WelshViking7 - Comments

Thanks @M.C and @Footygamer, this is good news, especially from the FM24 side of things.

I can already vision you “copying” and “pasting” the template above and just changing the season start dates for FM24, year after year, the way its gone/going 😂

As a user of these files, I can confirm the files don't include new/updated salaries or squad numbers - they only include the new club and contract date info.

Also, yes the “Contract Changes” file does only contain Osimhen changes and the file itself is also about a year and a half old (one of the originals)….tbh I normally delete it when I donwload the updates etc, same with the standalone Lewis-Skelly and Diego Moreira ones. I imagine it'll probably be removed at some point when there is a tidy up (could have just been overlooked) and it is obselete now anyway. The file size is probably quite large for such a minor change due to the high processing of Osimhen's ego 😂

Legend 👍

Hi @5edT , will you be updating any of these files after the major FM26 update comes out on Monday, as I have read there is going to be over 5m database changes/updates, and I imagine there will be a lot of changes to player attributes in particular?

Personally I don't think I'm ready to put my trust and time into FM26 yet, even after the forthcoming update 😂

I'm going to ask for a refund if the likes of KSI, Snoop or Trump and his “nobel peace prize” are added to the updates 😂

James Haycock has incorrect staff role for the Welsh National Side - he should be First Team Physio, not coach.

His club one is correct but when I submit the change I don't think it is reflecting his role with the Welsh national side?!

Thanks :-)

Thank you for your response @M.C and as always very informative.

Oh and yes, my bad, I am referring to FM24 and it makes sense there being a cause between the two games!

I imagine it's a little like when SI / FM24 incorpotrated the “Set Piece Coach” role, but due to their mappings/structure, the pre-game editor shows their role as a Chairman, but showed up as “Set Piece Coach” in-game lol (which initially through me at first).

Nevertheless, thanks again for your response 👍

Hello - not sure if this has been mentioned already (mainly as I haven’t looked back through the thread) but there seems to be a fair few staffing inconsistencies within the “Contracts” file.

Some are due to incorrect “Job” assignments (e.g. set as “Coach First Team” when they should be “First Team Physio”) and some job assignments have not successfully applied in the DB (aka have a ‘No’ in the success column) therefore reverting to the default job of “Coach Firem Team”.

I don’t want to list them all, but as I mainly play in the English Premier League, I have scanned through the staff pages and noticed some odd assignments and the same for the UK national teams (England, Wales etc…)

One simple example in the English Premier League is Arsenal – Lewis Kinsella and Colin Kazim-Richards are listed as “Coach First Team” but they should be “Scout” and “Coach (U18 Team)” respectively – but when looking in the editor their job assignment is listed as an unsuccessful change (aka No).

Another example Jack Chaloner at Everton and Joe Staunton and Tottenham should be “Physio (U18 Team)” and “Manager (U18 Team)” respectively.

Also, the England National side has about ten or so “Coach First Team” members of staff, which on investigating should be “Physios”, “Analysts” (although I know Analysts don't show for national teams)…etc…. similar for the Wales National Side (although not as many).

Although I appreciate the time and effort that goes into the thousands of changes that are applied to the FM24 db, I do feel, when it comes to staff/non-players, it is a little “gung-ho” – and personally, on some level, I do think it is as important as the level of detail that goes into the player updates when it comes to real world accuracy.

Then again, that’s my opinion, and I’m a sucker for realism. Like I said I haven’t looked back in the thread to see if this has been discussed before, and there may be a valid reason as to why job assignments are randomly defaulting to “Coach First Team” (my guess is some sort of export/import/xml scenario). Personally, I do think standalone files for “Players” and “Non-Players” might help manage the load a little – but again that’s just my opinion and there may be a valid explanation I’ve missed 😊

I'm sure this is how Skynet started… 🤔

There are a couple of newly created players in the “New People” file who are aged 100….

Jean Mambuka should be around 16-17 and Keven Garrett should be around 38-39 (according to the world wide web).

Issue looks to be with their birth year showing as a single digit in DOB, therefore born over 2000 years ago 😂

I have submitted Keven Garrett's correction on here but can't seem to alter Jean Mambuka's DOB?!

There are already tons of guides/videos on how to add graphics….literally just Google “how to add custom graphics into Football Manager". The same process has been around for years and years - obviously a few slight changes in FM26 but there will be tons of guides/videos specifically to FM26.

