Things are still progressing well. As mentioned last month, we are going to focus each of these updates on a particular feature or change that will be part of the big update coming at the end of August, and this month’s focus is going to be on the visualisation of the Match Engine.
Although the work is still ongoing we feel it is now at a stage where we can give you a quick peek to give an idea of what it is going to look like. Please note that the look and feel of the match experience is very much a work in progress. Items such as the pitch and goal frames are ‘placeholder’ and are due for improvements.
In the featured screenshot you can see that those “dots” we are all familiar with have taken the big step of morphing into miniature players. This should give you a better indication of what is happening when your players interact with the ball in particular. You’ll be able to easily see if your player is kicking the ball or has gone for a header for example. You’ll be able to see if a player was tackled or perhaps just took a poor touch.
As you can see from the screenshot we have been inspired by great football games of the past with our design. You’ll be able to keep an eye on how your players are rating and make tactical changes via the panels on the left, while the action on the pitch takes place on the right. In that left side panel you’ll be able to change between viewing player ratings, match stats and tactical settings.
As we alluded to in our previous posts, we are shifting the monetisation focus to be based more on customisation and cosmetics and less based on impacting gameplay. So you’ll be able to customise the appearance of your seasoned veterans and up-and-coming prospects alike if you wish to, and then see them in action on the pitch!
We are still working on some of the animations in the Match Engine at the moment (e.g. for kicking, heading, tackling etc). Once these are complete we’ll be looking to provide a short video to give you an even better idea of how it will play.
Thank you for taking the time to read, and we’ll have another update next month.
Feature Spotlight - Academy Trials
Hi everyone
Just a quick update!
We are very pleased with how everything is progressing. We are going to focus each of these updates on a particular feature or change that will be part of the big update coming at the end of August, and this month we are going to give you a quick overview of the revamped Academy Trials feature.
Please note that the feature is still in development and is subject to changes based on testing, but this should give you a general idea of how the feature will work.
Academies will no longer be a Pro feature. Every club in the game will have one. The academy trialists will no longer be tied to a single club. Instead, you will be competing directly against other managers to identify and sign up the best prospects.
Every club will start the season with a number of academy trialists at their club. As with the current system, these trialists will start with very few attributes revealed. The huge challenge that you’ll face with your Academy is that you can only hold a limited number of these trialists at your club each night.
Each club will have a number of “Hold” slots, which they can assign to the trialists that they want to keep hold of based on the attributes that they can (and can not) see at the moment. Each trialist that you have assigned a “hold spot” will be kept at your club until there is a day you decide you want to switch him out. You no longer release trialists. Instead, any players that are not assigned to a “Hold” slot will be discarded and not stay at your club.
“What happens to these trialists that are discarded?” I hear you ask! Well, they will go back into the pool and “shuffle” to other club’s academies. So, the trialists that you don’t hold on to will pop up in someone else’s academy the next day. And some of the trialists that other users have discarded will end up in your academy! This means that over a season you have access to a huge amount of different trialists, far more than you do at present.
Those who run academies in their current guise will know very well that a player that looks very promising early on can be turned into a very average player with a few poor reveals, and, on the other hand, a player who looks distinctly average can suddenly look a damn sight better with a few key reveals. Holding on to those trialists that you feel could turn out well will be a key skill here as the season goes on and more and more attributes are revealed! But stubbornly holding on to the wrong trialist could mean you end up missing out on a promising prospect as he “shuffles” elsewhere.
For example, in the attached screenshot, this club has 6 "Hold" slots (3 of which will Graduate at the end of the season), meaning that this club will keep the 6 trialists assigned to those slots overnight. The rest of the trialists will go back into the Pool to be assigned to another random club the following day. On the final day of the season, the 3 trialists currently occupying the 3 Graduate slots would be the trialists that sign for your club at the end of the season. On that final day the trialists occupying the “Hold slots” will be discarded along with the others.
Again, please note that these numbers are for illustration only - this may change as we attempt to find the correct balance in testing.
As you can probably tell from the screenshot, the UI for the feature will allow managers to check players without having to move back and forth between screens. This should make it much easier and more convenient to check and change trialist slots as required.
The feature will become much more engaging than it is at present. It'll be worth checking every day to see which academy players have been shuffled to your club and ensure that you don’t miss anyone you’d like to keep hold of.
Do you have an eye for talent? Your ability to see what others don’t see could put you in a position to grab some nice prospects that others miss.
Hopefully this has given you a little overview of the feature. It will be more engaging, more competitive and very, very challenging!
The sharp-eyed amongst you will also have taken note of some of the changes to the UI in the screenshot above. It’s a work in progress at the moment, and we’ll talk more about that in a future update!
Thank you for taking the time to read, and we’ll have another update next month.
90MF Development Update - What’s on the Horizon?
Hi guys
Just a quick update with an overview of what we are working on at the moment and when to expect it in the game.
