You don't need to start a new save for this to take effect.
With the exception of Brazilian clubs and Juventus.
With the exception of Brazilian clubs and Juventus.
An fmscout.com EXCLUSIVE
This is an essential add-on for FM 2022. Due to licensing issues, FM22 contains fake names for a number of competitions, clubs and awards. With this add-on, you can fix that and enjoy FM 22 with real names.FM22 Real Names Corrected
- All playable clubs names from all continents
- All major leagues names
- All non-playable Europe Top Leagues club names
- Almost all minor leagues names
- All Continental, National and National Cups names
- Continental awards
- Some stadium names
2022 Name Fix Preview
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If you find errors in translation / names or need a fix for other club / league / competition names, please post a comment below and I'll try my best to update these files.Real Names Fix Instructions
We've put together a video tutorial for you. If you prefer text instructions, just keep reading.How to fix fake competition and club names in FM 2022
- Quit the game (if it's open).
- Extract the contents of the pack you downloaded from here to a temporary location. You'll need them for step 6.
- Find the 2240 folder.
Windows:
Mac:STEAM
\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 2022\data\database\db\2240\
EPIC GAMES
\Program Files\Epic Games\FootballManager2022\data\database\db\2240\
STEAM
/Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Football Manager 2022/database/data/db/2240/
EPIC GAMES
/Users/Shared/Epic Games/FootballManager2022/database/data/db/2240/ - Open the lnc folder and then enter the all sub-folder.
- Delete all files you can find in there, particularly the following 3 files:
- fake.lnc
- lic_dan_swe_fra.lnc
- nleague.lnc
- Move FM22 Fix by FMScout.lnc and FM22 Club Names by FMScout.lnc inside this all folder.
- Go 2 folders back to find the edt folder.
Open it and then enter the permanent sub-folder. - Delete the file "fake.edt".
This will fix Niko Kovač from getting renamed to Max Freund, Oliver Kahn from getting renamed to Jens Freund, and a couple of more people. - Again go 2 folders back, this time to find the dbc folder.
Then enter the permanent sub-folder.
Delete the following 6 files:
- zebra award.dbc
- zebra turin fake staff.dbc
- brazil_kits.dbc
- forbidden names.dbc
- Licensing2.dbc
- Licensing2_chn.dbc
- Open the game and enjoy Football Manager 2022 with real names.
IMPORTANT: The fix for Juventus and Brazilian clubs can only take effect with a new save because dbc files affect the saved game when it's first created.
IMPORTANT: If your saved game was started during the 22.3.0 patch, you need to apply this fix to the 2230 folder as well! And if started before the 22.3.0 patch, you need to apply this fix to the 2210 folder!
For reference, the folder structure of the path you need to apply the fix is as follows:
- 2240
- 2230_fm
- dbc
- permanent
- zebra award.dbc
- zebra turin fake staff.dbc
- brazil_kits.dbc
- forbidden names.dbc
- Licensing2.dbc
- Licensing2_chn.dbc
- ...
- permanent
- edt
- permanent
- fake.edt
- ...
- permanent
- lnc
- all
- fake.lnc
- lic_dan_swe_fra.lnc
- nleague.lnc
- ...
- all
I want to help with proper real names for my country.
We welcome everyone to suggest and contribute changes to this name fix. Feel free to send a PM to Stam or to pr0.Brazilian clubs have three-letter names and Juventus is called Zebre in my game. How to fix?
Even though Brazilian club names are fixed in our files, the game will continue to show the 3-letter name instead of the full name. That is due to certain dbc files that affect them when you save your game for the first time. The same applies to Juventus. You need to start a new save AFTER applying this fix (in full), for Brazilian team names to be correct.I applied the fix, but I'm still seeing some wrong club names.
During career game set up, you will still see incorrect names for three Spanish clubs, but once you select your club and start playing, the names will be correct.Where is Application Support folder on Mac OS X
Mac users who have trouble locating their Application Support folder, please follow these steps:- Open a Finder window
- Press CMD + Shift + G on your keyboard to open the “Go to folder” window
- Type: ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Football Manager 2022 and press “Go” or hit enter
Don't agree with a name? You can change it.
If your opinion for a name change isn't widely accepted, it's advised to change the name yourself.Open the fix file in a text editor such as Notepad, search for the name you want to change, change it, and save. It's really that simple. The fix will apply the next time you start FM22.
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Discussion: Football Manager 2022 Real Names Licence Fix
161 comments have been posted so far.
@Romano.338, you can always right click on the game on steam, properties, local files, verify integrity of game files..., to bring back the default files of the game, so if you want, you can get rid of the real names files.
@fat koala, thanks, will check them!
But a few suggestions: a lot of the Finnish teams don't need the city name in their short name, (e.g. FC Honka Espoo can just be FC Honka), Ekenäs Tammisaari (Finland) is just Ekenäs IF or EIF, Tammisaari is just the Finnish name of the town.
And afaik the Korean leagues are 1 & 2 instead of Classic & Challenge?
The 1st Division it's currently called "Liga Bwin", the 3rd Division is called Liga 3.
But the best option would be to call them Liga Portugal 1, Liga Portugal 2, Liga 3 and Campeonato de Portugal
Annoying to have a game in 2 different languages
@ChadCcfC1987, yes that's a known issue.
@gannet18, this is clearly because of the game or the skin (resolution?), but it has nothing to do with the real names. Most likely, they are automatically shortened, or else they wouldn't fit.
is there a work around that??
Will have to start a save soon to check everything out i guess. Again thanks, great job mate!
"4. Open the lnc folder and then enter the all sub-folder.
5. Delete all files you can find in there, particularly the following 3 files:
fake.lnc
lic_dan_swe_fra.lnc
nleague.lnc"
You only need the FM22 Fix by FMScout.lnc and FM22 Club Names by FMScout.lnc inside the lnc -> all folder. You don't have to do anything with the greek folder.
@F3Artem, yes will be fixed thanks!
@JAVENOVA, noted.
@kimdinho, the japanese players have nothing to do with the name fixes. They were always like that due to licensing issues. There were never players in japanese teams.
Great job like always.
But the japanese players in the Japanese league are all fake players? All the real players a missing?
"Delete all files you can find in there, particularly the following 3 files".
So this means i can delete all those files up there? And what happens if i only delete those particularly 3 files? Also fine or? I mean what are those greek files if i may ask?
And about the Dutch team, i guess if i start a new save, i will see all their real players right?
Tks pr0
@proton6, Noted.
They should have Athletic in their name not AFC
@gtalnz, noted and fixed for the next repack. Thanks!