We have a big update available for you, and a competition to announce!

There is an all-new patch available to download now which includes Steam Workshop. The inclusion of Steam Workshop creates an all new Motorsport Manager experience and we are giving users the freedom to create and share innovative content.

To celebrate its launch, we're inviting you guys to get your creative juices flowing. We'd like you to design your own car livery and our favourite will become an official part of the game as well as having the designer themselves placed into the game as a driver.

Not only that, we will award the winner a cash prize of £1,000. We're looking for imagination and inventiveness so be as creative as you can and upload your work to Steam Workshop.

Once you've created your masterpiece, you will need to email screenshots to: social@motorsportmanager.com along with your Steam ID.

We will contact winners directly via Steam. T&Cs apply, click here.

There is a breakdown of patch 1.23 notes below:

• Added Steam Workshop functionality.
  
• A team’s fan base will now increase when that team is performing better than expected.
  
• AI cars that have experienced a part failure mid race will now correctly return to their garage.
  
• Drivers that should perform better when pushing for the lead will now correctly experience a boost.
  
• Fix to unlocalised driver personality traits.
  
• AI cars now make smarter decisions on when to pit to fix a part.
  
• AI cars now scale their pit strategy lap calculations based on the player’s selected race distance length.

We have a big update available for you, and a competition to announce!

There is an all-new patch available to download now which includes Steam Workshop. The inclusion of Steam Workshop creates an all new Motorsport Manager experience and we are giving users the freedom to create and share innovative content.

To celebrate its launch, we're inviting you guys to get your creative juices flowing. We'd like you to design your own car livery and our favourite will become an official part of the game as well as having the designer themselves placed into the game as a driver.

Not only that, we will award the winner a cash prize of £1,000. We're looking for imagination and inventiveness so be as creative as you can and upload your work to Steam Workshop.

Once you've created your masterpiece, you will need to email screenshots to: social@motorsportmanager.com along with your Steam ID.

We will contact winners directly via Steam. T&Cs apply, click here.

There is a breakdown of patch 1.23 notes below:

• Added Steam Workshop functionality.
  
• A team’s fan base will now increase when that team is performing better than expected.
  
• AI cars that have experienced a part failure mid race will now correctly return to their garage.
  
• Drivers that should perform better when pushing for the lead will now correctly experience a boost.
  
• Fix to unlocalised driver personality traits.
  
• AI cars now make smarter decisions on when to pit to fix a part.
  
• AI cars now scale their pit strategy lap calculations based on the player’s selected race distance length.

Hello all, update 1.4 for Eastside Hockey Manager is available now via Steam.

Upon launching Steam the update should download automatically. If you're already in a game, save first then exit the game and restart Steam to begin the update. If you have any difficulties whatsoever updating we always recommend restarting Steam.

If you encounter any issues, please raise them on our Eastside Hockey Manager Bugs Forum which can be found here - https://community.sigames.com/forum/292-eastside-hockey-manager-bugs-forum/

Or read our FAQ/Knowledgebase which can be found here - https://community.sigames.com/forum/293-eastside-hockey-manager-faq-and-knowledgebase/

Changelist includes but is not limited to the changes listed below. Enjoy!


Changelist for 1.4.0f
=====================

New features:
-------------
- Added starting option to retain DB financial data for club budget and starting cash without any adjustments
- Added option to set number of days on vacation to the manager vacation dialog
- Added "Divisional Standings" to the league screen to view all divisional tables at the same
- Added team action to Set Team Captains any time of the year (one captain, two alternates)
- Added news about announcing team captains and the request to set them at the start of the season
- New default 2016 database and default start year set to 2016
- 2016 ruleset support added to the importer for 2016-17 league structures and rules changes


