As said in the Weekly News, the PPDB V3 was going to be released either today or tomorrow - and now, it has been released. It's a so-called additional package, meaning that you will have to install PPDB V2 before installating the new V3. The DB has been added to our downloads section, but unfortunately, it's not hosted on PCM.daily. We're not allowed to host it due to the huge amount of fixes which are released after the "main release".
Back from holiday (1 week in Turkey and a few days in the south part of Denmark), I'm ready to take on the Weekly News again. So here you go.
Beta patch released to the beta testers The next patch for PCM07 is getting closer and closer. The first beta patch for the beta testers have been released under the name "Beta Patch 1.0.2.0", and it will fix several of the known bugs such as the crashes in Tour de France 2010, other crash problems when launching the game, the transferts bug is fixed (meaning that team sponsors now again are visible when wearing a leader's jersey) and much more. The full list of bug fixes will be revealed here later today.
An exact date for the release has not been set, but approx. 2-3 weeks is probably a good guess. We'll keep you updated!
PCM Spain makes a DB for PCM2007 In 2006, the Spanish PCM-community web site, PCM Spain, decided to release a DB pack. It became a huge success. It included more teams, realistic stats and in general, it seemed rather flawless. This year, PCM Spain has decided to make a pack for PCM 07, and they seem to use the same formula as last year. Not much material have been released yet, but you can find the calendar and the list of teams in our PCM Spain topic right here: http://www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=24&thread_id=1027
New backgrounds for your game Not so long ago our DL-section was down for a day or two. When it was back up, I added some of the backgrounds which have been released, but I never "announced" them here in the news section. So, let's give them the attention they deserve. The Andy Schleck-background is the most popular background until now followed by Michael Rasmussen on the 2nd place and Vinokourov on third. You can see them all right here: http://www.pcmdaily.com/infusions/pro_download_panel/download.php?catid=4
DB TdF 3.1 released A Tour de France-based database, made by Piernic, has been released. Most noticeable change is that all the dopers have been left out (Vinokourov, Moreni, Sinkewitz, etc.). The stats have also been updated according to the riders' performances during the Tour. An updated version of the DB will be released soon, but if you can't wait, you can download the 3.1 version right here.
Hannes Converter - now in 2nd version The PCM Kicker-"look-a-like", Hannes Converter, has gone into its 2nd version. This means that the converter is now save game compatible! It has also got a makeover, making it look much better and more user-friendly. It's still advanced and made for advanced users, but it might be easier to use now. You can download it here. A simple editor has also been released. Read more about it here.
Installation Guide by CrueTrue As promised ages ago, I have written a guide, explaining how to install all the different kinds of files we have available in our download section. It might not explain everything, but it should explain how to install most things. If you experience any trouble you can always ask in our forum Read the guide here!
PPDB 2007 v3 to be released today The third version of PPDB's popular 2007-db for PCM06 is to be released to the public today or tomorrow. It has already been released to the members, One of the new features is the doping "injuries". Riders can now be suspended for doping usage. It will be listed as a injury, and being doped won't have any effect on the riders' performances, but it's a pretty fun add-on anyway. As always, it includes lots of other extras, and if you're a member, get started right away! Go to the PPDB-forum by clicking here. Update: It has now been released to the public.
PCM07 not so bad after all? In our latest poll where you had to give PCM07 a grade from 1-10, it seems that you think PCM07 is a pretty good game despite all the bugs. Top-scorers are "7" and "8" with 15 and 16 % of the votes, meaning that the game is above average. 12 % of you did give the game the lowest score, though, but almost the same amount of people gave the game the highest grade.
Tired of the complex editors which have been released until now? Is PCM Kicker too difficult? Well, luckily for you, Hannes has now made a simple editor, similar to the editors from PCM06. In this 1.0-version you can change the details of the riders (names, their team, skills, age, etc.), details of the teams (names, budget, e-mail), the sponsors (but never edit out PCMdaily.com! ;)), the names of the races and more!
Without CrueTrue, Weekly news has been a little forgotten, but don't worry he'll be back soon! Now onto the news.
Management game in Full Swing! We are well underway in the management game and with April done, tomorrow sees the Tour of Romandie and the start of the Giro d'Italia. If youve been away and missed out on the results, check out the March Magazine and April Review. JustinWk's Ag2r are the current leaders, but are only 5 points ahead of Alex153's Lampre. Unfortunately, only 14 of our teams have been competing due to Christian Bruun, Guido Mukk, Smoothie, Bjartne and Wardstaf failing to send in their teamlists (You can still send it in now and compete in the remainding races!)
TDF v PCM Ended Prematurely My TDFvPCM project has been ended prematurely with the conclusion that PCM really isnt very realistic. As far as I can remember, in 12 stages with 3 seperate databases, we only got the correct winner twice. Cancellara winning the prologue in SNDeluxe and Boonen winning Stage 12 with the GCT DB. Vinokourov and Moreau held the yellow jerseys at the end of Stage 12, which kind of sums up the poor reflection on reality. Basically, I did not really have enough time for it, and decided there was little point carrying on.
PPDB v3 Coming Soon! It has been announced on the PPDB forum that version 3 of PPDB will hopefully be released within the next few days. If you are registered on PPDB's forum, you can view the list of updates in this topic, and if youre not registered - look at this topic.
Stories Update Smoothie has taken the PCM07: Stories forum by storm with his Virgin Media Pro Cyling Team topic - it has already got to his 4th page, yet Smoothie has not began reporting yet. We are all looking forward to reading his first ever story. Christian Bruun has also invented a new team for a PCM07 Story, It is a Danish continental team called gothosted.dk. A_Schleck has not invented a team in his story, in which he writes about his impressive Team CSC Career.
We also have some very good PCM06 Stories running at the moment. JustinWK with the Japanese Nippo team, and Guido Mukk with the Discovery Channel team. Crommy's Allan Smile's 'adventures' in Canada have currently been put in hold, due to technical problems with Crommy's game.
Cycling Photos We can all express our jealous feelings to bencurfs, who has submitted many pictures of himself with cyclists at the 2006 Eneco tour, he also has pictures of him training with Tom Boonen and even pictures from staying at Boonen's Monaco house! He has also submitted many pictures from la Colombiere, the stage which was won by Linus Gerdemann.
Titan05 - PCM07 Edition In what is definately one of the largest databases so far, T-Photon is attempting to make a 2005 database for the 2007 Game. The first few screenshots from the project can be found here . Unfortunately this is one of only a few databased not made by the french. But if you can speak french, there appears to be plenty of projects on the cyanide forum .
I think that's about it for this week, isnt it nice to read something that isn't about doping?
