Build 26505585

# PCS Update: From BETA 0.9880 to 0.9899

It's been a busy few weeks. Here's a summary of everything that's changed.

**🌍 The game is now available in German and Italian**

- PCS is now fully translated into German and Italian: menus, matches, news, inbox, Striker Career mode, Editor and manual. You can select either language under OPTIONS · Language, complete with its flag.
- In French, 58 short texts that were still in Spanish have been translated, and the MEDIUM tactical level no longer appears as "RATING" or "NOTE".

**⚽ Your youth team plays in its own league**

- The youth academy is now your YOUTH TEAM. You start each career and join each club with 22 youth players whose ability matches the club's level. Your scout can bring in more, up to a maximum of 35.
- Youth teams across the country compete in the YOUTH HONOUR LEAGUE and NATIONAL YOUTH LEAGUE, with regional groups, promotions and relegations. Every result arrives in your inbox, including goalscorers and players whose overall ratings have improved.
- **New YOUTH LINEUP screen:**
- Player cards with photos and team kits displayed on the pitch.
- A squad list showing the same information as your first team, including appearances, minutes played and goals.
- Each youth player's role.

Your youth coach can choose the lineup and tactics, or you can take control yourself.
- Youth players develop through training and matches, with each contributing half of their progress. If you leave a club, your youth players stay there and keep playing. If you return, they'll still be there.
- If you join a club halfway through the season, its youth players already have their previous match statistics.
- LINEUP, TACTICS and YOUTH LINEUP now feature a newly illustrated pitch.

**🏆 National teams and the World Cup**

- **The World Cup in the classic interface has been completely rebuilt:**
- Its own dedicated menu showing your national team, next match, group or knockout path, tournament leaders and a visual tournament-stage indicator.
- Squad selection, standings (all 12 groups on a single screen), results, knockout bracket, goalscorers and best third-placed teams.
- A proper 1990s-style World Champion screen: the trophy against a radiant sun surrounded by confetti, the winning nation's flag in a golden frame, the final score on a stadium scoreboard, the Golden Boot winner and the top assist provider.
- **In the modern and NIGHT interfaces:**
- PCS RANKING now displays the actual rankings.
- YOUR NATIONAL TEAM now shows the federation's objective and confidence level.
- **Across all interfaces:**
- National teams use their in-game names (Iran, South Korea, China, etc.).
- When the World Cup ends, national team managers see CONTINUE.
- **National federation offers:** Previously, choosing "LATER" could make an offer seem to disappear. These offers now also appear under OFFERS (CAREER), alongside club offers, showing their expiry date and a VIEW OFFER button. The notification tells you where to find the offer and how long it remains valid.

**📋 Technical director and contracts**

- With the LAST YEAR ONLY filter enabled, every player in the report is marked LAST YEAR. If a player renews his contract or changes clubs, he disappears from the report.
- Players found this way can now be offered a pre-contract directly (right-click › Negotiate pre-contract), without first adding them to your SHORTLIST.

**🎯 Striker Career**

- **New agent inbox:** folders, filters, starred messages and trash, with contract offers negotiated directly inside each message.
- **Always keep track of your striker:** the arrow marker now appears during set pieces, after goals and in MATCH VIEWING. If your player moves off-screen, an arrow at the edge points towards him and displays his name.
- **Training challenges:**
- The ball now goes into the net and the net reacts, with notifications for OFF THE POST! and OFF THE CROSSBAR!
- Challenges use your selected controller or keyboard controls.
- Youth teammates and opponents no longer share almost identical names.
- **Where you start:** if your country has no domestic league, you begin in a league assigned according to your confederation: South Americans in Argentina or Brazil, Africans in Europe, and players from Oceania in Japan.
- **Nationality:** when you're eligible to apply for citizenship in the country where you play, your club suggests it through your inbox, following the same rules as the main game.

**🥅 Matches**

- **Penalty kicks, including in the main game:**
- The penalty spot no longer sticks out from behind the ball.
- The taker positions himself correctly, and the ball no longer slides towards his leg.
- Loose balls now have the same size as balls carried by players.
- **Camera:** at low frame rates, it no longer drifts outside the pitch.

**🖥️ Interface**

- **VIEW OPPONENT:** in the modern and NIGHT interfaces, hovering over a player highlights his card on the pitch. The opposing manager's playing style is also displayed.
- **A more convenient WHAT'S NEW section:**
- Two-column layout.
- Versions grouped by month.
- Search function.
- NEW labels for updates you haven't read yet.

Thanks to everyone for your bug reports and feedback! Many of these changes come directly from what you've told us. Keep them coming!