Go for it, you might only get a chance like this once

Has the bandwidth exceeded again.

I am unable to download the patch from the site.

Can't you just take a one-off payment and hand the project over to a games company ? It seems a shame that you won't be rewarded for all that work, as - despite some comments above - I think this is clearly the best RL manager game that has been produced thus far.

Wooo! There's going to be a RLM 09



I'd pay for this to be made every year



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I played the first two manager games he's made, and the second was a big improvement over the first (was it rlm 2005/6?), so i can't wait.

First one was 05, was brilliant too. You could see the players having a mini brawl, with all the teams watching



I can see 09 being brilliant, the way he improved from the first one.

Roll on the summer! Summer Rugby and RLM 09

I guess the problem with a generic game, even if it is free, is a lot of the fun come from managing your team and buying and selling real players - pretend ones just won't be the same.

yes i see what u mean.

will see how it goes come summer time.

Maybe. Although I prefer developing the new players to replace the old one. It was my proudest moment on this game when I finally sold the last of my original Saints squad and fielded a 22-man squad of star players developed solely from the Academy. Took a while, and involved having to send star players out on loan while I promoted new stars from the Academy, but it was a good feeling. If you have a certain number of star players in the squad, you can't create more from the Academy no matter how good they are, but loan those existing stars out and you can create more, then get the loaned players back. I ended up with 20-odd star players across the squad.

What I'd really like is the following :

- Lower leagues - how good would it be to start with a NL3 or amateur club you can name yourself, and raise them to super league through franchising/promotion ?

- New players being developed by other clubs, so that when you look at the transfer market, you can see new blood rather than the same old (and getting older) faces

- Out of contract players in other clubs being e-mailed to your inbox after each match so you can nab a bargain

- A world club challenge, in the 1997 multi-team format

- Internationals, and the ability to get promoted to international manager

- A couple of scrum moves

- More club management issues, like needing to maintain the ground or build a new one, and the ability to take measures to try and increase crowds or sponsorship

- an end to the limit on Academy promotions during any given year - drives me nuts I have to buy some clapped out wreck from the transfer market just to pad numbers, while I can't promote a good young kid because I've already promoted 12.

ok

These games are awful IMO, if your a team such as wakefield or castleford, you will lose and probily be nilled, on the other hand, if you are Leeds or Saints ect, you will Nill a team. Id rather pay for a proper version to be made by someone like Sigames. Also, you can breach the salery cap as much as you want!

Any link for RLM 05' or does anyone have it ? Fancy playing on it for a bit.

it doesn't seem to be an option

i don't entirely agree, as i've made the play offs with both Wakefield and Castleford, and lost many matches with St Helens and Leeds, especially in the medium and hard difficulty settings.

the salary cap and other player restrictions are applied in medium and hard but were turned off for easy mode in the patch, as the consensus seemed to be easy was too difficult.

other sports management games have had time to evolve to the quality they are reached presently, some started out with text based match simulators originally, and if u check the credits they do tend to be backed by large teams.

functionality has to be a priority before anything else or the program won't run. but now the framework is created, gameplay, graphics and sound can be the main focus of following releases so things should improve.
especially if groups such as Black Dragon Games express an interest in developing the project further.

Is there any chance of a Mac release?

I guess some people don't acknowledge the work that you have put in. It takes many many teams to put together a game such as FM or CM and your just one man.

The game is absolutley fantastic considering that it is free and I would pay money for it. It's certainly better than when other games, that you have to pay for, started out.

i would if i had the stuff to do it. maybe in the future.

yeh it's hell of a job for one man. I do a bit of programming in my free time, and just thinking about the complexity of making a management simulation on my own gives me a headache.

how long in total did it take you to make the game?

its hard to say because the time has been fragmented. bits here and bits there kind of.

if i was to do it again from scratch now i'd say about 12 months, plus the extra time for the patches.

actually created a full 3D version with meshes and animation sets a while back which i'd like to introduce at some stage, once the other stuff has been sorted. will see how it goes.

...Understand your busy mate but do you know any download links for RLM05 (other ones don't work) ? if not if you still have it can you upload is please



Be very grateful.

(Tried to PM you but wouldn't let me)

yes i'll pass it on to Black Dragon Games for download. should be available in a couple of days or so www.BlackDragonGames.co.uk

yes i'll pass it on to Black Dragon Games for download. should be available in a couple of days or so www.BlackDragonGames.co.uk

Hear hear.

Bloody marvellous game. I can't believe it's a one-man-band affair. I've bought every RL game which has been released, including 2 manager games, and this knocks them all into a cocked hat. Truly impressive.

Quote ="RLFans2"yes i'll pass it on to Black Dragon Games for download. should be available in a couple of days or so www.BlackDragonGames.co.uk'" Thanks a lot mate you're a legend !

Quote ="RLFans2"yes i'll pass it on to Black Dragon Games for download. should be available in a couple of days or so www.BlackDragonGames.co.uk'" Thanks a lot mate you're a legend !

Been on my daily visit to the website and I found this:

[url=http://www.rugbyleaguemanager.co.uk/3DEngine.cfm3D, although it might not be ready for RLM 09[/url

Looks good

It probably matches the RL sidhe games graphics

Again awsome work, that looks really cool, and very cute too!