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As a researcher, Do you have any info on what exactly the "new" Unity game engine is going to look like?

The game, whatever state it ends up being in, will be releasing this year for sure. I don't think Miles & SI can afford to skip "another" instalment. I'm particularly interested in this new 3D match engine, can't wait to see what they've been working on all this while.

Oh i'm starting to get it. The "Weight" stat has no influence on the match engine so that called into question the whole utility of collecting data for it. It's also not because of the inclusion of the Women's game, it's because the stat fluctuates generally. I do still feel, it shouldn't be hidden, FM is as much of a scouting tool as it's a game/manager sim, having height but no weight on open display still seems a bit off though. Also, at most during a season, a player weight probably fluctuates at most 10-15lbs either way. The data collection could just be focused on an average value for weight an working off there Like why not just have a simple rule to increase player's weight by a random "x" amount during the off-season. This could even be something that only affects players with low determination/natural-fitness. Then you "double intensity" their training to get them to shred it off. Seems like i've stumbled on a cool potential easter egg here. I do get the general point, i haven't read the dev update entirely but your explantion makes sense, although a bit puzzling why the general consensus from the community seems to be it's all because of "body-shaming".

Admittedly, Myself and many others seem to be making a mountain out of a molehill of this but it is an international break and not much else to do. It's not a big deal at the end of the day but weird move from SI to make this an issue out of nowhere.

I have no problem with the womens game. I was 50/50 about it last year when EA announced they were adding it to career mode but i've grown to enjoy it's inclusion and i'm looking forward to the same in the next instalment of FM. What i do have a problem with is taking away the "Weight" stat. Some might argue that it's always been an inconsequential factoid (I'm quite slow-paced & detailed while playing the game so i've always found utility for it, while also pairing it with the height stat while scouting, particularly in the lower leagues where i'm not familiar with most player profiles ) but i think it's useful, like why have Height but not Weight on display? If the argument is Body/Weight-shaming, surely someone's Height comes into the equation too? Have we considered the people out there shorter than 5'7?. Also, don't we have to safeguard gainst racism? maybe we stop rendering skin colour and just make all the 3D player models gray! Maybe we stop providing information on player nationality and just take that out alongside the International management feature?! Like many have said, the thought is in a good place but now it's like SI have jumped the gun too far and are now creating solutions for problems which do not practically exist. Like we have Female characters of various morphology in many video games all across the genre spectrum. Why then do SI decide to take a weird stand about this when no one else is fussing about it in the first place?

Appreciate the reply, will use the main ideas in this as a rubric going forward. Cheers

The Acer One: Acer Nitro 5

I've used this laptop personally on a time-share for some work i was doing and honestly i found it terrible with FM (alhtough with an rtx 3060 but same specs all round). On the surface the specs look amazing but i just couldn't get the thing to run smoothly; particularly when using it with an external display. While running FM i always felt the fans were a bit too loud and it always felt a bit buggy. Maybe i just had a defective machine but i never quite felt satisfied over the ~75 hours i spent on it. A lot of folks on the internet do recommend it though.

Honest question, what makes a computer really standout to you? I'm quite taken aback that you've run into so many issues with a machine thats often been tagged as "powerful", i've always told myself that getting an m-series macbook would solve all the problems i currently face on my current machine. I'm only just srarting to "get into" computers so i'd appreciate if you could open my eyes a bit here. Thanks

The thing with the PC's though and what's discouraging me from building one. It's got to be tough to only have the oppurtunity to load up a save only when physically on your computuer. Like, imagine being on a 7 hour layover at the Frankfurt airport and being stuck with nothing to do because you only have FM installed on your PC back at home? Granted i don't travel much personally but it's a possibility. I'd like to be able to just crank out a game or two while on the train or at a coffee shop/library. On the other side, maybe having a dedicated PC is not such a bad idea, perhaps video games should only really be played while in the comfort of one's home. Perhaps it's a good idea to have a physical barrier between work and play. Essentially, if i'm outside the house, does that not mean i'm working on a task and video games shouldn't be accessible. I don't know. This is the dilemma i face. Do i just build a budget PC now, save up for the Macbook, and end up installing FM on both systems in 6 months time? Hmm

Thanks for the reply. For now, i think i'll just give up on buying a laptop, My budget only really enables a stop-gap and i'd hate to buy a laptop i don't really like today and have no way to get rid of it in 6 months. I'll just work towards the macbook, it's my dream machine, i'll make my dream come true. In the meantime, maybe i'll work on buiding a PC using some of the specs you've guys have thrown around, hopefully that one would be easier to piece down an get rid of in the future. I'll just have to wait a couple more moths to continue my FM journey.

