How to download and install the patches

[nutunited]

Patch 1

Changelog:

• Special characters can now be entered in the Account Creation and Sign-in screens. Characters such as '-' or '_' will be accepted by the sign-in widget at the top right of the main menu.
  
• A Save Replay option is now available if online games disconnect. No matter what happens, if you decide to record an online game you will be able to keep it whether the opponent quits the game or the connection drops out.
  
• Adidas Live Season can now be used in Direct IP matches.
  
• An online disconnect when shooting with the mouse wheel (if you configured shooting to the mouse wheel) has been fixed.
  
• Minor bug fixes:
  - A minor update of some team names.
  - When playing with mouse and keyboard controls, we fixed a player indicator colour bug.
  - Missing installer images during non-primary flow (entering the CD Key window when accessed through Support directory) were fixed.

You can download the first patch from one of the following links, depending on your language and location:

• Central Europe (and UK) - English/French/German/Italian/Dutch

• Rest of Europe and Brazil - English/Spanish/Swedish/Danish/Brazil

• Eastern Europe - English/Polish/Czech/Hungarian/Russian

• North America - English/Mexican

Patch 2

Changelog:

• Match Difficulty:
  
  We have looked into this issue reported by the FIFA community and found the online difficulty level to be too low. We have increased the difficulty of Ranked matches from Semi-Pro to World Class, which should make for some more exciting online matches. For Unranked matches, users continue to have the option of setting the difficulty level themselves.
  
  
• Loss when opponent quits:
  
  We have also looked into this issue reported by the FIFA community and discovered that users were receiving a loss when their opponent quit the match if they did not accept the pop-up and return to the main menu quickly enough. This was an issue with when match reports were being sent by the game to the EA servers, and has been addressed in the patch – once an opponent quits, both users will send a match report to the server immediately.
  
  
• adidas Live Season – All Leagues bundle purchases:
  
  Users who had originally purchased the adidas Live Season bundle through the EA Store were not seeing the game reflect this purchase, and could not download the form files for all the leagues. This has been addressed in the patch, in EA Store and by our CS team. Now all users who purchase any of the leagues should see this purchase reflected properly in the game, and will be able to use adidas Live Season form throughout the year.
  
  
• Update to Digital Rights Management (DRM) package:
  
  In recognition of your feedback regarding DRM and SecuROM, we have amended the FIFA 09 DRM package with Patch #2, such that a user can now “de-authorize” a PC if they would like to un-install the game from it. This is a system that is very similar to iTunes which allows for de-authorizations of computers they no longer want to use.
  
  For example, let’s say a gamer has installed FIFA 09 on his/her home PC and work PC, using two out of five authorizations available. Then let’s say he/she decides to buy a new PC for home, and would like to install FIFA 09 on the new PC and no longer needs to play the game on the old one.
  Now, With Patch #2, any gamer can un-install the game from his/her old PC and de-authorize that PC, so he/she is again at two out of five authorizations.
  
  To de-authorize a PC:
  Run the file deauthorize.bat located in the install directory (for example, C:\Program Files\EA Sports\FIFA 09).
  
  Notes:
  The user can run deauthorize.bat at any time, even without uninstalling their FIFA 09 PC version (thus decreasing by 1 the number of authorizations). However, when they try to launch the game
  
  again, DRM will run again and will authorize that PC again (thus increasing by 1 the number of authorizations).

You can download the second patch from one of the following links, depending on your language and location:

• Central Europe (and UK) - English/French/German/Italian/Dutch

• Rest of Europe and Brazil - English/Spanish/Swedish/Danish/Brazil

• Eastern Europe - English/Polish/Czech/Hungarian/Russian

• North America - English/Mexican

Old file not found:
This message is caused by any of three problems -

1. You might have downloaded the incorrect patch version for your game, see the bottom of this post to find out which version you need
2. You have altered one of the game files that the patch is trying to update - so could be caused by any 3rd party updates/patches/mods/cracks. (Graphical mods shouldn't be a problem)
3. When installing the second patch, remember you need to have installed the first one already...

What patch do I need for my game version?
If you're unsure as to what version you have:
- Open the registry - Go to Start - Run. Type regedit and hit ok.
- Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\EA Sports\FIFA 09

There you should see something like this:

Depending on what it says under EADM ContentId, you will know what version your game is:
fifa_2009_ukfrdeitnl is Central Europe (and UK) - English/French/German/Italian/Dutch
fifa_2009_ukessedkptbr is Rest of Europe and Brazil - English/Spanish/Swedish/Danish/Brazil
fifa_2009_ukplczhuru is Eastern Europe - English/Polish/Czech/Hungarian/Russian
fifa_2009_ukmx is North America - English/Mexican

Alternative: Getting the patch to work using EA Download Manager
When you run the game a message about a new update should come up. When the message comes up leave it open (i.e. don't click yes or no), then navigate to: C:\ProgramData\Electronic Arts\EADM\cache\{ Anonymous }

Then wait for the fifa_2009_ukfrdeitnl_patch.exe/fifa_2009_ukfrdeitnl_patch2.exe (or whatever yours is instead of ukfrdeitnl) file to download fully, it'll be 2.74MB (patch 1) or 9.03MB (patch 2) when it does. Then run the file... Should be all patched.

[The Doctor76]

Nice one United, that will help a lot of people. This should be stickied, mods.

[Garry_C]

Another great one from nutunited..
This really should be a Sticky..members have been all over the place searching for these patches..

