Due to the rather huge problems with the PCM.daily 09 DB V3, we've decided to remove the downloads from the DL section.

As previously mentioned, it's a difficult situation since the bug's not easy to fix like bugs usually are. However, we'll now do some back tracing where we try to incorporate changes from the V3 to the V2 and check if it works. Hopefully, we'll sooner or later be able to release a V3 Final without any March or June bug - or any other bugs for that matter, but that might be too much to hope for.

That said, it's not top priority. Personally, I have an exam project which is due for the end of next month. Due to the DB work, I'm not as far in the process as I could hope for at this stage - and that basically means that any DB work will be done in breaks, late nights where I have nothing elde to do, etc., etc. Therefore, don't expect anything any time soon.

Lastly, it's of course demotivating to see something that you've been working so intensely on for so long 'go to waste' - but on the other hand, that's also what motivates me (and the rest of the crew) to continue and at some point release a Final Version. Letting all this work go to waste would be a huge shame.

As quite a lot of people have noticed by now, it's impossible to progess to the next day on the 7th of June 2009. This is probably a consequence of the solution we applied on the DB to fix the March bug - but unfortunately, fixing one bug has resulted in another just as bad one (in fact, two).

We've pretty much no idea what to do. If we 'undo' the fix for the April bug, well, we have the March bug again, making it impossible to play more than 1 season. The ideal solution would be to solve both of them - but how?

Either way, it's time for a thinking break. For those who'd like to continue playing, you can quite easily get past the date using an editor. Download Hannes Converter and open your save game. Open the GAM_config table. Scroll across to gene_i_date and change it to 1244462400 . Save, click the Disc icon, overwrite your save game and click the GAM_config table again in the window that pops up. Click OK and you're good to go.

We're of course sorry about all the problems - but then again, we had never seen this coming...

As always with releases here at PCM.daily, we get off to a rough start. Hopefully, the major 'annoyances' are now fixed, though. The problem we've now is that there's some major confusion when it comes to the versions, so my advice: If you've downloaded the Main File, that being either V3.0 FULL or V3.1 FULL, please update your game with the V3.2 Updater.

If you're still yet to download the PCM.daily DB, you can download the V3.2 FULL without having to download everything else.

Fixed in V3.2:
- The Tour of Qinghai Lake's last stage now has the correct date

Fixed in V3.1:
- Mini shirt for Aisan Racing Team now has the correct file name
- It's now possible to play with the four new teams: Aisan Racing Team, Cyclesport.se, Subway - Avanti and Verandas Willems

Here it finally is - PCM.daily's 2009 DB V3, including 92 updated teams, lots and lots of new equipment, a whole lot of new races, etc., etc. Below, you'll find the list of features, and at the very bottom: the download link.

Enjoy!

PCM.daily's 2009 DB V3 Feature List

Teams
92 teams with updated rosters (mainly) according to UCI's lists.
90 teams have 2009 shirts, mini-shirts and accessories
All teams have new, updated objectives
All teams have updated informations (manager, website, etc.)

Riders
2009 stat update
2009 photos for c. 80 % of the teams
2009 national champions
Updated ages for all riders
C. 1600 free agents
Dopers deleted (only riders active in 2009 are in the DB)
Dead rider(s) deleted (rest in peace)

Graphics
More than 1100 2009-shirts
New background (rasm)
New race category icons (Lampert)
New calendar 'bars' icons (Lampert)
Race Flag Package (Arnelesaffer)
Rider Skins for c. 200+ riders
Standard UCI World Cup / Pro Tour sponsor kit
Includes Performance Update for better PC performance

Equipment
More than 90 frames
More than 80 wheels
More than 80 helmets
Equipment linked to the teams, so they use their real-life equipment (where possible)

Races and stages
80 new races
Cancelled races have been deleted
Renamed races have been .. well, renamed ;)
2009 profiles for 26 races
More realistic team participation at races due to new nationality groups
The 2003 Tour has replaced the 2008 Tour, and Bilbo Baggins' Realistic TdF Variant has replaced the 08 Vuelta
Several new variants for the larger races, including the 03 Giro and 03 TdF and variants for some national championships

Young Riders / Scouting Zones
59 scouting zones
Rider progression has been slowed a little
10 new U23 races have been added

Other relevant stuff
CQRanking system has replaced Superprestige
UCI World Ranking has replaced UCI Pro Tour ranking (just a new points shema)
New fatigue system (riders gaining fatigue more slowly)
Lots of new secondary sponsors
Larger budgets for secondary sponsors, making them more important
Lots of new staff
Updates to future sponsor goals

There's more than this, but I'm sure you're all much more interested in just getting the download link than reading this. So let's get going ;)

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With 12 minutes to go of the file uploading process, here's the list of new races in the DB. To view it, click 'Read More'.