Chat FMM20 Bug List

[Sasha2]

On 18/11/2019 at 20:48, Mr Tree said:

Hello there!

I had a word with the site leaders and I will be administering this thread, trying to compile the issues and provide quick help if possible. We'll see how it goes (all feedback and suggestions welcome!).

 

FULL LIST UPDATED AS OF 13TH DECEMBER - ALSO, PLEASE NOTE THAT SI RELEASED THE FIRST PATCH (11.0.3) AND EVEN A SECOND ONE (11.0.4) ALREADY - AND NOW 11.0.5 IS OUT

Please just post here or let me know if i've missed anything etc...

 

GENERAL SI SUGGESTIONS

Their general recommendation is to log issues on their forums: https://community.sigames.com/forum/298-football-manager-mobile-technical-help-and-bugs-forum/

Otherwise, if you come across something odd within your save, upload a copy of your saved game from just before the odd occurrence to this link - make sure to change the filename first to something like Username_Description_of_Bug.dat - https://oc.sigames.com/owncloud/index.php/s/Kzvhd0MdU3v4Nv4 - it's best to confirm it here too so that they can match the filename and the issue. (you can also attach save game files to a thread if you start a topic on their forum).

Guide on how to access Android saves: https://community.sigames.com/faq/football-manager-2019-mobile/192_android/210_how-to/how-do-i-access-my-save-files-r776/
Guide on how to access iOS saves: https://community.sigames.com/faq/football-manager-2019-mobile/193_ios/206_how-to/how-do-i-access-my-save-files-r755/

If there's a bug within a match, save the match at the end (the down arrow at the top) and send a copy to SI describing the issue.

 

However, as @Ashezmentioned (on this thread and numerous times in the past), it would be good if there could be a better system to report bugs - maybe a future suggestion for SI?

 

MAJOR ISSUES

"FM20 Mobile unable to start" grey box (Android only?)

First posted by @Woody, who suggested deleting cache or data helps to fix the issue temporarily. @Helio, @Scratch and @Schwantz34 also reported seeing this error in specific circumstances.

@Dan Dawsonasked for the device and the android OS so that they can investigate further, and @Alariconfirmed "we're looking into it at the moment".

 

Game doesn't open on ipad mini (iOS 9+) - FIXED in first patch

Reported by @sammummerythat the game closes straight away, whereas previous versions have worked fine

Dan Dawson confirmed the issue and said they are working on it as a priority

 

Continue button not working early in the game - FIXED in first patch

First noticed by @Krenzar, also reported by @Shoot the Moon, who sent a save game in to SI.

 

Download issue?

@mulamaposted an example where his game wouldn't download. Dan Dawson asked for the device details, mulama advised it's the Huawei GR3.

 

 

SMALLER ISSUES

Penalty shootout issue?

The game returns to the stats screen instead of staying with the shootout. First noticed by @HashtagTatica

 

Commentary-only mode messes up the display?

@Kaneganadded a screenshot showing a 4-0 win with only two scorers displayed. @Heliohad another example later on. SI would need a saved match to investigate this.

 

Commentary-only mode makes the first half disappear - FIXED?

Again @Kanegannoticed that when using commentary only, the game skips immediately to half-time. @Schwantz34 and @Muzza2108 mentioned this has happened to them too. Kanegan gave more details that it was EME and about 40-45% of the matches. @Dan Dawsonconfirmed this was due to the new preview screens offering the chance to "play" before the match had actually finished loading.

 

Injured player is not clear in the Tactics screen?

First noticed by @Trollbg, who said there's no red cross so you have to go back to the match screen to check

 

Loan rejected with no real explanation

Another one for @Trollbgwho said he had a loan deal lined up but then his club rejected it for no reason, and he could afford it fine... Not clear if this is a bug yet, might just have been loan restrictions...

 

Dusan Tadic shows as a pending transfer from Ajax to Ajax??

@DIRECTFXposted a screenshot showing this.

 

Can't log into Twitter to unlock the social achievement

@JonnyLovesaid he was encountering this issue when playing on his iPad (iOS13).

 

No message to say transfer deadline approaching or passed?

Something I noticed

 

Excessive messages regarding a player at another club being unhappy?

Something else that was irritating me

 

Season's best eleven announced in January now?

Not a game-stopper but the timing seems a bit odd here - first reported by @danK7RNY - @RobNemoo, myself and @Schwantz34have posted about this too.

