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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++CM4: Championship Manager 4 - FAQ - PC
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FAQ can be viewed provisionally at http://www.geocities.com/ig12345/ig1234CM4.txt

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DISCLAIMER
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This Game Guide / FAQ is created for personal use only. You must not use it
for anything that gains profit. Specifically Magazines, Game Guides,
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You're also not allowed to rip off part/s of this Game Guide / FAQ and put
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the act of stealing and passing off of ideas and words of another as one's
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You also cannot use this Game Guide / FAQ as a guide for you to make your own
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can copy the layout though.
You can put this Game Guide / FAQ on your non-commercial or non-profit web
site provided that not a single character has been edited or removed and you
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SUGGESTIONS
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If you wish to put forward any suggestions, ideas or actual content to add to this
FAQ - Contact ig346@hotmail.com via email or on MSN Messanger. Also any questions will be
answered if possible. New formations, new discoveries etc. being useful.


VERSION HISTORY
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Version 0.1 - Begin with layout, contents, and ideas. (April 8th 2003)
Version 0.2 - Most ideas got down, 10% or so of sections complete, well, by my expectations -
upto tactics. (April 9th 2003)
Version 0.3 - Further work on tactics - Finally continued FAQ due to CM4 constantly crashing
leaving me to give up with it. (April 15th 3003)
Version 0.4 - On track again, continued tactics, Notepad problems of all things hampering me
(19th April 2003)
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MUCH OF THIS FAQ IS BASED ON THE ENGLISH LEAGUES OF THE GAME.
THIS FAQ IS ALSO AIMED MORE AT VETERANS OF PAST CM GAMES, AND SO DOESNT GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT
SIMPLISTIC FEATURES.
IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF A PLAYER INDICATOR ETC - THE MANUAL COVERS THIS. IF YOU DONT
HAVE THE MANUAL, AND HAVE
COPIED THE GAME - SHAME ON YOU!

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Contents:

1.0 What is CM4? - A breif history of Championship Manager
1.1 New features
1.2 System requirements
1.3 Precautions to take during use
1.4 Skins
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2.0 The nations/leagues
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3.0 Getting started
3.1 Choosing your team
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4.0 Season one
4.1 Starting out with your team
4.2 Pre-season
4.3 The new campaign
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5.0 Tactics
5.1 Formations
5.2 Countering your opponents formations
5.3 Substitutions
5.4 Changing tactics when winning
5.5 Changing tactics when losing
5.6 Changing tactics when drawing
?.? Player tactics

?.? Transfers
?.1 The transfer window
?.2 In
?.3 Out
?.4 Loans - who to choose
?.5 Trialists, enquiries and first options

?.? Training

?.? Under-19's and Reserves

?.? Players

?.? Staff

?.? The media

?.? Looking for a new job

?.? Multiplayer and Network

?.? National teams and other easter eggs

?.? Cheats - amd why you shouldnt cheat.

?.? Scenarios

?.? Links

?.? Credits

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1.0. What is CM4? - A breif history of Championship Manager
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Sports Interactive, a British company, founded by Oliver and Paul Collyer, has gone on to
become one the Britians most successfull companies, based soley on the success of their
Championship Manager series. CM1 was released in 1991/2/3 and was rejected to be published by
a number of companies. Eventually Eidoes Interactive chose to publish it, and to a
slow reception, it was released, but began to build a reputation. An update for the 92/3
season followed, then for 93/4. CM Italia, standing alone, followed this. The series came into
its own when CM2 was released. More specifically CM 97/98, a game still played
by many today due to the sheer brilliance of it. Also released were a number of add on discs,
allowing play in a number of other countries, such as Italy and Spain, allowing you to play as
a non-English side for the first time. SI could only build on that success, a
nd in 1998 released CM3, to a huge reception, becoming one of the best selling PC games of all
time. A number of updates would follow, 99/00. 00/01. 01/02, wish 01/02 becoming the fastest
selling PC game of all time. Oliver Collyer stepped down from the staff,
remaining in the background after CM3, and the team, grew larger, even getting Ray Houghton on
board. The game made its console debut on the Xbox with 01/02, and more specifically the
console only 02/03, and then 4 months later, CM4 was released on the 28th of March 2003. The
game had seen numerous delays due to techinical problems. The game has had a mixed reception,
due to a huge number of bugs of all manner.

