Mini-Scout 2.1 for Football Manager 2010

8.3.08

Working on 1.5








Before starting to work on the search panel i wanted to code the rating function so i could implement it directly to the search panel and also because i knew it would be time consuming and a big headache to choose a weight for each attribute of each position.

Basically i chose a rating from 0 to 100 and 200 for the key attributes like finishing, off the ball, ... for a striker for example. I think it's pretty accurate for both rating and potential rating and i am impatient to implement it to the search panel to see if it's easier to find the future Stars.

Have a nice weekend =)

136 comments:

Anonymous said...

IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER!!

Nice one MX Mini-SE is there best cheers and cant wait for 1.5 p.s if you need any help in testing or anythin at all let me no m8 i opperate windows vista so maybe i could help u test on that side of it but maybe not but its there m8 ;)

Anonymous said...

MX Amster for President!!!!

Just like Micky said it keeps getting better and better!! Big Up for Mx Amster somewone that is effecient and keeps up is promises (or at least tries too). Your on the right track! Keep up the good work. Grettings from Portugal

Anonymous said...

Sweet! Nice to see you're working on it <3

Anonymous said...

great work. Only one sugestion as a use-to-be-geniescout-user: You should put the staff and player filter to work.
Also add a nationatility/club filter, very useful when managing international squads.

Anonymous said...

MX Amster good work.
What is your favorite team ,player?

Grettings from Sofia Bulgaria

mx Amster said...

Hi, thanks guys!

@micky: actually i am not looking for testers but translators surely, for later ;)

@hjenga: yes it's planned

@anonymous: I support the losc and also love Manchester, Roma and Barcelona! There is lots of players i like but actually i particularly enjoy to see Benzema playing. Skilled forward with great fighting spirit also very humble and respectful.

Anonymous said...

Hey mx again my friend what language do you need translators for as am English and don't speak another language well just basic french and basic Spanish so if that's any good let me no in here and ill send you an email so you can contact me i have plenty of spare time as am not working at the min so its there m8 ps were you from and the team you support (losc) is that lille of france (if yes am guessing your french)talk soon m8

Anonymous said...

thank you!!!

mx Amster said...

Yes you guess right. For translation all languages possible. My only exigency is to exactly match FM terms when possible, like attributes for example. It's too soon for me to talk about but yes you (and anyone interested) can send me a mail with which language you can translate so i add you to my list. Actually i only received a proposition for Chinese translation.

Anonymous said...

mxamster you're great!! I love this tool! Keep up te good work, can't wait for 1.5!

Anonymous said...

looks GOOD!

Anonymous said...

Hey MX the new option features look good m8 cant wait to try it any ideas when you will be releasing it cheers m8

mx Amster said...

No idea for the moment. Maybe at the end of next week or later

Unknown said...

I cant believe it! It will soon match genie scout. Thank you guy, you have done a great job!

What I want more is whether you can consider adding availability of Loan and wage,because these are critical for low level club managers. Besides, if the rating can be modified by the user that will be merrier

Anonymous said...

thanks a lot mx

I confirm, wages, reputation and availability transfer are really important, I've got a little club too ^^

Really great job you are doing hope there will be a 1.6, 1.7,... 3.2 :)

Anonymous said...

It's looking pretty awesome! Keep it up, i look forward to the next release.

Anonymous said...

Mr. Mx Amster. :)

Ive been using your Mini-SE for a while, even the latest 1.4. And its has been no problem, until now. Dont know why, but the Mini-SE suddenly wont start, and I get this error message:

EventType : clr20r3 P1 : mini-se_1.4.exe P2 : 1.0.0.0 P3 : 47c8fa5e
P4 : system.drawing P5 : 2.0.0.0 P6 : 471ebf30 P7 : 7ac P8 : 6c
P9 : system.argumentexception

It seems like it could be .Net, but O have uninnstalled and reinnstalled the .Net.. And no help. Do you know a solution?

Many Thanks

Ole

Anonymous said...

this looks class. any chance of a version for wsm 2008: 8.2? hope so...

mx Amster said...