Database and Importer changes:
[apply to new games started with newly imported databases only]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 2016 ruleset support added to the importer with following changes:
- NAL: updated salary cap rules, training camps are closed to walk-ins by default
- American League: updated to new teams, divisional alignments and schedules
- American League 2: updated to 27 teams, new divisional alignments and schedules
- American Southern: updated to 10 teams, new scheduling
- British League 1: updated import/non-EEC rules, updated playoff host arena, update OT rules, updated minimum age for contract (16)
- British League 2: updated import rules, updated minimum age for contract (16), updated playoff structure
- British League 3 North 1: updated to 8 teams, changed teams updated
- British League 3 North 2: changed teams updated
- British League 3 South 1: updated to 9 teams
- Czech League 2: changed teams updated
- Finnish League 1: changed teams updated
- Finnish League 2: updated to 13 teams, changed teams updated, new schedule, relegation stage updated
- Finnish League 3: updated to 16 teams, changed teams updated, new schedule, updated relegation stage
- German League: changed teams updated
- Quebec Major Junior: updated draft lotter rules to include 5 last placed teams
- Russian League with 29 teams and updated rules and schedule, enabled two-way clauses on contracts, enabled waivers, updated domestic/foreign player rules
- Swedish League 2: changed teams updated, OT rules updated
- Swiss League 2: updated to 12 teams, changed teams updated
- Continental comps: updated initial participating teams, two teams from same nation can no longer be drawn to the same group
- Added support for new extra rule flags to the DB:
- to set training camps closed to walk-ins by default (value 156)
- to allow two-way contracts (value 157)
- to set two-way contracts mandatory under a certain age (value 158)
- to set goalies exempt from foreign player rules (value 159)
- to set players on two-way contracts exempt from waivers (value 160)
- to count players from league home nation as domestic for foreign based clubs (value 161)
- to mark league overaged player allowance to only apply to players on last year of eligibility (value 162)
- Added support for new award types into the DB and game:
- Goalie of the week (award type 45)
- Defenseman of the week (46)
- Forward of the week (47)
- Rookie of the week (48)
- Most points by defenseman (49)
- Most goals in playoffs (50)
- Updated the import_config.cfg documentation in historical db folders on "DEFAULT_RULE_SET" command to list available ruleset years
- Added support for changing luxury tax in transfer_config.cfg file when starting a new game
- Fix to the Swiss League 2 scheduling in the 2015 ruleset
- Rule for goalie trapezoid moved into the DB rulesets (applies to old dbs and saved games as well)
- Rule for awarding a goal into statistics for the shootout winning goal moved into the DB rulesets (applies to old dbs and saved games as well)
- Fixed European Hockey Tournament to only add historical winners from the overall stage (applies to old saves as well)


Gameplay changes:
-----------------
- Adjustments to former NAL players interest to sign in other leagues when out of contract
- Adjustments to NAL RFAs interest to sign short-term in other leagues
- Russian league now allows No Trade Clauses on contract offers
- When setting "Highlights - None" the 2D clock speed is no longer automatically the quickest but needs "Clock - Fast" setting as well
- Fixed shoot-out taker settings from a single game being applied to general tactics
- When placing minor free agents at amateur clubs during season, human controlled clubs are skipped
- Adjustments to AI roster management when dealing with affiliated junior teams
- Fixed contract offer lengths for free agent non-players being limited to one year in National League
- Adjustments to how overaged players are handled in different leagues where they are allowed
- Fixed activated custom junior league shortlisting
- Fixes to picking playoff award winners (most points in playoffs, most goals in playoffs)
- Adjustments to picking best offensive defenseman award winner
- Various other small fixes to award scoring and information on winners
- European club teams will now hold back players from national teams if their season is still ongoing and the national team are playing in a minor competition where the club league nation is not involved
- Adjustments to player condition recovery in pre-season
- Adjustments to generation of attributes for newgens and extra players created at game start
- Adjustments to generation of starting weights of players and weight progression
- Fixed managers/staff of playoff champions losing reputation after the final
- Fix to manager world reputation processing after a game
- Players whose contract is running out within a month no longer count towards reserve list contracted player count (grayed out and added tooltip on the reserve list screen)
- Fixed AI roster management logics when running near the salary floor


UI changes:
-----------
- Fixed the compressed standings panel on home screen to increase rows dynamically based on resolution
- Fixed sorting by games and waiver eligibility on the club screen, waiver eligibility view
- Default scouting report for players on your own team now shows the ability star ratings even without Head Scout (uses Head Coach, Assistant Manager or any scout or coach for reporting instead)
- Switched some of the default B-faceoff rink graphics around for better layout
- Select Leagues screen now uses generic league logos if no real logo is found
- Added database version information to the Game Information panel on GM Status screen
- Playoff tree now shows the team full name on a tooltip for the abbreviation
- Made "Divisional Standings" the default view of standings for Quebec major junior league and other leagues where needed
- Selecting any divisional/conference standings tables will now update the screen subtitle accordingly
- Fixes to text getting cut off at the end of a line in some table headers
- Fixed width of scrollbar
- Fixed contract average season wage displaying wrong in some cases on the contract offer screen
- 8 year contract extensions allowed on contract offer screen for human managers in National League
- Added note on how many seasons until proposed contract expires to the contract offer screen Contract Expires label
- Added small team logos on Add Manager screen team list
- Added ability to Set Team Captains any time of the year from the team screen
- Club captain and alternate captains now identified in the club screen player list with (C) and (A)
- Club captains listed in the general team information panel
- Player search screen now shows "Clb" and "Rfs" status icons based on next game for national team managers to help pick national teams
- Fixed "Offer to All" not appearing in player actions when league uses custom rules allowing trading
- Small fixes in comp screens for stage menus when using custom leagues
- Fixed sorting by ATOI, APPT and APKT in the league player statistics screen
- Select database dialog for importing an EHM 2007 format database now also looks in the user databases folder instead of just the game data/database folder
- Select database dialog for importing an EHM 2007 format database now lists both the start year and ruleset year from the import config


