[CM4 03/04] Oι βελτιώσεις/διορθώσεις του κάθε patch

[ThrassosSevvas]

Σημείωση: Το κάθε patch συμπεριλαμβάνει κι όλες τις αλλαγές των προηγούμενων patches, εκτός το 4.15 που χρειάζεται το 4.1.4.


Championship Manager 03/04
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Patch 4 - 4.1.5 (χρειάζεται να έχετε εγκατεστημένο το 4.1.4 πρώτα)
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Fixed editor problems with staff and regenerated player names
- Tuned player regeneration
- Fixed bug which meant human players were unlikely to obtain jobs by application
- Fixed bug where the International managers would count virtual players when checking the squad size
- English monthly awards now don't get cleared down at the end of the Russian season



Patch 3 - 4.1.4
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Match
- Fixed network game bug where client scorelines differed to server due to clash of post and pre 4.1.3 tactics
- Fixed 4-4-1-1 and 4-2-3-1-dk
- Full match mode now skips "dead time" again
- Fixed problem where user couldnt make a sub immediately after certain incidents
- Fixed obscure crash that occured when human's goalkeeper red carded
- Improved storage lifetime of match stats for background leagues and ED1/ISB level matches in foreground

Match AI v224
- Cut down on hurried and pointless hopeful passes from decent players
- Improved shooting AI...more range of different shots
- Improved computer team AI when utilising free role wide players eg Pires
- Made fiery and temperamental players more likely to dissent or lose temper
- Tweaked player clean through detection AI
- Slight tweaks to goalkeeper saves
- Improvement in short and medium range pass accuracy
- Less short goal kicks from keepers unless asked to in tactics
- Slightly better player turning on ball AI when near own goal
- Less backpasses drifting out for corners
- Fixed certain incidents of central defenders going for unwise attempts to intercept the ball on the wing
- Made condition have a small effect on injury proneness in match
- Toned down long throws

Game
- Pre-game injuries now are set up again.
- Swiss players no longer need work permits to play in the UK.
- Fixed russian players getting transferred far too cheaply.

Screens
- Fixed display of custom stadium pictures on match day
- Load list options on player search screen now hidden instead of being disabled for certain sections.



Patch 2 - 4.1.3
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Game
- Fixed bug where players who get put into reserve teams which don't play in an active league get full condition after 1 day.
- Fixed bug where key players would occasionally get put in the reserve squad for no reason
- Fixed problem with club relocations during stadium expansion
- Fixed problem with stadium expansions not restoring seating/terracing lost during work on expansion
- Fixed problem on team fixtures screen where the year menu shows an option for the 2004/05 season when in the 2003/04 season.
- Fixed problem where Italian non EU transfer rule would sometimes block contract renewals.
- Made it slightly easier for human managers to get jobs and ensured computer clubs filled vacant postitions correctly
- Filter option hidden when picking squad numbers for a match. Before, the filter was shown but didn't work as all players needing squad numbers are always displayed.
- When using random player data, non playing staff do not get obscure nations as their home nation.
- If the top earner at a club is not regarded as a "key player" then the clubs maximum wage was displayed wrongly, this is now fixed
- There is now a limit to the "see also" menu in the clubs screen, which prevents the list from being jumbled, or incomplete.
- A string in Offer contract screen updated to show per month/per year etc depending on users preference
- The "see also" menu now works better on the team screen for B teams.
- Large database size setting now doesn't retain quite so many players
- Tuned 'fake player' database randomisation to prevent creation of quite so many 'wonder kids'
- Club links from a national squad screen now work correctly.
- Removing players from a manager's shortlist screen now doesn't reset the table.
- Managers who do not have clubs can shortlist players now.
- Finance section is now available on human reserve team screens.
- Staff search screen now includes the field "motavating" as a possible search criteria
- "SMALL_BALL" option added makes the ball not so big in the air
- National team call up news for finals tournaments now generates news.
- Combined league table view disabled for neutral venue competitions like the World Cup.
- Tuned standard of virtual players for teams active in European competitions
- Tuned amount of players who turn into managers
- Go on holiday until next match now works for international matches as well.
- Clubs from inactive leagues which have B teams in active leagues now keep their players when starting a new game.
- Added some speed improvements
- Past meetings between teams now processes second leg matches properly. Only the goals scored in that leg will be used.
- Coach assessments using the sweeper position have been improved.
- Improved manager reputation changes after league, cup wins, promotions etc
- Default all automatic shortlisting (make offer/offer contract) players to 1 year on your shortlist
- Tuned attendances for fixtures slightly
- Tuned player ability progression
- Tuned training effects
- Tuned peak ages for goalkeepers
- Tuned reputation declines for older players
- Tuned player reputation changes upon winning awards
- Tuned player happiness upon relegation and promotion
- Tuned youth player injury frequency
- Tuned timing of some news item events to better coincide with related news
- Tuned various minor aspects of player personalities

