AM24 - Assistant Manager for FMM24 (Android) 1.0.6

March 4

NOW FIXED SO SHORTLIST EXPORTS WORK WITH VERSION 15.2.0 OF FMM24 (WINTER VERSION)

This is a scouting app for FMM24 (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.

NOTES:

This will only work with FMM24, it will NOT work with FMM23 or FMM25 (when it comes).
It is only available for Android.
There are some very significant changes to where save files are stored in FMM24 which have a major impact on AM24, so please read the Changes In FMM24 section below (tldr: you must export your saves in FMM24 before AM24 can see them).
I am still working towards a complete rewrite and getting this onto Google Play and when I do so it will not be free.
I am releasing this here for free in the meantime because it will probably take significant time to complete the rewrite etc.
There are some known bugs such as languages and favourite clubs not working. These are unlikely to be fixed before the rewrite.
If you have used the In Game Editor (ie there is a yellow Edit button showing), AM24 will not be able to read the save file and it will not open.

Installation / Opening A Save File

You will need to allow APKs to be installed from sources other than Google Play.
When you open the APK file downloaded from this page, you will also be prompted to allow installation from this source.
When you open the app for the first time, you will have to press Find Save Folder to find the careers/saves folder.
Android will then prompt you for permission to access files, storage etc.
You then need to find the folder with the various Exported careers in it. Note: you must have exported your careers first, as discussed in the Changes in FMM24 section below.
Once you have found this folder, you will need to open the career folder with the exported save files (eg export_Newcastle).
Note: you will not actually see the save files in this view, it only shows folders.
Once the exported save folder has been opened, press the "Choose Folder" button in the top right.
It should then show you any save files in that folder (Save 1, Save 2, Save 3).
If these buttons are greyed out, then it did not find any save files in this folder - please press the Change Career Folder button and try again.

Note: To change saves within a career, choose the Open Folder icon, then choose the save you wish to open. To change careers, choose the Open Folder icon, then press Change Career Folder, find the folder you want and press Choose Folder in the top right.

Changes in FMM24

There were some major changes to the way that save files are stored in FMM24 and it limits what AM24 can do.

Save files are now saved in a hidden storage area that other apps, like AM24, cannot access. This means AM24 cannot directly access the save files. Instead you need to export them from FMM24. The first time you do this, FMM will ask you where to store these - this is the folder you need to find in the installations instructions above.

Unfortunately this means you cannot open the save file in AM24 directly, play on (and save) in FMM24, then use the refresh button in AM24 to see the latest data. You will need to export the career every time you want to get an updated view of the save file. Even more unfortunately the export process is very cumbersome. You need to:

Choose Save Game in FMM
Exit the save, back to the main FMM screen
Press Load Game
Select the career you want to export
Press Export
Give the export a name (yes every time) - it makes sense to use the same name each time so you can just refresh in AM24
Press Export
Press OK, then Cancel
Go to AM24 and press the refresh button

This needs to be done before using AM24 for the first time and again every time you want to see the latest save.

Exporting shortlists from AM24 and loading them into FMM is very messy. Please see the details in this comment below for an explanation.

Loading Save Files That Have Been Edited

Save files that have been edited with the In Game Editor will sometimes not load in AM24. This is due to the save file being reordered and AM24 being unable to find the Manager's last name, which is needed to load the file.

As a workaround, please create a text file called `lastname.txt` that contains just the Manager's surname and copy it into the same folder as the save file. For example if the Manager's surname was Cronin, you would create a file like this: lastname.txt

Note: This is just a temporary solution. I'll find a better solution when I rewrite the app (at the very minimum I will make it a setting rather than the needing a text file which is pretty lame!).

Overview

Here's an overview of the app from several years ago. It is mostly the same, except for the part about opening the saves, which has changed as mentioned above:

Spoiler

Also, here is a new video looking at how to export saves from FMM24 so you can access them in AM24 and how to import shortlists created by AM24 into FMM24:

Spoiler

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!

