The guys from Fifa Romania have released the latest version of their Romania Comes in Fifa 2003 patch, RCIF 2003 1.41.
It features:
updated rosters
new kits and goalkeeper kits for all of the teams
new kit previews
Something very special which you can find out over with Sweetpatch!
5 new background images for the menu - only for the Divizia A season (Steaua, Rapid, UTA, FCM Bacau and U Craiova)
2 new balls (Divizia A official Nike Geo Merlin Ball and Rapid Bucharest Mondo) and 2 new kick meters for each ball
and many more
And soon to come :: Chants Update (Chants for most of the teams, we didn't include them all in RCIF due to the size of the sounds) and new menu backgrounds.
After releasing FIFA Xperience, the authors FIFAKULTE.com, have produced an error fix - bringing the patch up to version 1.1
"There has been a problem with some users, who saw an "error 62" message ("read above end of file") and encountered some other bugs ; these are corrected in the new 1.1 version of Fifa XP !
People who have downloaded the very first version of Fifa XP only have to apply a small fix ( 140 kb )"
They have also let us know that the a German version will be published soon.
For everyone who was having some problems with the Creation Centre Update we have some good news. EA SPORTS have just released the 1.6 Fix which puts to rest the following bugs:
Error 380 – When displaying PAOK or Olympiakos
Error 94 – Whilst importing teams
Chants assignment works correctly
Importing teams and players imports all relevant attributes
Compatibility issues with packages created in CC 1.0
Formation works correctly
Creating new team bug has been fixed
Error 9 - Adding new players to newly created team
Error 6 – When installing packages Freezing when loading after import
The fix is only 400 KB and will fix any problem you may be having with the FIFA 2003 Creation Centre. It can be downloaded from the Soccer Gaming Downloads Centre.
At FifaOnLine.it today you can download the Old Trafford stadium - Champions League Finale version, with Champions League logos. The file also comes with AC Milan and Juventus flags.
Old Trafford Champions League Finale
Go to FifaOnLine.it and download this great stadium.
DG has recently released some more great stadiums over at DG Stadiums.
The latest stadiums available for you are:
Amsterdam Arena RS - home of Ajax
Olimpico Roma RS - home of Roma (and Lazio)
Olimpico Lazio RS - home of Lazio (and Roma)
Gerland Lyon RS - home of Lyon
Play in a new stadium today. Get links to all of DG's fantastic stadiums direct from Sweetpatch's Download Boutique and check out DG's new "DG Stadiums Forum" where you can request stadiums and much more...
Here is my first additions as newly appointed News Poster...
French site FIFAKULTE.com have released Fifa XPerience. It is similar to Fifa Fx but for FIFA 2003 instead ; it allows you to have a custom team environnement with:
- Own Stadium - Adboards - Crowd - Own ball - Kickmeter (free kick and corner bar) - Generic Boots - season referee kit - friendly/cup referee kit - 5 intro musics when the players go on the pitch - 3 goal sounds - Flares - Nets - Intro camera - Sideline - Home and Away TV Environment - 2 HOME CHANTS and 1 AWAY CHANT in addition to the ones created by EA Sports
New site Fifa Portugal has informed us that they have several new files and are expanding quickly! - some of their downloadable patches include:
- Nike Geo Santos Portugal Ball - Benfica Kit - Coca-Cola Kit - Davids Face With Glasses v2.0 - FC Porto Kit - and many more...
FIFA Web Portal have created a new Boot Making Tutorial and also released an "ADVANCE Ball Selector". These can both be obtained from their web site.
Yet another great stadium has been released by DGSTADIUMS. This time it is OLIMPICO ROMA with all new textures by DG.
Popular forum personality and webmaster of Breamster.com, Dan "Breamster" Bream, has taken up the vacant News Reporter position here at FIFA 2003 Online and Soccer Gaming.
Breamster will continue to run his own site, while also posting what we hope will be daily updates at both this site and Soccer Gaming.
All recent news has been forwarded to Breamster and will be posted as soon as possible. If you have news you want posted here, please click on the Send In News link in the left menu.
FIFA CONCACAF recently released their A-League patch for FIFA 2003. This 18-team A-League patch will bring all the excitement of the US/Canadian 2nd Division to your soccer gaming experience.
Full details of this patch can be found over with Sweetpatch. You will also find there Sweetpatch's E3 FIFA 2004 summary which makes a great recap of what we all know about FIFA 2004 so far.
We are looking for a new volunteer news poster for this site. Our regular news updater, Will, is busy with his final days of school. Leo is doing a good job covering at the moment, yet he also has his own site, along with the downloads updates to attend to. If you are interested in becoming a news poster on this site, have had some experience in the past with running websites, and can speak good English, please send me an email with your details.
Apologies to everyone who has sent in their news in the past 1-2 weeks. All news will be posted as soon as we appoint a new news poster.
