FM26 - CUSTOM GAME SETUPS (03.08.26) FINAL FM26 VERSION (Patreon)

03.08.26Hello everyone!This is (most likely) the final update of game setups files for FM26.It now contains the missing UEFA leagues by MasterIgor for the setups "extremely large", "very large" and "large" (smaller setups remain unaffected).There is also another change. The setup "very large" contains now more lower leagues in top nations. I'm aware that this will further reduce simulation speed slightly but I'll explain you how I cam to that conclusion:1. I've evaluated a save-game in 2044 with the setup very large. I've then saw that some smaller nations became not as strong as they should (still not unrealistic but it simply didn't match my testing standards:D). The reason for that is simple: Some smaller nations benefit a lot from newgens from major nations/clubs/leagues. They often play in the lower leagues of those nations.2. The fact that the setup "very large" is supposed to be the "smallest possible setup" to have a realistic simulation on a worldwide level, I was almost "forced" to add this change so it fit it's purpose:)3. Important information in case I've never told you that: I'm 99.9% sure that there is an actual limit of how large a save-game can be. I think it's around 2.46GB. If your save-game is beyond that, it will crash and you won't be able to continue. Do you need to be worried? Nope, not really. To achieve such a large save-game, you need to simulate a lot of nations in full detail with my extended setup very large until the year 2048. If you're actually reaching this stage, We're most likely playing FM28 already;). In general, I recommend the setup "very large" for the "gold standard" if you want to have the most realistic experience in Football Manager.Link:https://www.mediafire.com/file/xzry1wueu001y5n/Daveincid%2527s_game_setups_%252803.08.26%2529.zip/file22.05.26Hello everyone!I have updated the extended setups and added the new CONMEBOL and OFC nations of MasterIgor's Megapack. All Continents except UEFA are now complete. All of those Nations are now also optimised in my June Update. The following setups have been changed: "extremely large", "very large" and "large". The smaller ones aren't affected by the new available nations so they remain the same.Link:https://www.mediafire.com/file/xlszak0l6e5cc28/Daveincid%2527s_game_setups_%252822.05.26%2529.zip/file24.03.26Hello everyone!I have updated the extended setups and added the African nations of MasterIgor's Megapack. I'll add more context asap but focus is currently to just release the files so you can start playing the game:D14.02.26

Hello everyone!I have now created extended setups which contain custom leagues for both, women and men only. Unfortunately the process of creating the setup is a bit tricky because of bugs when trying to create "women only" or "men only" setups. It even gets worse when trying to combine both with custom leagues. So for now, I only have the separated versions. I try to find a solution where you can play with custom leagues combined asap.Which setups have been added?Setups with custom leagues:Men only:- Daveincid's extended setup extremely large (195 leagues from 131 nations playable)- Daveincid's extended setup very large (147 leagues from 131 nations playable)- Daveincid's extended setup large (83 leagues from 68 nations playable)- Daveincid's extended setup medium (61 leagues from 56 nations playable)Women only:- Daveincid's extended setup extremely large (227 leagues from 207 nations)- Daveincid's extended setup very large (120 leagues from 100 nations)- Daveincid's extended setups large (83 leagues from 63 nations)IMPORTANT:1. All other setups are already done how they should be (add player to playable teams, database size etc.)2. The setups are in line with my "List of Files I recommend for FM26 (24.03.26).3. The setups for the women's game may look too big but trust me, the processing speed is very fast, so smaller setups do not really make sense to me:DCheersDaveincid 05.12.25Hello everyone! I have created 9 custom setups for all default nations for Football Manager 26. There are setups for "women only" saves, "men only" or both together in different sizes:- Daveincid's setup extremely small (men only)- Daveincid's setup very small (men only)- Daveincid's setup small (men only)- Daveincid's setup medium (men only)- Daveincid's setup large (men only)- Daveincid's setup very large (men only)- Daveincid's setup large (mixed)- Daveincid's setup very large (mixed)- Daveincid's setup women onlyYou can still switch the start date to the nation you manager or change settings if you want the first transfer-window being active or not (it's disabled in my files for realism purposes). The setups are all done how I recommend to have the various settings ticked.Quick info:Things seems to work a bit different in FM26 compared to FM24, so there is now only a "db setup" needed and not another "game setup" file. DETAIL LEVEL:

The detail level with which various competitions are simulated must be set after the start of the game. (Options -> "FM Symbol" -> "Detail Level") These can slow down the game considerably, especially if your PC/laptop has few CPU cores (less than 8 cores and 16 threads). So it depends a lot on your hardware.

FOR ALL SETUPS I RECOMMEND:

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS

Match Detail: All Competitive Matches

CONTINENTAL COMPETITIONS

Match Detail: All Competitive Matches (or the continent you are actively managing)DOMESTIC CLUB COMPETITIONS

Match Detail: This is very individual depending your CPU. For smaller setups I would set the top leagues in England, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Argentina as fully simulated, not more.IMPORTANT!

If the save becomes too slow, reduce the detail level rather than the number of playable leagues. I also advise against adding leagues at a later stage. Only the removal of lower leagues, for example if you start in league 4 or 5, could be useful.Q&A:Q: The smaller setups contain over 100k players, is that correct?A: Yes. The amount of players loaded doesn't vary much, even on smaller setups vs larger ones. That's on purpose. The game will be still much quicker with smaller setups.Q: Can I add custom leagues etc?A: You can add custom leagues and nations by yourself. I'll do the extended setups once I've found custom league files which I've tested and I'm happy with.HOW TO INSTALLThese fiIes must be placed into the "db setups" folder (if that folder doesn't exist yet, create one and name it db setups) in the same location as the "editor data" folder. So: Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2026 (NOT INTO THE EDITOR DATA ITSELF)The "db setups" must be loaded via the "advanced db" when creating the game.Link:https://www.mediafire.com/file/xzry1wueu001y5n/Daveincid%2527s_game_setups_%252803.08.26%2529.zip/file