Championship Manager 5 Patch Changelog

What's new in Championship Manager 5 Patch 1.01

• Game Data:
• Includes all major transfers up until Sunday 6th March 2005.
• Updated managers - Portugal, Brazil, Argentina,
• Improved English staff details.
• Added missing away colours - Turkey, Portugal & Spain lower leagues.
• Improvements to missing player position & side.
• Checked for and removed duplicate players.
• Improved realism of ticket prices at some clubs.
• Adjusted attendance details where average or maximum attendance was higher than stadium capacity.
• Added missing transfer windows.
• Amended CONCACAF Champions Cup timings.
• Amended Belgium comp timings.
• Amended Intertoto Cup timings.
• Amended WCQ CONCACAF timings.
• Improvements made to competition structures, rules and scheduling.
• Match Engine:
• Improved the overall quality of goals scored. A lot of the goals scored due to errors have been fixed.
• Fixed 'Corners' being given 'Offside'.
• Fixed goals being scored direct from 'Corners'.
• Improved realism of the number of 'Penalties' awarded and scored.
• Improved player 'Free-kick Accuracy' when shooting. Players will now try and put these either side of the goalkeeper.
• Improved 'Player Ratings' given for performances in matches.
• AI teams will try and 'Push Forward' more when game is looking likely to be a draw.
• Improved the quality of 'Text Commentary'.
• Fix issues to prevent ball was going through the 'Net'.
• Increased the 'Accuracy' and 'Quality' of 'Good Strikers' shooting.
• Decreased 'Goalkeeper Effectiveness' for long diving saves.
• Decreased the likelihood of 'Long Shots' when long shots instruction is disabled.
• Fixed 'Substitution' issues with injured players
• Improvements made to highlights mode include:
• Improved the time taken for yellow and red cards.
• Improved the overall quality of highlights shown for fouls and injuries. User will see the tackle for the foul or which caused the injury.
• Added new 4-1-4-1 formation for the user to select.
• Transfers and Scouting:
• Players will now be automatically added to the users 'Shortlist' when making transfer offers.
• Fixed 'Bosman Payments' where clubs had to pay compensation for players over 24.
• Improvements made to 'Players Interested' in clubs.
• Transfer offers can no be made for player who are 'Retiring'.
• 'BOS' icon will now be added to players who are leaving the club on bosman transfers.
• Fixed issues where offering a 'Contract' to a 'Reserve or Youth' player would move them into the first team.
• Improved the realism of 'Signing-on Fees' for contract renewals.
• Improved the realism of 'Transfer asking price' for players with long term contracts.
• Fixed 'Contract renewals' where clubs were constantly renewing contracts for players on short term contracts
• Fixed to prevent clubs offering new contracts to players with 'Confirmed Transfers'.
• Fixed issue where 'Contract renewals' are subject to transfer windows.
• Fixed issue where clubs thought they had made transfer offers and never bid again.
• Reduced the processing times of 'Transfer Offers' and 'Work Permit' approvals.
• Fixed issues with 'Transfer Windows'.
• 'Scouting' will no longer report back on 'Injured Players'.
• Improved user feedback when a player 'Is Not Interested' in signing for the 'Users club'.
• 'Loan listed' players will now be taken off the list at a suitable time.
• Club Board Features:
• Improved Board Veto on Large Transfer fees.
• Improved 'Board Requests'. These are now more likely to be granted.
• 'Board Expectations' will now consider previous season performance.
• Improvements made to the 'Board Messages' sent to the user.
• 'Managers' now have 'Realistic Contracts' when joining smaller clubs.
• Fixed blank 'Board Opinion' messages.
• User will now be 'Sacked' if there are no other staff members.
• AI clubs will now 'Retain' or 'Replace' 'Staff Members'.
• Club Finances:
• Fixed issue with 'Transfer Budget' where season 2 and beyond budgets were only a fraction of the first seasons. A Club will now have a similar transfer budget if they have the money in the bank.
• Fixed issue where all 'Non Selected Clubs' were going 'Bankrupt' within 5 seasons.
• Improved realism of the 'TV revenue' given to clubs.
• News and Media:
• Changed 'Font' colour to make reading messages easier on the eye.
• Improved the quality of the 'Loan' new messages.
• User will no longer see 'Press Speculation' for players who have 'Agreed Transfers'.
• Fixed incorrect 'Form' team being displayed in the 'Scout Next Opposition' news report.
• Improved the quality of 'Qualification' and 'Elimination' messages for cup competitions.
• User will now get messages when 'Winning' competitions.
• 'Fans' and 'Board' will also comment on 'Winning' important competitions
• Game User Interface:
• Added 'Missing Player Stats' onto the 'Player Search Filters'.
• Added 'TRN' and 'BID' status icons to players.
• Improved in-game 'Tool tips'.
• Squad screen now disallows 'Squad Selection' when the 'Assistant Manager' is assigned to select first team.
• Fixed instances where 'Menus' could appear of the right Hand side of the screen.
• 'INT' icon no longer appears when viewing an International squad.
• Fixed issues with 'Sorting' on the user shortlist.
• Players out of contract now display '-' instead of contract details on squad screen.
• Fixed overlap when more than '10 players' are selected for 'Tactical' duties.
• Improvements made to the 'Player Comparison' screen.
• Improvements made to the 'Submit Offer' screens.
• Made 'Player Exchange' buttons viewable in the submit offer screen.
• Improvements made to 'Major Clubs' screen and this now displays clubs from all continents.
• Added 'Filter' to 'European Squad Registration' screen.
• Improved 'Average Ratings' player screens.
• Added 'INF' icons to the competition league tables.