2014 How to make a changes.txt

[Dec]

Creating a changes.txt is the only way to edit Football Manager Handheld 2014 on Android. Sports Interactive have provided us with four set codes to change four different areas of the game - players, managers, clubs and competitions (you can identify what they change by the beginning).
Each section has different rules which can lead to mistakes being made and codes not working so please make sure you are aware of each one.

The way to create a changes.txt is with a program that allows you to create .txt files (Notepad, Wordpad etc...) and then using the following to do the changes you want before saving it as changes.
Please note you can only effect new games, any save games aren't effected by a changes.txt.

Player changes:

"PLAYER" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" ""

"PLAYER" "First name" "Surname" "Club" "New first name" "New surname" "Common name" "Year of birth" "New CA" "New PA" "New club"

If you do not want to change any fields please leave it blank ("") however First name, surname and club must be filled in.

First name/Surname: The players first name/surname or what you want to change it to. If a player has multiple names you may want to do a few codes to determine where the third word is meant to go.
Club: The club is the one at the start of the game which the player belongs to, if they are on loan this does not count. If they are a free agent or want them to be simply type 'free' into the area. The club name must be the full name - one on the club page not the league.
Common name: The common name is the players' short name (if any) this is used mainly in South America with the prime example Ronaldinho. Please note you can add a common name to a player but cannot delete one.
Year of birth: The year you want the player to be born, it must be a minimum of 1995 so they are older than 15.
Current ability/Potential ability: Out of 200, the current is the level they are playing at. Potential is what they can achieve (past or future). Standard level for a Premier League player is 155.

Rules:
Player changes must be before club changes, this means you must transfer Terry to Manchester United before changing Manchester United to English Superstars.
You cannot create new players, you must edit old players with similar attributes, nationality and positions as your new desired player.
The game only allows a certain number of new first names, surnames and nicknames. This is 100 of each so for example Terry will not count as John Terry uses it but Dumbledore would count as a new surname as no one is called John Dumbledore in the game.

Manager changes:

"MANAGER" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" ""

"MANAGER" "First name" "Surname" "Club" "New first name" "New surname" "Year of birth" "New CA" "New PA" "New club"

Manager changes are the same as player changes apart from the following.
Year of birth: Must be greater than 1980.

Rules:
It must be before club changes.
Managers must be released from their club before doing being put to an international team and vica versa or they will be managing both.

Club changes:

"CLUB" "" "" "" "" "" ""

"CLUB" "Full club name" "Nation" "New club name" New short name" "Reputation" "New league"

Club name and nation must be filled in, the rest can be left blank.

Full club name: The club name which appears on their profile.
Nation: The nation the club is in.
Short name: What you want to appear on the table (good for clubs with long names).
Reputation: Out of 10000, the higher the reputation the more expectation and money. Also allows you to buy better players.
New league: What league you want to transfer them into (the clubs' current nation only).

Rules:
Must be done before competition changes.
Leagues must be balanced (Premier League has to have 20 teams etc...), if you transfer one to a different league you MUST replace them or errors occur such as the league not having any games.

Competition changes:

"COMPETITION" "" "" "" ""

"COMPETITION" "Full name" "New name" "New short name" "Abbreviation"

Full name: The full competition name found before picking a team or on the fixtures.
Short Name: What it is called in news items and in lists.
Abbreviation: The name on fixtures, limit to 3 characters (all caps).

Other tips:
Try and save regularly and test it, things can go wrong for any reason.
Lines with a hash (#) at the start are ignored - useful for grouping certain codes together.
Host it on FMHVibe! If you think people would want to play it then upload it so people can share their careers on it.
To install you place the changes into FMH2014_Data and disable quick start.

[mikeyboy11]

Silly question but if you just wanted to change the reputation for a team alone and not the name or anything else - what would the line be, i.e.

 

 

"CLUB" "Full club name" "Nation" "" " "10000" ""

[aykyle]

What team are you looking to change the reputation for. I will make the code for you so you can get the general feel for it.

[UKFootballScore]

can you change Nations?

[jaymarvels]

can you change Nations?

 

changes.txt is limited to what can be done..