 

Sometimes there's no option to discipline a player who just got a red card?

Something I spotted.

 

The "Most Recent" save shown is not always the actual most recent save?

Also something I saw.

 

3rd and 4th choice corner-takers don't take corners?

Seems this problem has carried over from last year - first reported by @hakuren7

 

Youth prospects retiring early?

@Manager7reported two players retiring at 16 just after being promoted, but unfortunately he didn't have the save game to verify and investigate this.

 

Second team has no fixtures?

Another from @Manager7, with the same issue that it couldn't be checked further. @JarvisSocceralso reported this.

 

Computer negotiating downwards on transfer offers?

@Lord Danishreported an issue where he big 36m but the other team asked him for 29m instead.

 

Kick-off is still done with two players rather than one. And your players can be in your penalty area on a goal-kick, but this doesn't show on the game.

Two minor aesthetic issues spotted by @Abuda9

 

News item stating the players want "a higher profile person to take the role" than seemingly very high-profile managers.

@Sharex15posted an example where Mourinho and Allegri were regarded as small-fry.

 

Sufficient funds but an artificial, and excessively low, cap on wages that can be offered?

@Sdtownsendposted an example of an old classic issue.

 

Computer using random grey players when they have sufficient normal players

@MikeFposted an example of this.

 

Young players called up for the national team are still playing for the U21's?

@Gs123reported this issue.

 

Computer assembling bizarre squads

@RobNemoosurely with an early winner here, taking on a new job where 9 of the 20-man squad were goalkeepers!!

 

Attributes change (drop) when you sign a player

@Snipposted an example of this - players can lose one or two points on a variety of attributes. Not sure we've ever had a good explanation for this? @Scratchdid post some details but it'd be good to hear from SI...

 

You loan out a player, his loan finishes at the start of the new season, and the news item states "he did not make a single appearance for the club" when he did actually, last season

Another carry-over from last year, first spotted here by @DutchTony

 

Computer accepting transfer bids for your club?

@Schwantz34spotted a problem here - awaiting more info

 

One of your own coaches winning Manager of the Month?

@Vaile23posted this amazing screenshot - proper wtf!

 

Contract negotiations skipped in transfer process?

@MikeFgave an example where a proposed transfer went immediately to confirmation - he clicked Yes and ended up with a player on much higher wages than his normal budget. This keeps popping up - @Vaile23posted about it too, as did @Snip, @DutchTony here, @pdm here, @RobNemoo here, @Thirsk here   - @kjihomentioned that he'd posted it on the SI forum.

 

Injury causing permanent drops to player ability?

@Massey127had an issue where a player got a 10-day injury but a few of his attributes went down by up to 3 points and never came back up, even after the player recovered.

 

Computer low-balling on bids for our players?

Seen it mentioned by a few but for example, @Massey127says every bid he's ever had is 40% of his players' values.

 

The Formation on your Manager Profile page seems to stay as 4-4-2

First noticed by @kjiho, confirmed by myself, @Lord Danishand @Faffie203- it doesn't seem to change.

 

Chairman barging in to accept offers and handle transfer details, especially annoying when larger offers were rejected just before.

A very annoying bug for @MikeF- recording it as a bug because there's no sensible explanation for the chairman taking 20mill less than was on the table a week before.

 

Board Confidence all "resetting" to 50%

@GrouchoLeninposted a screenshot where his confidence all levels all went back to 50% after a few months.

 

Player retiring at 26?

Another @MikeFexample - obviously it can happen but it seemed a little unlikely and would be annoying if it happens regularly.

 

National team squad confirmation issue in 2023

@SonTungSTposted an example where he was asked to confirm his squad for the "upcoming matches" that he'd just played.

 

Players on loan don't play for the national team if they're called up?

@Gs123mentioned this issue and said it's been reported before.

 

Losing a player outside the transfer window!

@Lav50had a very frustrating one where his player's contract was expiring soon, so he went to renegotiate, agreed the contract, but suddenly got a news item saying Wolfsburg had signed him (on the same wage).

 

Receiving the percentage sell-on as part of the transfer?

Another strange one for @MikeFbest summed up by the news item: "Wycombe have received 25.5m because of a sell-on clause activated by the player's transfer from Wycombe to Roma" ?!?!

 

Transfer exploit - a way to sign players for less than you need to

As detailed by @Afmadowhere, if you win a bidding war, then withdraw in contract negotiations but immediately re-bid and select Enquiry, you can revert to the lowpoint of bidding and it will be accepted.

