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#621779 Ireland - SSE Airtricity League Premier Division Standard 2020
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Legend! These are great, thank you so much!!

#621273 Pre Season Competitions V1.1 - Update out now!
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Best to use the ‘Random ID’ value when setting graphics for this reason. Works in the same way. 

#618566 No More Foreigner Limits!
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What a great world this would be <3

#618026 FM2021 Licensing and Real Name Fix File v4.0 for FM21.4 [released on 16/03/2021]
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Ok, this is mental, but having re-opened the game now to screenshot what I mean the changes have now been applied, mid-game. Absolutely no idea how that has happened, but ignore me for now. If it happens again, I'll screenshot and post here. Thanks anyway for replying so fast!
#618024 FM2021 Licensing and Real Name Fix File v4.0 for FM21.4 [released on 16/03/2021]
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By mons 09 February 2021 - 11:09 AM UTC

Changes effected through editor data files cannot be overwritten via lnc files. Can you explain exactly what you mean?



So having applied the fix, if open editor and change the name of the FA Youth Challenge Cup to something else, then save and load that database into a new game, it will still be called 'FA Youth Challenge Cup'. How can I ensure that changes to competition names in the editor are applied in-game? May also apply to club names and things but haven't yet tested.
#618015 FM2021 Licensing and Real Name Fix File v4.0 for FM21.4 [released on 16/03/2021]
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Apologies for asking what must have been asked before, but how can I make subsequent changes to league names after applying this fix? Some changes made in my editor file (for example, changing the name of the FA Youth Challenge Cup) are overridden when I load the database into the game, even with no other databases loaded.

Cheers
#615683 Technical Support Thread for Standard Kits
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League of Ireland standard exist would be great, unless they exist somewhere already?!
#614693 UEFA Club Competitions Plus
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@mommaspastarini. I've found when editing your file, the 'test rules' option is greyed out and therefore after changes are made i can't verify the file to test in-game. Did you find a way around this problem?

Also, did you ever try recreating the existing competition by copying across the actual rules? If so, did you encounter issues? I've recreated the actual existing qualification system and copied across the existing competition rules but am finding it's not creating the competitions in-game.
#614544 How to change/add logo and kits to make a club after the save started?
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It will work. Check the following:
- The resolution of your images are correct. This is 200x200 for normal and 20x20 for small.
- The files are named correctly.
- The config file is set up to correctly associate the name of your PNG with the 'Unique ID' or 'Random ID' of the club you created.

The easiest way to do it is install an existing logo pack, if you haven't already, and then you can see how it's done and copy. It's quite simple.
#614332 How to change/add logo and kits to make a club after the save started?
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Yeah, if they're saved in the right place you can just reload skin in preferences in game.
#614212 Scottish sides moved to the English system > UK Premier League and Union Cup
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"Union Cup" seems like a pretty poor name for the only competition involving clubs outside the 'union'.

Those nations only get those spots because they have their own leagues. It's why Wales had to create a national league in the 90s, because African nations threatened to boycott international competitions if the British 'nations' continued to get representation in UEFA and FIFA while African countries did not.

By removing those leagues, you are justified to just switch off their European qualification. I don't think you can then justify allocating them to English clubs who haven't done anything to earn it though.


Yeah, I had to explain this elsewhere; I'm aware that Ireland isn't in the UK but I just thought using language of unity might be better than language of division (us & them). 'Unity Cup' would have been a better name and I'll rename it in the next version of this. Nevertheless, I created a version with this competition renamed the 'British and Irish Cup' if you're interested:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/v1oj0m3b4vv0a3f/UK_Premier_League_%252B_BIC.zip/file

I suppose my view is Cardiff or Swansea should represent Wales in Europe, as the best team in Wales, rather than tiny TNS (who are based in Oswestry, England for a start). Welsh teams are welcome to join the English pyramid at any time but if they did that they'd never qualify for Europe again.

Doing this in practice is really difficult. Editing which teams qualify for the Champions League is impossible, apparently, as this is hardwired in. But the system can be recreated from scratch, albeit without coefficients factored in, so this is what I'll aim to do.

This is the direction UEFA is going in too. They'd much rather have Cardiff (or whoever finishes 6th in the PL, say) in the Champions League over TNS as they'd contribute more in gate and TV money, so I want to create a system which genuinely pits the best teams in Europe against each other, regardless of which nation they're based. Smaller tournaments like the Europa Conference can then be rebuilt to give clubs from smaller nations a genuine chance of success in Europe. To be continued...
#613840 Scottish sides moved to the English system > UK Premier League and Union Cup
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interesting concept and thanks for sharing

not having a go at you but I am the polar opposite to you on fairness -

I would like a Robin Hood set up...take from the entitled rich clubs and give to the tiny ones...balls to the big six😁


Thanks for the reply!

