[[FM21] Derby County - Why manage the Rams? / How are you getting on?]

6 minutes ago, Stuniverse said:

You’re welcome, @Scott_Gooner. Good luck 🍀

Let us know how you get on...

I will. Now regardless of how much I/we suck, as long as we beat F*rest is all that matters, right?

[[FM21] Derby County - Why manage the Rams? / How are you getting on?]

14 minutes ago, Stuniverse said:

Hi @Scott_Gooner, I think you’ll find it an interesting save (I’m biased, though) but @karanhsingh and @Paggioram seem to be having fun with Derby County on FM21.

Right, this is from memory, but if you’re still struggling I should be able to do a step-by-step for you with screenshots tomorrow (I don’t think I’ll get to fire up FM21 tonight).

I always start by taking a copy of the Editor data so that I don’t mess up the default database. I think it’s File > Save Editor Data As... and give it a name you can easily remember as you’ll need to select it before you start your save in FM21. Once saved, the name of your database will appear in the top right-hand corner of the pre-game editor.

In the pre-game Editor, search for the player and then double-click on his name to open up his details). There is an injury section, but I found it easier and more reliable to use the bans.

Towards the bottom of the index for the player, down the left-hand side of the menu, you’ll find ‘bans’. Select bans.

You then need to add a row.

You’ll be required to enter a start date, and end date, and the reason for the ban. For the free agents that took some time to get fit enough to play (Colin Kazim-Richards, Jordon Ibe, Bobby Duncan) I used ‘medical reasons’ as the reason. For the others, to make them unavailable until the date they actually signed for Derby, I used ‘personal reasons’ as the reason.

Remember to save your changes.

When you start a new save in FM21, at the point where you’re selecting Nations / League, there’ll be a database button at the top right somewhere which says Football Manager 21 (I think). Click on that, and you should see the name you gave your custom database listed. Select the checkbox for your database and then start your new save as normal.

That should do it.

Good luck. Let me know if you need more detailed instructions and I’ll try and provide them tomorrow (or Sunday).

Thanks for taking the time to reply.

I've added those dates and also changed the team morale to 1.

[[FM21] Derby County - Why manage the Rams? / How are you getting on?]

On 03/12/2020 at 23:34, Stuniverse said:

Making a Derby save more difficult / realistic

I have to tell you, it's not much fun being a Derby County supporter right now.

I was really looking forward to the release of FM21 so that I could put research stuff on the back-burner and get stuck into a Derby County save for fun rather than research...

...but you know what, I've been struggling to find the motivation to start it.

Having said that, earlier in the thread, I've decided the only way to approach a Derby County save at the moment is to go into it with a Can I do better? attitude and, well, see if I can...

That means I've used the Pre-game Editor to reflect those mitigating factors which I'll put in a spoiler wrapper so that you don't have to look at them if you don't want to. Before the spoiler, here's a couple of other things I did:

1. When setting-up the save, I disabled the first transfer window.

2. As the Rams are clearly devoid of any confidence right now, I used the pre-game editor to set the football club's morale to 1 (one).

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My biggest complaint about Derby County this season is that they just weren't ready for the start of the season. With injuries to key players, the Rams started the season with an unbalanced squad that was short of natural strikers and remained short of natural strikers when the window closed. They also signed free agents who weren't fit enough to play and took an inordinate amount of time to get fit.

To replicate this, I used the pre-game editor to set the following bans to make players Derby signed during the transfer window unavailable (personal reasons) until the date they signed in real-life or unavailable (medical reasons) until approximately the date they were fit enough to play.

• David Marshall - personal reasons until 19/08
• Emmanuel Idem - personal reasons until 28/08
• Nathan Byrne - personal reasons until 10/09
• Kamil Jozwiak - personal reasons until 16/09
• Isaac Hutchinson - personal reasons until 02/10
• George Sykes-Kenworthy - personal reasons until 15/10
• Louie Watson - personal reasons until 15/10
• Colin Kazim-Richards - medical reasons until 16/10
• Bobby Duncan - medical reasons until 26/10
• Jordon Ibe - medical reasons until 30/11

 

After reading this thread and never played Derby, it makes some sense to give them and go and it might be an interesting save.

Just a quick question. I've never used the editor, but I'd like to add the injury/personal dates, to the players you mentioned. So how do I go about that?

[FM21: The English Football League thread]

Great work, once again.

After much humming and harring, I think I'm going to go with Colchester. Had a 12 season save with them a few FM's ago and got to the Championship, but was unable to make the jump to the Premier League. 

[FM20: Leeds Utd - On the way up!!!]

As a non Leeds fan, it does seem that IRL they do produce some nice youngsters, is that replicated in game?