It's as easy as making toast 😁

Brilliant, thanks @5edT 👍

This is a great pack - hats off!!

One thing I would add (for immersion purposes), is to also update the player positions along with their attribute data. Personally I think this is vital when updating attribute data, as there are hundreds of players who have a different position today (as per FM26) compared to FM24. Lewis-Skelly, Nico O'Reilly are good examples, who both regularly play at left full back as their “main” position - and have their attributes (and position) updated in FM26 based on their current position. Obviously appreciate its a lot of work to already go with the amount of work already carried out, but does seem to be a theme with attribute data packs missing positional changes - so there is quite an imbalance, and will refer back to Lewis-Skelly still being a DM/CM - he won't get ahead of the current Arsenal midfielders as showing as “breakthrough prospect” on my save - but tested by manually editing position (based on FM26 data) and starting a new save, he is a “squad player” - which nicely fits in to real life. Data updates will never be perfect, but I personally feel the immersion is slightly lost at times with players having outdated positions.

Also these packs might work well being incorporated into the main sortitoutsi FM24 Data Update, especially the attribute stuff - and likely a lot of people are still playing FM26 due to the current/updated player attribute data haha (maybe?)

Nevertheless, great pack, easy to use and appreciate the work - certainly brings FM24 into the 25/26 season 😊

Correct, but I believe they are working on transferring the pack to the new FM26 template very soon.

https://www.selleck87.it/showthread.php?tid=3463

Yes - see @M.C 's update above from this morning.

As a “work-around” I merged the current ‘Non Dynamic Data’ (shown as last modified 12/08/2025) with the updated ‘Non Dynamic Data’ (shown as last modified 11/09/2025) together as per below:

1. Install/Open FM Editor
2. Load the current ‘Non Dynamic Data’ editor data file (shown as last modified 12/08/2025)
3. Download/extract the V5093 FM24 Data Update from 12th Sept - which you can find here 👉🏻https://sortitoutsi.net/football-manager-data-update/releases
4. Back in FM Editor, merge the ‘Non Dynamic Data’ editor data file taken from the V5093 update above (shown as last modified 11/09/2025)
5. Might take a little time to merge, but once done, save it!

I have only scanned through and tested a few players, so I'm not saying this is ideal or perfect (and I'm sure the moderators will agree lol), but it works for me based on the teams/leagues I use and shows player CA/PA updates from last season and this season as of 11/09/2025. as intended - so for me, I'm happy with that!

This is only a basic/quick guide, so if you are not familiar with FM Editor then wait for the update to be applied officially through the FM Data Update, and I wont be further assisting or attaching the merged file as it is not my content to do so - it is just a quick work-around that worked for me and how I play the game.

I'm sure once the ‘Non Dynamic Data’ file is as it should be, from the moderators/creators side, they will include it in an update.

As sad as I am and a sucker for realism, I created my own standalone Paul Pogba file a while back, with all his data taken directly from the FM23 database (yes, meaning I had the FM23 editor and FM24 editor open side-by-side and copied his data like for like)….it did take a while lol!!!

I have since tweaked it slightly, in the same way the guys here have done by adding +2 years to his age, added the last 2 years of playing history (although blank) and downgraded his CA by -10 (based on what his final CA was on FM23). Even then there is question it could be lower, as mentioned he hadn't played for 2 years and he hasn't even turned out for Monaco yet….in my opinion I think his career is pretty much over….but anyway!!

I'm happy for the creators/moderators to have the file, check it over and incorporate into the 'Changes' file in a future update if they want - just to save a bit of time.

Just let me know 👍🏻

Awesome - cheers 👍

Apologies - by next update do you mean tomorrows (14th)?

Just downloaded todays which has just been released and the date timestamp of the ‘Non Dynamic Data’ file is from 12/08/2025.

Legend 👊🏻

Thank you as always @M.C 👍

Hello - I have just downloaded the latest update with the latest ‘Non Dynamic Data’ file, but some of the CA's seems to have been removed or overwritten with their default - is this intentional?

One example is Cole Palmer - the previous ‘Non Dynamic Data’ file had his CA at 174 but the latest has removed this and now he's at the game default of 140. His attribute change on the profile submissions page has him at CA 178 as of 1st June…he’s now a “squad player” behind the likes of Garnacho 🤣

PA’s seem to be intact, but it is looking like some players who were upgraded in the last ‘Non Dynamic Data’ update have potentially had their CA removed/overwritten in the current update - couple of others I noticed were Ekitike, Amad Diallo.

