PotD Screenshots - Comments?

[Chris Davies (E.S.P. Man)]

Chris Davies, creator of PotD (along with Drinky of course!) here. Drinky's nicely put the screenshots at FIFA 2000 Online for the world to see (more coming soon by the way, including the final F.A. Cup Final between Chelsea and Aston Villa!), so what do YOU think of them? Your comments would be MUCH appreciated if you think there is anything we can work on, if you think anything looks outstandingly good or bad, whatever. Thanks in advance!

Chris Davies

 

[sglean]

Looks fantastic. I am really interested in the squads though, have you fixed the bugs like no Ferdinand in the West Ham team.

Elland Road looked great and the numbers look tremendous. Well done guys. I can't wait to hear the new chants.

Will you be able to play as more than one team in the Premier or will you have to create a custom league again?

Very excited hope we see it soon, my PC is ready.

Steve

 

[Chris Davies (E.S.P. Man)]

Ah good, a nice quick reply

Thanks very much, your comments and questions are welcomed with the greatest of welcomes

Good news - All the bugs in rosters have been fixed (with thanks to Jochen Tree's help) and also Division One added (unfortunately Two and Three won't make it into the first version but VERY VERY VERY shortly after PotD - The End of an Era is released there will be a 2000\2001 season update containing the new season's kits and Division One, Two and Three (plus the promotion\relegation details added)). Bad news - You will have to create a custom league and 2 custom cups to make it complete if you want to recreate the Premier season properly if you want to use more than one team. But it's not really that bad - All the teams you need are in one league (apart from the cups where you can just add who you want from the Premiership and Div.1)...

Thanks for your encouragement too mate, much appreciated

Any more questions, comments, whatever? Keep 'em rolling in! Thanks people

Chris Davies

 

[Hunnter]

The screenshots look super, it looks like you have all injected more life into the game..congrats on a terrific job..
Elland Road looks like.....erm...Home..

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[LiverpoolFAN]

I have to say those screenshots look awesome. The new numbers look superb. A couple questions, though, how many new stadiums will there be, and will potd: end of an era be compatible with fed2000, because the first potd seemed to have errors when using fed2k, like all the leeds players were on liverpool, and liverpool players on man utd squad. Also, how many new faces did u put in the game? Thanx a lot for doing this, im waiting anxiously for the release...

 

[Drinky UKSN]

There will be full FEd compatibility. Every single face from FIFA 2000 has been replaced.
There will be new stadia for <deep breath>:

Original POTD Stadia:
England
Everton
Crystal Palace/Wimbledon
Man Utd
Tottenham

All-New Stadia:
Arsenal
Liverpool
Southampton
Leeds
Coventry
Newcastle
Aston Villa
Chelsea
Cheltenham Town
Tranmere

Answer your question?

 

[Iceberg24k]

Okay, the screenshots look excellent, but did you guys overwrite any leagues or teams in order to add the other English teams if you did please tell me which ones...also did you guys update the cups like Champions League and UEFA Cup with the proper teams?

P.S> THANKS A LOT!!!

 

[Chris Davies (E.S.P. Man)]

Hey hey, I'm back - Holy cow, 7 messages waiting for me when I came on, glad you like them!!!

Hunnter - Thanks for your remarks - By your remarks do you mean Elland Road looks realistic? If so, thanks

LiverpoolFAN - Aaahhh, a man after my own heart - Almost, I support Tranmere

Thanks for your kind remarks - Drinky already answered your stadiums question, he answered your FEd2000 question INCORRECTLY (

) and didn't answer your faces question... Well, the rosters WON'T be editable with FEd2000 - Well, they will, but I'm made them so that one wrong move and the rosters pack in. Me and Jochen have made them PERFECT and so you have no need to edit them anyway! Just leave well alone and enjoy, that's what we make it for; If you want to edit something make your own bloody patch!!!

Like I've just said, they are perfect, no errors at all (accurate for the end of the 99\00 season). As for the new faces - EVERY SINGLE player face has been replaced with a more realistic looking one (with thanks to Xavier Baez's help). It looks (and sounds with Drinky's chants) great.

Drinky - Wow, I didn't know you were doing ALL those stadia! Nice one! And I thought you were too busy eh, tut tut tut...

This is continued in my next post, I try to post a nice long reply message and this forum's "flood control is activated" - DDDDD'''''ooooohhhhh

Chris Davies

(BTW, in-case you're wondering, the only reason I edited this message is 'cause I made a ****-up of the angry face the first two times and I really wanted to show how angry I am with this bloody flood thingy, it happens every time I write a big reply...)

[This message has been edited by Chris Davies (E.S.P. Man) (edited 05-27-2000).]

