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Version: FMRTE 27
Supported onmacOS
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Load your game on a Mac

You no longer need to turn off SIP

FMRTE now reads Football Manager through a small plugin that the game loads when it starts, so System Integrity Protection (SIP) can stay on.

The Set up the FMRTE plugin wizard prepares your copy of the game to load the plugin. You only need to do this once for each copy of the game.

Open the wizard​

Start Football Manager, then select Load Game in FMRTE. If FMRTE can't connect, the wizard opens by itself. Select Next >.

Set up the FMRTE plugin wizard on its first page, listing the next steps

If the wizard doesn't open, set Settings → Support → Diagnostics → Game data source to Auto detect (the default). With Game process, FMRTE never uses the plugin.

Step 1: Find game​

  1. Under Games found, choose your copy of the game. FMRTE selects the running copy for you.
  2. If you play on Steam, choose your Steam account.
  3. Select Next >.

Choose your game page with a Steam copy and a Steam account selected

If your copy isn't listed, select Browse… and choose the game's folder.

Steam on an Apple silicon Mac: Install Rosetta

Steam needs Apple's Rosetta to start the game with the plugin. If it's missing, the wizard shows Install Rosetta before the review. Select Install Rosetta (internet needed, about a minute). Or run the command shown in Terminal, then select Check again.

Install Rosetta page with the Terminal command

note

Rosetta is only for Steam: Steam uses it to run FMRTE's small launcher. The game itself still runs natively on Apple silicon, not through Rosetta. Heroic and the Desktop shortcut don't need Rosetta.

Step 2: Review setup​

Check What FMRTE will change, then select Apply setup. What you see depends on where your copy came from:

Quit Football Manager and Steam first, then select Apply setup.

Review setup page for a Steam copy, with the three changes FMRTE will make

  • If the game already has Steam launch options, tick Replace the current Steam launch options to continue.
  • If FMRTE can't change Steam's settings itself, it shows a Launch options line. Paste it into the game's Properties › General › Launch Options in Steam, then select I've set it in Steam.

If you use BepInEx mods: FMRTE adds its plugin to BepInEx's start script instead, and keeps your mods and Steam settings. You don't need to quit Steam.

Before FMRTE changes a file, it saves a copy of the original next to it, ending in .fmrte-backup.

Step 3: Restart​

  1. Quit the game and start it again the new way:
    From your Steam Library.
  2. Wait until the game reaches the main menu.
  3. Select Check connection.

Restart the game page with the next steps for Steam

When the wizard shows The plugin is connected, select Finish, then Load Game. The status bar shows (Plugin) after the game version.

The plugin is connected page with Connected status

If it says Not connected yet, make sure you started the game the new way, then select Check connection again.

If setup stops

The message at the bottom of the wizard says what to do. The most common ones:

MessageWhat to do
macOS won't let FMRTE connect to this copyChoose another copy, such as the Steam version, or select Use FMRTE without the plugin. That guide changes SIP: read “Unable to open process” on macOS first.
FMRTE can't use the Epic launcherInstall the game with Heroic Games Launcher and choose that copy.
No Steam account with the game foundStart the game from Steam once, then try again.
FMRTE can't be set up from its current folderMove FMRTE to Applications and try again.
Setup didn't finishTry again. If it keeps failing, submit a bug report.

When you report a connection problem, attach plugin.log from FMRTE's log folder (Settings → Support → Diagnostics → Log folder → Open folder).

Update the plugin​

After you update FMRTE, the game may still run the old plugin. The wizard then opens as Update the FMRTE plugin. Select Next >. If the Update the plugin page appears, select Update plugin. Then restart the game and select Check connection.

Update the plugin page showing the plugin loaded by the game and the new plugin file

Undo the setup​

The wizard has no undo button. To stop the game loading the plugin:

In Steam, open the game's Properties › General › Launch Options and remove FMRTE's launcher line. With BepInEx, replace run_bepinex_arm64.sh in the game's folder with its .fmrte-backup copy.