andyinasia - Comments

Looks fun. A shame you haven't gone deeper into Scottish non-league, but I'll give it a go.

Right, joined Man City; gone on holiday until June 2028. Let's see what's in store with this 100 point penalty!

Which nation does it replace - Rep. Ireland or Norn Ireland? Apart from putting clubs from the db into this league structure, have you made any other changes, eg to finances or club/league reputations?

You can put all the files in the editor data folder but just activate a few at a time by using the add/remove leagues function

You're right, I'm so sorry to waste your time. Another Scotland db dropped the same day called ‘Full fantasy Scottish pyramid’ or something which was a mess, and I deleted it and installed your superior one instead. Got mixed up. 

Two Inverness Thistles in the same division. Can't remember others.

I've loaded it up. I see my team, Inverness Thistle is down in the 13th tier, perfect for a long lower league career. The team is so good, it's in that division twice! Actually, a few clubs are duplicated. Also the last three tiers aren't given league reputations. Despite a few wee errors, I hope to have lots of fun with this.

It's there now. Maybe I was just too quick.

Great work FB

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What's changed in the 27th August update? Is the Lowland League split into East and West?

Fantastic. Love your work!

Is this part of your 13-tier fantasy pyramid?

Yes, it means there'll be loads of extra clubs in tier 5 and knock-on effects for tier 6 at least. And an extra complicated playoff system for promotion to the SPFL.

Will you be including the proposed revamped Lowland Leagues and lower divisions that come into effect in the 2026/27 season?

Many of us have long awaited this. What a superb climax to a long stint with FM24. This last save will keep me going for ages.

Aaarghh, I just last night fired up a new save with this file, taking Lochbroom in the 10th tier. Guess I'll be restarting. I'm a follower of Inverness Thistle who have reformed and will be playing in the 5th tier NCL. I'm tracking on their Facebook page the players and staff they are recruiting daily.

One file is English leagues, my modified 10 level file made by Leo Messi. One is English regens (I think) and one is English lower level kits. They're all live in my current save - no conflicts. The only ones not in English are from falsobohemio's pack, the subject of this thread.

Yeah, you take them out of the unzipped folders and bung in all the fmf files into the editor data folder. I'm doing a one-nation save at the moment so only have 150 files in this save, but my editor data folder looks like this:  

I'll put 300+ files in my editor data folder - falsobohemio's 233 nations and a bunch of other fmf files.  When I set up the game start, I choose maybe 6 nations and a dozen leagues. The rest of the nations/leagues are dormant at this point.  In the FM tab there is an add/remove leagues option 2 below Preferences. With that, you can add leagues you didn't load at the beginning. I might remove 3 nations and 3 three more. You can keep doing that until you've been through all the nations you have in your editor data folder and keep the speed quick.

The secret is to load every nation in the editor data folder, but only activate a handful, then use the add/remove leagues function to have a few active at any one time.  Processing is very zippy that way.

Fantastic work, FB. Loving the extra nations no one else has done.

You mean up to date squads for level 20 teams???

You can check that by running a holiday test before you start up your save.

You might need to verify the lower levels - run the file through the pregame editor.

Thanks for all these updates!

Great to know this. I've always got this db on the go even if I'm not managing in Scotland. I've edited the North Caley to include Inverness Thistle who are bidding to reform and enter that league next season. Any chance of adding more amateur leagues from the highlands, such as the West Highland Amateur Football Association (a summer league)?

I'll just reply here - I've downloaded and updated a ton of minor nations. Thanks so much for all your great work.

As an old duffer myself, I'm nostalgic for the old way, but really it ought to be the modern boundaries ("council areas")

https://www.travel-tramp.com/how-many-counties-in-scotland/

Yes, Scotland has 32 'counties;, most of which are in the populated Lowlands/Central Belt. The map in the attached link shows Highland is huge (and includes the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland).

I can't remember how many divisions Scotland is divided into in the vanilla FM editor; I use daveincid's extra files, which add more regions and weather regions to the game.

As a lower league manager, one thing I like to do is give myself the extra restriction of only signing part-time/amateur players from the locality, say a 30-mile radius.  Categorising players by county would be hugely helpful.  I hope you get around to doing Scotland, and specifically the Highlands & Islands, as that's my #1 bias.

I'm always looking for new angles in lower league management and would be very interested in this, and if FM25 excludes international management, I'd do this in FM24. Hopefully these add-ons wouldn't conflict with other add-on leagues/nations I like to use.