I also hate the big 6 model, and want finances to be allocated more fairly. This database actually has a lot of smaller changes included that aim to do just that, TV and sponsorship income has been adjusted in England for example. However, on European spaces, I would rather large clubs like Leeds, Newcastle, Villa ect. were given a chance to play in Europe ahead of clubs like TNS that have average attendances of less than 1000 and would probably be in the sixth or seventh tier in England. With the best Welsh teams playing in England, shouldn't the Welsh UEFA representative be Cardiff, Swansea or even Wrexham?

In this database, the Scottish sides (Celtic, Rangers ect) play in the Scottish Cup but can't qualify for Europe this way. In the ideal world I'd like Welsh sides to play in the Welsh Cup, too, and the winners of these national cups awarded a Champions League space. However, I'd also want these sides to be able to qualify through the Premier league, and I think that's too complex for the game (or UEFA in real life) to handle.

It may be possible to load a game using these files and the UEFA Supercup editor file that someone posted here the other day, but I haven't tried it.

Generally, the big 6 are overpowered in FM. I bet you could run the first season 100 times and the big 6 would finish in the top 6 almost every time; Even more frustratingly, you'll find the same top 6 in 10 or 20 years time. This database should tackle that a bit and allow other sides to challenge for the title over time. Have you any advice on how to increase this volatility further? If you look at the Premier League table from 2010, four sides are now in League 1 and Bolton are in League 2, but in FM the table looks pretty much identical after 10 years.
#613378 [TEMPLATE] FM21/FM22 3D to 2D project
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No worries, thanks!
#613359 [TEMPLATE] FM21/FM22 3D to 2D project
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Hi @trueskyblue87, I did some research and I found out that your Photoshop version does probably not work with the template. In the template there is a smart object which I warped to match the slope of the kits of SI. In your case, there is no warping of those layers, meaning the collar is very low (basically all over the place) and I get very different results within my exports.

If you want to convert any kits I suggest upgrading your Photoshop or ask me in PM and I'll convert them for you 🙂


Thanks for the template mate, very helpful.

I realised that I'm using Photoshop CS6, which is probably why the warping of the smart object isn't working as it's meant to. Do you think this is possible to resolve? Happy to put in a bit more work this end if needed.
#612775 "Number of dates set is 0...should be 3"
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I'm getting this incredibly frustrating warning telling me I have no dates set for this competition when clearly I have 3. Have done this before without any issues- Fixture dates, matchdays ect. are all properly set up so I don't understand what the issue is.

Anyone able to help?
#612591 How to access Continental Club Advanced Rules
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Hi @kingrobbo, any update on this?
#610899 How to access Continental Club Advanced Rules
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I've seen this question asked all over the internet but can't find an answer. It also isn't covered in the (very helpful) Advanced rules thread pinned to the top of this section.

How can I access the advanced rules of all European club competitions, so that I can change which teams qualify for the Champions League, Europa League, ect. ?

I am aware that by assigning the Champions League a nation you can edit the nation's rules and and see the advanced CL rules that way, but this doesn't include the qualification system which allocates CL and EL spaces to each country.

I'd also like to avoid remaking the full system from scratch if possible.
#610724 UEFA Club Competitions Plus
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Another quick question, with your database the cups that each team have qualified for no longer show up on the left hand side of the league table (see screenshot below with the standard database)- how difficult would this be to fix?
#610691 UEFA Club Competitions Plus
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I think this is great, clearly a lot of work has gone into this.

I'm thinking of using it as a base to make a version of my own, as you've done all the hard work already. If I get round to doing this, I'll create some graphics for each competition and share here too. Could I ask, is it possible to create further continental club competitions which clubs that have already qualified for a UEFA competition can play in? Specifically, I'm trying to create a 'British Isles Cup' including all GB and Ireland teams, but I want that to be totally separate to the UEFA qualification system. Is this possible?

A separate question, how does each country decide how the places are allocated? Is it possible to make the FA cup winner qualify for the Champions League, for example?

On this database, I agree with the premise that UEFA's new third-tier competition was an opportunity wasted, but I'd actually go the other way and reduce the prevalence of lower-tier clubs in the Champions league. Realistically, England's 6th best club will beat the best team in Moldova or Andorra, so UEFA are more likely to keep the Champions League for the elites and let the lower-tier competitions be more democratic. Clubs from the smaller nations should be able to qualify for the Champions League by winning a lower-level UEFA competition. Equally, Spanish, English and German clubs should be kept away from the lower tier UEFA competitions. It would just be a distraction for them and could be better to keep those as a 'best of the rest' international club competition for the smaller nations.