***The Official Football Manager Thread***

[uofm1508]

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I would also like to be a part of the online save if it is open to people

[ImTellinTim]

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Well, Altimus is first in line with uofm on the waitlist. We actually only have 1 spot open due to Hamachi limiting a network to 5 members on its free accounts.

I think there is a way to run these network games now without Hamachi, but the chat feature is pretty convenient and it allows me to host a network with a different IP address.

[NaturalSelected]

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Well, Altimus is first in line with uofm on the waitlist. We actually only have 1 spot open due to Hamachi limiting a network to 5 members on its free accounts.

I think there is a way to run these network games now without Hamachi, but the chat feature is pretty convenient and it allows me to host a network with a different IP address.

Can you guys give me a quick glimpse in to how the Hamachi process works? Does everyone need to be online at once? Does one player "advance" the game for everyone?

Thinking about setting this up with a friend or two who live across the country.

[ImTellinTim]

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Can you guys give me a quick glimpse in to how the Hamachi process works? Does everyone need to be online at once? Does one player "advance" the game for everyone?

Thinking about setting this up with a friend or two who live across the country.

All Hamachi does is set up a simple network with an IP address separate from your computer's IP.

You can get it here: https://secure.logmein.com/products/.../download.aspx

Or by searching for LogMeIn Hamachi. Then you just go to network settings in FM, type in the IP address, set a password, and check the "run as server" option.

If someone wants to connect to the game, they go to Join Network Game, click on "Join another network" then type in the IP address and password.

It might take a bit of trial and error, and I know there are better guides out there on the usual FM sites like FM-base and sortitoutsi.

As for advancing, it's just like an offline save, except there are certain options you can set like forcing to continue once a certain percentage of players have clicked continue. If the manager of a user controlled team is not there, everything is controlled by the assistant manager. The only downfall there is that user-controlled teams without the user present will not accept bids for any of their players, but will buy them.

[NaturalSelected]

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All Hamachi does is set up a simple network with an IP address separate from your computer's IP.

You can get it here: https://secure.logmein.com/products/.../download.aspx

Or by searching for LogMeIn Hamachi. Then you just go to network settings in FM, type in the IP address, set a password, and check the "run as server" option.

If someone wants to connect to the game, they go to Join Network Game, click on "Join another network" then type in the IP address and password.

It might take a bit of trial and error, and I know there are better guides out there on the usual FM sites like FM-base and sortitoutsi.

As for advancing, it's just like an offline save, except there are certain options you can set like forcing to continue once a certain percentage of players have clicked continue. If the manager of a user controlled team is not there, everything is controlled by the assistant manager. The only downfall there is that user-controlled teams without the user present will not accept bids for any of their players, but will buy them.

Great, thanks for the info. I'll search if I have any setup issues, I set up Hamachi for a game about 6 years ago so hopefully it will go similarly well.

[justamush]

So how many leagues do you guys make active at one time? I plan on playing in England but I don't know what other leagues to make active. My laptop is giving me 3.5 stars in the CPU performance. I was thinking maybe keeping Spain, Italy and Germany active as well but I really have no idea.

[Mo]

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I get like half of a star, and I have, Spain, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Holland fully active. While having Portugal, Belgium and Brazil up but not playable with a large Database.

I would always recommend the big 6, Spain, England, France, Germany, Italy, and Holland being loaded. The rest is up to where the user would like to manage.

[justamush]

Thanks Mo.

[rsnomar05]

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Great, thanks for the info. I'll search if I have any setup issues, I set up Hamachi for a game about 6 years ago so hopefully it will go similarly well.

Just as a note, I was having some problems with Hamachi originally. It loads up when Windows starts automatically, but what was happening was occasionally its processes would start before Windows loaded the necessary network files required for Hamachi to run. So Hamachi would be unable to connect to any server unless I reinstalled it. Even closing and restarting Hamachi didn't work.

Searching online, I found this was a common problem and the solution was to open "services" in control panel and switch Hamachi's processes from an automatic start to manual.

So if you're having trouble connecting, this might be the solution.

[rsnomar05]

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I get like half of a star, and I have, Spain, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Holland fully active. While having Portugal, Belgium and Brazil up but not playable with a large Database.

I would always recommend the big 6, Spain, England, France, Germany, Italy, and Holland being loaded. The rest is up to where the user would like to manage.

Do you get a decent speed at 1/2 star?

With a large database, I currently have Spain, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, USA, Holland, Portugal, Argentina, and Brazil as playable, and I get 3 stars.

If the speed is fine with less stars, I'll add more leagues.

[Mo]

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It was FM 11, and it was a good enough speed.

[ChubbyBanana]

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Got my Champions League Group Stage Draw Results Today. I'm paired with Nomar's favorite club in Group F, along with Panathinaikos and Dortmund:

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Here's the other groups:

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Don't really know who the "Group of Death" is. Maybe G?

[Mo]

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I would say C, G, then F

[rsnomar05]

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If this were my save, the group of death would be F by a million miles.

[rsnomar05]

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Careful, don't taunt the FM Gods. :wink:

There's no need to worry about the FM Gods. I have a 3 away goal lead, and that's nearly insurmountable. This is the time I finally beat Lyon.

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What is it you were saying about the FM Gods again? I should have listened.