Subscribe to this thread (by following these steps) so you get notifications whenever a new version is released.

 

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 > datadatabasedb2400


DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders


OPEN 

MAC HD > Users> Shared > Epic Games > Football Mnaager 2024 > datadatabasedb2440


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.

Comments
TheFoxDK
1 week ago
1 week ago
3
By bigpole 30 November 2024 - 20:11 PM UTC 

the file description doesn't say anything about real player forms and kits, so no.

 

Okey, thanks

Evil-Muffin7
16 years ago
9 hours ago
1,304

@mons any plans on a new update as FM has been updated not sure what but thought i'd ask

Greentrunk
18 years ago
1 day ago
179
Premium

 

Seems like multiple clubs too by the look of it

Cristobal12
5 years ago
3 days ago
7

Inter has changed to Blue Neri.

wfm18
6 years ago
15 hours ago
2,968

So this is an update I don't want to download haha, it'll only remove licenses. Shame we did not get a list to which clubs are affected, we have to do some manual work here. Backup your graphics.fmf before updating!

 

What a shitshow

Footygamer
18 years ago
12 hours ago
98,492

I think the real name fix should already work without any updates, just redownload and reinstall.

LudoxPendragon
4 years ago
3 hours ago
3,740
By Cristobal12 04 December 2024 - 18:18 PM UTC 

Inter has changed to Blue Neri.

 

Milan has become Casciavit Milano.

digimagpie88
11 years ago
2 days ago
13
Premium

I think (although I'm not an expert so this could be wrong) if you delete the files in the data/database/db/24**/inc/all folder it should fix it: 

 

acc Inter unlic 24 

acmilan unlic 24

inter unlic 24

 

 

priority76
12 years ago
1 day ago
1,801
By wfm18 04 December 2024 - 18:27 PM UTC 

So this is an update I don't want to download haha, it'll only remove licenses. Shame we did not get a list to which clubs are affected, we have to do some manual work here. Backup your graphics.fmf before updating!

 

What a shitshow

WORST.UPDATE.EVER

SolarEyes
8 years ago
4 days ago
2
Premium

Lecce, Napoli names are also reversed + many clubs from Portugal, Germany gain three letters shortnames as an display ones instead of full names…

 

 

digimagpie88
11 years ago
2 days ago
13
Premium

also delete the file ‘italy.dbc’ in the data/database/db/24**/dbc/permanent 

marcodoglio94
9 years ago
1 day ago
682
By digimagpie88 04 December 2024 - 19:50 PM UTC 

also delete the file ‘italy.dbc’ in the data/database/db/24**/dbc/permanent 

 

We hope that a communication will be made on the first page if you can reinstall this one from 5/24/24 or if you have to wait for the update they will release.

Leeds1919
11 years ago
7 hours ago
1,951
Premium

SI really are quite special arent they

 

one PR crisis to another

Greentrunk
18 years ago
1 day ago
179
Premium

That's just the duration that has been given to si. I just hope that we can change the fake names in the new version incoming. 

Leeds1919
11 years ago
7 hours ago
1,951
Premium
By Greentrunk 04 December 2024 - 21:09 PM UTC 

That's just the duration that has been given to si. I just hope that we can change the fake names in the new version incoming. 

 

The fix above works fine

Greentrunk
18 years ago
1 day ago
179
Premium
By Leeds1919 04 December 2024 - 21:17 PM UTC 

The fix above works fine

 

Just redownload and reinstall and delete ‘italy.dbc’ in the data/database/db/24**/dbc/permanent  ?

Latrell yard man
6 years ago
6 hours ago
309
Premium

what the hell is wrong with si can just come and mash up my game that was perfect for the love of Christ leave me alone

Leeds1919
11 years ago
7 hours ago
1,951
Premium
By Greentrunk 04 December 2024 - 22:11 PM UTC 

Just redownload and reinstall and delete ‘italy.dbc’ in the data/database/db/24**/dbc/permanent  ?

 

I just deleted the files and restarted the game with the update works fine and logos are good too

Alessio Durante
4 years ago
4 days ago
1

If I download the folder, I get two folders. Which one should I use now?   MACOSX or the other one?

mes
15 years ago
7 hours ago
5
By Alessio Durante 05 December 2024 - 08:48 AM UTC 

If I download the folder, I get two folders. Which one should I use now?   MACOSX or the other one?

 

if you are on Windows - use the other one. If you are on machine with MacOS (for example MacBook) - use folder from “_MACOSX”

oi_oi_ginger_roy
13 years ago
1 day ago
29

So do we re-install or do we just delete some files?

If it's just a case of deleting some files, what files are we removing?

Greentrunk
18 years ago
1 day ago
179
Premium
By oi_oi_ginger_roy 05 December 2024 - 09:54 AM UTC 

So do we re-install or do we just delete some files?

If it's just a case of deleting some files, what files are we removing?

 

Looks like to delete the new files as they are the issue 

oi_oi_ginger_roy
13 years ago
1 day ago
29
By Greentrunk 05 December 2024 - 10:32 AM UTC 

Looks like to delete the new files as they are the issue 

 

Great thanks… do you know what the new files are (just so i don't remove the wrong ones lol)

maxy
13 years ago
4 hours ago
4

I was a very excited (finally) with my save, but with this pathetic update it was ruined. Now my current save is affected by these problems that can only be resolved with a new save.

 

Thanks SI.

Filippo Garrone
2 years ago
2 days ago
28

@mons Are you gonna release a new NO FAKE update because of this or what are your instructions? Thanks a lot

mons
18 years ago
6 hours ago
91,327

I'll have to check and see what needs updating. Hope to be able to give more info in the very near future.

GnuGoku
1 year ago
1 day ago
1

I got the update on Steam, i did the same process has always with the name fix provided here and started a new save

Everything seems to work fine…italian names are good, portuguese names are good, german names are good…

 

No need to delete any other file

 

The process i use always is, delete the inc, edt, dbc from all folders (2300, 2330, 2340, 2400, 2430) and copy to all of them the inc, edt, dbc provided by the name fix…plus copy the editor data files from the name fix to the editor data of FM

 

I dont use any data update or any custom data, i play with the original data just with the name fix files

bjoggi33
11 years ago
21 hours ago
6
Premium
By Greentrunk 04 December 2024 - 22:11 PM UTC 

Just redownload and reinstall and delete ‘italy.dbc’ in the data/database/db/24**/dbc/permanent  ?

 

This seems to work perfectly, but no need to redownload the real name fix. 

oi_oi_ginger_roy
13 years ago
1 day ago
29
By bjoggi33 05 December 2024 - 14:00 PM UTC 

This seems to work perfectly, but no need to redownload the real name fix. 

 

I thought you would have to re-apply the fix though as when you do an update it replaces the files that the fix changes?

bjoggi33
11 years ago
21 hours ago
6
Premium
By oi_oi_ginger_roy 05 December 2024 - 14:25 PM UTC 

I thought you would have to re-apply the fix though as when you do an update it replaces the files that the fix changes?

 

At least, having looked at every major competition and the Italian teams it seems to be all in order.  But it's probably best to wait for further information from Mons.

You'll need to Login to comment