Release Notes for GOAL! The Club Manager

Update v0.18.24.140 (20/02/2023)

Bugfix

Fixed a rounding error in the match report after calculating the tackling percentage and ball possession.
Fixed a blocker after a league match resulting in a 0:0 draw.
Fixed a bug in automatic match calculation grading the kickers.
Fixed the kicker of the match calculation in the match report.
Fixed an issue that sometimes resulted in an erroneously displayed strength system (100/13).
Fixed a bug that occurred when accessing the details of the bank statement in Finances.

Update v0.18.23.139 (17/02/2023)

Allgemein

Increased resolution of Loading-screen Pallino.
Reworked match engine, freshness has bigger influence on the matches.
Adjusted card probabilities for matches.
Reworked automatic match calculation.
Reworked AI club freshness calculations.

Neu

Added translated texts (EN) for countries and leagues in game preparation.

Bugfix

Fixed overwriting of kicker traits on start of new season.
Fixed bug during halftime speech, when team captain is injured.

Update v0.18.22.138 (10/02/2023)

General

Design adjustments for "Next Opponent" display.
Design adjustments for Season End screen.

New

Added translated texts (EN) for matchday events.
Implemented a popup for user feedback that appears after the season end screen.
New loading screen.
Game preparation was redesigned and implemented based on your feedback.
New manager profile images.
Added country descriptions.
Added league descriptions.

Update v0.18.21.137 (02/02/2023)

Bugfix

Fixed the Levelup Popup bug when clicking on Kickers resulted in additional level ups / level downs in values.
Fixed an issue inside the Season End Screen that resulted in a blocker.
Fixed an issue that resulted in a blocker if a saved training plan was missing or corrupted.
Fixed an issue that sometimes resulted in a blocker at the start of the 3rd season.

Update v0.18.20.135 (27/01/2023)

Bugfix

Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash when saving/loading during relegation matches.
Fixed a blocker during the extra time in the National Cup.
UI-Fixes in 'PreseasonOverview'.
Corrections made to the texts for training events.

Update v0.18.19.135 (20/01/2023)

General

Adjusted sponsors offer values for leagues 2 and 3.

New

Added translated texts (EN) for training events.

Bugfix

Team rankings within the office overview were not updated regularly.
Changed informal language to formal language in texts.
Fixed failing save process after dragging scouts in network view.
Fixed miscounted matches in league match summary.

Update v0.18.18.134 (12/01/2023)

New

Permitted characters for memory states extended by '-'. '_' and ':'.
Added English translations for player events.
Added event illustrations for player events.

Bugfix

Fixed bugs in the GUI in the "Save", "Load" and "Exit" sections.
Fixed a bug where the weekly display in the training planner was incorrect.
Fixed a bug in the display of the strength of injured players in the medical section.
Fixed a bug in the opponent analysis that occurred after a non-interactive matchday.
Fixed incorrect ratings for kickers after match days.
Fixed a bug where the wrong players were displayed after an automatic match.
Fixed a bug where a negative number is displayed for the next matchday.
Fixed a bug where the wrong week is displayed in the office.
Fixed a bug with the sliders in the Training/U23 section.
Fixed a few errors in the German texts for player events.
Corrected red marker for the next opponent within the league in the office overview.

Update v0.18.17.133 (05/01/2023)

General

Improved UX in training camp season preparation selection screen.
Improved UX in scouting network screen.

New

35+ New training events! With a certain probability, these can get triggered during training.
25+ New kicker events! With a certain probability, these can get triggered daily.
New League system that adds more variety to the league schedule.

Bugfix

Training injuries now stop showing up during matches.
Kicker fan reputation saves correctly now.
Solved blocker when making contracts with youth kickers.
Fan attendance fixed in stadium view.

Update v0.18.16.132 (21/12/2022)

General

In some cases the ill-favoured presentation of quoted texts with single words after line breaks was reworked.
Improved readability of texts especially in low resolutions.
Improved viewer number calculation for match days.
Adjusted viewers count for away matches.

New

Quotes in the loading screen have been broadened.
Added Training Camp events. Those appear with a certain probability if the player has booked a Training Camp during Season Preparation.
Notification popups will now appear if a Kicker got injured, healed or has been sent to build-up.

Bugfix

Fixed minor bug moving empty slots on line-up screen.
Fixed bug that changed selected formation.
National Cup Drawing small bugfix.
Fixed bug where the game crash when going back to main menu.
Immediately after changing the language, the quote text in the appearing loading screen was displayed once in the previous language.
Revised texts for VAR in German and English.
Fixed issue with negative Viewer Count.

Update v0.18.14.130 (16/12/2022)

New

System implemented to update old game saves to new version.

Bugfix

In-game inbox de/serialiser contained a bug that could cause a blocker when opening messages of a certain type.
Fixed player positions of default lineups.
Fixed minor design issues in the National Cup competition draw screen (colour of home and away match).

Update v0.18.13.129 (09/12/2022)

General

Adjusted market worth for 2nd and 3rd leagues.

New

New look for filters in Transfer > Squad, Transfer market and Search views.
VAR situations added for goals/chances of Textmode.

Bugfix

Fixed an issue where it was impossible to purchase kickers if the User didn't have enough kickers in their squad.
Contract End filter in Transfer now gets updated properly (Yearly).

Update v0.18.12.128 (02/12/2022)

General

Adjustment of the market values of the clubs in the 1st leagues.

Bugfix

Fixed a bug in which expired sponsorship contracts could be renegotiated indefinitely.
Fixed a bug in which sometimes the second season could not be started.

