How to access them and avoiding database errorsĪlmost all edited databases can be found on the steam workshop, where you can press the ‘subscribe’ button to run it in your copy of FM: You then need to start a new career game and drop down the ‘database’ tab on the top right – here you will find your edited db so all you need to do is select it and play. Many people for example have really enjoyed the nostalgia buzz from playing Stoltze’s 95-96 database and the Samo and Women in FM DB’s are a refreshing change that add a real depth to the game.
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YOUR OWN! Just install the pre game editor and delve in – there’s lots of tutorials on youtube and it’s not difficult to learn the basicsĮasiest answer is that they are great fun and can present a brand new challenge, especially if you’re approaching the end of a save and fancy a complete change that is entirely different from vanilla FM.+ LOADS MORE on the steam workshop and.MY OWN EDITED UK LEAGUE: A completely brand new fantasy 5 league format with teams from all over the UK and both local and international comps for every league with loads of prize money ( steam workshop link here).WOMEN IN FM: WomenOnFM‘s excellent inclusion of women players in FM with a completely revised database containing over a thousand women players and staff ( steam workshop link here).TIME TRAVELLING: 95-96′ season throwback database which has been such a hit in the community with the likes of LokiDokigg, and the excellent twitch streamer all playing it ( steam workshop link here).LEAGUE REVISION: most excellent revised Scottish database, with no team tampering but a better organised Scottish league system with greater depth (16 leagues worth!) and a more traditional playoff structure ( steam workshop link here).SLIGHT ALTERATIONS TO TEAMS OR LEAGUES: My own Heathens’ resurrected save is a good example of this, where I have kept all the league and teams the same apart from my recreated Newton Heath 1878 team – many more details on this site under the posts entitled ‘Heathens resurrected’.That said, here are a few examples of the varying editing levels: 1 maybe) it might just be a re-jigging of the rules for an existing league or the inclusion of a different/higher placed team, while at level 10 it could mean a completely new league structure in a new nation with new rules, teams and cups. That said, at the lowest editing level on a scale of 1-10 (no. I suppose you could define this as any FM database that has been tampered with in some way in the editor, though the level of this can vary wildly across different versions. Already I can see some of you hitting the back button but bear with me while I explain the benefits and show you my own current example of my edited UK league, a guilty pleasure that took ages to plan and create that has kept my enjoyment of FM18 going at those occasional times when my main save has become a grind. Hello and welcome to a slightly different blog that explores a side of FM that some hardened fans don’t often access, namely pissing about in the editor to create your own complete fantasy/edited league or downloading one created by someone else.