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Championship Manager Version 3.04e
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New to version 3.04e
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The game has been optimized so that it runs significantly faster
Added support for the Norwegian, Spanish, and Swedish languages
Updated Database with latest transfers
Improved Player Contracts
You cannot now offer players a £23k/week contract and tell him he's a decent youngster
Improved values on player release fee's
Improved players negotiations so that they protect clauses in their contract more
Improved chance of stadium expansion (slightly)
Improved Manager sackings (both International & domestic)
Improved Player Regeneration (especially for non-active leagues)
Improved Player Retirements
Slightly more young players available on Free-Transfer
Old Player now don't automatically retire after the age of 41
Players now slightly more likely to take jobs as managers etc.
Improved Match Engine (goodbye to 343 Owen etc.)
Fast Players now not quite so effective (no dribbling round 3 players every game)
Goalkeepers slightly more consistent
Player's morale has slightly less effect on match performance
CPU Defensive Tactics improved slightly
Extra Tactics for CPU teams included
Upped Wages allowed very slightly for clubs when Secure or Rich
Rich Clubs now have wages allowed boosted by 10%, Secure by 5%
Easier to resign non-playing staff at the end of their contracts
Players will now accept a wage reduction when moving clubs if unhappy
Players now less likely to have incredible statistics (multiple 20's) 
Tuned disciplinary action (slightly more yellow cards)
Tuned injuries (slightly more long term injuries)
Players whose work permits have expired now appear in the Unavailable filter in the club screen.
Players who had requested transfers can now be taken off the list if they are happy.
News items are given to interested teams 6 months before a player is out of contract.
Minimum fee release clause now cannot be selected with any other clauses.
National B team formations are now separate from reserve club tactics.
Human managers can now play Under 21 matches.
Scouts now no longer find players who have a future transfer arranged.
Scouts do not 'forget' their player list after going to a major finals competition.
The quick player search for national managers now sorts properly.
Players on loan can now be purchased.
Players bought on part exchange can now be offered new contracts.
Fixed Japanese Young Player of the Year bug.
If two teams from the same city are in a 2 legged cup round, the draw makes sure they do not play their home matches on the same leg.
Brazilian Cup Final now has 2 legs.
Matches now get postponed due to weather conditions
Uncompressed save games are now smaller
Fixed a crash which might occur when a B team finished in the promotion places in the Spanish Second Division and its A team was relegated from the First Division
Fixed an error message (comp_text.cpp) when a player reads news about a club making an offer for a player on a free transfer
Fixed an error message when clicking on the position label of a past fixture where one of the teams is no longer in the same division
Fixed an error message bug in a network game when the original message for a reply is no longer stored
Fixed a bug where the user goes on holiday after getting news about a national squad selection. The squad is now selected every time whereas before it might not be selected.
Fixed an Windows NT crash when the Copa Libertadores cup updates.
Fixed the anticipation bug
Fixed the positioning bug
Fixed the manager reputation bug

New to version 3.03f
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Fixed a bug which could cause a crash if a manager of an English or Scottish club exchanged a player for a player who couldn't get a work permit on a future transfer
Fixed an extremely rare bug which could cause a crash at the end of August due to Champions League fixture scheduling problems
Fixed an extremely rare bug which could cause a crash when trying to display a news message about a manager retiring

New to version 3.03e
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Fixed a bug which caused the message "error database.cpp 17203" to appear and then a crash

New to version 3.03d
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Fixed a crash which could occur when updating staff contracts
Fixed a crash which could occur when clicking on "Team Instructions" on the tactics screen
Fixed a crash in the Norwegian First Division which could prevent the game continuing
Fixed a crash in the Argentine Second Division which could prevent the game continuing

New to version 3.03c
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Fixed a problem which could prevent the game running beyond certain dates.
Fixed a problem with the scheduling of the Portuguese Cup final.

New to version 3.03b
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Fixed a problem which resulted in slower gameplay compared to version 3.02.

New to version 3.03
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Major changes...

The copy-protection system has been replaced with a more reliable one.
The game is now much more stable through the fixing of various bugs.
There is now support for the French, Italian, and Portuguese languages.
The database has been updated and refined.
The transfer system has been improved.

Other changes...

