We Are Football 2024 Update 2

Some of the highlights included in update 2:

• Create a club extension: Create your own team (draft mode); the users can additionally select their players when starting their own club (within a reasonable budget)
  
• Banner and fan update (visible in the stadium)
  
• Player celebrations after cup wins
  
• Tactical option to provoke players of the opponents
  
• Special in-game event with discounts for stadium and club facilities
  
• Automated scouting, head scout will automatically scan leagues to search for fitting players
  
• Historical transfers also in the scouting department (previous seasons can be viewed)
  
• New career data in the player profile under player development: average marks and injury times
  
• Player photos on the goals of the month and the year screens
  
• Integration of the new entrances behind the goals
  
• Option to declare interest in a player in advance, advantage for later negotiations
  
• List of upcoming transfers (shows a club’s already completed transfers for the future)
  
• Option to clear scouting list
  
• Place youth players on watch list
  
• Offer player: Only show interested teams and their budgets
  
• Option to change the cup images (3 sizes)
  
• Loss of team scouting progress every month if a team is not scouted anymore
  
• Option to watch a match in 3D from the starting menu
  
• Selectable database for the simulation of matches from the starting menu
  
• Option to skip the info box displayed at the beginning of match highlights
  
• Significantly enhanced match scenes, especially in the areas of free kicks, throw-ins and counter-attacks
  
• New African leagues: Egypt, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia
  

Bug fixes/changes for Update 2

Scouting / Transfers / Youth

• Scouting: Name format was different than in all other areas
  
• Scouting: 2nd teams were not in the selection for video analysis
  
• Scouting: Own loaned-out player was listed in the scouting order
  
• Scouting: Possible crash with too many scouting actions fixed
  
• Transfers: Appointments made directly at the end of the week via the transfer list were skipped
  
• Transfers: Preliminary discussion was skipped due to alleged negotiation date
  
• Transfers: Crash after setting a contract date in a certain case fixed
  
• Youth: No warning pop-up appeared if budget was not sufficient for training/intensive player observation
  
• Youth: Added “Extend club grounds” button to youth section “Local”
  
• Youth: Salary demands of youth players for their first professional contract further reduced
  

Match

• Match: Side panels: Last goal scorers: Result was displayed incorrectly due to own goal
  
• Match: Camera panning to the other half of the pitch fixed
  
• Match: Reaction after the end of the game did not refer to the actual result in special cases
  
• Match: AI substituted too rarely when leading
  
• Match: Wrong team in attack displayed during long scenes
  
• Match: Replay started at the end of the scene
  
• Match: Wrong team displayed in attack overlay (long scenes)
  
• Match: Penalty after handball: Overlay showed a wrong player picture and wrong club
  
• Match: Crash during a conference in a certain case
  
• Match: Fans: Club abbreviation was not replaced correctly in the text chants
  
• Match: Fans were clearly visible in heavy pyro fog
  
• Match: ‘Held’ after boxing away was displayed
  
• Match: Instant calculation: Crash in result display and "t" fixed
  
• Match: Cause for instability in conference mode fixed
  
• Match: Graphic error after games with rain fixed
  
• Match: Assignment of the goalkeeper's name was partly wrong
  

Weekly Progression

• Weekly schedule: Events came too often and sometimes twice when the dismissal was imminent
  
• Weekly schedule: Crash in certain multiplayer games fixed
  
• Good/bad: Corrected linking for weakness right/left
  
• Event overview: Screen did not close with ESC
  
• End of season: Crash transition 2nd/3rd season after honouring the most popular player in one case
  
• Annual general meeting: boring event is now excluded when the board changes
  
• Annual general meeting: Cause for possible crash eliminated
  
• Season review: The "i" under Manager was without function
  

Statistics and Player Screens

• Statistics: Dragging club values into the favorites field showed market values
  
• Statistics: All-time league table: Wrong highlights corrected for table leads
  
• Player info: Tooltip for the player food did not show the preferred foot
  
• Player info: Characteristics of difficult players and top character players could be specified at the same time
  
• Player info/Start of the week: During training, the boost read ‘Unfortunately not available during a match’ after cup animation
  
• Player skills: Inconsistency with a player's goalkeeper ability fixed
  
• Player ratings: Improved scores with high lead or high deficit
  

National Teams

• National team: EC 24 also takes place in the normal game
  
• National team: Fixed the problem of missing goalkeepers during long matches with e.g. Romania
  
• National team: Extra time is no longer skipped uneventfully
  

Miscelaneous fixes

• Finances: European Cup bonuses were no longer paid out in full
  
• Staff: Contract negotiation: Abbreviation per month instead of per year
  
• Personal life: Favourite club was displayed in the event although the son signed for his own club
  
• Manager contract: Personal title bonus was paid to the club
  
• Unemployment: Own desired setting was overwritten again (at least visually)
  
• Hall of Fame: Old cartoon image of a player with a hero shot was displayed
  
• Medical department: If an injured player was visited and injured again shortly afterward, the checkmark remained
  
• Sponsors: Amounts for ad board contract extensions were too high
  
• Arrival: Display of leagues was incorrect for relegation matches
  
• League: English 3rd league was reduced by one team after the first season
  
• Team comparison: Talent tooltip only showed the word "Talent"
  
• Usability: Added ESC function for various screens
  
• Loading/Saving: Possible crash when loading a game fixed
  
• Start menu: Tooltip was missing for kit test tool
  
• Penalties: Assault against referee was penalized too little
  
• Path to the final: Abbreviation for penalty shootout was not displayed
  
• Slight increase in the number of goals
  
• Text fix for the Welcome screen for the national teams, which referred to the club
  
• Switching between 1st and 2nd team has no negative influence on team tactics, there were problems with friendly matches while half the squad was with the national team
  
• AI fitness further improved
  
• There are slightly more goals in the matches between teams of equal strength
  
• Reduced memory requirements during the actual saving process, thus avoiding crashes when memory is low
  
• Fixed problem with team spirit at the end of the season, bonuses from the previous season are now slowly running out
  
• Fixed problem in the museum with national teams (cup display)