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SI have released a new official patch fixing various bugs within the game.
The updates should install automatically, to make sure it does try restarting whatever you use to access FM e.g. Steam or Epic.
Here's a list of the changes:
Match Engine 24.2.0.0
- Fixes to AI positioning from defensive throw ins
- Fixes for AI aerial threat positioning for attacking corners
- Fixes to players rotating when blocking shots and improvements to deflections
- Improvements to goalkeepers saving central long range shots
- Fixes to goalkeepers not attempting to save penalty kicks
- Fixes to AI selection for throw in takers
- Fixes for AI selection for free kick takers
- Tweaks to the AI substitution logic so they make use of substitutes more and/or earlier in the match
- Fixes and improvements to AI managers team selection when using IFB and IWB roles
- Fixed an issue where AI managers could use the wide centreback role in the centre of a back 3
- Fix for the team talk reactions not staying past half-time
- Fixes for too many defenders going for a header inside own area
- Fixes for red cards being given for clean looking tackles
- Fix for the attacker playing the ball straight back to throw-in taker in an offside position following the throw
- Fixes for incorrect passive offside calls made by the ref and VAR when player is blocking the goalkeepers vision
- Fix for odd duty and role selections in 442 formations for AI managers
- Fix for set piece specialist tick staying on after specialist is subbed off as it was reset by the tactics change
- Fix to human listed set piece takers not used properly for wide free kicks
- Fix for players appealing for offside too often
- Fix for a GK/Goalkeeper blooper where they let the ball go in their own net after controlling a short pass
- Fix for a GK/Goalkeeper blooper where they turn on the ball inside own area when under pressure
Gameplay
- General stability improvements
- Newgens will no longer generate incorrect faces
- Player stats no longer appear incorrectly
- Improve AI team selection logic
- Reduce the number of managers with 'Wing Play' tactical style
- Players no longer incorrectly get unhappy over reasonable team talks
- Players no longer get unhappy over team talks given by assistant manager
- Promise to play in correct position/role now passes correctly when promise is fulfilled
- Number of players that support an unhappy player has been reduced
- Tweaks to Saudi teams transfer policy and negotiation behaviour
- Tweaks to AI teams in a number of leagues not registering enough players
- Fixed an issue where the AI offers unrealistically low release clauses during player negotiations
- Spanish clubs will now take more consideration of their current their salary cap during player contract negotiations
- Fixed issue for Director of Football being unable to sign transfer targets
- Fixed issue for players getting upset over lack of squad depth when 'no first transfer window' is set
- Fixed issue for user unable to take control of set pieces while managing u20s national team
- Fixed issue for user unable to proceed past the Set Piece Creator while managing а national team
- Fixed scenario where AI clubs could transfer list players soon after signing them
UI
- Fixed an issue where countries for which scouts have knowledge are not marked on the map in Scouts Overview page
- Fixed an issue where player search was returning players in incorrect positions due to misuse of the 'And' & 'Or' options when setting conditions
- Fixed text cut offs in various resolutions on the Choose Managerial Style screen
- Fixed long delay when confirming Set Piece changes
- Transfer History -> Staff now updates accordingly
- Fixed issue where Team Lineup would appear out of order
- Recruitment Focus Updates will now generate with the correct set frequency
- View Match button is no longer missing on Online Modes
Competitions and Rulegroups
- [Argentina] Competitions now identify the correct winners
- [Asia] VAR is now used from the Group Stage onwards in the Asian Champions League
- [Brazil & South Africa] Updates to scheduling to ease fixture congestion
- [England] Fixed issue where Championship Playoff and FA Cup final would take place on same day
- [Germany] Update to squad number restrictions
- [Greece] - Fixed an issue where Greece Super League 2 teams could participate in both championship & relegation group phases
- [Indonesia] Update to foreign player restrictions
- [Japan] Updates to match rules and squad registration
- [Portugal] VAR now to being used in all rounds of the Portuguese League Cup
- [Serbia] Updates to loan and squad rules
- [UEFA] Clubs from same nation now kept apart in League Phase of new UEFA Competition format
- [UEFA] Fixed issue where correct seedings weren't being applied for EUROs
- [USA] Further fix to MLS international slots disappearing
- [Various] Further updates to substitution rules to reflect real world
Database and Licensing
- [J.League 1-3] Kits, logos and player faces update
- Updated database to reflect real world key events
Misc*.
- [Pre-Game Editor] - Fixed an issue with nation short name resets when trying to change it
- [Pre-Game Editor] - Fixed an issue with extinct clubs cannot be added as playable
- Date Created
- 30 Nov 2023 15:24:37
- Date Updated
- 30 Nov 2023 15:24:37
- Last Comment
- 22 Mar 2024 12:29:52
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Bielsa is a Legend
Its shocking mate, questions around the QA and testing process
i even had Harry McGuire identifying as a defender!!
