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**PERSONAL COMPUTER SOCCER — WHAT'S NEW (BETA 0.9769 to 0.9781)**

Hello everyone! Over the past few weeks, we've added two new countries, a third interface theme, and a whole bunch of fixes you've been asking for. Here's everything in one place!

## THE NETHERLANDS AND BELGIUM JOIN WORLD LEAGUES

You can now play in both countries, either on their own or alongside the other leagues in your save.

### THE NETHERLANDS

- Three divisions: Ereliga (18 clubs), Eerste Liga (20), and Tweede Liga (18).
- Below them are the Regionale Klassen. Their clubs don't play league fixtures, but they appear in SEARCH, you can sign players from them, they are available for preseason friendlies, and the top two clubs are promoted every season.
- The team finishing 16th in the Ereliga faces the Eerste Liga play-off winner in a promotion/relegation decider.
- "II" reserve teams, which can never compete in the same division as their parent club.
- Cup of the Dikes and Netherlands Super Cup.

### BELGIUM

- Two divisions: Ereklasse (18 clubs) and Tweede Klasse (15, including four reserve teams).
- Below them is the Nationale Klasse, following the same rules as the Dutch Regionale Klassen.
- The Tweede Klasse champions are promoted, along with the winner of the play-offs between the teams finishing 2nd to 5th.
- Ardennes Cup and Belgian Super Cup.

### AND THERE'S MORE!

- All 118 clubs across both countries now have their own illustrated crests (no placeholders left!), and all leagues, cups, and super cups have their own trophies.
- The Dutch and Belgian clubs you already knew from European competitions are the very same clubs (same crests, kits, and squads), now playing in their domestic leagues. Some have been renamed to make them easier to recognise, and existing saves are updated automatically.
- In Career Mode, each country's top division has the same reputation level as Spain's top division, but the financial resources of the Spanish second division. A rookie manager cannot start their career there.
- **EDITOR:** both countries have their own division-based sections, just like Portugal and England, including clubs, players, roles, and CSV support.

## NEW INTERFACE: NOCTURNAL

A third interface joins CLASSIC and MODERN, inspired by the look and feel of 1980s sports television. You can select it in OPTIONS or SELECT YOUR TEAM.

- Dark backgrounds, white newspaper-style panels with square corners, italic headlines, and red, orange, and yellow stripes.
- A main menu featuring collectible-style player cards and a red PCS banner at the top.
- During matches, the score appears on a glowing dot-matrix scoreboard, the latest highlight is presented in teletext style, and you'll see a WIN, DRAW, or LOSS stamp, plus football icons for goals.
- On the player profile, the player's name appears as a headline, their OVERALL RATING is displayed on a glowing scoreboard, the club crest overlaps the photo, and the kit is shown larger.
- Menu rows and cells light up when you hover over them.
- MODERN remains the default interface.

## PLAYER PROFILE: MANAGE BUTTON

On your players' profiles, RENEW, SELL, OFFERS, LOAN, SEND TO RESERVES, and RELEASE are now grouped under **MANAGE ▾**.

Opening the menu shows only the actions available for that particular player. If there are pending transfer or loan offers, the button turns green and displays the number of pending offers.

The player profile is now much cleaner: **HONOURS · MANAGE · CLOSE**.

## FIXES

- **European competitions:** the winner of a European competition who failed to qualify through their domestic league would miss out on Europe the following season (this already worked correctly in Spain). Now, the defending champion returns to European competition by taking their country's first qualification slot, and the STANDINGS screen marks it with "EUROPE". Thanks for reporting this!
- **South America:** continental champions who fail to qualify through their domestic league will always return to the Copa Libertad the following season. In addition, domestic cup winners from Brazil and Argentina qualify even if they play in the second division or below.
- **Starting eleven when joining a club:** when starting a new save, managers could inherit a starting lineup sorted by player position (two goalkeepers and nine defenders in the starting eleven!). This has now been fixed, and affected saves are automatically repaired when loaded. If you manually selected your starting eleven, it will remain untouched.
- **Sharper images and club crests throughout the game:** these looked slightly blurry on many screens, especially SELECT YOUR TEAM. Now, each crest is rendered at exactly the pixel dimensions used to display it on your screen.
- **OPTIONS · Graphical Interface:** the preview thumbnails have been redesigned and are now crisp and clear.
- **Match results:** the Player of the Match photo now extends all the way to the edges of its frame.

As always, if you spot a bug or have an idea, share it with the community. Every report helps us make the game better.

**Enjoy the game!**