Patch +v6

**saturn** · 02-11-18, 09:10 PM

New update, new patch.

Thanks to all those who provided feedback on +v5, and on the +6 beta. Special thanks to Dermotron for helping me out with the national teams' competition histories too.

What is this?
This is a patch which combines the most recent release from the Update team with the latest discoveries from the Patches forum. It incorporates the October 2018 update, Tapani's 2.22 patch, the latest renaming patch, and other smaller things from the Patches forum like the restructuring of certain leagues.

In short, it's a patch that is designed to make the game as realistic as possible for 2018.

Here are the changes from v5 to v6:

Spoiler!

A complete list of changes from Tapani 2.22 to +v6 (known issues included at the end):

Spoiler!

What do I need to play?
You will need a new Data folder and a new cm0102.exe file to play. Please read the rest of this post fully.

Data folder:
The following Data folder must be used: +v6 Data. The data here is 99% based on the update team's October 2018 release, so full credit to them. In order for the data to be compatible with the new cm0102.exe, some alterations had to be made, which means that the above Data folder is essential. No other Data folder will be compatible with this patch, only the one linked above. Delete the Data folder in your Championship Manager folder and extract/unzip the new Data folder from +v6 Data.zip. Copy and paste that Data folder into your Championship Manager folder.

In addition to this, you will need the city.dat file from the October 2018 update. Download the October 2018 update from here and copy and paste the city.dat file from that into the Data folder in your Championship Manager folder. (The reason for this extra step is give the update team a better reflection of how many people use their work. Previously some people might've just waited for the +v6/5/4 patch to come out and not download their update at all. This way everyone downloads their release too, giving the update team a better idea of how many people appreciate their work.)

Now you just need a new cm0102.exe.

cm0102.exe:
Your game needs to have been updated to version 3.9.68. You can check what version you're currently using by starting a game and looking to the top left hand corner. If it doesn't say 3.9.68 (or 3.9.68T), you'll need to update your game. Download the official 3.9.68 patch from here and run it. The vast majority of updates and patches are built for 3.9.68 so updating to this version is essential.

Next, a little background for people new to this forum. The new cm0102.exe you'll be playing with will be 95% based on the last patch released by a coding guru from these parts named Tapani, patch 2.22.

In his patches, Tapani allowed users to select a few options:

Game start year: Allows users to set the season the game will begin in. For this patch this option is locked to 2018.
Game speed: The speed at which the game displays things to you, most notably the match day commentary and how quickly the game continues when you're holidaying. Set it to x200 and the game will fly by. Note that this is not the same as increasing the game's processing (loading) speed. Users can choose speeds of x0.5, default, x2, x4, x6, x8, x20 or x200.
Idle sensitivity: This prevents the game from using your computer's full processing power when it doesn't need to. For example if you're just looking at a player in your squad screen, the game isn't processing much information and so doesn't need to use a lot of power. Previously the game would just use full power regardless, but with this enabled it will prevent that. This in turn will stop your computer from overheating, causing unneccessary wear and tear to your device. Users can choose options for both desktop or laptop computers.
Window: This changes the resolution at which cm0102 is displayed, with widescreen modes now being an option. Users can choose from resolutions of 720x480, 800x600 (default), 1024x600, 1024x768, 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1366x768 or 1400x900. If you're not sure which to pick, just stick with the default 800x600.
Disable unprotected contracts: This will prevent contracts from becoming unprotected. A feature which looked like it could be a prominent thing IRL in 2002 when the game was released, but very rarely occurs today. People can choose to undo this feature if desired, but if they enjoy it and are used to it in-game then they can request for it to not be disabled.
Coloured attributes: Players attributes are coloured on a sliding scale of red (20) to grey (1) scale. An example can be seen here.
Hide non-public bids: A human manager will always be alerted to AI bids for players on their shortlist, regardless of whether an AI team makes that bid public or not. With this turned on, AI clubs can now quietly sign players who are on your shortlist without you receiving any alerts about their bids in your News feed.
Development / benchmark mode: Allowed users to run several instances of cm0102 to test tactics. This feature is broken in 2.22 so it is locked to No for this patch.

Most users will be surprised to learn of the existence of Tapani's 2.22 patch (or to give it its full title: 2.22-wip0): it's his 2.21.1 patch with a small (3-5%) processing speed optimization. It was posted in the Programming forum some time ago.

Spoiler!

I'm a bit uneasy about making public something he had posted privately. But, given the calibre of his previous work I felt it was better to make use of it rather than let it sit idle.

