match rules button now gets updated correctly when returning to the arrange friendly screen.- When managing both a nation and a club the shortlist shortcut will now take you to the personal shortlist and not the national pool.- Mac menu bar gets updated when the language is changed.- Ensure we display release clauses which have been activated on person's contract section of the profile.- Allowed sorting of player media history comments.- Added Composure and Concentration to show up in the Shooting and Defending training categories when filtering for attribute history in the training section of the player profile.- Fixed bug that allowed user to alter buy back fee on a non-negotiable offer.- Fixed bug where "Address Me As..." would be empty when there were no existing user profiles on add manager screen.- Recently Viewed Teams is now correctly labelled as Recently Managed Teams on add manager screen.- Tooltip for show next fixture button now correctly states "the next fixture", rather than "your next fixture".- Added missing links to interested clubs and clubs that have made an offer for a non player on the non player's transfer panel.- Fixed problem which would sometimes cause the filters in the notebook to include notes that should have been filtered out.- Fixed problem where third place play off finals would not appear in tree menu despite being selected.- Added nation flags to teams waiting to be drawn into competition groups.- Fixed issue where radar player icons sometimes disappear in full match view.- Fixed an issue with setting an anchorman role using the quick tactic roles dialog on the match screen.- Made sure the selection rectangle around the tactics pitch is always drawn properly.- Fixed the positioning of the forward run arrows on the tactics pitch.- Fixed issue on the preferences screen which caused it to ask if changes should be discarded when no changes had been made.- Fixed the sorting of the squad status column on the player search screen.- It is no longer possible to select the fixtures on the match preview screen, selecting a different fixture did nothing so it was just confusing that selection was possible.- Added card and injury icons to the quick substitution dialog.- The filter used on the UEFA coefficients screen is now remembered when returning to the screen.- Club & competition logos are now shown on the news screen when player and staff pictures have been disabled.- Fixed a problem on the confidence screen which in some cases could cause the wrong section to open.- The filter rules are now always enabled when using the attributes dialog to add filter rules.- Fixed problem that made it impossible to go back to the extended leave screen after viewing a player profile.- Runs past opponent in match analysis now shown with arrows rather than just dots- Fixed the links in notes saved from a news item.- Made sure the league position is only shown in the upcoming fixture panel if the fixture is actually a league match.- Fixed finances panel not refreshing until you continue.- Fixed default signing on fee being set to 0 when transfer budgets have been disabled in the first window.- 'Reject All Offers of a Lower or Equivalent Value' now does include equivalent values.News====- Stopped player stating his desire to join loan club when returning from loan, when already agreed future transfer.- Code no longer appears in the media history when a player has commented that they "can't settle in the area".- Fixed cup round-up news item implying team is through to the final of a competition before the second leg of semi-final has been played.- Fixed post match fans news item mentioning 'FA reaction' when there's no reason to do so.- Ensured that co-ownership deals are correctly tallied in 'player unsure about price tag' news item.- Ensure less experienced players don't talk to the media about more senior players when it isn't appropriate.- Media now takes into account slightly lesser competitions when reporting success.- Fixed news item stating that a bid was rejected due to your bad relationship with selling team's manager when this wasn't the reason.- Stopped a duplicate message(s) been sent about clubs in the nation releasing players.- News is only sent when a player is disappointed about been injured/suspended for important games e.g. cup finals, rather than just the next round of the cup.- Stopped players getting upset if you leave them out of the squad for the Club World Championship.- Stopped options to tell a player you what to match a players ambitions when at a successful club.- Fixed unemployed manager getting job and news item suggests he has left his old club to join this new one.- Fixed instances of two goals being reported as a hat-trick in match report.- Fixed international youth team reported as having been knocked out of competition despite just qualifying via play-offs.