Football Manager 2009 9.2.0 patch

A patch leírása:

Crash Fixes

• Fixed Italian C Cup crash when C2 league not selected.

• Fixed Crash when continuing game - TRANSFER_MANAGER::create_promotion_cash_info.
• Fixed Crash TRANSFER_MANAGER::transfer_player.
• Fixed Crash fixture_rules->does_player_need_registered - NULL squad_selection_rules passed in.
• Fixed startup crash on Mac in some cases if a custom database folder does not exist.

General

• Phil Jagielka is no longer described as a GK on the player profile screen (when player pictures are disabled).

• Goalkeepers no longer included when working out the worst passing statistics for the team information screen.
• More variation in number of games played by players playing for clubs in inactive nations.
•  Adjusted Scottish cup attendances.
• Fixed "Mistakes led to 1 goals" feedback string in motivation information.
• User can no longer reject a transfer offer via the Transfer Centre if his club is Bankrupt.
•  News about reserve team bans being extended now sent to first team manager.
• Assistant manager match analysis now shows if a user takes control of a team who didn't have an Asst Man, and then employs one.
• Human managers with Belgian nationality now have both Dutch and French as their languages.
• Fixed contract issues with newgens in certain nations like Scotland where they weren't given a proper contract.
• Prevented assistant manager from saying a player had played a poor game riddled with mistakes if he had a good rating still.
• Stopped non-managerial staff members being marked in landmarks as "Manager leaves " when they take on a manager role at another club.
• Fixed Osasuna newgen youth cities of birth to be in the right local region.
• Adjusted attendance for English Conference playoff final.
• Community Shield pitch no longer has terrible pitch condition in the first season.
• Spanish B team managers can now move players from C/U19 teams.
• Stopped the board rejecting request to relay the pitch when it is in very poor condition.
• Fixed bug where national team human manager is unable to filter/sort his player search after clicking on the Scout Recommendation column to sort the players.
• Fixed bug where squad numbers could not be changed for players on the main squad number selection date, in leagues which allow a max of 100 numbers.
• Players in the reserve team but marked as not available for the reserves now do not get picked for the reserves.
• Players now come back from holiday a bit earlier for pre-season.
• Players on loan at the start of the game have their days to gain nationality set for the season before.
• Newgens have the club join date set correctly.
• Players who used to play for Toronto FC (pre-game start) have days to gain nationality for Canada rather than USA.
• Fixed bug that would allow you to pick players for the Olympics that break the overage player rules causing the squad to become invalid later and be force re-picked to meet the rules by the AI.
• Stopped Brazilian State leagues being counted in clubs highest and lowest league position records.
• Stopped players basic valuations from jumping significantly after matches.
• Ensured managers are appointed quicker towards the end of the season.
• Fixed some amatuer contract offers resulting in paying the player wages.
• More changes to increase the number of sacking/manager movement.
• Stopped human controlled teams coaching staff from having thier contracts automatically renewed.
• Fixed issue on Job Status screen which resulted in screen being very slow when loading up.
• Made changes to help prevent managers at very top clubs from taking up international manager jobs.
• Fixed issue which prevented 'B' clubs from appointing new managers.
• Made changes to help prevent players who have been declared to play for reserves from playing in GK positions.
• Adjusted attendance changes for promoted/relegated teams.