Other changes:
--------------
- Fixed a crash on international tournament screen, when selecting League Dates view on Information panel
- Improved stability of long term games with huge databases
- Added error checking to the importer when adding rulesets with divisions and template based schedules to verify team counts in divisions
- Added better support for custom databases with leagues that have transfer rules or ruling bodies linked to existing rules
- Adjustments to resolving game scheduling clashes
- Fixes to training camp trial contracts for free agents
- Fixed crash issue with team pre-season ranking news with big custom leagues (35+ teams in league)
- Fixed crash issue with player pre-season ranking news with big custom leagues (35+ teams in league)
- Added support for custom databases that add extra playable World Junior Championship levels to make promotion/relegation work correctly
- Prevented pre-draft reserve list warning news from appearing in Russian League where the draft is not implemented
- Fixed a crash with transfer news that caused a null staff in get_staff_age() error

In-Game Engine v83
=========================
- Adjustments to energy and condition levels during game
- Scoring level adjustments

In-Game Engine v82
=========================
- Adjustments to coach linechange AI and shift length calculations

In-Game Engine v81
=========================
- Adjustments to player stamina drops when overused and the knock-on effects to performance
- Adjustments to player overusage effects in quick sim engine

In-Game Engine v80
=========================
- Updated ruling body rules usage
- Adjustments to deflection AI
- Small adjustments to scoring levels and scoring distribution
- Improvements to goalie AI when playing the puck
- Improvements to AI for selecting where to clear the puck
- Adjustments to coach linechanges near end of game
- Adjustments to passing AI
- Improvements to player pathing
- Fixes to some linechange commentary lines
- Fixed a rare divergency at the start of some overtimes
- Technical optimization changes to pathing to improve sim speed
- Technical optimization changes to collision detection to improve sim speed

Hello all, update 1.4 for Eastside Hockey Manager is available now via Steam.

Upon launching Steam the update should download automatically. If you're already in a game, save first then exit the game and restart Steam to begin the update. If you have any difficulties whatsoever updating we always recommend restarting Steam.

If you encounter any issues, please raise them on our Eastside Hockey Manager Bugs Forum which can be found here - https://community.sigames.com/forum/292-eastside-hockey-manager-bugs-forum/

Or read our FAQ/Knowledgebase which can be found here - https://community.sigames.com/forum/293-eastside-hockey-manager-faq-and-knowledgebase/

Changelist includes but is not limited to the changes listed below. Enjoy!


Changelist for 1.4.0f
=====================

New features:
-------------
- Added starting option to retain DB financial data for club budget and starting cash without any adjustments
- Added option to set number of days on vacation to the manager vacation dialog
- Added "Divisional Standings" to the league screen to view all divisional tables at the same
- Added team action to Set Team Captains any time of the year (one captain, two alternates)
- Added news about announcing team captains and the request to set them at the start of the season
- New default 2016 database and default start year set to 2016
- 2016 ruleset support added to the importer for 2016-17 league structures and rules changes


