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#375077 Why can't I find players on FM that's supposed to be in the DB?

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31 Mar 2017 12:31:50

some players will be missing on small or medium database...

#371248 Upgraded laptop now 3d runs slow

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21 Feb 2017 18:49:24

when you say you have upgraded your laptop do you mean you have purchased a new one or upgraded parts? can i have the specifications of your laptop please...

#370587 London City FC - A City On The Rise

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16 Feb 2017 00:17:47

another clean sweep of the domestic trophies, very impressive

unlucky on missing out on the european cup final again but your getting closer...

#370547 Remove Brexit in fm touch

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15 Feb 2017 17:24:01

I don't think there is any way to edit the database in fm touch, you have to use the full simulation for that...

#369915 London City FC - A City On The Rise

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10 Feb 2017 20:27:14

magnificent season and finally premier league champions, congrats, united really must of capitulated in the last 4 games. still missing the holy grail of the champions league, hopefully that will come next season

#369824 London City FC - A City On The Rise

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09 Feb 2017 19:34:09

keep on fighting till the end Dan, we believe in you

#368168 2016/17 FA Cup

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28 Jan 2017 14:30:55

ouch, liverpool's season falling apart

#368007 Força Chape Succession

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26 Jan 2017 22:33:57

ex roma mancini, thats a blast from the past, he was a good player back in the day, the step over king

#367774 Football Manager 2015 Asking Price Glitch

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24 Jan 2017 17:34:24

By Emmeth | On 24 January 2017 - 14:04 PM GMT

Yes, I am pressing confirm every single time. No, he doesn't have a release clause.

I am at a loss here, because if I were to sell him I would never get what I want for him.

try removing the asking price option so there is no asking price at all, if that works then you can try to set a new asking price afterwards...

#367715 Football Manager 2015 Asking Price Glitch

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23 Jan 2017 23:38:40

are you pressing the confirm button at the bottom before you exit the screen? does he have a release clause for £850k?

#367115 Nottingham Forest | 5 Year Plan - Road to Glory

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18 Jan 2017 22:08:38

did you make those graphics yourself? very nice

#366570 Setting Steam Profile

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14 Jan 2017 01:28:23

I am trying to link my steam profile but it keeps saying ''incorrect login'', I know the details are correct because I just logged into steam using those exact details, any help would be appreciated...

#366566 FM 2005 help

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14 Jan 2017 00:56:24

By Antonin1957 | On 13 January 2017 - 23:46 PM GMT

No error messages. I just double click, and nothing happens.

Well, it figures that a 2015 update by Microsoft disabled a driver I need to run FM 2005. I last played it probably in late 2014 or early 2015. It just figures. I really hate Microsoft. I'm not going to even try to enable/disable the driver, because I'm not a computer expert and would probably cause problems somewhere else.

As much as I love the real life game of football, trying to play a computer football management game that gets more difficult with each version is extremely frustrating. Going back and playing favorite teams on versions of the game that were slightly easier is impossible. SI is never going to produce a database, even a limited one, so that you can play at least a few historical teams, and if you go to their forum and ask why not, the moderators will insist that it's impossible and if you continue to discuss it they will close the thread.

Hey, wouldn't it be fun to play that old Barcelona team with Messi and Ronaldinho and Eto'o? Wouldn't it be great to resurrect the "Busby Babes" and make them live again? Or manage the New York Cosmos back in the Pele days? I don't understand why any football lover *wouldn't* want to do these things.

I am able to play WSM2008, but that was the version that was so mind-numbingly detailed and tactically incomprehensible that I just walked away from FM for several years.

Well, thank you again for spending your time trying to help a frustrated 60 year old FM player try to live out his football management fantasies on the computer. I will buy you a beer if we ever meet.

No problem, I hope you manage to find your passion for FM again, I will be sure to take you up on that beer if we ever meet

#366548 Stay at club or loan

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13 Jan 2017 20:42:39

first team football is the most important thing...

#366514 FM 2005 help

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13 Jan 2017 15:39:14

By Antonin1957 | On 13 January 2017 - 01:32 AM GMT

Nope. There Is an "Advanced" button but no "Unblock" button. And I can't figure out how to display the screen shot here so that you can see what I'm seeing.

Anyway thank you very much for trying to help me.

I have been playing this game since the CM 01/02 version, and have always found it to be a very frustrating game. It has a great deal of potential, but it's so difficult to be even slightly successful and you encounter too much ridicule on the SI forum trying to get help to figure things out or to propose changes that would increase the fun. I guess I have kept playing it off and on over the years because I love soccer and I *want* to try to have fun with this game. Every time I take over a team I begin to imagine the glories I've seen with real-life teams I've admired over the years.

