jimdownunder

That is correct, because all the data entries for the 2024 season have been filled in already. The only thing that hasn't really been finalized is the National League Championship series which determines the OFC Champions League entrants.

As the New Zealand leagues are largely coming to an end, and the National League championship about to begin to finish the 2024 season, I have updated my files to reflect the changes for those that want to play with the teams in their 2025 divisions. I have made a file without 2024 database changes for those that just want to play from the 2024 start date but with teams in their 2025 divisions, and a file that has all the division and cup histories updated for what happened in real life this season, where you would start in 2025 with correct rosters, teams and league history for every first team that played in a playable division this year. In 2025 the Central League will have a new second division. All the teams competing in that division are reflected in this file, and my best guesses to who will play in the Central Federation League which now is a pseudo third regional division along side the Capital Prem. Other changes to the file include: - Auckland FC created in the Australian league system but not playable - Auckland FC Reserves created to play and playable in the Northern League just like the Wellington Phoenix Reserves in the Central League - All Auckland FC/Reserves signings up to date and in their respective teams - National League clubs transfers updated including an overhaul of Auckland City's roster ahead of the Intercontinental Cup (Myer Bevan including after terminating his contract with his Canadian Club in April - Every team league history updated for the 2024 season (NZ League 2025 Data file) - Some team ratings changed to reflect league status NZ League 2025.fmf NZ League 2025 Data.fmf

Yes, the file will continuously be updated. In the latest update, there are many player and staff transfers, in some cases new staff created. A couple of new teams have also been added just like in real life. NZ League FM 24.fmf

The file has been updated to work for the latest version. NZ League v24.3.0.fmf

@Jorgen I managed to get the file to verify by changing the playoff system to an average points system across all the four Central region divisions, promoting one team to the new Central Federation Championship earmarked for 2025. I have also updated the teams for the NRF League 1 as Mangere United and Waiuku AFC are joining this league in 2024. NZ League FM 24.fmf

Here is the file if you wanna have a look. It is probably something really small but after verifying the first two divisions, it gets stuck on the first divisions citing the season update error. NZ League New Central Format.fmf

Now I am getting an annoying error trying to compile a new qualification system for the new league. This editor is very frustrating. All the changes have been made and I imagine that the YORB leagues and the Capital Premier League will have their respective winners in a promotion series, but it cannot verify that division due to the error.

Your guess is as good as mine. I am actually in the process of doing a huge update to the New Zealand file. The Central league structure is changing which I have pre-empted by putting in a regionwide second division. That and dozens of player and coach transfers.

I have updated the files in the inital post to include the latest versions of the NZ league and the OFC Champions League.

I have been unable to get the old OFC Champions League format to work with the New Zealand qualifiers, I re-created the new National Playoffs system and also changed the dates to mimic real life. The group stage and knockout stage are also played in only one country just like irl. Seems to be working fine now with the NZ qualifiers playing each other home and away to determine the berth in the group stage. OFC Champions League New Format.fmf

Hi Zachary, you will see that because there is an extra cup phase in the NZ league (grand final) after the league championship, and that the champions are not recorded properly with a 'C' beside their names in the championship phase. I am not sure why the NZ league is not included out of the box because it is highly sort after in the hexagon champions league challenges. This would make it much easier for the limited group of researchers interested in providing this file for the community. Furthermore a group of people playing the file have noticed that the New Zealand teams qualify for the Oceania Champions League but do not participate in the group phase, inspite of this being stipulated by team seeding inside the NZ league file. I have only changed the participating teams in this years edition and that bug seems to have appeared. NZ League FM 24.fmf OFC Champions League FM 24.fmf

Added more coaches to teams especially in the New World Premiership and updated some other coaching changes throughout the country. Added Northland teams league history for 2023. NZ League FM 24.fmf

I had a look at the editor file and believe I have fixed this error. The corrected file is below available to download. I have included recent player and staff transfers as well. NZ League FM 24.fmf

Hi @OnlyJon I have discovered the same problem in the testing. I think it has something to do with the NZ League file with the naming conventions of the Championship phase. It may be a case of tinkering with qualifying the grand finalists for the Champions League or it could be a bug.

I haven't noticed anything in my simulations. How long have you been on your save for?