PCF11 User Manual - Sportando Basket Manager
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1. What else good luck for your basketball careers No basketball players or coaches have been fired during the writing of this guide2. ActUEliep scare Freeman Gaba FSS pumit Bart hama Gime vi TIGERS Melbourne BS 68 3 00 2011 Warni hame gams vt BAD Geld Coast 69 54 toir o8 TO11 Bectaway game vs SKYTRANS TAIPANS Cairns 65085 20 01 2021 Wort away pame TERS Mialbourn B 71 o s 211 Bert game attendance intema Record bodetes Foard believer that team is doingas AL epeectatiaons and hopes dor Consent rasula untilihbe end atthe 18700 Fan are prowdta rect for pou parari ara bowing dedications and thig ip what fans like he mest A summary of your results of your records and of your trophies Here you can find also what the board and your supporters think about you Moreover you can find some indexes which condense your career as coach e Fame Index Show how much you are famous in the world thanks to trophies you ve won e Evaluation Index an index which show how much you are able to avail the roster you have For example winning the Euroleague with a very strong team and avoid the relegation with a terribly weak ones give the same Evaluation Index e PCF Points overall value calculated using the other two indexes and depending even on the numer of played seasons 2 4 2 Titles history FIBA Titles History Titles Resume Self explanatory oon DP Team Ability 2 4 3 Team ability Use it during the whole season to see in which factors you are i strong and in which you are not compared to your rivals 2 4 4 Fiba ranking If pres
3. Checking sponsorships is one of the first things you have in every sports manager game and PCF11 is not an exception As you can imagine the sum of money they will offer to you is not always the same the importance of league is basic in fact However there are three genres of sponsor and every kind of it has some peculiarity When Fieldside Sponsor You must choose 3 between the 6 offers you will see at the beginning remember that those companies will pay those sums once each month until the end of the contract The sum between the parenthesis instead is the amount that sponsor will give you in the whole season Please note that such sum refers only to this season for example if there are 5 months left in the season and a contract expires after 10 months this sum is equal to 5 five times the offered cash and not 10 times you decide the sponsor obviously look at the amount of money but not only at it Let s make a simple example Average offer 10 000 Sponsor 1 24 000 for 2 months Sponsor 2 20 000 for 10 months Which offer is the best one The second one Just because the first one will expire quite soon and if you choose the 1 probably you ll have to sign with a new sponsor offering a sum of money similar to the average offer which is much lower TV Rights You can only choose a TV broadcaster whose contract will end at the end of the season The amount of money written in this case refers t
4. defense rea T71 Dudelange Fo Player Pos Min Pts A R PF _ Stephens D E Ruffalo G i palh in il 3 ee Centre sportif Prince Guillaume Attendance 54 aS a Irai hae Minin 5 EE Weiler C PT a be sum Basic Kresimir UNM Bemtgen G N Schmit G m GintD fc 20 F Aa o ji T e w Wi We were right We re leading once again the match when there are only 3 minutes left even if you choose 5 min 10 min steps in fact the game stops at this moment of the match Amicale only scored 7 points in 7 minutes while most of our players made at least a couple of points What should we do now We re leading by a few points we should waste as much time as we can in order not to allow a lot of shots to Amicale So Play up to 24 is a good choice About offensive tactics Stephens and Muller our best players are scoring a nice number of points so let s keep the situation just like before Noticed that some new buttons appeared now A Go directly to the end of the match B Check each event of the match until the end That s what we choose now C Watch live action in the B2D mode You ll see every action with a nice graphical animation No screenshots for it here just try it 3 1 5 The last 3 minutes Fo Player Pos o Min Pts A R PE E Stephens D 4014 2 7 24 19 Centre sportif Prince Guillaume Schumacher T G F fe Attendance 953 SEE Kieffer B
5. is EE Weilerc ee Fs do nm COCO IORA Ml Bemtgenc G EEE Schmit G zG Cand y T dad pi a i bat alert ed ge D Gindt D i a SS nS a E What we didn t want just happened Amicale scored with even a shooting foul They miss the free throw but they get the rebound and make a 3pt shot They re leading the game now and we must deselect Play up to 24 option Then turnover of our team but we are able to make a Steal before losing the ball again And this times Amicale scores with Jones Fortunately even Muller scores right after him 64 63 Jeits misses the shot Gindt catches the rebound We can still win Fo Player i Ruffato G 7 419 eee 11 23 14 Centre sportif Prince Guillaume Attendance 959 d oi eA cans orm Ay Have you noticed They re using the 2 3 zone now why don t we try a 3pt shot We haven t tried many shots from behind the stripe until now but if you remember the comparison of ratings we were pretty skilled in them Let s make a try so let s move the Offensive Options slidebar towards the right Offensive foul by Stephes is the result Ok no panic They use the man to man defense so let s move the slidebar to its Original position but now we must concentrate on their attack Using intentional foul has no sense the difference is only one point If it was 4 5 points Intentional foul could be a good solution even because none of our players has more than 2 fouls No
6. Crossed EU flag the player is born outside the EU European League or he is however a foreign player Non European Leagues G Why having strong players if they can t play together Chemistry value max 100 show you how much your players are close H The total salary of your players and the salary cap Keep them in mind when you buy new players I Show an overview of your players skills and salary just like the picture below J Show an overview of your players stats K Show your players position on the field When you click on the icon explained by D point your roster window slightly changes and you can do new actions B chemist ry mo d B TE Starting Five Pos Age Mo Fo ylity He We Pos Spe Def 2pt ied Sal Years Jii McCalebb L mY PG 60 59 E9 eaae 183cm B2kg 934 812 1 Hl J Kaukenas R Sila 3 60 59 BF Serer 192cm 92kg 621 756 E il Aradori P G F a 60 B3 ca 194cm 95kg 388 260 2 Dil i Stonerook 5 SPF 33 60 76 B6 Waan Wiem 109ke 65 ip 317 628 Sil gt m Lavrinovic K C 60 71 89 Aaaa 2em Hke So ag EaR pj 946 512 10 Bench Players Os bility He We Pos Spe Def 2pt 3pt Reb Sta p Action Sal Vears Q jarem G 60 53 85 a 198cm 90kg i yp 683 316 5 E J Zisis N G 60 92 B5 ao 197cm 94kg Sf i zp 800 064 5 E E Moss D SF 60 89 82 WAA 196cm 94kg ip 698 760 1 E J J Hi Carraretto M SG 60 93 BL aa 197cm 86kg 247 176 J GE Ress T F C 60 60 80 rare 208cm 103kg Jp 342 108 J H
