US Soccer Manager

1. Programmer's Comments
2. Omissions from Game due to Demonstration Version
3. Troubleshooting/Known Bugs
4. www.stattosoftware.com

This game has been in development for 11 months now and is very good (when played in 800x600 mode). We are still encountering difficulties with resolutions, but all of this should be changed by the next version, where regardless of what resolution you use the game will display properly.

There have been a number of additions to the game, including training, the 'Player Directory', better internet, and an improved match engine with game speeds based on the commentary. Oddly enough, we took the random routines from the match engine but implemented them for use in my personal favorite part of the game - well, you may encounter them if you are lucky and read all the commentary. If you get the one that is NOT the most often seen in one of your games, don't play the lotto, because the odds of THAT happening are 1 in a million (as opposed to the normal, which happens at a paltry rate of 1 in 100,000 per game).

Whatever the case may be, enjoy the game. The final version will cost $20 when the time comes - check stattosoftware.com for details.

Thanks!
John
Statto Software

Return to Contents

• Australian League. The Aussies will be available online thru a patch, enabling the Australian League and some English teams with data.
• Substitutions. Wanted by very many people, subs did not make it in this time around. There was a database change to enable subs to be handled more easily, too.
• Player Statistics. Not all player statistics are implemented yet, so this screen was withheld. It's a valuable screen too. Sorry.
• Player Attributes. Some of the attributes (two, to be precise) on the 'best' and 'worst' on the player directory page absolutely nothing in the game... yet. We're not disclosing what those two are, but they were implemented because they WILL have an effect on the game in the future.
• Scouting. We're still trying to figure it out.
• Reserve/Youth Teams. The game requires that you hire a coach. The interview process was not finished by the January 10th deadline, even though they are generated come gametime.
• Several Elements on the Team Websites. There really is no reason for club history at this point of development, is there?
• Save/Load Game and Multiple Seasons. We have to withhold something!

If you have a really really small (<800x600) or large (>1024x768) screen resolution the game won't run or will look really really funny. I suggest changing to at least 1024x768, but the game is runnable at the larger resolutions, though large navy coloured segments of screen will be tarpulained off.

An error has plagued us for a while now, the 'day of week' error. Sometimes the game 'forgets' to reset the day of the week to Sunday, causing an error. We think that this is taken care of but you may get an error after a game.

On the Team Statistics screen, some statistics may not work correctly. This has been encountered on several computers and it is because of a very specific bug. This will be fixed.

On Training, if a player's name is in the top three on the bottom and he is in Training Group No. 1, the button might not light up.

If when you submit a contract (BUYING a player, not renegotiating with one on your own team, even though there is absolutely no need to do so) nothing happens set Contract Length to Five Years.

If something is not in the game you want visit Omissions to see if we publicly apologize.

If you have ANY more questions don't hesitate to contact us. Http://www.stattosoftware.com