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this. no need to start a debate around that newgen contest delaying the patch.

Imagine a company like SI not being able to give ahead of time the date they'll release the one major patch of the year. Like, are they that behind on schedule that they rush on a day-to-day basis to finally get the patch out?

I'm not telling them how to run their business, I'm saying they arent investing money into these issues because they are a business. Their goal isnt to make the best possible football simulation at all cost, but to make money, as it's a company, not a NPO. All of the issues raised, be it long term saves, set pieces, graphics, etc, could be solved with money. Not doing it is a choice SI makes to maximize their profit, like every business is doing. Exactly like most companies stopped making durable products and having factories in the west, to planned obsolescence and cheap labor in 3rd world countries. #profit

I did understood, I'm not saying hire 1 dev, but SI can put time on the issues. Quick math, putting 1 year of work-time of 1 person (so could be 4 people for 3 months, for instance) to fix various issues will cost them 50-100k in salary/benefits, meaning they'd need to sell a few thousands EXTRA copies based on these features only to make a profit. They sold 1 million copies by last summer, meaning they'd need a 0.5% sale increase because of these features/fixes to cover the cost - and they likely saw it wasnt worth it.

I know there is a lot of changes, but if a single person (you) was able to do it, there's no reason SI isnt able to do it either. Be it starting from scratch or taking an inspiration on what you did. We come back to the root of the issue : they dont want to invest money into fixing the game, because they likely saw that under X% people play more than 10 years, and fixing long term saves will not increase their profit margin.

Doesnt look like it according to all the tests that have been made in FM23 and since the update got out ...

Of course I mean you I'm not saying making it the first time was easy, but you've done it in FM22 and 23, and SI has the files. Took you a few days to update from 22 to 23. Nothing out of reach for SI, who has all the "from the inside knowledge" you dont have on top of it.

Unless *someone* has been able to make a mod for FM22 that, if not completetly fixing, at least improve this issue, meaning it IS easy, and it's impossible SI doesnt know about it. Not fixing this for FM23 either means : - they want the game to be broken long term - they dont want to spend a few days of development fixing that issue because it costs money Either way, they dont deserve your money every year with so little upgrades and fixes

i'm getting numerous errors on star-tup, among them :

This skin is breaking my game after today's update

@Jellico73well, i had already move out the skins folder before and it didnt solved it. had also tried the views folder, and the editor data one. i dont know why moving *everything* and putting it back worked. for now i hope it stays fine thanks for taking the time to answer and share some tips

Losing to Japan was the best result they could hope for, so hardly a good example of a "real" game

For unknown reasons, I moved some files out and in of appdata and documents, and it's now working, without changing or deleting anything... i had tried with editor data, views and skins folders, so must be something else. hopefully it still works tomorrow

Already had done all that and it didnt help