FM Genie Scout for FM17 is confirmed

I'm pleased to announce that Eugene is working on Genie Scout 17, the new version for Football Manager 2017.

FM Genie Scout has always been the world's favorite scout utility for Football Manager since its very first appearance to the scene.

We pride ourselves on exclusively releasing this legendary tool since 2009. We always try our best to deliver Genie Scout to the world every year because your support to this project is outstanding.

Genie Scout 16 introduced a key new feature (In-Game Scout) and a couple of significant improvements (Rating System, Progress Rate) in recent years.

For Genie Scout 17, Eugene won't have enough time to work on new features. However, the plan is to make GS17 work with the same features that GS16 had.

The 64-bit Problem

There is one problem this year. FM 2017 introduced a 64-bit version for the first time. If your operating system is x64, then you will automatically get the 64-bit version of FM17. Why is that a problem? Well, Genie Scout has always been 32-bit and with 64-bit a lot of things change.

Update 22 Oct:
Eugene has found a way to work around this and prepare the first beta of GS17g.

FM Genie Scout 17 Release Date

Public edition

As usual we won't make any promises on the release date of the public version, but we should be able to release it during November.

Update: After checking with Eugene, I can announce that the public version of Genie Scout 17 will be released by November 25th.

Update 25 Nov: As promised, Genie Scout 17 is now available for free download.

"g" edition

The "g" edition, which is the one for people who donate, is available since 22 October (beta 1). Current version (beta 7) is compatible with the latest 17.1.2 version.

Reminder: The "g" edition is ad-free and has a few extra features compared to the public edition.

You can now donate for GS17 "g" edition.
Do not report bugs in the comments below!

• Donate to Eugene

• Genie Scout 17g FAQ

How can I get Genie Scout 17 public edition asap?

The public edition of GS17 will be directly added to fmscout.com the moment it is ready.

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It's expected for release sometime in November; no specific time has been set though.