Crash on August 1st

Hello friends, I installed Football Manager 26 and made the necessary edits in the editor and added the leagues and the game started running, but on August 1st the game keeps crashing and exiting. I wanted to know what the solution is.

YES !!!!! I am having the exact same problem and don't know what to do

Why doesn't anyone help me?

Was this problem sorted after the 26.0.5 patch?
If not, did you try to go on holiday until August 2nd to get past that problematic day?

I have exactly same issue - tried already 3 different saves, always same date 01.08.2025 at 23:00... i tried to go for 2 days holiday but it is crashing anyway when the game reaches that date...

2025-11-14 22:31#308539 Stam : Was this problem sorted after the 26.0.5 patch?
If not, did you try to go on holiday until August 2nd to get past that problematic day?

No, unfortunately it didn't work, and yes, I wanted to go on vacation, but it still gave an error.

2025-11-15 23:21#308563 bartczarny : I have exactly same issue - tried already 3 different saves, always same date 01.08.2025 at 23:00... i tried to go for 2 days holiday but it is crashing anyway when the game reaches that date...

I did exactly the same thing, but it didn't work.

I submitted ticket to Sega Support, but they keep forcing me to update GPU drivers, remove ALL additional graphics and editor data mods like logos, real name fixes etc.. I sent them dxdial and Belarc file to check my PC and now got back with another 'great' advise to add fm.exe and UnityCrashHandler64.exe in Windows Defender --> Allow an App through Controlled access.

Joke.

P.S. I dont have those options even available as I`m using third party antivirus, where I added app allowance for above files - no success.......

2025-11-16 16:18#308571 bartczarny : I submitted ticket to Sega Support, but they keep forcing me to update GPU drivers, remove ALL additional graphics and editor data mods like logos, real name fixes etc.. I sent them dxdial and Belarc file to check my PC and now got back with another 'great' advise to add fm.exe and UnityCrashHandler64.exe in Windows Defender --> Allow an App through Controlled access.

Joke.

P.S. I dont have those options even available as I`m using third party antivirus, where I added app allowance for above files - no success.......

Thank you, I'll try this method. I hope it works, but I doubt it.

Unfortunately, it still didn't work. On my laptop, when I installed the latest driver version, the colors of the faces on the entire screen became visible, but unfortunately, the game still crashed.

Guys I managed to solve the issue (unfortunately new save is neeed) - it seems new v26.0.5 update is not compatible with additiona editor files, like addiotnal leagues (they seem to be basing on FM24 not FM26)

2025-11-18 10:20#308595 bartczarny : Guys I managed to solve the issue (unfortunately new save is neeed) - it seems new v26.0.5 update is not compatible with additiona editor files, like addiotnal leagues (they seem to be basing on FM24 not FM26)

So if I start a new save, it won't crash on August 1st?