 

[Chris Davies (E.S.P. Man)]

OK then, part two (by the way, the four stars don't hide the F word, they hide the C word meaning, erm, the male's sexual organ - But not in a rude sense - Cocck-up (spelt with two c's so it doesn't get censored and you know what I am talking about) is a very much used word over here in England, I don't think it's considered as rude, kids say it! Just so you don't think I'm a constant swearer

)...

Iceberg24k - The leagues overwritten were (we had to, FIFA crashed otherwise) MLS. That's it. In the new season update we bring out before the new season begins it will have Div. Two and Three as well, which will remove Brazil and Israel. MLS and Brazil (and I THINK Israel) have no teams in the cups, so it all works out perfect! As for the new Champions League and UEFA Cup spots - This PotD will update everything to as it was at the end of the 99\00 season (which officially ends on Monday, when the play-off finals finish, with the Divison One one between Barnsley and Ipswich to see who gets to the Premiership), and not update it to 00\01 season. But before the new season starts (no delays or nothing, we SWEAR) there will be a TINY update with new 00\01 kits and promotion\relegation details.

Drinky - I just explained the answer to Iceberg24k's question above. You were indeed right, but the Brazilian league won't be overwritten until the 00\01 update and you missed out Israel. I know you aren't the roster master but I'm just making sure I reply to everyone

LiverpoolFAN - No stadium structure changes but the ones already with FIFA 2000 made for some good realistic stadia (Anfield rules, apart from Tranmere's and Arsenal's it's the only one I made too!)! So don't worry too much

Drinky did mention that he might ask Rimo of FIFAMANIA.IT if he could use some models, and they are great (go and get some if you don't believe me!), but I don't know if Drinky needs them now, I'll have to ask him...

OK, thanks everyone, keep 'em coming (WHY oh WHY did I click on "E-Mail notification" when I made this topic, I now check my E-Mail and have about 10 E-Mails saying "so-and-so has replied"!!!)...

Chris Davies

( BTW, in-case you are wondering why I have edited this message AS WELL, I made another cocck-up (once again spelt with two c's so it doesn't get censored - I've already explained we don't regard it at ALL as a swear word, blah blah blah...) - I put a capital p after : so the "tongue-in-cheek" face didn't work... Goddamnit, am I going to get one thing RIGHT tonight???

)

[This message has been edited by Chris Davies (E.S.P. Man) (edited 05-27-2000).]

 

[Schumacher]

Hi, Chris. Is POTD going to be out on Monday? After seeing the shots, I don't know if I'm going to be able to wait any longer...

 

[Chris Davies (E.S.P. Man)]

Well Schumacher, I've just been talking to Drinky and we will BUST a GUT to get it out for Monday. But we have just decided that we will do ALL the Premier stadia, which MIGHT take us a bit longer to finish

But on the other hand, it might not - So maybe is the only definate answer. But not to fear, if it is delayed it will DEFINATELY only be by a day or two and it will DEFINATELY DEFINATELY be worth it

Thanks for your question...

Chris Davies

 

[Iceberg24k]

Thanks Chris...I don't care for any of those leagues, I was just asking cause in the old POTD the Champions League and UEFA Cup were totally screwed up...is POTD going to come with a readme file telling about what was changed, removed, and basically everything the patch does???

 

[Schumacher]

Thanks for the speedy reply, Chris! POTD is going to rock!

 

[Schumacher]

Also Chris, will POTD feature new BBC Sports popups? Like for the score etc? Thanks in advance, and keep up the good work!

 

[Chris Davies (E.S.P. Man)]

Iceberg24k - Thanks

The Champions League and UEFA Cup teams aren't messed up (they are 99\00 season but that's OK innit, you can wait til the update can't ya?) - As for a readme - Well of course, WTF did you expect?

Schumacher - Thanks, your welcome, and yes I know, PotD is going to rock

Schumacher (AGAIN?

) - PotD will feature BRAND SPANKING NEW BBC Sport MotD popups for everything, unless you'd prefer Sky (?)... Thanks again for your replies!!!

Chris Davies

 

[Iceberg24k]

Chris, thanks a lot, your right on the fact that I can't wait for the update, what is the address for the POTD website?

 

[Chris Davies (E.S.P. Man)]

No website address yet, but it will arrive on SG soon, stay tuned

Chris Davies

 

[kingcasey]

With the risk of being labelled a pedantic, Chris... 'Definitely' is spelt with an 'i'...

 

[Chris Davies (E.S.P. Man)]

kingcasey - No comment

Chris Davies

 

[Chris Davies (E.S.P. Man)]

Just a note to say - Thanks everyone who's posted a reply to this subject, we have reached a total of 20 (21 now) replies in under 11 hours!!! Perhaps I'll speak to Matt and confirm it's a record

Thanks guys, you've done us and yourselves proud and prove the popularity of PotD and perhaps even the English leagues (bring on the French\German\Spanish\Italian forum defenders)

Chris Davies