Discuss all aspects of editing the data and databases in EHM here. Have a question about the EHM Editor, EHM Assistant, editing the .cfg files, hex editing the .dat or .db files? Want to tweak the EHM exe file to change league rules/structure, start date etc? This is the place!
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You could try editing a saved game using the Editor but I am doubtful it will work and you may indeed corrupt your saved game. So backup your saved beforehand.
Changing names in a saved game is very risky and will almost certainly result in jumbled names. This is because there are numerous tables in the saved game which the Editor cannot process as I do not know their structure. If any of those tables contain names then they will not be updated when you edit a player's name. Adding a name to the DB results in the Names tables being updated with new ID numbers which will result in the potential jumbling.
Aside from editing simple things such as attributes, editing a saved game is generally very risky.