The Modelcitizen - Comments

It would be a lot of work for sure, I might consider releasing a version like that at some point. My next big project might be switching MLS to a fall/spring season first though

Check it out

https://sortitoutsi.net/content/67383/auckland-fc-to-the-a-league

I swore I saw one on here but can't find it now. I might put something together over the next few days and see if it breaks any of the A-League functionality

Double check they aren't kicking teams out of World Cup/confederation championship qualifying btw, I think some tournaments just grab teams by getting the best teams from a continent with “world governing body member” checked (might be too many now)

There's no need, you don't need to start a new game or anything. If I notice something like a team moving to a new stadium, San Diego signing people, a competition's rules being announced, etc, I'll add it. Just general QOL updates when I'm bored at my computer. 

I figure people will be starting a few new games between now and March 2025 so might as well keep it up to date

Actually I can see they still have $0 GAM if you start in Feb '23. You can still trade picks etc. Will see if I can give them a transfer budget too

The first window transfer ban might be causing it - normally it's good for MLS but since SD need players it might be better to allow that window

Working fine for me - can you describe your setup in terms of start date, any unrelated transfer files etc you're running? Wonder if there's another DB that's causing a conflict

Oh sh*t, for real? Have you checked the box to not allow the first transfer window? And started in early 2023 obviously? It was working when I tested it, but might need another look

It's flexible and can be used with or without the extra team! So with or without my expansion. In that case it would just help with some of the hosting and prize money to make it more realistic. Thanks for checking in

Added San Diego FC from the first season (6 players signed so far, so a chance to mostly build your own team with MLS' transfer rules). 

Get the graphics again, or at least the San Diego FC folder in there, along with my Leagues Cup file (backup) which can accommodate the extra spot (see screenshot)

Why 2024? Won't the big teams be drained by Euro/Copa America call-ups?

Actually the last update made it impossible to verify this IIRC, maybe they somehow added that change too but either way not sure I can fix it

WTF, I have no memory of that, lol, no idea why that's there. Will take a look and remove it. BUT isn't this file no longer necessary, I swear they dealt with the fitness/CWC bug in the official patch in April? Let me know if not. Also have a smaller 16-team CWC at the SI Games forum, that uses the correct 2025 stadiums and prize money. Thanks for flagging this @Footygamer 

No but FM24 is cheap now, alternately you can try this one

Updated with some rivalry info tweaks based on recent surveys that were done for D2 and D3 teams.

Also made MLSNP scheduling and playoffs for 2024 and onward largely accurate (except no “pick your opponent" for the top playoff seeds like they have IRL), plus more accurate US Open Cup qualifying from USL2. Some stadium info etc adjusted as well.

Check out the optional transfer file in the OP, this is not entirely realistic but sets a transfer embargo for the D2 and D3 teams until after the first MLS draft - this means they won't poach the best USL2 and MLS NEXT talent, at least until after the first season, meaning the first draft class isn't as useless as it is when they get a hold of it. The vast majority of the affected teams have a deep enough roster to handle it, and by the second season, they should have a slightly more settled roster including with free agents from January 2024 so they don't poach young talent as hard (not sure there's a way to just block them from signing D4 or lower players)

Cleaned up some NISA scheduling, added some attendance figures for some NPSL teams (for their cup games at home), made it so NYC play a few home games at Citi Field in 2023 like IRL. Really minor stuff like that. Trying to do one now where one of the LA derbies last year is played at the Rose Bowl but counts as a home game for one of them

Is there an option in the editor to preclude that?  I thought I tried all the different ways to tell the game that there's no promotion, but it's like the game's contract negotiation AI just can't grasp that there are lower divisions that don't involve that possibility. I don't believe it will ever be activated in-game, but yeah it's not ideal and I'd like to remove it entirely. In the meantime, just think of it as a way to get a leg up in negotiations

This format?

NISA is in there. You might mean NPSL. Honestly, at such a low level the stats are so low and the AI coaches act weird so it's almost meaningless to play, other than to get to play with your local team. Plus, enabling all those extra teams means they drop and sign players way too frequently, including raiding USL2 teams for talent and messing up the quality the game has sort of intended to go through the USL2 to MLS draft pipeline (bad enough seeing NISA, USL1, and USLC teams raid the USL2 rosters). They also produce useless youth intakes themselves and slow your game down.

Same with the amateur leagues. For now I just have a couple of the amateur cups with NPSL teams so they get some occasional morale boosts when not getting hammered in the US Open Cup every year, and for amateur teams so they get cup games in their stats and you can scout them if they have any actual players. They keep getting imaginary league games in their stats as a result of the division being inactive. Same applies to MLS NEXT players, they seem to develop fine with the league season remaining inactive (can't replicate the fall to spring season here anyway) but having a bunch of cups to play in and for you to scout (MLS NEXT Flex, Fest, Cup)

Nice!! The user Gum at the SI forums did most of the awesome work with stadiums on the file, including with the stadium editor, but that was nearly a year ago now so the more recent news wouldn't have been included. I think I recently added Detroit's planned stadium move, and NYC using Citi Field for 6 games last year. Will take a look at those other moves, I generally go with ones that look, like, 95% done given how frequently the IRL plans fall apart with this kind of thing

I don't see why not, if they haven't touched competition structures or done things like made clubs extinct, it should work fine. Although all of the transfer/contract changes will likely mean some MLS teams are over the cap now

The last one was just changing the USL Cup knockout rounds to no extra-time (straight to PKs), because they finally played them IRL (for the first time) and there was no extra-time. There is no “last update” in that sense, if it becomes apparent something can use a slight fix like that, I'll do it when I have time. You can start your career anytime, the database is already far more complete than most default ones in the game

Which stadiums? Casement Park and Windsor Park?

Download link on the right. This is for FM23 mind you, you might be able to port it over to FM24 but the U19 division would probably be messed up as h*ll and there would be a bunch of new people who would need the second nationality added

Added Scotland and Wales once I realized European qualifying can handle losing 4 teams (plus Russia) and still run fine

Make sure it goes to your equivalent folder to here:

D:\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2024\editor data

And when you start a new game, click on the top right to make sure the box is checked to enable the database

Is this not in the game already

Lots of little tweaks, nothing gamebreaking. Made NISA's schedule slightly more realistic, added the National Amateur Cup from the semis onward so that some NPSL teams would get extra games (idea being they won't be at constant low morale from losing in Open Cup, Independent Cup, or in some cases, Oregon Open Cup/Minnesota Super Cup games). Going to upload a newer version shortly that should fix the Steinbrecher cup semis not being at the same location consistently