The next update will be, by far, the biggest one we have ever done! Amongst other things it will include:
A complete overhaul of the game interface with a completely new UI to make it look much more modern and aesthetically pleasing, as well as being inline with current UI design best practises and more intuitive to use
Visualisation of the match experience using retro style pixel-art graphics, inspired by old-school games like Sensible Soccer and Kick Off
Shifting the monetisation focus to be more based on customisation and cosmetics and less based on impacting gameplay
More data-related content (stats, history, leaderboards, records, etc)
A new training feature giving you far more influence over how your players’ attributes develop
Changes to the transfer system and academy trials system to make them more engaging, competitive, challenging and exciting
Club progression will be far better rewarded: higher standing within the pyramid league structure will yield significantly more benefits than it does at present
Major update/improvements to the match engine including more tactical options
More manager skills
More things to do on a daily basis as part of the core gameplay loop
Drastically improving the new user experience
Significant improvements to the performance and responsiveness of the client when navigating around screens and data
Various quality of life features
We have decided to release all of this in one 'big' update rather than in several smaller updates for two main reasons:
From a development point of view this allows us to focus our time on getting more done rather than having to focus on building and testing numerous versions of the game
We want to create the new additions and changes straight into the new game interface we are working on, rather than doing it twice. Note: this is the reason why various data-related content such as stats and history has not been implemented yet
Our best estimate at the moment is that this major update will happen at the end of August. In an ideal world we would have had this update ready much sooner than this. Unfortunately we are not living in an ideal world at the moment and the global pandemic this past year has had a very significant impact on this project and those involved in it.
We hope you are looking forward to these changes as much as we are! Thank you for taking the time to read. We will be posting monthly updates with various additional information and details about the upcoming release!
Player Roles
Tactical connoisseurs have the opportunity to tinker to their heart's content in 90 Minute Fever's latest update! There are now 36 unique outfield player roles with some positions having as many as 7 role options to choose from!
Do you want your striker to be a Target Man? Perhaps he is better suited to play as a Poacher? Or maybe you want him to defend from the front as a Pressing Forward? With the new Roles system, you can encourage your striker to play to his (or perhaps your team’s) strengths. These are the kind of decisions you’ll need to make for every position as you try to get the best out of your players.
The new Player Roles system replaces the existing mentalities system and allows managers a lot more choice and control over the way their team plays. With more options available, it also provides more variance in the style of opponents you face and more opportunities to counter them.
Update v0.13.0 [2021-02-01]
'Support' Manager Skill now provides a disadvantage to the away team based on the home teams support manager skill (previously it reduced the disadvantage to your own team when playing away)
Academy Trial balancing changes (slightly reduced outfielder quality at more expensive trial levels, slightly increased keeper quality at more expensive trial levels
More 15 year old players are 'held' to be available for trials until later in the season (i.e. a little less are released to the pool during the season, a little more are released to the pool at the end of the season)
Fixed a bug that sometimes resulted in a player to have their position played in a match being recorded as GK regardless of the position they actually played when they only played for a few seconds at the end of the match
Updated pre-match tips library
Match Engine Changes:
Added new feature 'Player Roles'
Added player roles: Ball Playing Defender (DC), Ball Playing Stopper (DC), Ball Playing Cover (DC), Central Defender (DC), Central Stopper (DC), Central Cover (DC), Defensive Midfielder (DMC/MC), Deep Lying Playmaker (DMC), Destroyer (DMC), Half Back (DMC), Anchor Man (DMC), Central Midfielder (MC), Attacking Midfielder (MC/AMC), Ball Winning Midfielder (MC), Box to Box Midfielder (MC), Advanced Playmaker (MC/AMC), Central Winger (MLC/MRC/AMLC/AMRC), Support Striker (AMC), Creative Forward (AMC/ST), Striker (ST), Deep Lying Forward (ST), Target Man (ST), Pressing Forward (ST), Poacher (ST), Full Back (DRL), Wing Back (DRL/DMRL), Inverted Wing Back (DRL/DMRL), Defensive Wing Back (DMRL), Attacking Wing Back (DMRL), Wing-Half (DMRL/MRL), Wide Midfielder (MRL), Winger (MRL/AMRL), Defensive Winger (MRL/AMRL), Attacking Winger (MRL/AMRL), Inverted Winger (MRL/AMRL), Inside Forward (AMRL)
Improvements and balancing changes to passing
Improvements and balancing changes to crossing
Improvements and balancing changes to shooting
Improvements and balancing changes to heading
Improvements and balancing changes to first touches
Improvements and balancing changes to goalkeeping
Improvements and balancing changes to tempo
Improvements and balancing changes to attacking movement
Improvements and balancing changes to defensive positioning
Improvements and balancing changes to decision making when with the ball (whether and where to pass, dribble, shoot)
Improvements and balancing changes to decision making when without the ball (whether to look to attack or defend)
Balancing changes to dribbling
Balancing changes to tackling
Balancing changes to marking
Balancing changes to defensive line
Balancing changes to condition loss (both outfielders and keepers)
Pausing and substitutions are no longer allowed during stoppage time (in 1st and 2nd half)
Improved behaviour of players who stay back to defend when their own team has a corner
Improved offside handling
Long Shots attribute now impacts all shots taken from outside the peanlty box (rather than from beyond a range threshold)
Note: all attributes for outfielders and goalkeepers have had balancing changes
Update v0.12.0 - Welcome to the Pyramid
Some important changes have been made to the game that should provide some exciting new challenges for managers to get their teeth into!
The game is now far more flexible and accessible, and allows managers to play at their own convenience (no waiting around all the time anymore). Competitions now revolve around ensuring clubs are competing against other clubs that are at similar levels.