Database and Importer changes:
[apply to new games started with newly imported databases only]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 2016 ruleset support added to the importer with following changes:
- NAL: updated salary cap rules, training camps are closed to walk-ins by default
- American League: updated to new teams, divisional alignments and schedules
- American League 2: updated to 27 teams, new divisional alignments and schedules
- American Southern: updated to 10 teams, new scheduling
- British League 1: updated import/non-EEC rules, updated playoff host arena, update OT rules, updated minimum age for contract (16)
- British League 2: updated import rules, updated minimum age for contract (16), updated playoff structure
- British League 3 North 1: updated to 8 teams, changed teams updated
- British League 3 North 2: changed teams updated
- British League 3 South 1: updated to 9 teams
- Czech League 2: changed teams updated
- Finnish League 1: changed teams updated
- Finnish League 2: updated to 13 teams, changed teams updated, new schedule, relegation stage updated
- Finnish League 3: updated to 16 teams, changed teams updated, new schedule, updated relegation stage
- German League: changed teams updated
- Quebec Major Junior: updated draft lotter rules to include 5 last placed teams
- Russian League with 29 teams and updated rules and schedule, enabled two-way clauses on contracts, enabled waivers, updated domestic/foreign player rules
- Swedish League 2: changed teams updated, OT rules updated
- Swiss League 2: updated to 12 teams, changed teams updated
- Continental comps: updated initial participating teams, two teams from same nation can no longer be drawn to the same group
- Added support for new extra rule flags to the DB:
- to set training camps closed to walk-ins by default (value 156)
- to allow two-way contracts (value 157)
- to set two-way contracts mandatory under a certain age (value 158)
- to set goalies exempt from foreign player rules (value 159)
- to set players on two-way contracts exempt from waivers (value 160)
- to count players from league home nation as domestic for foreign based clubs (value 161)
- to mark league overaged player allowance to only apply to players on last year of eligibility (value 162)
- Added support for new award types into the DB and game:
- Goalie of the week (award type 45)
- Defenseman of the week (46)
- Forward of the week (47)
- Rookie of the week (48)
- Most points by defenseman (49)
- Most goals in playoffs (50)
- Updated the import_config.cfg documentation in historical db folders on "DEFAULT_RULE_SET" command to list available ruleset years
- Added support for changing luxury tax in transfer_config.cfg file when starting a new game
- Fix to the Swiss League 2 scheduling in the 2015 ruleset
- Rule for goalie trapezoid moved into the DB rulesets (applies to old dbs and saved games as well)
- Rule for awarding a goal into statistics for the shootout winning goal moved into the DB rulesets (applies to old dbs and saved games as well)
- Fixed European Hockey Tournament to only add historical winners from the overall stage (applies to old saves as well)


Gameplay changes:
-----------------
- Adjustments to former NAL players interest to sign in other leagues when out of contract
- Adjustments to NAL RFAs interest to sign short-term in other leagues
- Russian league now allows No Trade Clauses on contract offers
- When setting "Highlights - None" the 2D clock speed is no longer automatically the quickest but needs "Clock - Fast" setting as well
- Fixed shoot-out taker settings from a single game being applied to general tactics
- When placing minor free agents at amateur clubs during season, human controlled clubs are skipped
- Adjustments to AI roster management when dealing with affiliated junior teams
- Fixed contract offer lengths for free agent non-players being limited to one year in National League
- Adjustments to how overaged players are handled in different leagues where they are allowed
- Fixed activated custom junior league shortlisting
- Fixes to picking playoff award winners (most points in playoffs, most goals in playoffs)
- Adjustments to picking best offensive defenseman award winner
- Various other small fixes to award scoring and information on winners
- European club teams will now hold back players from national teams if their season is still ongoing and the national team are playing in a minor competition where the club league nation is not involved
- Adjustments to player condition recovery in pre-season
- Adjustments to generation of attributes for newgens and extra players created at game start
- Adjustments to generation of starting weights of players and weight progression
- Fixed managers/staff of playoff champions losing reputation after the final
- Fix to manager world reputation processing after a game
- Players whose contract is running out within a month no longer count towards reserve list contracted player count (grayed out and added tooltip on the reserve list screen)
- Fixed AI roster management logics when running near the salary floor


UI changes:
-----------
- Fixed the compressed standings panel on home screen to increase rows dynamically based on resolution
- Fixed sorting by games and waiver eligibility on the club screen, waiver eligibility view
- Default scouting report for players on your own team now shows the ability star ratings even without Head Scout (uses Head Coach, Assistant Manager or any scout or coach for reporting instead)
- Switched some of the default B-faceoff rink graphics around for better layout
- Select Leagues screen now uses generic league logos if no real logo is found
- Added database version information to the Game Information panel on GM Status screen
- Playoff tree now shows the team full name on a tooltip for the abbreviation
- Made "Divisional Standings" the default view of standings for Quebec major junior league and other leagues where needed
- Selecting any divisional/conference standings tables will now update the screen subtitle accordingly
- Fixes to text getting cut off at the end of a line in some table headers
- Fixed width of scrollbar
- Fixed contract average season wage displaying wrong in some cases on the contract offer screen
- 8 year contract extensions allowed on contract offer screen for human managers in National League
- Added note on how many seasons until proposed contract expires to the contract offer screen Contract Expires label
- Added small team logos on Add Manager screen team list
- Added ability to Set Team Captains any time of the year from the team screen
- Club captain and alternate captains now identified in the club screen player list with (C) and (A)
- Club captains listed in the general team information panel
- Player search screen now shows "Clb" and "Rfs" status icons based on next game for national team managers to help pick national teams
- Fixed "Offer to All" not appearing in player actions when league uses custom rules allowing trading
- Small fixes in comp screens for stage menus when using custom leagues
- Fixed sorting by ATOI, APPT and APKT in the league player statistics screen
- Select database dialog for importing an EHM 2007 format database now also looks in the user databases folder instead of just the game data/database folder
- Select database dialog for importing an EHM 2007 format database now lists both the start year and ruleset year from the import config


