Hi there. I posted this in the general forums, but I didn't get much help.
One of my dreams has been to recreate Pele as the ultimate striker to lead the national team to victory.
So, I went ahead in the editor that was included in the game folder, created a new player with the name Pele, placed him in the lowest level English league I would be playing in (Harrogate), and started a new game. I waited for the AI to pick him in the national team.
Indeed, I did see him in the national team as one of the squad members. However, I waited for their first fixture, but Dunga did not use him at all for the first friendly.
I then tried to change this by altering his reputation to max level in the editor. I restarted the game. The same exact situation happened...
How does the game determine which players they will send out as starting players/subs? If you see a striker with nearly all 20s in his abilities, no one in their right mind would not start him.
Is there something I'm missing? How can I force the AI to start him in the national matches he's participating in?
The thing is, I don't think league is the problem because he's in the 21 man squad. But he's not starting in the first friendly of the season! What the heck, I mean the head coach chose him as a part of the squad. So why is a striker with like 20 shooting etc etc (all major striker stats), and with 200 home/current/world reputation, not being chosen to start?
Funny thing is, if I edit one of the pre-existing players that was selected for the friendly, i.e. change their name and stats, then he is still chosen to start just fine. However, I don't want to overwrite a pre-existing player, nor do I want to move him to a different team.
Thank you for your help.
One of my dreams has been to recreate Pele as the ultimate striker to lead the national team to victory.
So, I went ahead in the editor that was included in the game folder, created a new player with the name Pele, placed him in the lowest level English league I would be playing in (Harrogate), and started a new game. I waited for the AI to pick him in the national team.
Indeed, I did see him in the national team as one of the squad members. However, I waited for their first fixture, but Dunga did not use him at all for the first friendly.
I then tried to change this by altering his reputation to max level in the editor. I restarted the game. The same exact situation happened...
How does the game determine which players they will send out as starting players/subs? If you see a striker with nearly all 20s in his abilities, no one in their right mind would not start him.
Is there something I'm missing? How can I force the AI to start him in the national matches he's participating in?
The thing is, I don't think league is the problem because he's in the 21 man squad. But he's not starting in the first friendly of the season! What the heck, I mean the head coach chose him as a part of the squad. So why is a striker with like 20 shooting etc etc (all major striker stats), and with 200 home/current/world reputation, not being chosen to start?
Funny thing is, if I edit one of the pre-existing players that was selected for the friendly, i.e. change their name and stats, then he is still chosen to start just fine. However, I don't want to overwrite a pre-existing player, nor do I want to move him to a different team.
Thank you for your help.