This file will need to be re-applied if/when patches/updates are released to ensure full compatibility. This is due to the fact that some files which are removed when installing this file are automatically re-installed by Steam when official patches come out.

The sortitoutsi real names fix changes the instances of fake names in Football Manager 15 to the proper, real life names for awards, cities, stadiums and competitions, in cases where the actual name is not licensed. It will also fix the fact that the German National team doesn't call up real players. These are fully save-game compatible.

There is also a club name changes file, which changes the names of clubs in a way which ensures that any nicknames entered in the default database are retained. This file includes the proper names for German, Italian and French clubs to circumvent licensing restrictions. It also adds real-life media and journalists, with 26 media files added to encompass all major footballing nations and continents. Finally, it includes a small file which corrects the 3-Letter competition names to correspond with any changes made in the lnc files. For all these files to work, however, you will need to start a new game.

Magrippinho very helpfully created a YouTube video on how this file should be installed. Some of the contents are different - but the procedure is identical, although of course you use the equivalent folder for FM15.

Or, you can follow the below instructions to install v2.0 of this file (if you are installing a previous version please use the 1500 folder instead of the 1530 folder:

Step 1: Go to

PC
 Program Files \ Steam \ SteamApps \ common \ football manager 2015 \ data \ db \ 1530 
Mac
 / Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2015 / data / db / 1530 
You can find this folder by clicking, in the Finder, the Go menu in the menu bar, then choose Go to Folder and type the folder path name (obviously inserting your username), then click Go.

Slightly more detail in this post

Linux
/home/user/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Football Manager 2015/data/db/1530/

Please note that the Local folder is hidden. Press (ctrl + h)
Android:
sdcard\Android\data\sportsinteractive.fm15\files\installed\data\db\1530
For Mac Lion users, the Library folder will be hidden. Use this link to find out how to show it.

Step 2: Delete the edt and lnc folders from the folder above

Step 3: Copy the edt and lnc folder from this download into the folder mentioned in step 1.

Step 4: Go to:

Documents \ Sports Interactive \ Football Manager 2015
Step 5: Open the folder named "editor data" contained therein. If it does not exist, then create it.

Step 6: Keeping the folder in step 5 open, go back to the file you downloaded and select the folder named "FM15 Real Names Fix Files from sortitoutsi.net v2.0".

Step 7: Paste the circled folder directly into the folder mentioned in step 5.
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u344/maltamons/real-names-fix-2.png~original

Step 8: This should be what your editor data folder looks like. There may also be a config.xml file in this folder and can be safely retained; it is generated by FM every time the game starts.
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u344/maltamons/real-names-fix.png~original



To make sure the files have been applied correctly, go to the Champions Cup and EURO Vase in your saved game, and they should be renamed to Champions League and Europa League respectively. If you are in the middle of a save-game, German national teams will be populated in the next instance that players are called up, and not instantly. Club names (including the German ones) are only changed if you apply the editor data files before starting a new game. For a workaround if you've already started a new save-game, then please read the opening post of this thread.

Some of these changes may not apply in FMC...
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SeanKelly16
10 years ago
1 year ago
6
Downloaded the file on mac and its a RAR file? how do i change this?
Tomiwa Paul Orimogunje
9 years ago
9 years ago
1
i'm lost cos i did everything but d epl teams still have all generated names nothing seems to have changed
mons
18 years ago
6 hours ago
90,977
Downloaded the file on mac and its a RAR file? how do i change this?

Google how to extract rar files on a Mac, there's plenty of applications you can use to extract them...



i'm lost cos i did everything but d epl teams still have all generated names nothing seems to have changed

Buy an original version of the game
DonAyo123
12 years ago
7 years ago
2
Hi, thanks for the fix but I've come across a problem, I've had this fix since the full release, its all been working fine but ive just found out that the german national team fix isnt working anymore, its gone back to calling up generated players but the names of clubs is still okay, Schalke are Schalke not Gelsenkirchen. If its any help the game status screen says i have 54234 database changes.

Help to fix it would be appreciated
Thanks
mons
18 years ago
6 hours ago
90,977
Hi, thanks for the fix but I've come across a problem, I've had this fix since the full release, its all been working fine but ive just found out that the german national team fix isnt working anymore, its gone back to calling up generated players but the names of clubs is still okay, Schalke are Schalke not Gelsenkirchen. If its any help the game status screen says i have 54234 database changes.

Help to fix it would be appreciated
Thanks

Go to the data/1500/lnc folder and make sure there are only the three files in this download and nothing else. I suspect that the all and greek folders have somehow been re-installed, thus disabling the changes made by this file.

Let me know if this worked
DonAyo123
12 years ago
7 years ago
2
Go to the data/1500/lnc folder and make sure there are only the three files in this download and nothing else. I suspect that the all and greek folders have somehow been re-installed, thus disabling the changes made by this file.

Let me know if this worked


Yeah, that fixed it,must've been because I verified my game cache

Thanks!!
kfnielsen
18 years ago
6 hours ago
3,367
Premium
hi Mons just a quick one
The danish Superliga is called Alka Superliga from 1.Jan 2015
and is the english lower leagues not called valarama anymore?
mons
18 years ago
6 hours ago
90,977
hi Mons just a quick one
The danish Superliga is called Alka Superliga from 1.Jan 2015
and is the english lower leagues not called valarama anymore?

