With this file, you will be able to start a new game from any month (January – December) and from a list of 10 years (2019- 2029). So basically, you can directly go to the future to start a new game.
Important: The later the starting year that you choose, the longer it takes to load a new game.
Credit to sortitoutsi for the excellent work done on the original custom file.
Enjoy the custom files and your feedbacks are much appreciated.
How to start FM20 at a custom date
1. Download the file and extract the compressed file2. Move all the .fmf files to the editor data folder
By default : C:\Users\user\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2020\editor data
3. Launch Football Manager 2020
4. In the custom database option, select the file with the starting month that you want
For example, if you want to start in August, select “NBL Custom Start Date 08 (Aug)”
5. In the nations to load option, choose Seychelles as one of the nations to load
6. Select the starting year that you want from Seychelles in the start date option
7. Start the game and enjoy!
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Discussion: FM20 Custom Start Date
16 comments have been posted so far.
Yes, you are right, the loading screen freezed for hours if you choose 2029 as the starting year. So, it's impossible to start directly from 2029, but I don't know what is the limit starting year that you can choose
Maybe starting from 2029 has passed its limit, I think. It's 10 years from the default starting year, so it must take hours for the game to load.
What year did you choose to start from?
@GfxJG I think starting in 2029 is faster, holidaying for 10 years will take days depending on the leagues you load & ur computer's performance
whereas starting directly in 2029 will probably take a few hours to load, I think, I've never tested it