Football Manager 2016 Features Reveal

[Flasch186]

Football Manager 2016 - All-New Line-Up

[Flasch186]

#FM16 Customise your own touchline manager character & see them and other managers on the touchline

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#FM16 Match engine - 2000+ new animations, deeper set-piece control, improved AI & brand-new highlights package

[Young Drachma]

What I want: "Sim 100 seasons in less than 100 years of real life time."

[Flasch186]

#FM16 Go head-to-head with mates in Fantasy Draft mode

[Flasch186]

#FM16 Replace an existing team with one of your own. Choose a name, colours & add yourself with Create-a-Club mode

[Flasch186]

#FM16 Deeper match analysis, player & team stats with Prozone integration

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#FM16 Big changes and improvements to transfer, contract, player & contract screens (and many more)

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#FM16 TOUCH: Cross-play between desktop & tablet

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#FM16 EXTRAS: Upgrades to board requests, finances, press conferences & more

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#FM16 Depiction and treatment of injuries more realistic than ever before

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Follow us on Instagram for a sneak look at the match engine, as we'll be releasing 4 short videos at 3:15pm

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#FM16 features in full plus more screens & video: http://ftbl.ma/fm16features

[Grover]

This thread feels wrong without an ALRIGHT BOYZ

[Flasch186]

I didnt feel that this was THAT thread

[bulletsponge]

omg! i just woke up thinking "when will they release some info on FM" and here we are! the replace team feature is one many people have been asking for on the forums

[bulletsponge]

arg link is down, so many peeps want to see its crashed

[SirFozzie]

Up to 32 player fantasy draft, Create a club.. drool.

[MrBug708]

Create-a-club, nice! I'm waiting for GM option only, no head coach

[PilotMan]

Originally Posted by Flasch186

#FM16 Replace an existing team with one of your own. Choose a name, colours & add yourself with Create-a-Club mode

Lol, Mac Howard had this feature back in the SAAP days.

[Groundhog]

Has there even been the ability to import careers from prior versions? That's the main thing for me - I get addicted with one club, play the heck out of the game, and then the new version with it's flashy new features is released, robs me of my enthusiasm to play the old version, yet I don't want to start again.

[AgustusM]

Originally Posted by Groundhog

Has there even been the ability to import careers from prior versions? That's the main thing for me - I get addicted with one club, play the heck out of the game, and then the new version with it's flashy new features is released, robs me of my enthusiasm to play the old version, yet I don't want to start again.

could not agree more

[Bobble]

Originally Posted by Groundhog

Has there even been the ability to import careers from prior versions? That's the main thing for me - I get addicted with one club, play the heck out of the game, and then the new version with it's flashy new features is released, robs me of my enthusiasm to play the old version, yet I don't want to start again.

Originally Posted by AgustusM

could not agree more

Thirded. The claim is that it's too difficult but I'm not buying. I'm not asking you to revise all the leagues in my FM2015 save to their FM2016 rules and whatnot, just use the new engine with all my same player and league data. OOTP does it just fine.

[lighthousekeeper]

Meh...I'd say fourth'ed, but I've long since given up on the game. I've wanted this feature for many years. Unfortunately, SI has clearly indicated that they are too lazy to attempt such an ambitious endeavor.

...when Football Manager 2012 came out

...when Football Manager 2010 was announced

...when Football Manager 2009 was announced (over 7 years ago)

[whomario]

with many less complex games you can´t even continue a save after a new patch, so i am not really confident that this is actually an easy thing.

[bulletsponge]

i like starting over fresh anyways. i stop playing a save once i get too good

[lighthousekeeper]

Originally Posted by whomario

with many less complex games you can´t even continue a save after a new patch, so i am not really confident that this is actually an easy thing.

no one said it was easy. it's hard. but in 7 years, it's achievable if you want it to be.

[Coffee Warlord]

Honestly, they could spend the entire FM 2017 development cycle working on zero new features outside of previous game imports, and it'd be the best thing ever.

But, we've had this discussion with pretty much every version of FM for a long, long time.

[Izulde]

The in-built create a club may be what convinces me to buy once I'm done with my current FM 14 save.

[Grover]

I feel weird that the transfering from one game to the next has never been an issue for me with FM.

[Groundhog]

Originally Posted by whomario

with many less complex games you can´t even continue a save after a new patch, so i am not really confident that this is actually an easy thing.

Usually that's because there's a change to the structure of the database - an additional field, table, etc. Even in those cases it is not impossible. It would require logic written to detect the 'old save', and insert and populate the new fields tables etc. If a game is in beta then obviously you would not invest the time in migrating old saves to a new format.

[The Jackal]

Originally Posted by Grover

I feel weird that the transfering from one game to the next has never been an issue for me with FM.

Me either, but I think it's because I'm a habitual re-starter when it comes to games. Starting fresh never bothers me.

[Barkeep49]

I feel like I stop playing FM when I am done with that team and the prospect of starting over is too hard. I too wouldn't want to import my team from an old save.

[Izulde]

I wish there was an option to where you can't be fired, for those who simply want to stick with one team.

[SirFozzie]

Originally Posted by Izulde

I wish there was an option to where you can't be fired, for those who simply want to stick with one team.

you can unlock/buy that in classic mode, not sure it carries over to the main game.

[whomario]

Originally Posted by Izulde

I wish there was an option to where you can't be fired, for those who simply want to stick with one team.

Actually, i am 99% sure this is already in the normal mode as well. Upon starting the game you need to activate the in game Editor, then in the upper right corner of the Profile screen tip the little pencil and you can Set yourself to unfireable.

[flere-imsaho]

Beta is out, FYI.

[SirFozzie]

Was going to post the Here We Go Boyz thread, but I am streaming the Beta if you want to watch. (with create-a-club mode active)

Twitch

[bulletsponge]

well there goes my week.... month..... ok dont make me admit how much i play FM

[Ryche]

Originally Posted by bulletsponge

well there goes my week.... month..... ok dont make me admit how much i play FM

Definitely killed my productivity today. Didn't think we'd see beta until Friday so I chose to work from home today instead of Friday so I wouldn't be tempted.

[Ryche]

Beta seems quite playable so far, much more so than last year.

[Shepp]

Out of the Park Baseball has been able to carry over saves for years. And depending on how you set up your league it can be every bit as complex as FM.