So due to steam requiring the mobile authenticator for trades I got it about a month ago. It's a pain but I don't trade often, just use it when I log in the steam. Recently I tried to use a Jackpot site and it said I hadn't used my authenticator for 7 days and the trade would be held for 72 hours. Which obviously doesn't work in a jackpot. However, I traded completely fine without a wait or anything a couple days ago, but the trade was through steam. Now all my trades are still held for 72 hours, in steam or out of steam. This has been frustrating me for the longest time! If anyone knows how to fix this I would love you!
On launching Football Manager 2024 PC, Touch, or Console, you now have the option to play as Football Manager Original mode, Real World mode, or Your World mode. Original is if you want to play Football Manager 2024 like traditional entries. Real World is a new option if you want to get an up-to-date experience for players and clubs. This mode will have players start as they were at the start date of this Career with them moving to the new clubs like in real life on the same dates. Your World will have players, clubs, and more accurate to the start of the 23-24 season, but no real-life transfers happening after that date. This gives you more freedom than ever before for each career save.
Football Manager 2024 is a paid game on PC, but also available on Game Pass. Football Manager 2024 Console is available as a paid game on PS5 and Xbox, but also included in Xbox Game Pass. Football Manager 2024 Touch is a paid game on Switch, but available on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS through Apple Arcade. Football Manager 2024 Mobile is exclusively available through Netflix Games on iOS and Android. There is no standalone paid version of it.
While I dipped my toes into Football Manager 2024 Console last year through Xbox Game Pass, I was more interested in the PS5 version this year to see if the game had any PS5-specific features. Having now played all versions of Football Manager 2024, Football Manager 2024 Console feels like an upgrade over Football Manager 2024 Touch, but not at par with Football Manager 2024 (PC) yet in its complexity and features. There is some silver lining though. Having tested Football Manager 2024 Console on my TV and my monitor on PS5, the interface is very good for a controller.
Visually, it looks great and the load times are super fast. In fact, Football Manager 2024 Console on PS5 seems to load faster than all other versions of the game I have access to including the PC version on an SSD. It unfortunately does not have any DualSense features, but does have PS5 Activity Card support. You can press into the left stick to bring up a virtual cursor option which is good to have for some menus. Speaking of controls, SEGA really needs to partner with Sony and Microsoft to officially sell the controllers they use for promotion here.
This is the version I was most excited to check out. When it arrived as an update to Football Manager 2023 Touch, I started playing a new save and also loaded an old save to see if that works. I focused on playing this version with touch controls on my iPhone 15 Pro and iPad Pro, but also tried it with my Razer Kishi V2 on iPhone 14 Plus. Football Manager 2024 Touch on Apple Arcade played on my iPad Pro is my favorite version of Football Manager 2024 for sure. I cover the Nintendo Switch version of Football Manager 2024 Touch later on in this feature.
Football Manager 2024 Touch on Apple Arcade supports touch controls and controllers. I used my Razer Kishi V2 on an iPhone 14 Plus to test out the controller interface and stuck to touch controls on my iPad Pro. I also tried touch controls on my iPhone 15 Pro. The team has done a great job here with the interface and load times. On the visual and performance side, Football Manager 2024 Touch runs and looks great on modern devices with fast loading.
Football Manager Touch on Switch has been my goto version of the game because I enjoyed dipping in and out of it as a break from other longer JRPGs or games I was covering. Football Manager 2024 Touch on Nintendo Switch retains everything the Apple Arcade version has, but it sees cutbacks to visuals, performance, and has much longer load times.
Football Manager 2024 Mobile is the most curious of the bunch this year, because it takes a paid game that has microtransactions, and brings it to Netflix Games on iOS and Android. In fact, this new Netflix version of Football Manager 2024 even includes the in-game editor, something available as paid DLC in prior versions, and something not included in Football Manager 2024 Touch. As with other games only available on mobile through Netflix, I try and think of whether this one is worth subscribing to Netflix for. Football Manager 2024 Mobile is literally not available without Netflix. Football Manager 2024 Touch is on Switch as well.
