a. Compare the latest club_comp, nation_comp, and staff_comp.dat files with the ones from the previous data update release (not the previous renaming release) using Patch Creator in Flex 2 (change the Files of Type from Executable Files to All Files).
b. Any created out.patch files will show you where changes have been made to the .dat files between the two versions. There will usually be very few (if any) changes made to the files.
c. Make any necessary changes to the three .dat files from the previous Renaming patch.
x. Alternatively you can just use the .dat files from the latest renaming patch. Any changes made by the update team regarding competitions' reputations or colours in the latest update(s) will however be lost.
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d. Rename Holland --> Netherlands in euro.cfg. [Notepad]
e. Rename Holland --> Netherlands (four times) in nat_club.dat. [XVI32]
f. Rename Holland --> Netherlands (twice) in nation.dat. [XVI32]
g. Rename the MLS clubs in club.dat. [XVI32] (The update team sometimes changes which MLS club are in the game's MLS, so double check that the short and long names actually refer to the same club.)
Columbus Crew --> Columbus Crew SC / -
Dallas Burn --> FC Dallas / -
Kansas City Wizards --> Sporting Kansas City / -
Los Angeles Galaxy --> - / LA Galaxy
Miami Fusion FC --> Toronto FC / -
NY/NJ Metrostars --> New York Red Bulls / New York Red Bulls [search up in XVI32]
Tampa Bay Mutiny --> Seattle Sounders FC / -
Washington DC United --> D.C. United / D.C. United
h. Rename the MLS clubs in player_setup.cfg. [Notepad - use CTRL+H to mass replace just the long names of clubs from the previous step.]
i1. Delete any lines beginning with "RETIREMENT" if you want to prevent those players from immediately retiring once the game starts. [Notepad]
i2. Convert future transfers into loans: add the loan lines into player_setup.cfg [Notepad] and move the players between clubs. [Tri Wasano Editor]
j. Rename the South American Recopa --> Recopa Sudamericana in club_comp.dat. [XVI32]
Rename the Argentine Metropolitan Zone --> Copa Argentina in club_comp.dat. [XVI32]
Rename the German DFB-Ligapokal --> German DFL-Supercup in club_comp.dat. [XVI32]
Rename the English Northern Premier League Premier Division --> English National League North in club_comp.dat. [XVI32]
k. Rename Asian Games to CONCACAF Gold Cup in nation_comp.dat [XVI32: byte 508]
Change Asian Games' continent to N America [cm0102ed]
Change CONCACAF Gold Cup's colours to Yellow 2 / Blue 3 [cm0102ed]
Change CONCACAF Gold Cup's history (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CONCACAF_Gold_Cup#Results) [cm0102ed]
l. Remove 3 clubs from the Australian A-League. [all with Tri Wasano Editor]
Add 2 clubs to the English National League, remove 1 club from the English National League North.
Add 2 clubs to the French Ligue 1.
Add 2 clubs to the Greek Superleague.
Add 2 clubs to the Italian Serie A & to the Italian Serie B. Make sure the last positions of clubs are filled in properly or else the Italian Cup could have duplicate teams entered into it, which may cause it to stop running.
Remove 2 clubs from the League Of Ireland Premier Division & from the League Of Ireland First Division.
Remove 2 clubs from the Polish I Liga.
Add 2 clubs to the Russian Football National League.
m. Change the club competition history years: Change years --> (Start year - 2001) Forward --> Go. [History Project v2.42]
Change the nation competition history years: Change years --> (Start year - 2000) Forward --> Go. [History Project v2.42]
n. Add Copa Argentina histories (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_Argentina#Champions) [cm0102ed]
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Creating the v6.exe:
00. Have the update team's latest release in your Data folder
01. Copy and paste the Rename v1.4.5 cm0102.exe into your CM folder
02. Copy and paste the Rename v1.4.5 cfg/dat files into the Data folder
03. Apply Tapani 2.22 with your usual settings
04. Apply reversals .patch in Flex
05. Apply +v5 (new money) .patch
06. Add whatever new patches you like to the exe
Creating the v6.patch (new values):
01. Use the Rename v1.4.5 exe
02. Apply Tapani 2.22 with your usual settings
03. Apply reversals patch
04. Compare the Tapanified 1.4.5 exe from steps 1-3 with the v6 exe from further above to create the v6.patch (new values)
05. Add the following two lines to the .patch (doesn't matter where):
0x18b387 0xe1 0xe3
0x19ba24 0xe4 0xe3
Creating the v6.patch (old values):
01. Open v6.patch (new values) from above.
02. Remove the following two lines:
0x20230a 0x90 0x50
0x20230b 0x78 0x89