CM4 - Glitches or not?

[daddy_4_eyes]

Been playing CM4 for the last couple of days, and one thing I've noticed is the exorbitant amount of injuries. Coaching West Ham, I get atleast one injury each game, which incidently doesn't come up during the match itself but in the post-match physio report. I'm missing my top 4 goalkeepers to injuries, and have been forced to promote an under-19's keeper. Di Canio, Cole, Kanoute, Carrick, Breen and Ferdinand are also constantly getting injured.

Glitch, abnormality, or just an injury prone team?

 

[grimlock]

I think it could be the team, I had all the goalies in West Ham out except for Bywater. Don't run into similar problems with other teams.

 

[CarterS]

This is a known error and there are fixes for it. Go to community.sigames.com and do a search on the GQCM4 forums.

Otherwise EP4 will be out soon and that will fix it.

 

[ScouseCat]

I can't say that I've encountered this problem managing Liverpool. I do get the occasional injury, but I have more trouble selling players then having all my players out with injuries.

 

[The Passenger]

I've got CM4, with the first 3 enhancement packs, and for all the sh1t they've copped, I've been wrapped in it completely.

I have had a realistic amount of injuries, transfer's have been fine, although alot of players are seriously overvalued by their clubs.

2D pitch is fantastic for a first go.

It is a bit slow, but I can live with that. I'm abit used to it anyone cause I always played CM3 with all natioins running on background and the comp I was running in the foreground.

 

[daddy_4_eyes]

Hmmm, update is 46Mb. Bit of a b*tch downloading it on dial-up. Thanks for that link Carter, good threads on those forums.

 

[The Hitman]

I've had the game from the day it has come out in Australia, and not encountered one of these so-called glitches. The only thing that I have found, is that when you scout a specific player, that their statistics don't come up as they have in previous editions - whether that is a glitch or deliberate is not unknown to me.

As someone said, download the latest enhancement pack to make sure.

The Hitman

 

[daddy_4_eyes]

Latest glitches:

*Finished 4th in the EPL, the board is happy I won the league
*Cheyrou sustained a leg injury and was meant to be out for 4 weeks, yet is fit and available for selection for the next game.
*Too many managers getting the sack. Valencia won the Spanish league, yet their manager got sacked. Amongst others, Milan, Inter, Real, Barcelona, Newcastle (2nd in EPL) all sacked their managers.
*Middlesborough finished 16th in EPL, yet their manager gets the 'Manager of the year' award.

I've found these all in just two days of playing the game.

 

[CarterS]

all these should be fixed with ep4.

 

[daddy_4_eyes]

Originally posted by CarterS
all these should be fixed with ep4.

Unfortunately I'm running a pirated copy of the game, and these updates prevent you from playing it (don't tell anyone though).

 

[CarterS]

I haven't really encountered any major errors with the game, there are quite a few minor bugs and annoyances though.

daddy_4_eyes, buy the bloody game you cheap bastard!

 

[Jabber]

Originally posted by daddy_4_eyes
Unfortunately I'm running a pirated copy of the game, and these updates prevent you from playing it (don't tell anyone though).

That's going to be a problem then, because the only way to fix any current & future bugs is to download the EP's.

I haven't noticed any major problems with EP3, other than the difficulty in selling a player who isn't a superstar. Injuries are no more common than in CM 01/02 IMO, they probably have more to do with your training regimes.

 

[Woodson]

CM4 ?

Ppl...is CM4 like the ol' Premier Manager game ?? Where you can flash thru results or fast fwd games and see goal scorers come up and red / yellow cards cards...replace injured players...ect...sponsors deals to negiotate....heck, I was playing that 4-5 years ago...just wondered if it's the same thing....???

You needed to start from Div 3 and work up...same here ?

 

[Jabber]

Re: CM4 ?

Originally posted by Woodson
Ppl...is CM4 like the ol' Premier Manager game ?? Where you can flash thru results or fast fwd games and see goal scorers come up and red / yellow cards cards...replace injured players...ect...sponsors deals to negiotate....heck, I was playing that 4-5 years ago...just wondered if it's the same thing....???

You needed to start from Div 3 and work up...same here ?

CM4 = Championship manager 4. Premier manager was a similar sort of thing but always inferior to the CM range IMO.
Have a look at the CM4 demo, you can get it here SI Games downloads

 

[tige19]

Ill give you guys a way of fixing all these problems, Go and get a copy of LMA Soccer manager 2003 for PS2 its the best Soccer Manager game i have ever played and ive got CM4 and CM3 as well as Premier League Manager 2003 for EA but im telling you guys LMA 2003 is a winner.

cheers

 

[Woodson]

Hermit or Bruised Ribs ?

Thanx Jabber.....and Tige19 .....someday i'll probably purchase PS2 and be a complete hermit.

Did you guys ever get together with mates and play Premier Manager / CM?? together...managing seperate teams and when it got to Boxing Day...the FISTS and QUICK JABS to the RIBS
of your rival managers were the most challenging part of playing this game...now, nothing beats the BOXING DAY TEST... ouch !

 

[Macca19]

Re: Hermit or Bruised Ribs ?

This game is brilliant.

Bought it on tuesday and have been playing it a lot since then.

The 2D pitch is brilliant. Unlike other manager games that have highlights....this actually looks like they are playing proper football. All the deft touches and movements and curves on the ball etc....i can just picture all the players doing exactly that in real life.

Ive had a heap of injuries to key players. Barthez, Fletcher, G Neville and someone else were injured as the game started and since then ive got a 3 month injury to Giggs, a 2 month injury to Veron and a 2 month injury to Blanc. And im only 3 games into the season (that includes 6 friendlies and 2 Europe games tho).

My main beef is the amount of yellow cards im getting no matter what settings i choose. Im regularly getting 3 yellows every match and have had up to 5 in one match already. Nothing im choosing is fixing that.

Im loving it tho. Heaps more options and generally a better looking game than CM3.

 

[daddy_4_eyes]

I've found the secret to success

Team stability! At the start of the season I bought 3 players and brought Mexes and Emerton in on loans, and sat on 2-5-8 after 15 games. Sent Mexes and Emerton back (they are crap), didn't buy anymore players, and ended up on an 18 game unbeaten streak (about 12 wins in there).

Same thing happened when I was coaching Liverpool. In season 1 I bought J.Cole and finished 2nd in the EPL. Second season I bought about 4 players (thanks to Arsenal, they paid ₤12,000,000 for Hamann ) and had a horror start to the season. In fact, I ended up getting sacked less than half way through the season, despite having a clearly better squad than the previous year.

So yeah, squad stability seems to be a big factor in this game. Also, how bloody hard is it to sell players?

 

[evertonfc]

Originally posted by Jabber
That's going to be a problem then, because the only way to fix any current & future bugs is to download the EP's.

True.

But, all he needs to do is go and get the 4.07 no-cd crack (for EP4) from www.gamecopyworld.com and everything runs like a dream.

For those more legal folk, this allows you to play it without the CD. Oh yeah, that was its original intention....of course