RELEASE: MEGAPATCH 2.0 AIO (08/07/2024) - The most COMPLETE patch for FL24! Details, download and instructions inside.
MEGAPATCH 2.1 FIX RELEASED (12/07/2024).
Welcome folks! Yeah, finally, the time has come... MegaPatch 2.0 is here!
First, this is a milestone for us. Hours of testing, fixing, trying again, comparing mods, faces, gameplay versions and exports, checking players Instagrams, boots, everything! It has been quite a journey, but this is the definitive version for this 23/24 season + EURO 2024 and Copa América 2024 content. Everything about next season will be in FL25, which has been already confirmed without a release date.
I would like to specially thank all our MegaPatch team which growed out of nowhere, as I started this project alone. Joined by Football4Life for his support and gameplay mastercrafted mod, then minhanh458 for his great and detailed boots and details and Option File until we got FL24 v2, FicaBre for his amazing goalnets, jusseppe for his patience on gathering everything and testing for FL24 and our testers GreekRetroGamer and latest addition with jibibi. Let's see what the future will get to us, but surely we will take a well deserved rest after this.
Let's go to the details for MegaPatch 2.0.
---------------- READ BEFORE EVERYTHING ----------------
- This is a totally AIO (All-In-One) pack of mods which have been tested, polished, relinked and adapted for FL24. Not compatible with any other PES 2021 version out there.
- This requires Football Life 2024 base game + Update 2.0 installed. Clean install recommended.
- This only includes what is explained below. Faces and Stadiums are not bundled or included to the AIO pack and they're explained later in this post.
- If the game doesn't show the proper lineups (like goalkeepers as strikers) you didn't install correctly the official FL24 2.00 Update from their website. Reinstall it as an administrator.
- In case you have Faces V3 installed, you can save the three folders (Faces, Ref Faces and Classic Faces) by cutting them to another location, and then after installing MegaPatch 2.0 you can put them back in.
- This patch includes everything updated to 30/05/2024 for teams + EURO and Copa América and there's nothing related to 24/25 season content.
---------------- MEGAPATCH 2.0 FEATURES ----------------
- Lineups and call-ups updates for some teams, specially for EURO and Copa América. Better starting lineups and some players that shouldn't be there (Guendouzi on France, Livaja on Croatia...)
- Kits for almost every team in the game to their actual season. 23/24 kits for the main leagues, some 2024 for Brasileirao Serie A and MLS. Not all as they aren't fully completed out there, but for the main teams (Palmeiras, Corinthians, Sao Paulo, Flamengo, Inter Miami, Los Angeles FC and LA Galaxy, New York FC...). Also love for Greek Super League and other teams such as Al Ahly Cairo.
- New menu theme with players like Messi, CR7, Bellingham and Haaland as superstars, with improved and changed font different from default FL24.
- New soundtrack with 85 songs released between 2023 and this 2024 from a lot of different artists that will play randomly through the game. Music from twenty one pilots, Pearl Jam, Vampire Weekend, Hozier, Billie Eilish, Paramore, IDLES, Kendrick Lamar, Justice, The Warning, Danny Brown and a lot more! You can listen to the soundtrack here: FL24 MegaPatch 2.0 OST
- Football4Life Realistic Gameplay 4.3 mod included. The most refined experience on the pitch brought after tons of testing to give a better, smarter and fairer CPU at the most difficult levels, improve responsiveness and dribbling and get tactics working as you never experienced in this game.
- Bootpack updated to July 2024 with more than 200+ manually assigned boots to players according on their latest performances. You will see the latest Nike Mercurial Superfly, Nike Tiempo, Adidas Copa and Predator, etc.
- Logos updated to higher quality and with some little updates for those that received a change through this season and improved from default FL24 bundled ones.
- Ballpack V46 from Hawke that includes more than 1100 balls to choose. Yes, 1100 balls! From all football eras, older Winning Eleven/PES balls, concept or limited edition ones...
- Goalnets updated and fixed according to their stadium, by FicaBre. You will see new colors and also better net physics thank to this!
- Pre-Match and Half-Match intros included for a lot of competitions! You will see a very short video introducing the competition to give more immersion into it. Also longer intro videos when you play in Cup Mode, updated to 2024 for the related tournaments.
- Animated adboards for clubs and tournaments. You will see moving adboards with the exact same sponsors used in real life. More immersion and realism thank to this.