7. PC Then set date format to DD MM YYYY 6 3 I found a bug in the game If you found a bug different from the problem with the ones we ve just described or if the problems above are still present after you followed our suggestions go to the forum of PCFantacanestro in the International Users section http fantacanestroforum forumcommunity net f 2616795 Here post your bug just try to add as many details as possible e game mode career International e team used e moment of the season reached the very beginning January The end of the season e What you ve done just before getting the bug e All the text written in the bug report if any with all the details e If you edited the database with the editor e possibly add a screenshot of it We could ask you for the pcfantancanestro sav or the PCFANTACANESTRO bak file You can find them in the folder you installed PCF11 in Data folder Zip them with WinZip WinRar or 7Zip and use a file sharing site to send these file to us 4shared mediafire megaupload 6 4 I ve read about restoring the sav file with the bak file What does it means It s something you must do in order to be able to continue your game after you found a bug Simply restarting the game after running into a bug and having closed PCF11 could forbid you to continue your career and force you to delete it The restore process is quite simple e Go to the folder you ve installed P
8. You can accept it definitely reject it or you can decide to modify it Of course you must wait for the player s answer And don t forget to decide if you want to sell players you ve loaned or not or if you want to keep players you ve borrowed When you finished click on the green button You will see the answers of players you ve asked to accept a different contract from what they proposed Click on the green button again until you exit from this window After that if you keep selected the option to be the coach of a national team in the settings you will be called by some of them You can receive up to 3 proposals by teams L of the same continent of the team you were the manager of And for each season you will be called by different teams Of course the strength of who calls you will depend on k the importance of the league and the tournaments you attended and on the results you got f Na tional teams offers When you accepted one of these offers you have to select your players You can select only one player with acquired nationality Done it Good Then you ll reach the main menu of your game again just without financial menus you can t buy players in a national team So take it to win the gold medal in the Olympic Games After you finished this phase with the national team or if you deselected it in the Settings it will be September again Time to start a new season Just remember that since the
9. a lot for the maintenance 2 3 5 Merchandising Produce T shirts hats and whatever you want and sell them to your supporters How much merchandising should you make Again check the league you are playing in and the results you want to reach Just as example here it is a table of a good merchandising for Italian Leagues A1i EuroCup or 4000 6000 Se EuroChallenge Where the Lazy merchandising is the one you set to be sure to have something to sell for the whole season in order not to set them again If you play another League compare it with the Italian ones and produce the quantity of goods you think it s the best And keep this page checked in order to discover if you were right 2 3 6 Transfers ee A summary of the transfermarket of all the teams 2 3 7 Favourites d A summary of the players you bookmarked see Player s Overview in order to follow them Click the red cross on the right of the players when you re no more interested in them 2 4 Board 2 4 1 Palmares rE 2 ee Ee eee awi 2 LegaBarket Al 14 pos Ewokagis First Round im PAPUAN GUINEA Ej FIBA Oceania Championahap First Round a j F at j Nieri gamas played history Sohemechar Luke 27 prerenot Fainne hadan 1 5 Evalrmian indar E kiest gamas playeddwctual Freariim Gabe 37 peosence Bai posite sirasi Z Actual Worstmeguiva streak anma 5 Hitem lop irala Freemen O be SM punt
10. can find here PG Point Guard SG Shooting Guard SF Small Forward PF Power Forward C Center G Guard can play as PG and SG G F both SG and SF F Forward both SF and PF F C can play as PF and C In the starting five players are ordered in this way PG SG SF PF C In fact when you click the on the amp button on the top right corner all the roster is ordered to put the best players of each role in the Starting five C The morale of each player Obviously a successful season can improve it while lost game can make sad your players But it s not so simple even keeping always a player on the bench and not to use him anymore makes his morale lower and his skills could decrease too If you don t use a player don t keep in your roster sell him D The players game shape which can be lowered by tiredness or by injuries Check it often to see if your most important player needs some rest E The global strength of your players Actually its range is between O and 100 F The nationality In fact each league allows only a certain number of foreign players otherwise you ll have to pay an expensive fine In particular No flag the player has born in the country you are playing in National flag the player has born elsewhere but he has the citizenship of the country you are playing in EU flag the player is born in one of the EU countries flag available only for European leagues
11. second season during the whole month of September your players will have offers from other teams not only in the beginning of it as in the other months 5 Custom team Do you want to create your own team where you and your friends face the pros Thanks to PCF Editor you can do it After you ve created it you can find it in the Team selection window in the very last group You can also change the overall skill of the players in the database and their role It s quite simple to use the editor so we don t need to explain it However here s a couple of hints for you e Make a backup copy of Base pcf data you can find in Data folder if you want to use the editor In this way if you want to delete all your changes just overwrite the old Base pcf file on the new one If you forgot to make a backup copy you always can reinstall the game without uninstalling it before You savefiles will be maintained in this way e If you want to delete all your custom teams instead go to Data folder again and simply delete dalt pcf file 6 FAQ amp Troubleshooting 6 1 When I run PCF11 text seems not to be sized properly Change settings of the monitor of your PC to 96 DPI You can do it by going to the settings of your monitor in the panel control Moreover check if Calibri font is present on your computer 6 2 The game gives an error about date Open your panel control and check format of dates on your