The game is also now a lot more competitive and relegation is now a real possibility each and every season - even for the very best clubs in the game.
Better performance is now much better rewarded and there is a much higher ceiling that can be reached by the very best teams in the game.
For more information please read: https://steamcommunity.com/app/468070/discussions/1/2837788120355650224/
Update v0.12.0 [2020-10-01]
Removed time based FA’s along with all existing competitions from the game with the exception of the World Cup, 90MF Cup, U21 Cup and U18 Cup
Removed existing Gold/Silver/Bronze club level system that was tied to club reputation
Reset histories. Kept trophy cabinets and progress (players, cash, club reputation, manager skill points)
Added new Pyramid League Structure
Added new cup competitions: Platinum Cup, Gold Cup, Silver Cup, Bronze Cup, Autumn Cup, Winter Cup and Spring Cup
KO Rounds in all cups are now played over 2 legs
Aggregate score information is now displayed in various places including the calendar, match welcome screen and on the scoreboard during matches
The ‘90MF Cup’ has been renamed to be the ‘Challenge Cup’ and now starts with only bottom division teams and adds in teams from higher divisions as the competition progresses
Youth Leagues no longer have divisional structure
Match request system revamped. Teams can now immediately play any official home matches they have that have a fixture date within the next 5 days. They can play them anytime and in any order they wish to. If a match reaches its fixture date it will automatically resolve at some point typically within the next 24 hours. Users can also immediately play any official away matches that have reached their fixture date before they have automatically resolved
Senior Friendly matchmaking will now pair teams in the same divisional tier in addition to the existing reputation range searching (to also allow pairing of teams that are not in the same divisional tier if necessary)
Knocks during matches no longer result in condition loss after the match but instead result in the player being injured for between 2 and 7 matches. The Recovery Manager Skill now reduces the maximum possible injury length by 1 per level. Injured players cannot be selected to play in matches. When a player returns from injury they always have 100% condition
Added Assistant Manager layout under Club menu
Your assistant manager will now automatically make substitutions for you during matches if you are not connected to the match. They will look to substitute off players who fall to 80% condition or lower during the 2nd half
There is a toggle to switch assistant manager substitutions on/off via the Assistant Manager in the Club menu
Squads now have a depth chart accessible via the Assistant Manager in the Club menu. Pro Users are also able to edit which positions in their tactic are prioritised first during auto-select. These instructions will help guide your Assistant Manager which players should be selected when players become injured
Holding the Ctrl key on your keyboard whilst pressing the +/- buttons on the Player Depth Chart will move the player up/down 10 positions at a time
New users are no longer forced to have to wait until the end of the current calendar month before they are able to start playing in an official league. They are now able to join the bottom division mid-season inheriting the current season competition (league/cup) records of an existing inactive team
U21 and U18 Leagues now include some ‘AI’ teams so that users who add youth teams during the season are able to immediately join these leagues inheriting the current season competition records of one of the AI teams
Competition reputation system revamped and simplified to make more intuitive and better allow managers to understand how their reputation was calculated each season
All official senior and youth competitions now cumulatively count towards a clubs reputation for the season
Removed existing in-game chat systems and now instead integrating with Steam chat
Able to join Steam chat for the game via the ‘Chat’ icon to the left of the Mailbox icon in the header bar
Player attributes are now rated out of 99
Overall Rating for players added. It is the average of all the players attributes
CSV data export updated for new attributes list and Overall column added
Overall rating for players added as a search condition to the player search
Player attributes have been streamlined to ensure that all attributes are both important and intuitive in what they do
The full attributes list for outfield players is now: Control, Crossing, Dribbling, Finishing, Long Shots, Passing, Tackling, Composure, Determination, Flair, Marking, Movement, Positioning, Vision, Aerial Ability, Agility, Endurance, Natural Fitness, Speed, Strength, Work Rate
The full attributes list for goalkeepers is now: Distribution, Handling, One on Ones, Parrying, Penalty Saving, Shot Stopping, Command of Area, Composure, Determination, Organisation, Shot Positioning, Rushing Out, Aerial Ability, Agility, Durability, Natural Fitness, Speed, Strength
The following attributes have been removed from the game for both outfielders and goalkeepers: Decisions, Teamwork, Tenacity, Acceleration, Balance, Injury Proneness, Foot
The following attributes have been removed from the game for outfielders only: Heading, Long Throws, Technique, Anticipation
The following attributes have been removed from the game for goalkeepers only: First Touch, Passing, Throwing, Flair, Off the Ball, Vision, Work Rate
The following attributes have been renamed for both outfielders and goalkeepers: ‘Jumping’ is now ‘Aerial Ability’, ‘Pace’ is now ‘Speed’
The following attributes have been renamed for outfielders only: ‘First Touch’ is now ‘Control’, ‘Off the Ball’ is now ‘Movement’, ‘Reading of Game’ is now ‘Positioning’
The following attributes have been renamed for goalkeepers only: ‘Catching’ is now ‘Handling’, ‘Communication’ is now ‘Organisation’, ‘Kicking’ is now ‘Distribution’, ‘Positioning’ is now ‘Penalty Saving’, ‘Punching’ is now ‘Command of Area’, ‘Reflexes’ is now ‘Shot Stopping’, ‘Technique’ is now ‘Parrying’, ‘Reading of Game’ is now ‘Rushing Out’, ‘Anticipation’ is now ‘One on Ones’, ‘Endurance’ is now ‘Durability’
