TECH AND PERFORMANCE

 

Improved match performance on Retina displays

Fixed rare crash on staff responsibilities screen

Fixed crash when trying to send assistant manager to tunnel interviews when no assistant appointed

Fixed game not launching in Full Screen modes on certain system setups

Fixed processing panel not disappearing when using alt-tab

Fixed attributes pop-up ordering attributes alphabetically by abbreviation not by full name

Fixed captain icon not displaying in-match

Fixed Ctrl+F shortcut

Fixed Average Positions & Heat Map options on ProZone panels showing incorrect information during live matches

 

GAMEPLAY

 

Improvements to AI transfer & contract negotiations

Players will no longer count being rested for minor cup games towards first team football unhappiness

Fixed issue where players would complain about being left out of a training camp squad when they were away on international duty

Fixed players asking for a new contract and then being unwilling to sign one

 

MATCH ENGINE

 

Improved defending of full backs who were tucking in inappropriately

Improved behaviour of backline when deciding to cover out of position players

Prevented ball getting stuck in the crossbar

Fixed instances of goalkeepers being stranded out of goal after being called over to be booked

Fixed some examples of dead time after ball is returned from a throw in following an injury

Improved system of players taking a penalty when on a hat-trick

Fixed some instances of poor back passes and goalkeepers lack of reaction to them

Fixed some problems with Specific Man Marking instruction

Refined referee decision making on offside calls

Improved defenders behaviour when reacting to a ball they are favourite to win

Improved goalkeeper decisions to parry ball back into play when they could let the ball go out

Improved goalkeeper decisions on when to come off their line

Improved accuracy of shots on goal

Refined passing decision making to reduce instances of unnecessary direct and rushed passes

Fixed some instances of a goal being awarded when the shot had hit the bar and not gone in

 

GRAPHICS

 

Improved Retina graphics benchmarking (requires cleared cache & preferences) 

Fixed issue with black ball on Macs

Fixed extreme and sudden change from rain to shine

 

IN-GAME EDITOR

 

Age, Nationality and Wage editable on Profile page for Staff and Players

Fixes to help custom skin compatibility 

 

STANDALONE EDITOR

 

Fixed Belgium league rules failing verification checks without being edited

Fixed a few editing kit colours issues

Fixed issue with stadium editing which caused some User files to crash

Fixed edit files using the wrong start date when extracted in to the game

Fixed various unhelpful error messages when verifying files

Fixed some crashes on verification on specific files

Fixed some issues extracting certain data edits in to the game

 

NETWORK 

 

Fixed divergence of results when playing network game between Mac & PC

 

TOUCH MODE

 

Fixed obscure nations topping World Rankings at the start of new games

 

CREATE A CLUB MODE

 

Fixed created clubs keeping affiliations preventing them from being promoted.

Fixed created clubs not displaying their own kits on Team of the Week.

 

FANTASY DRAFT MODE

 

Fixed issue where fantasy draft budget left over is calculated incorrectly

 

 

FOOTBALL MANAGER TOUCH 2016 [PC/MAC/LINUX, IOS & ANDRIOD] 

 

STABILITY & PERFORMANCE

 

Fixed cross-save upload timeout

Fixed rare crash when navigating to the Tactics screen in-match

Fixed rare crash that when adding players after clearing squad in Create-a-Club

Fixed rare crash when using filters in Add Player dialog in Create-a-Club

INTERFACE

 

Fixed some pie charts not filling correctly

Fixed news item link to non-functional Analysis screen

Fixed attributes pop-up ordering attributes alphabetically by abbreviation not by full name

Fixed captain icon not displaying in-match

Fixed Average Positions & Heat Map options on ProZone panels showing incorrect information during live matches

 

GAMEPLAY

 

Fixed obscure nations topping World Rankings at the start of new games

Fixed created clubs keeping affiliations preventing promotion

Created Clubs will now use their own kits on Team of the Week

 

MATCH ENGINE

 

Improved defending of full backs who were tucking in inappropriately

Improved behaviour of backline when deciding to cover out of position players

Prevented ball getting stuck in the crossbar

Fixed instances of goalkeepers being stranded out of goal after being called over to be booked

Fixed some examples of dead time after ball is returned from a throw in following an injury

Improved system of players taking a penalty when on a hat-trick

Fixed some instances of poor back passes and goalkeepers lack of reaction to them

Fixed some problems with Specific Man Marking instruction

Refined referee decision making on offside calls

Improved defenders’ behaviour when reacting to a ball they are favourite to win

Improved goalkeeper decisions to parry ball back into play when they could let the ball go out

Improved goalkeeper decisions on when to come off their line

Improved accuracy of shots on goal

Refined passing decision making to reduce instances of unnecessary direct and rushed passes

Fixed some instances of a goal being awarded when the shot had hit the bar and not gone in

 

 

FOOTBALL MANAGER TOUCH 2016 [IOS ONLY]

 

GRAPHICS

 

Improved match graphics

Improved manager model graphics