 

Strange short loans happening in leagues that finish outside the "standard" times

@Lav50posted an example of players being loaned from his Danish team and coming back a few days later.

 

Messages for actions for teams that are not your own!

@MikeFhas had a couple of strange ones, here and here - confirming a loan that wasn't related to him, and then receiving a news item about investment in a different club, and a graphic showing the cheque for that club!

 

Form screen not showing accurate stats

@DaBla27had an issue where his striker had 16 goals but the Form screen showed only two. @Dan Dawsonasked for a copy of the game.

 

Pages showing incorrectly on Staff search

@Sasha2had an issue where Page 1 of his search was showing as Page 2 - @Louie Silvanisaid they were aware and the issue was under review.

 

Issue with players taking staff roles

@JonnyLovesaid that when offering his players staff roles, he couldn't then offer any playing contract or promote/demote them. @Dan Dawsonsaid this shouldn't be a problem, so he was going to investigate it.

 

You keep being informed about Mentoring development from your old club

@Lav50reported this one, and I've seen it in my game too.

 

No youth promotions?

@Nepeg808said that after a couple of seasons, they never get any more players promoted at the start of a new season.

 

Manager's Best XI showing incomplete

@Nucleusposted an example showing his team with only 10 players! @Dan Dawsonmentioned the format had changed for these so there was probably a knock-on effect. He was able to replicate it so it's under investigation.

 

Mentoring causing some attributes to go down rather than up

@Faffie203wrote about this issue and @Scratchadded his findings. @Dan Dawsonsaid this shouldn't happen so he's investigating.

 

News item about a player wanting a new contract, but then he doesn't want to negotiate terms

@Nucleusposted an example of this.

 

Don't try the combination of Australia England Spain and Germany (for now!)

@william815said his game wouldn't start when he tried this - @Dan Dawsonconfirmed they'd reproduced this error so they're investigating it.

 

Match data seems to be all messed up if you look at it later from the Fixtures page

Issue reported by @simmah1

 

Finishing 5th in the EPL but not qualifying for Euro Cup, but Championship teams are playing in the Euro Cup!

@Rjordanfm2020reported this issue - @James Aasked for a copy so they could look into it.

 

Extra coaches appearing in your Staff?

@Snipposted an example where he had acquired a new coach without his knowledge.

 

Reserves playing unfit players

I posted an example where I put an injured striker in the reserves, they played him before he was ready and he got more injured.

 

Can't see the new ball?!

@Alarisaid they will work on a hi-vis version for a future release.

 

 

TYPOS

 - "US Virgin Islands" written as "Us Virgin Islands" on the manager nationality screen. Reported by @DIRECTFX

 - @danK7RNYposted a screenshot where a player's name was replaced by "string#2".

 - I spotted one where it said "<Player> gave the reason that he Fed up" instead of "<Player> gave the reason that he is fed up" (or whatever!)

 - @MikeFposted a screenshot showing the same player being praised for a good game and criticised for a bad game after a match

 - @MikeFfound another where it said his reserves lost 3-1 but according to the match screen it was just 2-1.

 - @Infernohad an odd one where it said his keeper was being mentored and "should be able to improve his heading of the ball". Maybe this meant to say "Aerial Ability"?  Dan Dawson acknowledged it as a "knock on from a fix we made to mentoring" and said he'll "let the dev team know this has cropped up".

 - @RobNemoochanged jobs and his old assistant coach was mentioned as the "current manager" of the Reserves for the new club.

 - @SonTungSTposted an example showing two completely different tables both with the heading "English Reserves Group 1". Maybe one should have been 10 or 11?

 - @Lord Danishposted a screenshot where the Young Player of the Month text happily says that his player is 2nd and 3rd (same player), then congratulates him for having two of the top three!

 

NOT BUGS

Chelsea transfer ban - it's impractical to actually implement this on the game. Similar for Panathinaikos 3yr ban from Europe.

Star ratings going up and down - this is part of the game.

Full development bar but they're not making a leap? @Marc Vaughanexplained there are a few options here.

Expanded Club World Championship kicking in from 2021, so UCL runner-up and UEL winner qualify. And it becomes every four years from that point, so winning the UCL in 2022 doesn't mean you play in CWC in 2023...

