This file will need to be re-applied if/when official 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.

Some of these changes, ESPECIALLY THE CLUB NAMES, may not apply in the Beta, FM Touch 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 2018 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. The latter 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. Due to licensing reasons, the number of Ajax non-playing staff is quite small and this file contains a fix to restore them. 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 2018\data\database\db\1800
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2018\data\database\db\1810
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2018\data\database\db\1830
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 2018 / data / database / db / 1800 
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
 / Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2018 / data / database / db / 1810 
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
 / Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2018 / data / database / db / 1830 
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.

For those struggling to find the Steam and Steam Apps folder etc using Mac with the new OS High Sierra, this link below shows how you can unhide your Library folder which will then let you find the other folders.

Slightly more detail in this post



OPEN
/home/user/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Football Manager 2018/data//database/db/1800/
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
/home/user/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Football Manager 2018/data//database/db/1810/
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
/home/user/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Football Manager 2018/data//database/db/1830/
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders

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



[b]OPEN
sdcard\Android\data\sportsinteractive.fm18\files\installed\data\\database\db\1800
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
sdcard\Android\data\sportsinteractive.fm18\files\installed\data\\database\db\1810
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders
OPEN
sdcard\Android\data\sportsinteractive.fm18\files\installed\data\\database\db\1830
DELETE the dbc , edt and Inc folders


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 respective folder structures should look like in both the 1800 and 1801 an folders:

https://i.imgur.com/mnIiKTT.png
https://i.imgur.com/qDCcSOy.png
https://i.imgur.com/VLVqYin.png

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 2018\editor data
This should be what your editor data folder looks like now. 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.

https://i.imgur.com/fD6OfXK.png

STEP 6

If you had already used previous versions of this download, you will need to delete the files named:
Susie Real Name Fixes - Abdelhak Nouri removed_6B282152-37E5-4FFE-9159-07277A5FD537.fmf
and
Susie Real Name Fixes - Ajax staff FM18_51792081-6A2F-4EF3-8781-F6D8D9E2A331.fmf
from within the editor data folder as they are no longer needed. Retaining them will see a duplicate complement for Ajax staff members.



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. The Japanese national team will be populated along the same lines too, but any Japan-based players are not in the official database and need a third-party add-on to be created and added.

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
finalthrd
10 years ago
2 years ago
245
Thrilled to see this already working.

Thanks mons.
Broverhood
8 years ago
1 month ago
1
Thank you very much for this fix file and for the installation instructions
Remez
16 years ago
1 week ago
13
In Romania, Steaua Bucaresti is Fotbal Club FCSB
Stirlin90
11 years ago
1 month ago
1
Premium
Great job as always
vennisdos
9 years ago
1 month ago
5
Premium
Wow, I don't even have the FM update yet.
Very impressive how quick you guys are
Thanks
mons
17 years ago
9 minutes ago
85,500
In Romania, Steaua Bucaresti is Fotbal Club FCSB

They're fine in my game:

https://sortitoutsi.net/comments/attachment/7901/Screenshot-7.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/comments/attachment/7902/Screenshot-8.png

Must be something at your end as I have not made any changes at all to the default FCSB data...
Remez
16 years ago
1 week ago
13
Ok weird, Well ill just change it manualy then, thx
Ipswich Knights
9 years ago
4 years ago
1,400
Fantastic working right away
mons
17 years ago
9 minutes ago
85,500
Ok weird, Well ill just change it manualy then, thx

As you're the second person to mention it, would I be asking too much if I requested an in-game screenshot of the club and of your editor data folder please?

Send to me via PM if you prefer not to show them here, but I'm interested to see why you're getting the wrong text which is nowhere to be seen and if there's anything I can do to solve it.
mons
17 years ago
9 minutes ago
85,500
They're fine in my game:

https://sortitoutsi.net/comments/attachment/7901/Screenshot-7.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/comments/attachment/7902/Screenshot-8.png

Must be something at your end as I have not made any changes at all to the default FCSB data...

@ovidiu10, as the foremost Romanian contributor on this forum, would you say anything in the above is incorrect?
Phrizer
11 years ago
3 weeks ago
14
@MetaLchesH, yep, been on it for the past 15 mins

I'm afraid you must either have a separate file running or you must have applied some other patch.

Look at the below screenshots.


Man, I don't really know what to do. I don't have anything else installed. Everything works just great. Champions league, europa league, brazilians teams. The only team is Steaua that really doesn't change. Do I have to reinstall the game? Even if this was the first time I installed it.
mons
17 years ago
9 minutes ago
85,500
Man, I don't really know what to do. I don't have anything else installed. Everything works just great. Champions league, europa league, brazilians teams. The only team is Steaua that really doesn't change. Do I have to reinstall the game? Even if this was the first time I installed it.