Improved logic engine that determines the Sell Price of players
For the first 7 days of October, managers will be able to sell players for the greater of their Sell Price as it was at the end of September, or their new Sell Price
Added Visual alert when finalising manager skills when skills are still available
Players now only ever gain proficiency in positions, they never lose any
15 year old players now start with less starting positions (between 1 to 3, rather than 1 to 5)
New logic engine that assigns initial positions to 15 year old players
The ‘Learning’ Manager skill has been rebalanced from up to 3%/6%/9% per day down to 1%/2%/3% per day
100% proficiency is now required in a position in order to be 'Proficient' in it (was previously 95%)
Any players who were previously Proficient in a position will remain Proficient in that position (i.e. players with 95% to 99% proficiency have been ‘boosted’ to 100% proficiency)
Players will always be Proficient in at least 1 position. Any players who didn't have 100% proficiency in at least 1 position, have had the position they had the most proficiency in, 'boosted' to 100%
Players now start to display position proficiency on the positions diagram on their player profile from when they receive their very first 1% proficiency (so managers aren't left not knowing whether or not a player is learning a position they are starting to learn from scratch)
Position Proficiency Ranges changed
Extension Manager Skill rebalanced from 0/3/6/9 to 3/5/7/9 (you receive the contract extensions once you have confirmed your Manager Skill selections)
Extension Manager Skill will be rebalanced to 3/4/5/6 at the start of November season
Base level coaching is now buffed by circa 20%. Level 2 coaching nerfed by circa 11%. Level 3 coaching nerfed by circa 18%. Level 1 coaching unchanged
Loyalty Manager Skill rebalanced from 5/10/15% discount to 7/12/15% discount
Revenue Manager Skill rebalanced from 33/67/100% bonus to 70/120/150% bonus
Facilities Manager Skill rebalanced from 50/60/70/80 (and 7/7/8/8) to 50/55/60/80 (and 7/7/7/8)
Facilities Manager Skill Level 3 will be rebalanced from 80 (and 8) to 65 (and 7) at the start of the December season
All clubs existing reputation values have been doubled. This has been done so that they are more inline with and transition better to the new reputation system. Please note that at the start of the season, club reputation values will not be visible in the client. We are planning to add the functionality to display these values before the start of the November season.
Competition Prize Money Removed
Manager Skill Points are now awarded at a rate of 1,000 per reputation point earned in the previous season. Was previously 40,000 + 1,000 per reputation point earned
Support Manager Skill functionally changed so that it now has a flat -4/-3/-2/-1 reduction on all attributes (out of 99) when playing away from home
Versatility Manager Skill Level 2 has been buffed, increased from 75% reduction to 80% reduction
Division of matches that players are playing in no longer matters for player progression. The level of competition still matters (i.e. Senior > U21 > U18)
Cup group layouts now contain a drop list to select which group is being viewed
Academy Trials now have 50 outfielders and 5 goalkeepers, making 55 players in total (previously 50 players of both types combined)
Paid attribute reveals on Academy Trialists removed from the game
Outfielders now start with 4 attributes revealed, Goalkeepers now start with 3 attributes revealed (previously all players started with 5 attributes revealed)
Scouting Manager Skill reworked. It now increases the amount of attributes that start initially revealed for Academy Trailists by +1 per level
Graduation Manager Skill rebalanced from 4/6/8/10 to 5/6/7/8
Rebalanced the number of 'free' attribute reveals given throughout the course of the season to 250 due to decreased total number of player attributes (was previously 400)
Marking an Academy Trialist as ‘Keep’ no longer prevents ‘free’ daily attribute reveals being allocated to them. The only function it now serves is to mark which Academy Trailists will be kept at the end of the season
Foresight manager skill now has a toggle on the player profile of academy trialists to show/hide its effects
If more than 1 attribute reveal is available for a player, the Reveal button now reveals all available attributes rather than just 1. The revealed attributes are highlighted in blue
If there are no attributes to be revealed, the ‘Reveal’ button is now greyed out/disabled
Various Manager Briefing widget changes relating to all the other changes
Pre-match tips library updates and additions
Added user activity icon to the top right of the header bar (shows total number of users who logged in to play the game during the past 24 hours)
Join/leave youth competitions moved to Academy layout
For leagues that don’t have promotion places (Masters League and Youth Leagues) 1st place row is now highlighted in Blue. Relegation and Promotion places continue to be highlighted in Red and Green respectively
On league tables, cup group tables and the latest results widget on the home layout, a users own team is now marked up in yellow text
On league tables, P/Pts (Projected Points) column changed to instead be PPG (Points Per Game). It frequently caused confusion as to what it meant and how it was calculated
When selling & buying players throughout the season, outfield players will no longer be assigned squad #1, and goalkeepers will no longer be assigned squad numbers #2 through #11
Financial Summary chart now shows your End of Season Balance and Projected Dividend Payment information
Financial Projections chart now shows the end of day bank balance of each of the next 28 days, and the figure after 28 days, algins to a clubs Projected Bank Balance in the Financial Summary widget
Sell Prices of players are now always in thousands of pounds (it was previously possible under certain circumstances that this wouldn’t always be the case)
Player histories will now show the amounts that players were sold for over the course of their careers
Changes to how Player Reputation Star Rating is calculated (primarily senior match performance based now). Note: Player Reputation still doesn’t have any impact in the game at present