Other changes:
--------------
- Fixed a crash on international tournament screen, when selecting League Dates view on Information panel
- Improved stability of long term games with huge databases
- Added error checking to the importer when adding rulesets with divisions and template based schedules to verify team counts in divisions
- Added better support for custom databases with leagues that have transfer rules or ruling bodies linked to existing rules
- Adjustments to resolving game scheduling clashes
- Fixes to training camp trial contracts for free agents
- Fixed crash issue with team pre-season ranking news with big custom leagues (35+ teams in league)
- Fixed crash issue with player pre-season ranking news with big custom leagues (35+ teams in league)
- Added support for custom databases that add extra playable World Junior Championship levels to make promotion/relegation work correctly
- Prevented pre-draft reserve list warning news from appearing in Russian League where the draft is not implemented
- Fixed a crash with transfer news that caused a null staff in get_staff_age() error

In-Game Engine v83
=========================
- Adjustments to energy and condition levels during game
- Scoring level adjustments

In-Game Engine v82
=========================
- Adjustments to coach linechange AI and shift length calculations

In-Game Engine v81
=========================
- Adjustments to player stamina drops when overused and the knock-on effects to performance
- Adjustments to player overusage effects in quick sim engine

In-Game Engine v80
=========================
- Updated ruling body rules usage
- Adjustments to deflection AI
- Small adjustments to scoring levels and scoring distribution
- Improvements to goalie AI when playing the puck
- Improvements to AI for selecting where to clear the puck
- Adjustments to coach linechanges near end of game
- Adjustments to passing AI
- Improvements to player pathing
- Fixes to some linechange commentary lines
- Fixed a rare divergency at the start of some overtimes
- Technical optimization changes to pathing to improve sim speed
- Technical optimization changes to collision detection to improve sim speed

We're happy to announce we've released update 17.2.0 for Football Manager 2017 and Football Manager Touch 2017 which is available now to download through Steam.

As always the update is fully save game compatible and if you don't immediately get the update, please exit and restart Steam.

The changelist includes but is not limited to the changes listed below.

As always we ask users to please keep any feedback within the Feedback Thread.

And whilst we've got your attention, everyone at Sports Interactive would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and hope that somewhere between the present opening, food eating and relaxing you get a chance to turn on FM and lead your side to glory!

FOOTBALL MANAGER 2017 -- UPDATE 17.2.0 CHANGE LIST
===================================================

STABILITY & PERFORMANCE
----------------------------------------------
- Fixed rare instances of crash on continue
- Fixed lag when browsing inbox

GAMEPLAY
----------------------------------------------
- Fixed issue in Austrian leagues which prevented staff in certain roles from being appointed
- Adjusted German players willingness to move clubs
- Fixed issue where players asked to be removed from the transfer list, but were not
- Adjusted payments received for players they had offered out on loan
- Adjusted likelihood of user in charge of an international team being offered club role
- Fixed rare examples of players complaining about being left out of continental squads for rounds they are unavailable for
- Fixed incorrect strings on promise panel related to different context promises to accept bids for players
- Fixed rare contradictory inbox items regarding promises not being met
- Added unhappiness reason to list of players supporting/against a manager in group unhappiness meetings
- Fixed rare example of a player not becoming happy again after playing more following a first team football unhappiness
- Improved AI squad building in salary cap leagues
- Fixed issue where user couldn't postpone game due to large number of international call ups in MLS
- Fixed hotseat issue where holidaying one manager past a match, also continued the other manager past their match
- Fixed issue where user cannot add players/confirm squad for national U23s
- Fixed issue where user is incorrectly asked about facing newly appointed manager
- Fixed various issues with records
- Fixed derby question appearing for non-derbies
- Fixed various odds issues
- Adjusted effect of training intensity on injuries
- Fixed examples of league enforced stadium upgrades going wrong
- Improved Tottenham’s attendances when switching grounds

