EA Has announced that update 2 for FIFA Manager 10 is now available. FIFA Manager 10 will automatically download the update. This is what the update brings:
New Features Offline Mode:
- huge database update (database of 24/11)
- option to either load the latest EA database or the Editor database (e.g. with your own data) at game start
- various new player pictures (focus on Coca Cola Championship)
- new Hall of Fame player pictures of retired players in the UK (only very few, but will become more in the future)
- new live ticker text
- complete historic league results of the Bundesliga since the very first matchday back in 1963
- additional historic league results for France and Italy
- better handling of widgets in resolutions like 1440x900 (move your mouse pointer over a widget to see it completely)
- improved website headlines
- pre-selected half-time talks (save some mouse clicks)
- option to switch off the display of song titles in the main menu
New Features Online Mode:
- new "Away from Keyboard" feature
- if you join a running game, you now get the status of the game, that is, at which point of the week the other users currently are (e.g. the main menu or a matchday). This way you can quickly estimate how long it will take you to actually join the game.
- click on a game in the game list to see its participants
- the market value of the next auctioned player is given on the transfer market overview screen
- team levels and the current matchday are now part of the match screen
- the timeline icons (goals, cards, substitutions), already used in the offline mode, will now also be seen online
- you can add another manager to your friend list directly from the respective manager info screen (available by right clicking on your avatar in the main menu)
- option for the host to set the maximum number of humans players
- date displayed on all menu sub-screens
- manager points on friends list
- manager points comparison happens more often
- option to turn off the profanity filter
- draws with no clubs of human managers are skipped
Fixed Bugs:
- 3d match improvements (better and more varied shots, more realistic number of cards, improved passing, improved goalkeepers, defenders react faster, more realistic handballs, improved 1 on 1 against the goalkeeper, more realistic back passes)
- several small Action Mode improvements
- various tuning efforts (e.g. tactical education, loss of acceleration for older players now slower)
- improved website (e.g. added a second club name to transfer news, manager info if you click on a picture)
- about 140 different other bug fixes in total
- about 40 graphical improvements and screen layout changes (e.g. Player Training Progress)
Some Examples:
- CaC problem in Italy
- "moved" clubs in France
- sometimes too much income when winning an indoor tournament
- "players sometimes end their careers too early" problem
- line-up crash (when saving a player list)
- not displayed goals in highlight mode
- long-term simulation crash
- improved AI training camp selection
- Ups & Downs now work for again for the player manager
- missing tooltips in replay mode
- won European Super Cup now added to the trophy list
- Hall of Fame: User pictures are now displayed correctly
- More realistic personal sponsor contracts for managers with a high manager level
- more modern German first names
- Youth department: Extension crash fixed
- Delegate transfers: Assistant now makes better use of the money
- Tactics/first team: Icons for crossing positions are now correct
- several graphical problems fixed at game start in the 1024x720 screen resolution
- user/additional desktop objects are now saved (no need to position them again after loading the save game)
- special characters are now correctly displayed on Russian OS
- Game start: Removed the cheat to start with more teams than allowed
- Player talks/Promises: Player levels no longer visible in UK version
- Live Ticker: Manager shouts no longer disabled after creating a player manager
- multiple player managers problem
- Pre-match screen: Background for international cup matches no longer dark
- Relegated players screen: Now with the option to add them to the short list or to scout them
- Stadium editor: Slope problem
- player manager can now make substitutions in Live Ticker match
- _PLAYER_CORNER_LEFT issues in Live Ticker fixed
- ONLINE: Matchday - sorting of the live table now works correctly
- ONLINE: Matchday - User receives " 0 actions available" at the beginning of the match
- ONLINE: 8-player crash fixed
- ONLINE: Trophy images missing in the player stats
- ONLINE: Improved referee names
EA Have also released information about possible future changes that Update 3 will bring:
Plans for Update 3:
- option to display the live ticker sentence by sentence
- option to display the live ticker word by word
- finished matches in live ticker now change their colour
- no commentary in Live Ticker conference mode
- massive increase of UK player pictures and of Hall of Fame pictures
- many additional city pictures
- Ups & Downs reworked and now more difficult
Press Release
For the first time, EA SPORTS FIFA MANAGER 10 is equipped with an integrated auto patcher which automatically updates the game to the newest version at the start of the game. After a very successful update 1 which was available already on the release day, update 2 is ready for automatic download as of today. The complete content of the update can be accessed in the developer blog by Lead Designer Gerald Köhler and will include new features for the offline and online mode as well as specific and community-requested bug-fixes including various 3d match improvements.
