This file contains important information about improvements and bug fixes.
V2.2 freeware
The following improvements were made over V2.1 :-
• Fixed the bug that caused Arsenal~Leeds to usually appear in the FA Cup final.
• For other matches in FA Cup - increased the chance of the away side winning.
• For other matches in FA Cup - reduced the advantage of higher over lower divisions.
• Reduced the chances of a player scoring directly from a midfield position.
• Start game state on Tactics Screen is now saved.
• Increased randomisation at game initialisation.
• Tidied up front screen to aid loading on very slow machines.
• MFM will now run under Ardi's Executor ( a Mac emulator[68040] for the PC).
V2.1 freeware
The following improvements were made over V2.07a :-
• The copy protection has been removed so allowing faster loading.
• A full upgraded manual in SimpleText format has been included.
V2.07a
The following improvements were made over V2.07 :-
• The league player/team data has been upgraded to the start of the 1998/99 season.
V2.07
The following improvements and bugs were fixed over V2.06 :-
• Contract Screen bug - all 24 teams in 1st, 2nd and 3rd divisions can now be selected.
V2.06
The following improvements and bugs were fixed over V2.05 :-
• Gate Receipts bug - home teams only received the AWAY team receipts.
• Promotion bug - after promoting a player's 3rd Division team, MFM would crash.
• Music bug - sometimes the music would play during a match.
• Injuries improvement - a player's risk of injury has been reduced.
• Ticket price improvement - league match tickets cost £13, FA Cup tickets cost £20.
V2.05
The following improvements and bugs were fixed over V2.04 :-
• Season Over - fixed bugs which caused crashes for teams in Division 2, 3 and 4.
• Assistant Screen - corrected the goals and finance records for a New Season.
V2.04
The following improvements and bugs were fixed over V2.03 :-
• Fixed a bug in the Season Over routine which reset your team to the original lineup.
• Main screen - fixed 2 bugs that occasionally distorted the header information.
• Contract screen - fixed a bug affecting the manager name field.
V2.03
The following improvements and bugs were fixed over V2.02 :-
• Finally fixed the PowerMac Type 1 Error bug.
• Opposition screen - fixed a bug in the reported league position of the opposition .
• Finance screen bug fixed - the finances were occasionally incorrect after a match.
V2.02
The following improvements and bugs were fixed over V2.01 :-
• Modified the music management as it caused Type 1 Errors on some PowerMacs.
• Matchplay bug fixed - player attributes were wrongly set after team rearrangement.
• Finance screen bug fixed - the television receipts were wrong.
V2.01
The following improvements and bugs were fixed over V2.0 :-
• In an effort to fix a bug that caused Type 1 Errors on some PowerMacs the memory management has been modified. Functionally, MFM 2.01 is identical to MFM 2.0.
V2.0
This marks a major change as MFM 2.0 is written entirely in Code Warrior Pascal, whereas all earlier versions were written in Hypercard and only utilised Pascal XCMDs for the matchplay and graphics. The move to Pascal has greatly impoved both the speed and stability, and reduced the memory requirements. MFM 2.0 has been extensively tested on a Mac IIci, LC475, and PowerMac 7100. It is now really playable on 68030 machines.
Additionally, the following improvements and bugs were fixed over V1.31 :-
• Matchplay - your team can be rearreanged before the match kicks off.
• Matchplay - your team's formation can be changed during a substitution.
• Matchplay - tactics can be changed during a substitution.
• Matchplay - the game speed can be varied during the match.
• Tactics no longer reset themselves to the defensive default on screen entry.
• Save/load is now much faster - a tea is break no longer required.
• Save/load, a bug that affected changes made to other teams/players has been fixed.
• Finances - fixed a bug that occasionally caused incorrect balances.
• Editor - improved its ease of use and added extra validation.
• Editor - a bug fix to the save club routine .
• Transfers - at least 14 players must be in the squad before a sale can take place.
• End of Season - a fatal bug which occasionally occurred at relegations/promotions.
• Help button messages have been improved in several areas.
• Numerous changes to messages and dialog boxes.
• The optimize routine is no longer used - it was needed only by Hypercard.
• MFM will run in 2300K on 68k machines, and in 3000K on PowerMacs.
NOTE: Unfortunately MFM 2.0 cannot read files saved by earlier versions of MFM.
V1.31
The following improvements and bugs were fixed over V1.3 :-
• Fixed a major bug with the Chester City team, their players were missing in V1.3.
• Modified player transfers to prevent injured players being sold.
• Checked and tidied up the finances.
• Tidied up some background areas.
V1.3
The following improvements and bugs were fixed over V1.21 :-
• Replaced the original team data(season 96/97) with 97/98 teams and players.
V1.21
The following improvements and bugs were fixed over V1.2 :-
• Fixed a major bug in the Editor that prevented field editing.
• Fixed button related bugs in Editor - RHS Division 1 & 2 buttons.
• Improved the Editor response and clearing of status fields.
• Marginally increased speed in some background areas(mainly screen switching).
V1.2
The following improvements and bugs were fixed over V1.1 :-
• Improved memory management in low memory situations.
(MFM now transparently works with RAM Charger, previously crashes could occur)
• Increased speed in some background areas.
• Increased speed for the Opposition and the Tactics screens.
• Speed increase in Team screen and added option of 4-2-4 formation.
V1.1
The following improvements and bugs were fixed over 1.0:-
•Opposition screen
Corrected minor error in the opposition statistics and tidied up the screen.
•Sacked
When a sacking occurs, the screen headers were not cleared.
•Player Transfer
Speeded up transfers and tidied up display.
•Finances
Fix for incorrect adjustment of finances after a match.
Fixed bug in REPAY option.
LATEST info changed and the screen tidied.
•Save/Load
Latest Finances now saved.
•Editor
Changed the names of various buttons and fields for clarity.
Tidied screen and faster response for data entry.
•Match Play
Fixed half time TIME display bug.
•Cup Matches
Cup knockout bug: this would sometimes occur after a new game was loaded,
even after winning a cup match, your team was not included in the next round.
