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AM23 - Assistant Manager for FMM23 (Android) 1.0.2


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 This is a scouting app for FMM23 (Android), letting you:

  • See the CA, PA, hidden attributes, etc for any player.
  • Search for players by many parameters (CA, PA, Age, position, foot, name, club, some hidden attributes, etc). 
  • Export the current view of players to a FMM shortlist so you can import them into your FMM shortlist.

NOTE: This will only work with FMM23, it will NOT work with FMM24 when it comes

I plan to release a new app called AM24 (for FMM24). This will be released on Google Play and will not be free

 

Installation

You will need to allow APKs to be installed from sources other than Google Play and you will also be prompted to allow installation from this source.

Once opened for the first time, the app will look for save files in a couple of common places. If it finds them, you will see buttons for each save file found. If it doesn't find any save files, you will need to tell the app where the save file folder is and there is a serious bug here. This is what you need to do:

  • You will be prompted with the Find Folder button. Press this.
  • You then need to find the Games folder and press the green tick / check mark in the top right corner. Note it won't show any files, only folders.
  • It SHOULD then take you back to the main screen and show you buttons for each save file BUT there is a bug and it doesn't show them.
  • You need to close the app fully (back button and say Yes) and then open it again. It should then show the save file buttons.

After that, everything should work fine. This is only a problem the first time you open the app and choose the folder. After that, the app should remember the folder and be able to show the buttons.

I will not be fixing this in AM23 - the open file logic is pretty complicated and needs a total rewrite, which it will get for AM24.

 

Overview

Here's an overview of the app (from last two years ago, but pretty much the same): 

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For those following along

Last year I said:

This version was supposed to be going onto Google Play, but it needs to comply with their newer (more restrictive) file permission model to be accepted. I can't do that without updating to the latest version of the programming language I'm using, and I can't update without a complete rewrite of the app.

It does actually work with the latest version of Android, so I'm releasing it here for free and embarking on a total rewrite for AM23.

As it turns out, there are some serious issues with making this work with Android's newer file permissions model. I couldn't work these out this year, but will try again next year.

 

Support, etc

The app shouldn't cause any problems, but it is an "use at your own risk" app.

If you find any problems with the app, feel free to post them below BUT a) I don't have much time to spend on this now and b) I had to downgrade my development environment to release the app and I need to update it again soon (and won't be able to make any changes after that). So... there may be little to no support this year.

There will only be an Android version in the short term. Longer term I'd like to be able to do an iOS version, or at least a web version if that's not possible, but don't hold your breath!

 
Have fun! :D

Though remember using this app is against the rules of the challenges here on Vibe if you're doing one of them.

 

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Thanks! I've given it a try in an old save to check some doubts about my coaches saying "he's not good" while I was thinking "he will be good"... Well, turns out none of us was true haha.

I've spotted one little "bug" though: Some players in the "quick search" appear to have "None" as clubs, and if I load the shortlist in the game they do not appear at all. Is that because they are still in "club young teams"?

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43 minutes ago, Gonzolito said:

I've spotted one little "bug" though: Some players in the "quick search" appear to have "None" as clubs, and if I load the shortlist in the game they do not appear at all. Is that because they are still in "club young teams"?

Oh yeah, if they are about 16 or 17 and have None, then they are the Academy kids. At the start of the save, it's generally just yours and maybe a couple more, but in later seasons it seems there are more. I haven't worked that out yet. 

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On 05/08/2023 at 18:13, iwan prajawan said:

what atribute those supposed to be ? at the right corner

 

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I'm not sure I understand - which bit are you talking about? The CA & PA (current ability and potential ability)? Or the position values? Or something else?

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4 hours ago, haris0505 said:

where i cant find the exported sortlist ?

In FMM23 itself. Just go to Shortlist > Load/Save > Load Shortlist and you should see the one you exported from AM23 in whichever slot you exported it. The name of the shortlist will be something like `AM23 2023-08-07 15:34:12`.

It can have problems the first time you export each number (1 to 4) if there isn't already a shortlist save by FMM in that location, so you might need to go into FMM and save a shortlist first. For some reason it can overwrite an existing shortlist, but on at least some phones it can't seem to create a one if there isn't one already there...

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One thing this app really shows is how bad certain aspects of this game are. 

1. Middle aged regens - The game seems to love to create players who are near to their peak age and won't develop at all at random, with huge potential values. Observing previous years PA using similar tools, it would appear that the game algorithm limits the total potential of all players to a set amount to obtain balance (ie you don't have 25 Messi level players floating about, but 1-2 max). But with these pointless regens who won't develop to their potential, it means you get a much total quality of player in the game.

2. Scout and Coaching reports are insanely inaccurate - In my save I bought Gvardiol in on a free. My scout listed him as 2.5 stars but I took a chance, and my coach now rates him as a 3.... He has a CA of 168 and PA of 170, making him the fifth best CB in the world on PA. 

After 1.5 seasons in the team, you'd think a gold coach would be able to tell a Middlesbrough rotation defensive option from a world beater. Not in this game.

The worst is Victor Roque...CA158/PA170. My coach attributes 2 stars to him, which is ridiculous. My best striker is +2 CA and has 4.5 stars (and maxed out potential)... 

In fact, using the in game star rating as a guide, my first team would have 9 inferior players selected on CA. Some are significantly different (coach ranking a 141 CA over a 180/ 4.5 v 4 stars). 