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

DaiPlease · February 5

5 hours ago, Scratch said:

I created a video showing how to export saves from FMM24 so you can access them in AM24 and how to import shortlists created by AM24 into FMM24:

Hi. It doesnt create a file for shortlists. I mean im trying to export shortlist but nothing create on the folders, shortlist folder or any folder. I can’t even find it when I search .lst files on the phone because it doesn’t create any file when I tried to export it. Help me please.

sinuhe.t · February 5

An option to hide the hidden attributes, and CA would be very useful, I(in which I am probably not alone) don't want to know things that I can't see in the game and I have to cover part of the screen with my hand not to see it.

Edited February 5 by sinuhe.t

fotakis276718 · February 5

@Scratchthank you for another year for this app!! It's perfect once again.. but we miss your career buddy!! Get back to "work" if you can!! You are a living legend for this forum..

Scratch · February 5

8 hours ago, lnqn88 said:

I can't use filter to search player with less than 6 months contract.

It's working for me, but there is a known problem that for some saves the app can't find the contract section of the save file. Can you please open up a player details screen in AM24 and see if they have anything for Contract Expiry, Salary, etc? If those are not right (ie 01/01/1970 and 0), then this is the cause of the problem.

If that's the problem, there isn't a lot I can do to fix the problem at the moment, but it's on the list to try to improve during the rewrite. You can upload the save here or DM it to me and I can look, but chances are I won't be able to do anything about it sorry.

Scratch · February 5

7 hours ago, DaiPlease said:

Hi. It doesnt create a file for shortlists. I mean im trying to export shortlist but nothing create on the folders, shortlist folder or any folder. I can’t even find it when I search .lst files on the phone because it doesn’t create any file when I tried to export it. Help me please.

I think I had that once and I had to restart my phone and it started working. The other thing to try is to go into FMM24 and make sure there is at least one player on the shortlist in there, then save each of the 4 shortlists, then Export the shortlists. That will create them on your phone and then AM24 should be able to write over the top of them. That SHOULDN"T be necessary, but I have seen that help in the past.

Scratch · February 5

5 hours ago, sinuhe.t said:

An option to hide the hidden attributes, and CA would be very useful, I(in which I am probably not alone) don't want to know things that I can't see in the game and I have to cover part of the screen with my hand not to see it.

Ah, that is on the list of things to add eventually, but isn't likely to happen in the near future sorry. I definitely understand the need, just hard to do anything about it in this version due to technical reasons. The rewrite will make this sort of thing much easier.

I actually want to do a lot more like add a notes section for each player, maybe some sort of status field to help you organise your squad etc - the reason it's called Assistant Manager and not Scouting App is that I want it to be more than just a scouting app - but that is all for later.

lnqn88 · February 6

I really wait for your 'not free' ver. Your app are the best for FMM m.

DaiPlease · February 7

On 06/02/2024 at 02:38, Scratch said:

I think I had that once and I had to restart my phone and it started working. The other thing to try is to go into FMM24 and make sure there is at least one player on the shortlist in there, then save each of the 4 shortlists, then Export the shortlists. That will create them on your phone and then AM24 should be able to write over the top of them. That SHOULDN"T be necessary, but I have seen that help in the past.

Still doesnt create any file

quochuy277 · February 7

On 31/01/2024 at 07:17, Scratch said:

Ah... We're talking about shortlists here? So, with shortlists...

When you export the shortlist from AM24, it only saves it to Export folder, it can't save it into the (hidden) game folder itself. In the game you need to go to the Shortlist screen and do the following:

Choose Load/Save

Choose Load Shortlist

Choose the slot you exported to

If there is a shortlist already listed (ie it doesn't say Empty), then you need to choose Delete and remove it

Choose the same slot (which should now say Empty)

Choose Import

Choose the name of the one you exported (eg fm_shortlist4)

Choose Import

If everything has gone well it will say it's imported properly, you'll see it in the list (instead of Empty) and you will be able to choose that and then press Load.

If you get the "selected file did not import correctly" message, then most likely it is just the wrong slot (as the slot name and the slot name in the file have to match). Although you might expect FMM to show the first shortlist in the first slot etc, it doesn't always do that! It seems to me that if there is a shortlist in a slot, it will be the right order, but if it is Empty then the order may be wrong and you might need to try a few different Empty slots...