- Entrances and stadium tunnels updated for a lot of competitons. You will see the "waving flag boys" in UCL or EURO 2024 matches, or the exact arcs and ball-stands for the leagues.
- Entrance anthems and songs for teams when entering the pitch.
- SoundServer added. Get more volume for crowd, announcer, music or pitch sounds, higher and more specific than the default volume controls.
- Scoreboards updated and improved for a lot of leagues and competitions. Better pause menu screens thanks to it too!
- Chants included from predator002. Same pack as included in previous MegaPatch, but already includes a lot of chants from a lot of teams in the game.
- Choreo and tifo pack included. Fans will show specific tifos when their team play against their main rival, and also other ones to give support to their club.
- Goalsongs included and updated for a lot of clubs.
- Pitch SFX added. You will hear better the kicks on the balls, contact from the players and also there's six random whistle sounds for referees.
- CustomExhibitionMatch mod included. Play a final match (or regular) for a specific competition in Exhibition mode with proper working scoreboards, cutscenes and anthems playing with any team!
- Cutscenes are back! Immersion Mod 2.0 is fixed for FL24 and you will see new camera angles on fouls, entrance on the pitch or some longer goal celebrations. They are subtle, but you will notice some of them.
- Little extra details there and there: ballboys have an updated tracksuit, also benched players and their bibs. Also staff around the pitch such as cameramen, security guard, etc.
- And there's a hidden little extra thing around the game. It's related to some important teams. Let's see who discovers it...
---------------- MEGAPATCH 2.1 UPDATE FIX ----------------
- Reverted the dt12_g4.cpk from Immersion Mod 2.0 as it isn't fully compatible yet.
- Fixed Greek scoreboard hanging the game at half-time
- Added full Copa América 2024 entrance (wasn't done in time for MegaPatch 2.0).
- Optional fix for those that see small font in 4K Resolution.
---------------- IN CASE YOU STILL HAVE RANDOM CRASHES IN MASTER LEAGUE ----------------
Open Sider.ini with Notepad inside SiderAddons folder and remove the following:
- ReplayEnd.lua
- Replay.lua
- Pre_MatchIntro.lua
Save and it will be solved.
---------------- SIZE AND DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS ----------------
This time we shrinked the AIO pack as it doesn't include any Faces or Stadiums. Remember that MP1.1 was 140GB because of that and we didn't want you to download that much again. So this MegaPatch 2.0 is 58GB compressed, 88GB after extracting it. 2.1 fix is just 2.2GB and overwrites, so no extra size.
The mod with biggest size is Animated Adboards, so in case you don't care about them, you can delete "Preds-Ads" folder inside SiderAddons/livecpk folder and you will save up to 33GB, making the patch go down to 55GB.
We went for the same hosting as we uploaded Faces V3 Collection. Reason still the same: it's free, doesn't have any download limit or restriction and also allows to webseed the same as Torrent, so I don't need to be the main seeder of it 24/7. You can choose downloading it by Direct Download or Torrent without any limit.
Be sure to use an adblock and don't press the blue DOWNLOAD button, which is an ad. Do the Cloudflare captcha and choose Direct Download or Torrent Download.
It's divided into three parts of 20GB and this time you can't choose what to download via Torrent by checking the checkboxes like MP1.1, but its a better option overall. My computer needs a rest too and I shared more than 300TB with MegaPatch 1.1 launch via Torrent. This time is easier and lighter for all.
---------------- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ----------------
FOR MEGAPATCH 2.0 AIO:
OPTIONAL: in case you have Faces V3 Collection installed, cut out "Faces", "Ref Faces" and "Classic Faces" from SiderAddons/livecpk folders to another location.
1 - Delete your "DT18_all.cpk" file inside Data game folder. It needs to be deleted to get the Gameplay Mod working.
2 - Delete your SiderAddons folder. Yes, the entire folder.
3 - Extract from "MegaPatch 2.0 AIO".part1 RAR the new SiderAddons folder and also Data folder to the root SP Football Life 2024 game folder. Overwrite everything it tells you to overwrite.
4 - Put the EDIT000000000 file inside that RAR overwriting the one that exists in C:\Users\Your User\Documents\KONAMI\eFootball PES 2021 SEASON UPDATE\2024\save
5 - My way to launch the game and make sure Sider is running (which is essential to make everything work!) is to launch first Sider.exe inside SiderAddons and then your desired .exe (FL 2024.exe, NOT THE START one). Always as an administrator.