There are obviously some players that have been upgraded such as Woltemade (although doesn’t match his attribute change on the profile submissions page).

I have only had a quick scan – apologies if this has already been highlighted, or it is intentional.

It might be worth as a “test” to just initially only load the 54 data files from here (have all other files/packs unticked) as part of a new game, then have a looks through the changes and see if they add up to how it represents in real world.

I imagine at times it can be hard for the moderators to troubleshoot issues with their own files/packs when there are other files/packs included from other sources etc - so be best to try just loading this pack for now, ignoring anything else you have….just as a test, and you can have a look around at the changes, such as the one's you mentioned previously….and if there are still issues I'm sure it will be a lot easier to troubleshoot knowing you don't have any other files/packs conflicting during your test.

All I can confirm, is that if I download the latest update, and I load ONLY those files in a new game (no other custom files loaded/ticked) then the data shown in-game is as intended and up-to-date etc

Ah, no problem - thanks for the update, PC must have been in overdrive 😊

Might be worth trying pinpoint whether it's a particular file causing this issue.

I know it has been highlighted by the moderators that the ‘Player History' file will cause the initial new game loading time to increase due to being over 3M changes within it - and I also know other files such as the ‘Changes’ file and ‘Non Dynamic Data' file also slightly increase loading times - however I haven't experienced it take 2 hrs.

I'm assuming a new game loads fine if no customised files are added/ticked from the editor files drop-down (default vanilla version of the database)? This way you can rule out it's not the game itself.

Also, assuming you are ONLY using this ‘Data Update' pack, have you tried unticking the odd file to try and pinpoint the culprit from the editor data drop-down? If a new game does load in vanilla, then re-checking all the files again from the drop-down, then unticking the “heavy duty” files to start with - ‘Changes’, ‘Non Dynamic Data’, 'Player History' - and see if a new game loads. If it does, go back and only tick one of the above, and try a new game again (I would however leave 'Player History' till last if you have this optional file added).

Hope that makes sense, and helps….it's a little tedious, but steps I've taking in the past (for different reasons) to help try and pinpoint where the issue may lie and obviously keep in mind if you are using your own or other customised data packs, this could also impact towards conflicting data, load times etc.

You have 282 files potentially loading when creating a new game/save based on your screenshots - so VERY highly likely many of the files are conflicting with each other.

The latest ‘Data Update’ from here has 54 main files, and some additional “optional files”.

You will need to only have the 54 main files from here loading / ticked to test (see my screenshot attached as an example).

This ‘Data Update’ from here, ideally, is intended to be used on its own, with no other/similar packs from elsewhere - otherwise you will encounter issues and conflicts.

Imtiaz Ahmad has moved to Man Utd as ‘Cheif Doctor’ as he is replacing Gary O'Driscoll who was exisiting ‘Chief Doctor’ - current ‘Head of Sports Science’ is still Ed Leng and in-part Sam Erith who isnt currently in the game.

EDIT: Apologies I've sumbitted the same change twice as couldnt see the ‘Chief Doctor’ change on my initial submission?!

It might be best to share a screenshot of your ‘editor data’ folder showing all files you currently have in there?

It sounds to me like you may have duplicate or missing files from this Data Update, or you have other/similar files from other packs/sites etc….

Have you tried starting a new game (as a test) with ONLY the latest files in your ‘editor data’ folder from this Data Update? Might be worth making a backup of your current ‘editor data’ folder (outside of your Football Manager 2024 folder structure) and create an entirely new/blank ‘editor data’ folder, then just put the latest files from this Data Update in there (excluding the optional ones) and see how that looks when starting a new game (making sure the files are all ticked within the game setup window of course).

Just to confirm, I can see Djalo is at Besiktas, Conceição is permanently at Juventus, and Sporting CP have Rui Borges as their manager (which are all correct in the real world) as of this morning’s update release.

I have had this myself before when directly copying and pasting a players name into a new player on the FM editor rather than typing it out - I can only think it might be something to do with the formatting from source as hasnt happened with every name, depending where I got it from….and the workaround (for me at least) was to manually delete the text/name and manually type it in.

Not guranteed to be the problem, but something to test/investigate maybe?!