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By Adzter 15 March 2024 - 13:09 PM UTC 

I don't know if I am being stupid but the trained by a club in the nation for 3 years before 21 seems to be bugged and not counting people. even using the ingame editor to add my club and also trained in nation it isn't counting anyone as trained in the US before 21, I assume youth intake players would eventually work but I haven't got that far yet

 

Yeah - SI broke the homegrown rules in custom databases in the last update - the bug thread is here: https://community.sigames.com/bugtracker/football-manager-2024-early-access-bugs-tracker/all-other-issues/all-players-lost-their-homegrown-status-r22164/. It should be fixed in the next update, but until then there is a version without homegrown rules in the thread above. 

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By Rimmshot1973 05 March 2024 - 10:03 AM UTC 

Is this a fantasy file?

 

Yes. The clubs are the same as we have in real life, but they are split geographically and in different divisions (and obviously it has pro/rel, which the United States doesn't utilize in real life.) If you're looking for a realistic database I'd point you to @themodelcitizen's to level 4 US db: https://sortitoutsi.net/content/64052/fm24-usa-to-d3-with-mls-next?page=2#comment_769366

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By Bret Piechowski 03 March 2024 - 23:57 PM UTC 

Chris - Just a thought….you could limit “foreign” players to compensate for the loss of homegrown status. 

 

Side note- Did you have any issues getting the 1846 Brigade 3d kits loading? I had a very strange issue, 2d loaded fine but 3d in game and load up screen defaulted to the SI vanilla. I had to mess around with it for a while to get it work…but only with new kits that I made with Kitbasher. I had to go into FMRTE and change the home kit from 48 to 1….but I liked the sponsors you had on your kits (Harley/Miller) so I then tried again to get them to load…no love. Same issue. I wasn't sure who I was going to play as, Milwaukee or Las Vegas….started a save for both….hated the new red kits for Vegas…liked the older ones…..So I remade their in the old style…..no issue at all loading them into the game. So I'm not sure what happened with the 1846 kits. 

 

That's a clever workaround Bret. If SI doesn't post a hotfix by the next iteration I'll probably implement that. 

 

Also, I'm attaching the kits I used in game that I think worked - let me know if this fixes your problem. 

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By Jameson Rehm 03 March 2024 - 16:03 PM UTC 

Quick question, in the US, folks will only accept 1 year deals (both extensions and new signings).  Is there a fix I don't know about? 

 

Thanks for doing this!  Makes my home country playable!

 

Hey Jameson! I think that has to do with club reputation. I've found in my saves that the lower level US teams get 12 mo contracts to start, but that by the time I make it to the top tier I can get 3 year contracts. I think that's the issue there, and once you start a save you can't adjust the team reputations. Glad you're finding it fun though - what is your home country?

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HI everyone - quick 24.3 related update. It appears that there is a bug that has wiped out homegrown at nation and club data in custom databases. I remade the US, Mexican, and Canadian dbs and removed the homegrown eligibilities. You can find them below:

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Also, a quick note (as I just loaded up my save from 24.1) - it looks like there is a bug in the newest data update that wipes out homegrown statuses of players in long term saves. You can post your experience in this thread to help highlight the issue for SI: https://community.sigames.com/bugtracker/football-manager-2024-early-access-bugs-tracker/all-other-issues/all-players-lost-their-homegrown-status-r22164/.

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By Azrael 01 March 2024 - 07:37 AM UTC 

Just another question! Do both kit packs complement each other or do they have the same content?

 

Hi Azreal! First question - I forgot to turn off the mirror for the original version of the databases. The one that is still active is verified for 23.3. And as far as the second goes, no, there isn't a real difference - they provide kits for each of the teams in game. My file also has the templates and sponsors I use, so if you want to use kitbasher to make your own kits you can do that. Otherwise we have some different kits (the kitbasher app lets you produce kits from 1000+ templates. We both ran it independently, so while the teams have similar colors they may have different kit options.)

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Hi Everyone! I wanted to let you know that the files have been updated for 24.3, including the kits and the logos. There have also been several changes from the initial version, including setting up Reserve and U19 leagues for the US database, adding in some missing teams (Antelope Valley FC and Spokane, most specifically), and making some tweaks to the schedule to ease some of the congestion in July. I also switched the CONCACAF club competition schedule a bit - the group stages happen in the summer, and the knockouts in the fall, so that teams that qualify for the competitions do get to play in the following year. I've done some light testing, so I think it should be stable and ready to go!