6 - Disable the ingame soundtrack in Game Settings! Or you will hear both soundtracks at the same time.
OPTIONAL: when you are done and you want "Faces V3 Collection" back, put the three mentioned folders back into SiderAddons/livecpk. Lines are already written in Sider.ini.
FOR MEGAPATCH 2.1 FIX:
YOU HAVE TO DELETE THESE FOLDERS FIRST:
SP Football Life 2024\SiderAddons\content\scoreboard-server\Greece
SP Football Life 2024\SiderAddons\content\Entrance\Copa America
1 - Put folder "Greece" inside "SP Football Life 2024\SiderAddons\content\scoreboard-server"
2 - Put folder "Copa America" inside "SP Football Life 2024\SiderAddons\content\Entrance"
3 - Put file "Entrance.lua" inside "SP Football Life 2024\SiderAddons\modules". Overwrite the current one.
IF YOU HAVE CRASHES or INFINITE LOADING IN MASTER LEAGUE: Put "dt12_g4.cpk" inside Data folder, overwriting the existing one.
FOR THOSE THAT HAVE ISSUES AT 4K RESOLUTION:, go to SiderAddons/livecpk and remove "Font" Folder. Put the "Font" folder that's inside "OPTIONAL - 4K FONT FIX".
---------------- LEARN HOW TO USE THE SIDER ----------------
Sider is the main tool that gets everything working in this game. You should select balls, stadiums, kits, choose the competition in CustomExhibitionMatch or change the starting year on your Master League.
It's easy to use, as you open it pressing "Spacebar". You navigate between the mods/modules by pressing number '1' and then you need to follow the instructions for each mod. Usually they use keys such as PageDown/PageUP or F3/F4/F5. By pressing Spacebar again, it will hide again with your desired selections.
This is what allows you to choose between multiple kit versions, the 1100+ balls, the stadiums, the scoreboards, etc.
---------------- DOWNLOAD ----------------
Outdated. Please go to MegaPatch 2.3
---------------- EXTRA ADDONS ----------------
FACES V3 COLLECTION (01/07/2024)
This one was released last week as an external and separate add-on. We reached more than 5400 faces and the size got around 30GB, with Referee and Classic Players included. You can learn more in its own thread here:
FACES COLLECTION V3 (01/07/2024)
STADIUM PACK
We are releasing Stadium Packs by countries in this thread. More will come in the next weeks.
RELEASE: STADIUM PACKS ADD-ON - Put your desired pack or stadium into Football Life!
---------------- FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ----------------
Q: How do I disable the soundtrack?
A: You can delete the soundtrack-server inside SiderAddons/content folder or open Sider.ini and delete the SoundtrackServer.lua line.
Q: How do I turn down the volume of the soundtrack?
A: Go to SiderAddons -> Modules -> Open SoundtrackServer.lua with Notepad and search for "track_volume". Put the value 0.3 down to 0.1/0.2 for example.
---------------- A THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT... AND FAREWELL FOR NOW ----------------
We want to thank all the modding community for all the efforts that they still make for this already 5 year old game (remember, this is nothing but PES 2021, which is essentially PES 2020 refined, developed in 2019). They already reached a premium quality level never seen on any other football game, giving huge content on every aspect of the game that can be modded. These people have names, from Hawke, predator002, Fallons, Tiozinho, PES GUATEMALA, Yxngxr1, giox92, juce, EDWARD7777, endo, Moiduran2, Twiggy, Holland, elijio, NFS_FM, qtspaghetti, all the VirtuaRED and UML people and more. This is all yours.
We want to thank specially all the people that contributed to our Ko-Fi, giving us some bucks to spend on some beers after this! You can do it via this link, in case you want: https://ko-fi.com/fl24megapatch
We will give answers and support for this on the upcoming weeks, but we will take a rest on giving updates on this unless something needs a hotfix. Personally, I can't confirm if I will come back to do something similar for FL25, as I'm changing my computer after 12 years and I have a huge backlog of games to play. Also I feel football games needs to step up a lot and we don't know if there will be a good alternative in the short term, which seems not, as this PES 2021/Football Life, being the best football game out there, it's also showing it's age already in a lot of areas (for example, FL25 won't have the new UCL format, or the Copa América 2024 format).
So, have fun, test everything and tell us how is going!
See you!