New training system coming on Monday!

The long awaited new training system is just about ready, and we'll be rolling it out on Monday, March 30th.

Up until now, the training operated on the semi-hidden old player properties which were converted to the new ones at every training.

With the new training system, we'll operate directly on the new player abilities, which means that we'll finally be rid of the the old abilities, and the problems that the conversion has brought.

A large number of underlying systems that have also made use of the old abilities up until now, have also been updated.

Converting old training groups

We'll be doing a simple conversion of some of the old training groups.

To avoid having to convert a lot of unused data, we'll only convert training groups for clubs that have been logged in during the past month, and which currently have VM Premium (non-premium clubs can't use training groups anyway).

To make the conversion process as simple and seamless as possible, the following will happen:

• The exercise will be set to 'Training match'
• Intensity will be set to 'Normal'

Player value calculation

Because the old player abilities are now finally disappearing, we also had to rewrite the player value calculation system from scratch. The first player value update with the new system will take place on Sunday, April 5.

Since it is a brand new system, I expect that the values ​​will be unstable for some time.

Value calculation is based on player trades made in the past 4 months. Because we don't have 4 months of trades made solely on the basis of the new abilities and training results, it will of course affect the calculated values.

In addition, there's a psychological effect: all managers have to get used to assess the value of a player solely based on the new abilities and training results. Therefore, the trades that the value calculator is based on will fluctuate for some time.

Player awards

Player awards were also based on old abilities and training results. In the future they will be awarded on the basis of the new ones. You should expect that a lot of players will either lose their current awards, or be given new ones.

Scouts

The scouts have been updated, and will evaluate players based on the new training results in the future.