12. 2 6 Opponent 2 2 7 Staft 2 Team Staff Athletic Preparer allow form increase of the players between matches and prevent Youth Team Coach pron ready to the promo tion If you were MacGyver you could mange your team with just a copper wire and a lemon Since you re a normal player instead you need some helper who can give you a hand Each staff member has a number of stars given by his ability Two stars is the minimum ten the maximum Moreover you can only buy new staff whose value is up to four stars more than the previous members For example if your scout s value is 4 stars you can engage a new one with a number of stars between 5 and 8 Finally remember that each new member staff takes some money when you engage him and that the whole staff has a monthly salary just like your players So don t exaggerate with it Here s a summary of what they can do for you e General Manager his role is to give a good reputation to your team Namely he can help you to engage better players with minor costs and to convince your best players to stay and not to go elsewhere If you want to buy a lot of new players engaging a good manager is extremely useful he has less importance instead if you want to use mainly who comes from your Youth Team Moreover if you start from a lower division it s better not to take a too expensive manager you just weren t able to afford him this remark is correct for all the staff members howev
13. CF11 and open Data folder You should see both pcfantancanestro sav and PCFANTACANESTRO bak files e Delete pcfantancanestro sav file e Rename PCFANTACANESTRO bak file as pcfantancanestro sav e That s all You ll probably have to play some matches once again but your career will be safe Please go to our forum and post the bug as written above before doing so Once we fix it you ll never meet it any more 6 5 Can I play my favourite music while playing PCF11 Sure Just go to the folder where you installed the game then go to Sound gt Music folder You should see three mp3 files there That s the place you can put your own mp3 files Next time you run PCF11 you will listen to them 6 6 This team player is too weak strong Basically we don t give to the players a subjective value We use stats of the leagues and run an algorithm to calculate the players skill starting from them However you can visit our forum and give your feedback about them 6 7 Could you add the NBA In your game No at least not now As you probably know the NBA rules are pretty different from the ones followed in FIBA Leagues Adding the NBA would mean building a new game engine with new rules and tons of other stuff Namely we should make a completely different game only for the NBA We prefer to use the time we should spend for it in making a huge quantity of improvements in the other parts of the game How
14. Kieffer B i en a _ wet aN a _ a Birdsong L PF _ ws A Q ey aggressive Muller F F fC P a A a Ep Lianweni M T e pS Ao oo Aggressive Siebenbour F F s l E a ee S E ee eS j Schartz PG Sea Aggressive E j Jones C G ia a e Normal BH E NeyS Sty P Normal gt Gir Hamo aS a a Normal gt as Ep Schmitz M C AE a Normal 2 ey Schmit G 5 f Hoffmann P G S pl Normal Laures C i SF E Steinmetz J SF a Normal E i Weiler ie TE T w P a 5 Preg 7 pes bd i iaaa a A ahia j Defensive Tactic The best players of or opponent are Jeits Birdsong and Schartz Let s make sure they will be properly controlled by oud defenders Moreover there are not Pfs in our opponent s bench and only a weak center So it s a good idea to cause them some problems next to the basket let s be very aggressive with Birdsong if he doesn t play well they won t be able to substitute him About offensive strategies let s start asking our best players to shot slightly more than the others 3 1 History of our match 3 L 1 End of 1 guarter AREE L Ok we re leading the match Amicale s players have some serious problems during their offensive phase They only made a couple of 2pt shots 8 attempted and they made no 3pt field goals even if they tried 4 times Our defense works well so we don t change it for now But our attack is not that good too Only 11 points and Schumacher is playin
15. PCF11 The Official Guide Original version written by ipsedixitennius with the help of Sherlocco RVD Edge armando87 and KOSTIA Translated and adapted by nemicoditutti with the help oh his dictionary www fantacanestro net This is the Official Guide of PCF11 the first European basketball manager game Here we will talk about the game trying to explain all its features thanks to the descriptions of the 3 different game modes you can find Standard Career International Moreover we will include all the suggestion by some of the most experienced players Sherlocco and RVD Edge p us a couple of hints by me NoT What else to say have a good time with this guide and with PCF11 of course Index 1 Starting a match 2 Manage your team description of the menus 3 Let s play a basketball match now 4 The end of the season 5 Custom team 6 FAQ amp Troubleshooting 7 Acknowledgments How to read this guide I ve written it in order to follow the path of a career ase you can read in the index If you want to know anything about a particular section of the game eg Training amp Tactics prices of Arena go to paragraph of the corresponding menu Traning Arena and so on 1 Starting a match The first time you play PCF11 after having chosen the language you want to play with you will see the main menu with these options l 2 New game Start a new game Continue game Conti
16. e the match 3 Let s play a basketball match now That s what we re here for after all Do you remember our career we ve started in Luxembourg Let s play the Day 1 match an away game against Amicale Steinsel Next Match i AEREI pe Y f Pi Th h DBBL Diekirch League Day 1 J 9 ottobre 2010 Centre sportif Prince Guillaume i 1 000 ie chemistry eae This is the screen you can see just before your match Here s a summary of the available options A Look at the bookmakers odds B Go to the match tactics menu C Compare the skills of the two teams D Go back to the main menu of the game E Play the game F If you click on the name of the team or of the coach you can have further information about them G Get a summary of injured players of the team H Decide how you want to see the match If you choose steps you ll see the result after a certain number of minutes between a step and the following one you can change tactics and the players on the field Instead if you want to see live your match you ll see all the events of the match before the match you can choose the speed of events and during the match you can stop them when you want with the timeout button Moreover you can decide if the CPU is allowed to make substitution or not only in the step modes in live ones the CPU never makes substitutions In this match I choose steps mode Now let s talk about our match o
