SpartanUTD

It's wrong not to be able to play a game offline that we've a;ready bought. I don't give a flying monkey about steam, it was not my choice from the start, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY THE GAMES I PURCHASED even if that'd be online. I don't deal with anyone anyway, dont need online gaming.

Haven't got a clue how Linux works, but if you still need windows for other functions (ie Microsoft Office), what's the point to bottleneck your HD with 2 OS?

It'll make my laptop slower, like any new windows version, let alone that microsoft claims that none of my files will be deleted, but woth a "refresh" of WIN8, they were and I lost them forever. I don't trust the process, it'll waste time I don't have and using steam would be the only reason to do it, otherwise I'm happy with my old versions of hard copy software.

Maybe buying a new PC would be easier then.

So, upgrading to WIN10 or 11 is unavoidable

Can I buy a hard copy (DVD) of FM2024 in the UK? I don't want to depend on game platforms/Microsoft updates in order to have access to games I've already paid for. I am definitely not in a mood of experimenting with FM2025, just want to play.

I already contacted them and they said this (copy-paste from FAQs, not helpful): I understand the issue. Per our official announcement here (Windows 7 and Windows 8 Support) the Steam client will no longer be able to run on Windows 7, 8, 8.1 in January of 2024. Steam support does not have any further details outside of what is included in the announcement at this time. Our recommendation would be to upgrade your operating system prior to the end date to avoid any disruption in service. Steam Support Fey Nobody can explain me, why although Steam was off and I could see a message in red every time I'd play, saying it's stopped working with WIN8.1, my games were running normally without any disturbance. I have no need to upgrade for any reason and it seems that the games should be OK, unless it's this GPU, that I remember setting up after I loaded the game. Is there any other way I could turn GPU off?

So, I have to buy WIN10??? I was playing FM2021 till yesterday morning, always starting it from Steam shortcut, it was just saying that Steam is not working. But the games (a city building game), were both running. So, what did just happen then?

I run Win 8.1 with an old grump of a laptop and still, can play FM2021, a bit slow, but runs OK-ish. Steam does not support Win 8.1 as off January 1st, 2024, but I don't care. I keep playing my favourite game of all times off Steam and doesn't make any difference to me. Suddenly today, Steam is not starting, even if I uninstalled and reinstaled it twice. I know that FM2021 is in the cloud with a couple of more titles, but I'd wish to install them in my HD and get rid of Steam once for good. Any advice how to do this?

I've noticed that with low attacking width, my team is indeed more stack to the central axe of the field, which is not always helpful, as it can cause congestion and wrong passing. Then again, teams who play with larger attacking width, seem to catch me a lot on the flanks with counter-attacks, because my players move narrower. If I pick wider attacking style, the opponents have massive spaces for counter attacks in the middle. Something I had applied which helped defensively (my philosophy is that everything starts from the defense), but won't score to many goals, is an average width for both attack and defence, but the lines from defence to attack stack together half the way on the pitch, or one click before the very top. This is with vertical tiki-taka.

Is there any link where I could make a few suggestions to SI? I've got a few, playing the CM/FM series since 1998-99*! * When Stephan Effenberg was Bayern Munich's star player and Zinedine Zidan hadn't had his Real Madrid transfer yet.

I'm managing a small club, so training-wise, it's everyone's hands on deck, as the club cannot afford a large team of coaches. So, unfortunately, I have to hire an a$$ man to add in some training expertise. The reason I don't appreciate a$$ man in FM2021 is, that i.e. I might use a CB as ANM, if I don't have another option. This is the reality of small and penniless clubs. What I don't get is the reason why SI decided to break my nerves, by repeating the same message every few seconds during the match? Not only the message window is hiding the crucial goalie area, but in reality, if I had an a$$ man for 90 minutes repeating the same thing over and over again, I would probably end filling him in (joke!) Is there any option, except for the 2 clicks to 'always ignore' in EVERY match, where I could stop this?

One thing is, real life stress, causes me more temper while playing the game, which is supposed to take my head away a bit and help me cheer up, that caused lack of patience. Back in the days, after a bad run of 3-4 games, I'd always go back andcheck how they mostly score against me and try to correct, something which I didn't do with Unterchanging and paid dearly for it. After my tutorials on gegen press, in real football and FM2021 (I jumped from FM2013 to 2021, massive shock!), I realised exactly what you're describing above. I had set 'urgent pressing', 'prevent GK short distribution', 'get stuck in', 'always high pressure' on midfielders, plus gegen press and hard tackle for half of the opponents. All these settings, created a team with the highest rate of yellow and red cards, as well as fouls against and of course, they were pushing to much forward and leaving plenty of areas to explore behind my defence. By the way, having a relegation from Liga 3 in my CV, I doubt if I ever find another job in this save, I might start a new one soon.

"No, I'm talking about an opponent midfielder who invites pressure from your players, then plays a pass to another player who are running INTO the space your players left to press. I'm talking about space being exploited because you don't cover it. " This was actually happening all the time, this is why the opponents were scoring from all possible positions and angles!