As luck would have it, I've just spoken on the same issue via PM with another user.

There's nothing wrong with the FCSB name as that is Steaua's official name now (google it), due to a legal challenge with the Romanian Army. They are not allowed to refer to themselves as Steaua, and therefore neither should we.
Phrizer
11 years ago
3 weeks ago
14
As luck would have it, I've just spoken on the same issue via PM with another user.

There's nothing wrong with the FCSB name as that is Steaua's official name now (google it), due to a legal challenge with the Romanian Army. They are not allowed to refer to themselves as Steaua, and therefore neither should we.


I Know that. That's the problem. On my save it's still Steaua and not FCSB. Really don't know hot to fix it.
mons
17 years ago
9 minutes ago
85,500
I Know that. That's the problem. On my save it's still Steaua and not FCSB. Really don't know hot to fix it.

Hmm, can you give me an in-game screenshot of the club and of your editor data folder please?
gjweavr
6 years ago
6 years ago
1
How can I do this on Mac?
Phrizer
11 years ago
3 weeks ago
14
Hmm, can you give me an in-game screenshot of the club and of your editor data folder please?


Phrizer
11 years ago
3 weeks ago
14
Hmm, can you give me an in-game screenshot of the club and of your editor data folder please?


And this is the editor data screenshot
mons
17 years ago
9 minutes ago
85,500
How can I do this on Mac?

Do the steps in the OP not help?



And this is the editor data screenshot

Everything looks fine there . Bear with me, can you try changing language to English and starting a new game then? Maybe it's a translation thing?
Phrizer
11 years ago
3 weeks ago
14
Do the steps in the OP not help?

Everything looks fine there . Bear with me, can you try changing language to English and starting a new game then? Maybe it's a translation thing?


We made it In english everything works just perfect. Thank dude!
mons
17 years ago
9 minutes ago
85,500
We made it In english everything works just perfect. Thank dude!

Go figure - you're welcome, glad to have helped.
gorando
11 years ago
3 days ago
18
Mouscron-Peruwelz is now called Royal Excel Mouscron. short: Mouscron
mons
17 years ago
9 minutes ago
85,500
Mouscron-Peruwelz is now called Royal Excel Mouscron. short: Mouscron

Thanks
ovidiu10
17 years ago
3 days ago
13,132
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@ovidiu10, as the foremost Romanian contributor on this forum, would you say anything in the above is incorrect?

Everything is fine in database. It seems to be a translation issue.
mons
17 years ago
9 minutes ago
85,500
Everything is fine in database. It seems to be a translation issue.

Looks like it, yes. Thanks for setting my mind at ease
Maleven
10 years ago
6 years ago
29
Premium
Apologies if this is repetition, but I'm just checking in to report that I've just loaded a save that I created prior to the full release while using the Beta without re-applying the fix as instructed. To my present surprise, all the corrections are still functioning as they were before (correct competition names, correct club names, real-world player in the Germany squads). Nice work.
d4ky
8 years ago
2 years ago
60
Ajax staff fix doesn't seem to be working. Anyone else with this issue?
Vedixsz
6 years ago
3 years ago
9
So i followed the instructions in the download file itself and now when i attempt to start up a new career save it says that im using a custom database. Is this supposed to happen or not?
mons
17 years ago
9 minutes ago
85,500
Apologies if this is repetition, but I'm just checking in to report that I've just loaded a save that I created prior to the full release while using the Beta without re-applying the fix as instructed. To my present surprise, all the corrections are still functioning as they were before (correct competition names, correct club names, real-world player in the Germany squads). Nice work.

Using the old version of this file with an old save won't see any difference, but you would need the new files if you're starting a new game. If that makes sense



Ajax staff fix doesn't seem to be working. Anyone else with this issue?

Have you started a new game? There's a screenshot in the OP displaying that it works, so I'm afraid it must be something wrong which you did at your end...



So i followed the instructions in the download file itself and now when i attempt to start up a new career save it says that im using a custom database. Is this supposed to happen or not?

Erm, a custom database is when you choose to load players from a particular club, nation, division, continent and/or region from the advanced setup screen. It's got nothing to do with this file, I think.

Can you upload a screenshot of the message being displayed please?
Vedixsz
6 years ago
3 years ago
9
https://imgur.com/a/GNANG
https://imgur.com/a/3bvZB

I downloaded the game and then did the name fix immediately, i made no changes in the game at all.
mons
17 years ago
9 minutes ago
85,500
https://imgur.com/a/GNANG
https://imgur.com/a/3bvZB

I downloaded the game and then did the name fix immediately, i made no changes in the game at all.

I'm at work and behind a firewall so can't see them.

Tried looking on my mobile but the screenshots are not clear enough to read the text.

Can you attach the screenshots to your next post? Using the add attachment button just above the submit button

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