I suggest everybody clicks the "Notify me when updated" button to receive an email when the file is updated/amended in the future.

This file will need to be re-applied if/when patches/updates are released and when the full game comes out 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.

Some of these changes, ESPECIALLY THE CLUB NAMES, may not apply in FMT or in existing save-games. There's a workaround for that in the first post.


The sortitoutsi real names fix changes the instances of fake names in Football Manager 2017 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 and Japanese National teams don'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, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French clubs to circumvent licensing restrictions. It also adds real-life media and journalists, encompassing most 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 the files in this paragraph to work, however, you will need to start a new game.


Follow the below instructions to install this version of this file

STEP 1.
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2017\data\db\1700
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2017\data\db\1701
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2017\data\db\1710
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2017\data\db\1712
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2017\data\db\1730
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders

Notes:
\Program Files (x86)\
could be
\Program Files\
depending on your set up.

Mac
OPEN
 / Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2017 / data / db / 1700 
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
 / Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2017 / data / db / 1701 
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
 / Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2017 / data / db / 1710 
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
 / Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2017 / data / db / 1712 
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
 / Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2017 / data / db / 1730 
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders

You can find these folders 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.

You can get to the Library folder by simply selecting Go from the top bar and holding "alt" key - The Library folder suddenly appears on the drop down

For Mac Lion users, the Library folder will be hidden. Use this link to find out how to show it.

Slightly more detail in this post



OPEN
/home/user/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Football Manager 2017/data/db/1700/
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
/home/user/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Football Manager 2017/data/db/1701/
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
/home/user/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Football Manager 2017/data/db/1710/
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
/home/user/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Football Manager 2017/data/db/1712/
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
/home/user/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Football Manager 2017/data/db/1730/
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders

Please note that the Local folder is hidden. Press (ctrl + h)



[b]OPEN
sdcard\Android\data\sportsinteractive.fm17\files\installed\data\db\1700
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
sdcard\Android\data\sportsinteractive.fm17\files\installed\data\db\1701
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
sdcard\Android\data\sportsinteractive.fm17\files\installed\data\db\1710
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
sdcard\Android\data\sportsinteractive.fm17\files\installed\data\db\1712
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders

OPEN
sdcard\Android\data\sportsinteractive.fm17\files\installed\data\db\1730
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders[/spoiler]


STEP 2:
COPY the dbc, edt and Inc folders from the downloaded pack

STEP 3:
PASTE them into each of your respective folders mentioned in step 1.

These are what the folder structure should look like in all 5 of the 1700, 1701. 1710, 1712 and 1730 folders:

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u344/maltamons/dbc%20permanent%20folder%20fm17.png~original
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u344/maltamons/edt%20permanent%20folder%20fm17.png~original
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u344/maltamons/lnc%20folder%20fm17.png~original

STEP 4:
COPY the 4 files located in the EDITOR DATA folder in the downloaded pack

STEP 5
PASTE to
\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2017\editor data
This should be what your editor data folder looks like now (with 5 files rather than 4 as in this screenshot. There may initially be a config.xml file in this folder and it can be safely overwritten; it is generated by FM every time the game starts.
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u344/maltamons/real%20name%20fix%20fm17.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 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.
Comments
jamesd444
12 years ago
8 months ago
1
Premium
Unfortunately Brazilian club name fix doesn't seem to work for existing save games. For new games it's fine, but for old saves it's the same 3 letter names. I see you have been posting some instruction on editing a file to remove the hashtags, but this file doesn't seem to contain the Brazilian clubs, so doesn't help.
mons
18 years ago
8 minutes ago
91,656
Hi, I have recently tried to change the name 'Milan' to 'AC Milan' in the config file but it still appears as Milan? I have copied this change over to all db versions and restarted the game?! any ideas?

Many thanks

Club name changes are done through the editor data file and any changes to the lnc file done in a save game loaded with the Club Name Changes editor data file to anentry changed therein will sadly not work; that's the nature of the way the files are structured I'm afraid.



Unfortunately Brazilian club name fix doesn't seem to work for existing save games. For new games it's fine, but for old saves it's the same 3 letter names. I see you have been posting some instruction on editing a file to remove the hashtags, but this file doesn't seem to contain the Brazilian clubs, so doesn't help.