@anonymous: could be a conflict with a dll on your system. are you on XP? do you have SP2 installed?

@anonymous: Surely for WSM. Still waiting to receive the copy that uncle sam from si boards shipped me.

Anonymous said...

Wow.. fast answer. :)

Im on a XP, and got SP2. The stranges thing is that it has worked. I have used it for several months. But when I found out that I could alter the attributes and abilites and such.. It was after that the Mini-SE crashes on startup... Hmmm. Some one else on an another forum had the same problem.

mx Amster said...

The edit function only have privileges to read and write FM memory on runtime. So it can't cause any harm nor to Mini, FM or your computer. The only damage it could do is wipe your current game if you edit while not being on a player profile ans save. Have you tried to redownload Mini to see?

Anonymous said...

Yes, I have tried that. Hmm.

I have googled it.. and it seems like a .Net-problem. But when uninnstalling and reinnstalling .Net.. and I still get the same error-message. I have even tried .net 2.0 and 3.5.

Could reinnstalling FM do the trick?

Anonymous said...

Great work. It would be perfect if you can add the "player rating" function.

Question: its still working on version 8.0.1?

mx Amster said...

@olee: yes it's a .net problem. Have you installed the service pack1 for .net also?

@anonymous: no the 1.4 doesn't work with 8.01

Anonymous said...

Yes, I have. :(

Isnt it strange that I get the same error, even when reinnstalling the .net. Would it work if I have .net 3.5, and not 2.0. Dont know if it is even possible :)

mx Amster said...

Yes you can try 3.5 is backward compatible. Also you can instaal sp1 for 2.0 & 3.0.

Anonymous said...

If I dont get 1.4 to work anymore. I wont get 1.5 to work either right?

Maekas said...

For the player rating system. You could use these FM-Britain forum posts to choose the weights for the different attributes according to positsion.

Here and here.

You need to register at the forum, but I can tell you that those reviews are pretty thorough and you could benefit from them.

Otherwise, I love what you have done with the program and I am eagerly anticipating the 1.5 version. If you can make the ratings system work and improve the search, then Mini-SE will be miles better than Genie Scout.

mx Amster said...

I don't know. I added more exception handlers in 1.5 so maybe the error will be catched and ignored. Maybe not.

mx Amster said...

Maekas can you send me a copy paste by mail? btw ratings can be changed and saved to a file so if you don't like mine you still have the possibility to create your own.

Anonymous said...

First of all, I have to say its a great tool, and youre doing a fantastic job?

When might we excpect the release of 1.5?

Anonymous said...

Ill try to experment with .Net to see if I could solve my problem.

Thanks anyway.. uve been helpfull, and keep up your great work!! :D

Anonymous said...

Very nice work MX Amster!

Good to see you work on Mini-SE, i would love to use the new functions you mentioned in comments.

Maybe i could be a help in Dutch translations if needed, but im keeping my options open on that because i might be too busy with my exams in May. If you need my mail for translations you can ask me here, and you can send me a mail for the words you need.

Keep up the good work. Greetings Seth

Anonymous said...

- Apart from the usual positions (player rating), it would be great if you add one or two extra "blanks" for use for specialized positions (e.g. target striker).

You've done a great job so far, keep up!

Anonymous said...

Hi Mx

Does the 1.4 version only compatable to 8.02? It does not work with my 8.01.

Anonymous said...

Awesome job mate.

Anonymous said...

Hello there.Many congratulations for your work. Do you think it will be possible in a later version to incorporate in the search criteria player sales value and nationality?It would both be very usefull and especially the first.Thanks a lot

Peeping Tom said...

So, how's it going?

Cheers

Unknown said...

great job mx...
just one question: is there any way that i could turn off the always on top feature? i find it very annoying.

thanks alot

mx Amster said...

@anonymous: no eta, could be this week, next week..

@seth: thx, you''ll see when the language file is ready. It's far from being the case right now.

@Anonymous: extra blank tab is not possible also i didn't find an easy (design) way to tell the user this player is better as fast or target striker so for the moment it's not calculated.

