This file 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 automatically re-installed by Steam when official patches come out.

The sortitoutsi real names fix changes the instances of fake names in Football Manager 15 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 German, Italian and French clubs to circumvent licensing restrictions. It also adds real-life media and journalists, with 26 media files added to encompass all major footballing nations and continents. 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 FM15.

Or, you can follow the below instructions to install v2.0 of this file (if you are installing a previous version please use the 1500 folder instead of the 1530 folder:

Step 1: Go to

PC
 Program Files \ Steam \ SteamApps \ common \ football manager 2015 \ data \ db \ 1530 
Mac
 / Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2015 / data / db / 1530 
You can find this folder 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.

Slightly more detail in this post

Linux
/home/user/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Football Manager 2015/data/db/1530/

Please note that the Local folder is hidden. Press (ctrl + h)
Android:
sdcard\Android\data\sportsinteractive.fm15\files\installed\data\db\1530
For Mac Lion users, the Library folder will be hidden. Use this link to find out how to show it.

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

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

Step 4: Go to:

Documents \ Sports Interactive \ Football Manager 2015
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 select the folder named "FM15 Real Names Fix Files from sortitoutsi.net v2.0".

Step 7: Paste the circled folder directly into the folder mentioned in step 5.
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u344/maltamons/real-names-fix-2.png~original

Step 8: This should be what your editor data folder looks like. There may also be a config.xml file in this folder and can be safely retained; it is generated by FM every time the game starts.
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u344/maltamons/real-names-fix.png~original



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, German national teams will be populated in the next instance that players are called up, and not instantly. Club names (including the German ones) 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.

Some of these changes may not apply in FMC...
Comments
riley18
11 years ago
8 years ago
1
My Inc & Edt files are located in the following directory and work no problems :

User/**username**/Library/Application Support/Steam/Steam Apps/Common/Football Manager 2015/data/db/1500 (as stated in the original install instructions)

To get the Library folder to show in either Mavericks or Yosemite, whilst in Finder, access the "Go" top menu and whilst that is highlighted, press the "alt" key which will show the library menu in the "Go" list


I'm really struggling to find Steam App on my MacBook, help me please.
mons
17 years ago
9 hours ago
85,497
Do you have Steam installed?
batiron
9 years ago
1 week ago
276
After applying this fix, the premium league still being called ’premium Division’、shoild i use others to fix the official naming issues??
Than you.
mons
17 years ago
9 hours ago
85,497
What premium division is that? I'm not aware of any competitions named premium divisions in the game

Watch the video and make sure that you replace the EDT and LNC folders in both the 1500 and 1530 folders.
finalthrd
10 years ago
2 years ago
245
Hey Mons, quick question. I'm wondering what the "colour changes.dbc" file does exactly. Believe it was called that in the FM14 fix, may have a slightly different name now.

Asking because I'm about to start a new save and was advised by hammer9 that this file does what his popular SSKCC file does - change kit/club colors add/remove third kits.

So yeah, just wondering what happens if I remove it.
mons
17 years ago
9 hours ago
85,497
Iirc it changes the text and background colors of the Champions League and the Europa League, and does not change any kit colours.

It can safely be loaded alongside hammer9's SSKCC, in fact I do so myself in my save game...
KambukaSHOTS
10 years ago
3 years ago
2
I have two files under db - 1500 and 1530

which one should i update?
mons
17 years ago
9 hours ago
85,497
I have two files under db - 1500 and 1530

which one should i update?

To be safe, both.
KambukaSHOTS
10 years ago
3 years ago
2
To be safe, both.