For example, I just exported to shortlist 4 and followed the above instructions. When I got to step 4, Slot 3 was empty and Slot 4 already had fm_shortlist4. I deleted that from slot 4 and now I had Empty in both slot 3 and slot 4 - but the Empty for slot 4 was actually now in the third position rather than the 4th... When I chose the 4th slot and imported I got the "did not import correctly" message, but when I chose the 3rd slot and imported it worked. 🤦‍♂️

So you might need to just try importing it in all the empty slots... Super confusing... Especially compared to last year when my app could export directly to the real shortlist folder and there was none of this import/export stuff.

If that doesn't help, please let me know what's happening, thanks.

Which folder is AM24's shortlist file saved in?

MSN fan · February 7

Exporting shortlist is not working for me either. Also, wanted to bring up that I'm having an issue where I cannot search for the FREE (No club) players in the game, I cannot find it by searching their names, selecting no club players only, nationality, I've tried everything but they don't appear in game. Is anyone else having the same issue?

oskarsson81 · February 7

I've downloaded and tried it, following you instructions @Scratch. Amazing! Superb job, considering that this year it wasn't easy with new save system. Thank you

Scratch · February 8

@DaiPlease @quochuy277 @MSN fan - Looks like shortlists are a real problem this year! It works for me, but I did have a little moment where AM24 wasn't creating the file in the Shortlist folder. I assume that's what we're talking about here for all of you?

To be clear the Shortlists folder is a 'sister' folder of the Games folder, as you can see here:

You shouldn't need to know that or do anything in there, the game should be able to see them there, but can you please all just check that folder and see if there are shortlist files in there? They will be called fm_shortlist4.lst etc.

If it is empty, then please go back to FMM and go to Search > Shortlist, make sure at least one person is on the shortlist, then choose Load/Save, then Save Shortlist, click on a slot and Save the shortlist. That will take you back to the main Shortlist screen, so choose Load/Save and then Save Shortlist again, press the one you just saved to select it, then press Export.

That should export the save file from FMM to the folder above - so please go back and see if it's been added in there. It should be there. If it's not then FMM can't even write the shortlists there! Anyway, if it is there, try going to AM and exporting the shortlist with the same number. It SHOULD write over the top of the one you just exported from FMM and you should be able to go back into FMM and import that (probably need to clear shortlist before importing).

If it's not there.... umm, not sure! I will play around and see if I can make it happen for me again. Otherwise maybe I will look at exporting it to some other folder (maybe just Downloads or something) so you can at least manually copy it into that folder and do it that way.

Scratch · February 8

8 hours ago, MSN fan said:

Also, wanted to bring up that I'm having an issue where I cannot search for the FREE (No club) players in the game, I cannot find it by searching their names, selecting no club players only, nationality, I've tried everything but they don't appear in game. Is anyone else having the same issue?

Have you tried putting "None" in the club field? That's probably the best solution.

If they still aren't showing up, then are they in the game you are playing (ie can you see them in FMM)? Because sometimes real free agents may not be in a particular save (depending on which nations you chose).

If they are in the game you're playing, but not in AM, then maybe double check the game date inside FMM and compare it to the game date at the top of AM24. Even I have forgotten that I have to export the save again to see the current information in AM24 after I've played on for a bit.

If not of that helps, please upload some screenshots here so I can see if I can come up with any other ideas, thanks.

MSN fan · February 9

On 07/02/2024 at 20:48, Scratch said:

Have you tried putting "None" in the club field? That's probably the best solution.

If they still aren't showing up, then are they in the game you are playing (ie can you see them in FMM)? Because sometimes real free agents may not be in a particular save (depending on which nations you chose).

If they are in the game you're playing, but not in AM, then maybe double check the game date inside FMM and compare it to the game date at the top of AM24. Even I have forgotten that I have to export the save again to see the current information in AM24 after I've played on for a bit.

If not of that helps, please upload some screenshots here so I can see if I can come up with any other ideas, thanks.

@ScratchThanks for your answer, although the issue I'm having is exactly the opposite. I see some good FREE players in AM but when I try to search them in FMM they are not there, real players that are free do appear, like I saw Enzo Fernandez free in AM and was in game as well when I searched him up but the Newgens/Regens are the ones I can't find.

lnqn88 · February 9

There're 2 issues:

1) All player has the contract to 01/01/1970 so I can not filter out who's with less than 6M contract.

