How to add yourself as a newgen in Football Manager

You can add yourself, or anyone you like, as a Newgen in Football Manager, which means that as you play the people you add will appear as new youth players somewhere in the game. Just follow these easy steps to get started.

Simple Setup

Step One

Open notepad or some other simple text editor.

Step Two

Add the following text changing “John” and “Doe” to the first and last name you want to add.

"DETAILED_FUTURE_REGEN" "John" "" "Doe" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" ""

You can do this as many times as you like in the same file, each one on a new line.

Step Three

Now save the file as “support_staff.edt” in the following location:

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

Windows Epic Games: Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager2023\data\database\db\2340\edt\permanent

Gamepass PC: Xboxgames\Football Manager 2023\data\database\db\2340\edt\permanent

Mac Steam:  ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Football Manager 2023/data/database/db/2340//edt/permanent

Step Four

Now start a new game and at some point the people you've added with appear in clubs Youth Intake.

Advanced Setup

You can actually customise the people you're adding in alot of ways. Here's a break down of what each bit means:

"DETAILED_FUTURE_REGEN" "First Name" "Common Name" "Last Name" "Birth date(dd/mm/yyyy)" "Nation (first nationality)" "Favourite Team" "Ethnicity" "Skin Tone" "Hair Colour" "Height (in cm)" "Weight (in kg)" "Preferred Foot" "Preferred Position" "Favourite Number" "Birth City" "CLUB ID" "CA" "PA"

First Name, Common Name and Last Name

These should be self explanatory. But basically if you put a “Common Name” then this will override the First and Second when text is displayed on screen.

Birth Date

Self explanatory in dd/mm/yyyy format.

Nation and Favourite Team and Club ID

This must be the FM ID of the nation or team. You can find this easily by searching for what you want in our DB and copy and pasting the ID that's shown in the results.

Ethnicity

Unknown/random = -1

Northern europe = 0

Mediterrean/hispanic = 1

North african/middle eastern = 2,

African/caribbean = 3,

Asian = 4,

South east asian = 5,

Pacific islander = 6,

Native american = 7,

Native australian = 8,

Mixed race white/black = 9

East asian = 10

Skin tone

A value of 1-20, with 1 being the lightest and 20 being the darkest.

Hair colour

Unknown/random = 0,

Blond = 1,

Light brown = 2,

Dark brown = 3,

Red = 4,

Black = 5,

Grey = 6,

Bald = 7

Height and Weight

Height must be in centimetres and weight must be in kilograms.

Preferred Foot

Right only = 0,

Left only = 1,

Right preferred = 2,

Left preferred = 3,

Both = 4

Positions

Must be one of the following: 

GOALKEEPER, DEFENDER_LEFT_SIDE, DEFENDER_RIGHT_SIDE, DEFENDER_CENTRAL, MIDFIELDER_LEFT_SIDE, MIDFIELDER_RIGHT_SIDE, MIDFIELDER_CENTRAL, ATTACKING_MIDFIELDER_LEFT_SIDE, ATTACKING_MIDFIELDER_RIGHT_SIDE, ATTACKING_MIDFIELDER_CENTRAL, ATTACKER_CENTRAL

Favourite Number

The shirt number the player likes to wear.

Club ID

As above this must be the FM ID of the club. You can find this easily by searching for what you want in our DB and copy and pasting the ID that's shown in the results.

CA and PA

This is the Current Ability and Potential Ability of the player from 1-200. So you can force the player to be 200 PA and be the best player in the world.

Excellent guide @Footygamer but looking at what you say under Advanced Setup I think you may have put the last 3 the wrong way round. I believe that it is actually:

"DETAILED_FUTURE_REGEN" "First Name" "Common Name" "Last Name" "Birth date(dd/mm/yyyy)" "Nation (first nationality)" "Favourite Team" "Ethnicity" "Skin Tone" "Hair Colour" "Height (in cm)" "Weight (in kg)" "Preferred Foot" "Preferred Position" "Favourite Number" "Birth City" "CA" "PA" "CLUB ID" 

At least that's the way I have it in the .edt file which I've used for a number of years, and it works fine in my game (I have 3 regens and they all started at the correct clubs).

Also, I believe that for Birth City you need to put the city ID from the database (rather than typing the actual name) which you've not mentioned in your breakdown.

Hope you find this post constructive (which is the aim) as opposed to being unnecessarily critical (which is certainly not the intention).

Hello there; is there a way of setting defensive midfielders into the lines?

Thanks in advanced.