Extract your squad save file using a community-supported tool like Moddingway's Converter.
You rarely edit the fifa-ng-db-meta.xml file directly. Instead, you use it as an input file for dedicated database editing tools. Step-by-Step Guide: fifa-ng-db-meta.xml
This is where the fifa-ng-db-meta.xml file comes into play. The ".xml" extension tells us it's an file. Unlike the binary .db file, the .xml meta file is a text-based document that acts as a schema or a map . It provides the structure, definitions, and metadata that tell editing tools exactly how to read the data within the fifa_ng_db.db file. For a modding tool to interpret the database correctly, it must load these two files together. The XML file explains what each column in the database is called, what type of data it holds, and how all the tables relate to each other, making it the indispensable "legend" to the database's "map." Extract your squad save file using a community-supported
Warning: Editing the schema (the XML itself) is incredibly dangerous. Adding a column here without rebuilding the binary DB from scratch will brick your game. Step-by-Step Guide: This is where the fifa-ng-db-meta