Frequently asked questions
updated: 30/Apr/2023
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Frequently Asked Questions and Common Issues:
1. Microsoft Windows missing files error
2. Error cannot find football life 2023
3. Cannot save edits or career
4. Starting lineup looks wrong
5. Lag or crash using a laptop with two GPU
6. Cannot find the game exe (FL_2023 start.exe)
7. Error stuck in the loading screen
8. Customized sider addons not working after the update
9. Cannot import PNG in edit mode (white import)
10. Transfers in edit mode cause bugs in Master League/BAL
11. Windows preventing sider.ini or map_teams.txt from saving
2. Error cannot find football life 2023
3. Cannot save edits or career
4. Starting lineup looks wrong
5. Lag or crash using a laptop with two GPU
6. Cannot find the game exe (FL_2023 start.exe)
7. Error stuck in the loading screen
8. Customized sider addons not working after the update
9. Cannot import PNG in edit mode (white import)
10. Transfers in edit mode cause bugs in Master League/BAL
11. Windows preventing sider.ini or map_teams.txt from saving
General Notes:
* be sure the game is updated to the latest FL version available.
* test with an unmodified game to be sure the report is valid
* do not let the antivirus delete any of football life files
all the files on the smokepatch website are safe and free from viruses or malware, we use BAT scripts to install and run the game, antivirus programs usually mark all BAT-based files as dangerous, and we cannot afford to buy a digital certificate, as the price for that is insane, do not let the antivirus delete or block the installation
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1. Microsoft Windows missing files error:
windows might be missing files especially newly installed systems or un-updated systems, below are the potentially needed updates from Microsoft for Windows:
windows might be missing files especially newly installed systems or un-updated systems, below are the potentially needed updates from Microsoft for Windows:
- Microsoft DirectX End-User Runtime
- be sure your system has updated DirectX software, you can update it from the official Microsoft source:
if the directX is not up to date it can cause various issues including failure to start the game or error of missing DLL files
- Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable
- be sure the visual C++ is updated from the official Microsoft source:
this will fix issues like the sider not working or settings not starting.
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5
- be sure the .NET Framework is updated from the official Microsoft source:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=30653
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2. Error (cannot find football life 2023)
this means there are game files missing or deleted from the game folder, reinstall the game and make sure the antivirus does not delete any of the game files.
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3. Cannot save edits or career mode, settings.exe does not save the changes
the game and the settings need access to the (save folder) that is located in the documents folder (some systems use OneDrive documents), if the access is blocked or not granted then the system will prevent writing the save.
right click on (FL_2023.exe) and select properties, in the compatibility tab select (run this program as an administrator), then click OK
now start the game normally from the usual (FL_2023 start.exe)
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4. Starting lineup looks wrong:
if you see a strange starting lineup in teams it means the edit file is not installed, if the edit file is not installed you will find other issues.
reinstall football life and update, be sure to run as administrator so the installer can access your save folder and install the appropriate files.
some users might have a customized documents folder, in this case, the edit file might need to be moved there manually respecting the folder structure.
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5. Lag or crash using a laptop with two GPU
for a gaming laptop, there are two GPUs, football life needs to run on the powerful one,
to be sure the correct one is assigned run settings.exe and check the specification tap
assign (FL_2023.exe) and (Settings.exe) in the graphic card software
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6. Cannot find the game executable (FL_2023 start.exe)
this is the football life start file, this is a customized script to run the game in a specific sequence and CPU launch commands, this might be flagged by the antivirus and deleted it.
this is the football life start file, this is a customized script to run the game in a specific sequence and CPU launch commands, this might be flagged by the antivirus and deleted it.
all the files downloaded and installed from the smokepatch website are safe, all our files are scanned and tested multiple times, and do not let anything delete the game files.
a reinstall is needed to recover any deleted files.
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7. Error stuck in the loading screen
this error is due to selecting a theme in the previous version, themes are not included and this function is not working and is disabled in later versions,
to correct this, open the save folder of the game from documents and delete (SYSTEM00000000)
run settings.exe so the game would create a new one.
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8. Customized sider addons not working after the update
football life update might update and replace football life sider files, if users made any changes to the files including sider.ini they would need to redo them.
please make backups for any edited files before updating.
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9. Cannot import PNG in edit mode (white import)
although this is still not available due to using Sider, there is a workaround to import png kits to the edited team:
1. start the game without the sider by running (FL_2023.exe)
2. import the png kits then save and exit
3. restart the game from the main executable (FL_2023 start.exe)
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10. Bugs in BAL or master leagues started with custom transfers in edit mode
this is a known issue due to the change of the game starting year, no fix is available for this yet, but it can work if the starting year in the master league is reverted to 2021,
see this temporary workaround to bypass this issue:
another proposed solution by (Rating) that you might want to try first:
after creating the mode, save and exit, then load it again, you might be able to continue without issues.