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Quick note for those following along - I finished an update that addresses a few of the above issues (like the youth set-up and an issue with Central American teams not getting into the proper round in the club competitions) and some other quality of life issues, including kits and stadiums for all of the US teams and adding in Spokane and Antelope Valley. Since we're close to the winter update I'm going to hold off on releasing it until after that drops. Thanks all! 

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By Bret Piechowski 15 February 2024 - 04:36 AM UTC 

Appreciate the work you've done on all of this. Question about the youth and reserve teams…..why are there no league games scheduled for them? Your players can't develop if there are no league game in their respective divisions. I was playing as a mls2 team but my U-19s and reserves have no league games scheduled.  

 

Hi Bret! I tried to do a simpler version of the youth leagues that didn't work this year. I probably need to do a more extensive build on the youth leagues in the editor - I'll work on that for V2.

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By Kraig Lutz 08 February 2024 - 23:18 PM UTC 

This database is amazing but I notice it is missing the new Spokane Velocity team that is starting in USL League One this season. It's strange though because Santa Barbara Sky is in there but I don't think they start until next year. Any plan to add The Velocity soon or tips on how I can add them myself? I'm not experienced with the editor but willing to give it a try.

 

Yes! I realized there were some oversights (including Spokane and Antelope Valley) that will be added in the next version. Usually there's a big database release from SI in March, so I'm aiming to have that update (with a few quality of life improvements) ready by then. 

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By DonJohn42069 05 February 2024 - 19:04 PM UTC 

Okay, in terms of the teams unis i have used kitbasher to make one divisions uniforms i am in tier 10 great plains I chose Denton Diablos. 11/14 teams i was able to put custom unis. I found an issue where alot of the bottom teams dont have jersey settings so you have to go add jersey short and socks for the skin to reload with the custom jerseys. 3 of the teams Shreveport, Tulsa, and i cant remember the 3rd I was unable to put custom unis. I am willing to go through every team and upload a custom kits for them. Just need any info on how to fix the 3 teams without unis before i take it to a bigger scale

 

Hi DonJohn - usually when a kit doesn't show up in game, its either because there is an error with the id, or the team doesn't have a kit in game. You need to use the pre-game editor to add the kits for the missing teams if the id is correct. 

 

ALSO - I am in the midst of making a few quality of life adjustments, and am kitbashing my way through the game as a part of that process. I'll send you a PM and we can discuss more how to tackle this. 

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you need to create a graphics folder in the (in windows) documents/sports interactive/football manager 2024/ file directory. You can then place the logos and kits in there and it will show up in game. 

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By TheGhostyBear 12 January 2024 - 16:41 PM UTC 

Amazing work as always. Looking forward to getting into the DB.

 

Enjoy GhostyBear! You'll have to let me know what you think about the changes. 

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By Tragic Bronson 15 January 2024 - 15:38 PM UTC 

I think I'm misunderstanding, but do you need to use the country databases provided or can I use any along with the club competitions file? Regardless, great work, have loved climbing the pyramid every year.

 

I believe you have to use the the US file with the club competitions file because of the changes I made to the US League structure. I didn't make changes to Canada or Mexico this year, so I think (in theory) you could use the vanilla version of those leagues with club competitions if you want to try to compete in those leagues. I hope you enjoy the climb up the pyramid!

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By TheGhostyBear 21 November 2023 - 09:48 AM UTC 

Any idea when this may be updated for FM24? I absolutely loved this db in fm23. Thanks for all your hard work!

 

HI Ghosty Bear! Yes. It will be updated and released at some point (in theory) - right now there are a couple of bugs with the editor that make it hard to create the 24 version. You can, however, load it up in 23 and port it forward - I've done that with a personal version I made, and it worked well. I hope that helps!

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By Bret Piechowski 08 October 2023 - 19:50 PM UTC 

Milwaukee Bavarians…which is not a “real” pro team IRL. They're a club that offers youth and amateur adult soccer program/teams. They have a team in USL2. When the  game auto generated my players on the first team (most of which were weirdly from Argentina, which seemed to be a trend with generated players on other teams too.) it didn't generate any goalies or center midfielders…so I set out to sign goalies and center mids ASAP. Everyone of the players I tried to sign was limited to a 12 month contact.  

