How to export team files

Use this when you need to submit your team changes to the league FTP server so the commissioner can import them before advancing the league.

Open the game menu: File
Choose Online League
Select Export Your Team via FTP

FHM menu path: File, then Online League, then Export Your Team via FTP (highlighted) — File → Online League → Export Your Team via FTP

How to download the latest league file

Use this to update your local league file to the most recent version the commissioner has published (same date / sim as the rest of the league).

Open File
Choose Online League
Select Download and Upload League File and follow the prompts to fetch the current file

FHM menu path: File, Online League, and Download and Upload League File (highlighted) — File → Online League → Download and Upload League File

How to set up multiplayer (online league)

Set up your league in three phases: create the game and human GMs, point FHM at your FHMNOW FTP Server Connection, then prepare and share the initial league file.

Phase 1 — Create game

When starting a game, select Multiplayer League.
Create GM profiles for your human GMs at Manager → Add/Edit Human Managers.
- Your commissioner profile should stay unemployed.
- Use Add Additional Manager to add profiles. GM profile passwords are set here.
- Assign profiles to teams with the Select Team option.
- Enable Cannot be fired so your GMs stay employed.

Phase 2 — FTP settings

Configure your league’s FTP server settings at File → Online League → Online League FTP Settings. Configure the following details:

League file upload options

Host & Port: values from FHMNOW League Admin
Username & Password: values from FHMNOW League Admin
FTP Mode: value from FHMNOW League Admin
Target Path on Server: League File Path from FHMNOW League Admin
League File Name: the name of your multiplayer league

Check: Test league file upload should succeed and the folder should exist.

League file download options

Host & Port: values from FHMNOW League Admin
Username & Password: values from FHMNOW League Admin
FTP Mode: value from FHMNOW League Admin
Source Path on Server: League File Path from FHMNOW League Admin
League File Name: the name of your multiplayer league
League File URL: optional — leave blank

Note: Test league file download may fail at this stage. That is normal.

Team file transfer options

Host & Port: values from FHMNOW League Admin
Username & Password: values from FHMNOW League Admin
FTP Mode: value from FHMNOW League Admin
Path on Server: Team File Path from FHMNOW League Admin

Check: Test team file transfer should succeed and the folder should exist.

E-mail options

This section is optional; you do not need to change it.

Phase 3 — Compress and distribute the league file

To find your league file: Start Screen → Settings → Open customizable data folder. In File Explorer, open the saved_games folder. Your league is the folder named like YourLeagueName.lg.

Close the game completely before compressing. Do not continue with the game running.

League file compression (step by step)

Make a copy of your league folder and keep it somewhere safe (for example Desktop).
Work only on that copy — not the original inside saved_games.
Open the copy of the league folder and delete:
- the entire rs_one folder
- the entire rs_two folder
- the entire import_export folder
- inside settings, delete accountsdata_commish.dat (required)
Right-click the folder copy (YourLeagueName.lg) → Compress to… → ZIP file.
Save the ZIP. It will be named like YourLeagueName.lg.zip.
Send that ZIP to your GMs (for example Google Drive or Dropbox).

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