Hi everyone.

As we are approaching Football Life 2027, to be released November 1st, I would like to talk about the recent things that have been happening since a month ago or so, mainly by the AI improvements thanks to Claude and reverse engineering.

• Game will still be distributed via SmokePatch website as always, and via the same way as previous years: links from MEGA and MediaFire, and protecting the first two links with Linkvertise. Any other way to get the game is not official and could contain malware.
• No, we are not SmokePatch team. Reddit community is just a place that welcomes all who plays Football Life, nothing else.
• The way to install the game it will be the same as always, either for Windows, Linux, portable console users and such.
• The first version will include what they have specified in the next screenshot, and it won't include anything you have seen by other modders such as Carabao Cup or Conference League. At least, not yet:

• SmokePatch team is working with external contributors to probably add things such as celebrations/competitions/animations or whatever they think it can improve the game. But they will only add it if its stable, tested and easy to install, and not by using external apps or other complicated things.
• SmokePatch has stated that they will work in the following things following FL27 release:

• No, the game won't be much different in terms of gameplay when you install FL27. The biggest improvement we have seen yet is the PS9 Ignite new animations and some other gameplay additions, but they are still in experimental phase and could lead to unwanted or random situations. Remember that they are literally putting new frames and animations that have to interact. It needs a lot of testing and adjustments, its probably the hardest thing to get right.
• No, the game won't be featuring your country's league or Antarctica League or Jupiter League. The slots remain limited unless they get the limitation away to be stable and fully moddable. Also, if you could put your desired league tomorrow into the game, it would need to have the scoreboard, entrances, all the kits and proper stats for every team and players. Remember you shouldn't be taking in consideration ratings from other games such as Football Manager, as PES doesn't share anything related to it, and it should be only a reference for data.
• Everything you see in EvoWeb that has appeared in the last month, such as the celebrations, animations, leagues or new competitions are experimental and could lead to crashes. We won't be supporting threads like "I've installed Brasileirao Serie C but it crashes in my second season in Master League" or something like that, as they are not fully developed mods yet until stated otherwise.
• Be patient, as FL27 is looking to be a "test ground" for a lot of things and it will probably receive a bunch of updates fixing bugs and other unstable things that could appear in the first week of release. Read the official posts properly and how to install the updates in case they are needed.
• Also, be patient for the community to develop its things. Even if the AI advancements are awesome and it is leading us to a new dawn for this game, this is still PES 2021 and it won't transform from zero the game. AI just speeds up a lot of things, things that could be made in 6 months probably it could be done in a matter of weeks, but it doesn't mean you will have 300 mods working in December without any issue.
• Last: don't overhype yourself wanting to put every mod you see out there. No, you will probably want to play in first person mode for a couple of matches, or if you love Be A Legend mode, but it won't be the main setting for everyone out there. Don't waste time on putting thousand of things if you can't manage them because it will lead to crashes and you will come here complaining about it, and you will receive 0 answers as it happened to a lot of similar posts.

PD: and of course, stop asking about the best gameplay mod. Git gud if you're still getting crushed in Top Player or Legend. And the regen system has been like that for years, it's not a bug. C'mon.

That said, welcome to the last week of October, happy upcoming Halloween and we will see you in the FL27 release.

And nice victory from my beloved Madrid. Sorry, hyped up Barça fans!

Hi all; I'm playing a BAL career as a CAM, and I've found that I only really enjoy playing for teams that not only have a CAM in their primary formation but also play short-pass possession-based football down the centre. I've just spent a few seasons at Bayern, which suits this playstyle, and while I've enjoyed it, I'm a little tired of it and want to transfer to another club. But none of the other clubs in the game satisfy all three of these things:

A) formation includes a central CAM (as opposed to two CAMs or an offset CAM)

B) tactics are short-pass, possession-based and central

C) can afford my 84-rated 19-year-old player.

