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If you have any issues, first read the FAQ.

 

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 2023 to the proper, real life names for awards, cities, stadiums and competitions, in cases where the actual name is not licensed, such as  Premier League displaying instead of Premier Division. 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 Napoli) 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

 

STEP 1.
OPEN 

Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2023\data\database\db\2300


DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 


OPEN 

Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2023\data\database\db\2330

 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 


OPEN 

Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2023\data\database\db\2340

 

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

PC players on Gamepass

 

I am led to understand that mods are enabled by default this year, so nothing needs to be done other than the below

 

OPEN 

Xboxgames\Football Manager 2023\data\database\db\2300
 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

Xboxgames\Football Manager 2023\data\database\db\2330
 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

Xboxgames\Football Manager 2023\data\database\db\2340
 

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\FootballManager2023\data\database\db\2300


DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
 

OPEN 

Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager2023\data\database\db\2330


DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
 

OPEN 

Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager2023\data\database\db\2340


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 installation

 

OPEN 

/ Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / steamapps / common / Football Manager 2023 / data / database / db / 2300 
 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

/ Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / steamapps / common / Football Manager 2023 / data / database / db / 2330 
 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

/ Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / steamapps / common / Football Manager 2023 / data / database / db / 2340 
 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

The easiest way to get to these folders is by going to Finder > Go > Go to Folder and copy and paste these exact paths and you will be taken to the right places  ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Football Manager 2023/data/database/db/2300/

AND

 ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Football Manager 2023/data/database/db/2330/

AND

 ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Football Manager 2023/data/database/db/2340/

 

Alternatively 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.

 

Equivalent folders for Xbox players on Gamepass

Xbox on Gamepass installation

 

OPEN 

navigate to drive it was installed in (C: or D🙂

Xboxgames>Football manager 2023>content>data>database>db>2300

 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

navigate to drive it was installed in (C: or D🙂

Xboxgames>Football manager 2023>content>data>database>db>2330

 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

navigate to drive it was installed in (C: or D🙂

Xboxgames>Football manager 2023>content>data>database>db>2340

 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

If you can't find where your Xboxgames folder is, you can find it by clicking on “More actions” button (three dots that appears when you move your mouse cursor over Football Manager 2023 on Xbox app), then “Manage” → “Files” tab → “Browse…” button.

 

Equivalent folders for FM TOUCH 23 on Mac users

FM TOUCH 23 Mac Os installation

 

OPEN 

/ Applications / fm.app / Contents / Resources / data / database / db / 2300
 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

/ Applications / fm.app / Contents / Resources / data / database / db / 2330
 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

/ Applications / fm.app / Contents / Resources / data / database / db / 2340
 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

Equivalent folders for Steam Deck users

Steam Deck installation

 

if game is store on external micro SD card

OPEN 

devices / rootfs / run / media / mmcblk0p1 / steamapps / common / Football Manager 2023 / data / database / db / 2300 
 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

devices / rootfs / run / media / mmcblk0p1 / steamapps / common / Football Manager 2023 / data / database / db / 2330 
 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

devices / rootfs / run / media / mmcblk0p1 / steamapps / common / Football Manager 2023 / data / database / db / 2340 
 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

 

if game is stored on internal storage

OPEN 

devices  / home  / deck  / .local  / share  / Steam  / steamapps  / common  / Football Manager 2023  / data  / database  / db  / 2300


DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

devices  / home  / deck  / .local  / share  / Steam  / steamapps  / common  / Football Manager 2023  / data  / database  / db  / 2330


DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

devices  / home  / deck  / .local  / share  / Steam  / steamapps  / common  / Football Manager 2023  / data  / database  / db  / 2340


DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc 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 2340 folder:

 

dbc: 

dbc/permanent: 

edt/permanent: 

lnc: 

 

STEP 4:
COPY the 9 files located in the EDITOR DATA FILES folder in the downloaded pack

 

STEP 5
PASTE to \Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2023\editor data

 

This is also the same folder to be used for Gamepass.