Interface

• Fixed bug where players who moved on a free after a loan spell (pre-game histories) did not have the fee shown on the player career history screen.
• Fixed issue where club badges were sometimes not coming up on network clients.
• Re-enabled to "Overall" summary line in the Finances-Salary screen that was not being displayed.
• Live league table for Croation First Division now shows correct table when the league enters the 3rd round of matches.
• Fixed duplicate skin entries on the Preferences screen.
• Fixed Hall Of Fame record stats not appearing on manager's history panel.
• Made the sub-header graphics different to the header graphics.
• Fixed bug where person achievements would sometimes not appear when clicking on a club row.
• Fixed team/player profile box not appearing on administration news item.
• Manager Information screen now always shows correct league and cup wins for the current club.
• Match widgets are now slighty transparent.
• Match widgets can be minimised.
• Fixed classic View camera selection changing when browsing off screen and going back when viewing a saved match.
• Added ability to set view to TV or Classic in pre-match screens.
• Fixed "Play" text at half-time when a tactical chenge is made, then cancelled.
• Fixed incorrect string in error dialog when attempting to save a tactics file with a duplicate name.
• Yellow card match notifications should no longer get "stuck" on screen.
• Fixed tooltip for 'Tactics' when a match is running within TV View.
• Fixed some layout on the assistant manager feedback floating widget.
• Fixed tactics button not appearing sometimes in 'TV View' during a match.

Finances

• Prevented unnecessary budget alteration news while takeover is in process.
• Adjusted contract type and wage given to Danish youth players.
• Adjusted part-time wages in Denmark.
• Adjusted Indian season ticket prices.
• Adjusted new stadium financing for MLS clubs.
• Adjusted youth wages for Northern Ireland and Wales.
• Adjusted Brazilian club finances.

Board Confidence

• Fixed fans being "disappointed that a player has played so few games for the club" when they have been ineligible to play any matches.

International Management

• Stopped user being able to take sole control of U23 team when adding new user.
• Fixed occasional international bio string mentioning a young player 'trying to make the step up' when he is yet to establish himself at youth level.
• Fixed headline " Represents " on international roundup when player actually played for youth side.
• Fixed rare instance of international manager watching a match to look at a player for his next squad when the player is already an international for another country.

• Fixed bug where some overage players can be selected for U21 finals.

Media

• Fixed incorrect number of apps in "...and has performed well in the appearances he has made in an shirt this season." string.
• Improved selection of media sources for lower league news stories (fixes worldsoccer.com reporting on teams outside their remit).
• Fixed chairman name not appearing in news string regarding aniversary of B team clubs.
• News of managerial appointments now sent to inbox when human is unemployed.
• Offering a player who is on the transfer list to clubs results in a news item suggesting you transfer list that player.
• Fixed League Round-Up wrongly stating that 4+ goals from a player in a big victory 'was not enough'.
• Praising a players recent form no longer generates contridictory player and manager interaction responses on a players profile.
• Fixed default action taken by club on player injury/illness while user is on holiday not being described in inbox message.
• Web addresses no long start with a capital W in www.

• Improved news item chain when releasing a player on a free while he is in contract negotiations with another club.

Press Conferences

• Fixed player occasionally referring to male manager as "her" in player reaction.
• Fixed user being asked about defending their title crown when not the top division.
• Fixed press conference refering to a dismissal influencing 'a game you were leading but went on to lose' when team was drawing at the time.
• Fixed issue where media thought tie was two-legged if the match was moved and played at a later date than usual.
• Fixed question about players being at loggerheads still being asked over a year after original occurance.

Board Takeovers

• Slightly decreased likelihood of getting a tycoon takeover.
• Ensure manager gets a clean slate for board requests when a new chairman takes over. 

Transfers

• Allowed players with a future transfer arranged to be given a squad number.
• Stopped you being allowed to transfer or loan list players who also have a non-playing job at your club.
• Helped increase number of south American transfers into Spain.
• Helped ensure clubs replace sold GK's in a quicker manner so they aren't short when transfer closes.
• Stopped bidding clubs repeatedly offering long term loan offer for same player.
• Ensured scouts at lower division clubs start looking at lower standard players quicker when assigned.
• Stopped humans being able to sell poor players for silly fees.
• Changed feedback for rejected loan items news item to not state silly loan fees and instead state player not available for loan.
• Stopped Ability to sign transfer listed (Not listed for loan) players on loan with no wage contribution.
• Allowed squad rotation squad status below the premiership.
• Another fix to help prevent inflated transfer fees for some players.
• Put some changes in to help increase the number of co-ownshership deals in italian football.
• Made changes to help increase number of recently released youth players find new clubs.
• Stopped some clubs rejecting loan offers and quoting lack of wage percentage as reason, when in fact they just don't want to loan the player to that club.