Unfortunately, Tapani's 2.22 will not be compatible with the new data folder we'll be using above. Therefore, people are going to have to request an exe via the form below if they want to play with their preferred Tapani options. I will then create the exe with Tapani 2.22 and modify it so it will be compatible with the new data. The exes will be created by using a program called Flex, released by a user named JohnLocke a few years ago. Without his work the creation of multiple exes like this would be impossible, so big credit to him. His tools make creating patches so much easier for everyone.

Before filling the form out for your new desired exe, check post #2 to see if it has already been uploaded. If it has not been, then fill out the form below with the options you want and post it in this thread. As mentioned earlier, this exe is only for 2018 and the development / benchmark mode no longer works, so those options have been omitted. A final option that you can request this year regards the values in the game. If you wish to have realistic 2018/19 figures, say Yes for the New values option. If not, say No. The new values look like this:

Spoiler!

Requesting an exe:

Requests will probably be met with dwindling enthusiasm so be sure to get yours in early. Again, make sure that your desired exe hasn't already been requested by checking post #2. If you are comfortable with using Flex, then you can create an exe yourself by jumping to the Flex users part below. If you're unfamiliar with Flex then simply ignore the previous line and proceed to the exe request form directly below.

Game speed:
Idle sensitivity:
Window:
Disable unprotected contracts:
Coloured attributes:
Hide non-public bids:
New values:

Once the new cm0102.exe you desire is available, download and extract/unzip it. Delete the cm0102.exe in your Championship Manager folder and copy and paste the new cm0102.exe into your Championship Manager folder. If you have the new Data folder (and the city.dat file from the latest update) then you are ready to play. Nothing more needs to be downloaded: to reiterate, the Tapani patch, renaming patch and latest updates are all already incorporated into the Data folder and exes in this thread.

Flex users:
If you are not familiar with using Flex then you can ignore this part. For those that do use it, then you can create an exe yourself by doing the following:

Spoiler!

Optional files:
Here are the .patches used in making +v6: .patches collection. These are only here to satisfy other patchers' curiosity and for those that want to try applying them to different exes or databases. No need to download for the vast majority of users.

So, to summarise the instructions:
1. Install the game and apply the official 3.9.68 patch.
2. Download the new Data folder and extract it. Delete the Data folder currently in your Championship Manager folder and paste the new Data folder in there.
3. Download the October 2018 update and extract the city.dat file only. Copy and paste it into your new Data folder.
4. Select, or if necessary request, an exe in post #2. Download the exe, extract it and paste it into your Championship Manager folder, overwriting the file already there.
5. Play.

It is advised that you run the cm0102.exe that you download in compatibility mode for Windows XP (Service Pack 3). To do this, right click on the cm0102.exe that you've downloaded and select Properties. Go to the Compatibility tab and choose Windows XP (Service Pack 3). Also make sure that you're running the game as an administrator. Your properties tab should look like this. Windows Vista users, please read the first item in the FAQs.

I've added a bug list/FAQs to post #3. If you have any issues with the patch, please read that post first as it is likely your issue will have already been addressed.

Edit: New Data folder updated at 14:45 November 3rd (Removed Yugoslavia as active nation)

**saturn** · 02-11-18, 09:14 PM

It is advised that you run the cm0102.exe that you download in compatibility mode for Windows XP (Service Pack 3). To do this, right click on the cm0102.exe that you've downloaded and select Properties. Go to the Compatibility tab and choose Windows XP (Service Pack 3). Also make sure that you're running the game as an administrator. Your properties tab should look like this.

The exes will be first split in two: those with the New values and those without. After that they will be split by Game Speed. They will then finally be ordered by Window size (smallest first), then Idle Sensitivity (desktop, laptop, off), and then the other options. All further exes will go in this post.

Don't forget that you need the new Data files from post #1 as well as a new exe.

New values exes:

Game Speed: x200

Spoiler!

Game Speed: x20

Spoiler!

Game Speed: x8

Spoiler!

Game Speed: x4

Spoiler!

Game Speed: x2

Spoiler!

Game Speed: default

Spoiler!

Old values exes:

Game Speed: x8

Spoiler!

Game Speed: x2

Spoiler!

Game Speed: default

Spoiler!

**saturn** · 02-11-18, 09:16 PM

Here is where all known bugs, errors and common FAQs are listed. If after trying everything in this post and you can still not create a game, try using this version and let me know whether it works. Include what version of Windows you are using in your post.