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11. Windows prevents saving sider.ini or similar sider files
your system is preventing you from saving to that location,
get admin access or move the file to another disk, change it and save it then move back
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* some reports are still under investigation
* Previous FAQ section for smokepatch for PES is available here
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I just want to thank the entire Smoke team for all of your hard work. FL23 is the best thing to happen to football gaming in years, keep it up!
ReplyDeleteI'm curious, will the 2.01 fix and future updates require new edit files each time? I didn't realize how many edits I had made in the 1.00 version until I installed the 2.00 and had to spend a few hours customizing everything again. I'm looking forward to the next update, but also a bit worried that I'll have to do it all over again haha!
hello and welcome,
Deletenext version (2.01) will have an updated edit file, but you can use the edit file from version 2.00, you will be missing some minor updates like transfers corrections
be sure to back up your edit file before updating
Agree, I spent a lot of time editing the ratings and player positions that didn't match. also rival club which is left empty.
DeleteI think you should leave the RMF/LMF position, and choose between LB/RB or LWF/RWF. The 3 defender tactic was indeed used in several matches last year, but this tactic was deemed not suitable when applied to PES2021.
Thanks with all your hardwork, wish you continue this great work.
For me updated 2.00 is working fine just waiting for stadiums and adboards.... thanks alot SP team
ReplyDeleteHello Smoke Team !
ReplyDeleteI have a problem in the game the 5 subs didn't work I try every way but I can only 3 subs in game?
Thank You !
hello
Deletebe sure you start the game from the proper exe (FL_2023 start.exe)
if you mean exhibition, you can choose any number of subs from game settings
I keep getting called up to the national team without even playing my first game in BAL, is that only me?
ReplyDeleteit happened to me aswell
Deleteit depends on the nation, a national team with low rate players available to them will most likely to call you soon, other teams like brazil where you will have huge competition and it can take a while to be worthy of a callup
Deletealso, the harder the difficulty level you are playing in the longer it will take to be called
I'm 72 rated CMF for Portugal playing on Superstar
Deletein my tests, its not often you get calls that fast, most of the the careers legend difficulty can take two seasons before getting national trials, it can defer according to nation, difficulty and maybe other factors
DeleteFirst of all, I want to thank you for the time and effort you have put in. The work you have done is really beautiful. But it seems that some problems have not been solved even after the latest update. For example: In the random 4 vs 4 team selection mode, after selecting the teams, the names of the top 3 players of the team are shown on a black screen. Example 2: The images of the balls do not appear in the general settings, so they all look the same visually and I cannot see which ball I am selecting. Finally, I would like to ask if you are considering adding the Online mode or not?
ReplyDeletehello and welcome,
Delete1.yes due to the mock stadium not present, maybe will find a fix later, this not a mode that we test often
2. balls are added in the sider, you can select any ball using sider console (space bar, ` to switch to balls lua), will make tutorial for sider functions when i find more time
we work primarily for offline modes, but you can play with friends online using (parsec), google it as i cannot give you more info about that at the moment.
Hello there. So there are some bugs with the TIMELINE in CAREER MODE. Since the season timeline is set to 2022/2023. The game views it as first season has been passed already and this is a new season in the game itself. 2022/2023 Season does not count as the FIRST season. Also, in BAL, under "Career Records" it still shows as "2020-current". Also, because of the timeline of the season, it has has contract issues in career mode. For example, you have to sign contract start of the season or renew contracts at the START of the season. This is causing the transfer changes I made in the edit files to go to the free agents. I hope you will be able to look into it because I belive that the new season timeline of 2022/2023 is causing problems in the career mode and how it progresses.
ReplyDeleteyes i am well aware of that, it mainly affect the created players, I'm not able to find a workaround for this just yet, trying to avoid restructure of exe, many links and dependencies.
DeleteI want to thank you for your great dedication and commitment reflected in this great game. The only fault I find is that the passes are very slow, the footballers take a long time to make the passes
ReplyDeletehello and welcome,
Deleteyou can switch to pes21 style of gameplay and passing using the switcher
Thank you Smoke Patch Team for all your hard work. If possible, I would like to kindly request you to create English Call Name file and new updates for Face packs. I wish for your success in the future as well.
ReplyDeleteHello! Why is there no return match in the Italian Cup? As far as I remember, the Italian Cup has a two-match competition structure.
ReplyDeleteI solved the problem, it was in the settings of the cup. Is there any way to cancel the away goal rule?
Deletehello,
DeleteItalian cup is played in a single game format as of the start of the covid pandemic
Hi, great work with the game. I have one gripe as a Leeds supporter, and that is that the Manchester United chant 'Glory Glory Man Utd' plays at every game, like a rogue bunch of scum supporters are following me around. If you are actually a Man U fan this is some top level shithousery, which I suspect may be true as Man U are forever at the top of my league!
ReplyDeletehello and welcome,
DeleteI'm not aware of that, been using these chants since like forever, i will note it when there is any update in the chants
I was actually meant to ask, can I manually delete the chant somehow? Thanks in advance.
ReplyDeleteCan I make it just 9 players on the bench?
