The first official patch for Pro Cycling Manager 2013, fixing numerous bugs of the game.
[3D]
- Improvement: Optimized loading time of the race
- Fixed possible slowdowns shortly after the start of the race
- Fixed memory leaks between races
- Fixed problem: when a rider enters the field of vision of the camera, for a few fractions of a second, he retains the animation he had when he left the field of the vision for the last time.
- Fixed problem: when riders are waiting for the start of the race, we see them pedalling even though they are stopped
- Fixed problem: we do not see victory animations in replays
- Fixed problem: during the replay of the best moments of a race, bad rider animation at the beginning of each sequence
- Fixed problem: after the replay of the best moments of the race, riders have bad animations and the camera is badly placed. -> To avoid that, at the moment, the best moments run in a continuous loop.
- Improvement: rider animations with long-distance camera when the "Limit animation display" option is unticked.
- Improvement: new "aero" type helmets are only worn by AI riders during flat stages.
[Gameplay/AI Race]
- Fixed problem: a rider who is protecting another rider temporarily stops protecting when the pace suddenly quickens (he follows those who accelerate).
- Fixed problem: climbers sometimes attacked on the flat before a climb.
- Fixed problem: when a rider is protecting another, it is not easy to ask him to change the protected rider (you must first give a new order).
- Fixed bug: the "+" ("More information"
button is only partially clickable.
- When a rider loses energy due to dehydration, the player is now warned: water bottles are displayed with a red halo.
- In the list of riders, the name of the currently selected rider is shown in green
- Improvement: Disabled the possibility to sprint for a rider whose available power is not sufficient to trigger a sprint animation (avoids seeing one's rider sitting prettily when the Sprint button was pressed)
[Interface]
- Improvements/Corrections: stage maps
- Improvements/Corrections: Schedule page
- Improvements/Corrections: customised team creation page in career mode
- Improvement: race loading page
- Improvement: sort on chronological order of races on the latest results page
- Improvement: retains sort when a message is deleted
- Fixed problem: bad rider roles on the pre-race page.
- Fixed problem: country flag unchanged when choosing a world championship variant.
- Navigation through messages with up / down keys
[Career]
- Fixed problem: the accumulation of mails after several years of career could block the game.
- Fixed problem: not possible to sign new contracts with riders when the accounts are negative.
- Fixed problem: youth (U23) world rankings points were not displayed.
- Fixed problem: image of partially succeeded objective.
- Fixed problem: young rider wages were different from those displayed on the team creation page in a game with a custom team.
- Fixed problem: rider information was not correct during contract negotiation.
- Fixed problem: progression of rider attributes.
- Fixed problem: objectives sought by sponsors were not changed after confirmation of the negotiations.
- Fixed problem: riders reputation was badly initialized
- Added: game-over if you do not sign a new contract with a sponsor.
- Added: sponsors withdraw their offers when confidence is too low.
- Adjustment: sponsor is less severe when allocating the budget for next season
- Adjustment: less relegation clauses for AI racers
[Simulation]
- Fixed problem: Returns after simulation are badly displayed.
[Stages]
- Fixed problem: On stage 21 of the Tour de France, the actual finishing line was slightly offset from the one displayed.
- Fixed problem: Podium positioned in vegetation: GP al Pais Vasco stages 3 and 5.
- Fixed problem: Podium positioned in vegetation: Liege-Bastogne-Liege.
- Fixed problem: Barriers badly positioned on stage 2 of Tour of Qatar.
[Database]
- Added: missing achievements
- Improvement : Adjustment to attributes
[Other]
- Added: video capture possibility (CTRL + R)
Will this patch download automaticly when the game i launched, or do I need to download and install it maually?