I am currently working on a (rather large) file aiming to undo every transfer (both players and staff) since the start of the 2022 summer transfer window.
It has always felt somewhat immersion-breaking to me to start an FM campaign with real-life transfers already done in-game. While the option to disable the first transfer window goes some way to fixing this, it always felt superficial to me. I'd also like to be able to use the more up to date data of the winter update without having to use the updated transfers/squads.
I have already reset almost all players contracts and non-playing histories to their previous state (spring 2022) and am currently working on resetting the playing history as well. Additionally, I will be doing the same for club and national staff and hopefully also contract renewals. Cases of player retirements and cases where person type changes from player to non-player or vice versa are more tricky. New players/staff introduced in FM23 will also be harder to do.
Essentially I am looking for input/feedback on things that play into this that I haven't considered.
Some other considerations:
- resetting loans (should be easy)
- pre-arranged future transfers
- squad number changes
- resetting transfer instalments, wage contributions and conditional fees
- changing club budgets/balances to reflect money not spend/received
- board member/ownership changes (not sure if possible)
Would appreciate any thoughts on this. Perhaps someone in the community has done something similar before. What am I missing that would break this?