17. eak the base amount is the most important element you must check if you re going to win a lot of matches instead 3 3 Transfermarket Transfermarket gt pE ca x E e Salary PointGuard Ability ed lt 50 000 Shooting G from 50 000 to 250 000 gy smallF from 250 000 te 500 000 gy Power F E over 500 000 Name eii E E j As you can imagine here you can find the players you need You can search by team if you re interested in their players or you can use the advanced search You can search by nationality contract status age salary role and global strength Moreover if you click the button you can be more accurate in the skill you are interested in However when you find a player you want to buy click on it and a little menu will appear Click on the button marked with A to make a proposal to him and his team by the way B show his stats while C opens a window where you can look for other players by their name Contract proposal When you click on the button A you are ready to make an offer If you want to buy a player not on sale you ll have to offer something more than his current value why should the other team let him go otherwise Also the salary offer should be higher than the previous one and if you Pesssmwe want a longer contract it must be even bigger If the player is on sale instead the other team will accept an offer nearly equal to
18. ent it s a ranking who shows actually which teams could be present to the International Cups of the following season 2 4 5 Hall of Fame O A summary of the best players of all the leagues you have decided to simulate 2 4 6 Team Ranking D Standings of all the teams of the leagues you ve decided to simulate based on their results during all the seasons you ve played 2 4 7 Backup Restore a If you want to avoid to lose your game because of a crash of the game or if you just want to save at a certain point of the season you can make a backup savepoint Its usage is very simple Just click on Backup EFSF A to create a backup copy while if you want to BEF start from a backup you ve already made click on the arrow marked with B letter You can create for each game how many backup copies you want but remember that the game keeps only the 4 most recent ones For example when you make the fifth backup the first one is cancelled Moreover remember that when you exit from the game it is automatically saved When you continue it you start from where you finished the previous time but not Backup copy is created 2 4 8 Settings we Self explanatory Decide if you want to play National Competions and the All Star game or if you want to see results and standings of various competitions if you ve decided not to simulate them however they won t appear 2 5 Mail Your personal mailbox Results of transf
19. er e Assistant coach a high level coach allows your player to learn tactics more quickly and to improve more Probably is one of the most important members of the staff try always to take a good one of course always considering his costs e Physio if you decide to cure your players with a special rehabilitation in order to use them before it was planned a high level doctor can give you better results If you have a really important player injured he s useful but cure is quite expensive so be careful e Athletic Preparer He s useful in order not to get players tired especially if you decide them to miss a match and to rest Because of that he s very useful if you have quite a long roster and you can give some rest to your best players since the Preparer will maximize the good effects of their rest e Youth Team Coach a good coach will allow your talented players to grow better He s absolutely BASIC to buy a good one if you want to stay in the Same team for a lot of seasons while it s pretty useless if you prefer to change your team every season or if you prefer to build your roster only with famous players However if you want to have a strong Youth Team it s important to give to your young players the chance to play even in some matches of the main team even to give them some experience If you have a weak team moreover a strong Youth Team would give very good players in a few years but you must check if you can affo
20. ermarket offers of economical news and so on will appear here If you are interested in the subject of the sent message click on the little arrow you can see at the end of the mail you ll reach directly the window you want for example if it s a message about sponsorships you ll be sent to the Sponsor menu and so on 2 6 Have we finished Ehmm nearly We have just to explain the last icons on the bottom right corner of the main menu of the game If you play a match in the day you arrived at Cash 639 311 A Remaining Salaries 795 888 A The money you have and the salaries you have to give to your players Since the latter is bigger than the former you needs to gain money from matches income ME Asorei and or transfermarket so the little Fi smbrosecent Square is red otherwise it s green 4 B By clicking on it you will open a window picture on the right where you can find by name players icon A teams icon B or coaches icon C Then click on the name you re interested in to have more information about him it C Leave the game and return to the home of PCF11 D Play your match If you don t play a match in the day you arrived at Cash 3 267 275 Remaining Salaries 6 641 696 A Play all the matches at once and reach my next match B Play only the matches of this day That s all We can go to the most important part of every basketball gam
21. ever with your team you can buy NBA players if they are 30 years old or more and they are not too strong we don t think that LeBron James would like to go to play in CSKA Moscow this year for example 6 8 I m playing it in English but I d prefer to play in my language If your language is absent in PCF but you want to make a translation from English visit our site and talk us about it We accept only serious requests for obvious reasons If instead your language is present but you found some mistakes let us know always in the usual International section of the forum 6 9 Does PCF work on Mac Linux PCF11 has been made using Visual Basic which is a trademark owned by Microsoft Namely PCF has been built in order to work on Windows OS However you can run PCF by using the proper emulation programs for example Parallels Desktop for Mac WINE for Linux 7 Acknowledgments We can say anything but thank you to Sherlocco e RVD Edge for giving hints and suggestions for this guide KOSTIA e armando87 for the HUGE work they do to improve costantly this game and for free All the Beta Tester Sherlocco RVD Edge Reatino DOC michel 5 Izzus Mine for their priceless help All our users who give us a hand by noticing bugs making suggestions and so on ipsedixitennius for having written the Official Guide in Italian and nemicoditutti for having written it in English My PC who never crashed during the writing of this guide