New Features Offline Mode:
- huge database update (database of 24/11)
- option to either load the latest EA database or the Editor database (e.g. with your own data) at game start
- various new player pictures (focus on Coca Cola Championship)
- new Hall of Fame player pictures of retired players in the UK (only very few, but will become more in the future)
- new live ticker text
- complete historic league results of the Bundesliga since the very first matchday back in 1963
- additional historic league results for France and Italy
- better handling of widgets in resolutions like 1440x900 (move your mouse pointer over a widget to see it completely)
- improved website headlines
- pre-selected half-time talks (save some mouse clicks)
- option to switch off the display of song titles in the main menu
New Features Online Mode:
- new "Away from Keyboard" feature
- if you join a running game, you now get the status of the game, that is, at which point of the week the other users currently are (e.g. the main menu or a matchday). This way you can quickly estimate how long it will take you to actually join the game.
- click on a game in the game list to see its participants
- the market value of the next auctioned player is given on the transfer market overview screen
- team levels and the current matchday are now part of the match screen
- the timeline icons (goals, cards, substitutions), already used in the offline mode, will now also be seen online
- you can add another manager to your friend list directly from the respective manager info screen (available by right clicking on your avatar in the main menu)
- option for the host to set the maximum number of humans players
- date displayed on all menu sub-screens
- manager points on friends list
- manager points comparison happens more often
- option to turn off the profanity filter
- draws with no clubs of human managers are skipped
Fixed Bugs:
- 3d match improvements (better and more varied shots, more realistic number of cards, improved passing, improved goalkeepers, defenders react faster, more realistic handballs, improved 1 on 1 against the goalkeeper, more realistic back passes)
- several small Action Mode improvements
- various tuning efforts (e.g. tactical education, loss of acceleration for older players now slower)
- improved website (e.g. added a second club name to transfer news, manager info if you click on a picture)
- about 140 different other bug fixes in total
- about 40 graphical improvements and screen layout changes (e.g. Player Training Progress)
Some Examples:
- CaC problem in Italy
- "moved" clubs in France
- sometimes too much income when winning an indoor tournament
- "players sometimes end their careers too early" problem
- line-up crash (when saving a player list)
- not displayed goals in highlight mode
- long-term simulation crash
- improved AI training camp selection
- Ups & Downs now work for again for the player manager
- missing tooltips in replay mode
- won European Super Cup now added to the trophy list
- Hall of Fame: User pictures are now displayed correctly
- More realistic personal sponsor contracts for managers with a high manager level
- more modern German first names
- Youth department: Extension crash fixed
- Delegate transfers: Assistant now makes better use of the money
- Tactics/first team: Icons for crossing positions are now correct
- several graphical problems fixed at game start in the 1024x720 screen resolution
- user/additional desktop objects are now saved (no need to position them again after loading the save game)
- special characters are now correctly displayed on Russian OS
- Game start: Removed the cheat to start with more teams than allowed
- Player talks/Promises: Player levels no longer visible in UK version
- Live Ticker: Manager shouts no longer disabled after creating a player manager
- multiple player managers problem
- Pre-match screen: Background for international cup matches no longer dark
- Relegated players screen: Now with the option to add them to the short list or to scout them
- Stadium editor: Slope problem
- player manager can now make substitutions in Live Ticker match
- _PLAYER_CORNER_LEFT issues in Live Ticker fixed
- ONLINE: Matchday - sorting of the live table now works correctly
- ONLINE: Matchday - User receives " 0 actions available" at the beginning of the match
- ONLINE: 8-player crash fixed
- ONLINE: Trophy images missing in the player stats
- ONLINE: Improved referee names
Plans for Update 3:
- option to display the live ticker sentence by sentence
- option to display the live ticker word by word
- finished matches in live ticker now change their colour
- no commentary in Live Ticker conference mode
- massive increase of UK player pictures and of Hall of Fame pictures
- many additional city pictures
- Ups & Downs reworked and now more difficult
From FIFA Manager 10 Blog
