FIFA 12

FIFA 12

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Collector

Collector

Collect all mosaic pieces in Expedition

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How to unlock the Collector achievement in FIFA 12 - Definitive Guide

When I boot fifa 12, the game often says that I've not downloaded/bought the full add-on yet, but obviously I have bought and installed it on my HDD. You can exploit this by going to game settings. You'll see that you can only change "Difficulty Level" and "Game Speed". You should see that the "Half Length" is set to 2 minutes. Just back out and the game will save the settings. The half length is now set to 2 minutes when you play a match in expedition. Now all you have to do is go to expedition, start a game and you'll then get a pop-up saying "purchase UEFA EURO 2012 video game". Press A and when it loaded the fifa store back out again and start the match. The 2 minute half length will still be set and you will go through these matches very fast.

I don't know why fifa doesn't always recognise me buying the add-on.
Also this does not happen every time, but when I restart fifa by dashboarding it usually happens.
I also don't know if it just happens to me or that it is a common problem.
I only seems to happen when I set my Virtual Pro to Free Agent instead of a club.
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05 Jul 2012 10:47

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I can confirm this works. The trick is to go into the game settings before you go to the store, then DO NOT go back into the game settings again afterwards. If you do (to check if it has worked for example) it will change the half length back to 4 minutes.
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By Qwanimal on 19 Sep 2012 23:51
it also works for me! Great help!
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By SrLoganBR on 08 Oct 2012 04:42
And tell you more, you dont have to do it every time you play the game, it will stay this way until you go into settings again, even if you restart the xbox!
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By SrLoganBR on 10 Oct 2012 03:42
it still works. cool solution thank you very much. thumb up
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By ThomsenWilli on 05 Nov 2012 19:42
It used to say trial version for me all the time but for some reason I can't get it to do it at the min. Any ideas?
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By Robhill on 20 Jul 2013 13:47
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This achievement is a drag. You have to beat each nation 3 times in order to collect all 180 mosaic pieces. That means you need 159 wins in Exhibition mode. The fastest way to grind this out is to go to game settings (when you start a match) and make the following changes:

Half Length: 4 minutes
Difficulty: Amateur
Injuries: Off
Offsides: Off
User Customization: All 100%, except Shot Error/Pass Error (0%) and Power Bar (adjust as desired - too high will make your shots sail)
CPU Customization: All 0%, except Shot Error/Pass Error (100%)
You can ignore the injury sliders, since injuries will be turned off.

With these changes you can easily score a goal or two and set the controller down, confident that you will win. 95% of the time, if you have possession of the ball, the AI will dance around you and not do any harm. I suggest 2 goals, just in case.

It is best to plug in your controller, but not necessary. You can use a turbo controller and rapid-fire A, but I don't recommend it. Rapid-firing A will advance you through halftime and the rare occasions when the ball goes out of bounds or you are given a penalty kick, but I have noticed that mashing A at menu screens causes the game to crash and it sucks when this happens after a game because you lose the progress. Any time saved will be lost if you have to replay a game.

As you progress, you unlock roads to the other nations. You have to follow these roads, so you can't just hop around from one nation to another. For this reason, I suggest defeating each nation at least once to unlock all of the others, as well as most of the roads. This will let you plan out the rest of your victories and help you avoid painting yourself into a corner.
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17 May 2012 17:34