Network Game

• Fixed bug in network games when user is always forced to new screen if he has been forced to continue.

Low Detail Match Engine

• Fixed bug whch would sometimes cause a substitution to be made very early in the match for no reason.

Competitions

Europe

• European Cup group winners now always play 1st leg of next round away.
• Fixed some qualification problems where sometimes a team in 2nd place would qualify for the Champions League group stage directly instead of the team in 1st place.
• Moved Euro Cup squad selection date for group stage a week later (from the 2009/10 season).
• British referees will not referee games involcing british teams.

International

• Added Club World Championship 5th/6th place playoff.

Australia

• Correct australian teams in 2008 Asian Champions League.
• Asian Champions League now takes place every year (a fix made for another issue in 9.1.0 caused it to not take place sometimes).
• Wellington Phoenix are now eligble for the Asian Champions League.

Austria

• Fixed bug were new signings in Austria were not being registered for matches properly.

Belgium

• Fixed bug where Belgian First Division winner in first year doesn't get any news items about being champions.

Brazil

• Youth contract players not allowed to play in competitive matches.
• Fixed bug in some state competitions where if a team wins both opening and closing stages, no landmark would be added.
• Updated Sao Paulo State Championship TV rights and prize money.
• Trial days are now held after the first season.

Bulgaria

• Fixed reserve team fixture venue not being opposite of first team fixture venue.

Czech Republic

• Fixed a problem with the Czech Cup cup draw around 12th July where the game would take a long time to make the draw.

Denmark

• Improved transfer values in Denmark.
• Fixed FC Amager not participating in the Danish Cup.

England

• 3 players aged 18 can now play in English U18 matches
• Improved end of season scheduling for English FA Cup and Premier Division for seasons after 2008-2009.
• Players on loan from clubs outside of england no longer count towards the maximum of 5 players in the matchday squad rule.
• FA cup draw fixed.
• Saturday evening English Premiership matches should kickoff at 17.30 instead of 17.15.
• Fixed Blue Sqaure Prem playoff number of Subs and Final at Wembley.
• Fixed league playoffs semi finals 2nd leg home advantage.
• Improved selection of English Premiership television matches.

Finland

• Removed player registeration from Finnish League Cup.

Germany

• Teams in UEFA Cup don't always have their league games moved to Sunday for TV if they are not playing on the Thursday before.
• Fixed not all First Division teams playing last round of league matches on last day of season due to a German team reaching Champions Cup final.

Greek

• Fixed Greek European playoffs.

Holland

• Fixed Dutch Eredivisie Schedule.

Israel

• Fixed Israeli National League Toto Cup Semi-Finals venue.
• Updated Israeli State Cup schedule.

Malaysia

• Fixed domestic suspensions not being enforced.

Nothern Ireland

• Fixed Prem division league split bug.

Norway

• Fixed Prem playoff draw.
• Updated First division prize money.
• Fixed age limit error for U19 matches.
• Made it a little be easier to sign Non-EU players for Norwegian clubs in Premier or First Division.

Poland

• Fixed Polish FA Cup round 1 and 2 draw.
• Fixed correct team not being entered into the Champions League.

Portugal

• Adjusted prize money for the Portugese Cup.
• Teams start the second stage of the Portugese Second Division on half the points they managed in the first stage.

Serbia

• Added winter break for reserves competition.
• Fixed Serbian cup draws.

Spain

• Fixed Spanish 2nd Division B kick off times.
• Stopped B Teams playing in Spanish cup.

Sweden

• Fixed Playoff draw to First Division Elite.

Turkey

• Fixed Turkish Cup away goals rule.
• U23 player match day requirement for Premier Division amended to U23 club home grown player match day requirement.