MATCH AI (v1703)
----------------------------------------------
- Improved implementation of Inverted Wing Back role
- Fixed shots which were also free kicks not displaying as Set Pieces on chalkboard
- Fixed rare case of match getting stuck after ball is thrown out of play
- Fixed example of a player clearing rather than throwing
- Improved mentality of teams down to 10 players
- Fixed issue where injured players from AI teams sometimes don't get substituted when injured during a goal
- Fixed ball going through ad-hoardings
- Fixed issue with the match incident thinking the pen shootout goal was own goal
- Fixed rare issue with player being treated on side line being used for offside decisions
- Fixed inability to alter closing down setting for certain role/duty combinations
- Improved instance of referee and carded player not facing each other
- Fixed rare instance of dribbling past opponent commentary being used inappropriately
- Fixed instances of player incorrectly being considered to have made a mistake
- Fixed rare instance of inappropriate commentary for a free kick
- Fixed instances of player being considered to have performed a dribble too soon after controlling the ball
- Fixed instance where we would skip to dead time before a red card occurred
- Fixed ghost goal example
- Fixed deflections not being accounted for properly
- Fixed keeper handling and judgement bugs
- Improved outfield player judgement of ball AI
- Made keeper use strongest side for throw outs where possible
- Fixed a handball mistake/chalkboard event being assigned to a goalkeeper who was inside their own area
- Improved distance a player can be offside for a disallowed goal to be deemed "controversial"
- Fixed keeper bug where he could deflect it in same slice as save causing own goal
- Fixed subs being subbed off too early in case of a red card
- Improved instances where Key Passes were not recorded
- Fixed issue with assistant manager not following user's instructions when user holidays match and ticks use formation + use current team when possible

GRAPHICS
----------------------------------------------
- Improvements to stadium appearances
- Adjusted Grass/Synthetic pitches to appear in same way as standard grass pitches
- Fixed issue with substituted player appearing sat on the field rather than on the bench
- Fixed issue with player who has been subbed on to the field briefly appearing to be wearing tracksuit rather than playing kit
- Fixed issue with players not wearing long sleeve shirts/under layers
- Fixed issue where linesman flag would flash in the centre circle

USER INTERFACE
----------------------------------------------
- Fixed manager profile reverting to default setup
- Various cosmetic fixes to the light skin
- Fixed issue on conversation history panel which prevented users from scrolling through previous chats
- Fixed issue with match formation widget not updating when players swapped

COMPETITIONS
----------------------------------------------
- Fixed rare issue where certain leagues wouldn't schedule after season turnover
- Fixed issue with Bulgarian league playoff
- Fixed Chinese league registration rules
- Fixed Home/Away games imbalance after Scottish Premier League split
- Fixed French Ligue 1 prize money
- Fixed loaned in players not being able to play in Swiss Cup
- Fixed issue with regionalisation in Swedish Second Division
- Fixed Betfred Cup prize money
- Fixed Israeli Toto Cup schedule and teams in correct groups
- Correct Belgian clubs now qualify for European competitions
- Improved scheduling for Belgian, Russian and Ukrainian clubs in European competitions
- Fixed issue where we were not taking the strongest line up for Portuguese Cup Competitions

IN GAME EDITOR
----------------------------------------------
- Fixed issue when editing person who had Manager or Asst Manager attributes
- Fixed issue editing players with fog of war active including changing preferred foot
- Fixed loans not showing in player history

PRE GAME EDITOR
----------------------------------------------
- Fixed new season not being scheduled when using a valid German lower league Editor file
- Fixed issue verifying advanced rules in languages other than English
- Fixed various crashes and errors on files submitted to us
- Fixed editing nation tax rules
- Fixed some issues with editing club continental rules
- Fixed a few issues to do with kit editing
- Fixed issue where large files could cause a freeze during game set up
- Fixed real results extracting incorrectly
- Fixed crash editing rivalries
- Fixed a few nations which were set up incorrectly in basic rules
- Fixed instances of seasons not scheduling in files submitted to us
- Fixed issue with certain files failing verification checks incorrectly
- Fixed several issues with implementing a salary cap in leagues
- Fixed issue with League Championship Playoff end dates
- Fixed transfer window changes not extracting to the game correctly

NETWORK GAMES
----------------------------------------------
- Disabled non-admins from being able to remove clients from network games
- Fixed issue whereby users sometimes couldn’t view replays

=======================================================

FOOTBALL MANAGER TOUCH 2017 -- UPDATE 17.2.0 CHANGE LIST PC/MAC/LINUX
=======================================================

STABILITY & PERFORMANCE
----------------------------------------------
- Fixed rare instances of crash on continue
- Prevent 'No Registered Version of FMT 2017' error appearing incorrectly for some users when trying to access Cross-Save on Tablet
- Fixed occasional match divergence when reloading recovery saves on Tablet
- Match Performance Improvements for lower spec iOS devices.
- Improved match stability when using sounds on Tablet devices.

