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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.

Comments
mons
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By the_postie 16 November 2021 - 19:25 PM UTC 

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 

 

I know you weren't blaming me, I was simply stating a fact 🙂

enziocosta
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Thanks for the update!

lloydizzle92
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By mons 17 October 2021 - 11:12 AM UTC 

If you have already started a save-game and wish to change German, Spanish, Italian and French club names to the correct ones, there is a workaround. However, you will lose the club nicknames.

 

Open the City, Club and Stadium Names.lnc file with Notepad (on Windows) and TextEdit (on Mac). All the changes I've made in the editor data file are included in this file, however they are preceded by a hashtag (#) which makes the lnc file ignore any text following it.

 

You can remove the hashtags from in front of any of the "CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" and "CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" codes which you wish to change, and this will ensure these changes are displayed in your save game.

 

For Notepad, all you need to do is: Select the edit menu, click the replace option, type #"CLUB in the first field and "CLUB in the second and click replace all. Then save and close. Shouldn't take more than 3 seconds if you do it right 🙂

 


Instead of


#"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 915 "FC Bayern München" ""
#"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 915 "FC Bayern" ""

 

you should have


"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 915 "FC Bayern München" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 915 "FC Bayern" ""


Basically:
Using an lnc
Pro: Can be used (and disabled) after a save game has been started
Con: Removes club nicknames for those teams whose name has been edited


Using the editor data file
Pro: Retains club nicknames
Con: Needs to be applied before starting a new game

 

Hi there, managed to use this to get it all working except the Brazilian team names. Any suggestions. thank you

mons
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By lloydizzle92 16 November 2021 - 23:28 PM UTC 

Hi there, managed to use this to get it all working except the Brazilian team names. Any suggestions. thank you

 

Owing to the way the Brazilian name changes are restricted due to licensing, you will need to have this download in place before starting a new game, and it is not a change which can be done via lnc files.

explosivewinger
10 years ago
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Some competition, award & club names in Indonesia needs to be updated

 

Competitions

#Indonesia

"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 41004312 "Shopee Liga 1" "" to "COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 41004312 "BRI Liga 1" ""

 

*Shopee is no longer the main sponsor of Liga 1 Indonesia

*BRI is the new main sponsor of 2021/22 Liga 1 Indonesia

 

Awards

#Indonesia

"AWARD_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 41014699 "GO-JEK Liga 1 Team of the Year" "" to "AWARD_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 41014699 "Liga 1 Team of the Year" ""
"AWARD_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 41014699 "GO-JEK Team of the Year" "" to "AWARD_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 41014699 "Team of the Year" ""

"AWARD_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 41014696 "GO-JEK Liga 1 Team of the Week" "" to "AWARD_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 41014696 "Liga 1 Team of the Week" ""
"AWARD_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 41014696 "GO-JEK Team of the Week" "" to "AWARD_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 41014696 "Team of the Week" ""

 

Some new addition

 

Clubs

# Indonesia

#"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 41021352 "Borneo FC Samarinda" ""

#"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 41021352 "Borneo FC" ""

#"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 41060486 "Persikabo 1973" ""

#"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 41060486 "Persikabo 1973" ""

#"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 41047051 "RANS Cilegon FC" ""

#"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 41047051 "RANS Cilegon" ""

#"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 41061715 "Sulut United FC" ""

#"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 41061715 "Sulut United" ""

#"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000003587 "Hizbul Wathan FC" ""

#"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 2000003587 "Hizbul Wathan" ""

#"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 2000090667 "Dewa United" ""

#"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 2000090667 "Muba Babel United" ""

 

kizawski
10 years ago
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Hey @mons, will I need to restart my save in order to get the update working or is this compatible with already started saves?

mons
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Thanks for those @Bram Carella, pity they weren't received 24 hours earlier as they'd have been added to v1.3

 

 

By kizawski 17 November 2021 - 10:20 AM UTC 

Hey @mons, will I need to restart my save in order to get the update working or is this compatible with already started saves?

 

In order to get the full benefit, then yes. However, the changes which are not save-game compatible are club name changes for mostly obscure teams and the addition of Hansi Flick's playing and non-playing history. The rest of the changes will be save-game compatible, so it's not really necessary to start a new save imo.

mohmetahmet
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By mons 17 November 2021 - 10:25 AM UTC 

Thanks for those @Bram Carella, pity they weren't received 24 hours earlier as they'd have been added to v1.3

 

 

 

In order to get the full benefit, then yes. However, the changes which are not save-game compatible are club name changes for mostly obscure teams and the addition of Hansi Flick's playing and non-playing history. The rest of the changes will be save-game compatible, so it's not really necessary to start a new save imo.

 

obscure teams like Juventus and Man United? 

 

Damn you burned them hard

mons
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By mohmetahmet 17 November 2021 - 11:33 AM UTC 

obscure teams like Juventus and Man United? 

 

Damn you burned them hard

 

That wasn't my intention, because both clubs were already changed in v1.2 of this file, so applying v1.3 won't make any difference to them 😉

Lionsault
13 years ago
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England:

 

#"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 104652 "Woolwich Arsenal" ""

#"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 104652 "Woolwich Arsenal" ""

mons
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By Lionsault 17 November 2021 - 17:10 PM UTC 

England:

 

#"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 104652 "Woolwich Arsenal" ""

#"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 104652 "Woolwich Arsenal" ""

 

Can I ask how you have determined this please? I can't find anything linking the existing club in the db with this, other than the common bit in the name.

Lionsault
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By mons 17 November 2021 - 17:20 PM UTC 

Can I ask how you have determined this please? I can't find anything linking the existing club in the db with this, other than the common bit in the name.

