Common Fixes for Football Manager 2015

Football manager 2015 launched Most of the players will face minor issues when starting a new game. It may be from launching the game to the in-game graphical issues. It will surely be frustrating and will ultimately make you give up trying to play the game. So to ease up your work, we have listed here the common issues/errors and its fixes for the Football Manager 2015 game. Check out this guide before downloading any risky files that may harm your computer. Also scan your PC for viruses and check the system requirements to play Football Manager 2015 before taking a look at these issues and fixes.

#1 Game Doesn\'t Launch

This is the most common issue many players face when starting a new game. Sometimes these issues can be fixed by turning off the Antivirus in your PC or adding the game in the no scanning list in the Antivirus. But first, we should verify the game’s cache in Steam.

Steam will verify the files and check if there any missing files in the game’s cache. If there are any missing files, Steam will automatically download the new files. Just follow these simple steps:

1. Open Steam
2. Open the library tab and right click and select properties
3. Open the Local files tab and click Verify Game Cache

This will surely fix this issue, if it still persists, try turning off the PC Antivirus and start the game.

#2 Graphics Rendering Issues

This is a common issue faced by everyone. Some may face very slow frame rates which may lead to worst graphics experience in the game. These graphical issues can be related to hardware and may require you to switch the settings to software. Just follow the simple methods given below:

1. Open the game preferences
2. Click the interface tab
3. Under general, change the rendering mode from GPU to Software
4. Confirm your settings

This should improve the graphics and frame rate in the game but make sure that your graphic drivers are up to date.

#3 Deleting Your Preferences

If you make a mistake in your settings and accidently added settings that may stop the game from accessing, just simply follow these given steps to get back the game to normal.

1. Open the file explorer
2. Type this %localappdata%/sports interactive/football manager 2015 and click Enter
3. Delete the preferences file
4. Now, open the game and edit your settings

#4 Deleting the Crash Dump Files

If you are having issues about the game getting crashed suddenly while during launch or in the middle of playing, then you need to delete the crash dump files of the game and re-start it. Just follow the steps given:

To find the crash dumps,

1. Open My Documents
2. Click Sports Interactive and open Football Manager 2015
3. Either delete the crash dumps folder or open and delete the contents inside the folder.

This should fix the crashing issues you face.

#5 .EXE is a Virus or Unwanted Program

One of the most expected and common issue faced, is our Antivirus pointing out that the game .exe is a virus or unwanted program. Its a known fact that this is a false positive by the anti-virus and should be ignored.

To fix this issue, first we need to check whether our Antivirus is up-to-date as it will update and improve its virus database. Secondly, switching the antivirus scanner off while playing the game will stop this issue.

The listed fixes are for common issues, crashes and errors. If you face any other issues other than these listed click here for the fix.