Pre-game issues: Errors that prevent you from starting a new game.

Windows Vista users: For now the patch only seems to work when loaded in Olly. See instructions here. You can ignore the last part (unless it does still crash - in which case let me know what the address in Olly is).
v3.9.68 index..cpp 5809 error(s): There is a mismatch between the Data folder and cm0102.exe used.
Solution: Download an exe from post#2.
v3.9.68T Setup..cpp 1672 error: You are missing the city.dat file in your Data folder.
Solution: Download the October 2018 update and copy and paste the city.dat file from there into your Data folder.
Game freezes during 'Initialising game data': You have the wrong euro.cfg file in your Data folder.
Solution: Delete the euro.cfg file that's currently in your Data folder, and copy and paste the euro.cfg file from the Data folder in post#1.
Unable to find the GERMAN_FIRST_DIVISION index (and many other indexes): There is a mismatch between the Data folder and cm0102.exe used.
Solution: Download the Data folder from post#1.

Hard crashes: These are bugs that will cause your game to crash, and upon reloading your game will crash again in the same manner (usually on the same date). These bugs are terminal to a save game, though modifications to your exe may still be able to save them.

Argentine Primera B Nacional Average Points bug:
A bug that has been present since 3.9.60, this is caused by the Average Points table in the Argentine Primera B Nacional being coded incorrectly. In fact, most of the Argentine Primera B is coded wrong, with teams from Group 1 much more likely to reach the playoffs at the end of the season. The crash will occur on August 1st as that is the date the game will try and reset the Argentine league tables for the new season. Not selecting the Argentine league will result in this bug not occurring. Save games may be salvageable by using a modified exe.
English National League North. 78:
Slightly different from the other bugs in this category in that it will only occur when creating a new game. This is caused by clicking the 'Select All' button in the 'Select League(s)' screen, and then deselecting England. This results in the game trying to load the English National League North without the English league itself being selected, hence the crash.
Season update bug:
The game will crash when the season updates in July, usually during the second of the two summer updates. The cause is unknown but the solution is to change the compatibility mode of the cm0102.exe (right click on the cm0102.exe file and click on the Compatibility tab and select one of the options). This seems to occur a lot for Windows 10 users: setting the compatibility mode to Windows XP (Service Pack 3) seems to fix the issue, but different compatibility modes work for others.
transfer_offer..cpp 153:
Seems to be quite a rare crash, caused by something introduced in +v4 (currently trying to track down what that something is). Given that it's to do with transfers, the bug can probably occur regardless of the league(s) selected. Save games may be salvageable by using a modified exe.

Soft crashes: These are bugs that will cause your game to crash, but upon reloading your game will continue past the date of the previous crash without issue. These bugs are not terminal to a save game, and the effect of them can be reduced by saving often.

ruling_body bug:
A crash that occurs without any error popping up. Quite rare, it is probably caused by the OFC Champions League and only seems to occur in January. It might also be connected to the discipline..cpp 1149 error below.

Errors: These are errors that pop up in your game that you can just click past without any crash occuring. There won't be any immediate negative effect on your save, but obviously it's preferable that they don't occur at all.

contract_manager..cpp 5941:
Unknown cause.
cup..cpp 1450 / cup..cpp 4561:
Unknown cause.
discipline..cpp 1149:
Unknown cause. Might be connected to the ruling_body soft crash above.
match_eng..cpp 612/652:
Caused by an AI team not being able to name a full eleven players for a game (even including grey players). This usually only occurs in the first season, when teams have lots of players loaned out and then suffer several injuries to their remaining players. It can also occur if an international fixture clashes with a European continental competition fixture. This can potentially become a hard crash if an AI team (or a holidaying human team) can't name any players at all for a match. The 612 part of the error indicates it's a home team that is unable to select a full eleven, the 652 an away team.

FAQs/Other: Commonly asked questions and other minor issues.