 

They match up with the history of the Championship in-game prior to removing “Woolwich” from the name. 

mons
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By Lionsault 17 November 2021 - 18:49 PM UTC 

They match up with the history of the Championship in-game prior to removing “Woolwich” from the name. 

 

Added 🍻

Joel Seiler
2 years ago
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Hey guys,

everything is working like it should except of the German National team and Flick and I just dont know why.

It worked for me once but now not anymore.

 

mons
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By Joel Seiler 17 November 2021 - 20:21 PM UTC 

Hey guys,

everything is working like it should except of the German National team and Flick and I just dont know why.

It worked for me once but now not anymore.

 

They're different files in different folders, so it looks like you didn't install it properly.

 

Compare your folders to those in the screenshots in the main post. If you think they're the same, post screenshots of yours 👍

Joel Seiler
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By mons 17 November 2021 - 20:31 PM UTC 

They're different files in different folders, so it looks like you didn't install it properly.

 

Compare your folders to those in the screenshots in the main post. If you think they're the same, post screenshots of yours 👍

For me they're clearly the same like in the instructions. And to avoid confusions I'm German so don't wonder xD

 

mons
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By Joel Seiler 17 November 2021 - 21:01 PM UTC 

For me they're clearly the same like in the instructions. And to avoid confusions I'm German so don't wonder xD

 

They are in the same folder indeed.

 

And you're starting a new game and the German national team does not populate with real players nor does Flick appear as manager?

Joel Seiler
2 years ago
8 months ago
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Yes indeed, and the champions league and so on also don't work I have no Idea why. Juventus , Man Utd is working .

Also tried reinstalling the folders and started new saves multiple times, but it's not working.

mons
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By Joel Seiler 17 November 2021 - 21:14 PM UTC 

Yes indeed, and the champions league and so on also don't work I have no Idea why. Juventus , Man Utd is working .

Also tried reinstalling the folders and started new saves multiple times, but it's not working.

 

When you go to Steam, select Library, right-click on FM22 and select properties. It should take you to this screen:

 

 

Choose the local files tab and click the browse button, it should take you to the same root folder.

 

Can you take a screenshot of the place it takes you to?

Joel Seiler
2 years ago
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It leaded me right to the attached place.

mons
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By Joel Seiler 17 November 2021 - 21:44 PM UTC 

It leaded me right to the attached place.

 

Which is not the the same as where you placed the files in your screenshots. That's where they need to go 😉

Joel Seiler
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By mons 17 November 2021 - 21:45 PM UTC 

Which is not the the same as where you placed the files in your screenshots. That's where they need to go 😉

 

So I just need to put the folders in the place where steam took me to? 

biohubert
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dude it seems the Japanese national team is still not working😢

mons
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By Joel Seiler 17 November 2021 - 21:55 PM UTC 

So I just need to put the folders in the place where steam took me to? 

 

Yes 👍

 

 

 

By biohubert 17 November 2021 - 22:36 PM UTC 

dude it seems the Japanese national team is still not working😢

 

From the last bit of the main post:

 

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.

 

If that doesn't help, can I have a full-page screenshot of the Japanese national team?

Pipo1084
2 years ago
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hi,

wrong career and wrong biography of hans flick!

mons
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By Pipo1084 18 November 2021 - 09:05 AM UTC 

hi,

wrong career and wrong biography of hans flick!

 

That's the competitions he won as a player. What's wrong with that?

Bojan Cifrić
6 years ago
1 month ago
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I have a question. When the new version of the game update comes out, can I insert the old update of the new folder 2211? Since I have version 1.1 or I need a new fix you are throwing out here. And now I'm interested in this fix that you currently released version 1.3 when I put it in folders 2200, 2201 and 2210 do I have to delete those old files or just copy these new ones? I'm also interested in when a new folder of type 2211 comes out, do I just have to insert new fixes into it or can I also insert old ones or I want to insert it in previous versions 2200, 2201 and 2210

Bojan Cifrić
6 years ago
1 month ago
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Which file do I need to insert to have Hansi Flick, and do I have to start a new save to make it work

mons
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By Bojan Cifrić 18 November 2021 - 16:19 PM UTC 

I have a question. When the new version of the game update comes out, can I insert the old update of the new folder 2211? Since I have version 1.1 or I need a new fix you are throwing out here. And now I'm interested in this fix that you currently released version 1.3 when I put it in folders 2200, 2201 and 2210 do I have to delete those old files or just copy these new ones? I'm also interested in when a new folder of type 2211 comes out, do I just have to insert new fixes into it or can I also insert old ones or I want to insert it in previous versions 2200, 2201 and 2210

 

When a new version of FM is released, I tend to release a new version of this download. To avoid confusion like that demonstrated here, I recommend it is installed in all folders outlined in the installation instructions.

 

 

By Bojan Cifrić 18 November 2021 - 16:29 PM UTC 

Which file do I need to insert to have Hansi Flick, and do I have to start a new save to make it work

 

There is a file with Hansi Flick in the filename, which I would have thought was a good indication which one it's in 😉 You need to have it in place before starting a career, yes.

Bojan Cifrić
6 years ago
1 month ago
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By mons 18 November 2021 - 16:45 PM UTC 

When a new version of FM is released, I tend to release a new version of this download. To avoid confusion like that demonstrated here, I recommend it is installed in all folders outlined in the installation instructions.

 

 

 

There is a file with Hansi Flick in the filename, which I would have thought was a good indication which one it's in 😉 You need to have it in place before starting a career, yes.

 

Where should I insert a new fix, when a new update for the game comes out? In the old update or just in the latest update
What is the name of the file I need to insert in order to be licensed Hansi Flick? 

 

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