re: FM13 Thread (Buy it for $20 on Steam, get a free invite to the SB Network Game!)

There's two ways to do this on FM...Hot Seat Play and Online Play.

Hot-seat play refers to multiple users acting on the same single saved game at the same computer. To initiate this, the user should first create a new game as normal. Once this has been done, to add new managers, either select 'Yes' if/when prompted, or select 'Add New User' from the 'Options' Menu. Once you're happy with the number of users entered, play as 'normal'. When one user has completed their tasks for the day and has clicked 'Continue', the game will then move onto the next user. When all users have clicked 'Continue', the game will progress.



Online play allows the user to play Football Manager™ 2013 against other humans over either a local area network or the internet. You can either be the host of such a saved game, or merely join a saved game hosted by another user. With full use of Steam's online play options, it is now easier than ever to play Football Manager™ online.

To start an online game as the host, create a new game as has been described in this manual. Make sure the 'Run as Server' box is ticked in the 'Preferences'; this will allow other users to join your saved game. Once the game has been set up and you have chosen a team to manage, you are in a position to host an online game. To share your game and allow your friends to join, ensure that you have chosen an identifiable Server Name and Password, and pass both these details on to those you wish to participate.

If you are joining an online game, all you need is those two bits of information. From the Main Menu, select 'Join Online Game' and search for the appropriate server name. There are also a number of search filters which will allow you to seek out other network games which may be available for you to join.

Football Manager™ Classic features a new online game mode, the Versus Competition. You and your friends can set up a custom competition and go head-to-head solely against each other if you so wish. Additionally, if each of you wishes to pit your own custom teams against each other from your own offline career games, you can do so by exporting them and using them in your custom competition.


So we would just need to decide which one we want to do.