During the creation of your Custom Game World you can select which Advanced Rules you wish to have in place and thereafter once at the start of each new season prior to Turn 1 being played by going to My Game Worlds and clicking on Game World Admin.
The SMFA will automatically enforce any of the Advanced Rules you select and they only effect clubs within your Custom Game World. The Advanced Rules you can set are:
Game World Rules:
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Economy Level - Choose the strength of your Game World economy. This in relation to how much money enters your Game World in the form of TV Revenue, Gate Receipts, Prize Money etc. This will not affect the funds each club will start with on creation of the Game World;
- Promotion Play-Offs - This can be turned on or off;
- Player Concerns off - Exclude this feature from your Game World;
Transfer Rules:
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SMFA monitoring transfers on - The SMFA will block any unusual and/or dubious transfers.
- No buying from Unmanaged Clubs - Players cannot be bought from unmanaged clubs within your Game World;
- No buying from External Clubs - Players cannot be bought from clubs outside of your Game World (however, external clubs can still bid on your players);
- No buying over the age of - This can be set to any age or a specific age;
- No buying players rated over - This can be set to a specific player rating;
- Can only offer cash to clubs in deal - Players can only be bought/sold for money;
- Cannot do cash transfers over - This can be set to a specific value;
- Transfer window ONE between Turn X and Turn X - Players cannot be bought outside of this transfer window;
- Transfer window TWO between Turn X and Turn X - Players cannot be bought outside of this transfer window;
- Can only buy players from the same nationality as your club - If your club is in England, you will only be able to buy players who are English.
Please be advised that if the SMFA is turned off it could result in unusual and/or dubious transfers. We only recommend turning this feature off if you are playing with friends and/or work colleagues in a Private Game World.
Manager Rules:
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Manager sacked if they finish in bottom: - You can choose either 1, 2 or 3. These managers will be sacked and the club will be available again;
- Manager must login to this Game World at least every: - The can be set to:
- SM Default Days - This is the default days you must log into your clubs,
- 7 days - The manager must log in within 7 days or they will be automatically removed,
- 10 days - The manager must log in within 10 days or they will be automatically removed,
- 14 days - The manager must log in within 14 days or they will be automatically removed.
During the creation of your Custom Game World you can select which Advanced Rules you wish to have in place and thereafter once at the start of each new season prior to Turn 1 being played by going to My Game Worlds and clicking on Game World Admin.
Please do not contact SM Support in relation to editing your Advanced Rules as we will not action your request.