Introduction
LNC files are similar to EDT and DDT files in that they change how FM
behaves using commands in a text file, there are two major differences.
Firstly LNC files are mainly used by SI to change things that they
can't legally have in their games (the most famous of these is probably
Jens Mustermann, aka Oliver Kahn)., therefore they don't support the
use of these files for any use (make up your own mind as to why these
files exist at all...). The second difference is that the commands
don't just effect new games, but can change things in existing games.
There are many commands available in LNC files, however they can be
grouped as follows:-
Name Changes
Gender
Changes (for languages which use genders)
Fake Teams
Colour Changes
The files also support comments, anything following a # will be ignored
by FM.
How
to create LNC files
LNC files reside in the "data\db\lnc\all" directory and since they are
simply text files can be created and edited with Notepad or any other
text editor. As the name suggests the file extension for LNC files is
".lnc". When saving a new file in Notepad change the "Save as Type" to
"All Files" otherwise Notepad will add the extension ".txt" to the name
you enter.
Name
Changes
There are a number of commands that will change the name of items in
the game. The basic name change command will change the name of
virtually anything in the game (apart from people). The syntax is:-
"NAME_CHANGE" <ID> "<New Name>"
"<Language>"
The ID is obviously the ID number of the item you wish to change which
can be obtained from the game or the editor. The language is the
language the change is for, for English use "" for other languages use
the name of the language in English.
N.B.
Some IDs apply to multiple items in the database, e.g. 45 applies to
South Africa and the Scottish Premier League. For this reason it it
better to use one of the following commands where possible rather than
this generic command:-
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE"
"COMPETITION_NAME_CHANGE"
"NATION_NAME_CHANGE"
"STADIUM_NAME_CHANGE"
All of these commands use the same basic syntax as the "NAME_CHANGE"
command.
Examples:-
#Change the name of PSG in English
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 868 "Paris Saint Germain" ""
#Change the name of the Italian Serie A in Italian
"COMPETITION_NAME_CHANGE" 32 "Serie A TIM" "Italian"
#Change the name of Spain in English
"NATION_NAME_CHANGE" 796 "España" ""
#Change the name of the name of the Stadio Meazza in English
"STADIUM_NAME_CHANGE" 1205 "San Siro" ""
Player
Name Changes
The player name change command works slightly differently due to the
need to change more than one name. It also is language independent.
This command will also change the names of other people in the
database, e.g. coaching staff. The syntax is:-
"CHANGE_PLAYER_NAME" <ID> "<First
Name(s)>" "<Nickname>"
"<Surname>"
Example:-
#Change Christian Vieri's name to include his nickname
"CHANGE_PLAYER_NAME" 3801524 "Christian" "Bobo" "Vieri"
Gender
Changes
The
gender name change commands can be used to change the gender of a name
and are generally used in conjunction with the name change commands.
The basic command is "GENDER_CHANGE", however there are specific
commands for individual item types like the name changes. The syntax
is:-
"GENDER_CHANGE" <ID> <Gender Change>
"<Language>"
The gender change is numeric and the value depends on the language you
are changing it for. For examples see the france.lnc file that is
included with the game.
Fake
Teams
Clubs
With clubs you can use the command "RANDOMISE_TEAM" which causes the
game to create random players for a specified team when creating a new
game. The syntax is:-
"RANDOMISE_TEAM" <ID>
Example:-
#Make Milan's team random
"RANDOMISE_TEAM"
1099
Note that the "random" players generated will seem rather familiar...
Nation
With nations you use the "FAKE_NATIONAL_TEAM" command. This forces the
nation specified to only pick fake "greyed out" players and also makes
them unplayable for human managers. The syntax is:-
"FAKE_NATIONAL_TEAM" <ID> <On or Off 0|1>
Ending the line with 0 turns the command off and 1 turns it on.
Example:-
#Causes England to use fake players
"FAKE_NATIONAL_TEAM" 765 1
Colour Changes
The colour change command effects both nations and clubs. The syntax
is:-
"COLOUR_CHANGE" <ID> <Kit 0|1|2> <R
0-255> <G 0-255> <B 0-255> <R
0-255> <G 0-255> <B 0-255>
The kit is either the first (0), second (1) or third (2). The RGB
figures are the first and second colour of the kit. You can work out
what these values are for a particular colour in most image editing
programs (including Paint).
Example:-
#Make Manchester United play in pink and purple with their first kit.
"COLOUR_CHANGE" 680 0 255 174 215 128 0 255
Questions?
If you have any questions regarding this FAQ please feel free to contact me.
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