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
MooreAR
11 years ago
4 months ago
173
I have applied the new update and started a new save, all the name changes have worked, but Japan and Germany national teams still aren't using real players?
SrWer
11 years ago
7 months ago
7,002
@mons Many thanks and a good continuation of work
mons
17 years ago
2 hours ago
85,497
I have applied the new update and started a new save, all the name changes have worked, but Japan and Germany national teams still aren't using real players?

Have you removed the lnc folder or just copied the contents of this download into your lnc folder?

Can I see a screenshot of your lnc folders and the Japan and Germany national teams in your new game?
Jan.
17 years ago
3 weeks ago
305
Premium
Do we also delete the folders in the new 1830 folder?

The instructions haven't been updated in the op.

Edit: Ignore me, I hadn't unzipped the file and found instructions there.
Tommy Hughes
11 years ago
17 hours ago
645
I have applied the new update and started a new save, all the name changes have worked, but Japan and Germany national teams still aren't using real players?


If I remember correctly, the real Japanese and German players only appear in their respective national teams' squad the first time the national teams choose their players for the upcoming national fixtures.
Maybe you can make a backup save and holiday some time onwards to be sure it works right and that the players appear in their national squads?
MooreAR
11 years ago
4 months ago
173
Have you removed the lnc folder or just copied the contents of this download into your lnc folder?

Can I see a screenshot of your lnc folders and the Japan and Germany national teams in your new game?


I completely removed the Inc folder and copied the new files, here are the screenshots

mons
17 years ago
2 hours ago
85,497
Do we also delete the folders in the new 1830 folder?

The instructions haven't been updated in the op.

Edit: Ignore me, I hadn't unzipped the file and found instructions there.

I was in the process of updating the OP, you got there quicker than me



I completely removed the Inc folder and copied the new files, here are the screenshots

You need to do the same steps for the 1830 folder, not just the 1800 and 1801 folders
downloadkct
12 years ago
3 years ago
16
Thanks @mons , this patch is a must.
MooreAR
11 years ago
4 months ago
173
I was in the process of updating the OP, you got there quicker than me

You need to do the same steps for the 1830 folder, not just the 1800 and 1801 folders


Ahh I originally did it off the OP, before you had updated about the 1830 folder

Sorted the files out and works perfectly well now, thank you very much, ignore my stupidity haha
reject
15 years ago
4 months ago
3
Premium
Just a liitle error I've come across. The Ukrainian leagues name has a question mark in the middle of it. It reads Ukrayins?ka Premyer-Liha for me.
mons
17 years ago
2 hours ago
85,497
Just a liitle error I've come across. The Ukrainian leagues name has a question mark in the middle of it. It reads Ukrayins?ka Premyer-Liha for me.

Good spot - I've uploaded a new version to solve this. Can you please check it's OK now?
reject
15 years ago
4 months ago
3
Premium
Still has the question mark in it.
mons
17 years ago
2 hours ago
85,497
Still has the question mark in it.

Works fine my end

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/lSO1iF81su67vdAHDkcVUO5zKgUE6RFQKtGdUZkt.jpg
reject
15 years ago
4 months ago
3
Premium
Yeah I messed up the reinstall. Working fine now, good job.
Jamie Watson
9 years ago
1 month ago
3
Thank you very much for the reply @mons you are a legend!

I will follow those instructions tomorrow just to be on the safe side with my existing save. Thanks again for all the work put into this, appreciate it massively!
Alex13
16 years ago
3 weeks ago
37
Hello
Porto and Benfica are still called FCP and SLB even though Champions League and Europa League show correctly...What might be the case?
Same with German Spanish teams etc

Ok fixed it
I put the editor files on my documents..Game didnt recognise them in my F drive in which I had put the user data folder
mons
17 years ago
2 hours ago
85,497
Hello
Porto and Benfica are still called FCP and SLB even though Champions League and Europa League show correctly...What might be the case?
Same with German Spanish teams etc

Ok fixed it
I put the editor files on my documents..Game didnt recognise them in my F drive in which I had put the user data folder

The game's default user data location is Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 2018. If you don't place everything there, the game quite simply won't read it.

If you want to change the default user data folder to anywhere other than that folder (perhaps to another hard drive or an external hard disk), then follow these steps to ensure that the game reads any files you place there.

It's really quite simple and works very well for me
Marck
11 years ago
20 hours ago
20
Premium
have done what is on page 1 but it does not help any idea?
Amberhelix
7 years ago
3 weeks ago
3
Hi Mons - I think the Slovakian 2nd league is named wrong. It reads as 'slovenska' liga in this new update? I'm English but that means Slovenian right?
mons
17 years ago
2 hours ago
85,497
have done what is on page 1 but it does not help any idea?

You'll have to be a bit more specific than that if you want me to be able to help you. What doesn't work? Can you provide screenshots within FM (ideally corresponding to the one in the main post)? Can you provide screenshots of the locations you've installed the files included in this download.




Hi Mons - I think the Slovakian 2nd league is named wrong. It reads as 'slovenska' liga in this new update? I'm English but that means Slovenian right?

No idea, I was following this suggestion by @egbertjan

Wikipedia says he's right, though...
Marck
11 years ago
20 hours ago
20
Premium
I've got it to work as it should now

know that nothing has to do with someone who has a link so you can get the japen in the game
Amberhelix
7 years ago
3 weeks ago
3


Just my language skills that are wrong then! Thanks for the job you do mate.
mons
17 years ago
2 hours ago
85,497
I've got it to work as it should now

know that nothing has to do with someone who has a link so you can get the japen in the game

I personally use, and would strongly recommend, using this file, which not only adds the Japanese divisions as playable, but also adds players throughout the country's clubs.

However, I haven't had time to check whether it's compatible with 18.3 yet. Going by past experience, it may be the case that it's not fully compatible yet as the creator may need to make some changes, but I'm aware that he's working on this, so hopefully we won't have to wait long till we can use it
tsimi98
8 years ago
2 years ago
3
what to do with 1830 ??
mons
17 years ago
2 hours ago
85,497
what to do with 1830 ??

Follow the installation instructions - which part did you not understand?
tsimi98
8 years ago
2 years ago
3
Follow the installation instructions - which part did you not understand?


well in the main instructions there is no step for 1830 or if you replied as a comment i havent seen it
b13v3r
12 years ago
1 day ago
83
Mons, for future updates:

deportivo la coruna plays in ABANCA-RIAZOR
Just a new sponsor name as stadium

https://www.rcdeportivo.es/anosacasa/abanca-riazor
Alex13
16 years ago
3 weeks ago
37
The game's default user data location is Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 2018. If you don't place everything there, the game quite simply won't read it.

If you want to change the default user data folder to anywhere other than that folder (perhaps to another hard drive or an external hard disk), then follow these steps to ensure that the game reads any files you place there.

It's really quite simple and works very well for me


Yep I had no problems at all in previous versions but this year I decided to split the data folder in another drive but I forgot to add a folder to the path line that's why the problem occured
Thanks for the great work!!
mons
17 years ago
2 hours ago
85,497
well in the main instructions there is no step for 1830 or if you replied as a comment i havent seen it

I see. I'm sure I edited the OP yesterday to include reference to 1830 but I must not have saved it

Read the installation instructions included within the download to see what needs to be done, because those are definitely correct.
krissmed
9 years ago
1 day ago
35,307
The Norwegian Super cup is called "mesterfinalen".

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