FM2017 Real Names and German National Team Fix File v2.1 for FM17.3.0 [03/03/2017]

Thought it'll likely be something from SI's side. Hopefully it'll be solved reasonably soon.

You seem to like experimenting with the game files, like I do , so if you come across anything which you think should be modified then please tell me about it and I'll rectify it accordingly - I'd have no problem with it. This is a one-man job, really, and there's only so much I can capture, especially as I have other FM projects on the go at the same time - so anybody who can provide me any info, no matter how straight-forward it may appear to you, please don't hesitate

if i spot anything i will let you know. but i think this is pretty much spot on now mons. just the award issue that SI need to sort out and im ready to go for my long term save.
Top work mate. this game would be unplayable to me without you and this file

Am I doing something wrong?
It fixed the competition names but the clubs are still weird.
INTER, Real San Sebastian etc

DONE AS INSTRUCTED BUT GAME WILL NOT WORK?????

Hi Guys

If you are playing FMT the work around works for saved games as well. I replaced the # with a space on all three inc files (1700, 1701 and 1710) and all names are correct now apart from the Brazil ones.

Thanks mons for your help.

i have been looking for a while now, and I cant locate the named folder football manager 2017 data, so I can delete the dbc , edt and Inc folders. I have downloaded the files ok and have them ready to paste and have downloaded face packs logos etc for many years now with no problems. not sure why my FM is any different to anyone elses?

sorry incase I don't give you the info your asking im running Windows 7 using a disc not through steam download.

I have managed to work out where the program files is, my computer then C drive. I've followed the instructions and am happy that the German National team and Competition names are working now, however Fake Club names still exist, please elaborate on 'Club names are only changed if you apply the editor data files before starting a new game'?
I have a data editor file I load with my created club, kept that ticked and started a new game, didn't work, and also unticked my edited database and that's also not made the club names change??

thanks

I can't get it to work, I've started two new games, the names of competitions have changed, (bundesliga, liga santander, Champions League and Europa League etc) however neither of the teams have changed. Soociedad are still Sebastien for example.

What's news in 1.1 version?

Why the Portugal club name changes does not work?
I mean the workaround for save game.
And can you do a editor data version for Portugal club name changes?
Thanks.

Due to hard-coded licensing restrictions by SI, it is not possible to have both long and short names for Portuguese clubs, i.e. they must be identical. Any changes you make in an editor data file are quite simply ignored by the game and the only way is to change them via the lnc file.

Got it.
Thanks.
But from which year? FM16?
I remember two or three years ago the long name and the short still could be different, just the oringinal one is fake like FCP and SLB.

Hi,

So basically, I had applied the fix and the German national team had the real players in the team. However, due to an issue with the game, I had to delete cache and preferences and "verify integrity of game cache". After I did this, after playing a few months in the game, I realized that the German national team was again populated with fake players and not the real ones. I just wanted to check, is what I did, i.e. delete cache and preferences etc. the reason for this? I've been playing FM for years and I didn't think an existing save game could be affected by something like this. Or could there be another reason for this?

Note: My other save games (including an earlier version of the affected game) weren't affected. I hadn't played them in a while, and when I checked they still had the real German players. It's only the save game which I played for a few in-game months that reverted to fake German players.

Please let me know what you think.

Thanks!

I think it was FM14, but I'm not 100% sure.

I'm afraid your recollections are slightly mistaken as ever since this happened, it was not possible to have different short and long names for Portuguese clubs.

When you delete cache and preferences, what you are effectively doing is restoring the game to its default state. What happens is that, since some of the files in the default game installation are re-created using this process, then some of the changes made by this download are negated. You will need to re-download the files from this download and re-apply them to the letter. Happily, the German national team issue fix is save-game compatible, although it is not instantaneous - it will only happen the next time that German national players are called up.

Hope this helps

Hi, yeah that helps a lot, thanks. Just one question, apart from deleting cache and preferences, there shouldn't be a problem, right? Say for example the game updates, this shouldn't affect the state of the German national team in my existing save, right? Only when I start a new game after an update, I'll need to re-apply the fix, correct?

Again, thanks for your help!

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