FIFA Manager 12 Patch #2

FIFA Manager 12 Patch #2

This is the second patch for FIFA Manager 12. Various bug fixes, balance changes and more have been implemented. Some of the improvements from the latest patch: New player pictures, loading screens and tickets general database update, possibility to play Live Season with your own database and unified depiction of all status and mood bars. Read more information for additional patch notes.

Improvements:

New player pictures, loading screens and tickets

general database update

possibility to turn-off the chance bar in word-by-word live ticker

possibility to play Live Season with your own database

tooltip indicating the remaining points until the next player manager level is reached

AI clubs cut back on club facilities and deconstruct buildings, if the club is underperforming; renovations are also carried out realistically

Unified depiction of all status and mood bars including current and max value or with a respective text status

Overhauled areas:

prestige (e.g. promoted teams do not receive too high bonuses)

strong players in strong teams will not be moved to the second team any more

old players will become weaker slightly faster than before as they become older

clubs prolong contracts with their players sooner

clubs are now searching the transfer list for players without a club more often, as a consequence top-players don’t end their careers.

Youth players improve slightly faster in the youth team

release clause now appears only very rarely and with 100% of the market value and not just with 50%

huge talents can now only be loaned without a buy option

changes in player talent depend on the grades he gets in the games and on the league he playes in

more injuries in the live ticker mode

improved handling of rather extreme formations in the live ticker mode

more spectators when playing against arch rival

you can now still by merchandise if the “misc” budget is below zero

General User Interface revised

several general improvements concerning the long-term AI finances

Bugfixes:

reserve team problem in the Spanish/Austrian league fixed

Found-a-Club bug in Italy fixed

Scottish league: point now also count after the first phase of the league

players are now correctly presented during presentations and introductions (e.g. in the stadium)

TV revenues of promoted and relegated clubs are now correctly calculated (used to be postponed by one season)

player development: problems concerning strong indifferences between position level and ability level were fixed

problem with players incorrectly produced on the right respectively on the left side fixed

You cannot get fired in the Found –a-Club mode

Found –a-Club player won’t receive any questions mentioning an ejection or the board

Live Season now also quotes short appearances

players without a contract which enter the game at a later point of time now also have correct contracts and entries in the player history

if a manager resigns from a big club and then gets an employment at a smaller club, his salary will now be more realistic and not as high as before

drag-and-drop now works well in the “fast lineup” screen

first team: drag-and-drop sorting will be maintained

Text mode: cards that are dealt the same minute as goals will not be shown under goals

chance bars in the text mode conference now act according to the games’ events

3D: “hold the ball” now functions properly

3D: club anthem is not played during national team games

3D: club names are portrayed correctly in all options

3D: radar remains visible even when switching through different modes

maintenance costs for youth camps are now also calculated correctly for AI teams; AI now also recruits more players from their own youth camps

Found-a-Club: Fan assets now work as they should, initiation date is now shown

different stand names in different stadiums are now possible

repeated re-naming of stands is now possible

national team: more players are now scouted simultaneously

Results with high changes in prestige were set into proportion

national team widgets were overhauled

The rating of the club facilities in the home screen now works properly (not only one star ratings)

player level is now depicted correctly in the various negotiation screens

simulate to next cup match now possible.