Patch notes: FS 2.6

Please see below for full patch notes on the newest release for the game.  Big changes are:

  • The return of mobile payment method. Now with the option to give credits as gifts.  Huzzah!
  • New Match Fitness system - regular play improves performance, but stay away from the game too long and you’ll lose your edge. Ooh!
  • Superstar Management gets an overhaul with new options, larger payouts and much improved member bonuses, as well as being in the game itself.  Hurray!
  • An assortment of bug fixes and (leaderboard, expired items, etc) Yippee!
  • Tweaks to gameplay controls and visuals in match. W00t!

FS 2.6

(2nd June 2011)

Major Feature Changes in this Patch

  • Domino’s Pizza Store

    • Following on from the success of the Domino’s Reggae Reggae Pizza Shack, a new store has opened for business! The Domino’s Pizza Store south of the Town Hall is selling a range of hot Domino’s pizzas and with each purchase you have a chance to score yourself rare gold football items, a limited edition Dominos’s shirt or some extra fame.

  • Match Fitness

    • Consider yourself an FS fanatic? If so, you’re about to be rewarded for your love of the game! The new Match Fitness Bonus is an improvement on top of your Gym Trained Attributes and Football Practice Attributes that increases based on the number of consecutive days you have played competitive football matches. The more often you play, the bigger a bonus you will see. The longer you step away from the pitch, the more rusty you’ll become and your Match Fitness Bonus will diminish. In addition, you will lose your entire Match Fitness Bonus by abandoning a match (in addition to a possible match ban!). The Match Fitness Bonus is shown on the Character Sheet underneath your Football Attributes and is also reflected in the attribute breakdown tooltips.

  • Superstar Management

    • Superstar Management is now available in-game from the main toolbar or by pressing F2. You can purchase a range of contracts via Superstar Management that improve your Experience, Fame and Football Practice Attributes. Note: Character Retrain and Rename services are still provided on the FS website only at this stage.

    • Contracts now deliver higher bonuses.

    • Free Superstar Management training sessions and contracts, which had proved frustrating for players who missed out on them due to not being able to check in each and every day, or due to downtime have now been replaced with extra points from all positional training sessions as well as extended contract duration. So now you will able to reap the full benefits of your membership level even if you’re away from the game for a few days.

    • As part of this change, Football Practice Attribute positional training is now the only paid means of improving Football Practice Attributes.

  • Mobile Payments

    • The “Allopass” payment gateway is now available, both in-game and on the website, from the “Mobile” icon on the “Purchase Credits” page.

    • Gifting of FS Credits is now possible (and endorsed) through this new payment method - please visit the forum for more information on this.

    • More territories are covered in this mobile payment method than the previous version, see SMS Coverage for more information (this opens a link to an external site)

    • “Premium Call” options are also available, providing a landline alternative to mobile SMS.

General Patch Information

  • Match Gameplay

    • Independant tackle (Z) and change intellicon mode (C) have been added back into the key mappings.
    • Additional time is now also added at the end of a match if a final attacking play is currently in progress.

  • User Interface

    • Player nicknames can now be displayed on the football pitch by pressing Shift+B. Press Shift+B again to toggle through each combination of name and number.

  • Inventory

    • Players can no longer equip some football items with zero durability.

  • Leaderboard

    • The calculation determining the points removed for red cards, yellow cards and fouls now takes into account the number of matches played. This addresses an issue where some high level players were not appearing on the leaderboard.

  • Gym Training

    • The Gym Training interface will no longer become accidentally locked if you attempt to purchase a training session with insufficient FS Dollars.

  • Traders

    • A feedback dialogue is now shown for the amount of fame received when purchasing fame buffed items from a trader.
    • Traders now give feedback if you have walked out of range whilst interacting with them with them.