How do I load my file into my game inside FM?
When clicking 'New Game' inside FM, you will get a dialog box appear called Choose Database. Notice in this box it will have section saying Editor Data Files and a 'Change' tick button. Clicking this button will allow you to select which of your files to load into your game.
How do I save my changes to the database? They're not loaded when I start a new game!
A new feature of the FM10 editor is that users do not directly edit the database, which makes things nice and safe. Instead changes are applied via xml files, which can be created in the editor. Simply open the FM10 editor, make your changes and then click File, and Save Editor Data As... (In the future, if you want to then edit your edited data, you will need to load the database and then Load Editor Data - simple!)
Whether you have created the files yourself or downloaded them they need to be placed in the following locations for them to be loaded into the game.
PC – My Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2010 > editor data
MAC – Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2010 > editor data
Don't overwrite the config.xml file! Instead, you should give your file an original name of your own choice.
To include or change which editor data files are loaded when you start a new game, you may need to clear your cache. To do this, open FM10 and from the start screen click Preferences. Go to the Display & Sound tab, and untick Use Skin Cache, then tick Always Reload Skin On Confirm. Now start a new game!
I've done that and my changes still aren't showing up!
Firstly make sure you have saved the file to the editor data file. If this is correct, you should try the following.
If the file is definitely saved, you should delete your cache and then remove the config.xml file from the editor data folder.
How to delete your cache files
First of all you need to turn on hidden files and folders. Go to My Computer and at the top select 'Tools' then 'Folder Options'. Then go to the 'View' tab and select 'Show hidden files and folders'
Windows XP:
1. Open 'My Computer'
2. Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Application Data\
3. Go into the 'Sports Interactive' folder
4. Delete any 'Football Manager' folder
Windows Vista:
1. Click 'Start'
2. Click your username on the Start Menu
3. Click on 'AppData' and then 'Roaming'
4. Go into the 'Sports Interactive' folder
5. Delete any 'Football Manager' folder
Mac OSX
1. Open Finder
2. Select <User>
3. Navigate to Library\Caches\Sports Interactive
4. Remove any “Football Manager†Folder
The editor data folder is located
PC – My Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2010 > editor data
MAC – Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2010 > editor data
When clicking 'New Game' inside FM, you will get a dialog box appear called Choose Database. Notice in this box it will have section saying Editor Data Files and a 'Change' tick button. Clicking this button will allow you to select which of your files to load into your game.
How do I save my changes to the database? They're not loaded when I start a new game!
A new feature of the FM10 editor is that users do not directly edit the database, which makes things nice and safe. Instead changes are applied via xml files, which can be created in the editor. Simply open the FM10 editor, make your changes and then click File, and Save Editor Data As... (In the future, if you want to then edit your edited data, you will need to load the database and then Load Editor Data - simple!)
Whether you have created the files yourself or downloaded them they need to be placed in the following locations for them to be loaded into the game.
PC – My Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2010 > editor data
MAC – Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2010 > editor data
Don't overwrite the config.xml file! Instead, you should give your file an original name of your own choice.
To include or change which editor data files are loaded when you start a new game, you may need to clear your cache. To do this, open FM10 and from the start screen click Preferences. Go to the Display & Sound tab, and untick Use Skin Cache, then tick Always Reload Skin On Confirm. Now start a new game!
I've done that and my changes still aren't showing up!
Firstly make sure you have saved the file to the editor data file. If this is correct, you should try the following.
If the file is definitely saved, you should delete your cache and then remove the config.xml file from the editor data folder.
How to delete your cache files
First of all you need to turn on hidden files and folders. Go to My Computer and at the top select 'Tools' then 'Folder Options'. Then go to the 'View' tab and select 'Show hidden files and folders'
Windows XP:
1. Open 'My Computer'
2. Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Application Data\
3. Go into the 'Sports Interactive' folder
4. Delete any 'Football Manager' folder
Windows Vista:
1. Click 'Start'
2. Click your username on the Start Menu
3. Click on 'AppData' and then 'Roaming'
4. Go into the 'Sports Interactive' folder
5. Delete any 'Football Manager' folder
Mac OSX
1. Open Finder
2. Select <User>
3. Navigate to Library\Caches\Sports Interactive
4. Remove any “Football Manager†Folder
The editor data folder is located
PC – My Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2010 > editor data
MAC – Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2010 > editor data