United States

• Stopped American and Mexican teams playing each other in the NACL.
• MLS teams now dont qualify for Copa Sudamericana.
• Senior Development players at the start of the game now are paid the correct wage.
• Stopped players at human managed clubs been waivered without them asking them to be.
• Fixed not be able to give players squad numbers after using auto pick.
• Staff members no longer can be offered Developmental, Senior Developmental or Senior contracts.
• The second Designated Player only counts $365,000 towards the cap instead of $415,000.
• Removed the minimum release clauses for players playing in the USL 1 and USl 2.
• The Super, Supplemental and Waiver drafts are always held.
• Stopped user been able to offer non Designated player contract with Designated player wages, and offering a Designated player contract with non Designated player wages.
• Improved AI teams waivering players due to give Senior contracts to players on Generation Adidas, Senior Dev or Dev contracts forcing them over the squad limits.
• When running the USA league in view only mode the Designated and International players are not released and available on a free transfer e.g. David Beckham.
• Squad bonus news item now reports the teams correct finishing position.
• Fixed Players in the drafts can sometimes not be picked.
• Teams no longer passing in the first couple of rounds of the draft.
• Player Rights no longer are retained when a player is waived unless they were drafted in the current seasons draft.
• Player Rights no longer are retained when a player is sold to a non-MLS team for money.
• Top four teams in the overall standings qualify for the Superliga.
• Stopped players squad numbers been removed from teams after every MLS match.

Match Engine v725

• Fixed throw in taker being over pitch line when throwing
• Fixed players standing 2 yards outside area at penalties instead of right on line
• Improved short free kicks taken at 30 yards out or more
• Fixed commentary stating distance of shot when scoring from clean through at edge of area
• Created some limited ball and player movement When players stand and hold ball up waiting for options
• Reduced ratio of serious injuries compared to light ones in match
• Reduced instances of players not closing down ball player slightly
• Fixed bug where player could be described by commentary and animation as taking a throw in during open play
• Made team shape support ball player a little better when attacking
• Fixed bug where defenders continued marking strikers too long when ball clearly in their teams possession
• Encouraged certain players to try risky dribble when out of options in attacking area
• Encouraged shot when player cutting in at edge of area and on good foot ( or confident )
• Made players attack penalty area quicker when team mate is on wing and in crossing position

Match v726 

• Removed some confusion created by small deflections that can cause players to react illogically
• Fixed rare bug where keeper can fumble save as result of foul off ball between 2 other players
• Reduced extreme curve on kicks with high target point
• Improved perception of when player is in semi clean through situation
• Fixed players clean through drifting too wide too easily
• Fixed bug where player chasing ball can suddenly move at superhuman speed
• Made defenders a little more careful about going to ground prematurely
• Made players a little more willing to turn having received ball to face opposition goal depending on tactical instructions etc
• Toned down number of shots on target slightly
• Fixed players making unnatural passes similar to how it works for shots in v724

Match v727

• Fixed dodgy use of squad rotation by some teams mid season
• Increased accuracy of ball to player deflections
• Fixed AI managers being overly defensive in some lower league games
• Fixed AI managers illogical use of 424 when no need
• Fixed occasional instance of goalkeeper not picking ball up when able to
• Fixed possibility of lesser goalkeepers parrying ball that is easy to catch
• Fixed rare instance of keeper leaving save until ball is already over the line
• Lowered number of passes ahead of team mates that give receiver too much to do to get there
• Player marking post at corner will now leave it to mark free opponent who is near if no-one else can do it
• Player marking opponent with ball near own corner flag now positions better to block the cross
• Less shots from free kicks in wide areas
• Encourage run with ball when acres of space to move into
• Encourage pass to player in more advanced position when attacking
• Reduced instances of player kicking ball against opponent for throw in unrealistic position
• Slight reduction in shots going over bar rather than wide
• Slight reduction in condition drop through match
• 3 man midfield or attack with no wide players now spreads more when in possession