ReplyDeleteI think 12 is too many for me
Thank you then
"* smokepatch content for PES (final season: 2021/2022) can still be accessed from the main menu."
ReplyDeleteHello, does the above mean you'll no longer be doing Smoke Patch updates for PES games and simply focusing on Football Life alone going forward?
Please, please, please keep doing the updates for PES 2019! This was the last PES game with truly great gameplay and Smoke Patch is the only thing keeping the series alive!
Football Life is a great project but it's built using eFootball which has horrible gameplay by comparison to the earlier games... I appreciate you guys have tweaked it incorporating your own gameplay changes but it still plays (mostly) like eFootball regardless.
If you're abandoning Smoke Patch support for PES 2019 is there anyway its gameplay could be included in the Switcher so Football Life plays like PES 2019 and not eFootball?
Please confirm! Thanks!
hello and welcome,
Deletesorry but last season patch was the last season for all pes series, we are playing solely football life now, cannot convert to pes due to the huge amount of time it would take.
using gameplay of pes19 is probably not possible, it was a challenge to keep the gameplay of pes21 itself compatible, but maybe in the future.
Many thanks for confirming.
DeleteIf Smoke Patch is retiring from doing PES updates could you please maybe provide the name of the next best alternative? Another patch maker for PES 19 who offers an update for all the squads/kits etc.?
Many thanks and a happy new year!
happy new year thanks,
Deletei cannot recommend any as i have never in my life tried any other patch other than ours, so i don't have a point of reference
Hello!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to first thank you for the wonderful work you've been doing. Currently Football Life is the only football game I can see myself playing, given the disaster eFootball is and how unrealistic FIFA is.
Now, version 2.0 works perfectly for me, with one exception. The only detail I'd like to bring up is the sound effect in game (hitting the ball for example). For some reason in the version 2.0 the sound of hitting the ball is very, very low, can barely hear it and that only sometimes. This wasn't an issue in the version 1.0. Do you know what could cause it?
Thank you once again for everything, happy new year!
hello and happy new year
Deletei cant think of what can cause this, seems fine when i play, there are reworked audio files but it concerns the music not effects, i will check for possible reasons
Hello!
DeleteThank you for your reply, as I know it's only a minor incovenience, nevertheless I appreciate that you can look into it.
As additional information in case it helps, whenever I modify the volume of the Stadium Sound Effects (last option in audio) the volume of hitting the ball doesn't change. So I assume somehow the general audio changes must have interfered.
Have a nice evening!
Hello I would like to ask some question about become a legend mode. I played BAL as a Japanese and after sometime playing I noticed that there are no international nation cup such as Asian Cup or World Cup, I checked over at competition info which to my knowledge should give info about the tournament but it is simply nonexistent. I tried playing as another character (Leo Messi) and turns out intl cup also doesnt exist so I figured this is not because of char's nationality. Question is is this feature not existing because intended or is it missing?
ReplyDeleteSecond is adressing a bug in BAL it is often Indonesia is named as Thailand or Indonesia has Thailand flag, please check.
Thank you for your hardwork !
Turns out I intl games exist and I just had to play more. Sorry about this!
DeleteBut the switched flag bug is there :)
is there any easy way to add chants to the editable europe team (199 id) ? I was trying to recreate a team that i like in Europe, had sucess with everything with the exception of the chants and team name in audios, anyone got any idea? i already have the mp3 audio, just dont know how to import into the game.
ReplyDeleteyou might want to try doing this is the sider, chants are in the audio lua but you will need to have some editing skills
Deletebeen facing random crashes since 1st release, can't tell exactly why, my pc just freeze and i can't even do anything with it, i just pressed reset button from the case, i guess maybe it's the issue from memory ram or something but i have 16 gb of ram, cpu is i7 7700k
ReplyDeletehello, see the Microsoft links above it might fix your issue,
Deletesee other possible reasons in one of the cases mentioned in the faq above
Smoke I'm trying to change the ball type when I'm playing Europe League Tornument but the ball does not seem to appear during the game can you help thanks.
ReplyDeletethanks i didn't notice before, in the summer the normal ball shows fine but in winter the winter ball is not showing (different ball models)
Deletewill include a fix soon.
Hi smoke,
ReplyDeleteIn Master League, you can only play one or two seasons, after which all league matches disappear. I've tried like 20 times.
Same issue when it was released was hoping the update will fix it
hello,
Deletethis cannot happen, you can play an infinite number of seasons in one career
be sure you did not add things that can miss with that
I can confirm this. just finished first season, got promoted and then the game crashed, reloading same save also make the game crashed.
Deleteyou can look here: https://imgur.com/K3bahAf (2nd save)
the only way it wouyld crash if you have added things that can crash the game
Deleteor you have made heavy editing in edit mode in that case you need to reduce the starting year, see tutoprial for that
Just realised why are players 1 years older than in real life on the first season of ML?
