Chat AM26 Updates - Released on Google Play

[Punishxr]

2 minutes ago, Quickwitted said:

You should increase the price, completely fair for it to be £5!

Yeah, but he’s also considering students or people who can’t really afford it because of currency differences. I mean, it might be cheap in your country, but in others it can be quite expensive. That’s why I respectfully mentioned regional pricing to @Scratch, so the app can remain as affordable as possible for everyone.

And big thanks to @Scratch and anyone who helps him to make this happen. big applause👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Scratch]

55 minutes ago, GaryDiffer said:

Export is blanked out! I might need a video?

Blanked out? In AM26? If so, do you mean the buttons? If one of the themes colours is white, then you can get white buttons on a white background (in some of the light themes), but they should still work. Do you have a screenshot?

Or do you mean in FMM? It can be really fussy. I'll shoot a video of the steps, but it's 2am here and I gotta go to bed now, but will do that tomorrow.  

 

[khollingz]

Regional pricing makes a whole lot of sense

[GaryDiffer]

Its ok i got it working,  i worked when I closed both programs, then restarted both

[sussexpob]

4 hours ago, Quickwitted said:

You should increase the price, completely fair for it to be £5!

Yep. Happily donate extra (for the last versions as well) for his work. Should set up one of those donate a coffee apps @Scratch

This app always makes the game imo

[Mucawiyah63]

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Edited January 26 by Mucawiyah63

[Scratch]

5 hours ago, GaryDiffer said:

Its ok i got it working,  i worked when I closed both programs, then restarted both

Okay, that's a bit weird, but glad it's working. Let me know if it happens again.

[Scratch]

3 hours ago, Mucawiyah63 said:

How do i fix this ?

There is something funny in the save file that AM can't process. 

The most likely thing is that the Manager Surname isn't an exact match. It has to be exact, even the upper and lower case, as it has to find that exact string in the file. 

Extra spaces on the end of the name is a problem too. If the Android keyboard recognises what you're typing and auto-suggests the name and then you choose that, it normally puts a space on the end - so for eg, my manager name isn't actually "Cronin", it's "Cronin " and that's what I need to put in the Manager Surname field. But you can't see the extra space in the game, so you don't know you have to put it in the AM field.

If it's neither of those things, then it must be something new and I will need to look at the save. Can you please DM me here? Thanks.

[rseven]

10 hours ago, GaryDiffer said:

Export is blanked out! I might need a video?

Shortlist can be exported on in search mode

[RVPtheGoat]

I can only locate save files from last year and the year before; it isn't allowing me to find my FMM26 saves. 

 

 

[tomadeira]

It's working fine for me. It's indifferent if i choose save data from internal or sd card. Just make sure you got the manager (your own) last name correct. It's working more smoothly than the am24. Great job @Scratch

Thanks 

[Scratch]

Okay, it looks like the current version of AM26 strips the spaces at the end of the manager name, which AM24 didn't do. So if you have a space at the end of the manager surname in the game, AM26 won't work.

I'm fixing this now. I think it will need to go through Google so it may take a couple of days to get out there.

[Scratch]

4 hours ago, RVPtheGoat said:

I can only locate save files from last year and the year before; it isn't allowing me to find my FMM26 saves. 

Did you export the saves? If so, can you find where they went using a file manager app? Where are they? Maybe show me a screenshot. 

The first time you export a save from FMM26, it should create the location for you. For me, it created it under my FMM24 one, eg: 

Internal storage\Documents\Football Manager 2024 Mobile\Football Manager 26 Mobile

But later on I uninstalled and reinstalled FMM and then it asked me for a location when I exported. Note you need to choose the Football Manager 26 Mobile folder not the Saves one inside it.

[Stefanho10]

Is it possible to add a searchbutton for the other hidden attributes (like ambition, sportmanship, adaptability etc.) and free kick/penalty takers?

[RVPtheGoat]

3 hours ago, Scratch said:

Did you export the saves? If so, can you find where they went using a file manager app? Where are they? Maybe show me a screenshot. 