Match
- If user goes to the opposition tactic screen and they have an injured player on the pitch, the game no longer tells the user to replace him.
- Fixed problem where wrong match stats are shown occassionally for fixtures.
- If user goes to a computer team tactics before a penalty shootout, the tactics screen no longer shows its penalty takers.
- Team tactics buttons now keep their state after a replay is shown.
- Should be able to go to tactics after goal
- Default and computer team tactics refined, also added a couple of new ones 4411 and 4231 ( Danish version )
- Less unimportant action shown after the key incident in a 2d highlight
- Improved manager reputation change algorithm after matches
- Fixed bug where human team captains were not being selected correctly in the match if the first choice one left the field
- Fixed occasional match crash

Match AI ( v220 )
- Less "power" shots and more placed ones, possibly meaning less going over the bar from inside the area for better players
- Stopped play being called back after fouled team or player have scored a goal
- Stopped players keeping original corner positions too long when corner clears all players and goes towards the opposite touchline
- Improved defending on attacking long throws that was causing some teams to score almost every time they had one
- Improved computer team decision making regarding setting the "forward runs" option for players
- Lessened influence of player "decision making" stat on play
- Tweaked reactions of defensive markers while waiting for set pieces to be taken
- Slightly improved direct free kick effectiveness
- Tweaked goalie AI for mopping up loose balls in area
- Tweaked interception of passes AI
- Discouraged certain cases of defenders all flocking towards the player with ball on a counter attack and leaving a man spare alongside
- Less red cards but more yellows, and improved professional foul AI

Competitions
- Fixed problem with players in Brazil having the wrong year listed in their history.
- Fixed patch 1 problem where Brazilian league fixtures disappear.
- Fixed problem where the wrong teams were being promoted to the Danish Second Division.
- Fixed some preseason check code which was causing expectations for Hong Kong managers to not come up.
- Fixed problem with Intertoto cup dates.
- Fixed last positions graph for the European Championship Qualifying fixtures before the game start date.
- TV dates for English Premiership and First Division are now correct
- Korean K2 foreign rules now set properly after loading a save game.
- Aggregate goals now shown on cup tree if 2 legs are used.
- Cup tree view not doesn't show layout of rounds which have not been drawn yet (unless they are fixed draws).
- Consecutive wins for cup competitions now counted correctly for news items.
- Proposed friendly tours now shows correct venue information on team fixtures screen.
- Added prize money to the English Vans Trophy.
- Improved team expectations for Mexican clubs.
- No matches are moved for TV on the last day of the Danish league season.
- Added appearance money for the Inter-Continental Cup.
- Brazilian teams in preliminary phase of the Copa Sudamericana get appearance money.
- Danish reserves now finish in time for the season update day.
- Serbian regional divisions now have the same number of teams every year.
- Division count on start game screen now includes regional divisions.
- Russian premier league now has 3 from 7 subs rule.
- Greek cup final venue now changes every year.

Finance
- Korean finances tuned slightly to balance up K-2 clubs better

Transfers
- Transfers set to go through at the end of season now get verified by the transfer rules (end of contract transfers already done like this).
- Transfers for coowned players now go through the confirmation process properly after work permit decisions.
- Fixed problem when withdrawing transfers for co-owned players.
- When offering a player to clubs, the earliest transfer date comment is no longer shown. (the date can be different depending on the buying team)
- Improved likelyhood of happy players signing new contracts with their present club rather than moving on bosman transfers.
- Brazilian transfer window now ends on 14th September

DDT/EDT
- Added "RETAIN_NATION_PLAYERS" "<nation name>" command for ddt files, allows the retention of all players with the same nationality to be retained when starting a new game.



