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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, do NOT apply 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 2022 to the proper, real life names for awards, cities, stadiums and competitions, in cases where the actual name is not licensed, such as Champions League, Europa League and Premier League displaying instead of EURO Cup, EURO Vase and Premier Division respectively. It will also fix the fact that the German and Japanese National teams don't call up real players. These are all 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 Brazilian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (including Juventus) and French clubs, as well as Manchester Utd, to circumvent licensing restrictions. It also adds real-life media and journalists, encompassing most major footballing nations and continents. Brazilian clubs' text colours are also changed through an editor data file. Another editor data file creates the Ajax non-playing staff and the German national team manager missing from the database due to licensing restrictions. 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
You may find this (windows) Video Tutorial useful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHrhgEG2YbM
STEP 1.
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2022\data\database\db\2200
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2022\data\database\db\2201
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2022\data\database\db\2210
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2022\data\database\db\2230
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2022\data\database\db\2240
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
Notes: \Program Files (x86)\ could be \Program Files\ depending on your set up.
Equivalent folders for PC players on Gamepass
Before being able to operate these files, you need to get Gamepass to enable mods - thanks to @MrGizMo for help on the below guide on how to do so
Click on the game in Gamepass and enable mods as per the below:
When you click “Enable Mods”, this is what comes up:
When you click “Enable Mods”, you'll be notified that mods are now enabled:
And when you click “Open Mods Folder", it'll take you to the location where the game is installed:
OPEN
Program Files\ModifiableWindowsApps\Football Manager 2022\data\database\db\2200
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files\ModifiableWindowsApps\Football Manager 2022\data\database\db\2201
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files\ModifiableWindowsApps\Football Manager 2022\data\databasee\db\2210
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files\ModifiableWindowsApps\Football Manager 2022\data\databasee\db\2230
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files\ModifiableWindowsApps\Football Manager 2022\data\databasee\db\2240
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
Equivalent folders for PC players on Epic Games
Epic Games Installation
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager2022\data\database\db\2200
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager2022\data\database\db\2201
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager2022\data\database\db\2210
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager2022\data\database\db\2230
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager2022\data\database\db\2240
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
Notes: \Program Files (x86)\ could be \Program Files\ depending on your set up.
Equivalent folders for Mac users
Mac
OPEN
/ Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2022 / data / database / db / 2200
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
/ Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2022 / data / database / db / 2201
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
/ Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2022 / data / database / db / 2210
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
/ Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2022 / data / database / db / 2230
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
/ Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2022 / data / database / db / 2240
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc 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 menu
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.
STEP 2:
COPY the dbc, edt and lnc 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 the 2240 folder:
dbc:
dbc/permanent:
edt/permanent:
lnc:
STEP 4:
COPY the 11 files located in the EDITOR DATA FILES folder in the downloaded pack
STEP 5
PASTE to \Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2022\editor data
This is also the same folder to be used for Gamepass.
As stated by SI themselves, for Gamepass, however:
You are not able to change the user data location as such but you can use the user data folder in Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2022 to store facepacks and graphics.
Equivalent folder for Mac
Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive
By default this folder is hidden, so to access you need to do as follows:
Open Finder
Click ‘Go’ from the menubar
Press and hold down the ‘Option’ (Alt) key
This will bring up the ‘Library’, click to enter then go to ‘Application Support’ -> ‘Sports Interactive’ -> ‘Football Manager 2022’[/spoiler]
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.
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.
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, Japanese and German national teams will be populated in the next instance that players are called up, and not immediately. Do keep in mind that this file does not add Japan-based players, who are not in the official database and will 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.
- Date Created
- 17 Oct 2021 11:12:05
- Date Updated
- 04 Apr 2022 16:17:29
- Last Comment
- 15 Mar 2024 11:30:39
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mons
Are you playing with an original version of the copy or a cracked version?
tonskudaigle
Just noticed something int he media files. Urheilukanava no longer exists. Hasn't existed in 10 or so years 🙂
There are plenty of new Finnish news outlets though, as you'd expect in this day and age.
ianvou
@mons just spotted one miss in Norway.
loomie
Is it possible to split Ajax Staff fix and Hansi Flick fix to two seperate files?
thanks
Burak.kose53
There are two extra files in the dbc folder. newcastle.dbc and norway.dbc, what exactly are they?
mons
Thanks for the heads-up. If you'd tell me what they are, I'd add them willingly 👍
Thanks for this - will fix it for the next release 👍
That was the original idea but it wasn't possible because of a bug with editor data files.