Fixed a bug that could cause team colours to be incorrect in the top bar during matches
Fixed a bug that caused the average Technical/Mental/Physical search conditions to not work correctly
Mail message notifications only persist for 7 days
Considerably reduced average end of day run time
Various other performance enhancements and bug fixes
Temporarily hidden World menu (in progress of being revamped)
Temporarily hidden Club History in Club Profile (in progress of being revamped)
Match Engine changes:
Added ‘Space Bar’ shortcut to pause/unpause during matches
The DML+AML and DMR+AMR position combinations are now allowed in formations
The DL+DR+DCC+(DRC or DLC) position combinations are now allowed in formations
Team instruction slider ‘Tackling’ has been removed from the game
Improved positioning and movement behaviour of players
Improved marking behaviour
Improved ‘on the ball’ decision making of players
Improvements and balancing changes to goalkeeping
Balancing changes to knocks (considerably less overall)
Balancing changes to fouls (more overall)
Balancing changes to shooting
Balancing changes to dribbling
Balancing changes to tackling
Minor balancing changes to heading
Balancing changes to Work Rate attribute (low attribute less impactful, high attribute more impactful)
Balancing changes to Defend mentality (midfielders with Defend mentality no longer drop so deep so often)
Balancing changes to Passing Directness slider (slightly more impactful)
Balancing changes to Defensive Line slider (high defensive line slightly less high)
Balancing changes to Tempo slider (less extreme effect on both ends)
Tempo slider now also impacts how much your players will be looking to take on opponents when dribbling (faster tempo more willing to dribble at opponents, slower tempo less willing)
Improved average quality of delivery of set pieces (corners and free kicks)
Improved selection of player roles for corners (i.e. for attacking team: who takes the corner, who stays back, who stands on top of box, who goes forward, and for defending team: who stays forward and who stands on the near posts)
Fixed a bug that would cause a match to freeze if certain tactical changes were made immediately following a foul that resulted in both a penalty and a red card
Fixed a bug that could cause players to stop running towards their position on a corner if the manager paused
Fixed a bug that could cause a player to run back and forth over the ball
Fixed a bug that could cause a player to stand out of play during a set piece
Fixed a bug that could cause two players on the same team to try both try to dribble the ball at the same time
Update v0.11.0 - Manager Skills
Manager Skills are now in 90MF! They add a lot of real skill and tough decisions to the game, and will ensure that you can never rest on your laurels - they will press you to deliver the goods for your club each and every season and directly reward you for doing so!
Update v0.11.0 [2020-05-01] - Add Manager Skills feature (see Steam discussions for more information) - Added the following Manager Skills: Foresight, Expansion, Scouting, Prevention, Recovery, Conditioning, Senior Coaching (Physical, Mental and Technical), Youth Coaching (Physical, Mental and Technical), Investment, Negotiation, Revenue, Loyalty, Renewal, Facilities, Learning, Versatility, Support, Discipline. (see Steam discussions for more information) - Added Player Contracts (see Steam discussions for more information) - Learning Manager Skill is now required in order for players to be able to learn new positions - Added 'Days at Club' to Contract Information widget on Player Profile - Player transfer value calculation improvements. More emphasis is placed on recent transfer activity trends in the game. Also made a change so that players who can play multiple positions now have their value solely assessed based on their attributes for their position that results in the highest transfer value - Player names database updates for Northern Ireland and Poland - Official matches can no longer be played in the first 48 hours of the season - Youth Academy Trials can no longer be started in the first 48 hours of the season - Youth Academy Trials can no longer be started unless a manager has finalised their Manager Skills selection for the season - Added Email Settings widget to Settings layout - Default user layout updated
Match Engine Changes: - Added a short 'delay' to start of match before the players start running on the pitch to give the server/client connection more opportunity to link up so that users with poorer internet connections to the match server don't miss the start of matches - Matches can now be paused and tactical changes applied when goalkeepers have possession of the ball - Improved the ability of players to anticipate future ball positions and move accordingly - Reimplementation of outfield player attribute: Anticipation. Now impacts that chance that a player will be able to anticipate the ball movements in a 'reactionary' capacity (i.e. to clip/deflect/block/control/etc fast moving balls nearby, particularly shots from players. As well as better get on the end of aerial balls that are fast moving to attempt headers) - Crossing improvements (players are now more 'wary' of the opposition goalkeeper when passing/crossing the ball. Improved overall quality of crosses. More variation in crosses. Players more likely to attempt crosses now) - Heading improvements (in particular ability to win them to begin with, and to not head over the crossbar nearly all the time when attempting to score a goal) - Improved overall ability of players to interact with the ball, especially if fast moving and/or off the ground. This will have various knock-on impacts such as ability of keepers saving shots, defenders blocking shots, players winning headers, etc - Overhauled much of the goalkeeper shot stopping AI. Goalkeepers are now capable of delivering much stronger performances - Goal Keeper attribute Shot Positioning is now enabled and impacts how well a keeper positions themselves in order to save longer ranged shots. Positioning is also enabled and is tied to Shot Positioning - Lots of balancing changes to goalkeepers due to their improved shot stopping AI and newly enabled attributes - Improvements to shooting. Less wildly inaccurate shots, especially from players with higher shooting attributes. Increase shot power, especially from players with lower shooting attributes - Improvements to players ability to take good penalties, picking better spots to shoot, and being able to shoot more accurately - Various other small improvements to Penalty Shootout AI (for example: Keepers no longer chase after the ball if it's moving away from the goal during a penalty shootout) - Improved collision detection of goal nets - Slightly reduced amount of condition loss incurred by low Endurance outfield players - Players with low Pace/Acceleration are now slightly less slow - Players with low Work Rate are now work slightly harder - Fixed bug whereby players would not setup properly to defend against an opposition penalty kick or attacking free kick, if that team had a player sent off and the user managing that team made certain tactical changes after the red card was awarded but before the set piece was taken - Fixed a bug whereby during penalty shootouts, goalkeepers could always immediately get off the ground when they dove to make a save. This meant that if they deflected a shot, they could then immediately catch the deflection (so there were previously never any saves visually deflected during penalty shootouts) - Fixed a bug that could result in a long pass completion counting as multiple long pass completions (and in turn meant that a player could finish the match with more completed passes than pass attempts)
Update v0.11.0a [2020-05-01] - Fixed Contract Ends description on Contract Information widget on Player Profile layout
Update v0.11.0b [2020-05-01] - Fixed Trophies widgets not working - Fixed an issue whereby the contract end date calculation for players was using the users local machine clock instead of the server clock. This meant that if they were in a timezone behind UTC time, say in America, for exmaple, then for the first few hours of the season all their players would incorrectly say their contract was going to end a month earlier than it really was.
Update v0.11.0c [2020-05-02] - Minor balancing changes to player match rating/10 system
Update v0.11.0d [2020-05-03] - Fixed a bug whereby the Foresight skill would work with other clubs Academy Trialists
Update v0.11.0e [2020-05-04] - Fixed a bug that caused Autobids to not be able to be placed - Fixed a bug that could cause matches to get stuck if a penalty taker was subbed off after his team won a penalty but before the penalty was taken
Update v0.11.0f [2020-05-05] - Goalkeepers ability to catch close range shots rebalanced (less are caught now, more are deflected instead) - Anticipation attribute for outfield players rebalanced (to help open the game up a bit more)
Update v0.11.0g [2020-05-06] - Fixed wages not 'projecting' properly when buying or selling players during the day. Note: These projections were corrected during the end of day each day, and the actual wages being charged during the end of day were correct - Financial Summary Widget now takes into account your reduced wages from Loyalty. Note: The correct wages taking into account Loyalty were being charged each day, it's just that the value being displayed on this widget was incorrect
Update v0.11.0h [2020-05-08] - Fixed a bug with the Foresight Manager Skill sometimes showing duplicate reveal order letters for Goalkeepers
Update v0.11.0i [2020-05-27] - Various server-side infrastructure improvements and optimisations. End of day processing now runs faster
Update v0.11.1 [2020-06-01] - Added icons and tooltips for Manager Skills in various places throughout the game client - Manager Skills layout now more clearly indicates whether or not the selections have been finalised. Selection outlines turn from red to green once finalised. - Added Squad Summary widget (on Marketplace tab) - Added 'Free' Academy Trial option (quality of players typically very bad though, primary intended use for this is to allow people to learn/practise how the Academy Trials work) - Balancing changes to Academy Trials. Cheaper trials now result in slightly better overall pools of trialists. Expensive trials now result in slightly worse overall pools of trialists. - Rebalanced all senior and youth Coaching Manager Skills. Level 3 is now 45% less effective. Level 2 is now 40% less effective. Level 1 is now 30% less effective. Level 0 (without skill) is unchanged. - Rebalanced Learning Manager skill from 0/2/4/6 at levels 0/1/2/3 to instead be 0/3/6/9 - Rebalanced Scouting Manager skill from 0/10/20/30 at levels 0/1/2/3 to instead be 0/15/30/45 - Increased rate at which the Buy Price drops for players in the transfer pool - Contract Length column now displayed on the squad layout - Contract Length column added to CSV data export - The length of contract a player will have is displayed on the pop-up now when buying a player from the transfer pool - Added 'Starting Position' column to the match archive layout team widgets - Added 'Information' widget to the Academy Trials layout - Added separate language settings widget - Able to select language when first signing up as a new user - New usernames and club names can no longer contain the @ symbol - Fixed a bug that caused some Autobids to fail - Fixed issue with scrollbar incorrectly appearing on Player Contract Details widget - Updated default user layout Match Engine: - Balancing changes to shooting behaviour (in particular far less shots being attempted from difficult angles) - Balancing changes to dribbling behaviour - Fixed Prevention Level 3 not working during stoppage time at end of 1st half - Fixed Discipline Level 3 not working during stoppage time at end of 2nd half
Update v0.11.1a [2020-06-01] - Fixed Shareholder Dividend Payments not projecting correctly for users who had the Investment Manager Skill - Fixed icon tooltips for Learning and Scouting manager skills incorrectly displaying last months values - Fixed icon tooltips for Versatility and Learning stretching their aspect ratio on the positions pitch diagram on player profile when only one of these two skills were selected - Fixed scaling issue on Transfer Details Widget that could cause buttons to not be visible on some screen resolutions
