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Like is it updated? I can still select it at a new game. But I'll save it again with the most recent update just to be sure

Here's a revived Pan-Pacific Championship that plays a similar role from 2025 in giving teams who aren't active in their regional Champions Leagues something to do. Clubs from top countries on the Pacific Rim send teams, with a highly competitive range of leagues from the A-League (99 reputation) to Liga MX (145 rep): DOWNLOAD (backup)

Usually something with the groups. Like, if you've added some groups but forgot to give them specific entries in "individual group settings" or something like that

Doing this now, taking the chance to update the 2024 (and onward) version for the new format (again) - back to two legs in the QFs and SFs. Just need to run a test to the 2024 season and make sure it's working. USL Championship is still throwing up an issue with any new salaries offered being extremely low, trying to find a fix.

They've done that in the new update? I don't see it yet. If they've moved teams around I'll have to do something. If not, I'm not going to update it, this is for the 2023 season and onward from there. Same way SI maintains MLS - rosters are playable from preseason 2023 and where you go from there is up to you

No, it's fantasy but fits in the calendar just fine

Right now when the Coronation Cup sets up in mid-Jan 2024, it excludes all active teams in the big 3 tournaments, from a quick look at a future save and the new format, from 2025 onward you might just need to change the UCL "best teams in competition" number from 16 to 24 in the entries for the Welsh, Northern Irish and Gibraltarian teams in the qualifying round, and the Scottish and English teams in the knockouts. Otherwise, looks like the rules should still work (currently excluding the last 24 in EL and ECL, which work in the new formats too) This would probably go well with @V50's Caribbean megapack. In one of my sims, two Jamaican clubs made the quarterfinals somehow, and in another, two made the round of 16 along with a Vincentian and a Kittitian club. Go CFU!

Also you might have to tweak the way I exclude the active Euro teams from 2025 onward if you make it recurring. Not sure if it's still 16 teams advancing + 8 dropping down from the UCL to the EL (and so on to the ECL) in the new format. This ending after one edition had the convenient side effect of me not worrying about that

And yes it's a one-off, but keep in mind we might have another coronation relatively soon which will draw me back here (hopefully not)

That's cool, maybe for the team entry for NZ teams, take the "get best teams from division" "National League" entry and check the box for no reserve teams. That will keep Phoenix reserves out if it's a yearly thing and they get good enough to claim the spot

OK, I've just finished cleaning it up, it's ready to go now. The English teams (and Celtic) do go far but it's reminiscent of the last time this happened anyway. You'll love that I've thrown Wellington Phoenix into the qualifiers every time, with no continental competition they deserve a shot at this

Sure, just posted a mediafire link, cheers for the interest. Just making a couple of little tweaks so it's not all-English semifinals each time

This is a one-off cup to celebrate King Charles III's accession to the throne of the 15 Commonwealth realms, who (along with various FIFA-affiliated territories) send representatives to this January-to-May 2024 tournament based on domestic cup and league ranking – with teams active in their continental tournaments not invited (so no clashes with Champions Leagues/Cups). Regional qualifying groups are held before a last 16 that includes teams from the United Kingdom and leads up to a final in front of the monarch at Wembley: DOWNLOAD (backup) The cup is meant to promote cross-cultural understanding and recognize His Majesty's coronation, and will only be held once.

Now that's an idea, especially as Scotland splits into that final stage, you could take the top team (or two) out of there and put them in a final stage with the old firm instead. The thing is, moving Rangers and Celtic to the EPL means their European homegrown rules will be for 8 players who came up through England - their current rosters accommodate this but it's a huge pain and setback to any kind of Lisbon Lions-type homegrown planning. That seems hard-coded to their "nation" rather than their "continental cup nation" (which you can change back to Scottish), and "nation" has to be English if they're playing there. I think the Welsh teams might be hard-coded for this. Been brainstorming solutions, like some kind of wider British Premier League, but I don't think you can do much with those United Kingdom/Great Britain nationalities that operate in the background somehow

Just checking if we still need it or if the patch fixed the same issues

Can you go into C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 2024 Editor (or your equivalent folder) and run the exe from there? Maybe right click it and run as administrator? Or maybe you don't have enough RAM?

