Cyanide has now updated the beta patch we mentioned a few days ago, meaning that it's now in version 1.0.3.1. That also means we have a new fix list ready for you. This list may change before the final release.
CAREER * Correction to bug on Giro 2008 : the stage number 4 is now considered a flat stage instead a mountain one. * Correction to bug on creation of young amateur riders (same surname/forename) * Refinements to allocation of new budget. * The income from the sale of a rider is now added to transfer funds. * Correction to bug which could prevent a significant improvement in budget after being promoted. * Refinements to appreciation of contract offers. The rider takes a little less account of his morale in order to accept more easily offers from other teams. * Refinements to contracts : it is now possible to recruit good riders when managing a continental team that will be promoted at the end of the season. * Refinements to the influence of the status given in race simulations. Rider morale drops more easily if race status does not correspond to status in contract. * Corrections to a message that, in some cases, could block a player. * Correction to a bug in the monthly awards on the Magazine tab * Refinement to "Fighter" attribute generated for young amateur riders. * Adjustments to simulations : a few more gaps created during hilly stages * Scouts with a "Mythical" reputation give more exact feedback on a rider's potential
INTERFACE * Correction to display of budget for past year on the 15th October financial statement.
Next Sunday, September 30th, a definitive 1.1 version will be published as the first and only fix in the Pack PCM Spain. In this fix, some elements will be added and a number of minor errors reported by users all over Europe will be fixed. It's highly recommended (but not needed) that you all started a new career if yours did not reach too far. Features list is the following one:
RR World champion in the Single Mode DB is corrected.
Values after the finish of the Vuelta and the ITT World's are revised.
Riders Cyril Gautier (FRA, Bretagne - Armor Lux) and Ivan Quaranta (ITA, Amore e Vita) have been added. Cyclists Alexander Filippov (RUS, Free Agent) and Gianpaolo Caruso (ITA, Lampre - Fondital) were deleted.
Correction on GP Rudy Dhaenens (BEL, 1.2) and Châteauroux Classic de l'Indre (FRA, 1.1) so as to avoid CPU auto-selects riders from the user to be taking part of the race.
Corrected jerseys for the following teams: SouthAustralia.com - AIS (AUS) and Storez Ledecq Materiaux (BEL), thanks to the_sim_eraser (PCM Benelux).
The way to install this small fix (2.6 Mb) will be the same you did it in the complete package. A week after the release, a final package will be built for everyone who wants to get their hands on a single file.
Yes, I know we said the 30th. And yes, I know it's not the 30th yet. I hope you can all forgive me and Dankan for releasing the PCM Spain V1 ... today! Yes, that's right. It's here! The PCM Spain DB is back, better than ever before. More races, more cyclists, more teams, new scouting zones, new training camps, lots of new graphic and revised stats. Basically, you get everything in one package. Also, everything has been tested which should ensure that no one experience any problems -- so, what are you waiting for? Your game screams for this -- a playable DB, making career playing so much better :)
Yes, there's actually a new patch coming up. It will be called 1.0.3.0, and it's currently being tested by the beta testers. It's undecided when it'll be released. It all depends on what the beta testers report - if many bugs are found it will take some time. If not, it can be released soon. But as said, no one knows -- but it will come. It's also worth mentioning that the beta patch is available to all users - both CD, DL and German. Hopefully, this also means the three different patches will be released at the same time. Currently, the Germans don't have a 1.0.2.1, meaning they can't play online with other nationalities, but hopefully this will change once the 1.0.3.0 is released.
Here's the preliminary fix list - and yes, it can be changed. This only counts for the beta patch. However, the last few times the preliminary fix list has been 100 % equal to the final fix list.
(Thanks to Aquarius for the translation)
1.0.3.0 version --------------- To take full advantage of all corrections and changes, we would advise that you start a new career.
CAREER * Fixed a bug during the Giro 2008 : stage 4 now has a mountain profile instead of a flat one. * Fixed a bug for generated amateur riders (identical surnames/first names) * Tuned the allocation of yearly budget * Fixed a bug that could prevent getting a significant raise of the budget when being promoted to the highest division * Tuned the appreciation of contracts offers by riders : the rider doesn't give the same importance to his morale to accept other teams offer more easily * Tuned the contracts : it's now easier to hire good riders when playing with a Continental Team getting promoted to the highest division * Tuned the influence of given status into simulated races. Riders do not lose their morale as easily as before when their status is not respected. * Fixed news that could block the player in some rare cases * Fixed a bug in the choice of monthly awards in the newspaper * Tuned the "Fighter" stat for generated amateur riders
GUI * Fixed the displaying of the past year budget on the 15th October balance sheet
The Vuelta has just ended (without any doping incidents - did anyone notice that?), the Worlds are getting closer and the release of PCM Spain is getting closer. We are all waiting for it, and in the mean time, here's the Weekly News in its 39th edition :)
Roadie releases another pack Roadie68 has returned to the community for good. Last week, he released his first Ultimate Accessory Pack, and yesterday he released the 2nd version of it. This time, you will find even more of the stuff you found in the 1st version. You will find sunglasses from many different companies including Adidas, Giro, Oakley and more. You will also find new helmets, overshoes, water bottles and, and, and -- in fact, a lot of small details, making PCM even more enjoyable.
The Eternal Database - new version Digitizer's huge database, the Eternal Database, was updated last week and is now in its 3rd version, 1.0.3. Digitizer has included even more new features in the update. Now, you'll find even more teams (taken from the PPDB) and even more riders. Also, the riders who have been caught doping will now return once their ban runs out (in real life). He has also added more sponsors and more staff -- and more.
There's still some downsides, though. Tests have proved that several riders are represented twice (Botero, Boasson Hagen, etc.), no sponsor logos, almost no race programs, objectives for new teams are random and more.
Cyanide restructures the French part Cyanide has made a new strategy which is supposed to make the communication between the customers and Cyanide better -- on the French part, that is. The strategy was presented on the French forum on the 18th of September, and in outline said the following: 1. There will now be a "moderator leader" of each (French) forum 2. A new forum has been created. It's only available to moderators and Cyanide. Here, they will exchange informations. 3. For the future, moderators will more work as communicators / spokesmen than actual moderators.
It was also said that the community - as always - will be invited to take part in the development of PCM08, for example when it comes to stage making and jersey making. Time will tell if the above only counts for the French part, or if the English part also will get some information.
In addition to the above, Freire (Clément Pinget) today answered to critism from the English forums: "The big difference with CyM1 or CyM2 is that external communities (Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Polish, German, etc...) replaced slowly our forums. I'm sure that finally it is better because we do not have the shoulders to make the game AND make the communication job on the forums. Moreover those external communities are great and lead by big figures from the Cycling Manager scene. Now if someone here is fluent in french & english AND he show us a solid motivation, we'd be very happy to give him a place in our staff team in order to create the same process that Sebduth & other members are creating in the french part of the community. Building a community isn't just asking us to make the thing. Come'on if you really want the things to be changed "
PCM.daily's Management Game in its 2nd second The Pro Tour-part of PCM.daily's popular Management Game has now started, and that means the 2nd season is now fully underway. Shortly before the start, the Saturn team (formerly known as Francaise des Jeux) got a new manager, our former crew member, Panaflex. The Pro Tour champions, Accumalux, have had a perfect start of the season by winning 33 % of the stages! David Millar won the prologue of Paris - Nice, Frank Schleck won the 4th stage of the same race and Misha Ignatiev took the 4th stage of Tirreno Adriatico - pretty impressive.
You can read much more about the game on our forums.
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That's it. We didn't have much on the programme for this week's news, but I can ensure you we got news later today ;)
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