Those were part of the files including when the beta was released and they are no longer necessary.
Slates84
Does anyone know if the game detail screen is bugged as it shows on my game over 64653 changes to db with these files, but if you add them up individually per file it only comes to 53345 changes?
mons
I'm not sure that's got anything to do with this file in particular 😕
Slates84
just weird how its calculating the number of changes differently :/
Lionsault
Portugal:
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 83300796 "Campeonato de Portugal (1922-1938)" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 83300796 "Campeonato de Portugal (22-38)" ""
Lionsault
USA:
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 20047508 "United Soccer League One"
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 20047508 "United Soccer League League One" “”
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE"20047508 "USL1"
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE"20047508 "USL1" “”
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 20047509 "United Soccer League One
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 20047509 “United Soccer League League One Cup” “”
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 20047509 "USL1 Cup"
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 20047509 "USL1 Cup" “”
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000101203 "United Soccer League Championship Atlantic Division" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 2000101203 "USLC Atlantic Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000101204 "United Soccer League Championship Central Division" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 2000101204 "USLC Central Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000101205 "United Soccer League Championship Mountain Division" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 2000101205 "USLC Mountain Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000059543 "United Soccer League Championship Group A" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 2000059543 "USLC Group A" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000059544 "United Soccer League Championship Group B" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 2000059544 "USLC Group B" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000059545 "United Soccer League Championship Group C" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 2000059545 "USLC Group C" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000059546 "United Soccer League Championship Group D" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 2000059546 "USLC Group D" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000059547 "United Soccer League Championship Group E" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 2000059547 "USLC Group E" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000059548 "United Soccer League Championship Group F" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 2000059548 "USLC Group F" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000059550 "United Soccer League Championship Group G" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 2000059550 "USLC Group G" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000059551 "United Soccer League Championship Group H" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 2000059551 "USLC Group H" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 981733 "United Soccer League Two" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 981733 "United Soccer League League Two" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 164021 "United Soccer League Two Great Lakes Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 164021 "United Soccer League League Two Great Lakes Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 164022 "United Soccer League Two Heartland Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 164022 "United Soccer League League Two Heartland Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 164023 "United Soccer League Two Mid Atlantic Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 164023 "United Soccer League League Two Mid Atlantic Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 164024 "United Soccer League Two Northeast Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 164024 "United Soccer League League Two Northeast Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 164025 "United Soccer League Two Mid South Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 164025 "United Soccer League League Two Mid South Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 164026 "United Soccer League Two Southeast Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 164026 "United Soccer League League Two Southeast Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 164027 "United Soccer League Two Southwest Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 164027 "United Soccer League League Two Southwest Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 164028 "United Soccer League Two Northwest Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 164028 "United Soccer League League Two Northwest Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 20016870 "United Soccer League Two South Atlantic Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 20016870 "United Soccer League League Two South Atlantic Division" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 20016870 "USL2 Atlantic Division" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 20016870 "USL2 South Atlantic Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 20017941 "United Soccer League Two New England Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 20017941 "United Soccer League League Two New England Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 20017948 "United Soccer League Two Midwest Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 20017948 "United Soccer League League Two Midwest Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 20031727 "United Soccer League Two Central Pacific Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 20031727 "United Soccer League League Two Mountain Division" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 20031727 "USL2 Central Pacific Division" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 20031727 "USL2 Mountain Division" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 20046392 "United Soccer League Two Central Pacific Division"
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 20046392 "United Soccer League League Two Central Pacific Division"
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 20047465 "United Soccer League Two Deep South Division"
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 20047465 "United Soccer League League Two Deep South Division"
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000071675 "United Soccer League League Two Metropolitan Division"
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 2000071675 "USL2 Metropolitan Division"
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 20040518 "United Soccer League Two Cup" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 20040518 "United Soccer League League Two Cup" ""
