FOOTBALL DIRECTOR II DOCS! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TYPED IN BY : LUKE & CHUCK / F/\iRLiGHT ! INSTRUCTIONS: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LOADING INSTRUCTIONS: BAH YOU KNOW IT... INSERT THE DISK INTO DF0: RECOMMENDED FEES: 9I $900.000 - $ 1.300.000 9 $650.000 - $ 850.000 8 $500.000 - $ 650.000 7 $350.000 - $ 500.000 6 $250.000 - $ 350.000 5 $150.000 - $ 220.000 4 $ 90.000 - $ 130.000 3 $ 35.000 - $ 65.000 2 $ 10.000 - $ 25.000 1 $ 5.000 - $ 15.000 EXPLANATION: 1. CONTRACTS: MOST PLAYERS WILL SIGN ON FOR AT LEAST A SEASON BUT OLDER PLAYERS WILL SIGN FOR A LONGER PERIOD. 2. WAGES: RANGE BETWEEN $70 AND $2000 DEPENDING ON A PLAYER'S SKILL; ALTHOUGH IF YOU INTEND ATTRACTING PLAYERS FROM HIGHER DEVISIONS TO YOUR CLUB YOU MAY HAVE TO PAY MORE MONEY! 3. SIGNING ON FEES: RANGE BETWEEN $3000 AND $10000 DEPENDING ON SKILL AND DEVISION, ALTHOUGH IF YOU ARE SIGNING A PLAYER FROM A CLUB IN A HIGHER DEVISION THAN YOURS YOU MAY HAVE TO PAY MORE! INSTRUCTIONS: 1. TO SELECT THE OPTION YOU WANT PRESS THE FIRST LETTER OF THE OPTION ON YOUR MENU. 2. TO SELL A PLAYER PRESS 'T' ON THE INFORMATION PAGE THEN WATCH FOR APPROACHES FROM OTHER TEAMS EVERY WEEK ON THE OFFERS AND NEGOTIATIONS PAGE. 3. TO BUY PLAYERS OBTAIN A SCOUT FROM THE EMPLOYEES PAGE THEN GO TO SCOUTS PAGE AND SET YOUR SCOUTS TO LOOK AT A TEAM AND PLAYER. THEN EVERY WEEK LOOK AT THE OFFERS AND NEGOTIATIONS PAGE UNTIL A PLAYER APPEARS. 4. EVERY WEEK CHECK YOUR SCOUTS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR PLAYERS OTHERWISE IT MEANS THEY CANNOT FIND THE PLAYER YOU WANT IN YOUR TEAM. 5. YOU CAN ONLY HAVE FIVE SAVES PER SEASON. THIS IS DISPLAYED AS THE NUMBER ON THE SAVE OPTION. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON SAVING CAREFULLY. 6. TO CHANGE A PLAYER OVER USE 'C' KEY ON THE SQUAD PAGE. 7. TO CHANGE A PLAYER'S FIELD POSITION FROM EG. A DEFENDER TO A MIDFIELDER USE THE 'F' KEY ON THE TEAM SCREEN. 8. THE TEMPER RATING IS AN INDICATION AS TO HOW HARD A PLAYER PLAYS. THE HIGHER THE TEMPER RATING THE MORE CHANCE OF INJURIES OR SENDINGS OFF. THE LOWER THE RATING THE MORE CHANCE OF BEING INTIMIDATED BY THE OPPOSTITION. 9. YOU CANNOT HAVE A YOUTH TEAM OR DO EXTRA TRAINING WITHOUT A COACH. EXTRA TRAINING IS ONLY EXTRA TRAINING, IT IS TAKEN DURING THE GAME THAT PLAYERS DO TRAIN EVERY WEEK. WHICH IS SOMETIMES YOU GET INJURIES DURING THE WEEKLY NEWS. IT IS UNADVISABLE TO EXTRA TRAIN EVERY WEEK! 10. DO NOT SELL TOO MANY SHARES OR YOU MAY GET THE SACK. 11. THE GOVERNEMNT CHARGES 33% TAX A PLAYER TRANSFERS. 12. THE GATE ONEY IS DIVIDED EQUALLY BETWEEN THE TWO CLUBS. 13. GOALSCORER'S LEAGUE ONLY COMES UP AFTER 20 LEAGUE GAMES. 