Can't promote players from reserves to first team (or vice versa?) - it could be they're "full", so you need to move some players down (or up) first.

Full names can't be accessed for players with nicknames.

Finishing 1st in your Europa League group, in future seasons, will mean you have direct qualification - so don't be alarmed that the next round is played without you, you'll be back in soon!

After a new update, sometimes the opening screen stays "stuck" - the game is just loading/updating, so leave it and it will be ok. If it is stuck though, @Dan Dawsonsuggested "Can you try closing your other apps/ reset the phone / connect your phone to your pc and delete the game and help_data files in \Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2020 Mobile\normal\cache (this wont clear your saves)."

Getting a larger budget than mentioned in the Vibe guide - these can vary due to reputation etc.

Europa League draws being made in advance (semi-final draw being made before quarter-finals, etc).

impressive work. If the game gets enjoyable by 2020, it will have much to do with the community efforts.

[matty117]

Hi, 

Came across my first bug today. Won my Euro Cup group but I'm not in the knockout stages.

See attached. 

Thanks

MJ

[FuddledFox]

50 minutes ago, matty117 said:

Hi, 

Came across my first bug today. Won my Euro Cup group but I'm not in the knockout stages.

See attached. 

Thanks

MJ

After a couple of seasons the format of the Euro Cup changes and if you win your group you get a bye to the 2nd KO round.

[vittorio1106]

I don’t know if it’s a bug or not, so I’ve tried to sell aubameyang but I can’t because apparently “he is currently happy at arsenal” even though he does not want sign a new contract.

Same thing with nketiah.

I don’t think it has anything with the player’s morale, the board let me give lucrative contracts but for those two doesn’t even let me decide. 

I’m sad because their contract expires this year and I don’t wanna lose them without receiving anything only because of a bug.

[Scratch]

46 minutes ago, vittorio1106 said:

I don’t know if it’s a bug or not, so I’ve tried to sell aubameyang but I can’t because apparently “he is currently happy at arsenal” even though he does not want sign a new contract.

Same thing with nketiah.

I don’t think it has anything with the player’s morale, the board let me give lucrative contracts but for those two doesn’t even let me decide. 

I’m sad because their contract expires this year and I don’t wanna lose them without receiving anything only because of a bug.

That does seem odd, that they want to stay, but won't discuss reasonable contract. Hope SI Games address that. 

In the meantime, here's how I deal with players not wanting to leave: I offer players to other clubs without transfer listing them. Then when the bids come in, if it says they may not be interested (or I think they may not leave), I transfer list them. Never had a player decide to stay when I do that. Mind you might be down to my club (Celtic, maybe people want to stay at club more if it's in the EPL or Spain etc).

[Mr Tree]

It is a bit silly, but I bet part of the reason is that the new club is not offering the 150k a week that he's currently on - so he's "happy" to see out his current contract and then maximize the money he'll receive from his next club, rather than having then pay some of the money to you. It happens.

[vittorio1106]

38 minutes ago, Mr Tree said:

It is a bit silly, but I bet part of the reason is that the new club is not offering the 150k a week that he's currently on - so he's "happy" to see out his current contract and then maximize the money he'll receive from his next club, rather than having then pay some of the money to you. It happens.

It seems strange that at 32 y/o you don’t want to secure the bag and become a FA the next summer😂...As for Nketiah, I don’t know, he played 36 games last season and also he was happy...if it’s a bug I just leave as it is and try to sell him and find a replacement. The sad part is that I was aiming at the UCL and dealing with this kind of bug is frustrating because now I have to find a suitable (two btw) striker to fit in my system...

[vittorio1106]

1 hour ago, Scratch said:

That does seem odd, that they want to stay, but won't discuss reasonable contract. Hope SI Games address that. 

In the meantime, here's how I deal with players not wanting to leave: I offer players to other clubs without transfer listing them. Then when the bids come in, if it says they may not be interested (or I think they may not leave), I transfer list them. Never had a player decide to stay when I do that. Mind you might be down to my club (Celtic, maybe people want to stay at club more if it's in the EPL or Spain etc).

I’ll try but in January maybe, thanks!!!

[Mr Tree]

45 minutes ago, vittorio1106 said:

It seems strange that at 32 y/o you don’t want to secure the bag and become a FA the next summer😂...As for Nketiah, I don’t know, he played 36 games last season and also he was happy...if it’s a bug I just leave as it is and try to sell him and find a replacement. The sad part is that I was aiming at the UCL and dealing with this kind of bug is frustrating because now I have to find a suitable (two btw) striker to fit in my system...