Just because they're talking the FIFA 2004 talk, doesn't mean EA have forgotten about FIFA 2003. Chau Le has let me know he'll be putting the finishing touches on a fix for the Creation Centre 1.5 Update and releasing it next week. It should fix most of the issues people were having with the 1.5 update.
Earlier today developers of FIFA 2004 sat down and answered a select number of questions from the FIFA Football Community Forum. Incase you missed it we have all the questions, and the more than exciting answers listed for you here. Plenty of new features announced, so make sure you check them out.
Everyone who had tried to register at the official FIFA Football Community Forum for tomorrow's FIFA 2004 E3 Chat Session will have not received their email activation. Thankfully EA have just fixed this and posted the following message at their forums:
"We have recently discovered an error with our email server which has been stopping new member registration activation emails from being sent out to new members. Thankfully we discovered this error just in time for the big FIFA 2004 Chat Session tomorrow morning. We have just activated every member's account meaning anyone who has signed up can now login with the username and password they joined with. Everything is once again working fine so feel free to sign up and take part in the chat session tomorrow morning."
If you are yet to sign up, make sure you head straight to the FIFA Football Community Forum so that you can ask the FIFA developers your FIFA 2004 questions on Friday at 9am LA time.
"The main thing you'll notice is that the ball has once again been even further removed from the player's feet. You'll also find that higher skilled players (eg Zidane) will be able to dribble with far more control and accuracy. Where as if you send a lesser skilled defender on a long sprinting run his control will be greatly reduced."
Check out the full article here and don't forget to register for the E3 FIFA 2004 Live Chat from 9am (LA time) this Friday.
Our resident downloads master, Leo, has been very busy at the Downloads Centre. Remember that if you do have any files that you want to submit, send them in to Leo and he'll add them as soon as possible. In the meantime, the following files have been added:
Things may be quiet here at the moment, however they will certainly be livening up in the next few days. With E3 beginning on Wednesday, there will be plenty of FIFA 2004 news information hitting the internet. Be sure to keep an extra close eye on the official EA SPORTS FIFA Community Site and be there on Friday when you'll have the opportunity to chat with members of the FIFA 2004 development team.
As Matt reported briefly recently, Number Nine (Dominik Gall) has launched his new site, FIFA4U, as part of the Breamster.com network and to mark this occasion he has released his Real Madrid Total 2003 Patch. It comes in 2 versions, a full one including sound at 9.8Mb and a light version at 4Mb. He has also released his first update to the patch (v1.1).
Full features include:
Home, Away, 3rd and Goalie kits (updated with v1.1)
Adboards
Sounds (only in full-version)
Referee Kits + new Spanish kit in v1.1
Fonts
Faces
RMT-Patcher
Flags
New Stadium textures
Menu kits
HQ Adboards
Soon there will be a 2nd update (v1.2), which will provide a new stadium structure and 3 faces. For all fans of the great Real Madrid this sounds like an excellent patch for you ready and waiting over at FIFA4U.
EA SPORTS have just announced that a special live chat session will be held on Friday, May 16th direct from E3. Members of the development team will be taking questions regarding FIFA Football 2004.
The official FIFA Football Website have also announced that they will be live from E3 for the entire duration of the show. That means from May 14th thru to May 16th there will be plenty of FIFA 2004 info being posted on the site. Visit the site for complete info.
Here is a very quick list of news that I've received in the past couple of days:
A new FIFA site has just opened known as FIFA4U. It is hosted by the good guys at Breamster.com and they've just released a Real Madrid Total 2003 Patch. Check out www.fifa4u.tk today.
DG has let me know that his website, DG Stadiums, has just released a brand new Ajax Amsterdam Arena with fantastic new textures. You can see a screenshot here. Visit DG Stadiums to download this new stadium.
Finally, a very helpful FIFA gamer known as Jim Kopcak has sent in this handy piece of info which may help people who are having problems with the Creation Centre 1.5 Update.
As I was one of the first to post a problem in regard to a corrupt database on the Creation Center 1.5 update, I feel it incumbent to let you know that I, for one, have sorted the problem out. Unfortunately, I had to uninstall and reinstall FIFA 2003 and Creation Center in order to get the program to work. This seemed to fix the problem, which I believe may have been caused from previously edited .dbi files. However, during this process another potential problem was uncovered: importing old creation center files. A message reading: a current file must be used (or something to that effect) was a recurring theme. To this problem, resolution was not achieved. Hopefully, this information will be of some use to the programs seeking a solution to the various reported bugs."
Keep the news coming in, as we'll be sure to post it.
Some people who downloaded the Creation Centre Update 1.5 have complained about a Run Time error they are experiencing. I have spoken to Chau Le and he is in the process of contacting people who have had this error, in order to investigate the problem and find a solution.
Most of the problems are caused by package files which are previously edited. Even though Chau and his team beta tested thoroughly, it is hard to cover all possible scenarios.
Romania Comes in Fifa 2003 v1.41