ReplyDeleteE.g Guerreiro is 30 when he's 29, Vlahovic is 23 when he is 22 etc etc
hello,
Deletewe adjust the age yearly by mass, not per player, tracking +25000 birthday is super counter-productive
I understand that but why did you need to adjust the ages at all? They were correct before because now they are all older than real life
Deletehi, smoke team , thank u for great work , i just wanna ask , i've changed gameplay to FL first version using fl switcher , but when i've done it , nothing changed at all , still the same , the option is still on FL version2, did i do something wrong ?
ReplyDeletethe gameplay file (dt18_all) will be installed in the game data
Deletethere are 3 gameplay in the switcher, install the one you want,
be sure the game is not running when applying the switcher.
Hey, when I play on Hoofstad Stadion at night, the place's all dark, except the upper adboards. It looks like I'm playing with the lights out. Can you fix it?
ReplyDeleteyes thanks, its already reported and will be fixed soon
DeleteAlso, you should replace the CL, EL and Libertadores menu generic music with the original ones and add some missing trophies as well, like Copa do Brasil and the MVP awards, like UEFA Best Player, AFC, CONMEBOL award and the Ballon d'or as well
ReplyDeleteHello SP and happy new year.Please fix Santiago Bernabeu's light problem.It is dark always in day or night.And please fix Etihad Stadium's second half lighting problem.There are some other stadiums with these problems(Wanda Metropolitano and etc.)Thanks for your attention
ReplyDeletehello and happy new year
Deletestadiums seems to fine, be sure you are using our stadium models.
Yes,i use only your stadium models.
Deleteany guideline how to use slider 7 to unlock legend difficulty?
ReplyDeletewonderful work smoke please can you make the regens rating lower to 64/65 it would give chances for more real youthful players to be called up to the national teams, am tired of seeing messi and Ronaldo playing every world cup even after they have retired thankyou
ReplyDeleteplease @smokepatch reply
Deletehello,
Deletesorry but that kind of change have huge implications in the database, it will miss with the balance, changes in player growth is currently reduced to the limit
thank you boss amazing work, the game is addictive.
Delete2 problems i had so far
ReplyDelete1. I saw a player name "player" in Master League, 2 new game and he appear in both. I use classic players so i am not sure what is the problem
2. after match, players' mark(score) are way too low. i had player with 2 goals end up with only 6.7 score. How the hell is that "OKAY"?
Hi! Did it changed something with scoreboards in the last update? Because in my ML the UEL scoreboard isn't pairing anymore automatically (I'm at the Group Stage) but yes referee and ball
ReplyDeleteFps dropping to FL 23
ReplyDeleteSame, in game smokpatch 21 my computer can't drop fps, but i am install football life, my computer get fps drop, please fix it🙏🙏😭
DeleteDear master,
ReplyDeleteMasters of PES, We urgently need stadium and adboards addon. It's gonna make game better. Secondly, I know it's tough but can you guys just update a few players faces like Kvaratsheila, Haaland. At last the most popular ones. I also love your stadium details. You're way better than the other.
Thanks in advance,
SP, your work is out of this world. So grateful. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI've played roughly 15 matches and have noticed teams don't always utilize their subs. In fact there have been a number of matches where there have been zero substitutes from the opponent. Have you noticed this? Any workaround?
Cheers!
hello and welcome,
Deleteseems fine, although i test these stuff in master league and BL
Hello smoke patch. Thanks for this game. and also thanks for the update.
ReplyDeletecan you fix the fps lag please. it is un stable. the previous orginal pes 21 has fixed 60fps. but football life's fps is around 40-50 even it downs to30 fps. please can you make the game stable. and also the game minimizes it self while we playing. please fix it. thats the only problem i got. other than these 2 problems the game is very impressive. keep it up. thanks
i have no problem with fps dude,just normal. maybe in setting.exe or something
DeleteProbably a problem with your PC. Game runs smooth 60fps max settings on my Steam Deck
Deletesee the (overheat/lag issue) above
DeleteHi there. I'm on football life 2023 2.0. I'm looking to edit the classic team jerseys created by smoke. The problem is that I'm entering the jerseys correctly in my sider. I have the p1 p2 p3 that appear on the sider but the jerseys do not change at all. If I put them for another team no problem.
ReplyDeletehello,
Deleteclassics cannot add kits via sider as they are not licensed
in the upcoming update 2.01 they will be licensed with kits, you can assign other kits via sider then
Thanks for your works !!!!!
DeleteI know you will not unlock the dt00 file allowing the edition of teams and players to protect your work, but can you allow us to change more easily some league by unlocking the licenses?? personally the Indian league does not interest me and I would like to replace it more simply by the import of other teams (crest, names, Emblem), can you do this? 3 teams it remains too little.
Deletemerci
Speaking of stadiums, why those extra ones (Etihad, Wanda Metropolitano, Olympiastadion, etc) doesn't show up on exhibition mode and other game mods, like ML?
ReplyDeletehello,
Deletestadiums added via sider will be automatically assigned to their teams
you can also select the stadium using the sider console (space bar)
Sider console? I don't get it. How do I this? Step by step, if possible.