- Fixed late equaliser described in post-match conference news item as "late winner".- Player no longer gets upset about missing an important game if they are ineligible to play in that competition.- When a player signs and states they are looking forward to learning from their idol, the player will always agree to been tutored by them.- Corrected the headline when sending a player out on loan when it said he was unimpressed but the rest of the news read that he was happy.- Fixed rare situation when the board would not respond to a request for a new feeder team.- You can now appeal red cards for players you have in on loan.- Stopped first option being available when bidding on co-owned players.- Stopped news items describing players as transfer listed at the club they are on loan to.- Stopped England U21's being referred to as "of lowly stature" when progressing through the European U21 Championships.- Stopped random messages about players learning preferred moves coming up when they have already learnt it before.- Fixed news item stating a player/coach signs a contract until 1900.Subscriptions=============- Personal assistant should also suggest subscription updates when you resign.Biography=========- Fixed biography saying player name should be familiar to fans in country when he's only just arrived in that country.- Fixed biography claims player who has played 135 times in Scotland, but only 20 in England is "more familiar to football fans in England than Scotland"Backroom Advice===============- Staff no long recommend players/staff signings that they would not have knowledge of.- No longer advised to withdraw transfer bids for deals that are been done by the B team.- The wording of the advice in the first backroom advice meeting is now correct if you takeover a club with no staff once you've signed a suitable staff member.- Increased the amount of scouting suggestions advice.- Backroom advice news item buttons are displayed correctly if a player/assistant manager is in the reserve team.- Stopped staff repeatedly recommending the same staff additions in each meeting.- Staff will no longer suggest taking a player off the transfer list if a future transfer as already been arranged.- Staff no longer recommends transfer listing long serving old players near the end of their contracts.- When you receive an urgent message and go to the backroom advice screen via the button the advice is displayed in the meeting.- No longer receive scouting recommendations for players already been scouted.- Fixed slow down when going to the backroom advice screen when lots of players required facegen pictures.- Facegen picture removed from Backroom Advice entries for newgens.- Improved praising form suggestion advice.- Pre-season meeting team comparison advice now uses the correct teams if the promotion and relegation hasn't already been updated.- Game now stops processing for pre-season meeting.- No longer get tutoring advice recommending the same player to tutor different players in the same meeting.- Best youth players advice no longer mentions older players if they have been placed in the youth teams.Transfers=========- Fixed being able to recall players from loan when outside of transfer window, if short-term loan.- When making an offer to loan a player the loan options now use the options set in the teams settings by default e.g. can play in cup matches.- Prevented some clubs from making bids for players when they don�t have enough transfer funds to secure the player.- Encouraged lower division teams to be more active in recruiting goalkeepers.- Encouraged lower division teams to be more active in the short term loan market.- Prevented some players from dropping down too many divisions when going out on loan.- Tightened up decision making on foreign transfers for clubs that have to abide by foreign player restrictions.- Removed Basque transfer restrictions for all Basque clubs except for Bilbao and its sub teams.- Prevented AI clubs from bidding too much for older players when offered out to clubs.- Stopped duplicate offers from same club after stalling an offer after several other offers had been accepted.- Fixed an issue where a loan renewal was rejected by the player but upon completion of the loan the player would then accept a new loan deal.- Got eastern European teams to acknowledge the starting 11 foreign restrictions when targeting players.- Fixed an issue where AI teams would not acknowledge a significant after 1 appearance clause when responding to an offered out player.- Added a 'Monitoring' section to the players profile to help distinguish what clubs are seriously interested in a player or just have a passing interest.- Tried to encourage more domestic based signings for non-elite teams.Editor======- Can now edit nationalities for award history entries.