Setting Up Cup Competitions

[vangtrangbac_vt]

Hello. I could use some assistance. Just recently got FM12, so I'm checking it out and learning. Now, I hadn't seen FM11, so the 'new' Database format (different than what we saw in the FM08 - FM10 Databases) has plenty of different options.

Some of these newer Database options are great.

But I don't like what appears to me to be very limited cup competitions set-up options in the FM12 Database. Or am I missing something obvious?

What I don't like so far is the much limited options for setting up cup competitions. In the nations that I play (or consider playing in when I transfer clubs and country as a manager) I like to have a full range of Cup options: A national cup, a league cup, a SuperCup that pits the league winner vs. last year's cup winner, and at least one lower league's cup, maybe two lower league cups. In the past (as recently as FM10's Database) this was very, very easy to do in the game's Database. Now?

I see dark shaded gray only -- where one cannot insert anything. The only modification that one seems to be able to do is to change the national cup's name.

Let me give an example of what I'd like to do. I'll use the Netherlands as the example country.

The "Netherlands Database" has a 6-rounds National Cup and a Super Cup. Good, that's fine. But I want to add a League Cup and one for the lower Dutch leagues for a total of 4 national cup competitions each year. How do I do this? And I'd like the make the SuperCup a home & away competition (2 matches, not just the 1) as we used to be able to do in FM game Databases. Now it seems that we cannot do this. Or?

Surely I am overlooking something here. So if someone more experienced with FM12 Database editing helps me out with what I am not figuring out on my own, I will be most grateful. Thanks.

 

[vangtrangbac_vt]

Ok, best way to do this is by editing the relevant database files (CountryData14.sav, CountryFixture14.sav, CountryScript14.sav) :

1. Edit CountryData14.sav and add cup competition name and id details (in the top area of the file):

0E040002,"FA Trophy","FA Trophy","FA Trophy","FA Trophy","FA Trophy","FA Trophy"

Don't forget to increment number (of comps) at top of comp list by 1 (i.e. change 40 to 41)


2. Edit CountryFixture14.sav and add additional cup fixtures.

The new comp is identified as "{14, LE_CUP, 2}"

I haven't managed to add an additional FA_CUP type comp (not sure if it is possible) so I used the League Cup option instead.

Add these lines into your file:

%INDEX%COMPETITION
{ 14, LE_CUP, 2 }
DB_CUP
140
0
%INDEX%TEAMS
%INDEXEND%TEAMS
%INDEX%MATCHDAYS
125,128,146,149,160,163,195,201,216,219,237,240,251,258,308
125,128,146,149,160,163,195,201,216,220,237,240,251,258,308
%INDEXEND%MATCHDAYS
%INDEX%BONUS
15000,20000,25000,50000,100000,200000,0,0
3750,5000,6250,7500,8750,10000,20000,31250
20000,25000,50000,75000,100000,200000,0,0
0,1250,2500,3750,5000,6250,12500,25000
%INDEXEND%BONUS
%INDEXEND%COMPETITION


3. Edit CountryScript14.sav and add the cup format.

Add this into the script file after the {14, LE_CUP, 1 } comp:


%INDEX%COMPETITION
DB_CUP
{ 14, LE_CUP, 2 }
"FA Trophy","FA Trophy","FA Trophy","FA Trophy","FA Trophy","FA Trophy"
26
0
8
140,8,15
%INDEX%MATCHDAYS
125,128,146,149,160,163,195,201,216,219,237,240,251,258,308
125,128,146,149,160,163,195,201,216,220,237,240,251,258,308
%INDEXEND%MATCHDAYS
%INDEX%ROUNDINFO
0,2,72,72,0,36,BEG_WITH_REPLAY,15000,3750,20000,0
1,3,80,44,36,76,BEG_WITH_REPLAY,20000,5000,25000,1250
2,5,64,24,76,108,BEG_WITH_REPLAY,25000,6250,50000,2500
3,6,32,0,108,124,BEG_WITH_REPLAY,50000,7500,75000,3750
4,7,16,0,124,132,BEG_WITH_REPLAY,100000,8750,100000,5000
5,13,8,0,132,136,BEG_WITH_REPLAY,200000,10000,200000,6250
6,14,4,0,136,138,BEG_2ND_LEG| BEG_WITH_EXTRA_TIME| BEG_WITH_PENALTY,0,20000,0,12500
7,15,2,0,138,139,BEG_1ST_LEG| BEG_WITH_EXTRA_TIME| BEG_WITH_PENALTY,0,31250,0,25000
%INDEXEND%ROUNDINFO
3
0
0
0
4
GET_TAB_X_TO_Y, {14, LEAGUE, 4}
1
24
GET_TAB_X_TO_Y, {14, LEAGUE, 5}
1
22
GET_TAB_X_TO_Y, {14, LEAGUE, 6}
1
22
GET_TAB_SPARE
%INDEXEND%COMPETITION


This script uses 140 clubs (24 conference prem, 44 conference north and south, and 72 spare clubs not in a league - you will need to add about another 39 to the default database for England, or another 12 if you have 60 spare clubs already).

The script provides the following cup format:
1st Qualifying round: 72 spare clubs
2nd Qualifying round: 36 winners of 1st qualifying round plus 44 (Conference North and South)
1st Round: 40 winners from 2nd qualifying round plus 24 (Conference Premier)
2nd Round onwards: knockout as normal with no further new clubs added
The semi-final is played as 2 legs.