LMASTER Mod 0.1.0-beta.1 (testing)

Testing release. Download LMASTER-Mod-0.1.0-beta.1.zip, unzip it, and follow the README inside. You need your own Redump-verified PAL disc image (SLES-54151); no game files are included.

• Full (...-Full.xdelta): every fix plus the harder economy and balance changes, with its own saves.
• Lite (...-Lite.xdelta): the fixes only, using your existing saves.
• Optional PCSX2 widescreen patches for both editions in widescreen/.

Please report what works and what doesn't, especially changes marked needs extra testing.

The first testing release. Built from LMAST-Reverse commit
2678125.

Added (Lite and Full)

• Optional widescreen patches for PCSX2, one for each edition: matches
  in 16:9 without stretching, menus and HUD kept at their normal shape.
  The same widescreen patch as for the original game, checked to touch
  none of the code LMASTER changes. (needs extra testing)

Restored (Lite and Full)

• Main sponsor negotiation is back. You can negotiate with your main
  sponsor on the Sponsor screen again, as in the Japanese release. The
  European release switched it off.
• The World National Cup's results can be viewed. Its final was on
  the last week of the year, so the season ended before you could look
  at the results. Both national cups now start one week earlier.

Fixed (Lite and Full)

• Your rival's manager matches the rival's style. Every rival club
  got the same manager whatever its style.
• Training camps train what they say. Each camp trained as the next
  type on the list, so a goalkeeper camp trained no goalkeeping.
• Seven English training camps are in the right towns. Liverpool's
  camp was in Scunthorpe, Manchester's in West London, and five more were
  in the wrong place.
• Santiago's training camp has its description. It showed none.
• Canberra's training camp lists all its clubs. Fukuoka and Kanagawa
  never appeared.
• Drills have the right names. Twelve drills (75–86) showed the name
  of the next drill, so "Pass training." trained shooting.
• Season tickets sell by club status. Every club above the lowest
  status sold season tickets as if it were small, so top clubs sold far
  fewer than they should.
• Players imported from Virtua Pro Football keep their best play
  styles. They usually arrived with one style, or none.
• Long injuries can't heal as fast as light ones. One 18-month injury
  type could start as short as a light knock. (needs extra testing)
• Injuries to players aged 35 and over at full tiredness use the right
  table. The game read past the end of its injury table for them.
  (needs extra testing)

Changed (Full only)

• Separate saves. The Full edition saves careers and VS data in its
  own memory card folders, so it never mixes with saves from the
  original game. See the README to bring a career over.
• Fairer league fixtures. No club plays more than two league games in
  a row at home, or away. Some leagues sent a club to the same ground up
  to nine times running.
• A harder economy:
  • Facilities cost more to build and to keep up, and much more at the
    top: the biggest stadium costs £350M.
  • Ticket prices go up to £80 (the original stopped at £50). Crowds
    shrink as the price climbs past £50.
  • Advertising buys half as much for the money, and the budget goes up
    to £10M.
  • Late-game income is smaller: sponsor fees and TV offers above £2M
    are halved above that amount, and season-ticket demand is halved.
• Balance changes (needs extra testing):
  • Long injuries (six months or more) are about twice as common, mostly
    for tired players, so squad rotation matters more.
  • The "two months" and "nine months" injury lines, cut before release,
    are back, in all five languages.
  • Overseas bases cost twice as much and do twice as much per level.
  • Transfer fees are twice as high, up to £250M.
  • A bigger fanbase sells more merchandise and brings bigger crowds and
    TV offers. A small one brings less.
  • Merchandise stock costs more to make, so it earns smaller profits.

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