I recently purchased a Steam Deck because I wanted to be able to kill some time when I had to do some waiting i.e. waiting in the car for my wife, waiting for my flight at the airport, etc. So, a full on console didn't work for me since I would need to physically be at home and be able to dedicate extra time to play games. I needed a hand-held gaming device and Steam Deck seemed to fit me well. Not only was this a gaming device but a full Linux PC! That meant that if, one day, I got tired of playing games, I could always use the Deck for something else. That's why I didn't really want to buy a Nintendo Switch since I would only be able to run games on it, worse yet, only Nintendo games, which would be too limited for me. I also wanted to catch up on some good games that I missed out on.
It turned out to be a good choice. Steam had a lot of titles I wanted to catch up on, and the Deck being a Linux PC, I was also able to play retro games that I missed out on by installing EmuDeck. It also had great community support online.
Everything was great until I realized one big caveat: it only had WiFi. This meant that I would only be able to play this at home for the most part. Technically, I COULD play in offline mode, but with all these games being connected to the cloud server, it was just inconvenient. In fact, it sort of defeated the whole purpose of getting a hand-held device over a console like PS5 or Xbox.
And then i remembered that the Deck was really just a Linux PC which meant that I could just connect the LEMBAS modem and enable cellular data on my own! I tried looking on online forums (reddit, quora, etc.) to see if there was already an established way of connecting the Deck to LTE, but I was not able to find any "official" solution. So, I thought might as well upload my method and share ?. So, here is one "convenient" way of enabling LTE on the Steam Deck and completely going mobile. Hope you enjoy!
Just in case you want my 3D file for the modem holder, I am attaching it here. One is a .gcode file, which is the format needed to print on Creality Ender 3 3D printer. The other is a general .stl file which you should be able to use to print on other 3D printers.
What is nice about using the LEMBAS is that SIM card comes built-in. The official data plan provider for the LEMBAS is Pod Group. In my opinion, their monthly rate is very competitive. Check it out for yourself!
Your card will be automatically recharged on the 18th of every month, so if you don't want to renew, make sure to cancel plan. You can do this by clicking on the 3 vertical dots on the right side of the dashboard and clicking on "Cancel Plan". A pop-up will show asking to confirm. I'd advise to click on "Confirm and Queue Cancelling Plan" because this option will let you use your data plan until the next recharge date (the 18th). If you click on "Confirm and Instantly Cancel Plan", this will instantly disable your LTE connectivity as soon as you are done clicking.
If you ran out of data for the month, then you can always add more data by clicking on "Add Bolt-on". This plan will NOT be automatically renewed. Your card will be charged only that one time you opt-in for extra data. Just remember to add bolt-on data ONLY when you run out of data for the month because bolt-on data will overwrite your current plan for the month regardless of whether you have data left or not in your original plan. The platform does give you a warning message about this.
NOTE: The current data rate will be charged every 18th of the month, and there is NO prorating or rollover. This means that if you purchased a data plan on the 17th of the month, then you will be recharged the full amount the next day on the 18th which will last until the 18th of the next month. So, make sure you choose wisely. If it happens to be the 18th of the month when you are trying to purchase a data plan, then you can choose any data rate you'd like to use until the 18th of next month. But if it happens to be near the 18th of the month already, I'd advise to choose a data plan that you know you will use for the remaining days until the 18th (e.g. 3 days if you are activating data plan on the 15th).
The LEMBAS device is not naturally compatible with the Steam Deck, so you will need to ignore the set-up instructions in the instructions manual that comes with the device. The only instruction that applies to this is the data plan set-up instructions. You can follow that portion of the instructions manual, which is basically the same as what I wrote in Step 1 above.
NOTE: If you don't have a separate keyboard and mouse, you can open the GUI keyboard by holding STEAM button and pressing X (hold STEAM + X). This will pop up a GUI keyboard on screen.
NOTE: In the instructions manual of the LEMBAS, it does indicate to first turn off power by holding the power button for 2 seconds. But this button isn't easily accessible and can only be pressed with a paper clip or a SIM ejector pin, If you can, then maybe it would be best to power down this way before unplugging, but I didn't have any issue just unplugging the cable. I will leave this up to you.
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