@Anonymous: nationality ect.. is planned

@sergio: fine, i practically finished to recode the search engine and will start to focus on adding new functionalities

@ofer: yea use winontop

Anonymous said...

HELP!!
I try to make it work but when I press LOAD it calls out for an error message that sounds like this:

"************** Exception Text **************
System.OverflowException: Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.
at eval_a.eval_ᜄ(Object A_0, EventArgs A_1)
at System.Windows.Forms.Timer.OnTick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Timer.TimerNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)"

Please HELP!

mx Amster said...

i would say wrong patch installed

mx Amster said...

make sure your version is 8.0.2 118048. Also have you installed .net 2.0?

Anonymous said...

first off appreciate all your hard work and it looks like you are doing an awesome job. I was curious if you had an eta on a version for wsm 08 8.2

Anonymous said...

@Santex, that patch listed on that site is the buggy one, you want the one that was released on 20/02/08. Although this won't fix your Mini-SE issues.

Best you grab it from the links in this thread:

http://community.sigames.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/521102691/m/3342088083

You will also find non-torrent version links in there.

mx Amster said...

no eta for wsm as long as i have not received the wsm copy i should receive

Unknown said...

Great job,Mx! But could you please consider adding more filters, say, one filter for one feature.

Just think about why we use scout tools:1. To find cheap players of potential; 2. To find cheap players of high quality. 3. To loan high quality players

So sale value, wage, rating, Loanable or not, are always most important, please addd thise filters.

Anonymous said...

hi MX my friend any updates on the release of the new mini-se m8 cheers

Anonymous said...

@micky

Can't you read?

From Mx:
@anonymous: no eta, could be this week, next week..

mx Amster said...

should be released next week =)

Anonymous said...

Thanks a lot man. You have made life much easier. But i really really wish there was some option to turn off the attribute editing feature, may be a version where you couldn't edit. I mean for me, what i need is a great player searching tool, like yours is, but if i could edit stats, why waste time searching?? and my mates (who uses genie scout) always accuses me of cheating saying my regens are edited coz i used mine-se to find them.PLz help!

Anonymous said...

Sorry about the whining, but I'm having difficulties with the Microsoft .NET Framwork - The Miniscout crashes and I saw that this problem was said to be associated with .NET Framework 2.0 not being setup.

I have the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0. Has anybody else had the same problem?

Yes and MX keep up the really good work.

mx Amster said...

@micky: no need to insult, thx

@anonymous: There was a no edit option during a moment in the first version but can't remember why i removed it. Maybe i'll code it back but it's not my priority at the moment. btw why do you edit if you don't like it lol?

@anonymous: if it crash instantly on startup then yes it's a net problem. Try to reinstall .net If it crash later check you have the right patch.

Anonymous said...

awwweseommme cant wait till release
thanks very much =D

Anonymous said...

sorry mx just some people get right up me but the new search features look great search by rating, the way your going no one will ever talk bout geniescout again ;)

Anonymous said...

Excellent stuff, thanks for keeping us all informed throughout the process. Looking forward to the estimated next week release. A quick question though? Can we expect a Sale Value search option on the search panel? If not I'd like to put in a small request for it for future versions.

mx Amster said...

@micky: np

@simon: working on for next release,

FILTERS:
player, player staff
position
side
age, ca, pa
rating, potential
nationality
club
wage
value
EU
transfer, loan, contract finish
attributes

maybe less, maybe more...

Staff,
Job
nationality
club
wage

maybe less, maybe more...


Feel free to post if you have any suggestions.

Anonymous said...

cool MX ;)

Anonymous said...

A sale value filter for 1.6 would be lovely in that case, if possible.

Anonymous said...

should be released next week =)

Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday-Friday when? lol

is a good job,thank you

As they say in France "Merci pour tout"

Anonymous said...

Mx, I think most people will prefer the sale value filter to value filter. Because what means to us is the sale value, while the value is just number for appreciation. Strongly suggest a switch, man.

Anonymous said...

