Bristol Roman - Comments

Hi. That was exactly it. Saved in one place and looking in t'other. Thanks.

Can anyone offer an explanation, please? I've just completed my first season of FM2022 and am about to start the new season. I've done some tidying of folders on my laptop, but definitely not deleted anything  to do with FM. In fact, I've just uploaded a face pack. 

 

I've now gone to play the game again, but the desktop logo had disappeared and, entering via Steam, it takes me right back to start the first season all over again, although it shows that I've played 101 hours! I cannot find the saved game anywhere. Any ideas, please? Or will I have to start all over again?

 

Cheers

I've started playing FM22 in Vanarama National League South, which correctly has 21 teams for 2021-2022 season. At the end of that season, one team was relegated from VNLS to the Isthmian League and two were promoted to the National League. Two were relegated from the National League to VNLS. Two teams were promoted from each of the Isthmian League and Southern League to VNLS to bring it back to 24 teams for 2022-2023.

 

When I get to the end of the 2021-2022 season will the above promotions and relegations come in automatically, or will I have to download a pack to bring the League into line?  This might be academic if I get promoted (unlikely), but it will be good to know in advance.

 

Many thanks

Duplicate post. Fat finger syndrome

I thought it was the wrong forum, but it's probably the right one after all.

Hi,

I'm still playing FM2018 and now managing a Scottish Prem club. I want to allocate squad numbers, but it will only allow 1-25, whereas other teams have players with much higher squad numbers. Only a minor thing, I know, but is there  way round it, please?

Cheers

Pete

I'm pleased to say that the graphics issue has been resolved, but all the credit must go to @mons

The amount of time he spent sorting what turned out to be quite a complex problem was over and above what I would have expected. So, this is a public "thank you"

Hi @monsi9958 (I hope that's right!)

I've run the game again and the Sports Interactive file saved correctly to the G drive. However, the graphics folder is empty; maybe I need to download one of the packs to put stuff in it?

Anyway, I've attached screenshots of what I think you may need. I'm beginning to wonder if, at 73, I'm too old for this lark, but I love the game when Mrs Bristol Blue and I are having "me time".

Cheers

Hi Mons

OK, I've done all that and the Preferences/Interface screen is exactly as your screen shot. I've re-checked the launch options path and it is definitely set to --user_data_location="G:\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2018"

I'll run the game tomorrow and see how it goes.

Thanks again for your guidance

Hi Mons

Thanks so much for this. I'll give it a go and hope it goes OK

Good morning/afternoon/ evening (It's one of those in Oz, I'm sure)

OK, here goes. I decided to have another go to see if I got the same outcome. I downloaded the cut out facepack and it appeared to download OK. However, it would only extract to "Downloads" and it took about 3 hours (I realise it is a big file).

I then tried to move it from Downloads to the USB stick (G Drive), but it refused as the file was too big. This could not be the case as the USB had around 24GB of free space. I then found a "sortitoutsi" folder separate to the rar file in Downloads. The rar file contained 181 files, but the sortitoutsi folder had over 400,000! I thought I'd try to move the rar contents to FM2018 using the instructions on your site. Having done that, I could not see any changes within the game. I then decided to move the sortitoutsi folder contents to the G drive. Again this took about 3 or 4 hours.

There was obviously something amiss, so I deleted the whole thing from the G drive and Downloads. Another 3 hours. I wish to add at this stage I did not sit staring at the screen all day. I just let it get on with the job.

So, I'm now back at square one. I'm going away in a couple of days and won't be back until the middle of next week but, if I have the time, I'll try again with a kit pack; that way, I'll be able to see changes as the kits will appear in the Premier League.

The only other info I can give you is that I started saving the game to the G drive rather than to the Cloud while the Sports Interactive folder was held in the C drive/Documents. I then moved the Sports Interactive folder to the G drive. I don't know if that has caused a problem. Many of the folders within the Sports Interactive folder are, and always have been empty, including the graphics one. Has that caused a problem, I wonder?

If it helps, I've attached a screenshot of the G drive contents. I can supply further if you need anything.

I'm sorry to take up so much of your time.

Many thanks
Pete

Hey Rob, it's me again, sorry.

I've tried another download to see if I got the same results. I didn't, but it's still not right. I'm busy right now, but I'll try to give you the latest scenario as soon as possible.

Thanks for your understanding.

Cheers
Bristol Blue

Hi Rob.

Thanks for the reply. I'll try to explain further; I'm no PC whizkid, but I manage most tasks. The download didn't even start as far as I could see and the anti-virus popped up immediately. Several times. I've looked at my downloads folder and there's nothing there. I've checked the downloads section in the browser (Google Chrome) and it's not in there either.

I've opened the anti-virus (Kaspersky) and no sign of it in there either. There were no threats or anything else that would be a problem.

I was hoping that I could have downloaded the logos, a facepack and kits so that the entire game is more authentic, but I'm a bit wary of going any further right now.

Since I made contact last night, I have moved the entire Sports Interactive folder to a 32GB USB stick, so that my laptop doesn't get clogged up with all that I want to add to the game. I guess this is OK?

I hope all this helps.

Cheers
Pete

You'll have to forgive me for being a bit thick, but I have a problem. I wanted to download the logo pack and, at the same time, re-joined as a Premium member. I hit download and then had dozens of pop up boxes telling me that my anti-virus had detected something amiss. Unfortunately, I can't recall what they said but it was something to do with Applications a x64bit (I think). The downloads are nowhere to be seen. I've been playing the game since it was launched in November and this is the first time I've tried to add anything to it. If it helps, the Sports Interactive folder is in my C drive, but I save the game to a USB stick. Thanks for any help that anyone can offer, but please don't get too technical.
Cheers
Pete

I hope this is in the right thread. I've extracted the 2016 kits for the four top English divisions to FM2015. As I'm playing the 2015/16 season now, I thought I'd have the kits up to date. All the new (2016) kits are showing on the team screens and dialog boxes during games, but the games themselves are being played in the old (2015) kits.

Have I done something wrong or is that how it works, please? Be gentle with me, I'm getting on a bit! (I have got FM2016 as well and all is OK with that. I added all the faces and shiny logos etc with no glitches).

Many thanks to anyone who can help.