22. f his points is growing too quickly When you ask the box and one defense the best of the opponent players will be controlled more Strictly However using this kind of defense too much could allow the other opponent players to score a lot of points so don t exaggerate 1 3 1 Zone Added in the last edition of PCF it s a very aggressive defense which doesn t allow the opponents to shot from the medium distance Don t use it if your opponent makes a lot of 3pt shots or if your players number of fouls is already high Pressing as the 1 3 1 Zone it s a very aggressive defense which can allow you to win a match if used properly If you use it too often instead it can give you problems about fouls and stamina 2pt 3pt field goals Learning new and complex tactics is useless if your players don t know how to shoot Make sure they are well trained in shooting Isolation Have you got a superstar guard in your team Isolation can give you the chance to use him in the best way However remember that guards will get quickly tired Fastbreak Useful when your opponent is slow and throws away a lot of balls but on the other hand you are going to lose them too if you use this tactics Pick and Roll Very good if your centers are skilled Avoid it instead if they are not able to pass the ball properly Rest Well your players will need some rest sometimes don t you agree Individual programs You want to t
23. g horribly his FG stat says 0 8 Probably it s better to ask him not to shot to do so just click on the Timeout button B Now let s go on by clicking the A button a ie n to ma mo Amicale Dudelange 31 34 Good But our opponent is still close to us As you can see Amicale is starting to score more often and with a lot of players In this case defensive tactics as the Box and one would never work Moreover notice that Birdsong is not playing a good match 20 minutes only 5 points and already 4 fouls If he fouls out quickly it will be a big advantage for us since Amicale has not good power forwards centers in his bench Fo Playwer BE iii a a Kieffer B 11 273 4 Centre sportif Prince Guillaume Attendance 959 Lies heel a Fr alle el re SEE Siebenbour F F C 1 A 1 2 f a SA at MEE Bemtgen C Pii ea doilea af Sai re 5E MulterF kies T er as nam Caa a RAG a E r 7 2 par me nun r EOT Reo m ee i GJ ry Man to man E Ouch They re leading the game now Fortunately nearly the end of the quarter Birdsong has fouled out so we should have much more chances to score if we shoot next to the basket However shoul we change our defensive tactics They score more often with the 2pt shot rather than with shots behind the stripe 50 vs 25 but they are attempting a lot of 3pt shots If we risk a 2 3 zone they could increase their advantage thanks to easier 3pt shots So let s keep man to man
24. game to away or vice versa just click on the icon You can create no more than 5 friendly games Moreover remember that in PCF players can not get injured during scrimmages and that they are played before all the other competitions Finally you can only play friendlies with teams of the same continent of your team basketball is not football never heard of Montepaschi Siena playing in Dubai Makes playing scrimmages sense in PCF11 Well yes Especially if you have a new team or it s the first time you play this game And if you are a little team the economical income given by them has quite a big importance Pre Season training stage We re finishing the pre season settings a after the friendlies we only have to decide where to send our team for the pre season stage Of course the best centres give better results but they are more expensive If we order them by their quality and by their cost indeed we have e Top level High level Good level Medium level Decent performance Low level PED Click on the center you ve chosen Select the desired place for the preseason training stage wich will affec We re done A summary window will appear with your goals the money you start with the salary of your players and of your staff and other useful information Close it and your career will start 2 Manage your team description of the menus After having done what we ve said in the pre
25. i Michelori A F032 60 8B 79 Saa 202cm 114kg 5i eee 279 864 fi Monaldi D PS 7 60 63 4 amp 15cm F5ke SP 7h 38 5 SG Pi 6 5S 71564 5 j A See an overview of the player Check the Player s overview paragraph you can find after this one B Send the player in the Youth Team only for players which are 19 yo or younger C Fire your player remember you have to pay a penalty to him if you decide to do so D Ask your player to sign a new contract This is available only for players whose contract ends at the end of the season you can see the years of contract in this screen just on the right of the salaries Finally if next to the years of contract there is a little padlock you can t sell that player because at the end of contract he will retire 2 2 2 Player s Overview ra ers I O A a o A E S a MdcCalebb Bo Lester _ SS ae Sears a Non transferable player Transferable Player available for loan A z EU player e With regular contract Ability 89 Passing gt Power Passport na Actual Salary 934 812 Last 1 years OAN Speed Strength 1 Bom i Age 25 Height 183cm Weight 82kg Form 59 Defence Blocks Fee gi 2 National Team vain Position PG 7 Free Throws 76 Inside 2pt a C 3pt FG 100 Outside 2pt Cy 0 Stats to display v League v Cups C National teams Stamina 80 x Def Reb x Experience 57 Off Reb 2011 i t MONTEPASCHI Siena A 0 L _ Total poi
26. ire at the end of the season after all and in fact even the coaches controlled by the CPU can change their team Notice that you have not to reach all our goals in order to be confirmed The only basic one to reach is the financial one after the end of the playoff stage we must have some cash money left Of course if our remaining left is little enough we won t be fired but the board is pretty strict in PCF so be careful However after having accepted an offer the CPU will start a process which will take up to some minute It s the summer update with transfermarket historical update and so on Finally when the CPU has finished it s your turn Check the ending contracts in your team and decide if you want to ask the players to sign a new one Contract extension Step 1 firs ee a Se Se Ee and p 32 ioe ee ee ee ee n Ea aa 4 628 008 gt eine en E A RGE It can happen that such players just don t want to make a new contract and you can t do anything that s why in PCF as in real basket it s always a good idea to take care of these problems during the season and not waiting for the contract to end If they are old enough they can decide to retire You can ask them to keep on playing but consider that who wants to retire is usually a very old player and his skills won t be that high during the next season If the player wants to stay instead he will make a proposal for a new contract