Again, this is a limitation with the game as far as I can tell, probably a licensing restriction.

What I can suggest is that you open the 1700, 1701, 1710 AND 1712 dbc/permanent folders and delete any files which are not the below. Some people have said this works with their save games, others have said it doesn't...

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u344/maltamons/dbc%20permanent%20folder%20fm17.png~original
Matanka
17 years ago
1 month ago
450

New competition names for few Norwegian League

Tippeligaen are now called Eliteserien - 1300397
3rs division are now called Regionsligaen - 1301420
Regionsligaen Avdeling 1 - 53057341
Regionsligaen Avdeling 2 - 53057342
Regionsligaen Avdeling 3 - 53057343
Regionsligaen Avdeling 4 - 53057344
Regionsligaen Avdeling 5 - 53057345
Regionsligaen Avdeling 6 - 53057346

mons
18 years ago
8 minutes ago
91,656
New competition names for few Norwegian League

Tippeligaen are now called Eliteserien - 1300397
3rs division are now called Regionsligaen - 1301420
Regionsligaen Avdeling 1 - 53057341
Regionsligaen Avdeling 2 - 53057342
Regionsligaen Avdeling 3 - 53057343
Regionsligaen Avdeling 4 - 53057344
Regionsligaen Avdeling 5 - 53057345
Regionsligaen Avdeling 6 - 53057346

Thanks for this. Changed accordingly

One question: I've just checked the Norwegian competition list and there are presently competitions named 3. Divisjon Avdeling 7 and 3. Divisjon Avdeling 24 between UIDs 53057347 and 53057352 and 53083513 and 53083524. Are they also to be renamed Regionsligaen or not please?
Matanka
17 years ago
1 month ago
450
Thanks for this. Changed accordingly

One question: I've just checked the Norwegian competition list and there are presently competitions named 3. Divisjon Avdeling 7 and 3. Divisjon Avdeling 24 between UIDs 53057347 and 53057352 and 53083513 and 53083524. Are they also to be renamed Regionsligaen or not please?


No, they will be extinct in the 2017 season, but still playable for 2016 season, but in the 2nd season in the game, it will be changed to new league format.
mons
18 years ago
8 minutes ago
91,656
No, they will be extinct in the 2017 season, but still playable for 2016 season, but in the 2nd season in the game, it will be changed to new league format.

I see; I'll just change those 8 competitions then
kurovski
13 years ago
4 weeks ago
75
No problem re the final two.

For the first one, I prefer to have the long name different to the short name if possible. I got that text from the Portuguese wikipedia page.

Would it make sense to have them in this manner?

"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 102424 "Campeonato Carioca Série A" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 102424 "Campeonato Carioca" ""


Actually, no one puts "Série A", nor it's part of the name, just saying "Campeonato Carioca" means we're saying about the first division.

For the Long Name, to keep the full name of this state championship means that you should probably do the same to all the 27 state divisions and also the long name for those which have lower divisions. For that, and for most of the championship, it's best to keep just Campeonato Carioca.


Edit: The official name is "Campeonato Estadual de Futebol da Série A de Profissionais". It doesn't even say Rio de Janeiro. That's reassure the known name as just "Campeonato Carioca".
kurovski
13 years ago
4 weeks ago
75
One more thing, in Brazil, we don't call the competitions by the sponsors name, specially the national competitions.
Saying that, I'd like to suggest these changes:

Old
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 102423 "Brasileirão Chevrolet Série A" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 102423 "Brasileirão" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 107191 "Brasileirão Chevrolet Série B" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 107191 "Brasileirão Série B" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 107192 "Campeonato Brasileiro Série C" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 107192 "Brasileirão Série C" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 19127222 "Campeonato Brasileiro Série D" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 19127222 "Brasileirão Série D" ""

New
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 102423 "Campeonato Brasileiro Série A" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 102423 "Brasileirão" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 107191 "Campeonato Brasileiro Série B" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 107191 "Brasileirão Série B" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 107192 "Campeonato Brasileiro Série C" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 107192 "Brasileirão Série C" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 19127222 "Campeonato Brasileiro Série D" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 19127222 "Brasileirão Série D" ""


No changes for Série C or Série D
mons
18 years ago
8 minutes ago
91,656
Actually, no one puts "Série A", nor it's part of the name, just saying "Campeonato Carioca" means we're saying about the first division.