As I just got sacked, I don't have access to the tactics panel for more details. I'll agree that it is a few factors combined, in my cases all nasty stars alligned (with my bad temper too!). My squad was rather slow, average stamina, not high enough workrate which I chose to ignore as I had no option for transfers, very average positioning, dribbling and passing skills, low intelligence and in general, an average "thicky" Liga 3 farta-lavista squad. I attempted for the first time ever, to start without the access to make transfers during the first summer and this was hard, as I didn't really have a proper and able right back (this is how I ended to 3-5-2 with DWLeft/sup and WingeRight/ratt. It looked like this: ---------------AF-DLPs-------------- DWLs-APa-BWMd-MCs-WRa -----NCBst-BPDco_NCBst*------- -----------------SWKs---------------- He was set to stay wide, in order to cover the right winger's gap when he was making forward runs, but it didn't work because of my CBs slow speed. I later changed the APa and the MCs both to MCd and the BWMd to MCa, as any more specific role to my thicky squad, seemed to be an impossible mission. Any tactic involving passing and possession, didn't seem to be a good fit, I tried it during friendlies, as well as for a few matches in the winter time and they were just hopeless. So, I thought that direct long balls forward and press to steal balls, might be good enough to make it through season 1. What I didn't know was, how many players started reacting at my team talks, when I was demanding more, or kick their butts in the dressing room during halftime. That starting spoiling the soup, then heavy fining followed and the disastreous spiral was impossible to stop. Till now in FM2013 and 2021, I was quite good with defence at a team that I would work for at least a couple of seasons, usually in the best 5 defences of my league, with tiki-taka, disciplined and balanced/positive mentality. What I'll try next is, to create a tactic (not sure about formation yet), where the defencive line will be 3/4 high, but with defencive mentality and if it works, I'll be adding bits every season. Let's start by finding a new team though (I hope I will soon). "Are your midfielder being dragged out of position to create space?" Do you mean wingers running forward?

FYI, after a few terrible latest performances, Unterchanging got relegated and I got sacked as a consequence. "what do you do when you are up 3 goals? Do you stick to it? Do you pull back?" When I have a strong, confident side, I might only pull back when the score turns to 3-1. From my long history in CM and FM series, counter-attack or park-the-bus tactics can be tricky and the time I might apply them, might mean a difference between win, draw, or loose. In the current save, every time I'd use a counter-attack tactic when I was 1 goal ahead (usually after 75th minute), then I'd always concede at least one. With stronger squads,, in older saves, it was also happening, but not at this rate. I usually prefer a "contol possession", "vertical tiki-taka" and wuth Unterchanging, a gegen press tactic. In another save, with Antwerpen, a 4-2-1-2-1 fluid counter attack tactic worked wonder with stronger teams at a 100% success in one season, winning away! In my latest save in Liga 3, I started well with a 3-5-2 gegen press, conceding 2 or 3 goals, but scoring 3 or 4. When the downfall began, just before Christmas, I tried 4-2-3-1 vertical tiki-taka but it made things even worse, The 4-1-2-2-1 gegen press/positive with defence half the way up because any lower, they'd score once every 3 matches, it seemed to be working and whenever I needed to score more, I'd use a very attacking 4-2-4 gegen press. No matter what the tactic or mentality was (my full-backs, especially the right ones were useless and slow), they'd concede extremely easily from the middl if my defence was set at middle width or more and they'd concede from wingers if it was set at tight defencing. The repetitiion of the same mistakes no matter what I was changing, was inuriating me, I then started fining them week in and week out, till I ended putting half of the squad for sale and another quarter to be released at the end of the season. This must have been by far, my worse season and defencive performance, since I first played CM1998 or 1999! PS: I will look for ideas online on how to play efficient defence with gegen press, if this is applicable!

This is exactly what I think. They got a couple of bad results in a row, I started getting pissed off with the consistelntly bad performers and give them 2 weeks fines at the time and the spiral for destruction (back to job office I think), is with no return. Then, I started playing very attacking with defence as high as possible and gegen press, as it was the only way I could score, but as you said, I turned to the champ of an all american burger challenge. If i play defencively, I'll still loose, but 1 or 2 neel, still no points there and there's 4 matches left, trying to save the day and avoid relegation.

I always look for ideas and advice, it's just the guy above who gives me the impression that he just wants to say his own thing, instead of reading what I asked.

I said I don't want your advice.

I don't even know where the link is. Tactics wise, I'll either be good defensively but score 1-2 goals every 3 matches, or I might score 1-2 goals per match but concede 2-4.

I thought I posted in the general discussion? I never said it's a bug! All I said is thst I was 5th and then, with the same formation, I was 12th.

How is it not wrong to concedde goals? Especially that in the first half I might have conceded 2-3 or even 4 goals? I don't think it's a tactical issue. If you read m initial post, before any fines, atmosphere was great, 3-5-2, or 4-1-2-2-1, or 4-2-3-1, used and tested before with adjustments to different squads, nothing seems to work. I think that my team is full of douchebags. PS: I never go to tactical forums, I want to try to build my own tactic and not copy someone else's, although in this case, it is definitely not the tactic, trust me.

I know that fining players every week is meant to be bad, but: 1. They started performing horribly for weeks and after a lot of lwt-downs and warnings, I started fining them and most likely shortlisitng them. 2. The main issue is the defence, no matter what the formation, mentality, man-2-man marking or zone defence, they are HORRIBLE, ALL of them. 3. I was playing variations of 3-5-2 and the opponent would play the ball to the other flank and 90% they'd score. 4, I turned it to 4-2-3-1 and they'd concede from both flanks and the middle. 5. I'm playing 4-1-2-2-1 and they're still in the same mess. I'am usually conceding 2-3 goals at the first half, defenders and goalies ratings are below 6.5 and even those awkward times I might score forst, they always concede a late goal or 2. I have currently put down a plan to change 80% of the team, but first, I must make sure I don't get relegated and sacked. Any proposals? PS: If I score 2 goals, I'll concede at least 2, my goalies would usually concede 3 oals out of 3 shots. This is my most horrible performance at a tea, since CM1999.