- Can now duplicate people in the editor.Competitions============International-------------- Fixed issue with teams from the same group playing each other in the second round of the U20 World Cup.Argentina---------- Fixed team(s) being described as being newly-promoted when they have been in the same division for the previous couple of seasons.Austria-------- Updated Premier Division schedule.Belarus-------- Fixed wrong number of matches in Belarusian Highest Division.Belgium-------- Belgian leagues re-organisation due to Mouscron going bankrupt.Brazil------- Fixed bug where Brazilian Cup winner didn't qualify for the Libertadores group stage if a Brazilian team won the Libertadores the previous year.- Teams are now relegated properly from the Brazilian Santa Catarina state championship.- Brazilian Ga�cho State Championship TV money update.England-------- Added 10 point deduction for Crystal Palace.Finland-------- Implemented changes to Finnish Cup for 2010 season.- Players which have played in the Finnish Cup competition for one team now cup tied if playing for another team still in the competition.Germany-------- Teams only play other German teams in the mid-season break.Hungary-------- Added winter break for league competitions.- Added "At least two Hungarian U21 players have to be on the pitch during Hungarian Second Division match" rule Israel------- National Division side Ahva Araba deducted 2 points.Italy------ Fixed Serie C1/A and C1/B incorrect mid-week fixture scheduling.Norway------- Fixed duplicate history entry for Norwegian Super Cup when starting in 2009.Russia------- Fixed wrong Russian Super Cup foreigner limit for season 2010 and beyond.Romanian--------- Updated Romanian Cup schedule.Sweden------- Number of subs in Swedish competitions updated for 2010 season and onwards.Switzerland------------ League and Cup Schedule Updates.Turkey------- Turkish Cup schedule updated.- Updated Turkish League TV and Prize Money.United States-------------- Now able to offer up to $350,000 p/a when approaching to loan a player.- MLS Developmental contract filter now displays all developmental players correctly.- New season fixture announcement news item is now sent for MLS teams.- Contract offers no longer default to $56,000 on the contract offer screen.- When offering a player out for a Designated Player slot the transferred slot now has a valid expiry date.- MLS schedule is described correctly on the competition rules screen.- Players from the starting database who have previously been in a draft no longer are selected for the Superdraft.- Young players from the starting database who have previously been in a draft can now be signed by MLS teams.- Fixed a bug where sometimes the wrong teams would qualify for the SuperLiga.- Improved which players are selected to go into the Superdraft.- Increased the number of player exchange deals.- Better AI management of squad sizes.- User now forced to register new signings on the transfer completed news item.- User forced to update their squad numbers when a player returns from injury or loan.Uruguay--------Uruguayan clubs are allowed a maximum of 6 foreign players.Match Engine Changes===========Match v823----------- Narrowed defence in last third especially when ball central- Reduced instances of central defenders getting dragged apart- Reduced instances of central defenders getting pulled to ball outside area when team mates better placed- D-line position change from v821 toned down slightly- Fixed keepers having unrealistic reach at point blank range- Keeper more willing to offer backpass to team mate chasing back to intercept ball in own half- Slight reduction on delay in reactions by keeper who has dropped ball- Tweaked v822 fix for keepers sweeping up through balls to make sure they don�t e.g. come and head clear a ball they could actually control- Fixed AI teams picking Trequartista in same XI as playmaker- Reduced likelihood of lone striker in AI team being used as Trequartista- Made players with high workrate and stamina less likely to be used by AI teams as Trequartista- Fixed players being delayed unrealistically after someone attempts a step tackle on them- Fixed occasional bug causing player not to challenge for header he had moved for- Increased negative effect of lots of new players at once playing in a team- Made ball player less likely to dribble when faced with opponent and near own d-line- Small tweaks to shot, pass, cross and header accuracy- Allowed more backpasses to keeper or short passes to get out of trouble in defensive areas- Fixed bug causing some needless passes to offside players- Reduced unrealistic attempts at difficult passes direct from freekicks- Reduced number of speculative and overambitious through balls- Fixed some lofted kicks being a little slower than player intended- Ensured big games such as Champions League quarters, semis are recognised as such by the players involved- Made sure players are never too under motivated in really big games regardless of situationMatch v824----------- Made