Highest gate receipts record now uses current currency.
Players away on loan are ignored for highest average rating club record.
Disabled viewing of other clubs reserve screens.
Fixed crash in Next Match screen.
Fixed fixture rules for players on Next Match screen.
Last match field on Next Match screen now works with all competitions.
Disabled cancelling friendlies when selecting a team for a friendly.
Removed check for 20 players when selecting further squads for Europe.
Computer controlled teams now approach players quicker who are leaving on Bosman.
Moving players between senior and reserve squads now removes them from the tactics.
Non-promotion and relegation clauses now work properly.
Fixed bug with loan players from Spanish A/B teams.
Club wage bill is updated for loan players.
Human controlled club's automatic player values are now done the same as computer teams.
Players on trial now do not enquire about their future.
Fixed club button on contract expiry news message.
Players who request transfers are now not loan listed as well.
Fixed colour clashes in match screens.
Player discipline and injury history now cleared up properly on retirement.
Fixed wages for certain nations.
Cost of building stadiums is more realistic.
Fixed potential crash when managing Brighton at end of first season.
When club is bankrupt, players values cannot be set manually.
Players who are not training now do not get injured.
Fixed bug with players catching illnesses on nation trips abroad.
Fixed start of season date for Norway.
Fixed error when clicking on another club in a Reserves fixtures screen.
Players are no longer called up to national squads doing finals competitions.
Fixed some text buttons on several news messages about international callups
Players in an international B squad are no longer on international duty when there is a single A team match.
Added the stadium's city name to news items describing cup draws or fixture results.
Fixed club financial recovery news message.
Fixed a bug where user is sometimes stuck on a news screen - only background picture changes.
Fixed error message when inviting other human teams to friendly competitions.
Certain players career histories now sorted correctly at start of game.
Virtual staff now do not have a current form string.
Loan contracts can now not exceed main contracts.
Players on trial now do not agree terms so easily.
Fixed team award date range in a staff's achivements.
Transfer value now isn't displayed for non playing staff.
Fixed missing Action menu for certain staff bug.
Included safeguard for ensuring that players do not lose their position.
Terminating coaches contracts when on the Coaches window in training now updates properly.
McManaman's transfer to Real Madrid is now is classified as a Bosman transfer.
Fixed bug with starting future transfers - wages were too high.
Computer teams now re-evaluate transfers when part-exchanged players are removed from the transfer.
Fixed news message when board cancels transfer.
Fixed bug where some transfers are forgotten.
Ineligible players in unused substitute spaces for matches are not checked.
Fixed work permit bug when staff under offer get their permits cancelled.
Athletic Bilbao now do not ask for non-Basque players in part exchange.
Some starting future transfers were being cancelled as the transfer date did not fit in with the transfer windows.
Athletic Bilbao can sign non-Basque non playing staff.
Fixed a few text buttons on transfer news messages.
Computer controlled teams now make better decisions on transfer offers.
Fixed bug where a user could cancel a clause transfer after having to accept it.
Staff reputations affected more by winning awards.
Fixed World Player of the Year award.
Virtual staff no longer included in team of the week awards.
Moved back the Scottish awards date.
Prize money news is now not given if money is small compared to club size.
Friendly matches now get played at the right time of day.
Fixed bug where cancelling a tour deleted all matches for a club in that period.
Changed some international friendly dates.
Stronger nations now play friendly matches home and away.
Champions League teams on equal points are now sorted using goals as well as points against each other.
Fixed European qualification places for some nations.
Reserve matches now don't get scheduled for playoff groups.
Changed the English Inter-toto application day.
Fixed bug with selection routine for English Inter-toto team.
All major European nation league winners now qualify for the group stage of the Champions Cup even when the past winner is from the same nation.
French league cup winner now qualifies for the UEFA cup.
English Autoglass cup now has 3 subs rule and has had its competition history routine fixed.
FA Cup semi final now has extra time.
French cup prize money fixed and has correct rules for deciding which team plays at home in each round.
French league cup prize money fixed.
Rescheduled German cup games around internationals.
Small change to Italian Serie C cup schedule.
Fixed Italian Cup schedule and rules.
Norwegian schedules fixed for World Cup/Euro Champ years.
Portuguese Cup semi final ties now at home team's stadium.
Changed a couple of Scottish league cup dates.
Fixed CONMEBOL cup match rules.
Changed European cups later round dates.
Fixed Champions Cup news message for Preliminary round.
Fixed bug where finals competitions group stages sometimes had 4 games for teams.
National team manager confidence improved.
Better managerial decisions by club boards.
Changed some dates in the Belgian league schedules.
5 subs for Danish leagues.
English Conference sorted by goal difference then goals for.
Changed French league prize money.
Fixed French First Division schedule.
Italian Serie C2 B and C teams now promoted properly.
Spanish B teams can now be relegated from the 2nd Division.
English cup tied players now ineligible for whole competition and not just one round.
Included Scottish transfer deadline dates.
Trialists in Sweden can now play in competitive matches.
Improved notation of Spanish Peseta
Now says "Escudo" instead of "Conto" for Portugal
Modified database code so that data updates can be produced without having to change the executable.
Added support for French, Italian, and Portuguese languages.
Replaced the copy-protection system with one which works with all CD and DVD drives.
Improve some memory management associated with loading the database.
Fixed a potential (but unreported) bug on the file selection screen.
Added some more safety checks for available memory and disk space.
Improved the "Merge In" function on the hall of fame screen.
Made manager stats and job information screens available only for leagues selected in foreground.
Adjusted the internal values required for each non-player reputations description.
Fixed a bug where all scouts return from their assignments if one of them is released.
Fixed a bug where a scout recommended a player who is on loan in another country.
Made it impossible to import a player or staff search into one saved game from another.
Made player career histories always displayed in the correct order.
Improved the staff search so that it looks at an unemployed staff's previous job when doing a job search.
Fixed an obscure bug associated with rejoining a game that was saved with the only manager on holiday.
Refined the credits section of the game.
Adjusted the starting reputations for human managers.
Added verification functionality for player_setup.cfg and euro.cfg configuration files.
Updated and refined/improved the database.
Various other refinements and bug fixes to all parts of the game.

Other notes
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CD auto-run...

If you have bought version 3.02 of the game, you may be aware of a problem that occurs when
inserting the CD into the machine during running of the game - the computer incorrectly starts the installation program even though the game has already been installed.

To prevent this happening, hold down the shift key while inserting the CD (keep it held
down until the CD has been accepted).

We can't provide a fix for this because it involves changing code on the CD which we are
unable to do.

Saved games...

If you have a saved game from a previous version of the game, it will still work in this
version. However you may notice various side effects (for example your players values may drop) which are a result of various tuning done to the game.

To get the full benefit of the changes for this version, start a new game.

Unofficial CD crack...

We are aware of an unofficial CD crack on the internet which eliminates the need to insert
the CD when playing the game.

This actually contains an old (and corrupted) executable file which if installed after installing this update will partially revert your version of the game to version 3.02.

This will cause the game to crash for which we accept no responsibility.
