How to: Set how many years in advance a host nation is announced for int. competitions

[Blue Lou]

Open the file comp.xml in the steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 2016 Editor\data\format\rule group\advanced folder with a text editor (I recommend Notepad++)

Copy the following:

<!-- competition host offset-->
         <record>
           <flags id="field" value="next_year_host_announced" />
           <translation id="name" type="use" value="Number of years in advance host nation is announced" />
           <flags id="type" value="integer" />
           <integer id="default_value" value="0" />
           <integer id="min_value" value="0" />
           <integer id="max_value" value="10" />
           <boolean id="is_optional" value="true" />
           <boolean id="is_invalid_name_variable" value="true" />
           <!-- do not use in parent fields name-->
           <list id="dependencies">
             <record field="is_league_fixtures" not_equals="true" />
           </list>
         </record>

Paste it to line 1513 and save the file.

When you load the editor, a new option is now available.

In the image above, I've set the host of the Pan American Games to be announced 6 years ahead of the competition. The host of the 2023 edition of the competition will now be announced in 2017 in game.

This is not likely to appeal to many people but I thought it was worth sharing.

[Roy Race 9]

many thanks

[Roy Race 9]

hang on you cant open that file it is not a .xml it is .dbc and cant be opened in editor as in previous versions and then edited via notepad

[Blue Lou]

It's steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 2016 Editor\data\format\rule group\advanced folder\comp.xml, not comps.dbc

[metal_guitarist]

Stickied this for more visibility, thanks Blue Lou

[Roy Race 9]

It's steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 2016 Editor\data\format\rule group\advanced folder\comp.xml, not comps.dbc

cheers wasn't aware