keepers try to anticipate penalty direction better- Reduced further the reach of keepers when ball comes at them at close range- Made it harder to direct headers under severe pressure/challenge, and/or when really stretching to reach ball height- Reduced instances of players heading ball when they have time to bring it down and control it- Further improved decision making of player when clear on goal- Slight tweak to general choice of shot type- Reduced effect of long shots instruction or PPM in certain positions- Fixed corners rarely being sent to edge of area when instructions are set to do that- Tweaked v823 fix regarding speed of lofted kicks- Slight increase in dribbling speeds over smaller distances- Fixed players appearing to "scoop" ball forwards slightly when running at pace with it- Made defenders a bit quicker to correct lateral position when defending- Improved running line of defenders who need to cover ground to engage ball player- Reduced occasional positioning flaws when trying to show ball player onto a certain foot- Fixed rare issue with defenders leaving cross to go out and allowing attackers to head ball unchallenged- Fixed a couple of issues that could cause players not to challenge for ball they had gone for- Tried to reduce instances of unrealistic closing down of ball player by defenders- Fixed player who is set to mark tall player following that player outside the area when defending a corner or free kick- Improved reactions of attacking team to saves and rebounds- Made players come deep to find space rather than look for it behind opposition D-line when their instructions and PPMs are better suited to that- Fixed player set to "challenge keeper" at corners actively looking to move away and towards ball instead- Reduced the worst player motivation drops when team is well ahead in match it should win- Limited motivation drops in big matches- Tweaked player match ratings- Reduced effect of fatigue upon physical abilities apart from pace and acceleration- Fixed some possible cases of players walking through the side of the dugout- Made physios go around the back of the goal when returning to the bench from the far side of the pitchMatch v825----------- Improved AI when looking for potential through balls- Small tweak to simple pass to feet accuracy- Made players use first time passes and shots less frequently unless clearly the obvious thing to do- Reduced number of illogical long shots generally- Sanity check on unrealistically hard kicks e.g. shots from very long distance- Tried to encourage players to cross a little more readily in obvious situations- Fixed rare occurrences of defenders who are right on own goal line clearing ball into own goal instead of away from it- Slightly toned down speed of Rory Delap style bullet throw- Fixed bug where team doesn�t give ball back to opponents who kicked it out due to an injury- Made defenders shift laterally a little more intelligently as play switched- Fixed some defenders being default positioned in no mans land when facing a cross situation - Try to further reduce needless double marking of ball player especially by centre halves- Tweak to defending player choice of player to mark in own area- Fixed bug where defender can be marking player and then switches off as pass made to that player before resuming marking him- Fixed code anomaly in the way keeper saves are dealt with at point blank range- Small tweak on keeper anticipation of penalty direction- Fixed bug where keeper could take throw occasionally in opponent's half- Slight reduction on effect of goals upon individual match player ratings- Adjustments to post match effect upon reputation, namely a major flaw fixed for FML matches and a minor one for FM matches.Match v826----------- Adjusted goalkeeper pathfinding around the side of the netMatch v827----------- Small tweak to AI manager's expectation of result- Implemented use of AI manager dirtiness allowance attribute on tackling style- Made AI managers with lower passing directness bias towards "control" strategy over "attacking" strategy- Made AI managers with lower passing directness more likely to use "retain possession" and "look for overlap" touchline instructions- Made full backs keep closer eye on opposing winger when play central or on their side- Made team with ball shift position better when ball moves laterally- Small improvement to player reaction time to pass or shot being made- Encouraged smart use of first touch control over first time pass/shot where applicable- Improved choice of run with ball direction when on wing according to instruction and/or strongest foot- Reduce number of long shots from players with "LOOKS_FOR_PASS_NOT_SHOT" PPM- Aimed crosses, corners and indirect free kicks from wide a couple of yards further away from goal- Fixed short pass back to throw in taker being discouraged- Reduced number of risky low benefit passes- Reduce