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If you are playing an FM23 save in FM24, then this fix needs to be also installed in the below folders:
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 2024 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 National team doesn't call up real players. These fixes are all fully save-game compatible.
The following are not included in the beta version of this file. 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 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.
If you are playing an FM23 save in FM24, then this fix needs to be also installed in the folders in the below image IN ADDITION TO THOSE INDICATED BELOW the image:
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2024\data\database\db\2400
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2024\data\database\db\2430
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 2024\data\database\db\2400
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Xboxgames\Football Manager 2024\data\database\db\2430
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\FootballManager2024\data\database\db\2400
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager2024\data\database\db\2440
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 2024 / data / database / db / 2400
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
/ Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / steamapps / common / Football Manager 2024 / data / database / db / 2440
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 2024/data/database/db/2400/
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 Mac players on Epic Games
Epic Games Installation
OPEN
MAC HD > Users> Shared > Epic Games > Football Manager 2024 > data > database > db > 2400
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
MAC HD > Users> Shared > Epic Games > Football Mnaager 2024 > data > database > db > 2440
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
The easiest way to get to these folders is by going to Finder, scroll up to Locations and navigate to this section.
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 2024>content>data>database>db>2400
OPEN
navigate to drive it was installed in (C: or D🙂
Xboxgames>Football manager 2024>content>data>database>db>2430
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 2024 on Xbox app), then “Manage” → “Files” tab → “Browse…” button.
Equivalent folders for FM TOUCH 24 on Mac users
FM TOUCH 24 Mac Os installation
OPEN
/ Applications / fm.app / Contents / Resources / data / database / db / 2400
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
/ Applications / fm.app / Contents / Resources / data / database / db / 2430
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 2024 / data / database / db / 2400
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
devices / rootfs / run / media / mmcblk0p1 / steamapps / common / Football Manager 2024 / data / database / db / 2430
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
if game is stored on internal storage
OPEN
devices / home / deck / .local / share / Steam / steamapps / compatdata / 2252570 / pfx / drive_c / users / steamuser / My Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 2024 / editor data
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
devices / home / deck / .local / share / Steam / steamapps / compatdata / 2252570 / pfx / drive_c / users / steamuser / My Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 2024 / editor data
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 2430 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 2024\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 2024’
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 2024 / editor data
Equivalent folder for Epic Games
/Users / [your user] / Library / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 2024 / 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, German national teams will be populated in the next instance that players are called up, and not immediately.
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.
The final version of this download for the default database can be downloaded from here.
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Mehmet Suat
Not sure as to what I am doing differently, but the names of the leagues show up differently for me.
I have the 2023 version of last year's license fixes placed in the older db folders (2300, 2330, 2340), and the new one (posted on release day - not the beta version) in the 2400 folder, with all fmf files for both fixes in the editor data folder under documents, as instructed. The screenshots I posted here are from a save I recently began on the 2400 db, on this year's game, but previously I had imported two of my saves from FM23 to FM24. Could these imported saves have overwritten the license fixes somehow?
Again, thanks for looking into this, as it is super trivial in the grand scheme of things. Really appreciate the brilliant work you guys have been doing over the years 🙂
Went back and checked the Competitions and other Fixes.lnc file for both versions, and the changes affecting the Japanese comps seem to be identical. Also J1, J2, and J3 use the same convention with regards to short and long names, so I am pretty much lost as to why J3 is showing up differently with a much longer name, whereas J1 and J2 seem to be fine.
mons
I'll have to see how to handle this, especially in which of the different game modes now available…
@Mehmet Suat, I just realized that the text in my file were added after the release of v1.0. Sorry for the confusion! If you want to, you can open the Competitions and other fixes.lnc file with Notepad and see which of the Japan text from this post you want to replace 😉
Mehmet Suat
All good! Thanks for going out your way to help me out 🙂
DarrenToon
Firstly appreciate and respect your work every year Mons, second is the EFL Trophy in line to be renamed in the next lot of upgrades to the folder?
mons
Yep, and such a change would be save-game compatible, happily 🙂
sptndc
No Danny Blind in Ajax staff?
mons
What role is he employed in at Ajax, and when was he appointed?
sptndc
From the info on Transfermarkt.com he was appointed as Member of the Supervisory Board as of Oct 23, 2023 and his contract expires Dec 31, 2026.
mons
Doesn't seem to have been confirmed yet, though.
sptndc
umm okay, thanks.
damaino
Won't allow me to play in multiple leagues with real name fix in play on real world mode, on original it works normally. (see screenshots)
Any ideas what could be causing this, real installed again today and still the same issues, used on prev FM's with no issues, something I imagine to do with the new modes
Day Tripper
@mons - Papa Johns Trophy is now called the Bristol Street Motors Trophy.
mons
And if you start a new career, without any of the files from this download, does the issue still manifest itself?
MarvinEhre
FM 24 seems to have no edt folder, except in the 2340 folder, is that normal, and should I only paste the edt folder in a folder, that had an edt folder?
Edit, sorry for double posting, my internet was so slow, my browser posted the post twice.