cool, will do both thanks
adryy5
8 years ago
8 years ago
1
Hi. I download and installed that fix and doesn't work, why it can be that? Thanks
mons
17 years ago
9 hours ago
85,497
Make sure you change the EDT and lnc folders in both the 1500 and 1530 folders. Otherwise, I'll need screenshots of the locations in which you've installed the files.
Mortiis
11 years ago
4 days ago
81
i have some kind of issue with that susie real names file that i downloaded long time ago...
it was working perfectly...but couple of days ago i've downloaded INC file from some germany website which renames current german club names

so u get full names in standings...like on this picture

http://s28.postimg.org/q1whvv6al/image.jpg

and after a while club names revert to this

http://s1.postimg.org/ay25qcg0f/1_Bundesliga_Overview_Stages.png

and whatever i do in INC file i just can't rename clubs but ONLY from 1.bundesliga and 2.bundesliga..fot 3rd liga and below i can do it without problems..
is it maybe because when i've created new game i also used file called Susie Real Name Fixes - Club Name Changes FM15.dbc in editor files folder?
is there a conflicts between this file and my new INC file?
cuz one other friend doesnt use susie file..only that new german INC file...

please help
PinkHoverboard
11 years ago
3 weeks ago
31
mons/team, can I put a tiny request in? Can you change Newport County's short name from "Newport Co" to "Newport"?
ryanmcfaulds
13 years ago
3 weeks ago
14
Hi, I downloaded this file and it was working fine and all competition names were correct. I'm now in my 4th season and the UEFA Europa League has changed name to UEFA European Championships. I was just wondering if anyone knows the reason why and how to fix this without starting a new save? If I start a new save then it works fine again but I don't want to do this. Thanks
mons
17 years ago
9 hours ago
85,497
i have some kind of issue with that susie real names file that i downloaded long time ago...
it was working perfectly...but couple of days ago i've downloaded INC file from some germany website which renames current german club names

so u get full names in standings...like on this picture

http://s28.postimg.org/q1whvv6al/image.jpg

and after a while club names revert to this

http://s1.postimg.org/ay25qcg0f/1_Bundesliga_Overview_Stages.png

and whatever i do in INC file i just can't rename clubs but ONLY from 1.bundesliga and 2.bundesliga..fot 3rd liga and below i can do it without problems..
is it maybe because when i've created new game i also used file called Susie Real Name Fixes - Club Name Changes FM15.dbc in editor files folder?
is there a conflicts between this file and my new INC file?
cuz one other friend doesnt use susie file..only that new german INC file...

please help

Apologies for the delay in getting back to you.

If you started the save game with all the files from this download in place (as you seem to have done), then it would not be possible to rename German club names using lnc files. This is because the club name changes are done using the editor data files (the dbc file you mentioned), and entries amended using the editor cannot be changed afterwards mid-save game through lnc files. The reason why only 1. Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga club names cannot be changed is that they are the only ones which needed to be amended in the editor data file due to the licensing restrictions surrounding them in FM, lower division German team names are not affected by the licensing restrictons.

As a general rule, unless you really know what you're doing, I would not recommend running alternate lnc files alongside the ones in this download due to the possibility of duplicate entries and other possible conflicts.

I'm a bit confused with the screenshots though. Are they from the same save game? Because the date in the first screenshot is after the one in the second, which doesn't make any sense if you say that club names revert after a while.

Hope that's clear and that I've explained matters...



mons/team, can I put a tiny request in? Can you change Newport County's short name from "Newport Co" to "Newport"?

Done (for FM16)
mons
17 years ago
9 hours ago
85,497
Hi, I downloaded this file and it was working fine and all competition names were correct. I'm now in my 4th season and the UEFA Europa League has changed name to UEFA European Championships. I was just wondering if anyone knows the reason why and how to fix this without starting a new save? If I start a new save then it works fine again but I don't want to do this. Thanks

That's a bit strange. You must have changed something in the lnc file or download a separate similar file - things don't just decide to change just like that.

Can I have a screenshot of your 1500>lnc and 1530>lnc folders please? I may be able to spot something not in place...
PinkHoverboard
11 years ago
3 weeks ago
31
Cheers - don't worry, don't expect you do to a new file now! I've actioned it in your latest file for my own use, it's more so that I don't forget next year!

Thanks again.
ryanmcfaulds
13 years ago
3 weeks ago
14
That's a bit strange. You must have changed something in the lnc file or download a separate similar file - things don't just decide to change just like that.

