football manager 2012 (release date is 21st oct)

i'll tell you who is really good. Thiago of Barca. he was great when i was there. if he becomes available i'll maybe go for him.

everyone keep http://www.fmscout.com/c-files12.html bookmarked

this http://www.fmscout.com/a-football-manager-2012-wonderkids.html list looks pretty accurate. The ones with gold stars all have great stats.

best young keeper ive come across is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thibaut_Courtois signed him for barca. When reina is past it i will try sign him for liverpool.

signed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mateo_Musacchio for barca too. He's a great prospect.

how is wellington silva doing for you?

oh cool http://www.fmscout.com/a-fm12-stadium-backgrounds.html has just been released

I sold him cheap to Bayern for the 50% sellon fee. Overloaded with attacking flair players and he has a shitty attitude.

Musacchio imo is exactly why I don't like those lists. Refuse to buy any wonderkids that won't potentially end up on an All Time Players list, as opposed to 'well if Baresi got injured, I guess he'd do alright' types. Baresi or gtfo.

Courtois is the guy Chelsea signed and loaned to Athleti, right?

i got him from chelsea yeah. He's #1 ahead of Valdes now at Barca. So im guessing i wont get him back

Musacchio is playing alongside pique. He might not be baresi but he's damn good for a cheap buy.

backgrounds

http://i41.tinypic.com/24xkoap.png
cool, huh?

not my pic btw. lol at the guys name though

i was gonna say, "Julio?"

another fucking year, another fucking fm game where print screen seems to not work for me.

I thought his name was Señor Squad for a second there

here is mine

http://i41.tinypic.com/15wlydh.jpg

im on a laptop so it took me ages to work out how to print screen when i got it last year.

So do I get this straight: do I need to install a shedload of add-ons and patches for this to become playable?

Why can't they include all this stuff and let you tick boxes? Idgi. I'd like to play the 2012 version but it's such a hassle to do all of this.

btw i use it as 'windowed' if that makes any difference

yeah to get the stuff we're discussing here you need add-ons but its dead easy to do. get them here http://www.fmscout.com/c-files12.html

if sam and i can do it so can you. its well worth it. im enjoying it even more. it just looks so much better. Why didnt anyone tell me before that there was an in game editor to do all this?

I know I can do it, I just think I can't be bothered. Is it so hard to release this game with all of this, or most of this, included? It's not like the game comes on 40 3.5" floppy's.

you really dont need add-ons. they are alright but dont in any way effect the game. unless you are kerr.

i hate backgrounds. they make the game slower and esp w/ ones like yours, the colours make it hard to see certain things.

repost for you G

here are the ones i got and say are essential Grab them all.

http://www.multiupload.com/3V5RWAGFQ7 d/l it really quickly via megaupload and about to install it

You don't need to search the internet any further. AT FMFormation we have the perfect solution for you. The always expanding FMF Exclusive logos contain more than 10,000 club, nation and competition logos from all around the globe to add the extra something in to your game.

Last Year our megapack had 4000 logos, this year it has 10,863 logos and we are still working.

How to Install
After the download just extract the file to the following file: "Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2012"
Once you have done that go to your preferences tab and untick the ''Skin Cache'' box and tick the ''always reload skin'' box, then confirm.

create a graphics folder in "Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2012" ie "Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2012/graphics "
then extract to there then do the skin cache stuff and bingo.

2) real kits download both http://www.fmscout.com/c-kits12.html instructions on the page or copy them to
Win Vista/Windows 7: C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2012\graphics\kits\
Win 2000/XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2012\graphics\kits\

if kits and graphics dont exist create them.

3) http://www.fmscout.com/i-1387-FM12-Susie-Real-Names-for-Clubs-Competitions-and-Awards-Fix---BETA.html

Extract the files and save them to this folder: Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\football manager 2012\data\db\1200\lnc (actually go in via program files/steam etc. its different to where the 1st 2 apps listed above.
follow the instructions on the page carefully. 1 & 2 before you get this one.

once you have them all

Run Football Manager 2012 and go to: Preferences > Display and Sound
Make sure that you tick the check box on the page called 'Always Reload Skin on Confirm' and un-tick then box saying 'Use Skin Cache'. Hit Confirm.
There should be a box that pops up saying 'loading image data for the new skin'. Once this is done your graphics should be working within the game.

easy! (it must be, i did it, and im computer illiterate)

― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Monday, 31 October 2011 23:42 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Training http://www.fmscout.com/c-training12.html <---- looks very useful.