14. YOU CANNOT RUN A CLUB IN THE NON-LEAGUE OR ABROAD, ALTHOUGH THEY DO PARTICIPATE IN THE CUPS. 15. DO NOT GO TO THE DIRECTORS TO ASK FOR MONEY IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF MONEY IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. 16. INSURANCE IS AGAINST INDIVIDUAL PLAYER INJURIES, SO YOU WILL PAID HIS WAGGES FOR EACH WEEK OF HIS INJURY. 17. GROUND IMPROVEMENTS ARE ONLY MADE ONE TO BRING YOU UP TO FIRST DEVISION STANDARD. SOME CLUBS IN THE FIRST AND SECOND DIVISIONS WILL HAVE ALREADY DONE THIS. 18. EUROPEAN TOURS ARE ONLY DONE AT THE END OF A SEASON IF YOU ARE IN THE FIRST DEVISION, BETWEEN 6TH AND 17TH IN THE LEAGUE, AND YOU HAPPEN TO BE ASKED (WHICK IS RARE). EUROPEAN CUPS ARE PLAYED DURING THE SEASON IF YOU QUALIFY. TO QUALIFY FOR THE EUROPEAN CUP YOU MUST WIN THE FIRST DEVISION, FOR THE UEFA CUP YOU MUST FINSIH SECOND IN THE FIRST DEVISION. FOR THE CUP WINNERS CUP, YOU HAVE TO WIN THE FA CUP. YOU CAN ONLY PLAY IN ONE EUROPEAN CUP PER SEASON. 19. IF YOU PRESS PLAY FOR THE MENU PAGE AND IT GOES BACK TO THE MENU, IT MEANS YOUR CONTRACT HAS EXPIRED OR YOU HAVE BEEN SACKED. YOU WILL HAVE TO EIGHTER RE-NEGOTAITE YOUR CONTRACT WITH YOUR CLUB. WHICH IS ON THE 'R' KEY OR JOIN ANOTHER CLUB, WHICH WILL BE ON THE OFFERS AND NEGOTIATION PAGE. SACKING CAN BE FOR A VARITY OF REASONS - NO MONEY, TOO FEW PLAYERS, BAD RESULTS, SELLING TOO MANY SHARES OR ANYTHING ELSE THE DIRECTORS FEEL LIKE. 20. YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLAY WITH A FULL ELEVEN SQUAD. IF YOU HAVE A SPACE IN YOUR TEAM., IT ASSUMES YOU ARE PLAYING WITH A ZERO RATED PLAYER, WHO HAS NO SELLING VALUE WHICH IS WHY HE IS NOT SHOWN. 21. ON CLUB FIXTURES THE LEFT RESULT IS THE OPPONENT, THE RIGHT RESULTS IS YOURS. 22. THE PRINTER OPTION IS A PRINT OUT THE FOLLOWING PAGES: SQUAD HISTORY, LEAGUE TABELS, CUP FIXTURES AND LEAGUE FIXTURES. G - GOALKEEPER D - DEFENDER M - MIDFIELDER A - ATAACKER I - INTERNATIONALS S - SUSPENDED # - INJURED +- - CURRENT STATE L - LOANED OUT * - ON LOAN TO YOU R - RETIRING (OR REPLACE ON CUP RESULTS) 27 - GOALS AGAINST LMTG - LEAGUES MATCHES TO GO D.P - DISCIPLINARY POINTS TEMP - TEMPERAMENT APPER- APPEARANCES P - PLAYED W - WON L - LOST D - DRAW F - FOR A - AGAINST PTS - POINTS LC - LEAGUE CUP ROUND POS - POSITION FA - FA CUP ROUND L - LEAGUE CUP F - FA CUP E - EUROPEANS CUPS VEN - VENUE AGG - AGGREGATE WO - WEEKS OUT (ONLY WHEN PRINTED OUT) NOTE: THE TRICK FOOTBALL DIRECTOR II IS TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THE CLUB'S MONEY AND BUILD UP A GOOD YOUTH TEAM. TRY AND RELY ON YOUR YOUTH TEAM FOR NEW PLAYERS BY ONLY BUYING VERY OCCASIONALY FROM OTHER CLUBS. WARNING: THE LEVELS IN THE GAME ARE SUPPOSED TO MOVE IF YOU BUY A FAR TOO GOOD A PLAYER FOR YOUR DIVISION. TRY TO WORK OUT AN SYSTEM TO STAY ON THE EASY LEVEL WITH A REASONABLY GOOD TEAM (IT IS POSSIBLE) THE END! BYE LUKE & CHUCK / FAIRLIGHT