Championship Manager IV

version 4.03

company: Sports Interactive (www.sigames.com) /
	 Eidos Interactive (www.eidos.co.uk)


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* Fixed some Swedish stadium issues for derby games.
* Fixed rehabilitation time out calculation.
* Fixed ridiculous wages being given to all players at top clubs after a
  season or so
* Fixed the missing Euro symbol when using Ter's skin.
* Fixed unable to untick man specific marking option during match.
* Fixed scouting individual players sometimes never were reported back.
* Fixed captain changing during match problem (assistant picking captain when
  shouldn't.)
* Fixed problem with histories not showing up for players (this was related to
  the installer)
* All shortcut keys now are handled on the news screen.
* Added ability to display club logo's on team screens [Spanish Version Only]
* When a person's contract expires and no response is made to the news item,
  you now don't get the same news every day from then on.
* When user has news items allowing responses, the game doesn't take him to
  news screen every 2 hours.
* Loans are now not terminated by computer teams as much.
* Teams won't try to buy first options on players they cannot buy. e.g. Non
  Basque players and Athletico Bilbao.
* Human players can now no longer respond to contract decision news for other
  teams.
* All player transfers now get cancelled on transfer deadline day.
* Disabling scouting of "parent" comps like the Portugese Second Division B.
  This caused a crash before. The individual regional leagues can still be
  scouted.
* Added a link to a player's club when viewing them through a national team.
* Changed the way the picking positions panel worked so it won't collapse and
  disappear
* Fixed the currency conversion for the Brazilian Real
* Injuries time string rounded to nearest and not always upwards.
* Injury lengths adjusted.
* Player compare used the neutral colour for some positional comparisons.
* If selling team does not make contract offer to part exchanged player, the
  offer is now cancelled.
* Fixed long term distortion of player attributes throughout the game due to
  erroneous effects of training
* Made players in mid range leagues ( Holland, Belgium, Scotland etc ) more
  agreeable to moves to clubs in top leagues ( England, Italy, Spain )


Competitions

* Fixed problem where game dates for Euro Champ Qual differed to actual real
  life dates causing leagues to be scheduled incorrectly
* Fixed Croatian Super Cup date.
* Fixed winter break periods for Italian leagues.
* Fixed Greek second division playoff problem where losing non league team may
  still be promoted.
* Fixed French league schedule to play on specific wednesday.
* Fixed N.Ireland Cup semi-finals are now played on neutral venues.
* Fixed Antrim Shield and Irish Cup match times.
* Fixed last 2 games being played on a sunday at 3pm.
* Fixed German league cup fixture dates.
* Fixed Japanese super cup not being played in 2003
* Dutch Premier/First Division playoffs now do not get postponed due to the
  European Championships.
* Squad numbers added for Portugese teams.
* Champions League 2nd phase now has improved method of keeping teams from
  same nation and group apart.
* Correct teams at home in MLS playoff quarter finals.
* No away goals now for MLS playoff quarter finals.
* Reserve leagues for leagues starting in 2003 now work properly.
* Mexican playoffs now get decided on league positions if draws not extra time
  and pens.
* 3 rounds instead of 2 for Irish First Division in second season.
* Two legged playoff final for Irish league.
* Reserve dates fixed for first year in Ireland.
* Argentina teams now use squad numbers.
* In Argentina, if home and away team kits clash, the home team changes its
  colours.
* Brazilian state cup draws now seeded properly.
* Minas Gerais state championship winner is now declared champions.
* Relegation now applies to Sao Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul state
  championships.
* Fixed reserves and U18s for Brazilian teams.
* Brazilian cup now gets played every year.
* Yugoslav reserve league expanded to 18 teams
* Yugoslav u21 rule changed to cover only 2nd division
* Updated Spanish fixtures rules for number of Non-EU players
* Added squad number selection for all leagues in Spain
* Fixed Norwegian League red/yellow card validation error
* Added limit of 2 Non-EU players on pitch in Norwegian Leagues
* Added squad number selection for top 2 Norwegian leagues
* Fixed days/times that Singaporean Games are played on
* Fixed Singapore Cup Draw problem (from 03/04 season onwards)
* Added Penalty shootouts to level Singaporean league games
* Singaporean reserve games not being played bug fixed
* Fixed Crystal Palace playing at Milton Keynes in season 2003-4!!
* American 2nd division schedule section no longer crashes.
* Added season 03/04 polish second division relegation playoff.


Finances

* Prize money for Brazilian state leagues now works.
* Fixed really low maximum wages allowed by the board, when approaching to
  sign certain players.
* Allowed a little more flexibility with regards to wage offers, prior to this
  board was very strict as to whom it considered a first team or key player.
* Lowered wages allowed for squad rotation and first team players a little.
* Tuned scottish finance system to prevent non-old firm teams gaining ground
  on them too easily.
* Reduced ground maintainance for smaller clubs and non-professional clubs

Match Day

* Fixed set piece taker timewasting when losing late in the game
* Fixed fairly common bug where full back would throw ball to centre back who
  would be robbed for run in at goal
* Fixed goalie rather naively taking throw back to opposition after injury
* Fixed problem where live league table was not being updated when returning
  to a match screen.
* Setting team mentality for human teams now comes into effect immediately not
  at the end of the current period.
* Teams now lie deep or push up more in relation to their mentality and
  whether they are playing the offside trap
* Tuning of offside assessment from passing player's point of view
* Direct free kicks less effective
* Found happy medium between "loads of disallowed goals" in beta demo and
  "none" in v4.0.1
* If a human manager returns from holiday or reenters a network game during
  his team's match, either he or the computer will take control depending on
  who had original control, not both.
* Auto continue now works after a match day has finished.
* Latest scores panel now shows human controlled teams in yellow.
* Latest scores now show the current match period of all games.
* Human controlled teams on latest scores are now highlighted.
* Fixed central defender condition bug and put more emphasis on each player's
  stamina
* Tuned player passing of ball
* Removed 10 yard dissent rule for leagues that don't utilise it
* Big teams sit back less vs little teams in internationals unless safely
  winning
* Better selection of individual player instructions by CPU teams
* Fixed bug where human teams are left with less defenders staying back at an
  attacking set piece than they set in the tactics screen
* Fixed stupid dives and yellow cards for it outside the danger areas
* Regular yellow cards now shown as text events only in key or extended
  highlights
* Fixed occasional unseemly grouping of players around team mate with the ball
* Toned down long shots while making those who are good at them more likely to
  hit the target
* Improved close range finishing for top players
* Less stupidly wayward goal kicks
* Improved marking by attacking teams defenders who stay back at set pieces
* Fixed crash when all subs were used and goalkeeper got injured and no
  replacement put in goal.


Awards

* Fixed award referred to players' old clubs if transferred during season.
* Fixed continental and global awards not announced.
* Fixed World Cup, Euro Championship awards (and similar) not being processed
  after first competition.
* Yearly awards now showing current year, listed in reverse order, and correct
  last winner.
* Team award news now shows up to 3 of your players (if any were named.)
* Award screen now shows child competitions awards.
* Now records matches for child competitions.


Player/Staff Search

* Fixed not able to save (short)lists while out of a job.
* Fixed retired players listed in player search.
* Fixed filtering by value from (e.g.) 100K to (e.g.) 100K showing no results.
* Fixed misaligned text and icons.
* Fixed filtering attributes with upper value of 0 including all.
* Fixed national managers listed with their nationality and not national team.