I believe the reason the game won't run is related to a DRM issue. Many games released between the period of 2003 to 2008 include forms of DRM which won't work on recent versions of windows. Microsoft released an update in 2015 which disables the secdrv.sys driver, games which rely on this driver for there DRM service simply will not run without it. You need to enable the secdrv driver in command prompt, be aware that enabling this service makes your computer more vulnerable to viruses etc so be sure to disable it when you are finished with the game. To enable and disable the driver, open a Command Prompt window as Administrator. (Open the Start menu, search for “Command Prompt,” right-click the Command Prompt shortcut, and select Run as Administrator.) Run the “sc start secdrv” command to start the service, and run the “sc stop secdrv” command to stop it afterwards (obviously without the commas). Hopefully this will allow you to play the game...

#366408 FM 2005 help

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By Antonin1957 | On 12 January 2017 - 02:52 AM GMT

Nothing. There is no unblock option. I seem to remember that I *did* play FM2005 on this Win 7 machine, a couple of years ago. But maybe Windows updates deleted whatever it was that let me play it.

I was able to install and play Worldwide Soccer Manager 2008, but that was the version that caused me to give up on the FM games for a long time. It had so much detail and was so much more difficult that earlier versions it only made me frustrated. It was not fun at all.

I currently play the FM2014 version of FM Classic, but I wanted to go back to FM2005 and take over that great Barcelona side...

this is what i am talking about, look and see if the unblock option is there in properties:

#366372 FM 2005 help

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By Antonin1957 | On 12 January 2017 - 00:30 AM GMT

Is anybody else out there playing FM 2005? I have installed it, but the program will not launch. I have Windows 7.

When I double click on the icon, nothing happens. I have tried to run the program as "administrator," and I've changed the compatibility from Win XP to Win 7, but still nothing. I've installed FM 2005 because that seemed like an easier game than more recent versions. Plus, playing older versions is the only way to play "historical" teams.

I have tried to install FM 2006, but it won't even install on my machine.

its possible that the file is being blocked, right click on the icon and go to properties, if you see an unblock option at the bottom click it and then apply...

#366353 London City FC - A City On The Rise

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11 Jan 2017 22:23:38

superb end to the season well done

#366288 Print Screen crash

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10 Jan 2017 23:02:08

By The Miller | On 10 January 2017 - 21:11 PM GMT

I always use the print screen from the options drop down to print fixtures etc.

try the other methods then.....

#366092 Print Screen crash

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09 Jan 2017 00:29:52

are you talking about the steam client print screen method? there are other ways to take screenshots, there is a print screen button on your keyboard, no need to give up on the game just because of one bug...

#365675 [FM17] Climbing Jacob's Ladder (Part Deux)

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07 Jan 2017 01:03:19

a few too many 0-0 draws and it cost you in the end, hopefully you can put it right next season...

#365594 Messi Testimonial(?!)

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05 Jan 2017 22:33:21

i think testimonial opponents are just picked at random, your team came out of the hat on this occasion...

#365593 Stop the Drop

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05 Jan 2017 22:30:11

hopefully shouldn't be too difficult to get everton safe, there squad is too good to be down there...

#360966 Game crashes whilst on the initial game loading screen after loading graphics

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By stevehanks | On 01 December 2016 - 12:23 PM GMT

Got them from the sortitoutsi site. Do you need the specific folders?

just link the page so i know which one you downloaded, have you tried other facepacks from other sites, that is what i would do first...

#360963 Game crashes whilst on the initial game loading screen after loading graphics

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i read somewhere else that you need to create a sub folder inside the graphics folder and put the files in there:

First step: Go to the following directory: Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2017/

Second step: Now, create a new folder named “graphics“. Then, inside the graphics folder, you should create a new folder named “facepacks” [graphics is necessary, the names of subfolders inside graphics are not important, as I have not "facepacks" but "Megapack 7.0" and "Megapack TCM15"]

Third step: Open the .zip or .rar file (with WinRar), and extract the content to the following directory

ocuments/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2017/graphics/facepacks

Fourth step: Start Football Manager 2017 and go to Preferences -> Interface and untick Use Caching to decrease page loading times, and tick Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences.

Fifth step: Press Confirm button.

#360959 Game crashes whilst on the initial game loading screen after loading graphics

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01 Dec 2016 12:07:58

are you sure that the files are compatible with mac, that is the only thing i can think of right now. can you post a link to the page where you got the add on files please...

#360956 Game crashes whilst on the initial game loading screen after loading graphics

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01 Dec 2016 11:51:16

does the game work as normal when you remove the add on files?

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16 Nov 2016 20:29:55

i am interested in starting my own lower league save having never managed at very low levels, so i appreciate the detail in your posts, good luck with the save and hopefully i can pick up some pointers