Match v728

• Made AI managers with low attacking ratings a little less negative at home when not underdogs
• Fixed some saves described as superb when they were routine
• Stopped some instances of defenders trying to move in for tackle before they are in position
• Made players a little more likely to cross when well placed to do so
• Made players a little more likely to shoot when well placed to do so

Match v729

• Stopped players deserting the player they had stayed back to mark at their own team's corner
• Fixed AI managers making illogical subs when players get injured in the first half
• Fixed possibility of throw in causing immediate throw in for opposition due to v725 moving taker behind the line
• Fixed tackle in own area triggering illogical "must score" commentary
• Made players more likely to shoot first time when presented with close range chance
• Made players more likely to lay ball off first time when back to goal and under pressure
• Fixed keeper dropping ball to avoid taking it out and then taking too long to recover and grab it again
• Made attacking minded players a little more adventurous when running with ball in opposition territory
• Stopped players taking ball under control when its too far from their feet
• Made players in defensive wall more likely to block ball
• Fixed players in defensive wall not facing ball
• Fixed bug where player sometimes stands close to but never picks up a motionless ball
• Fixed keeper changing mind about letting ball run out at last minute and as a result fumbling it and risking losing it to attacker
• Fixed bug causing keepers not to dive on some penalties
• Toned down effectiveness of penalty takers in pressure situations like shootouts
• Fixed bug where player can get near zero match rating for no obvious reason
• Fixed bug where player makes pass to team mate that is too hard for him to pick up
• Tuned v727 change to 3 man midfields in possession
• Improved position of 3 man midfields when out of possession

Match v730

• Made players a little more effective when clean through on goal
• Reduced players "running through" opponents to win back ball
• Made keepers a little better and more likely to make effort to save ball at least
• Fixed bug where keepers allow back passes that are deflected to go into goal

Match v731

• Fixed keeper coming for backpass and missing it altogether
• Fixed match getting stuck assert due to bug in receiving ball code
• Fixed player diving and moving for ball while diving animation plays out
• Fixed player standing still with ball for ages and ignoring obvious pass
• Further small tweak on # of injuries

Match v732 - 9.1.0

• Fixed striker diving to head ball out of keepers hands when yards away
• Fixed back header being hit unnaturally powerfully in for own goal

Match v733

• Fixed bug in man marking that allowed wingers to beat man easily
• Differentiated between set piece marking and open play marking so that players marking at set pieces follow their man through current phase of play
• Fixed making challenges not causing potential injuries, and rebalanced injuries across the board accordingly
• Toned down first touch a little for high velocity passes
• Made D-line push up a bit more, when playing high mentlity, when defending but ball in opp half
• Made teams defend a bit narrower even when defending but ball in opp half
• Made players a little more willing to shoot from edge of area when obvious opportunity arrives
• Made a few more placed rather than blasted finishes

Match v734

• Increased number of blocked shots slightly
• Reduced effect of "hard tackling" setting slightly, rebalanced foul count
• Increased likelyhood of yellow cards for persistant fouling
• Reverted v733 change for set piece marking for set pieces in non dangerous areas
• Reworked effectiveness of first touch slightly
• Fixed bug causing long kicks upfield to yield too many one on ones
• Fixed bug where defenders would sometimes hang back way to far on fight balls at other end of pitch
• Made cultured players a little more adventurous when under pressure with ball
• Improved keeper saving range slightly
• Fixed a couple more bugs that cause player to stand around close to ball and not play it
• Encouraged shots from edge of area a little further
• Improved passer choice of pass a little
• Improved default player positions on field dependant on ball position slightly

