CM2 - 2020 Edition + CM9798 Updates for 2021

Calvin Klein · Post by **Calvin Klein** » Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:17 pm

https://archive.org/search?query=Championship+Manager

Found the original 2.81 version.

https://oldgamesdownload.com/championsh ... ger-93-94/

Also, CM 93/94.Works okay and is fast.

Calvin Klein · Post by **Calvin Klein** » Fri May 05, 2023 5:19 pm

Any updates on the EXE?…Could do with 5 subs all usable.

Hatchet · Post by **Hatchet** » Thu May 25, 2023 2:34 pm

Can't wait to see a 22/23 update

qball2dogs · Post by **qball2dogs** » Fri May 26, 2023 9:44 pm

Did you end up finding a download for an updated 2021 database? If so can you post the link

drad · Post by **drad** » Tue May 30, 2023 7:09 pm

Nick+Co wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 8:46 am @badger: argh - this game drives me nuts When I use my full name it works for me - but if I just use asd asd as my name as I see the same as you. No idea why it's doing that. It's nothing to do with the executable (as you can swap it with the original exe and it still does it). It's nothing to do with the manager data either (you can replace mgdata.db1 with the original and it will still do it). So very weird! Will try and work it out.

EDIT: Ah, so if there's more than 32768 different names (& strings) in a game, then no more can be loaded (so if you create your manager and you have a name that does not exist elsewhere, although it will get saved in the names saved file - it won't get used. Unsure how to fix it yet (other than to limit the number of varying names to lower than 32768)
EDIT2: Hmm maybe not so simple...might be a 45k character limit too. urgh

This is a wonderful insight! Thanks for solving this issue.

Based on your 21-22 update (version 5), I created a new version (for myself) by updating players, clubs, managers etc. I had a problem with some player names and my manager name disappearing because of having too many player names in EXTNMS.TXT file. Reducing the number of names in the extra names TXT file solved that issue for me.

Hatchet · Post by **Hatchet** » Tue May 30, 2023 7:56 pm

drad wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 7:09 pm
Nick+Co wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 8:46 am @badger: argh - this game drives me nuts When I use my full name it works for me - but if I just use asd asd as my name as I see the same as you. No idea why it's doing that. It's nothing to do with the executable (as you can swap it with the original exe and it still does it). It's nothing to do with the manager data either (you can replace mgdata.db1 with the original and it will still do it). So very weird! Will try and work it out.

EDIT: Ah, so if there's more than 32768 different names (& strings) in a game, then no more can be loaded (so if you create your manager and you have a name that does not exist elsewhere, although it will get saved in the names saved file - it won't get used. Unsure how to fix it yet (other than to limit the number of varying names to lower than 32768)
EDIT2: Hmm maybe not so simple...might be a 45k character limit too. urgh
This is a wonderful insight! Thanks for solving this issue.

Based on your 21-22 update (version 5), I created a new version (for myself) by updating players, clubs, managers etc. I had a problem with some player names and my manager name disappearing because of having too many player names in EXTNMS.TXT file. Reducing the number of names in the extra names TXT file solved that issue for me.

Are you willing to share this mate?