------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Football Manager 2006 Unofficial Bosnian, Egyptian, Faroese, Iranian, Maltese, Saudi, UAE, Vietnamese League Patch v1.3 File name: fm2006_8_leagues.exe Website: http://www.hkcm.com/ Release date: 5th July, 2006 By Frank Ng ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY !! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =========== REQUIREMENT =========== - Football Manager 2006 Version 6.0.3 or above ============ DATA BACK-UP ============ - If you want to keep your own data, please make backup for the following files, - fm.exe - all ***.dat file (in "data\db" folder) - game.xml (in "data\menus" folder) - The author will not bear any responsibilities if your game data has been damaged!!! ========================= STEP-BY-STEP INSTALLATION ========================= 1) Upgrade your FM2006 into Version 6.0.3 2) Unzip "fm2006_8_leagues.zip" file 3) Run the executable file "fm2006_8_leagues.exe" 4) Choose your FM 2006 game path and follow the installation instructions 5) Run "fm.exe" as usual to start the game and now you can find Bosnian, Egyptian, Emirati, Faroese, Iranian, Maltese, Saudi as well as Vietnamese League in the Start New Game menu! ========================================== IMPORTANT NOTES BEFORE STARTING A NEW GAME ========================================== 1) In order to fix the fake name problems of clubs in French League & Japanese League as well as grey German & Dutch international teams, please remember to delete the four *.lnc files (i.e. brussels.lnc, fake.lnc, france.lnc & nleague.lnc) in your FM 2006 "data\db\lnc\all" folder before you start to run any new games. Those lnc files are totally useless and will only create fake names. Don't hesitate, delete them all! 2) As there is an unknown problem in the Saudi First Division, you MUST not start your new game with Saudi First Division. Otherwise, the First Division league will be suspended in the second season and afterwards. 3) As there is a problem that Faroese League will crash on 1/5/2006 if the new game does not contain any Bruneian clubs, you must load at least one Bruneian club in your new game to ensure it will not be crashed. The followings are possible solutions: A) Start the new game which contains any Asian leagues or; B) Use the "Player Retained Files" [DDT files] and choose to retain the Bruneian players and staff before starting a new game or; C) Choose to retain all Bruneians in the Start new game menu. 4) You are recommended to keep the "Player Retained Files" [DDT files] when starting the new game. You can unclick the choices in "Options" menu if you do not want to keep too many players from certain nations. ======== FEATURES ======== - Playable Bosnian, Egyptian, Faroese, Iranian, Maltese, Saudi, UAE & Vietnamese Leagues, Totally 8 New Leagues! - Staff Awards added for all the playable new leagues - Over 2,000 Bosnian players & staff included - Over 700 Egyptian players & staff included - Over 600 Emirati players & staff included - Over 400 Faroese players & staff included - Over 1,100 Iranian players & staff included - Over 1,200 Maltese players & staff included - Over 800 Saudi Arabian players & staff included - Over 900 Vietnamese players & staff included - All competition fake names changed to real names now - Iranian League club logos included - Emirati League club logos included - Qatari League club logos included - Saudi Arabian League club logos included - Vietnamese League club logos included - A few Saudi League Player Photos included - "Player Retained Files" included for users to choose to load more players from the new league region - Harchester staff & player deleted - and many minor changes included... ===================== KNOWN BUGS & PROBLEMS (Will be fixed if possible) ===================== ***Bosnian League*** - Incorrect promotion and relegation system - There should be no Bosnian Super Cup in real life ***Egyptian League*** - Incorrect season start date - Incorrect League number of rounds - Incorrect promotion and relegation system ***Faroese League*** - Faroese League will crash if you start without any Bruneian clubs. Please read "IMPORTANT NOTES BEFORE STARTING A NEW GAME" section Point (3) to solve this problem - Incorrect promotion and relegation system ***Iranian League*** - Incorrect Iranian First Division League format ***Maltese League*** - Incorrect Maltese League format ***Saudi Arabian League*** - Saudi First Division not playable in the 2nd Season and afterwards. Hence, please do not choose it - There should be no Saudi Super Cup in real life - Incorrect promotion and relegation system ***UAE League*** - Incorrect UAE League format - Incorrect promotion and relegation system ***Vietnamese League*** - Incorrect amount of clubs in V-League due to the restriction of the original League format ======= CREDITS ======= Frank Ng - Patch Maker, Logos Maker & Technical Support (FM Official Chinese, Hong Kong, Singaporean, Malaysian & Asian data Researcher) Assem M Salih - Saudi data (FM Official Saudi data researcher) Alireza Dehghani - Iranian data (FM Official Iranian data researcher) - This patch was made using FM 2006 Official Data Editor v6.1 - Hong Kong Football Manager Website --- http://www.hkcm.com/ Author E-mail: Frank Ng ngcsfrank@yahoo.com.hk Enjoy playing FM 2006! !!!!!!! IMPORTANT NOTES !!!!!!! - This patch is for personal use ONLY! Users must NOT further update and re-distribute the patch without permissions! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * FM 2006 is a registered trademark of Sports Interactive.