For the Long Name, to keep the full name of this state championship means that you should probably do the same to all the 27 state divisions and also the long name for those which have lower divisions. For that, and for most of the championship, it's best to keep just Campeonato Carioca.


Edit: The official name is "Campeonato Estadual de Futebol da Série A de Profissionais". It doesn't even say Rio de Janeiro. That's reassure the known name as just "Campeonato Carioca".

Noted and I'll reflect this in the next version of the file, whenever that may be
RoCCo_42
18 years ago
1 hour ago
7,838
Hiii

Gazovik-2 Orenburg (ID 58020494) - True club name is FC Orenburg-2
mons
18 years ago
8 minutes ago
91,656
Hiii

Gazovik-2 Orenburg (ID 58020494) - True club name is FC Orenburg-2

Will fix it in the next version of the file. Any more mistakes you spot, just let me know and I'll fix it asap
SrWer
12 years ago
2 weeks ago
7,010
Why now Sporting from Portugal have " Sporting (POR) " ?!

Can put " Sportign CP " ??
mtahaero
11 years ago
10 months ago
4
After the patch 17.2 German national team is full of grey fake guys but Japan naitonal team calls up real players.I applied all instructions but I didn't delete the file named "1700_fm" in db/1700 folder.I also didn't delete "1701_fmc" "1701_fm" file in db/1700 etc. Do we need to delete all files except for dbc,edt,inc?
mons
18 years ago
8 minutes ago
91,656
After the patch 17.2 German national team is full of grey fake guys but Japan naitonal team calls up real players.I applied all instructions but I didn't delete the file named "1700_fm" in db/1700 folder.I also didn't delete "1701_fmc" "1701_fm" file in db/1700 etc. Do we need to delete all files except for dbc,edt,inc?

Check the edt/permanent folder in each of 1700, 1701, 1710 and 1712. If there is a file named fake.edt in either of the above folders, then it needs to be deleted.
Tiago Pinto
12 years ago
9 months ago
2
Why now Sporting from Portugal have " Sporting (POR) " ?!

Can put " Sportign CP " ??


I've tried to change it on my own and it didn't work.

If this issue could be adressed, please also change Sporting (POR) B to Sporting CP B

Many thanks
mons
18 years ago
8 minutes ago
91,656
I've tried to change it on my own and it didn't work.

If this issue could be adressed, please also change Sporting (POR) B to Sporting CP B

Many thanks

Sorry, but I missed your first post.

Try following the steps in this post and let me know if it's fixed.
HappyDude88
14 years ago
5 days ago
13
Premium
I've added the file, applied it and seems to work fine. However, some of the club names haven't shown up correctly.

Germany
Schalke are known as Gelsenkirchen and many other clubs don't have the full club name.

Same goes for the Portuguese and Spanish clubs? Is there a reason for this?
mons
18 years ago
8 minutes ago
91,656
I've added the file, applied it and seems to work fine. However, some of the club names haven't shown up correctly.

Germany
Schalke are known as Gelsenkirchen and many other clubs don't have the full club name.

Same goes for the Portuguese and Spanish clubs? Is there a reason for this?

As explained in the readme and the installation instructions in the main post, club name changes only work if applied BEFORE starting a new game. There is a workaround in the first post to get them displayed in an existing save game, but this will see the respective clubs' nicknames not appearing.

If you are having this issue even though you are starting a save game, then can you please upload a screenshot of your editor data folder?
HappyDude88
14 years ago
5 days ago
13
Premium
I've added the file, applied it and seems to work fine. However, some of the club names haven't shown up correctly.

Germany
Schalke are known as Gelsenkirchen and many other clubs don't have the full club name.

Same goes for the Portuguese and Spanish clubs? Is there a reason for this?


That's the issue. It is a new game as I got it today. So I don't quite understand why it isn't working. Looks like the German, Portuguese and Spanish clubs only affected.

The editor data folder has the following files - I can't screen grab it as I haven't got the required software:
3 Letter Name for Competitions
Bookmakers
Club Name Changes
European Competition Colour Changes
Merged Media Files.

