In progress: *** Football Life 2025 season 2024/25 ***

SP Football Life 2024

 

Smokepatch Football Life 2024
version 1.00 (30.Sept.2023)
update version 2.00 (24.June.2024) repacked
season 2023/24
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* FL24 v2 (end of season) is available
* repacked to auto-install the new gameplay (can be apply in switcher)

SP Football Life is an experimental project that aims to continue the legacy of career modes found in the Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) series, focuses on the continuation of the traditional career modes and gameplay.

Football Life is a term that is used to describe PES career modes, which include two main career mode options: Master League and Become a Legend.
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update v2 main changes:

- added new teams (promotion - relegation)

Japan: Júbilo Iwata - Tokyo Verdy - Machida Zelvia
Argentina: Club Deportivo Riestra - Independiente Rivadavia
Brazil: Amazonas FC - Operário Ferroviário - Brusque FC - Paysandu SC
Colombia: Fortaleza CEIF - Boyacá Patriotas
Chile: Deportes Cobreloa - Deportes Iquique
National Team: Yemen

- updated gameplay

a new gameplay is installed with this version, many changes in the gameplay since the first version, older versions of the gameplay are available in the switcher.

in football life, Top Player/Superstar levels are designed to be as realistic as possible (harder than pes21), while legend difficulty is meant to be as hard as possible.

the gameplay is tested through multiple seasons in career modes using multiple controller settings, and is optimized to work best with the new players ratings.

football life remains compatible with other dt18 gameplay mods made for pes21.

- updated database

updated winter transfers and many national teams squads according to the official team squads, players stats are updated to the latest konami stats, fixed Indonesia national team selection in master league/BAL and other minor fixes.

- updated kits

creating kits consumes time, so the updated kits are applied gradually in every update, v2 includes many new kits as its been a while since last update, the kits are in cpk format, users who have customized kitserver will show the customized kits instead of FL kits.


* ML and BL started with the previous FL24 version can continue after installing this update
* A new edit file will be installed, export any custom edits before updating, then import after installing the update.
* this will update any version of football life 2024 to v2

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FL24 Main Changes:

- updated the database for the new season 2023/24
- updated the gameplay
- updated graphics/audiovisuals
- updated preinstalled addons

* The menu is available for 18 preinstalled languages out of the box.
* Installed separately, does not require anything else.


Details:

Database:

new team selection for the new season 2023/24, all the promoted teams from lower divisions replaced relegated teams, see full teams list here

the Saudi Pro League (currently ranked no.1 in Asia) replaced the Indonesian League, and the Greek League is making an appearance this season replacing the Serbian League.

updated team squads and summer transfers, adding thousands of players to the new database, more players will be added in updates when their data is available.

national teams remain the same as they get updated mid-season when there is an official national team selection.

updated competition settings and participants, and removed the away goal rule

updated players' stats and attributes following the new konami database as a reference, stats might not be exact due to the differences between the games.

the player's database is not available to extract, for ID reference (faces link) see database reference


Gameplay:

Based on the established gameplay in FL23, the gameplay in FL24 has accumulated many enhancements and tweaks, most noticeably passing, crossing and free kicks, pes21 gameplay and FL23 gameplay are available in the new switcher. (located in the game folder)


Graphics:

- updated graphics for the new season, competitions and team logos are updated
- update kits for +300 teams for the new season (more to come in updates)
- updated most pre-installed stadiums.
- updated new season balls (this season's balls are from Hawkes pack)
- updated stadium adboards (this season the base model is from predator002's Pack)

Real faces:

Football Life does not include any real faces (except for ML managers), the face pack is huge in size and available as an optional addon, many users prefer to use their own face collection so they won't need the faces.

it will take a lot of time before a new facepack is available, the current facepack addon is compatible with FL24 (99.5% ID match), users who already downloaded the pack can move the 8 face files (01_smkdb_fa#.cpk) from FL23 to FL24 (download folder of the games)

BGM:

FL24 have a new game menu background music, see the track list on the YouTube demo
more music playlists will be available as addon, please note that we are limited in the selection to avoid copyright strikes.

Commentary:

Football Life commentary is adapted from eFootball, and is not similar to PES, 
the included English commentary is updated to the latest version v4, which adds more player call names and commentary dialogues, other updated commentary languages are available as an optional addon (coming soon)

many other updates and upgrades in all aspects of the game, for users who like to mod the game even further, make sure you familiarize yourself with the new sider contents first before applying content, and please make backups before editing any files.

check the website menu for addons, tutorials and other information.

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Installation:

1- Extract all the installer files then run (SPFL24_setup.exe)
2- Select a directory (select an empty folder: do not install over an existing game)
3- Start Football Life from (FL_2024 start.exe) or the shortcut on your desktop

* Same procedure for updates.

Detailed instructions and video tutorial HERE


Important:
Almost all the problem reported is caused by antivirus deleting game files, please make sure the antivirus doesn't delete any of the game files, all included files are needed to run the game correctly.
for other frequently asked question please see the FAQ section


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+ Download Links
download size (20 GB) (2GB x 11 parts)
size on disk after installation (30 GB)
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part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
part 5
part 6
part 7
part 8
part 9
part 10
part 11


update v2 (2.00) - repacked
* includes update 1.1

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System (Minimum) Requirements:

Windows 7 SP1/8.1/10/11 (64bit)
Intel Core i5-3470, AMD FX 4350
8 GB RAM
NVIDIA GTX 760, AMD Radeon R9 270X
2 GB VRAM
DirectX 11.0
25 GB hard disk space minimum
1280 x 720 resolution

* higher system specs are recommended for high resolution and quality

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Special thanks
- to everybody who contributed and helped directly or indirectly
- to Juce, Zlac, Hawke, DevPlays for sider and various lua scripts
- to predator002 for the adboards base model and audio server
- to Dragovic and Jgames for the new amazing Fans Server
- to JPkits for sharing his beautiful kits
- to edward777 for EPL scoreboard base model
- to MP for his help with the classic players

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Recommended Optional Addons:

FL Mega Facepack
Real faces
SP Football Life: commentaries
Commentaries

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