number of aimless clearances when not very close to own goal- Removed cross from by-line instruction from INSIDE_FORWARD role- Removed try longshots often instruction from ADVANCED_PLAYMAKER role- Dampened ball rebound velocity from ad hoardings- Fixed offside�s being called on player who was offside on an earlier pass than one played to himMatch v828----------- Tweaked effect of consistency very slightly- Improved positioning at attacking free kicks from deeper wide areas- Fixed bug causing central defenders to cover full back positions prematurely- Fixed player going for loose ball, getting there after opponent and then illogically passing opponent off to team mate- Made defenders come out from centre to engage wide player when obviously required- Improved player recognition of having a clear run towards goal- Small tweak to shot, header and pass accuracy- Improved use of header across area when too narrow angle to go for goal- Reduced number of unnecessary risky passes slightlyMatch v829----------- Small tweak to positioning of defenders that was supposed to have been in v827 but wasn�t- Encouraged teams with narrow formations to get full backs overlapping- Tweaked "when to cross" AI- Increased accuracy of corners and whipped in free kicks slightly- Stopped attacking players rushing the 6 yard box before ball played in- Improved willingness to run with ball when under no pressure- Fixed attackers standing still in bad positions to avoid moving offside- Fixed player going to mark opponent when team mate already moving to intercept pass- Reduced instances of quality players making unrealistic panicky decisions in own halfMatch v830----------- Fixed FML pkms not loading into FM viewerMatch v831----------- Improved attacking movement when ball played in from wide set piece (not corners)- Tried to improve keeper starting position and general movement when defending a corner or wide free kick- Get teams to use overlap shout against narrow formations when not playing too defensively- Tweaked effect of blend, morale and consistency on match performance- Tried to get cultured players to knock the ball around a bit more- Fixed rare bug where keeper wont save shot really close to his body- Improved decision making for players when in last third and running with ball in a wide area including cross choice- Fixed tall players marking opponents outside of own area when defending a corner- Fixed bug where player can move right back into own area for no apparent reason after his keeper has picked up the ball- Stopped wide players moving into channels when they should already be in them- Reduced short bobbly passes- Reduced instances of bizarre "Mr Fifty Pence-Head" headers in own areaMatch v832----------- Tweaked AI choice of tactics strategy...less use of contain and defensive when unnecessary- Got AI to use "Hassle Opponents" shout when they want to stop defensive minded opposition knocking ball around the back- Made man marking and high closing down settings ( as in Hassle Opponents ) work more definitively in tandem- Reduced effect of 831 change that got too many average players trying to knock the ball around more- Increased likelihood of crosses being attempted and also made attackers get a little closer to the six yard box in anticipation- Tried to reduce number of overly risky passes that have little benefitMatch v833----------- Implemented better zonal marking at corners and free kicks near corner to try to reduce exploits- Improved defender reaction slightly to corners and similar balls into area- Small tweak to accuracy of longer shots and passes- Made AI managers a little more ambitious still in terms of strategy- Slight tweak to match ratings of wide playersMatch v834----------- Fixed keeper holding starting position for too long after corner kick is taken- Fixed small flaw in 833 change regarding defender reaction to balls into area- Couple of small tweaks to crossing AIMatch v835----------- AI less likely to leave 2 up when defending corner- AI use more zonal marking at corners- Fixed short goal kicks issue- Slight tweak to 834 crossing tweak- Slightly less speculative passes from superior players- Rebalanced stats slightlyMatch v836----------- Fine tuned pass risk balance- Slightly toned down long shots at lower levels- Made more deep lying strikers come short a little more- Improved indirect free kick destination point from wide areas- Very slightly boosted header accuracyMatch v837----------- Slightly more likelihood of player lurking at edge of area at corner being man marked- Fixed dodgy 2 man wall at direct free kicks either side of penalty area D- Fine tuned ratings by positionMatch v838----------- Fixed corner exploit that utilised two players lurking outside areaMatch v839----------- Fixed specific corner marking not working on player lurking outside area- Fixed tactic creator leaving too many forward when defending a corner