Football Manager 10 - FM10, First Screenshot

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Football Manager 2010 new features blog Day 25: The new GUI explained - plus NINE new screenshots

Hello once again to the Mirrorfootball Football Manager 2010 blog.

Today I'm going to be talking a little bit about the new GUI in Football Manager 2010. But what is a GUI I hear you ask?

GUI stands for Graphical User Interface. Essentially it is the menus and the buttons in the game which you use to control everything you select to do. This year, as you have been able to see from all the screenshots and videos to date, it is somewhat different to previous years.

A change as big as this to the interface is not something that was done on a whim. It was not a case of someone waking up one morning and thinking "Today I will completely change the way FM looks and is controlled". We have been looking to do something like this for a very long time, and this year we had the opportunity to it.

As I have mentioned previously in some of the blogs, we have undertaken a lot of usability studies this year, working with a company called Flow to try and improve the experience of the person playing the game, and also trying to ensure that areas and features in the game were not missed. We have actually been working with them for a few years now, and they have massively helped us when comes to the ease of playing the game.

With the comments that they have made, and loads of ideas of their own, the GUI team at SI have been plotting major changes for the last couple of years. These changes are not only with the way the game looks, but also some of the code that underlies the interface, and the organisation of the menus and the information that you get on each screen, to try and make it so that information is a lot easier for the person playing the game to find.

This has lead to what you can see in Football Manager 2010. An interface which is smoother and more responsive, where there are less button clicks, less mouse movement, as well as it looking a lot better!

For experienced users, our studies show that it takes a little while to get used to (an hour on average) but once you are you will not look back. For new users, the whole game is now a lot less daunting, and you should be able to find things easily.

We also know that most people, when they are looking at a blog and it has some new screenshots, normally look at the screenshots first. Now to explain what they show.

When we first started looking at the new interface for Football Manager 2010, we were originally looking to raise the minimum resolution for the game. Seeing as we are all lucky and have big monitors, we were under the belief that everyone had.

Thankfully, we got to see some stats that showed that around a third of people playing the game had their desktops set to the same minimum resolution of last year, so we stopped with that plan early on.

However, this meant that people who have widescreen monitors, or who have higher resolution screens, were left with lots of blank space on their screens. So what should we do with this blank space? Customisable columns, that is what.

On the squad screen, you can now have as many stats as you can fill your screen with and completely customise the information that is there. The screenshots show the different stages of this, and then me re-organising the columns until I am happy with what is on the screen.

Personally, I am very excited by them. It is odd for me to get excited about a techy feature, rather than a game feature, but it has made the game so much easier to play for me, with all the info I want to see in one place.

That is it for today. I hope you enjoyed the blog. I will be back tomorrow.

Cheers,

Miles

[hiru]

Football Manager 2010 new features blog Day 25: The new GUI explained - plus NINE new screenshots

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9 SS của Blog 25!

Một số tính năng mới khá tiện dụng, đã có thể thay đổi, thêm bớt các cột trong chế độ view squad ngay trong game (trước đây phải thực hiện qua tinh chỉnh panel)

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Football Manager 2010 new features blog Day 26: Watch the official trailer for the new game

Today’s blog is very short & sweet.

I am very proud to present to you the official trailer for Football Manager 2010.

Tomorrows blog will be about something that haven’t appeared before in the PC version of the game, and that is “achievements”.

Cheers

Miles

YouTube Video

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Football Manager 2010 new features blog Day 27: introducing the 70 new achievements - plus TWO new game videos

Hello again everyone. I hope you enjoyed the trailer from yesterday’s blog.

Today’s blog is about something that I’ve hinted about previously – “achievements”.

When you buy the boxed copy of the game, and go to install it on a PC, you will have 2 installation choices.

One choice is to install “offline”, which requires you to have the DVD in the drive whilst playing the game, with no need to be online at any time.

The other is to install via “Steam”, which requires you to be online when you first install the game. You can happily play the game when online or offline, with no need for the DVD to be in the drive at all.

In fact, using this system with your own unique log in, you can actually play the game on any computer in the world without the need of your DVD just by downloading the small piece of Steam software, and logging in to your account.

There are other benefits to installing via Steam too. During the lifetime of the game, we will release a handful of updates to the game, called patches. The reason for doing these will be to fix any issues that are brought to our attention, or to do data updates, or match engine updates. If you install via Steam and are online, you automatically get any patches that are released.

On top of this, if you install via Steam, there is an exclusive feature just for you, called “achievements”.

For those of you who also play games on the Xbox 360, you’ll be well aware of the concept of achievements. They are essentially little tools for telling you how well you are doing at the game, and what you have achieved, setting targets for you to hit. They also act as bragging rights amongst mates!

We have added a massive 70 potential achievements to Football Manager 2010. And I will today be exclusively revealing them through this very blog.

You should be able to work out for yourself what you need to do to get them, but if you can’t, then feel free to discuss and speculate over at our forums at www.sigames.com

Achievements list
He’s signed!
Clean sheet
Hat-trick
What a goal!
Top of the class
You’re up!
Cup glory!
Champions!
Double hat-track
Team performance
International superstar
Park the bus
Comeback king!
Star man
Goal machine
Unstoppable force
Iron curtain
Scoring streak
Unbeatable!
Parked the tank
National service
The boss
Superb strike
Best in Europe
Loyalty card
Qualified
Cup streak
Golden boot
Best in the world
Super cup glory
Champions streak
All around the world
You’re on fire
Do the double
Domination
Part of the furniture
Trophy hoarder
Best in the business
Freedom of the country
On top of the world
Legend
Invincible!
First victory
Confederations winner
Highlight reel
Splashing the cash
Value for money
Club legend
Cash to burn
Well travelled
Continental king
The greatest
World renowned
The professor
English hero
Scottish hero
French hero
Italian hero
Spanish hero
Brazilian hero

So that’s a lot of achievements to get your teeth stuck into then! Will anyone get them all? Without cheating?

Still reading? Well, here’s two new match engine video for you, taken with the very latest code.

People seemed already excited about the “work in progress videos” from a month or so ago, but this is the real deal now, picked randomly from a saved game in the studio – a feisty affair, and a more sedate match!

There’ll be loads more match engine videos next week as well as some revealing Q&As with the developers who have been building the game.

See you then...

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[Lampard8]

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[Clouseau123]

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[boy1am]

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[Nesscafe]

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[Moza]

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[Lampard8]

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