27. m F defensive foul 2 40 00 fy Mutler F assist 6 ony 40 00 0 fal Stephens D scored a 2 pointer shot 16pt E Pick and Roll O 39 47 Ruffato G offensive rebound 2 re peices ia aie 1 39 47 fl Rufato G misseda2 pointershot tai 39 31 F M stephens D defensive rebound 2 a Bene FastBreak C 39 31 JonesC misseda2 pointershot i e j een res ake _ 39 0819 hl Stephens D offensive foul 3 Bre tant eek bee yer 5 AEI E rene at 38 55 fy Muller F defensive rebound 3 Play up to 24 355 JeitzE misseda 3 pointer shot eit ae al as ma BA 17 36 47 7 25 28 9 17 53 16 11 12 23 12 4 19 72 ate Eee E A ST TO DR OR B PF Rig T71 Dudelange 1 AMICAL Steinsel 23 54 43 2 12 17 13 19 68 19 12 11 26 17 3 18 85 1 2 3 4 E Here it is the boxscore of the match Do you remember what we said when we looked at the Skill Compare window We were more skilled in rebounds 3pt shots and stamina You can see the number of rebounds of Dudelange is higher indeed while we haven t made so many 3pt shots after all a bad day of our shooters I d say And stamina helped us to win the match on the buzzer AMICALE Steinsel T 71 Dudelange 64 65 D 0 2 010 EE s a E 4 The end of the season You played a lot of matches and now it s June playoffs ended a whole season just finished it s time of being judged by your chiefs When all the playoffs e
28. mportant team T71 Dudelange from Luxembourg Once you confirmed your choice you have to decide which leagues you want to simulate Of course in my game Luxembourg is not present in the list since I chose a team of that league and so it will be always present However when you decide what you want to include think carefully If you want to move from one team to another each year and or you have a powerful computer keep all the leagues simulated Instead if you want to stay a lot of seasons in the same team or you have an old PC well deselect the others Your game will run much more quickly Simulation options D F GREAT BRITAIN p GERMANY After having chosen another window similar to this one will appear And in fact it s just like the previous one but it refers to International competitions Euroleague Eurochallenge and so on Make your choice and go on but remember that once you ve decided you won t be able to change it in this game Have you done it Good then wait It will take a minute to create the game And after that the scrimmage window will appear As the picture suggests in order to create a friendly choose the team you want click on its logo and drag it into the Scheduled matches section When you do it you will see also an icon on the right Friendly Matches D Home game f SASK 4 p SS DST musts yy DAMES lt 8 Away game If you want to change from home
29. n play only with Italian teams Career start from the weakest Italian teams in C Dil and try to reach the top In this mode if you reach at least LegaDue division you will be able to be requested also by teams of other countries International manage a team in the top basketball leagues all around the world Let s choose the last option once you have understand how to play in this one you can play the others too You ll have to choose your team now New game x ee NBI Division A iA ees Available team ed ear TALAKERAMIA ZTE KK Zalaegerszeg Write your name your real one your nickname a name of pure fantasy choose the country you jare from just click on the little flag to change it and decide how old are you And then choose your league just by clicking on the down arrow next to the name of the league in the picture for example LegaBasket A1 In order to look for your favourite leagues quickly remember that they are sorted by the name of their country the first one is Adriatic League then the Argentinan League and so on Finally choose your team When your mouse stand on the logo of a team its name appears with a number of stars equal to its value and its overall strength Once you ve finished confirm all with the green button you can see on the top right corner That was pretty easy isn t it In this game I ll choose a very big and i
30. nd in the top right corner of the main menu of your game instead of the next match you should see a target looking icon Just click on the usual button to continue your game and the off season process will start After a few second you should see a summary window with all the winners of leagues and tournaments you have simulated their MVP and their ideal team Click on the green button to continue now You ll be asked to upload your results on our online server If you accept you will see your results as manager in our online standings just to allow you to compete with the manager all over the world You can accept or refuse it s up to you After this you could read about some of your staff members who decide to go away from your team they will be replaced by other staff members whose number of stars are lower by 1 than the previous ones however all the staff members can t have less than 2 stars After that you will see what the board decided about you Sign a contract As you can see in this case they were not that happy we didn t reach any of our goals and we have been fired by our team which is always the first team of the list on the right Anyway we can accept new jobs from any of the teams which appear below the old one Even if it could happen that nobody wants us which means game over Of course we could change our team even if Armani Jeans had asked us to stay Contracts for coaches in PCF always exp
31. nt scored 0 in 1 seasons 6 a Oe SA E eo ener niet vira Esone Career highs b mM _ e e a e ee ee a oe ee ee ee ee ae zoe Se GSES E Here you can see the stats of the player you chose to see but not only A Decide if you need your player or if you want to sell him or to make him available for a loan If you don t want him in your team and he becomes Transferable or Available for loans check the roster page at the beginning of each month Quite probably next to that player some new icon will appear a green question mark will tell you somebody wants to buy him a blue one that somebody wants to borrow him Click on them to see what they offer and decide if their deal is fair for you B Look at the transfer history of this player C Look at the player s stats of every single match D By clicking on the heart you bookmark this player which will be sent into the Favourites folder E The skills of the player If he belongs to your team you will be able to see all his skills If not you can know only some of them 2 2 3 Youth Team MON TEPAS CHI Siena fe Def 2pt apt Reb Sta Exp Stegar 3 ca ea YR 7 a A O In this section you can look at your youngest players while they grow up You can look at their skills exactly as the players of the main team and you can promote them into the main roster just by clicking on the arrow you can see on the right of the pictu
