This file is intended for version 14.3.0 of FM14, and will need to be re-applied if/when 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 re-installed when patches come out.

The sortitoutsi real names fix changes the instances of fake names in Football Manager 14 to the proper, real life names for awards, cities, stadiums and competitions, in cases where the actual name is not licensed. It will also fix the fact that the German National team doesn't call up real players. These are 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 Italian and French clubs to circumvent licensing restrictions. It also adds real-life media and journalists, with 23 media files added to encompass all major footballing nations and continents. It also includes a small file to correct some incorrect national kit colours and ones whose kits were not displaying. 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 these files to work, however, you will need to start a new game.

Magrippinho very helpfully created a YouTube video on how this file should be installed. Some of the contents are different - but the procedure is identical, although of course you use the equivalent folder for FM14.

Or, you can follow the below instructions to install this file:

Step 1: Go to

PC
 Program Files \ Steam \ SteamApps \ common \ football manager 2014 \ data \ db \ 1430 
Mac
USERNAME \ Library \ Application Support \ Steam \ SteamApps \ Common \ Football Manager 2014 \ Data \ db \ 1430
Linux
/home/user/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Football Manager 2014/data/db/1430/

Please note that the Local folder is hidden. Press (ctrl + h)
For Mac Lion users, the Library folder will be hidden. Use this link to find out how to show it.

Step 2: Delete the dbc, edt and lnc folders from the folder above

Step 3: Copy the dbc, edt and lnc folder from this download into the folder mentioned in step 1.

Step 4: Go to:

Documents \ Sports Interactive \ Football Manager 2014
Step 5: Open the folder named "editor data" contained therein. If it does not exist, then create it.

Step 6: Keeping the folder in step 5 open, go back to the file you downloaded and open the folder named "editor data files".

Step 7: Copy everything from the folder in step 6 into the folder mentioned in step 5.



To check if the file is working, go to the Champions Cup and EURO Vase, and they should be renamed to Champions League and Europa League respectively. If you are in the middle of a save-game, German national teams will be populated in the next instance that players are called up, and not instantly.
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Deathscythe
17 years ago
10 years ago
1
SI update game to 14.3 when I download this file but my savegame still don't show Germany squad real name . Do I must start new game ?
Menez Gemkerez
11 years ago
10 years ago
18
Hey mons , thanks for the update bro , but now LIGA 1 Bergenbier (Romania) it's just named Liga 1.
mattkett10
12 years ago
3 years ago
16
I've downloaded this "real name fix" and all works ok. However, I've also tried changing a couple of the players names in my own database, but when I load up a new game, they're still showing the original even though other changes in my database have taken effect.

Is there any file I need to also amend for the change of player name to work?

Also is there any way to amend the competition colours? e.g. Champions League colour from navy & white?

Thanks for any assistance.
rimah harb
10 years ago
10 years ago
1
hi

do you have any solution for getting real names of players I want pogba to be paul pogba not some generated name
mons
18 years ago
5 hours ago
90,962
SI update game to 14.3 when I download this file but my savegame still don't show Germany squad real name . Do I must start new game ?

Make sure you delete the existing dbc, edt and lnc folders, before copying over the files from this download. Seems to me like you haven't done this. Can you show me a screenshot of your 1430 lnc folder?




Hey mons , thanks for the update bro , but now LIGA 1 Bergenbier (Romania) it's just named Liga 1.

This is the entry for the Romanian top tier in this file:

#Romania
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 7540024 "Liga I Bergenbier" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 7540024 "Liga I" ""
This is correct, I believe. Are you perhaps running some other editor data files alongside this file? They may have amended this entry...




I've downloaded this "real name fix" and all works ok. However, I've also tried changing a couple of the players names in my own database, but when I load up a new game, they're still showing the original even though other changes in my database have taken effect.

Is there any file I need to also amend for the change of player name to work?

Also is there any way to amend the competition colours? e.g. Champions League colour from navy & white?

Thanks for any assistance.

How are you trying to change the player names? Is it through an editor data file or through an lnc file? As it's not directly related to this file, contact me via PM so I can help you directly, rather than taking up a whole page on this thread.

Re the competition colours, you can remove or not utilise the colour changes.dbc file when starting a new game, or you can open it with the FM pre-game editor and remove any entries which you don't like...
mons
18 years ago
5 hours ago
90,962
hi

do you have any solution for getting real names of players I want pogba to be paul pogba not some generated name

Yes, buy an original version of the game.
SaLaDiN666
13 years ago
4 months ago
1
Can I use it for the default database? I have an ongoing save and I veriefied the cache so it downloaded the old files again and I am stuck with old competition names etc..
mons
18 years ago
5 hours ago
90,962
Can I use it for the default database? I have an ongoing save and I veriefied the cache so it downloaded the old files again and I am stuck with old competition names etc..

What you need to do, therefore, is going to 1400>lnc and delete all the files and folders which were recreated when you verified the cache; i.e. make sure that this is what it looks like.

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u344/maltamons/1400lnc.png~original
mons
18 years ago
5 hours ago
90,962
The latest version of the file is now available. Please apply it according to the installation instructions at the top, its really quite straight-forward.

To all those who submitted or proposed any changes since the last version, I am aware that they are not included in today's download, so please do not complain that they have not been included. The reason is that, at present, I am not on my own computer on which I have the latest, amended versions of the lnc files. Therefore, the choice was either to upload this file on Sunday at the earliest or release a version today and another one when I am home.

Happily, all the changes in these lnc files are save-game compatible, so you can start a new game today without any problems

As promised, please find attached the most up-to-date lnc files.

