Changing your data folder for Football Manager 2016 is no longer possible via the in-game Preferences area.
To change the location of your Sports Interactive folder which contains save games, graphics and other files in FM16 you need to add a command line to the game launch options.
To do this follow the instructions below:
- First of all create the folder in the location you want it to be
- Go into Steam and right-click on the game.
- Select 'Properties'
- Click 'Set Launch Options...'
- Copy the following into the dialogue box: --user_data_location="path"
- In the "path" section, enter the exact path where you created your folder.
The next time you launch the game, your Sports Interactive files will be saved to this folder.
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To change the location of your Sports Interactive folder which contains save games, graphics and other files in FM16 you need to add a command line to the game launch options.
To do this follow the instructions below:
- First of all create the folder in the location you want it to be
- Go into Steam and right-click on the game.
- Select 'Properties'
- Click 'Set Launch Options...'
- Copy the following into the dialogue box: --user_data_location="path"
- In the "path" section, enter the exact path where you created your folder.
The next time you launch the game, your Sports Interactive files will be saved to this folder.