32. nue a game you have started previously you don t need to save it while you re playing however see the Backup paragraph below Wallpaper Change the wallpaper you play with If you want to add your own wallpaper just reach the folder where you installed PCF11 then go to Graphics gt Sfondi You will see a lot of pictures named from 00 jpg to 63 jpg Rename your pic as 64 jpg and put it in the folder The next time you run PCF11 your picture will be present in the list of wallpapers You can add other pics of course renaming them 65 jpg 66 jpg and so on Editor Create your custom team modify the players you want to change The use of the editor is pretty user friendly however check the Custom team chapter Settings Able disable music in the game change the language settings or set the speed of B2D it s the graphical portrayal of the last minutes of the match see also the last minutes in Let s play a basketball match now Credits look at the disclaimer of PCF11 allows you to exit from the game This icon is present in a lot of menus and windows By clicking it you can close the window you are in or you can go back to the previous menu However we want to learn to play PCF11 right So let s start a new game We have to choose between three game modes Standard play with an Italian team in PCF there are five divisions Al LegaDue A Dil B Dil C Dil In this mode you ca
33. o each match played in the corresponding competition So when you choose it remember to consider o If you play International Cups League Cup If you don t there won t be 22525 any income from the Cups sections so you don t have to consider them o Your seasonal goal For instance has it any importance the Playoff income if your team is not strong enough to reach the playoffs Let s do another example let s considering this picture 4 And consider a team which doesn t play International Cups If your team is weak you probably won t be able to reach the playoff so the Regular Season income will be the only one and LOGIC s offer will be certainly the best one If instead you want to win the League Title you are probably going to play a lot of playoff matches so SAT1 s proposal becomes much more interesting Of course once you know the format of the League Cups you play you can make exact calculations to see which offer is the best You can find the format of your league in the mail section of the menu in a message called Welcome to this new season which will be sent to you in the beginning of every season Finally technical sponsor Just like TVs they pay after each match As you can see they offer a fixed amount of money and some bonus for each match you win Again the number of matches you think you are going to win is decisive when you have to choose If you think your team is w
34. pporters won t be happy to pay a lot to watch you playing How to set them in the beginning Well consider the strength of the league you re playing in and the size of your arena And then correct them after the first matches Trial and error is the best method in this case About playoffs instead a moderate rising of prices is the best solution Moreover there is the chance to build new seats the cost of your enlargement depends on the country you chose building a bigger arena in China is not so expensive as in France for example and it takes a week to build 100 new seats Check your balance and your attendance before taking your decision why risking bankruptcy for a bigger arena if you don t reach a sold out even with the older one for example Finally during the game they will advise you that some seat must to be built again In that case we suggest to build them at once because making it later will be much more expensive Finally you can set the budget for the maintenance of your arena It s a percentage on your overall starting cash which you can see in the game main menu from 1 to 9 per cent If you decide to spend just few money you ll save some cash in the beginning but the conditions of your arena could deteriorate and you could be forced to rebuild damaged sectors pretty often Moreover remember that a more comfortable arena is more attractive for your audience but don t expect a sold out just because you spend
35. rain your guard with a lot of 3pt shots and your centers in defense Feel free to do this and more by choosing this kind of training Just select the training groups properly Moreover during matches there are other choices available Let s talk about them Intentional foul use it only in the very last minutes if you are losing a game you think you can still win If your players foul quickly they ll have more time to try to close the gap Quick Shot like intentional foul After all you ll take more shots but they won t be that accurate probably Play up to 24 the opposite than the previous 2 options Use it if you are winning a close game in order to reach the end of the match as soon as possible Offensive Options slide bar during all the match you can move it in order to decide how many 2pt 3pt shots you want to take Of course if you decide only to shoot from behind the stripe your opponent will change his defense to defeat you But it s very useful for example if you are losing by 3 points a match and there are only a few seconds left Finally have you seen the button on the top right corner It allows you to check the efficiency of the tactics you use during your matches in order to understand what you need to train Check the strength and the shape of your next opponents The structure of this section is very similar to the one of Roster so there is no need to talk about it further 2
36. rd the coach s salary e Youth Team Scout In order to find really talented players a good scout is decisive So a good scout will give you stronger 15yo boys Should you engage a good scout Just consider what we ve written about the Youth Team Coach e Psychologist Useful in order to improve the chemistry in your team and to keep your players morale high It s very important if you have a long roster where a lot of players don t play very often 2 2 8 Jersey Numbers ag Self explanatory Moreover in this section you can decide who is the captain of your team a 2 2 9 Medical Centre t injured players status Here you can see the J ee conditions of the players who gave their health for your team You can quicken their recover if you click on the Medicine Chest and if you pay all the costs of the rehabilitation But remember that the results will depend on the level of your staff Physio and Athletic Preparer in particular Moreover remember that especially after a long stop when a player recovers from the injury his physical status is not perfect just look at his form You can use him in your match but he ll need further rest to be in perfect conditions 2 3 Finance 2 3 1 Balance re Self explanatory Check it to understand if you have enough money to finish your season Bankruptcy is always a real threat Contracts Pile OS Sponsorships and Contracts PA oe ao pm a bore ate i r