Yeah, their contact stuff is still not quite realistic, but it's an explanation at least...

[Faffie203]

I see a other team of my division, dortmund. Doesnt play first knockout round of the euro cup? They directly play the second knockout round? How is this possible? 

[RobNemoo]

Mentioned a few times, it is a new ruling. 

[Dan Dawson]

22 hours ago, vittorio1106 said:

I don’t know if it’s a bug or not, so I’ve tried to sell aubameyang but I can’t because apparently “he is currently happy at arsenal” even though he does not want sign a new contract.

Same thing with nketiah.

I don’t think it has anything with the player’s morale, the board let me give lucrative contracts but for those two doesn’t even let me decide. 

I’m sad because their contract expires this year and I don’t wanna lose them without receiving anything only because of a bug.

We've got a fix in the works (Bidding clubs more lenient in the auction so they are able to offer more lucrative contracts to the player once accepted) - it's a fix that could have knock on effects so we'll need to test it over the christmas period before it gets rolled out in a january hotfix of some kind.

[Dan Dawson]

On 13/12/2019 at 14:37, Lav50 said:

This is what went down

I was down 2-1 to my apparent rival Betis

We get a corner, defender scores it but ref checks with the VAR..for the first time in FMM20 my goal does not get disallowed after VAR check and Betis protests or something

THIS happened right after in the next highlight

Have you got the .pkm for this?

[Gs123]

Dont know if this is bug or not but im getting players with the tends to struggle in big games trait changing for save to save. Ive been playing a couple of saves for a few season and it changes every new save. Like i said i dont know if its a bug or it programed this way

[sammummery]

This has been posted on the S.I forum a few times by me, and after a month of raising it a number of times and providing screenshots showing the Welsh League Start date from FMH/FMM 14-20 still nothing done about it! I copied a couple of my posts on the S.I forum below. it must be so easy to fix!

 

Hi,

Specifically relating to Football Manager Mobile 2020, thanks loads for including the Cymru North and South on the mobile version, I appreciate the depth of research that must go into assembling the data on minor leagues.

One thing that is frustrating with regard to the Mobile version (Not sure if it is the same on the full game) is the 22nd of July season start date. On every other FMM game going back to the start of the Welsh League being included it has been a early July (1st to 7th) start, the Scottish, Northern Irish and English leagues all that run along a similar schedule season wise all start on the 1st of July (Even the Northern Irish lowest league). I am referring to just doing a Welsh League game, not combining leagues when you do have different staggered start dates if you run two different leagues (ie Irish and Scottish have different season timings)

What it does is mean on the 22nd July when you start you literally have days before your 1st game and not much longer before your 1st competitive game and so much of the game starting out is sorting your squad out with sales, loans, releasing, buying etc... you also have nearly half of the transfer window gone and you would of played a couple of friendlies which you have no control over before the game starts, I have even started a game as Gap Connahs Quay and they have played Euro fixtures before you even get a chance to have any influence.

It would be great if you where able to come back on this as it does not seem to make any sense to me?

Cheers.

 

Its frustrating that this has not been fixed when it is a simple date change.

-Every other previous version of Football Manager handheld/mobile starts the Welsh League on the 1st of July this one starts on the 22nd July.

The problem is-

-No where near enough time to buy players, sell players, sort your club out before your 1st competitive matches

-Its silly that it starts on the 22nd when the Northern Irish leagues, Scottish and all English leagues start on the 1st of July

-Lastly and most importantly when you start as one of the 4 European playing welsh clubs you already have upto 4 matches played before you even start the game so you can be knocked out of the champions league/Europa League before you even take control of the team, its not great.

[Louie Silvani]

52 minutes ago, sammummery said:

This has been posted on the S.I forum a few times by me, and after a month of raising it a number of times and providing screenshots showing the Welsh League Start date from FMH/FMM 14-20 still nothing done about it! I copied a couple of my posts on the S.I forum below. it must be so easy to fix!

 

Hi,

Specifically relating to Football Manager Mobile 2020, thanks loads for including the Cymru North and South on the mobile version, I appreciate the depth of research that must go into assembling the data on minor leagues.