 

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 2023’

 

Equivalent folder for Steam Deck

devices / home / deck / .local / share / Steam / steamapps / compatdata / 1904540 / pfx / drive_c / users / steamuser / My Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 2023 / 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.

 

 

To make sure the files have been applied correctly, go to English Premier Division in your saved game, and it should be renamed to Premier League. If you are in the middle of a save-game when you install this download, 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
BigMarv
13 years ago
1 week ago
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By mons 14 August 2023 - 21:41 PM UTC 

Screenshots of both the launch options and the actual folder path would help 😉

 

Thanks mons, hope the below is what's needed.

 

mons
17 years ago
14 hours ago
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By BigMarv 15 August 2023 - 03:47 AM UTC 

Thanks mons, hope the below is what's needed.

 

 

You're missing the quotation marks either side of the path, plus you haven't put in the correct folder name.

 

It should look this:

 

fm17_savinglocation_launchbox.jpg.ba2f3d

 

but with the path being this one:

 

BigMarv
13 years ago
1 week ago
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By mons 15 August 2023 - 07:34 AM UTC 

You're missing the quotation marks either side of the path, plus you haven't put in the correct folder name.

 

It should look this:

 

fm17_savinglocation_launchbox.jpg.ba2f3d

 

but with the path being this one:

 

 

Thank you. That appears to have worked.

grggrg
8 years ago
4 hours ago
9

Hey All, 

I need a bit of help here. I'm not a rookie, but just decided now to download FM23 from steam but the license fix doesn't seem to work. 

I think the issue is that, although in Steam it says my game is fully up to date, and when I launch the game, it says its version 24.5, I can only pich the 24.4 database to load in. 

I guess thats why the license fix doesn't work but not sure. I neved had problems before with this. 

Any idea? 
 

mons
17 years ago
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By grggrg 17 August 2023 - 22:06 PM UTC 

Hey All, 

I need a bit of help here. I'm not a rookie, but just decided now to download FM23 from steam but the license fix doesn't seem to work. 

I think the issue is that, although in Steam it says my game is fully up to date, and when I launch the game, it says its version 24.5, I can only pich the 24.4 database to load in. 

I guess thats why the license fix doesn't work but not sure. I neved had problems before with this. 

Any idea? 
 

 

Confusingly the game version in 23.5, but the most recent database is 24.5. All seems fine there.

 

The second screenshot shows 80 files in the editor data folder. How are you sure that this fix isn't amongst them?

 

Can I have a screenshot of your editor data folder (showing clearly the full path) and also of the custom database section when starting a new game, only scrolled down to where the real name files should be?

grggrg
8 years ago
4 hours ago
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By mons 18 August 2023 - 08:33 AM UTC 

Confusingly the game version in 23.5, but the most recent database is 24.5. All seems fine there.

 

The second screenshot shows 80 files in the editor data folder. How are you sure that this fix isn't amongst them?

 

Can I have a screenshot of your editor data folder (showing clearly the full path) and also of the custom database section when starting a new game, only scrolled down to where the real name files should be?

 

Thanks,  I've reinstalled the game, deleted all documents, and tried again, but the issue still occurs.  

Here are two screenshots showing the location of the pasted files: 

 


Oddly, it seems like only Manchester United's name doesn't work:

 



 


 

mons
17 years ago
14 hours ago
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By grggrg 18 August 2023 - 09:44 AM UTC 

Thanks,  I've reinstalled the game, deleted all documents, and tried again, but the issue still occurs.  

Here are two screenshots showing the location of the pasted files: 

 

 

You have 80 files here:

 

 

But none of them are here:

 

 

You need to move the files from this folder, to the one in which the above 80 files are included.

Damian Piotrowicz
10 years ago
1 week ago
15

Hello, the club names change after loading the game. I create my club names myself and when I start a new game everything is fine but when I turn off and on the game and load a save, the names change to the original ones.

mons
17 years ago
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By Damian Piotrowicz 18 August 2023 - 14:40 PM UTC 

Hello, the club names change after loading the game. I create my club names myself and when I start a new game everything is fine but when I turn off and on the game and load a save, the names change to the original ones.

