Summary: The popular scout utility

Downloads: 277693 - Size: 2442 kilobytes - Hosted since: 2007-12-04 03:00

DOWNLOAD FM Genie Scout 2008

The long awaited successor of Genie Scout 2007, was here as a limited beta (build 83) since December 2007. FM Genie Scout 2008 returns now with a public beta (build 90) 4 months later. This first public beta fixes some data loading errors, and that is the only difference with the limited beta. The second public beta fixes more than 20 more loading errors and is much closer to a final version.

How to use
Unzip the FM Genie Scout 2008 folder, then run the FMGenieScout.exe file that you will find inside of it. No installation needed.

History and Credits
This software is created by Eugene Tarabanovsky. Eugene is from Ukraine and one of the most popular personalities throughout the FM community for his stunning work with FM Genie Scout 2007.

Kudos
Thank you Eugene for keeping up your great work and for giving the new scout utility to the world as a freeware once again!!

Current Status
The current version is the first public beta (beta 1, build 90) and it means that it isn't perfect yet.

Known Issues
See the forum post FM Genie Scout 2008 Bugs and Workarounds for reference regarding the limited beta (most bugs listed there shouldn't apply to the public beta).

Your best bet to get this beta version working
1. Make sure you have FM08 and not WWSM08
2. Make sure you disable "Compress Saved Games" within the Game Preferences and Confirm it
3. Save your game and Load it in FM Genie Scout 2008

Compatibility
- This version should work with all FM2008 versions, including 8.0.0, 8.0.1 and 8.0.2 and their updates.
- Compatible with Windows Vista. However, Vista users should right click the downloaded FMGenieScout.exe file and run as Administrator, as well as running FM2008 as Administrator (otherwise Genie Scout won't be able to access the protected memory area of FM2008 - that's the way that viruses/trojans traditionally install themselves into other programs on your computer).
In addition, Vista users should also turn off User Access Control (UAC - Google "Turn off UAC" if not sure) if they are still having problems.

Languages
Chinese Simplified, English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian

A Big Request
If you are using limited beta, please don't send any emails to Eugene with bugs of this program.

Older versions
If you are looking for the limited beta (beta 2, build 83), you can still get it here.

Why have made available the download of limited beta and not genie.fm?
The file might have been leaked through the official SI forums, but it was Eugene himself, who uploaded the file online, in the known download folder of FM Genie Scout 2007. And of course, FM addicts were spying on this, until recently unprotected, folder all the time. The file was already available from Rapidshare (and still is) before we added it here.

3 Comments

1. 

   djhawkey said on 2007-12-03 07:42

   hi,
   
   I do not know what happen but when I try to load my game using genie, it says that my game is not a valid FM file. I have disabled the "compress saved game" but it seems that my saved game can not be loaded either.
   
   I am using the patch 8.0.1
   
   Any recommendations about my problem??hope you can get me through this problem.
   
   thanks
2. 

   stam said on 2007-12-03 07:46

   From what we know so far, you need to start a new game with 8.0.1, have the "compress saved game" disabled, and then save your game again. it should work this way. please check the info below, it will be updated the moment we learn something new.
3. 

   ploppo said on 2007-12-28 03:48

   Apparantly, it breaks anyway after about a year of gameplay. To resolve this I started a new game and saved it - this is now a dummy file. I then carry on playing my original save (that no longer loads into Genie Scout). Save a player search as a shortlist - load Genie Scout - load your new dummy saved game - open the shortlist from your current game.