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Lesser Hampden is the traditional and commonly used name, but in game it will be called 'The City Stadium' and games are now being played there. UID is 61043899

Apologies Giro, that all makes sense

In a way, my own fault for not raising when they occurred, but a few very obvious Celtic issues not picked up before the March data deadline: Josh Clarke was loaned to Ayr United in late February, has played seven times for them since. Alexandro Bernabei left on loan in early March, but understand that this not being implemented may be to do with the Calendar year leagues given he went to Brazil (albeit, I can't see the logic in not moving players out of clubs with active leagues outwith that nation, but I understand if that is the line). Mark Lawwell left the club on 1st March in a well documented and fairly high profile exit, as did Joe Dudgeon. Clarke won't matter for FM25, but for the master DB, thought to flag Bernabei (acknowledging he will likely be taken care of already), Lawwell and Dudgeon as three that can be actioned in-house, as I guess the database you guys access is updated on an ongoing basis in advance of what will be needed for FM25, even if too late for the last FM24 patch.

I think it will be the issue whereby the AI neglects signing quality domestic based players/developing domestic players, so the gulf across the squad over a few seasons becomes significant in that the better domestic players are actively sold, and you are left with a team of very low quality domestic players plus superstars if playing in Saudi Arabia, for example. A few people have created Saudi league files but after a few seasons of testing, it becomes clear that the owners of clubs are getting the domestic bit so badly wrong that the league becomes less appealing to play as you have very poor domestic players in comparison to IRL at the moment after a few seasons.

Thanks, I will take a look, mainly hoping to find the xml that points to the club crest and the path for that to see if there is a way to send it to another club related image other than the crest, but not sure if I will be able to find the XML in amongst what the resource archiver gives me. Will have a go over the weekend. Thanks

Thanks guys but I don't mean banners that are created to replace adboards, it is the little in built banners in the stairwells etc. that generally show as the club crest and club colours, and they are the same in those pack. Those packs, which are great, basically replace standard boards showing branding with boards that look like fan banners where the adboards appear.

Does anyone know if via the resource archiver there is a path to the supporter banners that show in game with the club crest in the middle? Not adboards, but the ones that show in the crowd/stairwells as shown below. Thanks

Hi anitamui, does this version also include qualification? Thanks, great addition to the game.

Thanks Ter, I think the issue is maybe that while the main ball all season was yellow, it didn't need altered from one main ball. When the main ball is white, there are weather issues in Scotland that mean they do use a yellow ball, but likely not as early as October in the main. I think December to March would make sense but know that until anyone can source clarity it may not be implemented.

I tried verifying all files. Only one worked, 1 - Youth Tournaments - 1st Division Elite B, II, U21, U23s All of the others had the same error on one or more competitions in terms of not being able to find the required number of teams. I haven't tested the Elite file that worked, so can't say for sure it works fully in game yet, but it is 100% verified via the Editor which is a good sign and usually all that is needed unless any of the rules cause another issue later in save. Unless anyone out there has the expertise to sort the files, this might be it. 1 - Youth Tournaments - 1st Division Elite B,II,U21s,U23s.fmf

Hi, to add to this, I added a comment on this last year and one of the team got back to say it was a nice detail that they would look to sort. The original poster is correct. It is part of the SPL fixture scheduling. Whichever team of Celtic and Rangers plays at home first when playing one another always plays at home second the following season. It isn't just that in his save they aren't playing home and away twice, it is that the code is not reflecting real life in terms of the fixture cycle year to year. 22/23 before split - Celtic home twice, away once, after split away 23/24 before split - Rangers home twice, away once, after split away Repeat the same cycle, so Celtic home twice 24/25 before split, Rangers home twice before split 25/26 etc. The poster means that if he plays as Celtic, and plays the first game v Rangers at home in season 1, IRL he knows that the next season, the first game v Rangers would need to be away. For example, this season, Rangers play twice v Celtic at home and once away before the split. If they both make top 6, then the last game against one another would be Celtic v Rangers at Celtic Park. The SPFL sometimes have to knock the balance of how many times you play an opponent home or away (e.g., you make top six but have coincidentally already played all five of the other top six at home twice - it would mean you play three away, two home, so play two teams at home three times and only once away). However, the Celtic/Rangers fixtures always balance correctly regardless of the others, so they always play two home two away against one another if they end up in the same half of the league. I do have sympathy for how this would be coded, but to not know is a bit strange, Scottish research team will be able to confirm in 30 seconds. The same is also true of Hearts v Hibs, and Dundee v Dundee Utd. Follow the same pattern due to rivalry and not being fair to play main rival three times away in one season. Also same in terms of swapping where first game is played season to season.

Spotted this too, perhaps were two files, the 2.7GB then the smaller one?

This is an amazing addition every year, Rob, thanks for the work you do on it

For Gavin Levey, Aberdeen announced his departure and quoted that he was moving to Swansea via Twitter. I understand you may need Swansea to confirm he is there, but he has already left Aberdeen.

Thanks, did the trick, appreciate you taking the time to reply, all three are in game. Thanks again

I appreciate that, but the factors they draw on must suggest Matondo is at the top end of SPL players, which he has not demonstrated yet.

Some thoughts on Rangers Rabbi Matondo - Really struggling to see the justification for a big hike in value, starting at between 13 and 19.5 million. Not sure there is much to draw on to justify this hike in comparison to some other players. Radvin Yilmaz - As above Jack Butland - Could be higher value wise

Some early thoughts on Celtic players, Celtic fan, trying my best to maintain balance. Abada - Over Inflated starting market value (albeit it looks like (based on fifteen minutes) anyone with good potential has a massive inflation to their value across the game). Kyogo - Seems a little lower than I thought, would balance out with Abada, no way Abada a £30m player and Kyogo doesn't hit £20m Scales - Understated against reality, albeit I appreciate stats drawn from previous seasons Yang - Get that S.Korean team will be behind analysis, seems a little low Oh - Think overhit, a touch down and touch up for Yang would reflect my own personal take so far Turnbull and Welsh - Nothing between them market value wise, think Turnbull (albeit reduction understandable) is a level above Welsh (understand value is only one factor, and Turnbull's contract running down will be a factor too) Ronan Ferns and Finlay Hale - Prospects I thought might be above three star potential, certainly if comparing to Justin Osagie who is higher and gets less game time/mention as a real prospect. I know I probably need to qualify the above and will do so when I get a chance if needed.

Just a quick note to say I think Harmony Row will remain as an amateur club, albeit Giffnock are taking their place in the West of Scotland setup. Thought to raise in case the team overwrite Harmony Row with Giffnock, rather than creating a new team. Linton Spurs has also joined the EoS league setup this season.

Had this recently too after no issues since game release. Had not changed skins, ended up being an issue with one of the editor files I downloaded. Narrowed it down to ten files I downloaded in the week before starting a new save. Removed those and it is working well since. It was not skin or graphics related. NB - I think it was a Premier League Pre-Season tournament, I know there are several. One seemed to not generate fixtures correctly i.e. six clubs in a league, teams playing one club three or four times instead of each team once. That is the one I suspect had caused the issue, not necessarily because of the fixture scheduling itself but something was off with it.