Patch 1 v4.1.2
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Game
- You can now turn off the function which moves TV matches so that all matches are kept on the same day. Great for network / internet games!
- Added financial status to the job info screen / fixed display of financial status on team screen
- You can now view your friendly matches when the assistant manager takes control.
- Improved international squad selection AI
- Improved chances of famous ex players being appointed as managers
- Improved 2d highlight storage AI - some reasonably big games were being thrown away too quickly
- Players now give dates for retirments, and inform you if they change their mind at the last momentm, also inform you when they have retired
- Normalised the number of training and match injuries.
- Computer teams should now not offer for any foreign players if they already have the maximum number allowed.
- Can't declare interests in jobs you can't manage
- Stoped freeing players who had already agreed to leave for another team on a Bosman
- Human managers now find it slightly easier to apply and get lower league jobs.
- Players won't announce that they are looking for a transfer away from a club they are at loan to
- Award hotlinks now work correctly.
- Fixed an add/remove to shortlist problem on the player screen.
- Fixed problem with injured players being left out of international squads regardless of how long before they are fit
- Fixed problem where sub keepers were missing out on a clean sheet credit in their stats
- Fixed crash when viewing a Kosavar player's history.
- Fixed problem in network game when user continues the game while in a person screen. The game used to not allow various other buttons to be used.
- Fixed problem when "Approach to sign" option is removed as soon as the user goes into a contract offer screen for a player.

Match
- Replays now work when watching a match in full.
- After a replay is shown, the last panel viewed is now shown again instead of the match incidents panel.
- Stopped some Serie C games being played in the background erroneously

Match AI ( pkm v219 ) ( NB Not yet checked in!! But will be by the 17th!! )
- Fixed "12 men on pitch" issue
- Improved referee use of advantage eg if clean through etc
- Cut down on stupid backpasses
- Made attacking players more competitive in the air
- Tuned goal awards a little
- Tuned content of key highlights
- Tuned balance between long ball, short passing, gung ho, ultra defensive etc
- Tuned number of match injuries and made more dependent on player injury proneness
- Tuned match ratings for defenders
- Tuned effect of lower player condition
- Improved non-human manager tactical decision AI
- Improved offside AI, but the changes needed to make passive offside work 100% must wait for 0405
- Improved goalie AI in various areas
- Improved player AI when picking up moving but loose ball - they would occasionally move to the wrong place before
- Improved AI used to decide if players will cover for each other when out of position
- Improved player marking AI
- Improved player closing down opponents AI
- Fixed central defender condition bug
- Fixed stupidly slow wait for throw ins when team chasing game
- Fixed problem where some throw ins seemed to be taken as if "on the moon"
- Fixed problem with weak headed attempts on goal
- Fixed obscure problem where user would get about 5 continuous minutes of unimportant non 2d commentary in key highlights
- Fixed strange ball movement around goal line on some shots

Competitions
- Third place playoff in singaporean cup removed.
- Polish second division relegation playoffs updated.
- Danish super cup added.
- Greek cup final venues updated.
- Some UEFA Cup teams were not being put into the correct rounds.
- Czech Republic teams now use squad numbers.
- Loan limit removed for Spanish teams.
- Australian work permits fixed.
- OFC nations cup winner and runner-up get bye in world cup qualification.
- TV money for Brazilian state leagues.
- Asian Nations Cup now works after 2004 competition.
- European Championship qualifiers now use the silver goal rule for the playoffs.
- Correct teams entered for the African Cup of Nations 2004.
- The cup draw view now shows "<team 1> or" instead of just "<team 1>" when there is a team 2 present for the away side.
- Tuned attendances for Olympic Games.
- African Challenge cup changes - South African teams kept apart and host stadium is used.
- Fixed international date clash with UEFA Cup 1st round 2nd leg date in October from 2004 onwards.
- Fixed a problem with some Hong Kong club board expectations.
- Fixed some league dates for the Czech Republic divisions.
- Fixed game freeze when looking at Brazilian Sao Paulo 3rd placed teams table.

Finance
- Increased Japanese club sponsorship amounts
- Tuned wage requests for foreign players in Australia

Transfers
- Limited the number of non shortlisted players offered in exchange to human clubs to one per deal
- Teams getting players on part exchange now have to wait for a transfer window.
- Raised valuations of Greek players by 33%
- Tuned wage requests for unknown players
- Tuned wage requests for players in minor leagues
- Reduced valuations of players from Hungary
- Players with future transfer fee clauses playing in Inactive leagues now get processed correctly.