The first time you export a save from FMM26, it should create the location for you. For me, it created it under my FMM24 one, eg: 

Internal storage\Documents\Football Manager 2024 Mobile\Football Manager 26 Mobile

But later on I uninstalled and reinstalled FMM and then it asked me for a location when I exported. Note you need to choose the Football Manager 26 Mobile folder not the Saves one inside it.

I found it, but I don'tt have the fmm24 folder. What do I do 

[rseven]

50 minutes ago, RVPtheGoat said:

I found it, but I don'tt have the fmm24 folder. What do I do 

Have you tried this folder? 

 

[Scratch]

57 minutes ago, RVPtheGoat said:

I found it, but I don'tt have the fmm24 folder. What do I do 

You don't actually need the FMM24 folder, you just need to find the FMM26 folder - it's just sometimes inside the FMM24 folder if you went from 24 to 26. But it's not for you, which is fine.

Anyway in the video it seems you found a FMM26 folder and gave it permissions, then could see the exported career/save folder and then open them and see the save files and open those (ie Man Utd players). Were these not the saves you exported or were expecting to find?

In the video you seem to have two FMM26 folders (which isn't normal, maybe you cleared the data or installed FMM twice?):

• [TTV]Fabs_lb > Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 26 Mobile
• [TTV]Fabs_lb > SIGames > Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 26 Mobile

I'm not clear which one you actually gave permissions to, but if those weren't the save files you were expecting, then maybe try the other folder and see what's there.

If you've exported a save, it should be in one of those locations (whichever is the actual folder FMM26 is using now). 

[RVPtheGoat]

1 hour ago, Scratch said:

You don't actually need the FMM24 folder, you just need to find the FMM26 folder - it's just sometimes inside the FMM24 folder if you went from 24 to 26. But it's not for you, which is fine.

Anyway in the video it seems you found a FMM26 folder and gave it permissions, then could see the exported career/save folder and then open them and see the save files and open those (ie Man Utd players). Were these not the saves you exported or were expecting to find?

In the video you seem to have two FMM26 folders (which isn't normal, maybe you cleared the data or installed FMM twice?):

• [TTV]Fabs_lb > Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 26 Mobile
• [TTV]Fabs_lb > SIGames > Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 26 Mobile

I'm not clear which one you actually gave permissions to, but if those weren't the save files you were expecting, then maybe try the other folder and see what's there.

If you've exported a save, it should be in one of those locations (whichever is the actual folder FMM26 is using now). 

i gave permissions to SIGames but i copied it to Documents because i wasn't sure where to place it and as you can see the date is from last year or am i just being dumb and that's the in game date 

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1 hour ago, rseven said:

Have you tried this folder? 

 

i'm using that folder

[Scratch]

5 minutes ago, RVPtheGoat said:

i gave permissions to SIGames but i copied it to Documents because i wasn't sure where to place it and as you can see the date is from last year or am i just being dumb and that's the in game date 

Yeah that's the in game date. 

I was going to show the date it was saved instead, but it turns out all the app can see is the date that the save was exported to the phone, not the date was actually saved. That means all the different saves in the same folder have the same date, which makes it a little meaningless (although it would help you see if it's the one you just exported). I recommend entering a name for the export to make it easier to recognise. But that is probably the one you're looking for. 

[RVPtheGoat]

1 hour ago, Scratch said:

Yeah that's the in game date. 

I was going to show the date it was saved instead, but it turns out all the app can see is the date that the save was exported to the phone, not the date it it it it it it was actually saved. That means all the different saves in the same folder have the same date, which makes it a little meaningless (although it would help you see if it's the one you just exported). I recommend entering a name for the export to make it easier to recognise. But that is probably the one you're looking for. 

Thank you for the help 

[Blancos]

On 25/01/2026 at 15:02, Scratch said:

Damn, you guys are fast! 😀 I just came here to type this:

The beta is live on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.assistantmanager.am26 - I *think* you have to own the app in order to get access to the beta (ie you have to buy the app first). Google Play is a bit confusing so I'm not 100% sure. 

As far as pricing goes, I'm generally aiming for about half a cup of coffee or a little bit over. It's £1.79 in the UK, €1.99 in some EU countries (but €2.09 in others), USD$1.99 for the US, AUD$2.99 for Australia, and... I guess you better just look to see what it is in your country. Google Play's system is really confusing and it adds tax on top  of the price you set (and it's different everywhere). 

