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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.
- Date Created
- 17 Oct 2021 11:12:05
- Date Updated
- 04 Apr 2022 16:17:29
- Last Comment
- 15 Mar 2024 11:30:39
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aeightBee
Sorry for misunderstanding your previous question.
It refers to the city.
Spencer3rdi
The Juventus home goalkeeper pants are the wrong color. It's a small thing but bothered me so much that I looked in to why. In the Juventus fixes .fmf file the pants are set to white instead of the same green the shirt is, which from what I can gather from watching Juve highlights is what color they're supposed to be.
Fidney
Thanks @mons, get these out any quicker and you'll be releasing them before the updates come out 😄
Really appreciate all your effort in producing the Real Name Fix year-on-year. Really does enhance the game experience. Thank you.
Lucas Rice
Hi everyone!
I have been having this issue since I initially downloaded FM22. I have completely wiped the game from my pc multiple times, but still getting this bug. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this? The appearances will show up for a few in game months, then disappear.
mons
Oh, I see now. I'll change it for next year but I won't be releasing a new version again now. It's quite easy to fix. Open the file titled City, Club and Stadium Names.lnc with Notepad and just delete the line which contains that erroneous fix. Happily, that particular fix would be save-game compatible 🙂
I took it from the official site, actually…
Appreciate that muchly 🙂
It's got nothing to do with this fix, unfortunately. Perhaps you can try changing the widget for appearances from the bottom right one, or using a different skin to see if it's replicated there.
Lucas Rice
Thank you @mons I've had it since the original fix and I've tried different skins, the original skin, and completely uninstalling the game and deleting all the files. Not sure what's going on 😢 appreciate the response though!
Ence14dus
The “getfiles” mirror download isn't working.
mons
What error message do you get? There's a Mega download link, use that one 👍
Hablo
Are there long names in this file?
mons
Long names for what?
Where applicable, there are changes to both long names and short names for clubs, competitions and awards.
Hablo
I found how to restore the long names or what to do to make them appear again in tables etc.
mons
I'm sorry, but I have no idea if this is a question or not.
Ence14dus
It appears to have cleared up now, but it was a curious error which led me to an XML screen. However, I just tested it and all seems fine. Regardless, I did download from Mega, thanks for download and reply.
Hablo
Unfortunately didn't work. Does anyone have another idea ?
It's about the club name. Example in the table where should be: Bayern Munich and not Bavaria
mons
You probably haven't installed the files correctly then or applied the workaround in the first post wrongly.
At what stage did you apply this fix? Can I have screenshots of (a) what the screen looks like in-game and (b) the folders listed in the main post?
AndreasCZ
I feel like Campeonate de Espana-Copa de su Majestad el Rey is too long. Is there a way to edit it a make it shorter?
mons
Open the lnc file with Notepad and edit it to your heart's content 👍
ertfyguh
Hello! If you release an update the brazilian team SC Atibaia (19048215) is now called EC Lemense (Esporte Clube Lemense).
RoCCo_42
#"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 458631 "Vavacars Fatih Karagümrük" ""
NEED TO DELETE ‘’A.Ş.’’
#"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 70061824 "1461 Trabzon F.K." ""
#"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 70078173 "Criptoswaps Çatalcaspor" ""
#"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 459118 "Kalecik Futbol Kulübü" ""
#"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 459118 "Kalecik F.K." ""
https://golankara.com/altindagspor-kalecik-spor-kulubu-oldu/
#"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 130357 "Darıca Gençlerbirliği A.Ş." ""
NEED TO DELETE ‘’REDOKS’’
#"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 70078189 "Orduspor 1967 A.Ş." ""
#"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 70081229"Harput Dibek Elazığ Karakoçan Futbol Kulübü" "" OR
#"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 70081229 "Harput Dibek Elazığ Karakoçan F. Kulübü" "" OR
#"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 70081229 "Harput Dibek Elazığ Karakoçan F. K." ""
Whatever the editor allows. 🙂
"STADIUM_NAME_CHANGE" 70080939 "Bahçeşehir Koleji Sivas 4 Eylül Stadyumu" ""
"STADIUM_NAME_CHANGE" 450919 "Eyüp Stadyumu" ""
"STADIUM_NAME_CHANGE" 70102564 "Mümin Özkasap Stadyumu" ""
"STADIUM_NAME_CHANGE" 70061165 "Bitci Timsah Park" ""
"STADIUM_NAME_CHANGE" 2000086069 "Erzincan Mustakil Atletizm Pisti Sahası" ""
"STADIUM_NAME_CHANGE" 1301250 "Van Atatürk Stadyumu" ""
mons
The 22.4 official database already contains this name change.
Thanks, pity you couldn't upload it a couple of days ago.
RoCCo_42
Unfortunately I'm late. I noticed too. You can at least consider it for FM23.
mons
I've already input them into the files, don't worry 😉 70061824 and 70081229 were already included, in fact 🙂
Philemon Wehbe
Hi, I followed all the steps on Mac but only the team names changed! Neither the kits nor the logos were updated. Any help?
mons
This file does not update kits or logos, for which we have separate megapack available on the site 👍
Philemon Wehbe
oh i thought this pack contained everything! I’ll go check it out, thanks!!
Philemon Wehbe
I can't find which pack to download in order to keep the real team names and have the kits and logos. Can you please give me a link to the latest one? And will I have to delete the names pack to have the kits/logos?
mons
Use the downloads hub to find what you need.
There are multiple logo packs to choose from, most of which will have a torrent download.
As for kits, you'll have to download them separately 👍
ertfyguh
Yep sadly I just realized they changed it in all languages except Spanish and German.
Jord_FTBL
Would it be possible to have an alternative awards file with the awards all in English?
mons
Just remove the file titled, helpfully, Awards, and you'll have the default award names in English.