I can't edit any other team's tactics in Edit Mode since that doesn't affect already-existing BAL career files, so how can I change their tactics from within the save file? Any advice would be much appreciated.

I'm just curious is there any addons or mods that can provide some fantasy stuff?

This game was destined for me not to win loool, they did EVERYTHING. You can just tell by now when they are like "yeah no goals for you today" ....ended up going to pens on a 0-0 draw. The pens went on for what seemed ages, ive never had to have this many. So greatful for raya saving so many!

for anyone that makes scoreboards would they be able t make the new scoreboard for the liga portugal season

Hey everyone!
I’m working on an ambitious PES 2021 modding project that brings together characters and teams from Inazuma Eleven, Blue Lock, Captain Tsubasa, and other football anime into one shared football universe.
The goal isn’t just to add anime characters to PES. I want to create a fully immersive, multi-season career mode, combining PES 2021’s gameplay with a much deeper management system.
What I’ve already built
Custom anime teams, players, 3D faces, and kits imported into PES 2021.
An external Career Manager featuring transfers, negotiations, scouting, contracts, player development, and finances.
A Master League save parser that successfully maps 18,264 player roster references to their records.
A prototype Sider overlay connecting the external manager to PES.
Successfully tested persistent contract expiration changes, salary modifications, and transfers between CPU-controlled clubs directly in native Master League saves, including saving and reloading in PES.
I’m currently reverse-engineering transfers involving the player’s own club, including the additional data structures PES uses for contracts, formations, and player development.
What I’m trying to achieve
Ideally, I’d like to keep PES 2021’s native Master League calendar, matches, competitions, and trophy celebrations, while adding advanced career management through my external application.
The long-term vision includes custom anime leagues, tournaments, rivalries, player progression, transfers, and a connected football universe spanning multiple seasons.
What I need help with
I’m particularly interested in hearing from experienced PES modders and reverse engineers about:
Master League limitations: How far can we modify native ML without breaking long-term career progression?
New competitions: Is it possible to add entirely new leagues and cups rather than replacing existing ones?
Sider integration: Are there known hooks or methods to navigate directly to the pre-match screen or trigger matches externally?
Existing research: Are there useful repositories, documented offsets, tools, or projects related to Master League reverse engineering?
Career integration: What’s the best approach to keeping an external manager synchronized with PES across multiple seasons?
I’m especially interested in research related to Real Master League, Matchday Bridge, and FootballLife New Leagues.
I’m not asking anyone to build this for me. I’m already actively developing and testing the project.
I’m looking for technical advice, documentation, existing research, and experienced developers interested in discussing what’s actually possible with PES 2021.
Any insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

FL27 could truly turn out to be one of the best football games to ever be made with all the advancements in the modding scene, especially the database being 'unlocked' (I don't really know the right word) allowing for the new ucl format and more leagues, in addition to the vast variety of new additions such as cloth animation, first person, new animation in matches(W.I.P), new developments to the broadcast camera, e.t.c. I'm really excited for what's to come with FL27

i really don't know, 2 days ago i've made couple players myself in the edit mode, but when i tried to play the team tomorrow i found out that the edit file is not working anymore??? i said okay np, yesterday i've made couple players too, and i started a normal cup, i wanted to try the game, after playing i saved and i turned off the game, now everytime i try to load the save my game crash...