If there's nothing you can do, it's fine. I'll buy the editor to make the change solely.

Thanks for your hard work, it is appreciated. Everything else seems to work fine.
Cvija
15 years ago
3 years ago
1,272
Only team from Portugal dont dork,why?
mons
18 years ago
8 minutes ago
91,656
That's the issue. It is a new game as I got it today. So I don't quite understand why it isn't working. Looks like the German, Portuguese and Spanish clubs only affected.

The editor data folder has the following files - I can't screen grab it as I haven't got the required software:
3 Letter Name for Competitions
Bookmakers
Club Name Changes
European Competition Colour Changes
Merged Media Files.

If there's nothing you can do, it's fine. I'll buy the editor to make the change solely.

Thanks for your hard work, it is appreciated. Everything else seems to work fine.

Hmm, that's strange as the contents seem fine. Where have you placed the folder? Is it in Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2017? The files must be directly in the editor data folder. Anything within a sub-folder won't work.

Can you perhaps take a photo with your mobile of the folder? Or maybe a print screen with your keyboard, then paste it to paint? And in each case attach it to your reply.
Bearded Shrimper
14 years ago
1 year ago
59
The Germany national team is working but not the team names. I looked in the editor folder and the file is full of nonsense, any ideas what's gone wrong?

mons
18 years ago
8 minutes ago
91,656
The Germany national team is working but not the team names. I looked in the editor folder and the file is full of nonsense, any ideas what's gone wrong?

That particular file can't be opened with Notepad, but only with the editor.

Club name changes only work if applied BEFORE starting a new game. There is a workaround in the first post to get them displayed in an existing save game, but this will see the respective clubs' nicknames not appearing.

Edit: I see we've already had a very similar conversation earlier this year with the FM16 version of this file and that you eventually solved it, so make sure you do the same steps
HappyDude88
14 years ago
5 days ago
13
Premium
Hmm, that's strange as the contents seem fine. Where have you placed the folder? Is it in Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2017? The files must be directly in the editor data folder. Anything within a sub-folder won't work.

Can you perhaps take a photo with your mobile of the folder? Or maybe a print screen with your keyboard, then paste it to paint? And in each case attach it to your reply.


It's in exactly the same folder when I copied the files across. In case you're wondering, there were other editor data files around but I've not change the file structure from the download.
mons
18 years ago
8 minutes ago
91,656
It's in exactly the same folder when I copied the files across. In case you're wondering, there were other editor data files around but I've not change the file structure from the download.

Aha, got it.

The above files should be in the first editor data folder, such as in this screenshot: http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u344/maltamons/real%20name%20fix%20fm17.png~original

In your screenshot, they're in another sub-folder. Take them out, start a new game, and they should work. They will work perfectly fine alongside other editor data files; I have 50-odd other files from here and there and haven't had any issues whatsoever
Bearded Shrimper
14 years ago
1 year ago
59
That particular file can't be opened with Notepad, but only with the editor.

Club name changes only work if applied BEFORE starting a new game. There is a workaround in the first post to get them displayed in an existing save game, but this will see the respective clubs' nicknames not appearing.

Edit: I see we've already had a very similar conversation earlier this year with the FM16 version of this file and that you eventually solved it, so make sure you do the same steps


we did, but can you let me know the link?
I did all this before starting a game.
ta
HappyDude88
14 years ago
5 days ago
13
Premium
Aha, got it.

The above files should be in the first editor data folder, such as in this screenshot: http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u344/maltamons/real%20name%20fix%20fm17.png~original

In your screenshot, they're in another sub-folder. Take them out, start a new game, and they should work. They will work perfectly fine alongside other editor data files; I have 50-odd other files from here and there and haven't had any issues whatsoever


Brilliant - all works now. Thanks for your help.
mons
18 years ago
8 minutes ago
91,656
we did, but can you let me know the link?
I did all this before starting a game.
ta

Which link mate?
algar_toon
12 years ago
1 month ago
10
I cant find Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2017
Its not hidden, a search wont find it and ive installed the editor

Any ideas?

Bearded Shrimper
14 years ago
1 year ago
59


you said
Edit: I see we've already had a very similar conversation earlier this year with the FM16 version of this file and that you eventually solved it, so make sure you do the same steps

i've found the thread but can't find the answer

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