2) I can not export the shortlist to import to FMM although I tried every way you advised.

Scratch · February 10

10 hours ago, MSN fan said:

@ScratchThanks for your answer, although the issue I'm having is exactly the opposite. I see some good FREE players in AM but when I try to search them in FMM they are not there, real players that are free do appear, like I saw Enzo Fernandez free in AM and was in game as well when I searched him up but the Newgens/Regens are the ones I can't find.

Ah, yeah, those are the academy players...

Sometimes it's before they are assigned a club, but even when they are added to a club's academy, they still appear as free in AM. For some reason they don't have their club in the club code field, so they look like free agents to AM. There must be some other way the game ties them to the club and knows they are academy players, but I haven't worked that out yet, so unfortunately they just show as free in AM.

On the plus side, you can scout out your academy players this way (limit to 16 and 17 years olds in your nation then manually match the names up).

Anyway, I hope to sort this out at some point in the future.

Scratch · February 10

5 hours ago, lnqn88 said:

There're 2 issues:

1) All player has the contract to 01/01/1970 so I can not filter out who's with less than 6M contract.

2) I can not export the shortlist to import to FMM although I tried every way you advised.

Ah, yes, the first part is the problem with the save file changing and AM not being able to find the contract section anymore. There isn't much I can do to fix the problem right, I need to work out how to find that section more reliably which will take some time. Sorry.

As for the second part, I am researching how to export it to the Downloads folder, which will let you manually copy it to the Shortlists folder. More work for you, but should be more reliable (I hope). If I can work this out, I will be able to add this sooner than later.

lnqn88 · February 10

Cant wait for your premium ver. I really want to support for your good work.

Scratch · February 10

12 hours ago, lnqn88 said:

There're 2 issues:

1) All player has the contract to 01/01/1970 so I can not filter out who's with less than 6M contract.

2) I can not export the shortlist to import to FMM although I tried every way you advised.

Actually, can I get you to please go to the Android Settings > and find the Apps screen (might be different for different phones) and then find AM24 and see what is says in the permissions section. For eg, I get this on a Samsung S20:

Does yours say that Files and media is allowed? Or something else? Maybe grab a screenshot for me if you can. Also what version of Android are you on?

I started looking into saving it to the Downloads folder but read some suggestions saying that might not be possible if the permissions aren't set, and that made me think I better check they are set properly in the first place. If they aren't then that might be the problem! And savings to the Downloads folder wouldn't work. If they are set correctly, then something else is the cause and I'll go head and try saving to the Downloads folder.

Thanks!

lnqn88 · February 10

My setting is correct and the exporting status show success but no file are writen in the shortlist folder.

I'm on android 11 by the way.

Edited February 10 by lnqn88

Scratch · February 10

1 hour ago, lnqn88 said:

My setting is correct and the exporting status show success but no file are writen in the shortlist folder.

I'm on android 11 by the way.

Thanks. Looks like it should be working and Android 11 should probably allow it. I will see if I can add an option to save to downloads folder and we'll 🤞

lnqn88 · February 10

AM23 worked flawlessly fine on my phone so I think the problem is at FMM24 side. They changed something in the back to make your AM harder to work.

Scratch · February 11

@lnqn88 and everyone else having the issue with shortlists not being created - can you please try the new version I just uploaded (1.0.3). You have to go up to the top and choose download and then install it again. You might need to uninstall the old version first if Android has a problem updating it.

I have NOT added the option to save the shortlist to the Downloads folder yet. I found a few things I could change that might fix the issue without needing to do that, so please try this and see if it is creating the file now or not and let me know. Thanks!

lnqn88 · February 11

Yay! It works!

You're the man @Scratch!

Edited February 11 by lnqn88

Scratch · February 11

24 minutes ago, lnqn88 said:

Yay! It works!

You're the man @Scratch!

Great, thanks for letting me know - very happy it's fixed. 🙂

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AM24 - Assistant Manager for FMM24 (Android) 1.0.6

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Installation / Opening A Save File

Changes in FMM24

Loading Save Files That Have Been Edited

Overview

Support, etc

What's New in Version 1.0.6

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