I'm guessing there will be some countries where the automatic rate is relatively expensive - I might be able to change the price for those countries to make it a little more fair. Let me know if your country might be one of those - but also, I don't want to be micromanaging the prices too much, so I might not do it for all countries suggested.

If you are a student who has no income or someone who genuinely can't afford it, let me know (probably best via DM here on Vibe) and I'll see if I can sort you out.

Let me know how it goes!

I'm happily informing you, that in Indonesia, the price is cheap enough for everyone (I mean, you must have a smartphone and Netflix membership to play the game, haven't you?). To put it in a context, it's the price of a modest lunch in local diner, or less than a cup of Starbuck coffee.

I don't buy it yet, though. But it's already in my wishlist already.

[Petertr]

Well that's good news!  A lot cheaper than I expected too.  Happy to pay for that and I don't even have the game yet!

[Petertr]

41 minutes ago, Blancos said:

To put it in a context, it's the price of a modest lunch in local diner, or less than a cup of Starbuck coffee.

A Starbucks coffee costs more than a meal?

[fufi]

subscribed with pleasure

[Petertr]

Ah.
Had a right faff getting it to import my old FM24 save - took an hour to get that game and then the tactic to import correctly.  Then I realised AM26 doesn't work with games started on FM24.  Bugger!

Oh well, good reason to start a new game, I suppose.

[Punishxr]

Hi @Scratch, one thing I noticed is that the release clause feature sometimes doesn’t seem to match the players’ actual contracts. For example, I set the maximum release clause to 5M and found a player, but when I checked his contract, his release clause was actually higher than 5M. Maybe this is something that could be fixed in a future update.

Also, in AM24, I think there used to be a market value filter, but in the AM26 app it doesn’t seem to exist anymore (CMIIW). If it’s currently missing, maybe it could be considered for future updates.

It would be really helpful if users could set a market value range as a filter, and if possible, also see the player’s market value directly inside AM, so we don’t have to keep switching back and forth to FM just to check it.

Thank you in advance.

[Terriblenfant]

Hi scrach thanks again ... its awsome ... i would only and one thing ... the ability to copy the name of the player so that it would be faster to search in game

In the AM24 you could copy and past the name of the player

[Scratch]

2 hours ago, Petertr said:

Ah.
Had a right faff getting it to import my old FM24 save - took an hour to get that game and then the tactic to import correctly.  Then I realised AM26 doesn't work with games started on FM24.  Bugger!

Oh well, good reason to start a new game, I suppose.

Sorry! I will see if I can sort that out, but not sure it's possible and won't be very soon.

[Scratch]

1 hour ago, Punishxr said:

Hi @Scratch, one thing I noticed is that the release clause feature sometimes doesn’t seem to match the players’ actual contracts. For example, I set the maximum release clause to 5M and found a player, but when I checked his contract, his release clause was actually higher than 5M. Maybe this is something that could be fixed in a future update.

Also, in AM24, I think there used to be a market value filter, but in the AM26 app it doesn’t seem to exist anymore (CMIIW). If it’s currently missing, maybe it could be considered for future updates.

It would be really helpful if users could set a market value range as a filter, and if possible, also see the player’s market value directly inside AM, so we don’t have to keep switching back and forth to FM just to check it.

Thank you in advance.

How close the the release clause? FMM often rounds it a bit, so if it's close it could be that - but I'll take a look and see if I can tell what's going on.

AM24 didn't have the value filter or show the player value, because while there is a field in the save file, it's not the same as what's shown on screen. It must be using age & PA & reputation to change that base value to whatever is in the game. Its the same in AM26/FMM26, but I will look at it again. Don't want to get your hopes up though, only SI Games know the actual formula to calculate the actual value, so I will just be guessing.

[Scratch]

1 hour ago, Terriblenfant said:

Hi scrach thanks again ... its awsome ... i would only and one thing ... the ability to copy the name of the player so that it would be faster to search in game

In the AM24 you could copy and past the name of the player

Oh, didn't realise that, I don't think - can probably sort that out. Will add to the list.