For Football Manager players, it is a well-known fact that the only issue that stops the game from achieving complete realism, data wise, is the lack of the official German and Japanese national sides, due to their respective rights being held exclusively by other companies, meaning that the German team is filled with ‘greys’ (despite having real players available), and Japan is similar, along with no local players to choose from also (Japan-based players are not included in game anyway). However, there is a fix to this that people have found, and it is as simple as changing or deleting a file.
All you have to do is go to
WINDOWS
Program Files > Steam > Apps > Football Manager 2012 > data > db > 1200 > Inc > all
MAC
Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2012\data\updates\update-1200\db\1200\Inc\all
and delete all of the files in there. This should remove the blocks on the two teams, making them playable (Japan might not have enough players, depending on settings) and as a result more realistic. These changes will take effect in current games, as well as new games!
You also need to delete the same files after an update, which are in the SteamApps/common/Football Manager 2012/data/updates/*whatever update*
All you have to do is go to
WINDOWS
Program Files > Steam > Apps > Football Manager 2012 > data > db > 1200 > Inc > all
MAC
Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2012\data\updates\update-1200\db\1200\Inc\all
and delete all of the files in there. This should remove the blocks on the two teams, making them playable (Japan might not have enough players, depending on settings) and as a result more realistic. These changes will take effect in current games, as well as new games!
You also need to delete the same files after an update, which are in the SteamApps/common/Football Manager 2012/data/updates/*whatever update*
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