The videos to the left give us the first look at the brand new Football Manager 2009 (FM 2009) by Sports Interactive & SEGA. From the trailers some of the cool new features we can see are:
3D Pitch - The pitch is now in 3D but not a over the top FIFA/Pro Evo style but a much smaller scale tactical view. It is still a work in progress though and may change before new release. The match engine has been in development for 3 years with the support of Japan's Virtua Striker team. For those who don't like change the 2D view will still be available.
Full Match Timeline - There is now a timeline on display during a match which will enable the user to click on a certain key incident and quickly view it on the 3D match engine. This is very similar to the feature that is in Football Manager Live.
Widgets - During a match you will be able to pick which 'Widgets' you want to display such as Player Ratings, Match Stats, Live Scores etc....
Updated Skin - The look of the skin has been changed slightly with a few more features added for better user accessibility.
Assistant Manager Feedback - Tactical & Motivational feedback during matches to help you see what you are doing right and more importantly what you are doing wrong.
Press Conferences - Before and after matches and when you take a new job. These will play a key role and the answers you choose to the questions may come back to haunt you later in your managerial career.
Training - More specific training on learning new 'Special Moves'. So players can now learn to do stepovers etc.. Very useful feature to help train youngsters up.
Female Managers - No explanation needed, pointless feature.
Widescreen Support - The game will now be able to work on those nice new widescreen monitors that you should all have. Gone are the days of 1024 x 768.
Transfer System Overhaul - Complete overhaul of the whole system so it will now be much more realistic.
I have added a downloads section onto FM-Base. It isn't the prettiest of download managers, but it works and that's all that matters to me.
So far there is only the FM 2008 8.0.1 Patch available but over the next week I will be adding a few skins and such.
It would be great if some of the more trusted members would also help me add some files. If you want to help just send me a private message.
If you havn't already noticed there is now also a home page added to FM-Base. Which will display the site news, latest downloads, latest threads and a few other things.
There are also pay-per-click Bidvertiser advertisements for various websites dotted around the site now. These are to help with the costs of FM-Base.
Over the last few days there have been a few little updates to the forums. These include:
Facebook & MySpace Icons
If you fill in your Facebook and MySpace information on Your Profile it will allow other forum users to see your MySpace/Facebook profiles.
Xbox Live Stats
For those who have Xbox Live you can fill in your gamertag on Your Profile. You will then be displayed on the Xbox Live page which shows statistics of all the members and various other things.
Donations
I have added a more visible donate button in hope that some members will take notice of it and help towards the running cost of the site. I'm not asking for much. The minimum amount you can donate is £2 so it's not exactly a lot. So if you can please Donate. All donators will appear on the Donators List.
Hopefully over the next few days there will be some more additions to the forums.