Update v0.11.1b [2020-06-02] - Fixed a bug that could cause wages to be incorrect on the squad list layout
Update v0.11.1c [2020-06-03] - Fixed a bug that could cause skill icons to not appear correctly during matches - Fixed a bug that could cause some skill icons to appear when they shouldn't - Match skill icons moved slightly to the left to better accommodate competition names with long names
Update v0.11.1d [2020-06-15] - Competition Logo is now displayed on the Match Report layout - Squad limit for goal keepers for Facilities Level 0/1/2/3 increased from 5/6/7/8 to 7/7/8/8 - Fixed a situational bug that could cause an autobid to fail when it shouldn't have (and the Buy Price to be 'rewinded') - Fixed a bug that caused the tooltip for the Versatility icon in matches for the home team ti incorrectly display as '90$' rather than '90%'
Update v0.11.1e [2020-06-29] - New user experience improvements
Update v0.11.2 [2020-07-01] - Rebalanced Graduation Manager skill from 5/6/7/8 at levels 0/1/2/3 to instead be 4/6/8/10 - Rebalanced Scouting Manager skill from 0/15/30/45 at levels 0/1/2/3 to instead be 0/20/35/45 - Unused contract extensions are automatically assigned to the players whose contracts are ending soonest with the highest sell prices
Match Engine Changes: - Improvements and balancing changes to dribbling - Improvements and balancing changes to passing - Improvements and balancing changes to crossing - Improvements and balancing changes to shooting - Improvements and balancing changes to heading - Improvements and balancing changes to tackling - Improvements and balancing changes to fouls - Improvements and balancing changes to goalkeeping - Improvements and balancing changes to free kicks - Improvements and balancing changes to throw-ins - Improvements and balancing changes to attacking movement - Improvements and balancing changes to defensive positioning - Improvements and balancing changes to decision making when with the ball (whether and where to pass, dribble, shoot) - Improvements and balancing changes to decision making when without the ball (whether to look to attack or defend) - Balancing changes to all team instruction sliders - Balancing changes to all player attributes - Players more weary of opponent goalkeepers when attempting passes - Players more weary of the consequences of failure to perform their intended actions, especially on the defensive end of the pitch where it could gift a goal to the opposition - Players more willing to take on opposition players on the dribble - Players no longer intentionally pass ball too far backwards away from their attacking goal when it is stoppage time and doing so would result in half/full time being triggered - Balance no longer tied to Agility - Strength no longer tied to Jumping for outfielders - Strength now determines a player's ability to win contested balls and to not be slowed when winning a tackle. It also affects a player's ability to 'ride out' tackles whilst dribbling the ball - Balance for outfielders now impacts how fast a player can fully recover after losing their balance and being slowed - Goalkeepers better deflect shots now, more of them are now tipped out for corners - Balance for goalkeepers now impacts how well a goalkeeper can maintain their balance and avoid going to ground when saving shots, and also how fast a goalkeeper can fully recover after losing their balance and being slowed. - Balancing changes to player match rating /10 system - Various bug fixes
90 Minute Fever Podcast 21: Manager Skills
https://youtu.be/BIuox-f_srg
With Steve and Nick discussing the upcoming Manager Skills feature
Reworked Pro Memberships. See Steam Discussions for more info. Important: Existing PRO users have been upgraded and had their Auto-renew box unchecked
Added new friendly matchmaking system (that allows searching for Senior, U21, U18 and International Matches). Users without Pro Membership can now request friendly matches. Removed Super Friendly League. Removed right clicking on users to request direct friendlies. See Steam Discussions for more info
Tokens are now on sale at 50% off until midnight UTC on 3rd May
Matches now go straight to the Match Report layout upon completion
Added individual player stats to Match Report layout: Squad Number, Starting Position, Pass Attempts, Pass Completions, Pass Completion %, Header Attempts, Header Completions, Header Completion %, Assists, Dribble Touches, Runs Past Opponent, Number of Times Fouled, Number of Times Tackled, Tackle Attempts, Tackle Completions, Tackle Completion %, Interceptions, Fouls, Shot Attempts, Shots on Target, Shots on Target %, Penalties Attempted, Free Kick Shots Attempted, Saves Held, Saves Parried, Goals Conceded, Save %, Short Pass Attempts, Short Pass Completions, Short Pass Completion %, Long Pass Attempts, Long Pass Completions, Long Pass Completion %, Goals, Throw-Ins Attempted, Throw-Ins Completed, Throw-In Completion %
Added incidents icons to the player stats floating window during matches
Attributes that are not currently having any impact in the match engine are greyed out on Player Profiles
Changing username and club name now requires a Pro Membership and these can be changed once every 3 days rather than once every 28 days
Uploading a club logo now requires a Pro Membership
Added Help menu. With menu items Game Guide, Forum, Gameplay Changes, Code of Conduct and Settings
Overhauled new user account registration screen
New users now need to win 3 friendly matches before they can join an FA for next season and a Qualifying League in the current season
New users now can only have access to sign players who have been in the pool for 30 days or more. Each match they win reduces this number by 1 until they have won 30 matches at which point they are able to have access to sign all players regardless how long they have been in the pool
Updates to pre-match tips library
Renamed Search menu item Academy Players to be Released Trialists
Added settings to disable recently added sounds
Fixed a bug that caused not being able to sort squad by Condition
Fixed Competition Link in Matches
Added Flag images for various countries that were missing them (to the International Trophies widget)
Various other bug fixes
Update v0.10.1
Update v0.10.1 [2020-03-01]
Player values and wage demands rebalanced