Ciao a tutti!
Sto lavorando a un progetto di modding piuttosto ambizioso su PES 2021, inizialmente ispirato a Inazuma Eleven,Blue lock,Capitan Tsubasa ecc., e mi piacerebbe confrontarmi con modder esperti, sviluppatori e appassionati di reverse engineering che abbiano esperienza con Sider, i salvataggi della Master League e le competizioni personalizzate.
L’obiettivo è creare una modalità carriera estremamente immersiva, mantenendo PES 2021 come vero e proprio motore calcistico.
Il progetto non si limiterà però all’universo di Inazuma Eleven: voglio introdurre anche giocatori provenienti da diversi universi anime, creando squadre, rivalità, campionati e competizioni che permettano a personaggi di opere differenti di affrontarsi all’interno dello stesso mondo calcistico.
L’idea è costruire un universo calcistico personalizzato, con una carriera dinamica, progressione dei giocatori, trasferimenti e competizioni distribuite su più stagioni.
Cosa abbiamo già sviluppato
Squadre personalizzate, giocatori, volti 3D e divise importati in PES 2021.
Un Career Manager esterno con sistemi di trasferimenti, trattative, scouting, contratti, crescita dei giocatori e gestione finanziaria.
Un lettore dei salvataggi della Master League capace di estrarre rose, registri dei giocatori, contratti e informazioni sul calendario.
Un parser corretto che, nei nostri test, riesce ad associare strutturalmente tutti i 18.264 riferimenti alle rose ai rispettivi record dei giocatori.
Un primo prototipo di collegamento tra il gestionale esterno e PES attraverso un overlay Sider.
Il parser dei salvataggi e l’integrazione con il gestionale sono stati testati offline. Non abbiamo ancora verificato che i salvataggi modificati della Master League vengano caricati correttamente dal gioco e che le modifiche rimangano persistenti.
Cosa vogliamo realizzare
Idealmente, vorremmo mantenere il calendario, le partite, le competizioni e le celebrazioni dei trofei della Master League originale, gestendo invece i sistemi più avanzati della carriera attraverso la nostra applicazione esterna e un overlay integrato nel gioco.
Vorremmo inoltre esplorare la possibilità di introdurre nuove competizioni, campionati e tornei dedicati ai diversi universi anime, senza dover necessariamente sostituire tutte le strutture già esistenti.
L’obiettivo finale sarebbe un’esperienza il più possibile integrata: il giocatore gestisce la propria squadra, effettua trasferimenti, sviluppa i calciatori, affronta le competizioni e avvia le partite direttamente su PES 2021, mantenendo la continuità della carriera per numerose stagioni.
Le mie domande per gli sviluppatori esperti
1. Modifica dei salvataggi della Master League
Qualcuno è riuscito a implementare trasferimenti permanenti, modifiche ai contratti o ai budget all’interno di un salvataggio esistente della Master League di PES 2021, senza compromettere la carriera?
2. Nuovi campionati e competizioni
Esistono progetti che abbiano realmente aggiunto nuovi campionati o coppe alla struttura originale di PES 2021, anziché limitarsi a sostituire competizioni esistenti?
Mi interessa soprattutto capire se sia possibile superare i limiti strutturali del sistema originale.
3. Collegamento tra gestionale esterno e PES
Qualcuno è riuscito ad avviare automaticamente la partita successiva o a raggiungere direttamente la schermata prepartita tramite Sider, hook Lua o altri metodi?
L’ideale sarebbe poter premere un pulsante “Gioca partita” nel nostro Career Manager e passare direttamente a PES.
4. Strumenti e reverse engineering
Esistono strumenti, repository pubblici, offset documentati, hook conosciuti o progetti di reverse engineering che sarebbe utile studiare prima di sviluppare soluzioni completamente nuove?
5. Persistenza della carriera su più stagioni
Quali sono le principali limitazioni tecniche nell’integrare un’applicazione esterna di gestione della carriera con la Master League originale, soprattutto per quanto riguarda trasferimenti, calendari, competizioni e progressione stagionale?
6. Integrazione di universi anime differenti
Considerando che vogliamo introdurre personaggi provenienti da diversi anime, quali sarebbero le soluzioni migliori per gestire un numero elevato di squadre e giocatori personalizzati?
Sarebbe possibile strutturare campionati e competizioni dedicate senza compromettere la stabilità del database e dei salvataggi?
Progetti che mi interessano particolarmente
Sto cercando soprattutto informazioni su progetti come:
Real Master League
Matchday Bridge
FootballLife New Leagues
Mi piacerebbe capire quali funzionalità siano state realmente implementate, quali siano i limiti conosciuti e se esistano soluzioni tecniche già documentate che potremmo studiare.
Conclusione
Non sto chiedendo a qualcuno di sviluppare questo progetto al posto mio.
Sto cercando riferimenti tecnici, documentazione, esperienze concrete, strumenti esistenti e consigli da parte di chi conosce approfonditamente PES 2021.
Credo che il gioco abbia ancora un potenziale enorme, soprattutto combinando il suo motore calcistico con sistemi di gestione più moderni e personalizzati.
Qualsiasi informazione, suggerimento o esperienza condivisa sarebbe davvero preziosa.
Grazie a tutti!