Editing the database further:
I have ran into issues with the editor while making this patch whereby it will not load after changes have been made. After saving any changes you have made in the editor, I would suggest you immediately try and reopen the editor to make sure that no errors have occured. Any further editing of the database will be at your own risk really.
Flex/JLPatch year changes:
The JLPatch will try to change two year offsets whenever you apply a .patch to an exe with a 2017 year start (so any exe in this thread). Insert the following two lines into any .patch that you wish to apply to a +v5 exe to counteract this:
0x18b387 0xd1 0xe3
0x19ba24 0xd4 0xe3

Alternatively, change the following in Olly after applying a .patch:
0058B385 CMP AX,7E2 --> 7E3
0059BA23 PUSH 7E5 --> 7E3
No CD cracks:
This patch has not been made with a No CD cracked exe (and due to the rules of the forum none will ever be created by me). That means you will have to either burn or mount an image of the cm0102.iso.
Scottish Championship playoffs:
These are not the same as the real life playoffs. Instead, this is the version of playoffs that were scheduled for the 1999/2000 season and which lay dormant in the exe. They were re-enabled, as having some version of the playoffs was more realistic than having no playoffs at all.
Values too low - don't match the screenshots in post#1:
Make sure you are using one of the 'New values exes' from post#2 and select the £x2 (or Eurox2) option from Game Settings --> Currency.

**saturn** · 02-11-18, 09:24 PM

An ugly looking checklist that shows how the database files needed to be compatible with a +v6 exe were made. Creating the new exe and .patches also included at the end.

Spoiler!

**Dermotron** · 02-11-18, 09:34 PM

Thanks a million for this. Really looking forward to playing the game after what feels like a year without a break updating it

Game speed x200
Window 800×600
Idle Sensitivity: laptop
Hide public bids: no
Disable unprotect contracts: yes
Year: 2018
Coloured Attributes: yes

Go raibh mile math agat

**saturn** · 02-11-18, 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by Dermotron

Thanks a million for this. Really looking forward to playing the game after what feels like a year without a break updating it

Game speed x200
Window 800×600
Idle Sensitivity: laptop
Hide public bids: no
Disable unprotect contracts: yes
Year: 2018
Coloured Attributes: yes

Go raibh mile math agat

No better man for the first exe, I assumed you wanted the new values?

Added: http://www.mediafire.com/file/87xk2l...4s/01.zip/file

**mkwas** · 02-11-18, 10:06 PM

Game speed: default
Idle sensitivity: laptop
Window: 800x600
Disable unprotected contracts: yes
Coloured attributes: yes
Hide non-public bids: no
New values: no
Year 2018

thanks

**AMC** · 02-11-18, 10:11 PM

Great work as usual mate

**alacran** · 02-11-18, 10:12 PM

Thanks Saturn...

Game speed x8
Window 800×600
Idle Sensitivity: desktop
Hide public bids: no
Disable unprotect contracts: yes
Year: 2018
Coloured Attributes: yes

**GFRay** · 02-11-18, 10:14 PM

Game speed: x8
Idle sensitivity: Desktop
Window: 800x600
Disable unprotected contracts: Yes
Coloured attributes: Yes
Hide non-public bids: No
New values: Yes

**l22677** · 02-11-18, 10:19 PM

GREAT JOB!!

Game speed: X2
Idle sensitivity: desktop
Window: 1280x800
Disable unprotected contracts: YES
Coloured attributes: YES
Hide non-public bids: YES
New values: NO

**Dermotron** · 02-11-18, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by saturn

No better man for the first exe, I assumed you wanted the new values?

Must be due to being ~30km's away from each other and the same shite on the tv

New values indeed cheers

**l22677** · 02-11-18, 10:22 PM

Originally Posted by l22677

GREAT JOB!!

Game speed: X2
Idle sensitivity: desktop
Window: 1280x800
Disable unprotected contracts: YES
Coloured attributes: YES
Hide non-public bids: YES
New values: NO

you could add load all player , please?

**PedroM** · 02-11-18, 10:24 PM

Game speed: default
Idle sensitivity: desktop
Window: 800x600
Disable unprotected contracts: yes
Coloured attributes: yes
Hide non-public bids: no
New values: yes

Thank you god Saturn

**1985giovanni** · 02-11-18, 10:50 PM

Game speed: x20
Idle sensitivity: desktop
Window: 800x600
Disable unprotected contracts: no
Coloured attributes: yes
Hide non-public bids: no
New values: yes
year:2018

thanks so much for your work saturn

**takaros7** · 02-11-18, 10:50 PM

Game speed: default
Idle sensitivity: laptop
Window: 800x600
Disable unprotected contracts: yes
Coloured attributes: yes
Hide non-public bids: no
New values: no
Year 2018

Saturn the Best!!!!

**saturn** · 02-11-18, 10:51 PM

Originally Posted by mkwas

Game speed: default
Idle sensitivity: laptop
Window: 800x600
Disable unprotected contracts: yes
Coloured attributes: yes
Hide non-public bids: no
New values: no
Year 2018

thanks

Added: http://www.mediafire.com/file/28mvu0...ce/02.zip/file

Originally Posted by alacran

Thanks Saturn...

