PES 2021 SP Football Life 2026 Update V1.3 😱 – Next Era of Modding! Full Review (Download & Install)

 

Smokepatch Football Life 2026

Version 1.00 (15.Oct.2025)

Update 1.1 (23.Oct.2025)

Update 1.2 (4.Nov.2025)

Update 1.3 (16.Nov.2025)

Season 2025/26

What is football life?

SP football life is our attempt to update and continue the offline career modes found in the beloved and retired PES series, FL26 is updated for the new season 2025/2026.

This version have a lot of small updates and enhancements and fixes that all add up to a fresh feel of the game, graphics and sound effects, ball physics and gameplay all received updates and upgrades along with enhancements in the core game and launcher.

Update 1.3 is available:

• Performance/graphics enhancements.
• Updates and fixes for pre-installed stadiums:
• (San Siro, Wembley, Morumbi, La Bombonera, Anfield, Santiago Bernabeu, Tottenham Stadium)
• Multiple database updates/fixes.
• More kits updates.
• Fixed Valencia not showing in copa del rey.
• Fixed UCL/EL extra time (doesn't apply to started career).

Career management

Applied more fixes to the contract system, team stats/performance will now show the correct year in all sub-menus, players will also adapt quicker to team tactics.

National participation

BL player will now have to earn the call to national team, depending on player performance and development, also in ML no more phantom national offers at the beginning of the career, the manager will need to gain more experience, offers will come depending on performance and game difficulty.

Player development

Changes to player development, the experience points, player stats, and team role effects will now drastically affect players development.

1st transfer window

This option in career mode is now fully functional, if this option is selected in the career startup settings the first transfer window will be shut down, no transfers can happen expect for youth players or free agency for some leagues.

Gameplay upgrade

Multiple updates in the gameplay mostly in AI behavior and adaptability, CPU will attempt more variable attack constructions, and will adapt quicker to opponent teams tactics, this also affects career mode as teams will adapt quicker to opponent game style throughout the season, this applies to simulated games too, players in-match transition between body movement/animations are now smoother, other similar minor enhancements has been applied.

most changes are in the exe, minimal changes to the new dt18 bin file (will be applied), football life is compatible with external gameplay mods however results might defer. (original game hooks and offsets)

Database updates/fixes

Current progress in the database has been applied, this includes the addition of players, squads updates, updates to players attributes and stats, new transfers and teams attributes applies with the new edit file (unless selected otherwise in the installer)

Graphics updates/fixes

Multiple update and fixes in the graphics, including a fix for Stade Louis II. New season balls for major leagues thanks to Hawke.

Colombia new scoreboards thanks to:

(CHAVAeditions, Styf Edits, santorfo, MindTutsm, spursfan18)

Update notes:

• Previous updates are included (accumulative) see log
• The update includes option to install the new edit file or keep current.
• Career modes started with any FL26 version can resume safely.
• Warning: this update cannot be rolled back due to multiple core game changes, for previous versions a full game reinstall will be required.

Teams and players:

FL26 is updated for season 2025/26, promoted teams has replaced the relegated ones and a new teams selection is included.

The edit mode is fully functional, there are three fully editable teams in the game for user creation (Ceres Negros, Zalgiris Vilnius, Zamora FC), the database is unlocked for the community, however changing bin files might result in serious errors, and will clash with future database updates.

Game updates:

We perform periodic scans of the database for squads and attributes changes and import new players from konami live database, the game will receive frequent updates depending on the urgency and progress, updates also includes more updated graphics that would be ready by then and any small corrections or enhancements discovered while playing. The game will show update notification if available upon launching the game. National squads are updated but still pending the official world cup team list in November.

Future new season upgrades:

this version is built with future seasons upgrade in mind, this will allow to have a full version and an upgrade version in the future.

Installation & Preview:

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