Obsession and Realism.

I can't be one of the only people who spend far too much time trying to make the game as realistic as possible (data updates, graphics, etc) that I don't even get chance tom play it so much!

It's almost become an obsession in terms of trying to get so many things correct, it's a never ending battle!

Do anyone else get so involved in the details like me?

Me too pezzahawkins!

I don't do data updates beyond the official ones, but graphics wise I like to have correct kits, player faces and team logos.

I think it is more work and family that stop me playing so much!

Hi pezzahawkins!
Yeah, it does sound very familiar indeed.

For years I've been especially keen on editing the match engine sounds to add more atmosphere and realism to the game, but this year the match_events.xml was released with the lines of code completely and utterly mixed and shambled. They used to be all neatly set so one could easily read and edit them. If I try it now for more than ten minutes at a time, I may just dislocate my eyes. That's how hard it is to keep up with the sight of endless shambled lines of text scrolling before your eyes in the Win Notepad... It's like a screen-full of friggin' Matrix-code now!

I was so sad to make this discovery when the BETA launched, because I just knew they wouldn't change it for the official launch - and, of course, they didn't.
I have decided to bite the bullet and do some very basic sound editing for FM 19, but I've just delayed doing so time and time again, all because of the daunting task ahead of me. Been playing with the default sounds for now, which means the end of an era of customized sounds since FM 15 FM 14, I believe. (Sigh)

I need to have all the graphics installed (player faces, logos, kits) but I don't really care for data updates apart from the official SI ones.

I always have the player faces and logos installed, i'll download the latest data update every now and then if i start a new save