One thing that is frustrating with regard to the Mobile version (Not sure if it is the same on the full game) is the 22nd of July season start date. On every other FMM game going back to the start of the Welsh League being included it has been a early July (1st to 7th) start, the Scottish, Northern Irish and English leagues all that run along a similar schedule season wise all start on the 1st of July (Even the Northern Irish lowest league). I am referring to just doing a Welsh League game, not combining leagues when you do have different staggered start dates if you run two different leagues (ie Irish and Scottish have different season timings)

What it does is mean on the 22nd July when you start you literally have days before your 1st game and not much longer before your 1st competitive game and so much of the game starting out is sorting your squad out with sales, loans, releasing, buying etc... you also have nearly half of the transfer window gone and you would of played a couple of friendlies which you have no control over before the game starts, I have even started a game as Gap Connahs Quay and they have played Euro fixtures before you even get a chance to have any influence.

It would be great if you where able to come back on this as it does not seem to make any sense to me?

Cheers.

 

Its frustrating that this has not been fixed when it is a simple date change.

-Every other previous version of Football Manager handheld/mobile starts the Welsh League on the 1st of July this one starts on the 22nd July.

The problem is-

-No where near enough time to buy players, sell players, sort your club out before your 1st competitive matches

-Its silly that it starts on the 22nd when the Northern Irish leagues, Scottish and all English leagues start on the 1st of July

-Lastly and most importantly when you start as one of the 4 European playing welsh clubs you already have upto 4 matches played before you even start the game so you can be knocked out of the champions league/Europa League before you even take control of the team, its not great.

Hi, this was an issue that was raised previously but is still under review, we are chasing it up.

[Louie Silvani]

On 15/12/2019 at 07:21, matty117 said:

Hi, 

Came across my first bug today. Won my Euro Cup group but I'm not in the knockout stages.

See attached. 

Thanks

MJ

Hi, as mentioned previously the rule changes mean that the group winner goes straight to the second knockout round. However, would you be able to send me a save before the draw is made for the first knockout round, if you have one? I think it would be a good idea to have a news item explaining this as it has created a lot of confusion for people.

 

Edit: Don't worry about this - I have managed to reproduce it myself!

Edited December 17, 2019 by Louie Silvani

[sammummery]

17 minutes ago, Louie Silvani said:

Hi, this was an issue that was raised previously but is still under review, we are chasing it up.

Thank you for coming back to me.

[Faffie203]

Does the world best xl start from 2020? I dont see 2019? 

[Mr Tree]

4 hours ago, Faffie203 said:

Does the world best xl start from 2020? I dont see 2019? 

Yes - first season on the game is 2019-20, first World XI named in 2020. No bug.

[Faffie203]

In 2022 i won the champions cup with b monchengladbach, but i never played the club world championsship? How is this possible? And now again i reached the final, and i dont see i qualified for the club world championsship? But liverpool the other team who reached the final is qualified?

[Scratch]

This is a long standing problem (happened in FMM19) but I've only just twigged that it may not be happening for everyone. The team of the year doesn't reflect my actual formation. I do use a 4 3 2 1, but the 2 in the AM line are wingers, not central. 

It's also quite annoying that it doesn't reflect how I used the players. The striker (Unuvar) who scored 65 goals last season gets picked in a CM role - yes, he is green in that role, but he has never ever played in that position for this team.

I get that the game can't track how many games each player played in each position, but maybe some basic checks might help. Ie the team's top goal scorer can probably go into a striker role rather than a midfield position. If a player is training as CD then put him in that position, not in in a CM role. If the tactic uses Wingers, then make sure a right footed player goes into the the right winger role. Etc... 

Actually, that would be a good idea for the autopick feature in general...

[billy2shots]

My ‘Best 11’ has zero bearing on reality. The formation is completely different and it features a player who played 3 times all season. 

 

Opponents scout reports. 

I am being given info about ‘upcoming opponents ‘ 15 days after I have played them in my news feed. 

 

Transfer rejected.

Had 3 players complain that I rejected bids. I didn’t. I never received bids. I’m in charge of transfers, not Ass Man and they are not set for not for sale or anything daft like that. 

 

Players future transfer not going through. 

‘Player x will join team y on 30.6.20’. A month later and he was still in my team shortly followed by transfer has fallen through. 

 

Inconsistent personal red messages. 

‘Player x intimidated by league’ for 3 months. All of a sudden ‘Player x can’t motivate himself for that league ‘. Nothing in between. Goes from a young Player just starting out to too good for the league. Red messages are being used to artificially make things harder but lack realism in their deployment. 

