Hiya
This is just a post to inform you that at some point this afternoon (Thursday 9th December) we will be releasing the 5.0.2 patch.
Cheers. See below for a full list of fixes and information we posted on our forums earlier today:
Dear All
Thankyou for your patience concerning the Football Manager 2005 patch. We understand that this has been a frustrating time for those of you experiencing issues with the game, and we have worked through as many of these issues with as many of you as possible.
We originally had planned to release the patch much sooner, however we took the approach, which was based on much of your feedback in previous years, that you didnt like so many patches. As a result, we've tried to streamline the approach and make hopefully just two. We'd be interested to hear your thoughts on this shift in policy - which approach do you prefer?
The most recent delays in releasing the patch have been a number of strange crashes relating to a combination of Windows 98 and AMD machines. We've worked closely with a few users with this setup and ironed out some issues - thankyou to everyone that has participated in our private beta testing programme. This ranges from head researchers and assistants right through to members of this forum.
Save games are compatible, with one noticeable exception that we've found. Those with the Irish league loaded, with a crash that may appear at the end of season one, will have to start a new game as the bug has manifested itself to such a state that it's not recoverable. This is the only known issue with save games which we apologise for.
Anyway, on with the interesting stuff. Bar any last minute problems, the patch v5.0.2 will be released on www.sigames.com tomorrow afternoon. We have lined up a number of mirror sites so you shouldn't have major problems getting hold of the file. We'll be releasing shortly afterwards (probably Friday) a patch for Worldwide Soccer Manager 2005 customers which is the exact same patch but with the WWSM application in. This is to ensure limited confusion for all our North American customers.
I've detailed below the fix list for the patch and once again thank you for your continued support with the games we are making
This is just a post to inform you that at some point this afternoon (Thursday 9th December) we will be releasing the 5.0.2 patch.
Cheers. See below for a full list of fixes and information we posted on our forums earlier today:
Dear All
Thankyou for your patience concerning the Football Manager 2005 patch. We understand that this has been a frustrating time for those of you experiencing issues with the game, and we have worked through as many of these issues with as many of you as possible.
We originally had planned to release the patch much sooner, however we took the approach, which was based on much of your feedback in previous years, that you didnt like so many patches. As a result, we've tried to streamline the approach and make hopefully just two. We'd be interested to hear your thoughts on this shift in policy - which approach do you prefer?
The most recent delays in releasing the patch have been a number of strange crashes relating to a combination of Windows 98 and AMD machines. We've worked closely with a few users with this setup and ironed out some issues - thankyou to everyone that has participated in our private beta testing programme. This ranges from head researchers and assistants right through to members of this forum.
Save games are compatible, with one noticeable exception that we've found. Those with the Irish league loaded, with a crash that may appear at the end of season one, will have to start a new game as the bug has manifested itself to such a state that it's not recoverable. This is the only known issue with save games which we apologise for.
Anyway, on with the interesting stuff. Bar any last minute problems, the patch v5.0.2 will be released on www.sigames.com tomorrow afternoon. We have lined up a number of mirror sites so you shouldn't have major problems getting hold of the file. We'll be releasing shortly afterwards (probably Friday) a patch for Worldwide Soccer Manager 2005 customers which is the exact same patch but with the WWSM application in. This is to ensure limited confusion for all our North American customers.
I've detailed below the fix list for the patch and once again thank you for your continued support with the games we are making