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Just to add to this one that is pending, this is definitely the badge Celtic are now using, they carried out a review of their marketing strategy and have applied this badge to all commercial outward facing sources. It is (has been for good while) the badge on the kit and the one used by all broadcasters and media this season. Sorry for tagging @bakizp , just wanted to make sure you saw this given the prominence of the club in relative terms to the number of logos in the pack. Thanks.

Hi, thanks for raising. I am not sure what is going on with this player, as I can replicate the issue you describe. I don't have time to check the editor today, in case, for some reason, SI pulled him from their database via an update at some point, but I don't know the wider history of the player or why this may have been the case. Hopefully, tonight or tomorrow, I can load the original database and most recent via the editor to check he is there. If he is, we will need to look into it. If he isn't, then he will need to be added to the update, which I can look at if needed. Unfortunately, I can't get to it today. 

Thanks, I am sure SI games will sort that when they release the next game. Unfortunately, and from memory, the Icons, legends etc are hard coded, and can't be altered due to each club having to authorise the players that appear in each list i.e. licensing. There have been requests in the past for changes to be made, but it wasn't possible. Happy to stand corrected if there is a way to do this, but to the best of my knowledge, that part of the game is locked down. 

I loaded a new game yesterday (9th), and he is at Werder Bremen? Are you seeing this with German leagues loaded? I don't have them loaded in this save and he is still showing. Only other issue(s) could be another file you are using that is overwriting the update change, or that he is allocated to their youth or reserve squad, so isn't showing on the first team page, but he is 100% there as part of the update. I do not use any other files that impact transfers. 

Updates are released daily, but the one you download today reflects changes up to yesterday. Sesko should be in the update file that comes out today. It is not an absolute real time update to the file, you need to wait for the daily build and release the following day. When you see that the player is correct on the website, and find they are not in the update file, it means you need to wait until the next day's update to see them in game. 

At the end of the window, it is often better to wait a day or two while all the last minute changes are applied, so it would be good to remember that the update file requires a grace period of circa 24 hours from what you see on the website. At the end of the window, some deals are confirmed later etc., so anyone waiting to start a long term save after the window closes is better off waiting 48 hours to get going to ensure that the community has had a chance to process all changes etc. 

In theory it should work without too much of an issue. However, it is best to source the UID from the save game, as sometimes it won't match the editor one. My only reservation is that I have never tried it for an owner, but I use facepacks with owner images and they work fine. Also all self-created people work too. 

Is the UID that shows in game the same as the one you see in the editor?

At the moment, there is no facepack, mainly because players added here won't have a static ID that is definitely going to work on everyone's save game. There is also the wider reality of the time taken to source, produce and maintain a pack. 

However, I do know that there are early plans to at least consider trying to sort this out, and I know some staff are looking into it all with keenness. For now, you can create your own images and add them to whichever folder and config file you use, ensuring that you match the UIDs in question in your save to the image and config file reference. 

Both instances were created by SI as part of the official game. The first in your list was removed by SI at some stage in the update cycle. Are you seeing two in game, or only here when searching the database? The database here includes players/people from previous versions of the game not in the current game. As long as there is only one ‘in game’ then no need to worry. 

Given the number of different editor files out there for lower levels, it is impossible to know for certain which files will work well together without testing. However, in terms of league files it can be the case that you can't use two different files for the same nation simultaneously, albeit sometimes you can, it just depends on what has been edited in each file and whether those edits create conflict. For league files, the game is usually good at identifying this and will often prevent the possibility of loading two files for the same nation that will result in conflict that the game can't process. 

You then have a choice as to which file you use. For example, I use all data update files apart from Scotland, as I use the lower league Scottish file that has been created by a community member. The 50+ other files all work with that file that I use instead of Scotland, but it is really a case of trial and error.

You will have no issue using a lower league file (whereby the file simply creates the league/competition structure) with files that relate to transfers, contracts etc. but the same applies in that area, in the sense that if you use two different transfer/new player updates you will likely end up with duplicate players.

Finally, if you are going to use a lower league file it is much better to source a 25/26 version of the lower league file that has been thoroughly updated rather than a 24/25 one if using the data update.

Think it's OPZ Elite blackout as there are three versions in the pack

OPZ Elite with the Metallic logo pack 

Removed the duplicate entry, will show in tomorrow's (6th August) update. Thanks for flagging.

I think that is speculative, Celtic rarely pay anyone anywhere near 50K a week. McGregor is on roughly 40K which is likely where Tierney sits as well.

Hi, I have loaded new games today and yesterday with the update and no issues, albeit initial load times are a little longer the more data being loaded. I noticed the screen mentioned above did hang a bit for a while, but it still loaded if left for five minutes.