 

Ah yes, the Bavarians, my home town team. I think the 12 month limit is because of the reputation of the club - I've run into that one before, and I think you see similar things in other countries in game. The large number of Argentinians is probably the result (fault) of how I assigned players - there weren't a lot of US free agents, so I grabbed some from other countries like Argentina to round out the league, which is why they are so prominent. I randomly assigned them, so that is why the team may be unbalanced. 

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By xythos46 16 August 2023 - 07:02 AM UTC 

yes, the mls canadian teams, i started two seperate saves, one with the germany lower leagues i used and one with only the usa canada mexico and some downloaded nations from here like jamaica, they had the same issue too. i can load up all my saves and double check if any non mls canadian teams have this issue. i dont know if it is any help to you, but zealand created a similar database last year for fm22 and it didnt have these issues, maybe it would be a good way to reference if it is a hardcoded issue or not?

Hi xythos - I realize I don't think I responded at any point, so apologies for that. I'll do some digging and see if there is a setting I'm not aware of that's causing the issue. 

 

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By Bret Piechowski 08 October 2023 - 16:13 PM UTC 

I was trying out the US advance file and ran into the same issue with a non-MLS team. One year deals or nothing, it was for the main team. I do wish SI would give us a version of the MLS/USA structure that wasn't so “hard coded” so that those of us who don't want to play MLS in it's RL version can. Even with all of the “hard coding” by SI the MLS still doesn't run right. 

 

I had only seen it with MLS teams, so it's interesting it would happen with a non-MLS one. Which team was it?

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Here is the file I made for Trey - the top division TV contract is $100m, as opposed to $2b in my original, so there is significantly less money throughout the pyramid. Enjoy everyone, and I'm looking forward to the FM 24 version!

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By xythos46 16 August 2023 - 03:01 AM UTC 

howdy, ive been really enjoying playing this, its just im noticing transfers seem to be a bit broken.. players who sign for teams in the usa (domestic or foreign players)  often sign for 1 year contracts no matter what and a lot of u23 guys get youth deals and then get released on a free days after the club paid a transfer fee  sometimes large fees, the youth contracts are allowing approach to sign which ends up in them getting released it seems.. lots of journey men in my 5 seasons, way more than should be normal i think.. also big teams like miami are signing world class youth prospects and then releasing or selling after 1 season at a loss of profit often or breaking even.. could it  be conflicting with a different editor file for example i play with a germany lower division file as well as the only other file aside from name change fixes.

 

‘Thanks Xythos. I have seen something similar happen - I am curious if the MLS teams are hardcoded to have a limited roster size. There are a number of issues we've found with MLS, and this may be another one. Do you see any non-MLS teams having this issue?

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By natefsga 18 June 2023 - 20:08 PM UTC 

Thanks for the response. This database is so fun. I took it a step further and made some more tweaks to really get a feeling of how good USA football would become if it replaced US football as the most popular sport. To combat the crashes, I now save every week but I have not had any more hard CTD dates so all is well. They 100% need to address some issues in FM24 but who knows if they will. Companies get so complacent these days. Anyways, thanks for the response and I hope all is well. 

 

No problem - I'm glad you're enjoying it! I'm always in the market for changes for future versions - what changes did you make?

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By natefsga 16 June 2023 - 04:44 AM UTC 

Hey, thanks for the DB. Been trying to troubleshoot issues I have with this database crashing on random dates. I was just trying to do a save with the basic us and canada databases including the basic concaf with the new nations you provided. With the nations added I had a hard ctd date of October 4th that I could not get past. When I removed the extra nations (and the total number of players loaded for faster testing speed) and just left USA, Canada, and the concaf file it made it to the next year before I got two random crashes. I was able to keep advancing after reloading this time though. I am using 23.4 which I believe this db uses unless it was updated with the messi update you made. Any insight you or anyone could provide would be awesome Thanks

 

Hey Nate - I'm sorry for the instability issues you're running into. It seems like something that's been an issue of late - I don't know if there was a shadow update that I missed, but it seems to be a common problem. I think it's  a bug in the game (not related to the database) and not something I can fix unfortunately - you can see our efforts to have Sports Interactive address it in this thread: https://community.sigames.com/bugtracker/football-manager-2023-bugs-tracker/913_pre-game-and-in-game-editor/custom-league-verified-by-editor-but-game-will-crash-always-r14605/. As frustrating as it is, I don't think this bug will be addressed in FM 23, but it may be helpful to post in the thread and upload your save file in hopes this will be addressed in FM 24. I'm sorry - I wish I had a better answer for you, but there are multiple of us with US databases that are having this issue. 