[EAUK_Aurora]

Stucked-ed

[davidmmac]

Thats great you can now de-authorize pc's. Great move EA! :

[The Doctor76]

Originally Posted by davidmmac

Thats great you can now de-authorize pc's. Great move EA! :

Yeps, good move. But why has nothing been done about the myriad bugs in the game?

The disappearing players.
The ball going through the bar
The constant collisions by team mates

and many, many more. I had hopes for this patch, but now I'll know not to raise my hopes so high that EA will actually kill some bugs in their patches.

[autogoal]

Originally Posted by davidmmac

Thats great you can now de-authorize pc's. Great move EA! :

yea finaly they fixed this. thanx god for that. was a such a big problem.

[The Doctor76]

True, I mean if you did run out of installs, is it really that much of a big deal to have to contact EA to be able to install again? EA, there were far more important things relevant to gameplay that needed fixing!

Edit: I take it back, for me, the whole game has been significantly improved, offline as well.

[redevilO7]

thx thx thx a lot nutunited u have helped us a lot and appreciate it a lot !

[ronaldinhio1]

Nice OP , now i just have a more serious games online with better goalkeepers :O , still EA sports need to improve a Loooooot to even come close to Pes2009 , and mostly i am referring to the BALL and the PLAYERS , EA managers : just go there and buy pes2009 and play it and see the difference , on PES2009 you can pass 20 passes from same spot on the field and still u wont be able to do same pass again , thats is true with shots too .And the players are awesome , the movement and the head chalenges in the air and ECT ECT ... everything about pes2009 , if EA managers copy the technology and make a fifa 2010 with the mouse/keyboard control like in fifa 2009(the only good thing this year) , then fifa 2010 maybe will be in my home too.
PS : i wont buy fifa 2010 only after i read 2 mounths the forums and see if it is worth buying it , not making the mistake of this year.

[07patty]

Thanks nutunited!

Originally Posted by The Doctor76

Yeps, good move. But why has nothing been done about the myriad bugs in the game?

The disappearing players.
The ball going through the bar
The constant collisions by team mates

and many, many more. I had hopes for this patch, but now I'll know not to raise my hopes so high that EA will actually kill some bugs in their patches.

True. I''m sure they will fix it out soon though.
Disappearing players hasn't been a problem for me.
Ball going through the bar, Has - 5 times.
The constant collisions by team mates - Every single game. This really needs to be first on there priority list.

[The Doctor76]

Originally Posted by 07patty

Thanks nutunited!



True. I''m sure they will fix it out soon though.
Disappearing players hasn't been a problem for me.
Ball going through the bar, Has - 5 times.
The constant collisions by team mates - Every single game. This really needs to be first on there priority list.

The collisions seem to be much improved now. They still happen, but nowhere near as often. The AI's defence also seems improved; it's no longer that easy to just slide a through ball to a fast striker. No sign of 'Mr Invisibility' - so far (crosses fingers).

[starquake]

cheers nutunited game play now, but after installing patch does anyone else have prob with game disconecting after equalizing has happened 4-5 times now. But still big upps 2 nutunuited for sorting patch out.
cheers

[armando99]

I have downloaded the net patch and crack, can't i install patch? i get error :-/

[nutunited]

The net patch is fine. But if you have a cracked exe then you can't. What you could do however, is to go buy the game

[autogoal]

yea. and then authorized. and then de-authorized.

[armando99]

Originally Posted by autogoal

yea. and then authorized. and then de-authorized.

dude can u shut the **** up?

[Terry1044]

If you don't play online, is it worth installing either patch?

[autogoal]

Originally Posted by armando99

I have downloaded the net patch and crack, can't i install patch? i get error :-/

You have a crack ha? Well in that case I suggest you to contact EA technical support. They will be more then happy to help you.

[The Doctor76]

Originally Posted by Terry1044

If you don't play online, is it worth installing either patch?

Definitely. The 2nd patch especially improves the game offline as well as online. World Class now means World class, for the keepers as well as the overall game; in fact, there is now a difficulty level to suit everyone. The AI's defending is better, it's no longer so easy to just slide a throughball to a nippy striker, the team mate collisions appear to be reduced, there are numerous new cinematics for goal celebrations and some of the broken cinematics are fixed. I'm fairly sure you need the first patch as well, if you want to install the second patch.

[vahab]

hi
i version my fifa 09 are fifa_2009_ukfrdeitnl and download version patch my fifa 09 but runing the patch wait error

[cold_sea_vn]

I uninstall and setup again, but I can only run patch #2 or #1 only, I can't run both
If I setup patch#2, do I need setup patch#1 ? Or patch #2 fix include patch #1 ???


@Do I need Run the file deauthorize.bat ? (my PC)

[vahab]

i from iran and by version cracked the problem patch of crack

[nutunited]

Originally Posted by cold_sea_vn

I uninstall and setup again, but I can only run patch #2 or #1 only, I can't run both
If I setup patch#2, do I need setup patch#1 ? Or patch #2 fix include patch #1 ???


@Do I need Run the file deauthorize.bat ? (my PC)

They must be run in order... Patch 1 first, then patch 2

Originally Posted by vahab

i from iran and by version cracked the problem patch of crack

Maybe you should go buy the game?

[cold_sea_vn]

I do that, but after run patch 1, I can't run patch 2 (the old file not found .......)
I can only run patch 1 or 2 only