Match Incident icons added to the Match Report layout
Fixed Match Incident icons appearing on the lineup tab slightly before they were appearing on the timeline. They now appear on both at exactly the same time
Fixed Match Incident icons not being shown for players who were substituted off during a match
Fixed a bug whereby condition for a player who was substituted off could show as zero during the match, if the user disconnected then reconnected during the match
Fixed national team squad numbers appearing incorrectly on the national team squad layout
During the end of season, if a club doesn't have enough players to field a squad (senior, U21 or U18) they have, they will be signed some players for free to ensure they do have enough players
Default layout updated
Match Engine changes:
Added home team advantage (note: doesn't apply to cup KO round matches). Away team's players now lose up to 1 attribute point per attribute (depending on each player's Teamwork attribute)
Added player attribute Teamwork (outfielders and GK's. Teamwork is no longer tied to Workrate): A player's ability to play to the best of their ability in away matches. (1 in Teamwork means each of that player's attributes is reduced by 1. 20 in Teamwork means no attribute reduction at all and player plays just as well away from home than they do at home. 2-19 in Teamwork scales between 1 and 0 attribute reduction)
Added player attribute Flair (outfield players only): A player's ability to do unexpected things and draw fouls from opposition players whilst they are dribbling the ball.
Anticipation (GK's only) attribute added. How well a goalkeeper can anticipate through balls and 'rush out' to claim the ball for themselves.
Composure (GK's only) attribute added (Composure is no longer tied to Technique for Keepers). The ability of a goalkeeper to catch the ball as opposed to just deflect it when unexpected things happen (such as the ball taking a deflection off another player or hitting the woodwork).
Attributes that reduce other attributes are no longer subject to reductions for any reason (i.e. condition loss, playing out of position, playing away). These attributes are: Teamwork, Endurance, Natural Fitness, Injury Proneness. This is to prevent attribute losses 'compounding' on each other.
Improvements to positioning behaviour of players, especially those assigned with Mixed mentality
Improvements to dribbling behaviour of players
Improvements to passing behaviour of players (less very short passes, improvements to long balls, through balls and crossing)
Improvements to offside handling (Sometimes players were offside and 'getting away' with it)
Balancing changes to shooting from set pieces (players are now a little worse at shooting from direct free kicks or penalties)
Corner taking ability of players rebalanced (good players are now better, bad players are unchanged) i.e. players who are good at taking corners are now better at taking corners than they were before
First Touch (outfielders) attribute rebalanced (good players are now much better, bad players are now much better) i.e. all players are now much better when taking their first touch to control the ball
Jumping/Strength (outfielders) attributes rebalanced (good players are now a little better, bad players are now a little worse) i.e. these attributes are now a little more important generally to be able to win headers
Marking attribute rebalanced (good players are unchanged, bad players are now worse) i.e. players with low marking are now worse at marking opponents
Vision (outfielders) attribute rebalanced (good players are now much better, bad players are now a little better) i.e. better ability to see openings for potential passes across the board, but especially for players that are high in Vision
Crossing attribute rebalanced (good players are now much better, bad players are now a little better) i.e. better quality of crossing across the board, but especially for players that are high in Crossing
Reading of Game (outfielders) attribute rebalanced (good players now a little better, bad players are now a little worse) i.e. this attribute is now more important across the board
Off the Ball (outfielders) attribute rebalanced (good players now a little better, bad players are now a little worse) i.e. this attribute is now more important across the board
Finishing & Long Shots (outfielders) attributes rebalanced (good players are now a little better at shooting in normal play, bad players are now a little better at shooting in normal play) i.e. these attributes are now more important across the board
Composure (outfielders) attribute rebalanced (good players are now better at performing in critical defensive situations, bad players are now better at performing in critical defensive situations) i.e. this attribute is now more important (defensively) across the board
Tenacity (outfielders) attribute rebalanced (good players are unchanged, bad players are now a little better) i.e. players with low tenacity are now a little more likely to get stuck in to attempt to make tackles
Technique (GK's) attribute rebalanced (good players are unchanged, bad players are now better) i.e. bad technique keepers are now better to parrying shots
Reflexes (GK's) attribute rebalanced (good players are now better, bad players are now better) i.e. these attributes are now more important across the board
Agility/Balance (GK's) attributes rebalanced (good players are now better, bad players are now better) i.e. these attributes are now more important across the board
Jumping/Strength (GK's) attributes rebalanced (good players are now a little better, bad players are now a little better) i.e. these attributes are now more important across the board
Balancing changes to player match rating/10 system
Fixed full time whistle not blowing at full time if there was a penalty shootout to follow
Various stability improvements/fixes
* Please note regarding all the above attribute balancing changes: Only those tagged as 'much better/worse' are likely to be noticeable to the human eye (and only to the very observant). The rest, especially those tagged as 'little better/worse' are almost certainly not noticeable to the human eye and only apparent in a meaningful way when analysing large volumes of match results.