SaintOfSelhurst
I've tried what everyone has said here to no avail. I'll get used to it so oh well
bartdude
It is truly annoying. It's a known fact that real-llfe players play FIFA/CM. The odds are many of those are black, so I can only imagine how they felt when now they appear white in FM. Still love your humour though, buddy !
Tommy Hughes
I so wish Mbappe, Rashford, Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Jr. and many other non-white high-profile players got in touch with Miles and asked him what the flipping heck is going on. 🙂 Perhaps that would make SI actually take the matter seriously, hurry up and fix things.
Bielsa is a Legend
Imagine the call….
”hey miles, it’s Jude here, is it cos I is white”
GaryMac
Anyone else's Homegrown status not showing properly on their players screen? It also isn't tracking on the players screen either.
they are still becoming homegrown and it is tracking on the squad but in the individual player screen, it isn't adding when they have become homegrown club or tracking when they will become homegrown.
bartdude
I would love that to happen, buddy. In my Palace save, Olise, Eze, Edouard and even Zaha at Galatasaray are just some of those, now turned white. I'm staggered there has been no response from Si, so far !
Tommy Hughes
That's crazy. 😢
sniperfox
Racism? Seriously?
Jos1155875
I have the same problem, every player has the same skin and hair colour (Diaby f.e.)… does someone know what the problem could be and how i can solve it? Thanks!
Bielsa is a Legend
Why is it not, it’s highly disrespectful to the affected players.
sI really are shambolic and don’t care what rubbish they turn out
would anybody buy the base game if it was not capable of 3rd party improvement?
sniperfox
Calling this somehow racist devalues what racism actually is, it is literally a Karen moment when you are demanding to see a manager.
If the game turned white players into black players would you be here crying racism?
If the game turned blonde haired players into redheads would you be here crying racism?
Yes they clearly made a mistake, but anyone calling it racism is a bloody idiot.
Beanybaby01
According to SI themselves to solve the problem of black players being white is to watch live another team other than your own and then the players will revert back to their original skin colour. But I agree SI are just a joke these days with updates ruining games you had been in for hours!
Bielsa is a Legend
no idea who or what Karen is
ive read your opinion, now move on
sniperfox
I suggest you ask the nearest manager Karen
Bielsa is a Legend
Give it up, you are coming across as a bit of a Jeremy
bartdude
I said “damn near racist” because it's clearly a screw up by Si. An apology and a hotfix is the very least to demand from them.
bartdude
I haven't read that on any Si forum and it didn't work for me. Have you tried it and did it work for you ?
sniperfox
Well you've got the hotfix it seems
And no, they are not going to apologise because you think everything is racist.
sniperfox
Because I don't belittle actually racism by claiming a bug is somehow racist?
Sorry you are so insecure you need to white knight everything with cries of racism.
It looks like it's been fixed though, so you should be happy racism has been defeated
Bielsa is a Legend
😂😂
James Hussain
Does anyone know if the new update has fixed the NewGen Faces problem we were all having?
bartdude
Ok, so Si has sorted the player skin and hair colour issue and rightly so. The concern is that such a serious issue as skin colour was not recognised before 24.2 was issued and there was no reaction whatsoever after release, despite me posting on their forum and getting a number of “likes”. They simply issued the hotfix without a hint of an apology.
Bielsa is a Legend
Complacency mate, they simply don’t care
osipov.anton.a
Guys, please tell me.
Here’s my situation: after a loss in a friendly match, I told the players in the locker room that they played poorly and they need to play better in official matches. One of the leaders expressed dissatisfaction and was supported by 17 people. This is half the trouble, the most interesting thing began later: when this leader calmed down and said that he was no longer worried, these 17 people in turn began to express dissatisfaction with the same thing (about a week of playing time each from the list) The question is this: as I understand it Is this a bug, was it fixed in the patches that were already released, or was it just me who got lucky?
And another question. I can’t find how to fine for bad play, it used to be in the conversation with the player/criticism of the player tab (about the same place as criticism of training and behavior), so maybe it was moved somewhere and I just can’t find it, or this function was removed, does anyone know?
pep
Working Ok on mine now as well as the manager face
bartdude
Yep, it's pathetic. They were either too embarrassed to apologise or simply didn't care about such a fundamental cock up. In the changelist they simply wrote and I quote: “Fixed a problem where all players appeared to look the same in game”. No specific mention or an apology with the skin colour mistake. Pitiful. At least now two of my black buddies, who are FM nutters like us, feel a very wrong has been righted.
sniperfox
FFS they are not going to apologise for making ALL players look the same, regardless of whether they were black, white, yellow or purple.
They probably didn't realise they were going to have to deal with a woke idiot who takes offense to everything
Lose your keys, racism
Picture falls off the wall, racism
Use an entire roll of toilet paper in one day, racism
My god man, how do you cope on this planet when it is clear you are so insecure?
Bielsa is a Legend
as a muslim im deeply offended by this comment
fm_usa
Hi - does anyone know/can import/export this fmf file from FM23 to FM24 for me please? Thank you.