 

I'll need some screenshots of the files you've edited and the folders you've placed them in, as well as the file(s) itself attached.

Damian Piotrowicz
10 years ago
1 week ago
15

Here is where I pasted the files and how I edited them

 

Here is the state right after launching a new game, everything is as it should be

 

And here it is, after turning it back on and loading the save. Attached are the files I changed

Damian Piotrowicz
10 years ago
1 week ago
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By mons 18 August 2023 - 14:41 PM UTC 

I'll need some screenshots of the files you've edited and the folders you've placed them in, as well as the file(s) itself attached.

 

Some time ago it still worked normally if I didn't make any changes to these files.

mons
17 years ago
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By Damian Piotrowicz 18 August 2023 - 14:54 PM UTC 

Here is where I pasted the files and how I edited them

 

Here is the state right after launching a new game, everything is as it should be

 

And here it is, after turning it back on and loading the save. Attached are the files I changed

 

The files have so many entries, I have no idea what exactly you changed. However, since you're not playing the game in the English language, the game will revert back to the entries in English, unless you specify in the lnc file that you want the changes to work in the language you're using by inserting the language in the last set of apostrophes

 

e.g.


"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 1685 "Osasuna Pampeluna" "French"

Damian Piotrowicz
10 years ago
1 week ago
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By mons 18 August 2023 - 15:32 PM UTC 

The files have so many entries, I have no idea what exactly you changed. However, since you're not playing the game in the English language, the game will revert back to the entries in English, unless you specify in the lnc file that you want the changes to work in the language you're using by inserting the language in the last set of apostrophes

 

e.g.


"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 1685 "Osasuna Pampeluna" "French"

 

Unfortunately it still doesn't work. I'm playing in Polish and I've added "polski" to the apostrophes whose names change, but it still doesn't work.

 

 

From what I changed, I removed the hashtag, as in the guide, and changed the names from Angola to Georgia.

 

When I replace my file with a clean one in which I have not changed anything and change only one name in it, the problem also appears.

mons
17 years ago
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By Damian Piotrowicz 18 August 2023 - 16:25 PM UTC 

Unfortunately it still doesn't work. I'm playing in Polish and I've added "polski" to the apostrophes whose names change, but it still doesn't work.

 

 

From what I changed, I removed the hashtag, as in the guide, and changed the names from Angola to Georgia.

 

When I replace my file with a clean one in which I have not changed anything and change only one name in it, the problem also appears.

 

You need to put Polish then, not polski

Adam_NUFC
2 years ago
2 months ago
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do i only do this for the most recent update, can i delete older updates folder like 2300

mons
17 years ago
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By Adam_NUFC 20 August 2023 - 19:35 PM UTC 

do i only do this for the most recent update, can i delete older updates folder like 2300

 

This download should be installed in all the folders, as explained in the instructions.

Adam_NUFC
2 years ago
2 months ago
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what about logos do i need to download all updates since the release or just the megapack 

mons
17 years ago
14 hours ago
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By Adam_NUFC 21 August 2023 - 10:18 AM UTC 

what about logos do i need to download all updates since the release or just the megapack 

 

As a premium member, just download the most recent full megapack direct from the site and you'll be fine. If you have any issues with it, best to post in the technical support thread/forum for that pack, not here 👍

Nyle Hughes
8 months ago
7 months ago
1

Hi all,

 

Brand new to FM23 (played older FMs) Downloaded this pack and followed the install to the letter, still not changing the teams/badges/logos etc.

 

I've added some screenshots to show that the files are in the right place and I get the 9 options when starting a new game, all ticked.

 

Can someone help me?

bigpole
12 years ago
6 hours ago
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By Nyle Hughes 21 August 2023 - 17:01 PM UTC 

Hi all,

 

Brand new to FM23 (played older FMs) Downloaded this pack and followed the install to the letter, still not changing the teams/badges/logos etc.