Can I have a screenshot of your 1500>lnc and 1530>lnc folders please? I may be able to spot something not in place...
mons
17 years ago
9 hours ago
85,497
Neither of those two attachments are displaying. Can you upload to imgur/tinypic or something similar?
Mortiis
11 years ago
4 days ago
81
@mons

first picture is from my friends game..second is from my game...
at my game it was also looking like that,and then after 2 months played it rolled back to old (short)names like,Bayern,Dortmund,Stuttgart etc...
thats why i was confused because at first it was working and then after 2 months (game time) rolled back...

but now i've created new game without that .dbc file and everything is working...i finished half season

thanks
ryanmcfaulds
13 years ago
3 weeks ago
14
mons
17 years ago
9 hours ago
85,497
I've contacted you via PM.
Pie-rate Kiing
10 years ago
10 months ago
2
I'm sorry in advance if my issue has been stated before but after applying your real name fix, I have found everything as they're supposed to be in real life except for Manchester United. For me, it's still the same as the default name of FM 2015, which is, Man Utd. Could you please fix it to Manchester United FC? Thank you a lot in advance. Cheers.
mons
17 years ago
9 hours ago
85,497
I'm sorry in advance if my issue has been stated before but after applying your real name fix, I have found everything as they're supposed to be in real life except for Manchester United. For me, it's still the same as the default name of FM 2015, which is, Man Utd. Could you please fix it to Manchester United FC? Thank you a lot in advance. Cheers.

Club name changes mostly are for German, French, Portuguese and Italian clubs. Man Utd's full name is already in the default db as you are requesting it.

Remember, there's the short name as displayed in the squad screen and the long name as displayed in the club info screen...
Si Ford
11 years ago
2 years ago
231
Club name changes mostly are for German, French, Portuguese and Italian clubs. Man Utd's full name is already in the default db as you are requesting it.

Remember, there's the short name as displayed in the squad screen and the long name as displayed in the club info screen...


Well it was until version FM2015 and SI changed it BTW Hope they put it back to the old way in FM2016

quick question Mons.... Can I transfer / use my own club name change file from this years FM2015 into FM2016 or will I need to input the data all over again? When its out... In theory could I open the editor for 2016 and merge or just save as new file the DBC editor data file from FM15 into FM2016 or would that not work?
mons
17 years ago
9 hours ago
85,497
Well it was until version FM2015 and SI changed it BTW Hope they put it back to the old way in FM2016

quick question Mons.... Can I transfer / use my own club name change file from this years FM2015 into FM2016 or will I need to input the data all over again? When its out... In theory could I open the editor for 2016 and merge or just save as new file the DBC editor data file from FM15 into FM2016 or would that not work?

In response to your last question, I see no reason why you shouldn't. I've carried over the same file (with changes obviously) from FM13 to FM14 and FM14 to FM15, so I'm certainly hopeful I'll be able to do so again for FM16. You could even be able to run it alongside the club name changes file in this download; the only issue would be with edits of the same entry in both files.
Si Ford
11 years ago
2 years ago
231
Thanks Mons,

I take it media files can also be merged together?
As I use Hammer's SSKC and transfer updates etc with running quite a few leagues these editor files take up space.... and I read somewhere that it's not
recommend to have more than 69 editor files....

I am just preparing my files and having a play around with the editor learning to unlock different league databases for FM2016
JakeOSadler
8 years ago
2 years ago
2
Hi Guys,

On my mac, in the application support folder I can't find a steam folder? Anyone know what i can do from here?

Thankyou.
Darvey
11 years ago
3 years ago
165
Hi Guys,

On my mac, in the application support folder I can't find a steam folder? Anyone know what i can do from here?

Thankyou.


It's quite simple. Whilst in Finder, access the "Go" top menu and whilst that is highlighted, press the "alt" key and select "Library", from here you can open application support where you should find your steam folder.
JakeOSadler
8 years ago
2 years ago
2
It's quite simple. Whilst in Finder, access the "Go" top menu and whilst that is highlighted, press the "alt" key and select "Library", from here you can open application support where you should find your steam folder.
Thankyou, I just found how to do that through a steam forum but thanks anyway! I was going through system libraries and not user before.

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