Difference between revisions of "The F.A. Premier League Football Manager 2000"

Revision as of 19:40, 24 February 2020

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

The F.A. Premier League Football Manager
Subseries of FIFA
The F.A. Premier League Football Manager 99	1999
The F.A. Premier League Football Manager 2000	1999
The F.A. Premier League Football Manager 2001	2000
The F.A. Premier League Manager 2002	2001
Total Club Manager (series)
FIFA Manager (series)

Key points

Released in Germany as Bundesliga 2000: Der Fussball-Manager and in France as LNF Manager 2000.

Installing on 64-bit systems requires a workaround. See Installing on 64-bit versions of Windows.

Game does not work in Windows 8 and 10.^[1]

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM^{[Note 1]}

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

This game is not available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\setup^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\games^{[Note 2]}

Video settings

$3D setup found in <path-to-game>\setup$

3D setup found in <path-to-game>\setup

In-game settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	10	Versus, Hot seat
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Installing on 64-bit versions of Windows

Installer not working on 64-bit machines^[4]

Copy the content in the game CD/ISO to a new folder on your desktop.
Download InstallShield 3 shortcut from this link.
Open and extract the downloaded file (setup32.exe) to Setup\English folder found in the extracted CD/ISO content.
Double click on setup32.exe and install the game.

If nothing happens when starting setup32.exe, open the task manager and right click on the setup32.exe process, then click on Go to Details, right click on Setup32.exe again and then Analyze Wait Chain. Close any exe processes preventing the installer to launch.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6
Glide
Software renderer

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166 Mhz MMX	Intel Pentium 200 Mhz MMX
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	150 MB	800 MB
Video card (GPU)	PCI or AGP video card with DirectDraw compatible driver 1 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible	3D graphics accelerator using 3Dfx graphics or Direct 3D capable chipset 4 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 6.1 compatible sound card
Other	4x CD-ROM drive	8x CD-ROM drive

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[3]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ Verified by User:AlRayes BRN on 2020-02-24
Tested the game on Windows 10 Pro 64-bit version 1909, also tried using dgvoodoo but the game does not launch and shows an error message
↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑ Verified by User:AlRayes BRN on 2020-02-08
Windows 64-bit machines installer fix

[4] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[3]

[gamedir-5] 2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[1] Verified by User:AlRayes BRN on 2020-02-24
Tested the game on Windows 10 Pro 64-bit version 1909, also tried using dgvoodoo but the game does not launch and shows an error message

[2] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[3] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[6] Verified by User:AlRayes BRN on 2020-02-08
Windows 64-bit machines installer fix

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[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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[3]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{stub}}
 {{Infobox game
-|cover        = The_F.A._Premier_League_Football_Manager_2000_front_cover.jpg
+|cover        = The_F.A._Premier_League_Football_Manager_2000_cover.png
 |developers   =
 {{Infobox game/row/developer|Electronic Arts UK}}
@@ Line 24: / Line 23: @@
 {{ii}} Released in Germany as '''Bundesliga 2000: Der Fussball-Manager''' and in France as '''LNF Manager 2000'''.
 {{ii}} [[#Installing on 64-bit versions of Windows|Installing on 64-bit systems]] requires a workaround. See [[#Installing on 64-bit versions of Windows|Installing on 64-bit versions of Windows]].
+{{--}} Game does not work in Windows 8 and 10.<ref>{{Refcheck|user=AlRayes BRN|date=2020-02-24|comment=Tested the game on Windows 10 Pro 64-bit version 1909, also tried using dgvoodoo but the game does not launch and shows an error message}}</ref>
 ==Availability==
@@ Line 44: / Line 44: @@
 ==Video settings==
 {{Image|3D_setup_The_F.A._Premier_League_Football_Manager_99.png|3D setup found in <code>{{P|game}}\setup</code>}}
+{{Image|Game_settings_The_F.A._Premier_League_Football_Manager_2000.PNG|In-game settings}}
 {{Video settings
 |wsgf link                  =
@@ Line 50: / Line 51: @@
 |ultrawidescreen wsgf award =
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     =
-|widescreen resolution      = unknown
+|widescreen resolution      = false
-|widescreen resolution notes=
+|widescreen resolution notes= {{Term|Stretched}}. Menus, matches and {{Term|FMV}}s run in 640x480 only.
-|multimonitor               = unknown
+|multimonitor               = false
 |multimonitor notes         =
-|ultrawidescreen            = unknown
+|ultrawidescreen            = false
 |ultrawidescreen notes      =
-|4k ultra hd                = unknown
+|4k ultra hd                = false
 |4k ultra hd notes          =
 |fov                        = n/a
 |fov notes                  = Different camera angles can be selected during the match.
-|windowed                   = unknown
+|windowed                   = false
 |windowed notes             =
-|borderless windowed        = unknown
+|borderless windowed        = false
 |borderless windowed notes  =
-|anisotropic                = unknown
+|anisotropic                = false
 |anisotropic notes          =
-|antialiasing               = unknown
+|antialiasing               = false
 |antialiasing notes         =
-|vsync                      = unknown
+|vsync                      = always on
 |vsync notes                =
-|60 fps                     = unknown
+|60 fps                     = true
 |60 fps notes               =
-|120 fps                    = unknown
+|120 fps                    = false
 |120 fps notes              =
 |hdr                        = false
@@ Line 82: / Line 83: @@
 ==Input settings==
 {{Input settings
-|key remap                 = unknown
+|key remap                 = false
 |key remap notes           =
-|acceleration option       = unknown
+|acceleration option       = false
 |acceleration option notes =
-|mouse sensitivity         = unknown
+|mouse sensitivity         = false
 |mouse sensitivity notes   =
 |mouse menu                = true
 |mouse menu notes          =
-|invert mouse y-axis       = unknown
+|invert mouse y-axis       = false
 |invert mouse y-axis notes =
-|touchscreen               = unknown
+|touchscreen               = false
 |touchscreen notes         =
 |controller support        = false
@@ Line 146: / Line 147: @@
 ==Audio settings==
 {{Audio settings
-|separate volume          = unknown
+|separate volume          = false
-|separate volume notes    =
+|separate volume notes    = Frontend Music can be turned ON and OFF only.
 |surround sound           = false
 |surround sound notes     =
@@ Line 154: / Line 155: @@
 |closed captions          = n/a
 |closed captions notes    =
-|mute on focus lost       = unknown
+|mute on focus lost       = false
-|mute on focus lost notes =
+|mute on focus lost notes = Sound keeps playing.
 |eax support              =
 |eax support notes        =
@@ Line 210: / Line 211: @@
 # Copy the content in the game CD/ISO to a new folder on your desktop.
 # Download '''InstallShield 3 shortcut''' from this [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1755-install-shield-3-fix-for-16-bit-installers-on-64-bit-windows-machines/ link].
-# Open and extract the downloaded file (setup32.exe) to the Setup folder found in the extracted CD/ISO content.
+# Open and extract the downloaded file (setup32.exe) to <code>Setup\English</code> folder found in the extracted CD/ISO content.
 # Double click on '''setup32.exe''' and install the game.
 {{ii}} If nothing happens when starting setup32.exe, open the task manager and right click on the setup32.exe process, then click on Go to Details, right click on Setup32.exe again and then Analyze Wait Chain. Close any exe processes preventing the installer to launch.

Developers

	Electronic Arts UK
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Release dates
Windows	October 1, 1999