DeleteBTW, is there a way to add the previous stadiums you removed from this mod (Arena do Grêmio, Beira-Rio, São Januário and other generic stadiums) or you will add a option to include them for the next fix?
press space bar on your keyboard, it will bring up a black console, if you don't see that then you are not starting the game from the correct exe
Deletestadiums that are not in football life will be available in the stadiums addon
gameplay v.2 work in first day or first match when install ... but look like it back to v.1 until now ... because of through pass that make me know. Want v.2 gameplay every match , please.
ReplyDeletethank you .. cheer up.
hello,
Deletethe gameplay do not change unless you use the switcher
Hi Dido, thanks so much for everything you've done here. It's amazing that we can play fully modded without the need for a steam copy of PES. The elitists are raging.
ReplyDeleteJust one thing that I wanted to know, will we ever be able to use option files with classic teams in FL23? I've tried uploading a few but always get the error message. To me, playing with classic teams was one of the biggest drawcards of PES over FIFA.
Thanks and look forward to your response.
hello and welcome,
Deletei don't think that would be compatible as the players in football life are not accessible.
football life have 7 teams with classic players from different nationalities and eras, it will be extended when more stars retires
Dear Smoke, will compatibility issues with Intel's 12th generation processors be fully resolved in the 2.01 update? After the 2.0 update on the 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12500H processor, the game did not start...
ReplyDeletethere will be two variants of the FL start executable, they should cover most 12th gen cases, but no guarantee it will work on every 12th system, i don't have the resources to cover all possible configurations
DeleteHello everyone.
ReplyDeleteI have just installed Football Life and tried to play with the language set to Japanese, but the names of the players are marked as "no name".
All players have no neme numbers.
Sometimes there is a blank player.
When I change the menu language to English or Chinese, the names are displayed.
How can I change the language to Japanese and still see the names?
hello,
Deleteyes this was reported and will be correct in version 2.01
First of all a big respect to your whole group.. you are strong and keep it up... please add Champions League.. and make some changes in the gameplay.. yes I like it and it's good but people like the spectacle and more freedom in the game.. please solve this temperature problem because The video card gets very hot while playing... Good luck... P.S. Add the face of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in the new update. The whole of Georgia is waiting for you.. Love from Georgia ♥
ReplyDeleteYou can add your own faces. I have updated Haaland, Adeyemi, Gvarvidol, Enzo Fernandes etc on mine
DeleteHow and where to add? can you help me?
DeleteExact same way as PES2021
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqXLqFy7sWU
Works perfectly
Hello, Smoke!
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to let you know that Stade Orione is still NOT in the game. Also, when I start a ML (or even League) in French Ligue 1 or 2, the default ball is the red (winter one) and it doesn't change during the season.
How can we change the Starting Year in ML? Why have you guys closed off ways for people to add their own customization to the game, I can't even change player stats with an Editor tool nor can I add my own gameplay(Holland) or change the starting year for ML since half my squad has their contracts expired in 2021 when its August 2022
ReplyDeletehello
Deletefor your first question, maybe we will make a small tutorial for that,
for the rest, we did not close anything on anybody, we share with you our work, its up to you to like and use or not
you can change there stats in edit mode as much as you want, extracting our database for other usage was never allowed
Give me advice absolutely every time I run the game my anti-virus tells me to restart my computer and after a few hours when I get up from my computer and turn it off and after a while when I sit down to play again the game is deleted @SmokePatch
ReplyDeleteAdd the FL_2023 file start.exe in the exceptions of your antivirus.
DeleteAbout the new update, do I have to need to restart my ML again when it's released? Also, can you fix the Serbian flag with Switzerland name? Same as Thailand name with the Indonesian flag
ReplyDeletemaster league can continue same as always
DeleteHello again, thank you for the previous reply about the timeline. Another thing I want to ask is about the expansion. So, I would love to replace Indonesian league with other asian league that I want. I tried to use a tool to make the league and the teams there un-licensened and made it a cpk file to put it under Data folder. However, the game does not start, and even if it does it does not let me edit the teams in Indo league. Is there way we can add the expansion packs again like in previous Smoke patch. OR atleast make the leagues editable? Also, in the MLS Charlotte FC is missing and the kits are from 2020. I know it is a lot of work but if that is fixed then it would mean a lot.
ReplyDeleteI want to do the same thing. It will be really good if the smoke team make an expansion so I will be able to replace 1-2 leagues with other 1-2
DeleteFirst of all, I would like to say thanks to Smoke team to make this wonderful mod.
ReplyDeleteI also want to add my own preference to your team as suggestions:
1. Master League mode is a must in this game. I believe every player has the same problem. It's the peak level of a player. They stop growing when reached the age of 23. I hope the team can make the change to add its maximum growing for a player.