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does it matter about game mode??
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By Mike United 007 on 19 May 2012 19:31
it can only be done in Exhbition
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By beavis on 19 May 2012 19:37
yer was thinking that with the description - but just making sure - cheers
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By Mike United 007 on 19 May 2012 20:24
on mine it says i need to collect 180 mosaic pieces but theres only 159 to collect from nations so were does the other 21 come from ?
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By reevo222 on 19 May 2012 22:17
you earn extra tiles when you defeat an entire group and when you defeat a nation 3 times.
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By beavis on 20 May 2012 04:14
Does anybody know why I wouldnt be able to play a team for a 2nd or 3rd time despite have all roads unlocked and have played the team once (and won). I seem to have this on a couple of groups Croatia being one of teams I am unable to play for a 2nd time
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By curiousmole on 06 Jun 2012 18:45
Even if you have all roads unlocked, you can't just hop around. You have to go through certain countries to access other countries along the route, so you can't just go from A -> C. You have to play B first. This is what I meant by "avoid painting yourself into a corner."
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By beavis on 07 Jun 2012 17:45
Surely I dont lose the ability to play every team 3 times if I have hopped around, do I??
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By curiousmole on 07 Jun 2012 18:34
Pretend the teams are Spain, France, and Germany. You have played France 3 times and move on to Spain. After defeating Spain, in order to play Germany, you will first have to defeat France again.
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By beavis on 07 Jun 2012 19:42
Thanks for the replies, how about this Group F Greece, Croatia, Latvia, Israel, Georgia, and Malta all teams except Croatia beaten 3 times. Croatia beaten once and are unable to play again
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By curiousmole on 09 Jun 2012 07:16
I don't know how to explain it any better. You have to follow the roads you have unlocked even if it means going through a country that you have already beaten 3 times. You have to play them again and follow the road until you reach the country you are aiming for.
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By beavis on 09 Jun 2012 10:28
Ok thanks, just dont get the fact that if I have played a team once why do I have to play thru another team to play them again yet I can play most teams 3 times in a row.
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By curiousmole on 09 Jun 2012 11:12
To call this achievement a drag is an understatement. At minimum this will take 26.5 hours to complete. 53 or so teams x 3 times per team x 10 minutes per match [4 min per half plus stoppages] = 1590 minutes or 26.5 hours. And that doesn't take into account the fact you may have planned your moves wrong and have to play a team more than 3 times. Absolutely mind numbing!
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By Kroktapus on 13 Jun 2012 21:20
Does working on this achievement count towards the 50 hr achievement. I hope so!
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By gypsymuffin on 20 Jun 2012 19:09
it does, however you would have to spend 50 hours in the DLC alone. it does not combine with the time spent in the main game.
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By beavis on 20 Jun 2012 22:44
Okay, that's a pity. Cheers for the help.
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By gypsymuffin on 21 Jun 2012 10:53
This was one big ass grind.
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By curiousmole on 15 Jul 2012 22:20
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You collect mosaic pieces by winning against nations in Expedition mode. As you win you will create roads between the nations. There are 53 nations in total and you need to win against each 3 times. In total you will need at least 159 games won and the other 21 mosaic pieces you will get automatically while beating every team in each group once, 3 times and finally for beating all teams 3 times. In total you need 180 mosaic pieces.

To keep track of your progress, press whilst you're in the Expedition menu.

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There is 180 mosaic pieces to collect, in order to collect these mosaic pieces you need to play all European teams in Expedition mode three times. Every time you beat a team, you get a piece. 3 pieces per team, simple. A method of completing this Expedition mode with less effort is to turn all the CPU sliders down, enter a match, score a goal and then watch the CPU play so slow that you can put the controller down and do something else. Do keep an eye on it just in case they do score which they shouldn't, but you never know.

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in tour mode, you need to beat all 53 teams 3 times
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04 May 2012 12:49

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Mosaic pieces are given not only for defeating a country, but also for defeating all countries in the 1/2 group and a second one for defeating all countries in the group 3 times 2/2.
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By DarkWolf on 05 May 2012 11:05
you need to play 53 games to make it easier see 53*3=159 matches in total you need to play we take into account the matches played in the leagues are considered
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By CTRAX21 on 11 Jun 2012 21:56
The longest and most tedious achievement, there are only 53 teams, each one needs to be won 3 times, in total you need to win 159 victories.

Set the match time to 4 minutes, easy difficulty level and enjoy the game
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30 Apr 2012 02:31