Popular Post Wolf_pd Posted January 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2022 In 2020 I started the Iron Curtain 2020 version. It was a moderate success because although it was finished it was also released a year later than planned. So this time I planned ahead and made sure I am not doing this alone. Yes, there is an Iron Curtain team! For now the following people are involved: @Wolf_pd (yes) @Reiver who previously already worked on Iron Curtain 2020 working on several competitions and the logos @Daveincidwho you all know from his 'Increase Realism' packs (and if you don't, check the download section again please). Credits for this project also go out to: @MBarbaricThe Allfather of the Iron Curtain @davie77for allowing us to use his files of the minor European nations @themodelcitizenfor helping out fix some of the niggly bits from IC20 @Carlito85for the wealth of information in his UEFA Revival files And for them being around on the forum and helping us out on various subjects @krlenjushka @Roy Race 9 @Samuel77@sporadicsmiles@rusty217 More information to follow later.... 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 The Iron Curtain version focused mainly on international football as I reworked the international competition back to 1988(-ish) form. The national competition were less developed and we aim to fix that this time around. A small rundown of what is currently in the works and being planned: Finished Hopefully this list is growing soon! In Final Checks Foreign Player rules for Western European teams, except for West Germany Foreign Player rules for China Competition rules for Albania Competition rules for Hungary International Continental Rules Africa International Continental Rules Asia International Continental Rules North America International Continental Rules Oceania International Continental Rules South America International Continental Rules World International National Team Rules Africa International National Team Rules Asia International National Team Rules Europe International National Team Rules South America International National Team Rules World International National Team Rules Olympics In Test International Continental Rules Europe International National Team Rules Oceania One competition is missing International National Team Rules World Cup Qualification system needs to be looked at International National Team Rules World Youth Tournament One confederation has some issues Competition rules for West Germany Competition is not yet entirely finalized though Competition rules for Czechoslovakia Competition rules for Poland In Build Competition rules for East Germany Competition rules for Bulgaria Competition rules for Soviet Union Waiting for Build Competition rules for Romania Competition rules for Yugoslavia Players Data (this includes for instance moving players to their original nation and changing nationalities) Balancing There are a few more minor files that are 'helper' files so despite cleaning up a bit we still end up with around the same 57 files like in Iron Curtaim 2020 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikeagles Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Good luck, again haha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 This time I hope to be done before I get re-infected Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob 396 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Yes, comrade. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TokyoWanderer Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Can't wait for this! Good luck to the team on this awesome project. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
perfect79 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Awesome , still enjoying my Steaua save on FM20 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 Today was mostly spend setting regional divisions for West Germany as instead of 2 playable levels the plan is to have 5 playable levels. Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga Oberliga Verbandsliga Landesliga I am looking into the Verbandspokals to see if I can add those in a proper way as well and add them as qualifiers for the German Cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reiver Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) On my side can confirm we will have: Hungary top 3 levels as they were around 1988. Albania top 3 tiers as they were around 1988. I am now working on East Germany, where I'm still unsure on how far down I'll go, but guaranteed to be 3 tiers, most likely 4. Below this level it gets very hard to get accurate information on how the leagues were on all Bezirks. Edited January 20, 2022 by Reiver 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallimuse Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 I was just thinking of this the other day but hadn’t realised you’d actually released a version previously. Good luck with this one and looking forward to it’s FM22 iteration. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 Some testing and checking today and I do have some work left on the World Cup and World Youth Tournament, which are by far the most complex competition files But hey, I need a challenge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikka Mezzala Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Great news! Will we have any of the regional leagues in the USSR (Azeri-SSR, Kazakh-SSR...etc)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 3 hours ago, Tikka Mezzala said: Great news! Will we have any of the regional leagues in the USSR (Azeri-SSR, Kazakh-SSR...etc)? Yes, although they will look different than you think. Reason is that the Ukrainian and Kazakh SSR republic league are at level 3, while the Azeri, Armenian, etc are at level 4. And Russia is spread over 4-5 (more maybe?) regional leagues at level 3 and they don't have a republican league at all. I am aiming for at least 4 levels, so every republic will have at least their republican league. Depending on time, level of information and speed I might deepen it a bit, but I am still thinking about that. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 On 20/01/2022 at 01:16, Wolf_pd said: Today was mostly spend setting regional divisions for West Germany as instead of 2 playable levels the plan is to have 5 playable levels. Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga Oberliga Verbandsliga Landesliga I am looking into the Verbandspokals to see if I can add those in a proper way as well and add them as qualifiers for the German Cup. I have added all regional divisions to the senior teams and will add the teams to the competitions tomorrow. I fear I have to create some new teams to add to the competitions as well. After that it is checking every single team for U19 teams and set the correct regional divisions for them as well. Luckily that is a LOT less divisions! Too bad my holiday is over after tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petepompei Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Hi Wolf_pd and the team. Thanks for all your work. Really looking fwd to this, it'll be awesome! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 The status post has been updated with 12 of the international files moving from Test to Final Checks 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 I found out I have to add about 200 teams to West Germany, which is more than I expected. So I will start on Czechoslovakia tomorrow as well while creating those teams for West Germany. That way I can keep the speed up with Czechoslovakia while doing the grind work with West Germany. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oche balboa Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Good luck with this Wolf 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 10 hours ago, oche balboa said: Good luck with this Wolf Thanks. Hopefully I will not get sick this time. Because if I do, it will be the last Iron Curtain ever for me Czechoslovakia is work in progress in the meantime. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikka Mezzala Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, Wolf_pd said: Czechoslovakia is work in progress in the meantime. The motherland! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 4 hours ago, Tikka Mezzala said: The motherland! Any suggestions I have to take on board? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikka Mezzala Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 9 hours ago, Wolf_pd said: Any suggestions I have to take on board? Keep up the good work! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reiver Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 The city of East Berlin is done. Including B teams. Now to Bezirk Rostock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reiver Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Here's a sneak peak at the teams you'll find in Berlin alone. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 On 17/01/2022 at 18:43, Wolf_pd said: This time I hope to be done before I get re-infected I should not jinx myself Covid-test planned tomorrow. At least right now I feel like a human being compared to the first round of Covid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamemutest Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Yes, it's back ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 Good news, my COVID-test came back negative. While I feel absolutely wrecked, I can get back to editing soon 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 If everything goes according to plan, the West German competition is finished tomorrow and will only need some data editing like history checks, stadium names, records and competition colours and such. Since I am not completely recovered and it messes a little bit with my brain I haven't finished up working on the international competition. I need to be sharp and fresh to finish those! But Monday it is back to Czechoslovakia and that is going quite smoothly as well. Some minor delay due to not feeling OK, but with just 450 teams compared to the almost 1940 West German teams, Czechoslovakia is a lot easier to handle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 will the other nations like spain, england, france etc also be edited? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallimuse Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Do you have a rough idea of when the whole project will be done? Glad to hear your health is returning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 2 hours ago, Forest said: will the other nations like spain, england, france etc also be edited? No, they will not be edited. We have discussed it as a possibility, but it will only be possible if the larger part of Eastern Europe is done and right now, we have parked it. 1 hour ago, metallimuse said: Do you have a rough idea of when the whole project will be done? Hard to say right now. 2022 is the plan, not 2023 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 The West German competition file is in test! I have several things still to check, but first want this big beast running and see that it runs stable. It has become quite the beast! 6 levels Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga Oberliga (8 divisions) Verbandsliga (21 divisions) Landesliga (47 divisions) Bezirksliga (inactive level) and added to that U19 First division and Jugenmeisterschaft (16 divisions with a 16 team playoff) U19 second division (inactive division) DFB Pokal (32 teams) DFB Super Cup Verbandspokal for each Fussball verband (16 total which feed into the DFB Pokal as the winners qualify for the DFB Pokal). Jugendpokal (with the top 4 of each U19 division qualifying for it) In a way, this one might even be more complex than the USSR championship to a certain extent. Anyway, the test is running, so I am going to have dinner, do my groceries and get some work done on Czechoslovakia afterwards. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darkness89 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 2 hours ago, Wolf_pd said: The West German competition file is in test! I have several things still to check, but first want this big beast running and see that it runs stable. It has become quite the beast! 6 levels Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga Oberliga (8 divisions) Verbandsliga (21 divisions) Landesliga (47 divisions) Bezirksliga (inactive level) and added to that U19 First division and Jugenmeisterschaft (16 divisions with a 16 team playoff) U19 second division (inactive division) DFB Pokal (32 teams) DFB Super Cup Verbandspokal for each Fussball verband (16 total which feed into the DFB Pokal as the winners qualify for the DFB Pokal). Jugendpokal (with the top 4 of each U19 division qualifying for it) In a way, this one might even be more complex than the USSR championship to a certain extent. Anyway, the test is running, so I am going to have dinner, do my groceries and get some work done on Czechoslovakia afterwards. Good work nice job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