 

I think this is one of the limits

[UKFootballScore]

ah gutting I didn't think there was :-( I'm trying to make a 'What would have been' Yugoslavia squad :-( I cab make it but only as a club

[audionekenobi1978]

On android where do you put the file please

[Dec]

Disable quick start then place the file in FMH2014_Data.

[audionekenobi1978]

Probably sound s daft but I make a txt file put the phrase in as listed as above then save as then place where u said

[Dec]

Yes, as long as you follow the rules, call it a changes.txt and save it in the right location as well as disabling quick start then it should work for new games.

[audionekenobi1978]

Cheers :-) used the generator from last year is -10 a real PA

[Dec]

-10 is but I am not sure you can set it via changes.

[ArsenalFanatic]

Hey DEC, I am a bit rusty as I haven't done any changes for a few years. Help as to why these aren't working ?.

 

 

"PLAYER" "Aaron" "Ramsey" "Arsenal" "Jamie" "Taylor" "Jamie" "1995" "180" "200" "Lincoln FC (GIB)"
"PLAYER" "Iker" "Casillas" "Real Madrid C.F." "Bradley" "Dryer" "Bradley" "1995" "160" "200" "Lincoln FC (GIB)"
"PLAYER" "Jamie" "Robba" "Linense" "" "" "" "1995" "170" "200" "Lincoln FC (GIB)"
"PLAYER" "Karim" "Dechraoui" "Linense" "" "" "" "1995" "174" "200" "Lincoln FC (GIB)"
"PLAYER" "Jack" "Sergeant" "Linense" "" "" "" "1995" "168" "200" "Lincoln FC (GIB)"

"MANAGER" "Arsene" "Wenger" "Arsenal" "" "" "1970" "190" "200" "Lincoln FC (GIB)"

 

 

 

 

 

[LFCameron7]

Maybe try without the FC?

 

Yes, it worked for me without the "FC" just put "Lincoln (GIB)" 

[marci0818]

Great guide

[gbohunmi10]

How do you install changes.txt on ios

[Dec]

You cannot, sorry.

[aykyle]

Just out of curiosity. How certain are we that a league can't have additional teams added?

I was working on a project and I made a mistake while renaming clubs. Needless to say, a league that had 20 teams contained 21 teams. I know it was a mistake. Don't know how to replicate it. Don't even have proof tbh. I was too focused on the work I just deleted the list and started over.

After said project I'm probably going to try and replicate the mistake again and come to a conclusion. Never had it happen in 2013.

 

Which comes to another thing. It seems FMH14 reacts differently to changes.txt than FMH13 does. For example, the managers. In FMH13(Super league for example).

in FMH13, I was able to do this:

Manger from Holland goes to Barcelona

Manager from Barcelona goes to Holland

 

But in FMH14 it has to be

Manager from Holland goes to Barcelona

Manager from free goes to Holland

 

Not to mention club renaming and league rearranging isn't reacting the same. It's kind of like the game is rejecting it lol

[Dec]

Not sure this applies to FMH2014 as I haven't tested it but it used to cause a crash further down the line as leagues start to become uneven.

[acetriumvirate]

i do exactly like your instruction.. but nothing's happen   :mellow: 
ialso try to replace the original changes.txt with changes.txt that i've download in this forum but still nothing change..

[Dec]

Then you haven't followed the instructions exactly. Which folder are you placing them in?

[aykyle]

Okay. I've seen a lot of people talking about this. So I made this to help everyone place their changes.txt.

 

DO place the changes.txt here:

 

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DO NOT place the changes.txt here:(that changes.txt is just to show the update changes)

[Broskinator97]

Hi, why it isn't working?

"PLAYER" "Cristiano" " Ronaldo" "Real Madrid C.F." "" "" "" "" "" "" "A.C. Milan"

[Dec]

Have you installed it correctly?

[Broskinator97]

Yes, the other works, but this code no

[Dec]

Is AC Milan full?

[Broskinator97]

How many player can have a team?

[Dec]

40 players in 2014.

[Broskinator97]

I've 39 players in the team

I've tried with Giacomo Bonaventura from Atalanta to A.C. Milan and it works, only Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't...Maybe am I writing the wrong name?

[Dec]

What is his name in his profile?