Patch 1.4.0.0

Patch #6 (1.4.0.0)

[CAREER]

- Fix: national jerseys did not necessarily match during the world championships.

- Fix: recording of yearly rankings visible on the stats page no longer worked.

- Fix: prevent a crash which could occur with badly populated custom databases.

[ARMADA]

- Feature: addition of energy management with impact on performance levels.

- Feature: addition of rider contracts

- Improvement: date added for accomplishment of an Achievement.

- Fix: accomplished Achievements remain displayed with the "success" pictogram.

- Fix: when a player parted with a duplicate card, the remaining rider card(s) were shifted to another position/page.

- Fix: once a collection of team rider cards is completed, the Team pack "Buy" button is immediately replaced by "100%" (without requirement to reconnect).

[VARIOUS]

- Fix: it is now possible to place route variants into the « My Documents » (Pro Cycling Manager 2012\Mod\Stages) directory rather than in CM_Stages

[STAGES]

- Update: New route for the 2012 Lombardia

Patch #5 (1.3.0.0)

[CAREER]

- Major fix: Schedule/invitations for Cya World Tour races in season 2.

- Fix: a bug could prevent a limited number of very good riders from joining a new team during the off season, therefore finding themselves without a contract.

- Fix: crash which could occur on the Schedule page.

- Fix: problem on the world championships time-trial (bad team controlled).

- Fix: bug that prevented renewal of contracts for the next year (year + 1) when, in January of the current year, there were 30 riders under contract.

- Fix: some fixes in Update 4 (1.2.0.0 from 1.1.0.3) did not fully take into account the fix to U23 races (the correct race profiles were missing).

- Improvement: Cost of staff revised to avoid the financial imbalance which could be created with small and medium-sized teams.

- Improvement: sponsor goals

[ARMADA]

- Major feature: Collections

- Feature: Added the possibility to play friendly races with a custom database.

- Feature: Added the possibility to "sell" rider cards back to the server in exchange for Coins.

- Functionality: Added wear and tear of equipment (only taken into account in races for ladder games).

- Functionality: player rankings have been added showing progress of collections.

- Feature: In the list of games, information added about the type of friendly race: terrain, distance, cobblestones, database (Armada Official or Custom)

- Functionality: It is now possible to use a password to protect a friendly game.

[VARIOUS]

- Fix: the "alternative" races are now playable in stage/tour/classic and career modes.

- Fix: various fixes to prevent possible crashes when starting the game and when accessing the "load game" page.

- Fix: final race winnings were not paid on the Paris-Nice.

- Functionality: It is now possible to use start lists (startlists) in Tour/Stage/Classic solo races.

[DATABASE]

- Fix: update of two profiles on the Tour of Belgium

[DATABASE]

- Adjustment: Some attributes tweaked

Patch # 4 (1.2.0.0)

[CAREER]

- Functionality: Add the possibility to renew sponsors.

- Fix: Fixed a bug that could prevent, in some rare cases, getting beyond the world championships.

- Fix: Fixed several problems with U23 races.

- Improvement: Custom teams with a small budget are now considered to be "Continental" teams rather than "Continental Pro".

[ARMADA]

- Major Functionality: Official teams are playable in friendly mode.

- Functionality: Races (except time-trials) can be speeded-up (x2 / x4) if a majority of players vote for it. Once the last rider has crossed the line, the race will end.

- Functionality: It is now possible to play time-trial races. AI teams will not be present in these events, to avoid long waiting times.

- Corrections to the chat.

- Number of players connected is displayed and a small icon will show if a player is in a game.

[3D]

- Addition : Chapelle de Grammont added to "Isolated Buildings".

[INTERFACE]

- Addition: Possibility to zoom the profile during a race. (a left click on the profile causes a zoom of the selected section to be displayed on-screen. Move mouse to change zoomed view).

- Addition: Colours added to race profile (in some menus, especially a zoomed profile) to distinguish differences in slope.

- Correction: Sprint and attack distances of a leader were not displayed on the Detailed Simulation page.

[LOCALISATIONS]

- Addition: Missing localisations added to Italian and Portuguese.

[DATABASE]

- Adjustment: Adjustment to certain rider attributes.

[DIVERS]

- Fixed a rare problem with a "server-side processing error" that could force a player to recreate a profile for each new connection to Armada.