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Hi FMfan00! The four competitions are meant to mimic UEFA's - so the champions is the top, gold is 2nd, silver is 3rd, bronze is 4th. US, Canada, and Mexico automatically qualify based on cup and league competitions - the top teams from Central America and the Caribbean get dumped into a group competition and the best teams from each group get to move on to the other competitions. Hope that helps!

Hey Ginger dude! I'm sorry for the slow reply - it was a full last couple of weeks. I looked in the editor file, and it doesn't appear that there's an option that would limit the number of players on your squad to 25.I'll follow up with you directly.

Dillon, what logo pack are you using, and which db (24, 24.1, or 24.3) are you running in game? My guess is that the db is looking for the wrong uids - you may need to download a new logo pack for all of the created teams.

Thanks Colonial! I'll take a look at the Charleston issue for the next version. I think I may have grabbed the wrong logo for the logo pack, and I'll double check the teams. As far as the winning thrice - yes, I decided to make the opening and closing stages championships, as well as the overall table (congrats on winning all three.) It's a biproduct of the structure unfortunately - thanks for noticing!

Quick note on the challenge - levels 8,9, and 10 have a Ctd issue in late May. Quit, sim past a day, and then take your job up again.

Hey Tigerman - modelcitizen answered that question earlier in the thread:

Yes. I spent a solid 2-3 days trying to figure out how to shrink the playoffs for this new version, and couldn't make it work. I think it's a design choice I made when I created the db that I can't easily unmake now (and doesn't have an easy fix for someone else to do.) Sorry about that!

Yes - it makes the US operate like most of the rest of the world. You too can now hoard and overpay wunderkids.

I ran the 23 and 24 editors at the same time when I was doing my db this year, so I don't think the functionality has been abolished. Try re-installing maybe?

That was on my end. It's updated and should be accessible now.

Thanks so much for asking anitamui. The short answer is, not as CONCACAF currently operates in game. The longer answer is - because at least three competitions (Canadian Championship, MLS, and the Leagues Cup) cross boundaries, there are a number of weird, hardcoded continental rules for CONCACAF. It makes it hard to create mods for the CONCACAF club competitions, because if you miss something it can still verify and then just not appear in game - I actually a couple of weeks plus this year because I made a continental competition for my mod and it just wouldn't show up in game. This reality makes me reluctant to put in the time and effort into it if it isn't something I'm interested in or going to use. So, again, thanks for asking, but I won't be doing that for 24 - we'll see if there are changes in 25 that make it more manageable.

Assuming you have access to the FM 23 editor, you can take a look at my file to see how I had teams dropping between competitions and skipping rounds. It's a finicky process that would take a while to explain - you're probably best just copying something like this. CONCACAF Continental Competitions - 4 Cups and Drop DownsB.fmf

Also, I just updated the files for the 24.4 database, and made a few changes: 24.4 Updates (4/11) The big one this time - levels 1-7 now have formal opening and closing stages. The winner of the stages win automatic promotion - if the same team wins both stages then 2nd and 3rd in the overall table have a playoff to determine who goes up. Relegation is based off of the overall table. I gave each team a modest starting budget, added managers to most teams, and added players to teams in levels 2-7, so you should have some players at an appropriate level for the league when you play a team lower down the pyramid. You will still want to check the add players box though. I made levels 1-7 playable by default because of the lower league bug. I added a lot of local media to the US database - you should have 10-15 outlets at your news conferences going forward. I registered the appropriate clubs from the US, Canada, and Mexico for the Continental Cups. I tried to add a CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup in the spring, but I couldn't get the game to set it up. So, we will call it good for this year and try again in FM 25.

Yeah... unfortunately that happens every time they update the database to created teams and clubs - they change the uids and it's a bit of work to get it sorted afterwards. Here is the updated logos: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P8lXj21olEcrQRyqsO-1Wc5KTwao_t_F/view?usp=drive_link. That file also contains the kits for the created clubs, so they should appear in game correctly.

I'm glad it worked for you! Glad to be of assistance. Happy gaming!

Also, to follow up - I had a division between levels 0-4 and 5-9 in my database - the immersive deadline should work for levels 0-4, but not 5-9. Does it need to be activated for all divisions in the nation on a day?

Hi Zach - thanks for the post. Is this in the advanced rules ->transfer menu, or in another part?

I was going to suggest the same thing - my US pyramid has regional cups, and I use secondary divisions to set it up. It really is the way to go, especially since you can't pick specific teams in the editor.

I think you'll have to do some work in the advanced editor to make it work. Each of the teams from your competitions need to qualify for the next stage in the same season, and there isn't a way to set that up in the basic version of the db. You can take a look at my concacaf db to see what it can look like.

HI editor friends - I have a quick question. Is it possible to expand the number of teams in a division when it is a parent competition? For my US database I added 4 teams per parent competition (2 per child competition) to my top four levels. I have adjusted the ranking levels for each of the child competitions in the database, and changed the required teams to match. However, whenever I go to try to verify, I get this error message: Below is the required teams: I can't find an editable option in the to increase the number of teams in the parent competition. So far I have tried adding the parent competition to the required competitions screen (which causes there to be twice as many teams as their should be), setting a required 36 teams in the teams option in the parent competition (does not have an impact), and going to flexible format rules, but I can't find the option to make the game acknowledge the larger child divisions (does not have an impact.) I can't find another option - any help would be appreciated - thanks all! USA - CEUD - open.closeexpand.fmf

HI mrfaber, I think you actually need to do both. In stage 0, under fate actions, I would add a new rule that looks like this; I would try editing the teams in stage 1 by adding rules like this: I would use that as a starting point - I think it would create a link between your stage 0 and stage 1 for your teams.

I don't actually - the MLS is such a Gordian knot of rules that I just follow Alexander the Great's example (slice it to bits and move on.) Sorry I can't be more help with that - my guess though is that you need to look either in additional helpers or somewhere in the roster rules. If you have a previous version of the editor you could load up an fm23 database with the MLS advanced rules, and compare it to yours.

Yes - the expansion MLS franchises are hardocded MLS for a couple years after they enter the game. This year is the first year the issue doesn't affect Miami, Charlotte, Nashville and Austin. My preferred workaround is to make a copy of the team and insert it in its place, then make the old team extinct (and label it as such.) I'd wait until the 24.4 update to do that though, as you manually have to move players otherwise.

I think you need to create an aggregated table stage, and then use the qualification rules to promote the top team. You can do that all in advanced rules - take a look at Peru's rules if you want to see how to create an aggregated table.