I'll make the Danish change in the next update.

English Conference is named Vanarama in mine
kfnielsen
18 years ago
6 hours ago
3,367
Premium
oh its just because I use Kremmen's metallic logo's v2 and notice it was Krill in the comp folder so now Im confused lol
mons
18 years ago
6 hours ago
90,977
Perhaps he's re-included an old logo by mistake, I can't speak for other people's work. It's still the Vanarama Conference, according to their website anyway...
podefteza
14 years ago
1 week ago
42
Some changes in Hong Kong teams:

ID - Short name - Long Name
5624496 - I-Sky Yuen Long - Yuen Long Football Club
133669 - Eastern - Eastern Athletic Association Football Team
133676 - Biu Chun Rangers - Biu Chun Rangers Football Club
7400958 - Wofoo Tai Po - OK
5622809 - OK - Wong Tai Sin District Recreation & Sports Council
23276665 - YFCMD - Yokohama FC Hong Kong Sports Club Company Limited
mons
18 years ago
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Ricky Wheaver
10 years ago
3 days ago
1
Hi Mons

I am having a problem that when I start a new game, France is no longer a playable league. I am not able to opt in for the French leagues.

Any idea why this is happening?
mons
18 years ago
6 hours ago
90,977
You have deleted the dbc folder despite not having been told to. Either recover it from your recycle bin or verify the integrity of the game cache from Steam.
Dolfin152
13 years ago
3 years ago
81
Inside the Real Names folder there are some .dbc files which the game no longer picks up. These need to be .fmf files. How can I convert them?
mons
18 years ago
6 hours ago
90,977
Inside the Real Names folder there are some .dbc files which the game no longer picks up. These need to be .fmf files. How can I convert them?

Are you sure?

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u344/maltamons/susierealnamefixes.png~original

If you want to convert them to fmf, just open the editor and save them. You don't even need to make any changes as the FM15 editor will automatically conver them...
nash
17 years ago
4 years ago
3
This is really strange, but it works for everything except club names? Schalke is still Gelsenkirchen and so on.

I deleted the original files and no other files or mods are loaded.

EDIT: seems like the City, Club and Stadium Names.lnc file is not accepted with the new FM15.2 tried the old FM14 version of the file with the same result.

Anyone else had this issue?
nash
17 years ago
4 years ago
3
Are you sure?

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u344/maltamons/susierealnamefixes.png~original

If you want to convert them to fmf, just open the editor and save them. You don't even need to make any changes as the FM15 editor will automatically conver them...


Converting solved my problem also. Possibly the files in folder "FM15 Real Names Fix Files from sortitoutsi.net v1.0" is not loading after 15.2 update.
Dolfin152
13 years ago
3 years ago
81
My editor does not recognise .dbc files so I cannot convert them.
Jean Claude 'Shimmy' Micallef
9 years ago
7 years ago
1
Can someone please help me out installing this file on a mac? Thanks
mons
18 years ago
6 hours ago
90,977
This is really strange, but it works for everything except club names? Schalke is still Gelsenkirchen and so on.

I deleted the original files and no other files or mods are loaded.

EDIT: seems like the City, Club and Stadium Names.lnc file is not accepted with the new FM15.2 tried the old FM14 version of the file with the same result.

Anyone else had this issue?

Club name changes need a new game to be started to take effect, as explained many times in this very thread. There's nothing wrong with that lnc file, it works as intended.



Converting solved my problem also. Possibly the files in folder "FM15 Real Names Fix Files from sortitoutsi.net v1.0" is not loading after 15.2 update.

I upload a screenshot in which it was shown clearly that the game loads the files in this and other folders - not sure how you can say it doesn't



My editor does not recognise .dbc files so I cannot convert them.

You can use the import function, then save them
jonasthern
15 years ago
6 days ago
76
Is this compatible with 15.2?
nash
17 years ago
4 years ago
3
Club name changes need a new game to be started to take effect, as explained many times in this very thread. There's nothing wrong with that lnc file, it works as intended.

I upload a screenshot in which it was shown clearly that the game loads the files in this and other folders - not sure how you can say it doesn't

You can use the import function, then save them


I started about 5-10 games and rebooted the computer, still had the issue. Names stopped working after 10th December patch. But if it is just me and the other guy having the problem, something is up in our systems.
mons
18 years ago
6 hours ago
90,977
Can you (a) give me a screenshot of your lnc and editor data folders, and (b) a screenshot of a new game with the issue in place?
Tessa
11 years ago
9 years ago
224
Hi, Guus Hiddink is Jans Jansen in my game. Is it just me?
mons
18 years ago
6 hours ago
90,977
Hi, Guus Hiddink is Jans Jansen in my game. Is it just me?

Make sure you delete both the edt and lnc folders and replace them with the files from this download.
batiron
10 years ago
2 months ago
283
Hi mons,

I downloaded & applied a new league (Japan league) from FM15 Leagues Megapack and this Real Name Fix. All the players` become real except the newly applied Japan League`s players (still all remain fake names)...how can I fix that??
mons
18 years ago
6 hours ago
90,977
The Japan League from that download does not include any real players so there's not much either I or that pack creator can do...
platypus-B
11 years ago
8 years ago
2
Will there be an updated version for 15.2?
mons
18 years ago
6 hours ago
90,977
There's really no need - this file works perfectly well with both 15.1 and 15.2...

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