For those who already download v2.0 of this file released this Friday, just remove the existing lnc folder and replace it with the one attached to this post.

If you have not downloaded an earlier version of this file or are unsure which version you have, just download the whole file and you'll be sorted
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Strangelet
12 years ago
2 years ago
8
Does anybody know what is causing this?
I did not modify anything except applying this fix and was trying to start a game with 14.0 database.
mons
18 years ago
5 hours ago
90,962
This file is for 14.3 ONLY as clearly instructed, and the previous versions were for 14.0 ONLY. Did you install either of them in the wrong place perchance?
Tribe
14 years ago
4 days ago
1
I also have this problem? any chance of a link to the previous update?
Strangelet
12 years ago
2 years ago
8
This file is for 14.3 ONLY as clearly instructed, and the previous versions were for 14.0 ONLY. Did you install either of them in the wrong place perchance?

I installed it fine, as always, and I'm pretty sure that in previous iterations fix worked with both databases, so i figured it is the same this year.
Any chance you add version for 14.0 database?
I'm sure a lot of people just like me was waiting just for match engine update and want to play with real (at that time) squads from July 2013.
mons
18 years ago
5 hours ago
90,962
Sigh, why does nobody ever read the instructions?

This is a link to the latest version prior to the release of the 14.3 patch.
Strangelet
12 years ago
2 years ago
8
So let me clear this up.
If I replace dbc, edt and lnc folders inside %path_to_steam%\Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 2014\data\db\1400 with the same folders from link in this post:

and replace dbc, edt and lnc folders inside %path_to_steam%\Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 2014\data\db\1430 with the same folders from latest update (v2.1)
and keep editor data folder from either one of them (they are the same), will both databases work fine (in case i wanted to start 14.3 database game sometime in the future)?
mons
18 years ago
5 hours ago
90,962
If I've understood correctly, that is indeed the case
Strangelet
12 years ago
2 years ago
8
If I've understood correctly, that is indeed the case

Thank you. Starting my career now.
CraiigMan
13 years ago
10 months ago
28
Premium
I am using this and for some reason Arsenals colours are white and red and not red and white. Kinda confusing.
Jean171
18 years ago
1 week ago
5
Premium
Hello,
When starting a new game, i can t select the spanish competition because a club is missing from the secunda B league. Does anyone knows how i can fix this ?
Thanks
roy_10
14 years ago
8 months ago
2
Hi,

I wanted to delete the old lnc folder, as I do after almost every update, but the "common" folder doesn't appear in "steamapps" or in any other folder!!!
Can someone please tell me how to fix this??
BTW I'm using Windows 7 if it helps...

Thanks!
mons
18 years ago
5 hours ago
90,962
Hello,
When starting a new game, i can t select the spanish competition because a club is missing from the secunda B league. Does anyone knows how i can fix this ?
Thanks

Apply the files included in v2.0 onwards when using the 14.3 db. Use the previous versions of this file when using the 14.0 db. Looks to me like you've swapped things around, somehow, so you'll need to re-download both versions of this file and re-apply them both.




Hi,

I wanted to delete the old lnc folder, as I do after almost every update, but the "common" folder doesn't appear in "steamapps" or in any other folder!!!
Can someone please tell me how to fix this??
BTW I'm using Windows 7 if it helps...

Thanks!

I'm not understanding you. Can you post a screenshot of your FM14 installation folder?
yannispoi
10 years ago
9 years ago
1
Is there for 14.1.3?

thanks!
padaviro
17 years ago
1 month ago
2
good night
I already deleted the folder "dbc", "edt" and "lnc" and pasted the ones I downloaded but when I open the game still can not select the German national team. How can I solve this problem?
Folder
National Team of Germany (Alemanha in portuguese) does not appear
mons
18 years ago
5 hours ago
90,962
Is there for 14.1.3?

thanks!

Yes, look through the older posts in this thread.




good night
I already deleted the folder "dbc", "edt" and "lnc" and pasted the ones I downloaded but when I open the game still can not select the German national team. How can I solve this problem?
Folder
National Team of Germany (Alemanha in portuguese) does not appear

Can you post a screenshot of the contents of the lnc folder please?
padaviro
17 years ago
1 month ago
2
Here it is

I had taken these files from another site to the default version but the national team of Germany worked well. Do I have to use these file to the folder 14.0?

EDIT: 've Got! Not sure how but I ended up copying the same files to the folder 14.0 and now I can now select the national team of Germany
ryanlilliard
10 years ago
6 years ago
2
Cheers for this!

Just finished updating it all and started a new save

How do i know if it has all worked? ive checked and the germany team is fixed but the part in which you need to a start a new save for, how do i know if that has worked???
mons
18 years ago
5 hours ago
90,962
Cheers for this!

Just finished updating it all and started a new save

How do i know if it has all worked? ive checked and the germany team is fixed but the part in which you need to a start a new save for, how do i know if that has worked???

Check an Italian team and see if its full name is the long version, like the screenshot of Palermo at the top of this thread...
BrianCloughALegend
18 years ago
8 months ago
224
hi ive checked the italian teams and mine is coming up with palermo is this correct?
mons
18 years ago
5 hours ago
90,962
As explained elsewhere, including at the top iirc, club name changes only happen if you have this file in place BEFORE starting a new game. Also, we're talking about the long name here, i.e. the one displayed on the club page, right?
BrianCloughALegend
18 years ago
8 months ago
224
yes i have started a new game and have put the files in the correct folder,and yes talking about the long name that appears on the club page

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