THANK YOU MX AMSTER!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

In November I read in your blog that you are working on possibility to move a player from one club to another. When are you going to to make it?

Anonymous said...

Mx amster read the blog please XD
Help me XD I look forward !!!!!

When released this version?

mx Amster said...

end of the week

Anonymous said...

Good work Mx Amster

Anonymous said...

end of the week.....why?

Very good work mx amster miniscout is 1*

Anonymous said...

because he said so

Unknown said...

the system looks good from the screens.
are you assigning the values to the hidden atributes too? consistency and important matches are important i guess.
keep it up o/

mx Amster said...

.....why?

Because it certainly takes a hundred times more than what you think to finish.


@diego: yes hidden and person datas too (ambition, controversy ect..)

Peeping Tom said...

thanks a lot mx :D

Anonymous said...

ITS COMING SOON CANT FRICKEN WAIT

Hey MX m8 how much longer i cant wait m8 only joking you take your time get it right m8 but you did say late next week and now it is keep up the good work my friend and remeber if you need any help with anything you have my mail address ;)

Anonymous said...

Go away you leech, personally i think Mx should make all of you(and me of course) wait another few weeks even though it may be finished just to teach you impatient idiots a lesson.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous, shut the fuck up!

Anonymous said...

This program is fantastic!

One question though (for 1.4), why is it that when i tick the options in 'search', i never get results?

Anonymous said...

mischievous@ exactly m8 you tell him ;)

Anonymous said...

A very small request(I think it could be done easily):

Would you please add some comma in the value and sale value? That is easier to read

Unknown said...

Hi!!

Do you need a spanish translator? I think I can help you.

Mail me if you want. Bye!

Anonymous said...

Mx amster you are living?

The final version still leaves this weekend?

Anonymous said...

Would be great if you could add a column in the search panel for "contract expires date"

This is great when you are looking for free players as bosman.

Thx!

mx Amster said...

yes still breathing and yes maybe if i don't have to lost my time on an obscure bug or something like. Please be patient, thanks.

mx Amster said...

Eldorado send me a mail plz, thx

Anonymous said...

Would be great if you could add a column in the search panel for "contract expires date"

This is great when you are looking for free players as bosman.

Thx!
-----------------------------------
You can search sale value equals to zero instead. But, for the loan, there is no other way to get out. Sad that Mx dropped it off...

Anonymous said...

plz release now mx amster i love you!!! ♥

Anonymous said...

screenshots look awesome. thanks for the great work mxamster!!!

Anonymous said...

Hi all !! good work amster U are better than genie lol please tell us when U release your next version because we need your soft thx and continue again

Anonymous said...

Whine whine whine, i want i want i want. Shut up leeches, when it's ready. Want it quicker? try donating something to pay him back for all the effort he has spent on it. You drove the genie guy to the edge with all your whining so much he stopped working on it for the public. You never learn do you.

Anonymous said...

Wow the screenshots look great!!!! This version is going to rock! Take you time mxamster and let the people cry here. Do you need someone for Dutch translations? I could help :) Good luck on on the programming work. And thank you in advance for the next release.

Anonymous said...

MX AMSTER PLEASE release this version !!!!!!

Congratulation

Anonymous said...

MX AMSTER PLEASE release this version !!!!!!

Congratulation

Anonymous said...

100 Messages !!!!!

Good Work Mx Amster

Please connect this blog for the new information please please please XD

Anonymous said...

wtf! get a grip! calm down! it will be released when it's ready! stop the whining.

Anonymous said...

"Whine whine whine, i want i want i want. Shut up leeches, when it's ready. Want it quicker? try donating something to pay him back for all the effort he has spent on it. You drove the genie guy to the edge with all your whining so much he stopped working on it for the public. You never learn do you."

That man is absolutely spot on. Shut up, have a little patience as Take That would say and wait. Stop complaining. It'll be done when it's done and your whining isn't going to make it any quicker.

Anonymous said...

Oh, and just looking at the screens on the website I've noticed there's a sale value filter, very nice, top stuff.