\'Appy \'Ammer Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 On 06/02/2022 at 16:58, Wolf_pd said: The West German competition file is in test! I have several things still to check, but first want this big beast running and see that it runs stable. It has become quite the beast! 6 levels Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga Oberliga (8 divisions) Verbandsliga (21 divisions) Landesliga (47 divisions) Bezirksliga (inactive level) and added to that U19 First division and Jugenmeisterschaft (16 divisions with a 16 team playoff) U19 second division (inactive division) DFB Pokal (32 teams) DFB Super Cup Verbandspokal for each Fussball verband (16 total which feed into the DFB Pokal as the winners qualify for the DFB Pokal). Jugendpokal (with the top 4 of each U19 division qualifying for it) In a way, this one might even be more complex than the USSR championship to a certain extent. Anyway, the test is running, so I am going to have dinner, do my groceries and get some work done on Czechoslovakia afterwards. Wow, that is massive. Almost as massive as West Ham ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themodelcitizen Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Keep up the good work, thanks for the acknowledgement. Happy to help with other seeding/qualifying issues if they come up 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Evensen Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 On 06/02/2022 at 11:58, Wolf_pd said: The West German competition file is in test! I have several things still to check, but first want this big beast running and see that it runs stable. It has become quite the beast! 6 levels Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga Oberliga (8 divisions) Verbandsliga (21 divisions) Landesliga (47 divisions) Bezirksliga (inactive level) and added to that U19 First division and Jugenmeisterschaft (16 divisions with a 16 team playoff) U19 second division (inactive division) DFB Pokal (32 teams) DFB Super Cup Verbandspokal for each Fussball verband (16 total which feed into the DFB Pokal as the winners qualify for the DFB Pokal). Jugendpokal (with the top 4 of each U19 division qualifying for it) In a way, this one might even be more complex than the USSR championship to a certain extent. Anyway, the test is running, so I am going to have dinner, do my groceries and get some work done on Czechoslovakia afterwards. I've been only playing FM22 on and off, frustrated by repetition and the fact that every country feels the same to me. The resurrection of Iron Curtain is causing me to think about getting deep into this game again. Seriously, West Germany alone is going to be an absolute blast. Thank you for your hard work! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reiver Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 I just spent around half an hour on google going through old pictures of a former East Germany barracks to figure out where the sports field was during East Germany times. It was fun, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 55 minutes ago, Reiver said: I just spent around half an hour on google going through old pictures of a former East Germany barracks to figure out where the sports field was during East Germany times. It was fun, You are missing the at the end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 In the meantime I am working hard adding the regional divisions to Czechoslovakia. The divisional setup Czechoslovak First Division Czechoslovak Second Division consisting of 2 divisions (a Czech and a Slovak division) Czechoslovak Third Division consisting of 4 divisions (a Bohemian and a Moravian on the Czech side and a Slovak East and a Slovak west division on the Slovak side) Czechoslovak Fourth Division consisting of 8 divisions (4 divisions on the Czech side (for Bohemia and Moravia, 2 each) and similarly both the Slovak East and West have each 2 divisions below) Czechoslovak Fifth Division which are two unplayable leagues, 1 for the Czech side and one for the Slovak side The Czechoslovak Cup, which is a Supercup between the winners of The Czech Cup and The Slovak Cup And of course there is something for the young ones U19 Level 1 with a Czech and a Slovak division U19 Level 2 with 2 Czech (Bohemia and Moravia) and 2 Slovak (East and West) divisions U19 Level 3 which has two unplayable divisions for the Czech and Slovak area. With about a quarter of the teams compared to West Germany this goes a bit quicker! I expect to be competition building in the weekend and then run the Czechoslovak competition in test next week. The West German competition isn't finished yet, because right now I am trying to set the basic as good as I can so I can test more quickly. And next week Poland is on the menu as well! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 Setting up the Czechoslovak competition today. Senior divisions are done, I am looking into the Cups (exact teams that qualify) and the U19s will follow after that. Should be finished tonight to run a first few test. So tomorrow Poland is started! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikka Mezzala Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 6 hours ago, Wolf_pd said: Setting up the Czechoslovak competition today. Senior divisions are done, I am looking into the Cups (exact teams that qualify) and the U19s will follow after that. Should be finished tonight to run a first few test. So tomorrow Poland is started! I look forward to leading Bohemians Praha to glory! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob 396 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 49 minutes ago, Tikka Mezzala said: I look forward to leading Bohemians Praha to glory! Dukla Prague for the win! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreh68 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Great! Loved the FM20 work. At first I was not convinced with the 2 points per victory, but can live with it now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Evensen Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 45 minutes ago, Andreh68 said: At first I was not convinced with the 2 points per victory, but can live with it now. I loved going back to 2 points for a victory, and particularly was fond of the strict squad registration rules. I know it's not up for consideration at the moment, but it would be quite nice if England could be rolled back to 1988 as well. I've forgotten - do substitutes also go back to 2 out of 5 in the mod? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 9 hours ago, Daniel Evensen said: I loved going back to 2 points for a victory, and particularly was fond of the strict squad registration rules. I know it's not up for consideration at the moment, but it would be quite nice if England could be rolled back to 1988 as well. I've forgotten - do substitutes also go back to 2 out of 5 in the mod? They go back 3 from 5, but only because the editor doesn’t allow for 2 from 5. Also, while the 1988 England situation is interesting there are two reasons not to do it 1. English teams were banned from Europe For the sake of realism I will consider removing them 2. The English competition was in a transition with changing team numbers, so I would have to pick another year than 1988 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 I got some questions via PM and as they are relevant enough for other people as well I will answer them here How do you decide on how many levels to pick for the competitions Based on the amount of teams in the database. For West Germany the competition setup was very easy to find, for Czechoslovakia I had a Slovak friend who provided me with top information on competition formats, so we could have gone deeper, but the limit for both is the amount of teams per subdivisions needed where we need to start adding new teams. Based on the available information online of the competition levels. For Poland, it is pretty hard to find out how things are setup beyond a certain level, even when discussing this with a fellow mod who is also a Polish researcher. So there the lowest level is likely determined by the available information. For the Soviet Union this is even worse. I could work out 10 levels for Russia and Ukraine, but the Central Asian republics have very very very limited data, so I am very likely not to go beyond a playable level 4 (the republican levels for those who want to know), maybe if I can work it out, level 5. That also means much less researchwork, because if I can't find the team name in the upper echelons, I am not going to revive the team (I have an alternative idea to revive teams if their foundation date is known, their last season is after 1988 or there is no other team in their city, but that's one to decide). How on earth do you guys find this information? How many languages do you speak? Google And then it is interpretation and comparing information. You look at wikipedia, you open the pages of the language where the team is from and use other sources you find on Google. The Polish wikipedia does give some good information usually. Those people have really put some time in there, also on foreign (for Polish people) football clubs. Also, for this kind of stuff you need to be able to dig into data. If you can't, it is really going to be hard. We have at least 5 languages between the three of us (English, German, Portuguese, French, Dutch, not sure who speaks other languages in the group as well). In other languages we do rely on Google translate and discussion between the three of us Is the mod ever done, since there is so much that can be done? Well, we need to release it at one moment, but you are right. We have discussed several things to do where we decided that it is only doable if there is time. In the end we can keep on churning out updates, but with new FMs coming out interest moves away from this version quickly at the end of the year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Evensen Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 I see. I guess this means my dreams of playing with the old 1 from 1 substitute rule are dead I forgot about the English ban from Europe. Yes, removing them would be welcome Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikka Mezzala Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Wolf_pd said: For the sake of realism I will consider removing them Would it be possible to ban them temporarily? I think it would be weird playing in a database where English clubs were banned permanently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 A temporarily ban should be possible, but I have to work out how (never done it before). So it's something I will keep an eye on it, but it could be that it doesn't end up in the game. If I get it to work it will be the same as what happened in reallife, which means English teams can come back after three seasons (1990-91 was the season English were unbanned) and Liverpool will get a ban for a season extra. The Liverpool is actually quite simple as they have a timed ban, while the rest is the complete competition banned and means the amount of teams in European competition is changed. Edit: Liverpool ban is already in, just because I felt naughty doing it (waiting for people to complain when they see it Second edit: I have created a Feature request for the editor to create custom substitution rules. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Evensen Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Wolf_pd said: Second edit: I have created a Feature request for the editor to create custom substitution rules. Hopefully this means we'll finally be able to accurately recreate pre-1958 seasons, back when there were no substitutions at all. Try using one of those "enhanced injuries" mods with that setup! Edited February 13, 2022 by Daniel Evensen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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