2. In the gameplay, the chip shot has been changed. However I asked how to chip from a longer distance.
3. I found that some shoes have different display while in the gameplay. I hope the team can fix this issues.
Thanks SP Team
i've had a lot of players develop at 24-25, and a strike who i bought that had a rating of 86 at age 26, grew to 89 at age 29 and 90 at 30... I dont know the logic honestly
DeleteI have spent 1000 hours on pes 21, and I didn't get what you have got. Can't imagine a player stop growing at young age.
DeleteJust a question, NOT a personal request. Why was the choice made by the PES Smoke team to reduce the Belgian competition format to 16 teams instead of 18? Westerlo and Seraing are not in it, which kind of ruins the immersion for me. Could you maybe explain the reason why those two clubs are excluded? Thanks in advance.
ReplyDeleteSPFL 23 is based on PES 2021, I think there the belgium league has only 16 teams and I am not sure that the smoke team have enough time to make changes to the database.
Deleteactually they are inside the game, but somehow not visible. I can transfer players from Seraing.
Deletehi smoke i'm curious why i'm "hidden"
DeleteWhy can't I stop the first transfer window in ML, I chose to disable the first transfer window but the transfers won't stop Why?, I want to play with the same formations without transfers
ReplyDeletethis option is not functioning in football life
DeleteSmoke I found a serious programming error in PES 2021, The game is not designed to run at a steady paste on PC'S The game has a strange twist and turn style gameplay, A few games a play a reasonable pace and speed of soccer and then all of a sudden the game speeds up, it's not tweaked to play on PC'S, what's the cause of sudden cpu speed change in the game? Why does everything speed up?
ReplyDeleteHow can I start the game if pressing FL_2023 start sends me to something called sider 7, I don't know much about it:(
ReplyDeleteyou just have to wait, the game will start automatically (if you installed everything properly)
DeleteThis FL23 will be better with more of updates I guess...smokepatch21 was better
ReplyDeleteDear SP team,
ReplyDeleteI found that lowering the menu music volume doesnt work at all.
hopefully you notice this bug.
Big Thanks.
I had a similar situation with the sound but related to the stadium effect (hitting the ball, etc.). I mentioned it above and I was told they would investigate. :)
Deletehello,
Deletethe music volume is fixed in update 2.0
A big thanks to the team!
DeleteDear SmokePatch
ReplyDeleteI would like to know where the player.bin file is, to be able to edit South American teams and leagues
Thank U
sorry its prohibited to extract our database
DeleteHi guys, I try to use SleeveBadge.lua, but game dont reconize this, How can I fix or any idea what is the reason dont work properly
ReplyDeletehello, sorry I'm not familiar with other mods
Deleteand so, i turned off win10 optimization features and my SP FL 2023 seems to work more stable. thx guys
ReplyDeleteif i create a player in edit mode, and then install the update will the player delete?
ReplyDeleteyes, you have to backup your edit file and paste it over the new one which comes with the update (if you want to keep your created players)
Deleteexport the teams you edited then import them in the new version
DeleteHello Smoke Team, I want to thank you for everything you have done. Please don't post in Facebook.. stories with a woman picture. This is Football team so post with football pictures. Also I recommend that when a player is LMF don't insert to him a style that don't work with LW cause we usually use him like that. Also if a player is CF don't put him in LW if thats what is used by his coach.
ReplyDeletehello,
Deletedont unfollow that page, it is not under our control as mentioned in the main new tab
Hello Smoke Team, can you fix the through pass control. Its like heavy and slow when I want to pass to other player. I hope you can help fix this matter and thank you for everything you have done.
ReplyDeletehello and welcome, passing and gameplay in football life is not as in pes,
Deleteif you prefer pes you can switch using the switcher
Hi Smoke Team, I have an issue with BAL mode that all the league disappear in the third season. Only international matches remain. I only add the 12 bench players mod with sider and nothing more.
ReplyDeletehello,
Deleteremove any incompatible modes and reinstall football life
be sure you have the latest football life update
Hello, great job, I installed fix 2.01 and the game speed by default has changed, it's faster like the PES 2021 gameplay. Is there any way to adjust it?, because from the game it's very slow or very fast. Thanks
ReplyDeletehello and welcome,
Deletegame speed doesnt change unless you choose to,
in football life, some matches can be higher tempo than others depending on many factors, that is normal.
Hello. Tell me, can I edit the dt70_x64 file? I want to use my replay pictures (wipe) from the scoreboard server. Thank you.
ReplyDeletehello, you need to rename the files to match football life replay files names
DeleteHello, I updated the game to its latest version 2.01 and I'll tell you what happens, the game is very good, but it has a serious error, when you edit and create players and assign them to your favorite team, in the master league at a certain time more or less the second or third game, when the transfers are over, your players transform and return to ridiculous bass levels, it even changes the names of the players, it makes me very angry, I took the trouble to create with the internal editor to The 1974 Dutch and 1974 Polish squads were almost complete, and I assigned them to Ajax and Bruges, hopefully Smoke will solve it, because this never happened in any Pes
ReplyDeletehello,
Deleteto start master league with heavily edit database you might need to reduce the starting year,
see tutorial section in the menu above
Hello, Thanks to this game, I can't get off my computer. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteAfter transferring a player in the setup (eg. mudryk's transfer to Chelsea), when I run ML, the player becomes a FA due to their contract expiry. Any workaround?
hello,
Deletesee tutorial section in the menu above
Hi! nice job with the FL game. It's amazing but i have a problem, all the stadiums doesn't have any light on just the light in the pitch but not in the crowd zone. Can this issue be solved? or i need to reinstall the game? Thx.!