Well, i'm also in the market for a new computer. "Mostly" to play FM as running it on my current machine is mostly a pain. I'm also in uni studying Computer science so that does factor a bit into my choice of harware. Budget: ~300Euros = 450CAD. (LOL, i'm broke) Expectations: 1. I've used a 4GB macbook air as my daily driver for the last 10 years and so i am wholly used to not being able to watch games in 3D, even if i do someday get my hands on a flagship gaming laptop, i doubt i'd be too excited at the possibilty. 2D suits me all day. 2. I'd ideally want to run "as many leagues as possible". Having been stuck on only being able to run a handful of leagues due to my machine's limitations for quite some time. I'd happily welcome the oppurtunity to finally scout the cliche wonderkid from the slums of Colombia. Although, old habits die hard and i'm used to playing on a limited scope, i'd at least just want to run a save for a couple seasons with over a dozen leagues loaded up without fearing that my laptop might combust. I'm at the point where i have quite little time to game, so immersion is primarily what i'm after, even if it's just for an hour. I'd like to scout those wonderkids and feel like the world is limitless. 3. Sometimes i like to delude myself into thinking that i'd like to get back into playing FIFA so i need a proper gaming laptop. But no, frankly it's not worth it. This laptop would primarily be for studying, writing code and FM. For other games, i plan on maintaing a gamepass subscription sometime in the future and acquiring a next-gen console. For now FM is all i'm after in terms of gaming. 4. Over various points in my life, I've juggled photography and video editing as a hobby/side-gig. The afore-mentioned limits of my current machine has meant that i've not been able to explore these creative outlets for quite a while. I'd like to change that, i do not have the resources to purchase an Adobe subscription so i do not necessarily need the hardware to run industry-standard programs. Open-source or even Web-based apps are what i plan to use so I do not feel a GPU is necessary. Also, i'm looking at at least 16GB of RAM. Its 2024, no one should realistically be using a machine with less than that, i don't think it's fun. So i plan on using the laptop to Write code, Stream Netflix, Play FM, and edit the occasional video. My budget is primarily targeting the second-hand market, pawn shops and certified refurbished vendors. I'm currently looking at getting a Thinkpad T490 (refurbished, but i feel my budget could also easily snag it on sale somewhere brand new/in excellent condition) Scraped Specs: Lenovo Thinkpad T490 Laptop, Touchscreen, 14" FHD (1920x1080) Notebook, Core i5-8365u, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB SSD, HDMI, Thunderbolt Windows 10 Pro. "This model is touchscreen but i'm disabling that on day one because frankly that is ridiculous" Exact product link: https://www.amazon.ca/Lenovo-Thinkpad-T490-Touchscreen-Thunderbolt/dp/B083ZMWTNL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=35XUMD382Q3MT&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.AzsMoFTnH8koDMpaHtmxqNFO0wQG5mk6D67ZanoW-wHByRqoLxyJZRPtd5L7QjD4Zdshq_oza6_jP2o_RGvZpyunuuU8fBC5EwIO5xYwPFScKbjgLh-KexkZq_ALSGOANFnls9gK7KfEBWG_Co7Cmvb4kOMV8CXUVoC6WMpRsdqid6pKs42g7sLqmrIzL07DysJDIlDzSdfTl7WVkX6vlM5XwjjBe97IFLge6iZ10JqwaiJLzt_SblWhqh-gTTL5j7UNzJ43ON-D-QR1VaA_7-Vfvhh0ddZSEW9k6K4Ed34.JsNsPFPguz7ySnMfXvNUru1dHMUWluwBOqzHB9sG-ZE&dib_tag=se&keywords=thinkpad+refurbished&qid=1720642129&s=electronics&sprefix=thinkpad+re%2Celectronics%2C125&sr=1-1 Thoughts? My only concern is the processor on the T490, The i5 chips might be showing their age now, especially if i plan on running multiple leagues. My dream machine is an M series mac, but that's one for the future, are those things even good for FM? I am not opposed to other laptop suggestions as well but 16GB of RAM (or at least the ability to expland the RAM) and a solid processor is what i'm after. I've been through a lot on my 4gb Macbook Air Thanks Edit: Few typo's

Hi, did you ever figure this out?

Thats how it is in real life tbf, Doesn't matter if the Swedish second division club you took to the UCL is "better" than half the clubs in the Premier League. Those clubs will still have a higher reputation while being in a usually more competitive league. Earning potential exists as well. Most players would definitely prefer to earn $70K p/w at Aston Villa than $80K p/w at say FC Andorra. It's the way of the game, you've just got to live with it.