James.Clench

In the Editor what is the point of the following fields;

Percentage of Hardcore fans
Every club on the game has this field set to 0, so why have it in at all? If you create a team and put this value at 100, what happens?

Stadium Decay
Every stadium has this field set at 5, when the range is 0-100, again if every stadium is the same, why bother putting it in the Db, has anyone tried putting this value at 100?

sugar daddy
There is no club on the game which has a "sugar daddy", so what is this field for? What happens if you tick this box?

Citizen description
I dont think I have ever read a sentence on the game which has had the word Mancunian, Brummie, Londoner or even Beautiful Blondes (The description for people coming from Turku, Finland?) So why is it on?

Altitude
I understand why Longatude and Latitude are there, but why Altitude?


And another thing, why does the Freemans Wharf stadium in Leicester have a Capacity of (minus)32000?

Alias

Hardcore fans isn't used, yet. I can imagine that may be the same for other fields.

ptakers

Percentage of Hardcore fans - this affects your attendance in that there will be a certain percentage of fans that show up win or lose, rain or shine. This doesn't mean if you set it to 100% that you'll sell out every game, but it will be close. Also affects merchandising in a positive manner.

Stadium Decay is self-explanatory I suppose. Older stadiums will decay faster as the game goes on, so don't get all bent out of shape at the initial value.

sugar daddy will make the owner of the team willing to inject great quantities of cash into the team, appropriate to the reputation of the team. So a team normally not given a transfer budget may get 1M, or a team that starts with 5M may get 25M.

Citizen description - I see it all the time - keep looking.

Altitude - affects how quickly players tire during a game, since there is less oxygen at higher altitudes.

ruttiger_ruttiger

Would altitude also affect the distance the ball travels in the game as it would in real life?

laura1985

Percentage of hardcore fans also effects manager and player pressure. newcastle united in real life have a high percentage of hardcore fans, that why they got beat off derby twice this season.

DS

Do you people actually know what you are talking about? Because I am sure SI have said hardcore fans isnt used in the game yet. Maybe it does do something in the game but SI just dont use it in the database yet.

Stadium Decay maybe does something but every single stadium has the same decay in the database so SI dont use it in the database yet.

As for the other 3 they work and are used.

Also sugar daddy isnt just money. It also makes players want to join your club because they want money and plus because they think you will be better in the future since you will spend money.

KnightedManager

So pretty much just money then?

Blue Lou

Competition level - what does this do?

PLF

That's right, I'm pretty sure it does nothing yet either. It's a database field and has been for a couple versions because SI have plans to perhaps do something with it in future but as of right now... the 'hardcore fan percentage' thing does nothing and means nothing as it doesn't affect the game in anyway.

DS

So pretty much just money then? </BLOCKQUOTE>
No...your IQ is obviously around the region of 50. It makes it as if your club has a higher reputation when attracting players and staff but you dont actually have that higher reputation. Thats the best thing about it. In FM money isnt very important since players dont want to join you club normally if you have low reputation.