First thoughts on Demo

i managed to get a draw! yay! my first point..... 8 games gone....

villa really do suck ass on it....

I just lost to Chelsea 0-1 the f*ckers i had all the play and they got me on the counter once and scored

LOL, one cool thing I've noticed is that as a manager, player's agents will approach you and ask you to look at videos of their client!! Quite cool!

managed to go on a good run of results since I lost my first match against Boro, trashed Palace 5-2 with a Cisse hattrick.

It seems you need to be a bit more creative with your tactics i've been using a 4-2-2-2 and its got me some very good results.

Originally posted by TottiNZidaneR#1
i cant go to window mode when im at 1024 x 768, anyone know how to fix that?

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1. right click on the shortcut of FM2005
2. choose properties
3. at the place "Target" write this

"XProgram Files\SEGA\Football Manager 2005\fm2005.exe" -small_screen

X is the drive you install the game

4. start the game
5. go to Option > Preferences
6. UNCHECK Full Screen
7. Confirm

Enjoy your window mode of FM2005

Originally posted by ngyc
1. right click on the shortcut of FM2005
2. choose properties
3. at the place "Target" write this

"XProgram Files\SEGA\Football Manager 2005\fm2005.exe" -small_screen

X is the drive you install the game

4. start the game
5. go to Option > Preferences
6. UNCHECK Full Screen
7. Confirm

Enjoy your window mode of FM2005

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Uh i dont have a Target place all i see are General, Version, and Compatability at the top and target are not in any of them

The shortcut in your startmenu, not the fm2005.exe itself.

Originally posted by rpvankasteren
The shortcut in your startmenu, not the fm2005.exe itself.

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AHHH i see now time to go to bed ill play when i wake up.... and ngyc rpvankasteren sank you very much

my first thoughts.... AWFULL player selection screen. Dont think it could be worse. The rest of the menus look ok, tho I realy need to get used to the new layout. The player selection screen is poo tho

yea, i agree about the player selection screen....

i have the same feeling too. player selection screen seems not convenient enough. i hope they include traditional view as well

i dislike another thing in the interface was previously i sorted my player by condition. after i go to other screen and come back again. the player selection screen no more sorted by condition. is it i don't know how to do it or it simply can't

what i find quite irritating is that there isnt a way to see if someone is away (i.e int duty or inj.) while you're selecting your squad.

that and how grossly underrated Fulham are, but i think that will be sorted out and theres a bit of my bias coming into account

How long does the demo last for?

January Transfer Window or 1 complete season?

Originally posted by mixafendis
my first thoughts.... AWFULL player selection screen. Dont think it could be worse. The rest of the menus look ok, tho I realy need to get used to the new layout. The player selection screen is poo tho

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The Squad Selection code was still very much work in progress at the time we created the Beta Demo. We have improved it considerably since then and addressed most of the issues people are reporting in the Beta Demo.

Originally posted by ngyc
i have the same feeling too. player selection screen seems not convenient enough. i hope they include traditional view as well

i dislike another thing in the interface was previously i sorted my player by condition. after i go to other screen and come back again. the player selection screen no more sorted by condition. is it i don't know how to do it or it simply can't

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The Screen History was work in progress at the time the Beta Demo was created and we have since fixed the problem with the squad screen not remembering the last item you sorted by. It now remembers all states and this applies to various other screens too (which was part of the Screen History code).

Originally posted by adj137
what i find quite irritating is that there isnt a way to see if someone is away (i.e int duty or inj.) while you're selecting your squad.

that and how grossly underrated Fulham are, but i think that will be sorted out and theres a bit of my bias coming into account

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There are now appropriate icons to indicate when a player is injured or away on international duty (and these will take precedence over others in the squad screen). This allows you to see who is available and who isn't (and you can still use the Filter Dialog to hide 'Unavailable' players).

I was gonna say the same thing, about the main player selection screen.

Will the position dragging buttons be brough back? You know, like GK, DC, DC, DL, DR,.....etc on top of screen that you can just drag onto a player to make him play in that position?

And the tactic screen too... Can you make it easier to switch between the main tactic window and the individual instructions?

Originally posted by Gerrard 17
I was gonna say the same thing, about the main player selection screen.

Will the position dragging buttons be brough back? You know, like GK, DC, DC, DL, DR,.....etc on top of screen that you can just drag onto a player to make him play in that position?

And the tactic screen too... Can you make it easier to switch between the main tactic window and the individual instructions?

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The position icons are now back in (so you can drag and drop the position onto a player).

With regards to the Individual Player Instructions in the Tactics screen, we have made several improvements here but what did you have in mind? You can select the arrow to the left of the players name or if you are viewing the Formation (with the pitch) you can double click on a player from there to view his Individual Instructions. All of this is in addition to using the 'View' menu to access these instructions too.

can we have traditional view and sorted by condition? cause i used to use that screen. i certainly not very like to use selection view. too many information just make me confuse, just my opinion. i just want traditional view back

you know, maybe its just me or my strikers, but i have to bring this up.

ive played about 15 games by now, and the game is good overall, but i have begun to notice that 95% of the shots that don't score are either over the bar or so wide by the goal that they end up by the corner flags. this is the same problem i had in CM4 and it scares me. i would like to see a bigger disparity in shots. i don't care if the shot is fired at the goal and the goalie saves it, but if my shot is not on goal it is so wide or over the bar that it's ridicilous. in cm03/04 more shots were directed at or around the goalkeeper, so he had to move to make saves, which made it seem realistic. i thought it was just me, but i played arsenal and man u, and henry and ruud, rooney, were all shooting 10 feet from the goal. i play matches on extended so i get to see a good range of shots, close range and from far and its the same result, for me and other teams. maybe it's just happening to me.