GAMEPLAY
----------------------------------------------
- Match AI updated to 1703
- Fixes and improvements to various Match Graphics
- Fixed issue in Austrian leagues which prevented staff in certain roles from being appointed
- Adjusted German players willingness to move clubs
- Fixed issue where players asked to be removed from the transfer list, but were not
- Adjusted payments received for players they had offered out on loan
- Adjusted likelihood of user in charge of an international team being offered club role
- Fixed rare examples of players complaining about being left out of continental squads for rounds they are unavailable for
- Fixed issue where user couldn't postpone game due to large number of international call ups in MLS
- Fixed hotseat issue where holidaying one manager past a match, also continued the other manager past their match
- Fixed issue where user is incorrectly asked about facing newly appointed manager
- Fixed various issues with records and odds
- Fixed derby question appearing for non-derbies
- Adjusted effect of training intensity on injuries
- Fixed examples of league enforced stadium upgrades going wrong
- Improved Tottenham’s attendances when switching grounds
- Fixed manager profile reverting to default setup
- Fixed issue with match formation widget not updating when players swapped
- Fixed Heat Map not working in Match Analysis on Tablet
- Fixed missing information in opposition scout report inbox items
- Fixed match report button displaying an empty screen
- Improvements to Match Plan default presets
- Fixed issue where tactical familiarity could be displayed
- Fixed issue with match preparation suggestion appearing in news items

COMPETITIONS
----------------------------------------------
- Fixed rare issue where certain leagues wouldn't schedule after season turnover
- Fixed issue with Bulgarian league playoff
- Fixed Home/Away games imbalance after Scottish Premier League split
- Fixed prize money for French Ligue 1 and Betfred Cup.
- Fixed loaned in players not being able to play in Swiss Cup
- Fixed issue with regionalisation in Swedish Second Division
- Fixed Israeli Toto Cup schedule and teams in correct groups
- Correct Belgian clubs now qualify for European competitions
- Improved scheduling for Belgian, Russian and Ukrainian clubs in European competitions
- Fixed issue where we were not taking the strongest line up for Portuguese Cup Competitions

STORE/UNLOCKABLES
----------------------------------------------
- Fixed unlockables not unlocking on Tablet when user had gotten the corresponding achievement through gameplay
- Prevent Challenge Master achievement unlocking on Tablet before user had completed all challenges
- Fixed Value for Money achievement not unlocking on Tablet for certain start date
- Fixed codes displaying in the descriptions of store items in some languages on Android.

We're happy to announce that Eastside Hockey Manager version 1.3 is now available on Steam.
To download the update, simply save your current game, quit EHM, then quit and restart Steam. Then launch the game as normal and this should start your update automatically.
If you have any technical issues or bugs following the update, raise them here on the EHM Bugs Forums - https://community.sigames.com/forum/292-eastside-hockey-manager-bugs-forum/
Version number is 1.3 Changelist below:


Changelist for 1.3.0f
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Database Import changes:
[apply to new games started with newly imported databases only]
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- Import config now allows for 2016 start date on custom database imports
 
 
Gameplay changes:
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- Fixed players on Injured Reserve not to count against roster limit when trying to call-up a junior player from a junior affiliate
- Fix to players returning from training camp try-outs when they had been assigned to junior affiliates before the try-out
- Fixed AI teams to call up players who have turned overaged in junior teams to be re-assigned mid-season if needed
- Adjustments to RFA salary demands
- Small adjustments to player reputation development in relation to ability
- Adjusted goalie long term condition/jadedness when playing too many games in a row
- Newgens generated based on regenerated player data are more likely to switch first nationality to mix talent pools better
- Improved team trade mode calculations for non-North American leagues that allow trading
- Improved amateur team shortlisting and signing of players and staff
- Improved the interest of amateur players on rolling contracts signing with higher level pro/semi-pro teams
- Adjusted the effects of being scratched to the player trade value evaluations
- Stopped current abilities changing for hidden future players in historical databases before they enter the game
- Adjustments to player current ability progression
- Fixes to player jersey retirements
- Improved logic to generate virtual (grey) players when needed to fill domestic/homegrown quotas defined in rules
- Added support in rulesets for "Minimum of X players born in Y or later" roster rule for games (any nationality)
- Fixed ages of virtuals generated to fill homegrown/developmental player quotas
- Domestic quota and developmental/rookie/homegrown age-limited quotas can now exist at the same time in rules
- Improved AI team selection when dealing with various roster limitations
- Adjusted contract length demands for high profile players in their prime years
- Adjusted contract wage demands for higher profile restricted free agents
 
