quote SI Games

As you are no doubt aware, it Valentine's Day! And, just in case you haven't got any cards, we have a lovely Valentine's day gift for you (with love). Of course, it's the Football Manager 2008 update patch v8.0.2.

The update includes all of the transfers from the January transfer window and the latest (and hopefully final) patch for Football Manager 2008, Worldwide Soccer Manager 2008 & Futbol Manager 2008 - you can find the right update for your version of the FM patch at the link below.

Football Manager 2008

PC
Mac

Worldwide Soccer Manager

PC
PC(Digital Download)
Mac
Mac(Digital Download)

Futbol Manager

PC(Digital Download)
Mac(Digital Download)

These files are only available from these torrents (for now), there will be mirrors available during the day. You will require a Bittorrent client which you can download for free from bittorrent.com.

Mirrors

PC(Boxed Version)
Mirror #1
Mirror #2
Mirror #3
Mirror #4
Mirror #5


PLEASE ensure that you keep the bittorrent client open after you've downloaded to help people be able to get the file.

For more information please visit our forums

quote Underated - SI Official Mirrors

New mirrors:

Football Manager 2008 - PC (boxed)
http://www.ut3.yourfirstcreditcard.com/fm2008_802_boxed_pc.rar Use WINRAR to extract. Compressed to save time for downloaders.

Football Manager 2008 - PC (boxed)
http://www.ut3.yourfirstcreditcard.com/fm2008_802_boxed-pc.exe Original uncompressed.

Football Manager 2008 - Mac (boxed)
http://www.ut3.yourfirstcreditcard.com/fm2008_802_boxed-mac.dmg

Worldwide Soccer Manager - PC (digital download versions)
http://www.ut3.yourfirstcreditcard.com/wsm2008_802_digital-pc.exe

Worldwide Soccer Manager - PC (boxed)
http://www.ut3.yourfirstcreditcard.com/wsm2008_802_boxed-pc.exe

Futbol Manager PC (Digital Download)
http://www.ut3.yourfirstcreditcard.com/futm2008_802_digital-pc.exe

Futbol Manager Mac (Digital Download)
http://www.ut3.yourfirstcreditcard.com/futm2008_802_digital-mac.dmg

Worldwide Soccer Manager Mac (Digital Download)
http://www.ut3.yourfirstcreditcard.com/wsm2008_802_digital-mac.dmg[/q]

quote SI Games - Changes

Football Manager 2008 v8.0.2 Patch change list (Build 117931)
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General
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- Injured players will not get offered out on loan by parent clubs
- Human gets taken to the competition news screen on big events such as yearly award news items
- Ensured AI replaces overage captains promptly
- When Hearts play Hibs, both teams can now play in their first kits.
- Awards news no longer always refers to manager award winners and runners-up as having "nothing to choose between them"
- Stopped duplicate player appearing in Best Eleven if the same player is loaned twice by the club
- Stopped players being unahppy when an international captain is replaced following his retirement
- Fixed post match key man watch comments not mentioning player being injured/sent off/subbed etc
- Changed turkish regens to always be turkish by first nationality and have small chance of a specific second nationality
- Added new possible second nationalities for players born in England
- Tuned retirements of young players without a contract but part of the national squad
- Tweaked down grey player CA at the low end for non active teams
- Team records now processed for international friendlies.
- Stopped various Feeder links getting cancelled when they shouldn't be.

Interface
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- Can no longer choose American All Star teams when creating a tour in USA.
- In a network game, a user is now kept on a team screen if he was using it before the game was continued by another user. Before, the user was always forced to view a new screen.
- Removed code from U18 contract offer screen.
- Removed "Most Team Points" from Competition Summary screen for Cup Comps
- Changing to a saved team selection would sometimes not show players picked that were in the reserve or youth team.
- Fixed filter flickering on and off on the notes section when it was changed.
- "Information" section for clubs would sometimes showed a number instead of an informative string.
- Double clicking on the last word in an edit box wouldn't select the right text.
- Fixed some match colour clash problems.
- The selected row highlight doesn't disappear when changing player instructions outside a match.
- The advisor would sometimes be disabled by default.
- Fixed window not maximizing properly in large monitors.
- Calendar quick link did not work in some situation where the manager was an international manager.
- Calendar quick link button is now always available (regardless of if manager is unemployed or not).
- The advisor quick link button is now disabled if there are no advisors for the current screen, or if advisors are disabled.
- Fixed bottom half of the player comparison screen not being visible in some rare situations.
- The name of the saved game is correctly translated on the game status screen when changing languages and the game hasn't been saved for the first time yet.
- 'Return' and 'Enter' will complete wizard dialogs such as Start New Game and Add New Manager.
- The Player Search quick link button works if manager is international manager.
- Sorting the player history achievements list then selecting a different team/year now displays the correct details below.
- The player profile on the competition player stats section now displays the birth date and age rather than just the number (for age) without any text.
- Captain player reaction strings now show for non-first team squads.

FULL CHANGE LIST HERE

Underated's Quick Guide To Patch Installation

How To Install The Patch:

1. Once downloaded, make sure you don't have FM open, otherwise the patch will not update.

2. Double click on the file you've downloaded, you'll get something looking like this:




3. Click on 'Update'.

4. Once that's done, click on 'exit'.

5. Load up Football Manager as normal and click 'start new game'.

6. You should get an option of which version to use, you want to click on this one:



7. That's it. Enjoy the patch!





I edited out the HUGE change list and linked it instead, lol


PATCH 8.0.2 IS SAVE GAME COMPATIBLE



This message was edited by Mitch on Feb 14 2008.

This message was edited by Mitch on Feb 14 2008.

This message was edited by Mitch on Feb 16 2008.

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Good stuff here Mitch!

Oh Mitch you make me laugh

Lulz.

whats the difference with a mirror download to them ones?

Once everyone starts downloading the patch, the server will be hit hard. Mirrors are made to take the strain off of those servers.

oh i see, are most people waiting for the mirrors? and when will they be available?

Once someone has downloaded it could someone please tell me what Ebbsfleet are like please (media predictions, finances etc).

Expect the mirrors throughout the day popping up. I'm personally waiting for the mirrors as there could be some major downloading going on right now.

Thanks, will someone please post when the mirrors are available. Thanks.

I'll be keeping track of the mirrors in the first post constantly

Im having trouble downloading it could anyone give me any help?

I try downloading via the game but its saying version is down.

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Superb and they've added 7 subs for Prem games in 2009 too

I have 13 minutes left on the download, i will upload it to a few sites so people can download it soon.

How To Install The Patch:

1. Once downloaded, make sure you don't have FM open, otherwise the patch will not update.

2. Double click on the file you've downloaded, you'll get something looking like this:




3. Click on 'Update'.

4. Once that's done, click on 'exit'.

5. Load up Football Manager as normal and click 'start new game'.

6. You should get an option of which version to use, you want to click on this one:



7. That's it. Enjoy the patch!

i hope shots on goal to goal ratio as changed