Game speed x8
Window 800×600
Idle Sensitivity: desktop
Hide public bids: no
Disable unprotect contracts: yes
Year: 2018
Coloured Attributes: yes

Added: http://www.mediafire.com/file/ult1vo...a2/03.zip/file

Originally Posted by GFRay

Game speed: x8
Idle sensitivity: Desktop
Window: 800x600
Disable unprotected contracts: Yes
Coloured attributes: Yes
Hide non-public bids: No
New values: Yes

Added: http://www.mediafire.com/file/ult1vo...a2/03.zip/file

Originally Posted by l22677

GREAT JOB!!

Game speed: X2
Idle sensitivity: desktop
Window: 1280x800
Disable unprotected contracts: YES
Coloured attributes: YES
Hide non-public bids: YES
New values: NO

Added: http://www.mediafire.com/file/9a9hfy...v3/04.zip/file

Originally Posted by l22677

you could add load all player , please?

No, sorry. That isn't an option for these files, so you'll have to add it yourself in Olly.

**juanpsno** · 02-11-18, 10:57 PM

Game speed: normal

Idle sensitivity: laptop

Window: 800x680

Disable unprotected contracts: YES

Coloured attributes: YES

Hide non-public bids: YES

New values: YES

Enviado desde mi Redmi Note 4 mediante Tapatalk

**saturn** · 02-11-18, 11:14 PM

Originally Posted by PedroM

Game speed: default
Idle sensitivity: desktop
Window: 800x600
Disable unprotected contracts: yes
Coloured attributes: yes
Hide non-public bids: no
New values: yes

Thank you god Saturn

Added: http://www.mediafire.com/file/gpcedl...19/05.zip/file

Originally Posted by 1985giovanni

Game speed: x20
Idle sensitivity: desktop
Window: 800x600
Disable unprotected contracts: no
Coloured attributes: yes
Hide non-public bids: no
New values: yes
year:2018

thanks so much for your work saturn

Added: http://www.mediafire.com/file/fxk21u...d3/06.zip/file

Originally Posted by takaros7

Game speed: default
Idle sensitivity: laptop
Window: 800x600
Disable unprotected contracts: yes
Coloured attributes: yes
Hide non-public bids: no
New values: no
Year 2018

Saturn the Best!!!!

http://www.mediafire.com/file/28mvu0...ce/02.zip/file

Originally Posted by juanpsno

Game speed: normal
Idle sensitivity: laptop
Window: 800x680
Disable unprotected contracts: YES
Coloured attributes: YES
Hide non-public bids: YES
New values: YES
Enviado desde mi Redmi Note 4 mediante Tapatalk

Added: http://www.mediafire.com/file/ol1adc...bk/07.zip/file

**alacran** · 02-11-18, 11:40 PM

Originally Posted by saturn

Here is where all known bugs, errors and common FAQs are listed.

Pre-game issues: Errors that prevent you from starting a new game.

[*]Game freezes during 'Initialising game data': You have the wrong euro.cfg file in your Data folder.
Solution: Delete the euro.cfg file that's currently in your Data folder, and copy and paste the euro.cfg file from the Data folder in post#1.

The game does not start, when it is initializing the data crashes. I checked again that the euro.cfg is the one that comes in +v6 but the problem keeps coming up.
Thank you

**saturn** · 02-11-18, 11:43 PM

Does it actually crash or does it just freeze/not progress at the Initialising game data stage?

**alacran** · 02-11-18, 11:45 PM

Crash

**Offside Trap** · 02-11-18, 11:48 PM

Game speed: X8
Idle sensitivity: Laptop
Window: 800x600
Disable unprotected contracts: YES
Coloured attributes: YES
Hide non-public bids: NO
New values: NO

As per usual, a big up to you Saturn for this and for all the hard work that's gone in

**saturn** · 02-11-18, 11:50 PM

Originally Posted by alacran

Crash

Try deleting the euro.cfg file from the Data folder and start a new game, just to fully rule it out.

If it still crashes try changing the compatibility mode of cm0102.exe to Windows XP (Service Pack 3).

**Offside Trap** · 02-11-18, 11:52 PM

Saturn - quick question, I just been testing the exe you got for Ray, have started a game fine, using compatibility WinXP, however, to host a network game, it must be Win95 or NT 4.0, neither work, and the game crashes when just entering the shortlists starting up screen - any ideas?

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