 
UI changes:
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- Junior affiliates marked differently from senior affiliates in team information panel
- Adjusted playoff tree boxes to fit team names better
- Added 'Rst' icons for when a player needs rest or is exhausted from playing too many games
- Historical team name changes used in the player career stats are now also used in the league historical winners screen
- Added Luxury Tax information on league financial rules listing if present
- Fixed Homegrown status icons not appearing in some cases on the roster screen
- Fixed bottom right panel of home screen to show the compressed standings so the panel contents can be changed
 
 
Other changes:
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- Custom new format databases edited with 3rd party editors can also use a 2016 start date now

We're happy to announce that Eastside Hockey Manager version 1.3 is now available on Steam.
To download the update, simply save your current game, quit EHM, then quit and restart Steam. Then launch the game as normal and this should start your update automatically.
If you have any technical issues or bugs following the update, raise them here on the EHM Bugs Forums - https://community.sigames.com/forum/292-eastside-hockey-manager-bugs-forum/
Version number is 1.3 Changelist below:


Changelist for 1.3.0f
=====================
 
Database Import changes:
[apply to new games started with newly imported databases only]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Import config now allows for 2016 start date on custom database imports
 
 
Gameplay changes:
-----------------
- Fixed players on Injured Reserve not to count against roster limit when trying to call-up a junior player from a junior affiliate
- Fix to players returning from training camp try-outs when they had been assigned to junior affiliates before the try-out
- Fixed AI teams to call up players who have turned overaged in junior teams to be re-assigned mid-season if needed
- Adjustments to RFA salary demands
- Small adjustments to player reputation development in relation to ability
- Adjusted goalie long term condition/jadedness when playing too many games in a row
- Newgens generated based on regenerated player data are more likely to switch first nationality to mix talent pools better
- Improved team trade mode calculations for non-North American leagues that allow trading
- Improved amateur team shortlisting and signing of players and staff
- Improved the interest of amateur players on rolling contracts signing with higher level pro/semi-pro teams
- Adjusted the effects of being scratched to the player trade value evaluations
- Stopped current abilities changing for hidden future players in historical databases before they enter the game
- Adjustments to player current ability progression
- Fixes to player jersey retirements
- Improved logic to generate virtual (grey) players when needed to fill domestic/homegrown quotas defined in rules
- Added support in rulesets for "Minimum of X players born in Y or later" roster rule for games (any nationality)
- Fixed ages of virtuals generated to fill homegrown/developmental player quotas
- Domestic quota and developmental/rookie/homegrown age-limited quotas can now exist at the same time in rules
- Improved AI team selection when dealing with various roster limitations
- Adjusted contract length demands for high profile players in their prime years
- Adjusted contract wage demands for higher profile restricted free agents
 
 
UI changes:
-----------
- Junior affiliates marked differently from senior affiliates in team information panel
- Adjusted playoff tree boxes to fit team names better
- Added 'Rst' icons for when a player needs rest or is exhausted from playing too many games
- Historical team name changes used in the player career stats are now also used in the league historical winners screen
- Added Luxury Tax information on league financial rules listing if present
- Fixed Homegrown status icons not appearing in some cases on the roster screen
- Fixed bottom right panel of home screen to show the compressed standings so the panel contents can be changed
 
 
Other changes:
--------------
- Custom new format databases edited with 3rd party editors can also use a 2016 start date now

Hi everybody,
We've just released a small update today, 17.1.2. This is mainly to address some stability issues and other issues raised since we released Football Manager Touch 2017. A full change list is included below.
As always the update is fully save game compatible*. Please see the below changelist for more information.
if you don't immediately get the update, please exit and restart Steam for the game to update.
We'd like to thank those of you reporting issues to us to help make Football Manager Touch 2017 even better. If you've raised an issue elsewhere and it's not included in this change list, we want to thank you for reporting these issues and as always we're working to address them as soon as we can.
As promised, see the changelist below:

FOOTBALL MANAGER TOUCH 17 - UPDATE 17.1.2
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STABILITY & PERFORMANCE
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- Fixed rare crashes during gameplay and shutdown
- Improved match stability on Tablet devices
- Fixed game launching to black screen on Windows w/ incomplete DirectX installation
- Fixed match graphical corruption on Macs w/ integrated Intel HD 3000/4000 chipsets
- Fixed occasional lag on entering player profile screen
 
USER INTERFACE
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- Fixed calendar displaying wrong month
- Fixed storage of custom views
- Fixed saving of 'Highlight key attribute for role' preference
- Fixed Role Ability and RDS not displaying correctly for international teams
 
GAMEPLAY
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- Fixed rare case of player not returning from loan
- *Fixed Norweigan teams not generating managers or real players [Requires new save game].
- Fixes for unlockables.
 
TRANSLATION
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- Fixed untranslated strings in social feed (all languages)