ReplyDeletehello and welcome,
Deleteall stadium in football life works as they should, can you specify a stadium with this problem so i can check?
hello sp team,i have one simple question,can I delete my vanilla pes 2021 from steam and leave onlz sp fpptball life on my computer?
ReplyDeletehello, football life is installed separately and do not depend on other games
Delete
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, in the masters league I deactivated the 1st transfer period but there are still transfers.
What to do ?
I thank you in advance.
Flo.
hello,
Deleteyou might need to reduce the starting year,
see tutorial section in the menu above
Greetings. Looking forward to playing this game on a laptop with a 960m but it only uses the intel graphics card. I saw in the instructions that i have to assign the settings.exe and the game's exe to my graphics card software but assuming that it's done in the geforce experience software I can't find a way to do it. please help me out! thank you for your dedication in keeping PES alive!
ReplyDeletehello, you need to assign (FL_2023.exe) and (Settings.exe) in nvidea software
DeleteHi Smoke,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your beautiful work.
I have a problem in FL 23. When I started the game, it shown error says my Laptop does not met the system requirement (VRAM: below 2GB). I can choose 'ignore' and start the game, but the FPS become soooo low & laggy.
Even though my VRAM is 4GB. In comparison, PES 21 + SP is work perfectly fine.
Just FYI, my Laptop using Ryzen 5, RX560 4GB VGA, and 16GB of RAM (Asus TUF FX505DY).
Any idea why this happen? Your help is so much appreciated, thank you!
hello and welcome,
Deleteyou will need to assign the high performance card to the game,
see (Lag or crash using a laptop with two GPU) above.
Hello! Is the away goals rule disabled in this game?
ReplyDeletehello,
Deleteno its still active
Hi, great work. It is possible to make that the machine (CPU) can commit penalties, like real life??
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think guys?. It wouldn't be perfect gameplay?
Deletehello,
Deletein football life you can get penalties, AI comets penalties sufficiently if you know how to fish for them
good morning everyone, I would like to know if it is possible to put the Italian language in the game menu. Thank you
ReplyDeleteItalian menu language is already available in football life
DeleteHey man, I'm a longtime user of your patches and now SP Football Life I just wanted to say i really appreciate your work, it's always been excellent and i'm really enjoying the new beta gameplay. As an all manual user it has really opened up the game, i'm just hoping not too much. I haven't played user v user yet to judge properly.
ReplyDeleteI have one fix to offer to the people who can't open up settings.exe even though they've done everything in their power to not have the folder be affected which I still am one of. I have all the files, the folder excluded from virus protection, but i can't open up the file for whatever reason. Anyway, the way we can still set the graphics settings is if you happen to have/had PES 2021 installed, set the graphics settings to your liking there and then copy the GRAPHICS000000 file in the \Documents\KONAMI folder from one game into the other. It works like a charm.
You could also have different resolution versions of the file available for people to download as a workaround.
Finally, i have one request, can you do something about the game not pausing when a controller dies? It's a little frustrating because hitting ESC also does nothing and I end up hopelessly scrambling for a change of batteries while hoping the CPU doesn't score on me, which it almost inevitably does.
Keep up the great work!
hello and welcome,
Deletethanks for sharing your experience it might help others,
to pause the game incase of controller disconnect you can simple press V from the keyboard, that will bring up the pause menu.
Hi Dude,
ReplyDeleteFirst of all thank you for this hard work, im so appreciate for this work.
But i have a crash after agree the transfer of player, kindly need your solution.
Thank you and keep it up bro!
hello and welcome,
Deleteif you made major changes in edit mode you might want to reduce ML starting year, see workaround in the tutorial menu
Hello, I would like to know how to play with the legendary players in a master league, I don't see them in the first transfer market, I just downloaded SPFL 23 with the face pack
ReplyDeletehello,
Deleteto use classics in master league you need to activate this using the switcher (located in the game folder)
Write this article through a translator. First of all, thank you for your efforts. The game will run normally. However, in a free kick situation, the camera is not kept in the back of the kicker. I tried to toggle the camera in the free kick preparation position, but it was the same. Is this problem solvable?
ReplyDeleteHello Smoke patch!!
ReplyDeleteI have an issue on changing gameplay and installing the update. It says "Error, SP Football Life not found in the selected directory". I already reset my pc and it still says the same.
Please help to solve this problem!!
Good job smoke patch, really good inovation
hello
Deletethis massege means there are missing files from the game
reinstall the gfame and make sure antivirus does not delete your game files
You will always need to install v1, the rest are unnecessary with v3.