Both have been fixed by other contributors, the Ajax player should be correct with the most recent update, Obi too but with additional fixes in what will be tomorrow's update. 

For those players, they are part of the SI official database and not new players. For things like this, the pre-game editor is best bet as the scale of sorting all of these issues and releasing a file is massive. If you create one file yourself and apply the changes to that file it should kick in at the start of a new save. 

For those players, they are part of the SI official database and not new player. For things like this, the pre-game editor is best bet as the scale of sorting all of these issues and releasing a file is massive. If you create one file yourself and apply the changes to that file it should kick in at the start of a new save. 

Thanks, I will look at those players today. It is worth noting that if he is a new player added by the community here, you can also update data like that via the update, albeit I appreciate it might not be something you have tried.

If a player already in the SI database it requires a manual fix and that isn't doable via the update.

I will fix those today if a colleague hasn't picked this up last night and if they are new via our update. Thanks for flagging. As the update gets bigger and bigger we need users to raise issues like this around ethnicity, nationality etc. for new players, so if you spot more let us know.

Around a week ago the submission system was updated to allow for ethnicity, and these are being worked on gradually for any player added in before the feature was added to the update. I will have a chance later today to check the players mentioned. Naturally, a new save is needed to benefit from updates to ethnicity. It will take a few weeks for the community to double back and sort ethnicity for players who went in before the feature went live, but many have been fixed. 

If you start a new save with the latest update and spot any other ethnicity issues then let us know. Thanks

Yes, see above post. It has been updated too, so the first file has down to West of Scotland level 4, and the second includes amateur teams in a fantasy format

Ignore the players, the year is 2042 in the test save I was running. Definitely in there. However, if you have any other Scottish league files loading from your editor folder, you will need to disable them. 

He didn't mate, they are 100% there, will pop a screenshot up in a few minutes, but they may not be in the fantasy file, which hasn't been updated yet as per above, only the real pyramid file was updated (second one).

Brilliant detail, and good luck with the career. The backstory struck me, as a good mate from my youth moved to Prague from Glasgow, ironically, to stay with his Uncle initially. Lost touch over the years, but a great guy and he loved FM (or CM as it was then) too. Might have inspired a lower league Scottish career that I upload here once the window closes.

Fixed, thanks for flagging, should be sorted in the update that is released on Sunday, as the update is locked at a set time each day in terms of file generation, so it will be Sunday's before you see the fix in place. 

Can you let us know the player and club and I'll take a look? Thanks 

Can you let us know the player and club and I'll take a look?

Rob, transfermarkt ended up being correct, EK announced the deal a fortnight ago, transfermarkt updated then. Then when it showed Elgin I presumed they were wrong, nothing online at Elgin or EK, until after I messaged and the local press in Elgin ran a story about the EK deal collapsing last minute, so your entry was right and I re-enabled it.

Transfermarkt is usually great for active FM leagues, pretty outdated/unreliable for lower leagues and youth squads, but with this transfer, they were spot on

Thanks, will sort that just now, will only be one in tomorrow's update file. 

Hi guys, is it okay to make this one? If FM25/26 gets the new structure right in the Scottish pyramid, it will become a competition logo further down the line and I can upload then. Thanks

Thanks William, these files are brilliant, and make the game worth playing every year. 

To complement, around 800 transfers at L5 and down have been updated via the update this month. The North Caley, and North in general has had some much needed attention. At L5 I am also adding new youth as I uncover them for Lowland and Highland, as well as adding in the odd missing prominent players at that level (new players don't always appear in the next day's update, it can take a few weeks as they are added in automated batches at intervals I think). If I had time, I would love to add players at all levels, but I won't get that far. Also adding one or two youth at L6 and below as I find them and if they appear to have good potential against stats etc. 

All leagues and levels within the pyramid now covered once this summer (within the last week, so the odd new deal will have missed this run through, but I will pick them up on the next one), and will go back through them all again twice more up to when the window closes. WOS, LL, HL should have fairly comprehensive coverage of players in the game database in terms of correct clubs now. For HL, some squads are maybe inflated a little, as not all clubs provide easy to access squad overviews. I will go back over HL for outgoings, but incomings and youth are covered fairly well. North Caley had so many players that left clubs three years ago, so stripped them out. Of all the leagues, the Midlands is brutal in terms of really poor database coverage, so still lots of gaps. WoS, Caley and Highland have really good database coverage for most players playing when the last game was released. 

As up to date as I can get it, and know a few others have contributed too. 

If anyone is a fan of a particular L5 or below team and spots missing prominent players or new youth then PM me and I will try to sort.