Edited December 18, 2019 by billy2shots

[Scratch]

2 hours ago, billy2shots said:

Opponents scout reports. 

I am being given info about ‘upcoming opponents ‘ 15 days after I have played them in my news feed. 

 

Transfer rejected.

Had 3 players complain that I rejected bids. I didn’t. I never received bids. I’m in charge of transfers, not Ass Man and they are not set for not for sale or anything daft like that. 

 

Players future transfer not going through. 

‘Player x will join team y on 30.6.20’. A month later and he was still in my team shortly followed by transfer has fallen through. 

 

I wouldn't be surprised if those 3 were related to buggy buggy inbox, assuming you use Continue or Next message rather than the list view you get via the Inbox button.

Sometimes (not sure when or why) you jump back in the inbox to old messages, which could explain why you see the old upcoming opponents. If that's what it is, then when you press Inbox you will see you are way down the bottom, not near the top where you thought you were.

Sometimes messages are missed via Continue or Next message. This includes things that need feedback! Things like bids for your players and confirmation of transfers. If you miss them then after a few days the actions will be resolved by themselves - bids will be rejected, transfers will fall through etc. If you use press the Inbox button you do see these messages. I'm not sure why they are missed, but it seems like it happens more often when there are lots of messages (ie transfer windows), so I do actually check the inbox view occasionally to make sure I haven't missed anything.

I really hate the new message system, it is so so buggy. I get that they can show more information in a full screen message, but it needs to work reliably. And although the Inbox view seems reliable, you can't really use it instead of Continue or Next message, because it only gives you the headline and none of the details or action buttons. Clicking through to the details page for each message then going back to the Inbox is way to cumbersome, so we're screwed (until they fix it).

[Nucleus]

3 hours ago, billy2shots said:

My ‘Best 11’ has zero bearing on reality. The formation is completely different and it features a player who played 3 times all season. 

 

Opponents scout reports. 

I am being given info about ‘upcoming opponents ‘ 15 days after I have played them in my news feed. 

 

Transfer rejected.

Had 3 players complain that I rejected bids. I didn’t. I never received bids. I’m in charge of transfers, not Ass Man and they are not set for not for sale or anything daft like that. 

 

Players future transfer not going through. 

‘Player x will join team y on 30.6.20’. A month later and he was still in my team shortly followed by transfer has fallen through. 

 

Inconsistent personal red messages. 

‘Player x intimidated by league’ for 3 months. All of a sudden ‘Player x can’t motivate himself for that league ‘. Nothing in between. Goes from a young Player just starting out to too good for the league. Red messages are being used to artificially make things harder but lack realism in their deployment. 

It’s just more SI bollocks mate. Same thing every single year

[Rdlow]

Any issues on staff not influencing players? 4 coaches and only 1 player is being influenced and he's in the reserves! Tried different coaches and still the same. Feel like it's hindering my players performances and stats! 

[Schwantz34]

18 hours ago, Scratch said:

This is a long standing problem (happened in FMM19) but I've only just twigged that it may not be happening for everyone. The team of the year doesn't reflect my actual formation. I do use a 4 3 2 1, but the 2 in the AM line are wingers, not central. 

It's also quite annoying that it doesn't reflect how I used the players. The striker (Unuvar) who scored 65 goals last season gets picked in a CM role - yes, he is green in that role, but he has never ever played in that position for this team.

I get that the game can't track how many games each player played in each position, but maybe some basic checks might help. Ie the team's top goal scorer can probably go into a striker role rather than a midfield position. If a player is training as CD then put him in that position, not in in a CM role. If the tactic uses Wingers, then make sure a right footed player goes into the the right winger role. Etc... 

Actually, that would be a good idea for the autopick feature in general...

Same in last year's and probably before that.

[TedB86]

Score the wrong way round on this screen:

 

evidence:

 

[Faffie203]

Im in my 2023/24 season and still didnt play the club world championsship, and i won the season before the champions cup? Can someone explain? And i see from season 2021, the tournament stopped?

[Scratch]

1 hour ago, Faffie203 said:

Im in my 2023/24 season and still didnt play the club world championsship, and i won the season before the champions cup? Can someone explain? And i see from season 2021, the tournament stopped?

I saw someone else post that after a couple of years it becomes an "every 4 years" tournament, because that's what's happening in real life. Not sure of the details though.