to steam or not to steam?

[Mungo_IX]

so I have preordered FM11 and it should arrive at around 1 today.

just wondering what the benefits of running with steam are? I'm on a mac so I believe this is the first FM to be steam-mac compatabile.

whats the difference? being able to play without the disk?

cheers thanks.

 

[nuttyprot]

Installing Football Manager 2011 via Steam gives a number of benefits.

Steam achievements are exclusive to those who installed through Steam. This helps you keep track of how you are doing in the game and what you’ve achieved as a manager.

There are more of these than ever before with Football Manager 2011 and the full list of all 86 achievements is listed below...

Hat-trick - Your player scored a hat-trick
Top Of The Class - You won a manager of the month award
You're Up! - Guide your team to promotion in a domestic league
Cup Glory! - You won a top domestic cup
Champions! - You won the top league in a nation
Team Performance - Five of your players were named in a team of the week
International Superstar - One of your players was selected in the World Cup Best XI
Parked The Bus - Your team didn't concede a goal in 5 consecutive league games
Comeback King! - You won a match after being 2 or more goals down at half-time
Star Man - One of your players was selected in the Team Of The Year
Goal Machine - Your player was the top league goalscorer over an entire season
Unstoppable Force - Your team scored the most league goals over an entire season
Iron Curtain - Your team conceded the least league goals over an entire season
Scoring Streak - Your team scored in 10 consecutive competitive matches
Unbeatable! - Your team was unbeaten in 10 consecutive competitive matches
Parked The Tank - Your team didn't concede a goal in 10 consecutive competitive matches
National Service - You were offered a job in international management
The Boss - You won the Manager Of The Year award
Best In Europe - Your player won a European Player award
Loyalty Card - You stayed at one club for 5 seasons
Golden Boot - Your player was the top scorer at a World Cup
Best In The World - Your player won the World Player Of The Year award
Super Cup Glory - You won a continental cup competition
Champions Streak - You won 5 different league competitions
Cup Streak - You won 5 different cup competitions
You're On Fire - You won 10 consecutive competitive matches
Do The Double - You won a nations top league and cup competitions in the same season
Domination - You have won 3 consecutive top division league titles
Part Of The Furniture - You have stayed at one club for 10 seasons
Trophy Hoarder - You have won 20 cup competitions
Best In The Business - You have won the Manager Of The Month award 10 times
Freedom Of The Country - You have won an international championship
On Top Of The World - You have won the World Cup
Legend - You have won the Manager Of The Year award 5 times
Invincible! - Your team played the entire season without losing a league game
First Victory - You guided your team to victory in a competitive fixture
Confederations Winner - You have won the Confederations Cup
Value For Money - Congratulations! You have played Football for 30 seasons
Club Legend - You have stayed at one club for 20 seasons
The Greatest - You have become the greatest manager of all-time!
World Renowned - You have made it into the worldwide hall of fame
English Hero - You achieved promotion from the lowest to the highest league in England
Scottish Hero - You achieved promotion from the lowest to the highest league in Scotland
French Hero - You achieved promotion from the lowest to the highest league in France
Italian Hero - You achieved promotion from the lowest to the highest league in Italy
Spanish Hero - You achieved promotion from the lowest to the highest league in Spain
Brazilian Hero - You achieved promotion from the lowest to the highest league in Brazil
Headhunted - You were offered a job by a larger team that you were managing
Video Director - You uploaded a video to YouTube
Spread The News - You posted a status update to Twitter
He's Sold! - You sold a player to another team
Back Of The Net! - Your team scored a goal
Thumping - Your team won a match by at least 5 goals
Going Places - Your board decide to build a new stadium
Overachiever! - Your team was chosen as the league overachieving team
Record Signing - You broke your clubs record transfer fee spent on a player
Record Sale - You broke your clubs record transfer fee received for a player
Full Faith - You have gained 90% overall board confidence
Shrewd Spender - You have gained 90% board confidence in controlling the clubs wage bill
Beating Expectations - You have gained 90% board confidence in overall competitions
We Trust You - You gained the trust of the board to select a feeder team
I'm The Boss! - You fined one of your clubs players
Takeover Survival - You kept your job following a club takeover
Well Travelled - You won 5 different top league competitions
He's Signed! - You signed a player for your team
Clean Sheet - You played a match without conceding a goal
What A Goal! - Your player collected a goal of the month award
Double Hat-Trick - Your player scored 6 or more goals in one competitive match
Superb Strike - Your player collected a goal of the season award
Qualified - You qualified for an international competition
All Around The World - You qualified for the World Cup
Splashing The Cash - You bought a player for £30 million or more
Cash To Burn - You sold a player for £30 million or more
The Professor - You have gained at least 75% scouting knowledge for your club
Continental King - You won a continental cup on 3 different continents
Highlight Reel - Your players collected 10 goal of the month awards
Outstanding Defence - Your team didn't concede a goal in 20 consecutive competitive matches
Tremendous Trio - 3 of your players were selected in the Team Of The Year
Fantastic Five - 5 of your players were selected in the Team Of The Year
Attack! - Your team scored a goal in 20 consecutive competitive matches
Irresistable Force - Your team scored a goal in 30 consecutive competitive matches
On A Roll - Your team hasn't lost in 20 matches
Top Form - Your team hasn't lost in 30 matches
Immovable Object - Your team hasn't conceded a goal in 30 consecutive competitive matches
Icon - You have received 10 Manager Of The Year awards
Immortality - You have received 20 Manager Of The Year awards

 

[Tharros]

Miles Jacobson, one of the developers of FM was talking about this in his blog. Bascially with steam you get automatic updates, achievements and integrated social features ect.

 

[Chaz Sexington]

First of all, it organises all your games and allows you to download it wherever you are. No more codes to type in, lost discs etc. It's ******* fantastic. Also, the above.

 

[Mungo_IX]

perfect, thanks guys, think I will install with steam as achievements are an added bonus!

 

[ben274]

was going to go for steam, but as I live in Belgium, its 50 euros!
So gone for the 25 quid from amazon!

 

[krankie_frankie]

Not going to use steam, as I got the game today and steam won't let me download the game today as it's release date is tomorrow.

 

[seanboro]

Steam

 

[mojotzotzo]

was going to go for steam, but as I live in Belgium, its 50 euros!
So gone for the 25 quid from amazon!

you can register it for steam even if you haven't bought it from there

 

[Mungo_IX]

just received FM11 today, how do you get into the editor through steam? I'm on a mac too, I don't know if that makes any difference.

 

[Mike.]

i go for the best of both worlds, buy the hard copy, but install by steam

 

[uncleking]

Having downloaded the Mac version of 2011 from steam, I am wondering where I should put my logo and facepacks to be able to able to enable them in game? Not having loaded from a cd, it seems like I don't have access to the same data files I had in 2010. Please Obi-wan you are my only hope.