Anonymous said...

the release really expected =)

Nice Work Mx Amster
but please wait people
It's a big work for Mx Amster

Anonymous said...

I've seen people offering translation help and I think it would be fine if there were a portuguese (for portugal and brasilian portuguese) translation.

In fact, I could translate it. What about it, mx Amster? Do you already have someone translating mini to portuguese?

Anonymous said...

yay for mxamster!
yay for mxamster!

mx Amster said...

Search panel is 90 percent finished. Main panel and attributes need minor fixes and recoding. Just a few more days to wait... :)

@ Chaparral: no Portuguese translator at the moment. Send me a mail thx.

Anonymous said...

obrigado chaparral :D

thanks a lot mx ;)

Anonymous said...

Just a few more days to wait... :)

Before the weekend ? or soon ? =)

Net. Framework is essential for this release ?

Thank You Mx Amster and good luck fot discover a good panel

Anonymous said...

keep up the great work my friend ;)

Av. Özgür Ozan said...

mx thanks for good work. A small request can we get a targetman rating for 1.6 (As you know target striker and fast striker litle bit different)

Anonymous said...

Keep up mx amster

How does the rest of percentage for the new version ?

Anonymous said...

*shakes his head* People never learn do they.

Anonymous said...

i really don't understand what's the problem in asking how's mx's work is going.

Anonymous said...

wow the screenshots look great, cant wait for the it be released

a possible idea for future versions, the possibility to create your own shortlist by adding certain players from the search panel would be great

keep up the good work

Anonymous said...

I really don't understand why people need to ask every 5 fucking seconds how it's going, shut the fuck up and wait for when he says it's ready, it won't speed him up asking and nagging constantly, if anything it'll drive him away or keep it for personal use...which i'd love him todo just to piss you whiney little cunts off.
Little known fact here, there is a fully working and improved version of Genie Scout for 8.0.2 but only a few people have it...the ones that didn't bug the fuck out of him.
So stick a sock in it.

Anonymous said...

how about you shut ya mouth dick head i guess i must have the working scout cos am in 2015 in my fm game and genie still works as 4 u above y dont u take a jump off a cliff i dont c the problem in asking how mx is progressing genie is being a twat cos he hasnt the time not becos people ask

Anonymous said...

"Little known fact here, there is a fully working and improved version of Genie Scout for 8.0.2 but only a few people have it...the ones that didn't bug the fuck out of him."

So, you have it? If you don't shut the fuck up!

Anonymous said...

"So, you have it? If you don't shut the fuck up!"

That's for me to know and you to whine like the bitch you are.

If genie is working fine for you, when bother getting this one micky? and yes the early beta versions if you are lucky work for a while, but can also corrupt your save game so make sure to keep backups!

Anonymous said...

If you have the last version what are you doing here? You annoying fuck

mx Amster said...

hey guys i don't want to waste my time moderating your comments so unless you calm down i'll close comments

Anonymous said...

lol please do realise anon that your comments provoked more havoc than actually stopping it...

anyway great work mxamster! looking forward to the new release =)

Anonymous said...

Stop injure now !!!!!

Mx amster near the new version for calm people LoL

good work I urge to discover the new version

Anonymous said...

ty for this has helped me loads

Anonymous said...

Please do close this thread Mx, really dont let these tards bug you, continue your great work please! :)

Anonymous said...

Sex

Anonymous said...

Hello Mx Amster

Like many players Football Manager
I want to know....When the final version released? Mx Amster

Congratulations for this very good work In hope that this version be on our screen

Thank You Mx Amster Belgian community is pleased that exit

Anonymous said...

good work mx Amster!!!

Anonymous said...

thanks for spending so much time to make and fix this for us!! you rock mxamster! youre the best

Av. Özgür Ozan said...

Dear mxamster don't forget ca must be a rating coefficient too. Because sometimes attributes can be liar.

Anonymous said...