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I updated the US database with the Messi transfer. It now goes through on July 1, 2023. 

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I think this is the last tweak I'm trying for FM 23 - I redid the CONCACAF competitions. The problem with the CONCACAF leagues (for anyone who has played) is that the gap in talent between the top and bottom (or even mid tier) teams in North America is pretty massive, so a lot of the teams outside of Canada/Mexico/The US are being blown out by the 5th or 6th year in. The new competition tree looks something like this:

 

 

 

The shorter (and much less complex version) is that to ameliorate this I added a fourth cup (the Bronze cup) that the teams lower in the group stage of the Gold and Silver cups get dumped into, and the lower teams in the Champions League group stage face off against the 2nd place teams in the Gold and Silver cup group stages. In theory this creates winnable competition for teams from smaller leagues, so they can get the champions league money and also have a route to a cup win. 

 

There were two other tweaks that are notable and one fun thing:

1) I  added a coefficient, so theoretically nations can climb and fall - so it's possible to do a build a nation and get more slots. 

2) There is also now a super cup between the winners of the four competitions in July. 

3) I created a rotating set of host nations and stadiums, so the finals won't be at the home stadium of the larger teams anymore. 

 

The file is below. 

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Hi friends! Since it looks like we're at the end of the FM 23 window, This summer I may release a few test versions I've been working on. They're elements I may or may not include in the FM 24 version of this database, so I want to see if anyone wants to use them and give feedback. 

 

First, I redid the qualification in the top tier of the US database based on this James Lawrence Alcott tweet: 

 

So, for the US top tier, the top 3 teams automatically qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League, and teams 4-7 are entered into a playoff. The winners of the semifinal face off for the last CONCACAF Champions League spot (loser goes to the Gold cup), while the losers of the semifinal face off for the last Gold Cup spot (loser goes to the Silver Cup.) It's down below as US Advanced Playoff Test. 

 

 

The second is a reworking of the CONCACAF Champions League to mimic the drops between the Champions, Europa, and Europa Conference Leagues. So, the top two CL teams go into the round of 16, the 3rd place group team in the CL faces the 2nd place group team in the Gold Cup, and the 4th place CL team faces the 2nd place team in the Silver Cup. The loser of the knockouts in the Gold Cup faces the winner of the silver Cup round, and that team proceeds to the round of 16 in the Silver Cup. It's down below as CC - Drops between competitions. 

 

I have a more… ambitious one I'm working on for the champions league, but that will take some time this summer. 

 

If you use them, please feel free to let me know what you think and any tweaks you would suggest. Thanks all!

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By TiltedAiri 20 May 2023 - 20:56 PM UTC 

Update:

 

If I'm unemployed on the Crash date it doesn't crash. It only crashes if I'm employed on the date. 

 

Hi Airi - thanks for continuing to dig in, and yes, you found what looks like the workaround - if you have the in game editor, quit before the fourth Monday in August, sim pass the date, then jump back into the club. It impacts more than just my mod (https://community.sigames.com/bugtracker/football-manager-2023-bugs-tracker/913_pre-game-and-in-game-editor/custom-league-verified-by-editor-but-game-will-crash-always-r14605/) and may not have been addressed in the latest rounds of patches, so we may just be in this world for this version of the game.  

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By Scoraaa 16 May 2023 - 09:40 AM UTC 

This helps alot tyvm, it was just that the American and Canadian league were highlighted as playoffs so couldent see who qualifies for what 

 

Yes, I have tried to dig around and figure out how to show the qualifications as well as the playoffs, but haven't figured it out… yet. Maybe one day. 

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By Scoraaa 09 May 2023 - 13:47 PM UTC 

Is there a coefficient or anyway to view how many teams qualify from each nation?

 

There isn't a coefficient, or I haven't figured out how to set it up, but here is a Google sheet with the number of teams from each nation: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HnZqraLuQdgzmFo37QRCqeeOcGvqJIUFsYbcQ5SAzP4/edit?usp=sharing.

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By StuartNG 15 April 2023 - 11:06 AM UTC 

Hi there can I ask what the difference is between the basic mode and advanced mode? I like to play as New Mexico Utd and quite like the idea of promotion and relegation which I know is fantasy mode.  Thank you

 

Yep! For your purposes you'll want to use the basic database - there is a bug in the game that causes lower level saves to crash to desktop on August 23rd of the first season. There are a lot more features in the advanced db, including the immersive deadline day experience and ffp rules, but I started a save with the basic one and it was a fine experience.