An enhancement pack is now available to fix many of these, and 2 others planned in the near
future.
You can download it here:
http://gamefiles.blueyonder.co.uk/blueyondergames/championshipmanager4/patches/403_enhance.exe

Championship manager is the most successful football management game of all time. Surpassing
many of its rivals due to its sheer depth, and never choosing to conform, simply keeping with
its text engine. It gives a huge number of options and statistics, along with a huge database
of players, staff, clubs, leagues and nations.

Sports Interactive's current project, aside from fixing CM4, is Eastside Hockey Manager 2, an
Ice Hockey management sim in the same plau style as the CM series.

One of the main additions with CM4 however, is the new 2D match engine.
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1.1 New features
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Quoted from SI:

- There is now 39 Leagues with more than 2000,000 players and staff.
- New Tactic System
- New Training System
- New 2D Match Mode
- Praising and Shaming players
- Skinnable
- Updated look to fit in with Windows XP
- Right Button Mouse Clicking and Keyboard Shortcuts
- Enhanced Multiplayer
- New In-Depth Media Interaction
- Latest Transfer Rules
- Improved Transfer Options
- Wage and Transfer Budgets
- Fan Feedback
- News Ticker
- Reserves and U19 teams, both controllablee, both in leagues!
- Player Personalities
- More Feedback from Backroom Staff
- Enhanced Players Notes

The most important of these is a 2D match engine, which allows you to see the matches played
from an overhead
perspective, and is similar to the 'Proplay' system used by real managers. It allows you
to
see where players fail,
or succeed, where tactics work, and where you need to improve.
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1.2 System requirements
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Minimum:
(To play 1 League with Small Database)
Intel P3 600MHz or Equivalent
Windows 98/XP
64Mb RAM (128Mb for Windows XP)
Graphics: 1024x768, 32BIT Colour Required.
Audio: DirectX Compatible Soundcard.

Recommended:
Inter P4 1GHz or Equivalent - CM4 is Optimized for P4
256Mb RAM

Options should be correct, though each PC is different, and you may experience problems, your
best bet then is to
contact SI, or ask on the GameFAQ's CM4 message board.
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1.3. Precautions to take during use
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- Do not stand/sit too close to the screen
- Avoid playing if tired or lack sleep
- Play in a well lit room
- Rest for at least 10 to 15 minutes per hoour while playing
- Remove wife/girlfriend from room to preveent constant nagging
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1.4 Skins
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For the first time in a CM game, the interface is skinnable. This means you can change the
look of the screens,
but downloading or making your own unique skins. The game comes with 3, original, retro blue,
and Ter (by Craig Hunter).
Some may improve the interface, such as making it easier to view certain statistics etc. or
others may allow you to have customised skins of your favourite club etc.
To change the skin, simply go onto game options, and click the drop down skins menu, and pick
another. To add new ones that are downloaded, unzip, or put them in the CM4/Data/Skins folder.
To create your own, see an alternative FAQ, or work it out by using the current skins and
notepad as a basis.
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2.0 The nations/leagues
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This version of CM has the largest selection of playable countries than ever before. A total
of 39, with the number of divisions available to each in brackets:

Argentina (2)
Australia (1)
Austria (2)
Belgium (3)
Brazil (3)
China (2)
Columbia (2)
Croatia (2)
Czech Republic (2)
Denmark (2)
England (5)
Finland (2)
France (3)
Germany (3)
Greece (2)
Holland (2)
Hong Kong (1)
India (1)
Ireland (2)