37. re Moreover three times every year if the Youth Team is not full your scouts will show you some young players to take in your roster Their role is usually the one which is filled by the fewest players of your roster so if you see only young centers is because you need them 2 2 4 Loans Def 2pt Spt k a oe ea teal Just like the Youth Team window In this case the arrow on the right allows you to take back your player after paying a penalty when you do it you break a contract with another team after all 2 2 5 Training Team tactics status 2 T m E oO A coach who doesn t train his players will be fired soon so remember to set the training table Here s a summary of the available trainings Man to Man defense it s the standard defense of basketball it s important to train your team in this element After all the other possible defenses are used only in special situations and only in some moments of the match However starting the match with a Man to Man defense is always a good idea 2 3 Zone very useful if your opponent s 2pt shots are much more accurate than his 3pt shots However it s a good idea not to use it too much because otherwise your opponent could improve the efficiency of his 3pt shots 3 2 Zone simply the opposite of the 2 3 zone Use it if you want to avoid 3pt shots made Box and one it s a good idea if one of the opponent players is on fire and the number o
38. the player s value just some thousand of Euros higher to be exact while the player s contract behave just like the other case Remember that a player on sale will answer you at once while the others will wait for some day Ah another hint Try to but players from the country you re training in The salary they ask will be lower But it s not the only reason you just can t use only foreign players in fact in every country you have to follow this rules for each match of the national league more than X players must come from that country Among these X players no more than Y players can have been born elsewhere and have the citizenship of that country you can use no more than Y foreign players Moreover in the UE countries there is usually a further rule Among the Y foreign players no more than Z players coming from outside the UE X Y and Z numbers usually change from a country to another Check the message Welcome to this new season you can read in the mailbox in the beginning of the season 2 3 4 Arena Side Number of seats 489 Courtside VIP 2 Number of seats 244 a J E m a par I It s the main source of economical income so make sure you set prices properly Of course they depend on the league in Spain viewers will pay more than in Slovakia for example on the sector VIP places should be more expensive and on your results too if you lose all the matches your su
39. ur team seems to be lightly stronger if we see the overall value of strength 67 vs 65 But it s an away game so it s hard to say which team is advantaged Then let s make a deeper analysis and let s compare all the skills AMICALE Steinsel Oo oe 32 Pasme lft hater Gl Speed oo oS a i re a a O O T a ee ee as O wae 4 ON me O ae aw HQ Reboinds O46 tem FAA W 0 Stamina QO 63 A a DA TH perience ETE a Ti eee e EEE i EE a wee 8 O seed o O o w wren 46 _ Defence ted wen 6 O Ue Oo St Was O j ae w 9 ETO 56 waa j ate G O O O O O O fan 7 8 Stamina tte aa 38 Experience 42 a It seems our starting five is stronger in 3pt shots rebounds and stamina while in the other skills there is not a lot of difference Even our bench players seem to have some good qualities so keep it in mind theu could be very useful during the match Now let s decide tactics for the beginning of the game TE fa Po A e ETE F DERA a a ss m APRA Match 3 Tac tics EE mF aes re ee O o E ee asf 4 EE TR ee i Mr 7 EA ee Iro LES E Pe UA C Defensive Focus Offensive Focus Jentz E PG Le a Aggressive E _ Stephens D G RE a or an Birenbaum R a at wal Normal E gt Schumacher T G F yey F 5 ag 3 j Scholtes C itz G F a EHE Normal j
40. vious chapter you should see the main menu of your game In the upper side you can see date and the match you play that day if you play any In the left side when your mouse stands on it appears a little quickmenu with the most used sections Roster Medical Centre Transfermarket Balance and Settings just like the one you see in this picture However the most important sections are in the lower side of the screen Let s describe them quickly 2 1 Season It contains the results the boxscores the schedules and the Pm T standings of all the leagues and tournaments you decided to p iam simulate Nothing really difficult to understand so let s go B directly to the most interesting sections os League Standings Playojfs Table ail Stats iS Ne Euroleague 6 Eurocup FIBA EuroCnailenge League Cup 2 2 Team 2 2 1 Roster e MONTEPASCHI Siena wee ee Let s make things as simple as possible so here it is a description of what you find in this page A Do you see these small icons They show you if a player has a really good skill In fact these icon show that the considered player is very skilled in 3pt shooting passing shot blocking shooting rebounding defense he B This is the position where the player plays better Of course you can use a Center as Point Guard if you want but the result won t be satisfactory probably This is a legend of all the acronyms you
41. w instead let s try to defend without committing any foul Jones miss we have the ball to win 30 seconds left Ruffato misses but ball control still belongs to us 13 seconds left timeout Be eLetter ene Seta ae nH HHI Fo Player Pos Min Pts A R PF mE Ruffato G PG 16 _Stephens D i 26 bag 4 1 13 a4 Centre sportif Prince Guillaume Attendance 353 a marp Cand Oronro il ae ny rom Te Teh en ee rial Men barr ae enbourF of eee meee ee ar pin Ca od ry i as Mon to man Let s check who between our players are the most accurate you can check it by clicking on the icon next to the name of the used defense Ruffino and Stephens are the answer Good So in the Match Tactics window let s change the offensive tactics to make sure that one of them take the last shot YES STEPHENS MAKES IT He obtains also an additional free throw and he misses it but now it has no more importance Amicale Dundelange 64 65 is the final result Muller is the MVP for what he made in the whole match however Stephens has become the supporters hero s T71 Dudelange siii a Fo Player Pos Min Pts GE Bemtgen C G StephensD G Schumacher T G F 7 24 19 198 gt m Muert F C 11 23 14 17 Centre sportif Prince Guillaume Attendances S54 So Basic Kresimir amp D eE aas 40200 sH Laures C offensive rebound 1 40 00 fil Stephens D missed the additional free throw 40 00 4 Birenbau
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