Edit 2, sorry for not reading the installation guide and checking, if it is different from the previous FM games.
hanmoos
Thanks for this but the start dates are broken in Germany. When I start with a 2. Bundesliga team I can only choose the start dates of the Bundesliga which then forces transfers that I do not want. In the base game when choosing a 2. Bundesliga team the dates are adjusted.
Jean Foss
First of all, thanks for this - could never play the game without these fixes. I'm playing the PC version of the Xbox Football Manager 2024 Console (so effectively the Touch version on PC). It's the first time I've tried it via the Xbox thingy and it's still a bit confusing to me that it's not via Steam, but it's the only way for me to play the Touch/Console verison of the game nowadays. Anyway, I followed the steps for the “Xbox on Gamepass installation”, as the folder structure on my drive was the one correpsonding to the following path:
Xboxgames>Football manager 2024>content>data>database>db>2400I would have thought that playing on PC I should have used the “PC players on Gamepass", but as mentioned above, the path installed was as the above-mentioned and not the following:
Xboxgames\Football Manager 2024\data\database\db\2400All well and good, it seems as if all competitions have been corrected, but the names of the clubs have not - I'm wondering if anyone could help clarify where I might have gone wrong. Again, it seems the above could have something to do with it, but I can't figure it out, as it seems some things have indeed been corrected in the game :-/
Cizzu
@mons
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 834833 "FC Pro Palazzolo" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 834833 "Pro Palazzolo" ""
Tommy21
I edited the file name's file to make a few changes (Example: changed SL Benfica to Benfica). When I start a new save, everything is OK. When I restart and continue the save, my previous changes are ignored.
For reference, this is how Benfica's lines were in the original file:
#"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 1487 "Sport Lisboa e Benfica" ""#"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 1487 "SL Benfica" ""I change to this:
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 1487 "Sport Lisboa e Benfica" """CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 1487 "Benfica" ""It appears “Benfica” when I start a new save. It appears “SL Benfica” when I restart it.
Any help?
EDIT: I removed the file "FM24 Sortitoutsi Licenses Fix - Club Name Changes.fmf" from the editor and it seems to have worked.
wfm18
In the Dutch language version, the 'old' Steaua is missing an ‘A’ at the end; but I think this is an error on SI's hand and not on ours? We can maybe correct it (only long name) for the time being.
#"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 57141891 "CSA Steaua Boekarest" "Dutch"
Sandro Tullo
Do you know if I can change it mid-save. I want to take the S.S.D out of Sorrento. Because the club is now in Serie C, and has professional status.
hanmoos
Thanks for this but the start dates are broken in Germany. When I start with a 2. Bundesliga team I can only choose the start dates of the Bundesliga which then forces transfers that I do not want. In the base game when choosing a 2. Bundesliga team the dates are adjusted. @mons
CplCurmudgeon
Here we are again, another year, another FM, another heartfelt thankyou to @mons for all the work over the years in making FM so much more useable.
Cizzu
yes, simply change the club name via editor in the "club name changes" file and the City, Club and Stadium Names.lnc file.
@mons This is the problem I was telling you about the A.S.D. or S.S.D. Italian Serie D clubs 😅
Sandro Tullo
But this doesn't work for a game that I already started? I don't want to start a new save, but the ASD Sorrento bothers me.
sydney666
Anyone else getting crashes on FM2023 saves on FM2024? Sometimes when I remove things like graphics or even real name fixes I can get past the date. Then it happens again without mods.
I have logged a ticket with SEGA/SI but curious if anyone has run into issues. This is the first FM I have not been able to play or mod EVER.
taifusan
Hello fix worked for me for many things but still Napoli, Real Betis and Real Sociedad not fixed. Any ideas guys ?
Hybrid Rainbow
hello,I just follow the instructions,delete the original edt,lnc,dbc files and move the pack in,but everytime I try to start a new career,the game just get crashed down,any ideas
mons
It might be a licensing thing tbh which doesn't allow editor data files to be used in real world mode.
What you mentioned relates to steps 1-3 for installing this fix. Club name changes pertain to steps 4-5, for which you've made no reference. Have you installed these?
For the next version 👍
Ditto 👍
Ditto 👍
It's not that I don't know about it, but I have next to no time to make the research and see which club names need to be fixed. If you help me out, I'll be sure to fix them for the next version.
Did you start a new game and they weren't showing? If that's the case, you didn't install the editor data files properly. Read the installation instructions again.
Did you start a career with the beta version of this download, then downloaded v1.0 and now have this issue? Then use this workaround.
You evidently didn't install it right. Without knowing exactly what you did, I have no way of helping you. Verify the integrity of Steam's cache file using these steps, then download and apply the fix again, paying careful attention to the installation instructions and/or video tutorial.
Hybrid Rainbow
hello,I just found out it was another editor data that makes my game crash down,lol,this one just works well.I just want to know when the new version releases,will I need to start a new career to apply the new fix?thx
mons
Generally, most changes won't need a new career to be started, but a small amount of them might.