Mx you might have noticed (if having visited the genie site) how impatient an FM gamer can be - especially when there is little time for gaming per week (scouting takes so much time...).
And, ofcourse, the level of praise for a scout's creator raises in a geometric ratio. So far you are praised - if you deliver a more sophisticated search engine, we might even build a shrine for you...:)
(Keep up the good work!)

Anonymous said...

now now u above don't be like that at least MX is constantly updating us and at least mini se works properly don't listen to him MX u do a great job and most of us do appreciate it ;)well my genie scout dos work but u no lol

Anonymous said...

Keep up the good work MX!! And so much easier to use then FMgenie...;-)

Can't wait when your new update will be available for download with all those new features!! So excited!!

Hooray for MX...

Anonymous said...

Let us know how it's going MX, these days without contact keeps people on the edges about the update!

Anonymous said...

Will all these anonymous people just shut up?

He is working on it. Just keep checking back everyday and stop asking questions.

Gosh. Just be patient. He is not being paid to do it and he is doing it out of his own time. So be grateful and just let the man work.

Seriously, how would you feel if your mum kept checking up on you every hour? Grow up anonymous people.

By the way, it is up to him what he wants added to the application. It belongs to him so stop demanding.

Anonymous said...

I look the screem

Where is the skin? Mx Amster and like the photo in the background XD

Anonymous said...

Be careful Dan, if you start making sensible comments like that the whiney impatient morons tend to tell you to STFU.

Unknown said...

"Ozan Erdoğan said...

Dear mxamster don't forget ca must be a rating coefficient too. Because sometimes attributes can be liar."

hmmm that's interesting, but some players have a decent ca, say 150, and some medium atributes ranging from 12 to 15 and don't perform very well. i think it's about the combination of atributes with the tactics. could be wrong tough.

Av. Özgür Ozan said...

@diego I tried other scout tool have ratings. And it had an ca part for rating coefficent. (Default no effect - but i made 50) It had a real differnce specially for people have less ability but more attributes. (Some lesser known countries.In asia withaout adding ability not giving right answer.)

Anonymous said...

.....So far you are praised - if you deliver a more sophisticated search engine, we might even build a shrine for you...:)
(Keep up the good work!)

....(and after a few days and comments of people who didn't understand what I initially said/typed...)

MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR THAT SHRINE!!!
MX you're praised indeed by all of us!

Anonymous said...

Nice work, mate. Thx so much!!

About future versions, I hope we can have more options to filter the players. I always like to filter away (with genie scout) the players with very high inj rating, also those players with lower initial consistency & important match. (Why signing players who always get injured? remember Harry Kewell of LFC??)

If that is not possible, another way can be setting up a "multiplier" option in the rating. This multiplier can be adjust by individual user (just add another rating tab page called "multipler", which can be adjust by user). The whole think was that the new rating = the old rating times the multiplier. (e.g. if a player has inj 15, consistency 10, professional 5, and the corresponding rating set by user is -80, 5, 15, then the multiplier would be ((1-15/20)*(0.8)+(10/20)*(0.05)+(5/20)*(0.15))/(0.8+0.05+0.15).

(I hope you can understand what I am trying to say. The implementation for -ve rating would not be as straight forward as before, i.e. -ve rating = 1 - attribute/20 *rating )

Hope that my idea can assist on your already super great work!!

Anonymous said...

and by the way, the numbers in the attribute panel is too big thus doesnt align properly to the text, i.e. the height of 12 rows for text = the height of 11 rows for number. Is it the problem for my computer only? Thx for your attention!

mx Amster said...

HK LFC Fans i get your point and the rating function is already using a multiplier depending on the position note, calculation is pretty same as yours. Why not for the attributes but it would be confusing for the user i think. Btw can you send me a screenshot of the attributes panel? thx

Anonymous said...

Bravo! Mx, cant say how many thanks to you.

However

The club and name filter do not work.

BTW, could you please count all the players including loan out and loan in player as a team? That will be easier to compare the rating inside one team

Lastly, availability of loan is strongly recommanded

Anonymous said...

it wont let me search, im in 2010 and the search just shows up empty, no errors or anything. tried the other exe and it didnt work. using vista sp1, could that be the problem?