Lionsault
Spain:
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 121091 "Segunda División RFEF" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 121091 "Segunda División B" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 121091 "2ª RFEF" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 121091 "2ª B" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 69 "Segunda División B Grupo I" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 69 "2ª B Grupo I" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 70 "Segunda División B Grupo II" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 70 "2ª B Grupo II" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 71 "Segunda División B Grupo III" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 71 "2ª B Grupo III" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 72 "Segunda División B Grupo IV" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 72 "2ª B Grupo IV" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000032789 "Segunda División B Grupo V" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 2000032789 "2ª B Grupo V" ""
Lionsault
Chile:
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 5250792 "Campeonato AFP Plan Vital" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 5250792 "Campeonato AFP PlanVital" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 82 "Campeonato AFP Plan Vital Apertura" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 82 "Campeonato AFP PlanVital Apertura" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 83 "Campeonato AFP Plan Vital Clausura" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 83 "Campeonato AFP PlanVital Clausura" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 5250793 "Campeonato JuegaenLinea.com" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 5250793 "Campeonato Ascenso Betsson" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 75034137 "Segunda División Profesional de Chile" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 75034137 "Campeonato Pullman Bus" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 75045762 "Tercera División B de Chile Zona Norte" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 75045762 "Tercera B Zona Norte" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 75045763 "Tercera División B de Chile Zona Centro" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 75045763 "Tercera B Zona Centro" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 75045764 "Tercera División B de Chile Zona Sur" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 75045764 "Tercera B Zona Sur" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 75042234 "Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Amateur" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 75042234 "ANFA" ""
Lionsault
Ecuador:
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000015110 "Supercopa Pilsener" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 2000015110 "Supercopa Pilsener" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000048840 "Primera División RFEF" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000048840 "Primera RFEF Footters" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000048844 "Primera División RFEF - Grupo I" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000048844 "Primera RFEF Footters - Grupo I" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000048846 "Primera División RFEF - Grupo II" ""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000048846 "Primera RFEF Footters - Grupo II" ""
Source https://www.footters.com/category/primera-rfef-footters/
Lionsault
CONCACAF Gold Cup Qualifying:
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000110630 "CONCACAF Gold Cup Qualifying" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 2000110630 "CONCACAF Gold Cup Qualifying" ""
:::::::::)
Update released
mons
@Lionsault's efforts were very timely indeed then 🍻
I'll release a new version of this patch once I get home from work in 2 or 3 hours. Hold tight 😉
:::::::::)
Looking forward to the release 😀
mons
New version is now available to coincide with the release of the official update FM22.1.1.
The changes included those proposed in this thread since the release of the previous version of this file, mostly competition names but also some award and club name changes.
ianvou
This was right until last year i guess. How can the fixed name be Segunda 2B while its not even one level below? Primera RFEF is between those two ‘’segundas''.
We could name Primera RFEF, Segunda Super B 😂😂😂.
No offense but it seems that competition name was used until last year! I saw it myself on the RFEF website (they still have that division as 2aB) but with Primera RFEF now between them its oxymoron to be called as Segunda and having 2 divisions difference with the normal segunda
mons
That's what I thought too, but after I checked it transpires that these competitions were the ones in the third tier used in-game until up to last year (I think). These are no longer playable competitions in FM. In fact, if you'd bothered to check the lnc file before getting all worried about it, you'd have seen them listed under “extinct competitions” 😉
The new ones, which have taken their place in real life, are completely different competitions in-game with a different UID.
In practice, what this means is that they are considered different competitions in FM and will be displayed separately in a team's competition history and competitions won, for instance.
Stato_M
Sorry if I'm being blind but I cant see a new DB folder since the patch……
mons
What new db folder are you referring to? The official update does not add any new folders, nor does this download. It's merely an update…
Stato_M
Ah I was being silly!!! Thanks for the update so quickly 🙂
sreillyceltic
Hi. I had edited some of the club names from your original patch launch, But I actually am going to start a new save tonight,Will SI's small update today have overwritten anything in the patch?
mons
SI's change will not affect any changes you have made.
However, the new club name changes file for this download will naturally overwrite what you changed, so it might be worth either (a) not using the new club name changes file from this download or more practically (b) make those changes again, this time into a completely separate editor data file so that every time a new version of this file is released, all you'd need is to merge your changes into this file. Otherwise, you won't be able to use the club name changes editor data file from this download every again.
the_postie
Finally managed to get Flick into the game, had to merge the file with the first one alphabetically that created a person and left these files in and he appears, didn’t appear before
mons
It's a known issue and one SI are working on. It's not specifically related to this download so there isn't much I can do. Hopefully SI can release a fix for it in the near future 👍
the_postie
I know it’s not your fault and problem caused by SI but that seems to be the only way it works with other files creating people, just giving heads up for anyone who wants it, excellent work by yourself as usual though