DeleteGood people all right?
ReplyDeletetell me one thing, can we uninstall PES 2021? or do we need it installed?
keep up the good work and thank you very much
hey there, you can uninstall whatever you want. FL is a standalone installation
DeleteI was curious, what's the recommended gameplay speed? I have been playing on default (0) speed but i was wondering if the game was made with another speed in mind.
ReplyDeletehello,
Deletefootball life is made for all difficulties and speeds,
however the most realistic gameplay is super-star with default speed (0)
Hi, I downloaded SP Football life 2023 and its running smooth so far. But I`m facing problems using sider. I cannot change stadiums or balls by pressing page up and page down button. It just doesn`t work. I couldn`t find any tutorial anywhere.Please help me.
ReplyDeleteon laptop you might wanna press (Fn) with pgdup or pgdwn
DeleteMaster League cannot save the data, anybody can help solve this issue?
ReplyDeletereinstall the game and be sure to run as admin
Deleteyou must have administrator rights on the PC
I use the classic players mode on the ML then i wanna start another ML without the classic player. but when i revert it to default mode from the switcher, the classic player is still on the ML. How to change it back??
ReplyDelete- close the game
Delete- run switcher and select classics in edit mode
- start new master league, it will be without classics now
I wanted to congratulate you on the excellent development of this game,I have noticed a problem with the display of the film of the top players you are assigned when you play random matches,you see a black screen with no players with only their values underneath. I don't know if in the future you will add graphical mods for example on the match presentation screens, new choruses choreographies on the stadium, and other nice graphical things. congratulations again though
ReplyDeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteI am using i5-12500h and the game does not start with both FL_2023 start.exe and FL_2023 start 12G.exe. Any solution?
Thanks!
hello,
Deletetry reinstall the game and update, be sure your system does not delete the game files
I have reinstalled it and patched it with patch 3.00. It keeps crashing during the match loading screen.
DeleteI have this issue to... did you find the solution ?
DeleteI followed workaround and added custom kits to editable team in others. Then I moved my custom created team to another league but master league keeps crashing for me. Is this known issue or I'm doing something wrong? I mean is it possible to play ML with custom created team in that way?
ReplyDeleteHello mate! Thanks for the absolutely amazing game you have created! Just one question. What happened to the Asian Champion's League teams? In my edit mode they dont appear, and only if i search for specific players like Cristiano Ronaldo, it shows me that they play in Al Nassr, for example. Are this' league's teams hidden because you hide them or is it a crash or so?
ReplyDeleteGood Morning, smokepatch, Are you going to put some editable teams or something like that? I like playing with my custom teams, but i leave the official teams with your game. because I like your Alternative PES 2021.
ReplyDeleteHi do you have a solution for the top players assigned in random matches? Black screen can't see the players. Will you put up updated scoreboards in the future and maybe musics entrance into the field and goal goal? it would be the top so the game already now wonderful great work
ReplyDeletehello,
Deletewill be fixed soon
Does anyone know what exe version does the FL_2023.exe were based on? is it 1.07.01 or 1.07.02?
ReplyDeletenon, football life exe is a hybrid between many versions, based on the light version as a base launcher
Deletedo not treat it as any pes21 versions.
Greetings from Greece!
ReplyDeleteDear friends, i would like to help about using Sider. I am familiar of turning it on-off by using Spacebar, changing between modes by ~ and selections by PageUp or Down BUT i dont know how all these things are enabled so i can see it running. I mean, i tried when i was on Exhibition mode, 1vs1 but nothing changed. Please help me understand the way Sider works...
hello,
Deleteyou can select a specific stadium, ball or other to use in the game (switch options when you are in the match menu before starting the match)
see more sider functions at tutorial menu above
hello, since the away goal rule has been abolished for quite a long time, it just feels anachronistic to play football life 2023. could u work out a solution to apply the new rule in uefa championship?tks
ReplyDeletehello,
Deletesuch rule changes will be applied next season, it will require restarting new master league and bal modes
halo please help me ,
ReplyDeletethe problem is "The Code execution cannot proceed xinput1_3.dll was not found"
your windows missing DirectX files
Deleteget from microsoft, link above in the post
Hi, How can I change the replay swipe of for example bundesliga, I tried changing files but nothing worked so far. And please update the scoreboards...
ReplyDeletehello,
Deleteyou will need to use the same name reference of football life (not pes21)
see reference files in data/dt70_x64.cpk
My game is stuck on loading screen, i've already deleted my save several time but it's still crashing. Stock FL23 with 3.00 Update.
ReplyDeleteif you are stuck loading screen, deleting that file will reset the settings to fix it, if you still get this then its not a settings issuer, it could be result of some changes or customization from your end, if so try to remove any changes and try
DeleteHello, want to ask how to change the number of substitutes to 5 in master league? I can't change them in game settings.
ReplyDeleteAppreciate to your work!
hello, subs already 5 by default
Deleteif you are not getting that then sider is not working or altered, better reinstall to recover any needed files