 

I've added some screenshots to show that the files are in the right place and I get the 9 options when starting a new game, all ticked.

 

Can someone help me?

 

Are you talking about graphics or data in the game?

Footygamer
17 years ago
2 days ago
75,513

FYI @mons this is from the real name fix file

 

 

By cameosis 30 August 2023 - 18:08 PM UTC 

hi, any news on eintracht?

the club is still listed as »frankfurt«, which is wrong. my original post below:

 

question regarding incorrect club names:

 

german bundesliga club eintracht frankfurt – or eintracht for short – (id: 912) is listed as »frankfurt« in the database, which is wrong.

the club’s name is EINTRACHT frankfurt – see the official website: https://www.eintracht.de

 

frankfurt (id: 930) is a different club that plays in fourth-tier league regionalliga südwest: https://www.fsv-frankfurt.de/

 

how can this be rectified? eintracht is the only bundesliga club whose name is incorrect, all the others are listed correctly, e.g. WERDER bremen, BAYER leverkusen, UNION berlin etc.

 

From here: https://sortitoutsi.net/comments/get/749214 

 

@cameosis this isn't anything to do with the data update and is related to the real name fix which is different, which is why i'm replying in this different thread 🙂

mons
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By Footygamer 30 August 2023 - 18:17 PM UTC 

FYI @mons this is from the real name fix file

 

 

 

From here: https://sortitoutsi.net/comments/get/749214 

 

@cameosis this isn't anything to do with the data update and is related to the real name fix which is different, which is why i'm replying in this different thread 🙂

 

I'll look to sort it for the FM24 version of this file 👍

cameosis
17 years ago
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By Footygamer 30 August 2023 - 18:17 PM UTC 

FYI @mons this is from the real name fix file
 

 

 

From here: https://sortitoutsi.net/comments/get/749214 

 

@cameosis this isn't anything to do with the data update and is related to the real name fix which is different, which is why i'm replying in this different thread 🙂

 

all good, thanks for your heads-up and the quick response! 👍

Ben0404
8 months ago
1 month ago
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Do i have to delete the config xml file inside the editor data folder after i paste in the files from the editor data folder from the fix file? or can i just leave it there?

mons
17 years ago
14 hours ago
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By Ben0404 01 September 2023 - 20:10 PM UTC 

Do i have to delete the config xml file inside the editor data folder after i paste in the files from the editor data folder from the fix file? or can i just leave it there?

 

No need to touch that at all.

Daniel Bond
7 months ago
7 months ago
1

Hey great help - quick one, I've downloaded FM through Epic Game setup via Amazon Gaming but don't have the full pathway - I don't have the data-database-db-2300 so I can't effect the download & place it anywhere, is their an alternative?

 

Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager2023\data\database\db\2300

mons
17 years ago
14 hours ago
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By Daniel Bond 08 September 2023 - 09:21 AM UTC 

Hey great help - quick one, I've downloaded FM through Epic Game setup via Amazon Gaming but don't have the full pathway - I don't have the data-database-db-2300 so I can't effect the download & place it anywhere, is their an alternative?

 

Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager2023\data\database\db\2300

 

I don't have Amazon Gaming, so can't help much, but if you do a search in the game installation folder for files ending with .lnc, you should end up in the right locations.

theo0208
4 years ago
3 weeks ago
2

WARNING: For everybod who have got the game through Epic Games (I suppose they'll be a lot since it's free there), the Program Files file is called FM23. I spent around an hour to find it through PC files searching for keyword ‘football’. The complete filepath for the changes above is C:\Program Files\Epic Games\FM23\data

theo0208
4 years ago
3 weeks ago
2
By Daniel Bond 08 September 2023 - 09:21 AM UTC 

Hey great help - quick one, I've downloaded FM through Epic Game setup via Amazon Gaming but don't have the full pathway - I don't have the data-database-db-2300 so I can't effect the download & place it anywhere, is their an alternative?

 

Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager2023\data\database\db\2300

I just got it from there and it is properly included. 

 

Rhee Ho-seung
7 months ago
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