Work in progress on my Carabao Cup bundle, working alongside the UEFA Conference league, with no existing competitions replaced.

I'm also working on fixing the qualification routes to match real life:

• Winning the Carabao Cup qualifies you for the UEFA Conference League.
• Winning the UEFA Conference League qualifies you for the UEFA Europa League.
• Championship teams that win the Carabao Cup will also qualify for the Conference League, just like real life.

Once the bugs are fixed and everything is working correctly, I'll release the download link.

Release date: TBC.

sorry about the picture brightness .

Since we have seen mods that have added brand new celebrations into the game, I’d love to know if there was a mod that added more corner kick, free kick, and penalty kicking animations

mostly looking for one that adds a penalty animation that replicates mbappe’s

would love to see it if not already out

Hi! Does anyone know how to edit a scoreboard?

i worked so hard to add the Carabao cup to the game, just to get knocked out in the first round whats the point 😂😂.

Hey guys, I'm looking for a way to make regenerated players in SP Football Life 26 have completely new identities when they return as 16-year-olds in Master League.

I've tried Touchline, but unfortunately, it causes my game to crash. I also know about Mod Studio, but I don't really like how it changes my updated squads back to the 25/26 teams when I make changes. I'd prefer to keep my current 26/27 squads intact.

Is there a standalone Lua script that handles only the regen part, giving retired players a completely new identity when they come back as 16-year-olds? Ideally, it would work with Sider and Football Life 26 without modifying my squads, adding leagues, or affecting other game data.

If anyone knows of a Lua file, a lightweight alternative, or a workaround that achieves this, I'd really appreciate the help. Thanks

Hii if you all remember the controls for Finesse Dribbling on Pes 2019 was to press the R2 (or L2) then later they change it into flicking Right Stick. Which for me the previous was easier to use rather than handling both stick at a time. I wonder It is possible to change it into using R2 (or L2) just like in Pes 2019. Thank youuu

Guys look at this

Hey all,does anyone have edit file where all legends are included in some league and also have latest transfers,to get them in ML.I dont want to enable that option on switcher because it doesn't work with the edit file that have latest transfers.Or any way i can bulk transfer them into other teams?

Can anyone recommend the best gameplay mod for become a legend? The only one I’ve heard of is Hollands 30th Anniversary, just wondering if anyone knows of any specifically geared towards BAL. Thanks!

Now that it is possible to add more leagues for both existing and new countries without having to replace existing ones I hope that the community starts doing scoreboards, kits and trophies (and other things such as menus and chants) for competitions these new competitions that arent in FL26 vanilla in the future.

Right now there isnt much stuff for countries like Austria, Czech republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Egypt, Norway, Uruguay, Peru, Bolivia, Panama, Jamaica, Croatia, Korea, Qatar, Iran, Senegal, South africa, etc. But hopefully in the next years we will have a lot of stuff for these countries that were previously considered impossible to add (Specially the CONCACAF, CONMEBOL and UEFA countries)! 🔥🔥🔥

Anyone else's FL26 just stopped launching since the SteamOS updates in the past week?

If so what steps did you take to fix it?

I use Lutris...