Update v0.18.11.127 (25/11/2022)

General

Initial offers of clubs in the Real Manager Career revised (now weaker clubs are offered).
Error message to rare error enhanced (extended the logfile).
Adjustment of market values with new market value formula (first iteration).
Adjustment of player salaries with new salary formula (first iteration).

New

Removed option to load outdated savegames.

Bugfix

Fixed a bug where in an old save state the game would hang at the end of the season.
Fixed a bug that prevented an old save from being loaded.
Fixed a bug where a new season could not be started due to youth players.
Fixed a bug where sponsors were lost when overwriting savegames.
Fixed a bug where cancelled sponsorships could be renegotiated multiple times.
Fixed a bug where youth players were not assigned a club.
Fixed a bug where negotiation appointments with players disappeared after loading.
Fixed a bug where you could re-set a negotiation appointment with a player after loading, resulting in a blocker.
Squad cap (35 players) is now correctly respected for professional, U23 and youth negotiations.
Fixed a bug where the game would block if the player did not participate in a National Cup.
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused very poor performance during transfer periods in the weekly schedule.
Youth players were sometimes not loading correctly when loading a score.
After dismissing a player, it was no longer possible to save.
Fixed a minor localisation bug.
Fixed a bug where the creation date of negotiations was not loaded.

Update v0.18.9.125 (18/11/2022)

Bugfix

A blocker that occurred when opening the mail "Reminder: Expiring loan" has now been fixed.
Fixed a bug in the Italian Cup where a match was taking place even though the player team was not supposed to join until a later round.
Fixed a bug in the Private Life section where the buy buttons of expensive assets did not work.
Fixed functionality in the Private Life section when scrolling over assets.
Fixed the determination of the number of cards in the automatic match calculation.
Fixed bug in message inbox: Disabled incorrect function of buy option button on borrowed kickers to maintain game flow.

Update v0.18.8.124 (15/11/2022)

General

Highlighting of the players' club during the cup draw.
Highlighting the player pairing in the cup draw result.
Next button in draw window now jumps to results first before closing the draw completely.
Text in loading screens is now more readable.

New

Players in the squad are now marked if they have been placed on the transfer market (squad list).

Bugfix

Fixed a bug in the savescreen that occurred when moving through the menu in a certain order.
Fixed bug that prevented saving twice in a row.
Fixed bug in the loading process that set wrong dates for the national cup competition.
Fixed bug in the transfer market that occurred at the end of the transfer period in the third season.
Fixed a bug in saving/loading the relegation matches of the third Italian league.
Adjusted overlapping rows in some tables in the matchday view.

Update v0.18.6.122 (10/11/2022)

General

Placeholder texts for ranks, seats, roofs, and security replaced with localised short descriptions.
Bar chart for board confidence adjusted in weekly schedule screen.
Added support for special designs to portrait generator.
Negotiable Kickers on transfer market now are calculated from the average of the 18 top Kickers in Club + tolerance value.

New

Tooltips added to the weekly schedule screen.
A kicker from Hamburg now has a special design.
Results of relegation matches are now logged to make troubleshooting easier.
Transfer: Fine kickers are only negotiable if the average strength of the player's own club does not deviate too far from the player's strength.
Transfer: Search tab has new option to hide non-negotiable kickers.

Bug fixes

Savegames in the "Load Game" screen are now sorted in chronological descending order.
Adjusted the calculation of the average strength.
Saving the national cups sometimes broke - starting with the second season.
Fixed a bug where during the second leg of a relegation match it was not verified whether a penalty shootout was still necessary after extra time.
Fixed a bug in the French league pairings where results of player matches were not shown in the statistics.
Fixed a bug that caused relegation matches outside the player nation not to be calculated.
Fixed a bug in the end-of-season screen where player bonuses were not displayed correctly.
Fixed a bug where the transfer market remained empty when the own club was on relegation position.
Fixed a bug where saving failed, no saves were created / overwriting of existing saves was not possible.
Fixed a bug where the end-of-season screen was completely empty in certain cases and led to a blocker because the NEXT button had no function.
Updated localized texts for 'commitment' in match day screen.

Update v0.18.3.119 (04/11/2022)

General

Removed "Close" button from the Save popup.
Contract duration for offered sponsor contracts adjusted.
Shorter loading time at game start.
Increased the minimum number of Kickers in the Player Squad from 15 to 18.
Fixed bugs that occasionally produced corrupt saves. Unfortunately, these saves can no longer be loaded and used. (We’re sorry for the inconvenience).

Bugfix

Fixed a bug in the team view for the U23 that showed all U23 players with German flags.
The list with the youth players can now be sorted.
Fixed a blocker where game would hang when loading a save created just before the last match of a season.
Fixed an issue where the resume button in the start menu did not load the last save game.
Fixed an incorrectly active save button in the save screen when the save name text box was empty.
Fixed an issue where the Player was able to dismiss his entire squad.
Fixed an issue resulting in negative dismissal cost values.
Fixed incorrect displayed templates during Season End Screen.
Fixed an issue where the remaining duration of Kicker contracts was calculated incorrectly.
Fixed an issue where some buttons in the Kicker Data where enabled/disabled/named incorrectly.
Fixed an issue resulting in an incorrectly displayed kicker list in the squad view after toggling the lent kicker toggle.
Fixed an issue due to which the info text at the bottom of the Transfer > Squad View would not update correctly.
Fixed an issue due to which the info text at the bottom of the Transfer > Squad View would display the wrong remaining duration during an open transfer window.
Fixed Season End Blocker.
Fixed a problem loading crests.