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foumfo
Hey everyone,
Are there any editor files available with a start date of June 25 or July 25?
I tried editing some of them but all I was able to accomplish was to change it back to 23.
M.C
I believe the FM RTE website has some files that enable start dates significantly into the future. A link to the file(s) that can allow you to start in the future: https://www.fmrte.com/files/file/157-custom-start-date-for-fm24-start-in-june-to-april-up-to-10-years-aheadread-the-link-in-the-description-for-full-details/
Whilst they are compatible with transfer updates (i.e. whatever status squads/staff are in at game start will be respected), the game will simulate the ‘future seasons’ as part of its initial creation - as such, it is impossible to specify the real-world 2025/26 pyramid structure and have a start date of summer 2025 that guarantees teams to be in the divisions they should be (assuming your goal is to have teams in the right divisions, as in real-life for the upcoming season). So there is a trade-off to make - it just comes down to which trade-off you're willing to make, I suppose.
The SortItOutSI Data Update tackles the challenge by, effectively, cycling the game world forward the two years (from summer 2023 to summer 2025) in terms of transfers, contracts, (most, soon to be all) promotions/relegations, transfer bans and player ages. So whilst the in-game date will show July 2023, the game world will reflect July 2025.
foumfo
So I have to choose between a proper start date but a very unpredictable start in terms of everything else and a way more accurate start despite the time difference?
M.C
That is my take on it - although I don’t know how ‘unpredictable’ the start would be, as the game will simulate those seasons you skip through with the future start date.
My personal preference - which I guess is shared by those that use this site’s Data Update - is simply to accept the offset 2023 start date, look past it and play the game with everything else reflecting real-life as it is now.
foumfo
Alright, final question. If I use the summer 23 to summer 25 data update (adding two years to all players) and a start date of 24, will the players be 3 years older?
M.C
If you use the +2 years file, then in your game, players will be the age in 2024 that they would be in real-life in 2026. I'm answering this way because I'm not sure what the benchmark we're comparing to when we say 3 years ‘older’.
The player ages changes are done by altering the players' DOBs in the database. So their age in-game will always be relative to the in-game date.
It is worth noting that the +2 years file is one of many files in the Data Update, so it can be enabled/disabled in isolation.
If your goal is to have Summer 2024 in-game reflect Summer 2025 in real-life, you'd want the legacy +1 years file. Which you could get a copy of by going to https://sortitoutsi.net/football-manager-data-update/releases and choosing one of the instances of the update from May (I'd recommend just getting the oldest one).