Could you just set "team type" to reserve for the first entry? Shouldn't need fall-back teams (which I've never got working). There's more convoluted ways to do it with team pools and "ignore teams" entries but it would be more work

Would only add that if the host nation's league hasn't ticked over yet you might need "get best team in competition" which I believe takes whoever's ranked 1st, while "best teams in division" is last year's champion. The registration issue sounds like it could be a date thing, like the hidden CWC rules are for a specific date range only maybe. For the playoff itself you could try using a different (more flexible) set of registration rules

It's a square peg for sure. Then again so is playing in the US in general. Still trying to figure out what's keeping USLC teams from offering bigger deals, I wonder if we have to wait for a specific date to tick over, or is it like this in the future too?

I've thought about it, although pro/rel would be a different file, and I don't really have the energy at the moment to keep both going. The most basic version wouldn't include MLS, the way they build rosters and draft players etc doesn't really lend itself to teams going up and down. USLC to USL1 makes a lot more sense, the roster rules are largely similar and you'd just have to adjust your salary cap each year. Maybe a playoff with the NISA champs. It would also mean teams move around a bit, which does happen IRL, just not with pro/rel on the field. USL2 could be at the bottom but it would be really hard for teams getting relegated to adjust to semipro (in some cases hamstrung by contracts for guys they can't even register) Simplified rules sound interesting too, you could scrap everything in contract rules and drafts and see what happens over a few years of testing. Would need some tweaks but should work. Years and years ago (FM08 maybe) I think someone took the Israeli league, made it American and renamed it MLS, and plugged all the MLS teams in (with relegation to a second division with NASL teams like Puerto Rico). Editing wasn't quite as sophisticated then so it was a straight swap. Meant you had the exact rules and format of the Israeli leagues but as far as the game knew, it was an American division called MLS with all the right teams. Was actually lots of fun and easy to just burn through a season as you weren't keeping an eye on all these insane roster rules. Something to think about. That might be easier here too mind you

If it's showing them as too far to travel, there must be incorrect info somewhere? Check the coordinates for the local regions (if they have them) and cities in Cambodia too, I wonder if someone added a W coordinate as an E (i.e. plus or minus when it should have been the other way), and all of the relevant stadiums. If it's not a travel issue, I think you could set all the Indonesian clubs as rivals to the Cambodian clubs (with a low number so it doesn't show in-game) and the box for "does not play friendlies" checked, although that would probably just lead to more issues

Probably too obvious, but is the semifinal set up under "requirements" for the final? If they're separate stages, the final may be trying to set itself up before the semi winners are crowned

Can you DM me the save file if possible, I wouldn't mind poking around. That $14.5K figure sounds familiar from past saves, I was usually able to up it by moving money around or selling players and would suddenly be able to offer $80K to $110K but there might be something preventing you now. Not a problem to raise this stuff, I need the feedback, only way to improve these files. Might be something in contract types or Board/chairman settings that actually makes a difference in FM24 and never worked before

Just occurred to me there might be a way to "use playoff rankings" in Wales and use flexible ranking places for everyone under 1st, so that 1st gets the title but the teams in the playoff can steal 2nd or 3rd (thereby taking the second-best European spot). Would need a bit of testing though

Thanks for the feedback. Which club? I wonder if we need to adjust overall finances down there, maybe if they don't see enough money coming in they won't free up any for signings. The CBS deal IRL means we might be able to keep it realistic in the process. I've coached in the lower divisions before and it was a struggle but not to that extent. FYI salary cap space may not correspond to the board's understanding of how much they can spare - is there a separate wage budget anywhere under finances? That would be a more realistic look at room for new signings. But still, they shouldn't be stonewalling you with 900K of cap room. Once I hear more details I'll start brainstorming and testing