3. Development is accelerated then seems to stop dead-  players who I loaned to my affiliate club in league one (Sutton United) under 21 years of age reach 140-150 CA almost instantly after one loan season, in most cases this is maximum potential for them. My true wonderkids who are kept with the first team and have played a fair few games (say all cup games, easy CL games as starts, almost all games for 30 mins at sub) have lower CAs at similar ages. Which doesn't make sense. I'd imagine 30 minutes Vs PSG in a CL final would be better than more matches Vs Blackpool.

After they get to 150, their development pretty much stops. If I go forward one season, my top potential player with 190PA and CA at 152 gains 4 CA in a season where he played 47 games. This seems consistent. I have a squad of very high potential (I'm in 2029-2030) but hardly any develop after 21/150CA.

Looking at the database, for players 26 or under (ie still teens at the start of regens), there are only 15 players between 166CA and 150. 

Essentially the quality of players seems to just die out as time goes on. 

4. Older players don't decline - All the best players are original players in the database and while some make sense (mbappé is still brilliant but only 30), all those drifting to the late 30s hardly decline at all. 

Harry Kane is 36 and is 170CA for instance. Laporte is still 171CA. Judging on all the non retired famous players now over the age of 34, the highest decline I seen was 15CA points. 

 

 

 

 

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On 07/08/2023 at 06:21, Scratch said:

I'm not sure I understand - which bit are you talking about? The CA & PA (current ability and potential ability)? Or the position values? Or something else?

under the ca and pa rating at the top right corner... there are white 1 , green 20... which atribute are those number represent 

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3 minutes ago, iwan prajawan said:

under the ca and pa rating at the top right corner... there are white 1 , green 20... which atribute are those number represent 

Oh right, that's the position values with ST at the top and GK at the bottom. So Foden has 14 for ST, 20 for AML (left wing), 20 for AMC, 17 for AMR etc. Hope that makes sense.

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Hey Scratch,

When I searched the database you do get a few players in there that list no club, but have contract details populate. These players do not exist in the game and can't be found searching. After the game offered me the option to steal a youth player, I searched for him and he came up as one of those players. So I think the tool can identify the trialists about to join the game even if they don't appear at clubs until the season after. 

Just some feedback for you to consider if you want to try to sell the app in the future! Not sure if there is a way to fix the no club thing seeing as though these players are invisible? Doesn't matter to me now I worked it out...

Say again, great tool! Mega thanks

 

 

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21 minutes ago, sussexpob said:

Hey Scratch,

When I searched the database you do get a few players in there that list no club, but have contract details populate. These players do not exist in the game and can't be found searching. After the game offered me the option to steal a youth player, I searched for him and he came up as one of those players. So I think the tool can identify the trialists about to join the game even if they don't appear at clubs until the season after. 

Just some feedback for you to consider if you want to try to sell the app in the future! Not sure if there is a way to fix the no club thing seeing as though these players are invisible? Doesn't matter to me now I worked it out...

Say again, great tool! Mega thanks

 

 

Oh yeah, I said this above: 

"if they are about 16 or 17 and have None, then they are the Academy kids. At the start of the save, it's generally just yours and maybe a couple more, but in later seasons it seems there are more. I haven't worked that out yet. "

Later on it has the regen/academy kids for the other teams, but seems not in the first season. I'll try to work out how to show them better somehow, but not for the moment

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This apk only search in internal memory of the phone, somehow my fmm23 are installed on sd card so it cant be searched by this apk, any solution for this?

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1 hour ago, Shiroishii said:

This apk only search in internal memory of the phone, somehow my fmm23 are installed on sd card so it cant be searched by this apk, any solution for this?

This might work:

am23-v1.0.2a-sdcard-try.apk

It seems the folder browser can't browse the SD card, but I try to locate the folder directly by looking in common paths. 

It's a bit of a long shot, but it may work. If it doesn't, then there is probably no way to fix it this time around, but when I rebuild it, I will see I can solve it (long time away).

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Still couldn't open the folder from the sd card, but I tried manually copying the saved data and moving it to the internal storage, it worked, unfortunately only one savedata could be opened

 

Btw thank you for your response and effort

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Having tested this more using this app, it really is depressing how broken this game is. Over multiple saves and seasons, you really see how impossible it is to get players over 160PA mark despite everything being perfect, and also how utterly random something in game are. 

I set up a test game where basically the only objective was to buy younger talent with extremely high PA, and to chart how they develop using this tool. After 150CA, players just literally stop developing, and minor injuries for a few weeks or a month out of the first team can literally wipe 3 seasons of CA gain in an instant. All the younger higher CA players who are real life players decline - Haaland always ends up in his late 20s around 150-160CA.

You could say this is affected by a players hidden attributes, but these literally do not conform to the in-game reality. As an example, I had one player who had hidden attributes of 20 professionalism, 20 work rate, 200 PA..... in the squad dynamics, he was listed as extremely negative work rate/professionalism, and his training rating has remained E regardless of many attempts to change it. His personal remarks explain he is unhappy with intensity of training and the hard working team culture.... yet his stats make him out to be someone who sleeps 2 hours because he works so hard. 

Basically the game is broken. You notice players after 150CA who literally go up 1-2CA points maximum after season. Unless they are the highlander, they would be long dead before reaching their potential

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