hersch

I have a silly question Why there are some things hard-coded in the game? By "hard-coded" do you mean they are hard to modify, or the term "hard" refers to something else?

Anyway, let's say that someone has huge skills in programing and stuff like this... Could he modify the game by his own will? Cause if that is possible, i'll go right now to a software school or something like that, learn al the programing stuff in the world, and the i'll create my own game.

Sorry for the silly topic, but this curiosity is killing me!!!

Sir_Liam

I would think that's illegal.

Fire Bracelet

I'm not sure but I think that's called a career, and I assume you can do anything with this game if you like, but you can't distribute your changes without the express permission of Sports Interactive along with AFC Wimbledon.

DaveRH

[quote]Originally posted by hersch:
I have a silly question Why there are some things hard-coded in the game? By "hard-coded" do you mean they are hard to modify, or the term "hard" refers to something else?[quote]

"Hard coded" - not able to be altered within the application.

He could modify it, but as mentioned earlier there are legal implications in doing so. Also - the game is compiled, so you can't see the source code that actually goes into the game itself.

hersch

ok, thaks dudes! i don't want to modify the game so i can sell it... i only want to modify it for me!

trekman

Thats why the game comes with an editor so you can modify things yourself. About the only thing you cant modify with the editor that you might actually want to would be the league rules. What exactly is it that you want to change that you currently cant?

philkemp

Hard-Coded is stuff in the code of the program that cannot be changed unless you re-compile that .exe file.

Soft-Coded is things in the code that relate to an outside variable. Outside variables being the database you can edit.

As a computer programmer myself I'd love to be able to have the skills to make a game like FM, but I would have no idea where to start, and I'm only one person. I'm guessing the team behind FM contains tens? hundreds? of coders (that's excluding the research people).

And if you just want to modify a few things, try the editor. If you want to modify anything else, then a) what is it? and b) maybe suggest it for the next version...

Fire Bracelet

Certain things like leagues, league structures, tiebreak rules, competition rules, competition structure, I think those types of things are hard coded.

hersch

what do i want to modify?

e.g.
1. i want to create my own league. with it's own rules... i want to play i some kind of an amateur league, where the winner or runners up are not playing in european cups, a league where is no promotion or relegation. i know it's spund stupid or boring, but for me is not. there is no specific reason why i want to do this, it's just a personal options or wish
2. modify some unreal league rules.
3. in my current game, in 2026, the last day of the euro cup group stage is played on the 26 th of december very unreal!!! and it seem that this match day is pushed by the game further and further in time, every year!!!! what will happen in 2050??? everyone else here who had this problem?
4. just for curiosity...

thanks for your answers!

NepentheZ

I wouldn't. Once you buy the game, you are free to do with it as you wish. Distributing is as your "own game" is a problem, but he said he would "Create his own game" - which is entirely legal.

As for "Hard-Coded". They are basically things in the game that you can not change, via any editor or external program.