Match v735

• Fixed assertion created by ball being moved to set pieces decision when its already there
• Fixed instance of highlight cutting out when ball in area and not dead
• Fixed ball physics bug causing certain long high shots to be on target
• Tweaked AI manager use of mentality, width, and depth team sliders to account for opposition
• Slight widening of pace and acceleration range created from attributes
• Fixed unrealistic injuries from v733 caused by dribbling or turning on ball
• Fixed bug where defence might push up due to fight ball in own danger area, risking a clear goalscoring chance if their man loses out
• Fixed bug causing occasional clearance into touch from midfield position
• Reduced ability of keepers to save and hold close range shots
• Fixed bug where player may stray into opposition half and risk being offside when opposition defence have all joined attack
• Fixed bug where corner taker can step back through ad hoardings when preparing for kick
• Tweaked player choice of direction facing when picking up possession of ball, especially around opp area
• Fixed bug where keeper may not come to claim loose ball in own area
• Increased likelyhood of defence shifting over to cover players drawn into challenges
• Fixed instance of assertion where play pauses indefinitely due to issue with player not picking up loose ball
• Mistake now assigned to goalkeeper who handles outside area and loses ball due to being forced to drop it
• Increased number of low whipped crosses
• Improved default cross destination slightly
• Increased number of simple passes to feet
• Increased first time passes, shots when player ability and situation allows
• Tweaked likelyhood of long shots in various situations including free kicks in wide areas
• Improved finishing from fairly close range 
• Made players a little less eager to shoot early when clean through
• Fixed bug where throw ins can send ball straight out down line
• Fixed medics standing "inside" ad hoardings

Match v736

• Fixed bug where keeper who drops ball after 6 seconds can leave it to an incoming striker if it takes a slight deflection off him as he drops it
• Slight optimisation on code that also creates more small lapses of concentration by players generally
• Reduced number of ariel challenges logged for players who arent close enough to the ball
• Slight improvement in facing when picking up possession of ball
• Fixed defenders dropping too deep when marking opponents around own area
• Fixed strikers trying to round keeper prematurely creating unneccesary tight angle for shot

Match v737

• Fixed bug where post match injury would be more severe than the condition drop at the time would have indicated
• Toned down one touch football slightly for the less technical players
• Reworked identification of what is a "key pass"
• Fixed possible flaw in keeper choice of saving point
• Fixed keeper leaving goalbound ball when he expects attacker to get to it but its within saving range
• Fixed flaw in marking of ball player that sees defenders make uneven path towards their target point
• Tweaked off ball movement slightly
• Reduced passing ability of the very worst players
• Made players try to shoot slightly later when clean through if possible
• Players slightly more likely to place shots when clean through
• Fixed slightly obscure freeze in match that can take 30 seconds or more to resolve
• Fixed bug in hitting the post point that sees ball rebound from slightly wrong place

Match v738

• Reduced instances of wild clearances from midfield areas
• Improved full back marking of winger running with ball near danger area
• Reduced amount of whipped low crosses

Match v739

• Fixed 5 man wall for free kick near corner flag
• Fixed header off line not being included in highlights
• Made non defensive players close down play a little more effectively
• Low condition has more effect on concentration levels
• Obvious through balls less likely to be ignored
• Fixed bug where keeper can dribble ball out then ignore it if it stops dead and let in attacker
• Toned down instances of 3/4/5 players converging on ball player at once
• Slowed down backpasses, and very short passes a little
• Fixed bug in ball physics that could cause on target shots to hit crossbar instead

Match v740

• Reduced deflections off players who are about to take control of ball
• Fixed injured player from human team remaining on pitch for duration of game
• Made keepers dive a bit further
• Fixed defenders assuming team mate that makes a tackle is going to take control of ball
• Further improved decision making of player through on goal
• Fixed keeper hesitating on picking up a loose ball near own goal
• Fixed player moving towards still ball too slowly allowing opponent to get in first and intercept
• Fixed bug that could stop players from kicking ball out for injury
• Toned down long shot accuracy a little
• Reduced number of risky passes across defence line

Match v741

• Improved defence reactions to balls played over them or in behind them
• Reduced accuracy of keeper kicks
• Improved keeper dives a bit further
• Fixed bug where keeper may not come for static ball in own area and allow easy goal
• Increased safety first approach a little for lower standard players

Match v742 (9.2.0)

• Fixed bug that caused keeper to potentially lose control of ball after he has held it for 6 seconds