Tactics http://www.fmscout.com/c-tactics12.html

other database stuff http://www.fmscout.com/c-data12.html

other skins http://www.fmscout.com/c-skins12.html apparently these can be customised so that it will contain all the info you want on 1 page rather than clicking thru stuff but i dont know how difficult that will be to use. Probably beyond me.

― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker,

oh cool http://www.fmscout.com/a-fm12-stadium-backgrounds.html has just been released

― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker,

oh holy shit!!!!!!!!!!!! i downloaded the barca tactic and fuck me its absolutely amazing. I had 80% posession. Messi (yeah i signed him for £100m) runs riot dribbling round everyone,the passes are superfast and movement is amazing and im tanning teams 7-0. Sam you NEED to get http://www.fmscout.com/a-barcelona-style-in-fm-2012.html

― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker,

yeah none of that is essential, it is just fm-nerd shit and you can ignore kerr.

Yeah, I've always played without extra kits/logos/player photos/backgrounds etc.

been reading this thread both with interest and a deep underlying fear that I am on the cusp of diving into this yet again and wasting three months of time... :-/

Kerr please, that's just not healthy anymore, it's overload

the pictures package that was 4gb that we spoke about earlier is great btw but id get the ones i posted above first

but honestly, theyre great! if you get them you wont regret it.

Sam theres other skins optimized for these backgrounds. Just not tried them yet. Game isnt any slower either

http://i43.tinypic.com/303ajk0.jpg

that looks horrible imo.

first four games of the season 3-1L v. Spurs, 5-0W v. Leicester, 3-3D which had to be save from going 3-1 down v. Pompy, 0-0 draw v. Newcastle.

Deserve to be fired if this continues.
Got the players and the tactics to suit them, they are just aren't listening to them.

Phil Jones and Wellbeck in midfield? What madman is running Utd in your universe AG?

sir fergie! there was injuries i assume.

got rid of the stadium things because it was hard to read. everything else i installed works great

fuck this, i am resigning. fucking cunts fucking won't listen to tactics fucking fuck them. losing 1-0 to lever at home because they won't fucking close down a man who is running at them, or the guy standing in the box absolutely free for him to pass to. this has happened like 5 fucking times, of course they scored from it. fuck them fuck them fuck them.

10 fucks, kudos :)

Does Balotelli play with fireworks in the new version too, or do I have to download a patch for that?

oh thank fuck the first major update. knew there was a reason why today would be the day i start again. ok must remember to pay attention in march. wonder if i can use trial days to steal other teams trial players.

an update?

Sports Interactive have a habit of releasing the game before they sort the 4000 bugs and usually release an update the week it comes out. Dunno, steam automatically had a big update, so I presume its that.

ahh. that means i will need to quit the game then restart to get the update? let me know the differences.

add pfunkboy1973 to your steam friends. let me know who you are obviously hehe

oh apparently f12 does ingame screenshots if thats of use to you sam

you don't need to start again w/ updates, or at least you didn't need to last two seasons.

i meant do i need to restart steam to get the update?

i guess

i restarted my laptop a window did come up for a second saying steam was updating but thats it. doesnt look like the games any different and it didnt say fm12 had been updated. dont think the version # has changed

the update was the 27th. i already got that
http://www.footballmanager.com/news/5440

did you d/l the game via steam or buy the dvd?

bought it like a normal person

hey kerr in yr barca tactic, under player instructions how are players passing stats shown? i've just cut almost everyone down to at least 'short'

let me do a screenshot, i was actually just looking at them!

i bought it via steam so maybe we got priority for the update 4 days ago?

http://i41.tinypic.com/ws1tky.jpg

or do you mean all the player instructions? each one is different. i can take a screenshot of then and email it in a zip for you if you want

http://i44.tinypic.com/fxtlz7.jpg

tbh why dont you just download the actual tactic and use it?
http://www.fmscout.com/a-barcelona-style-in-fm-2012.html

you can have 3 tactics so install it and decide if you want to use it as your starting or not.