<Table name="players"> <Field name="skillmoves" type="int" /> </Table>
Tools like Live Editor (by Aranaktu) or FIFA Editor Tool (by Rinaldo) parse fifa-ng-db-meta.xml to generate dynamic dropdown menus. When you open the tool and see a slider for "GK Handling" or a dropdown for "Work Rate," the tool is reading the constraints ( min , max , enum ) directly from this XML file. fifa-ng-db-meta.xml
fifa-ng-db-meta.xml is a community-derived metadata specification for next-gen FIFA database editing. While not an official game asset, it serves as a critical bridge between raw binary data and human-readable modding. This paper provides the first structured documentation, enabling more reliable and extensible football game modding. Field name="skillmoves" type="int" />
The core of the file defines specific database tables (entities). fifa-ng-db-meta.xml