Importing boards, and backing them all up
Short answer
How do I import a tactics board, or back up all of mine?
Press Import on My boards. It opens .tfs files, a backup .zip, or a link somebody shared with you, and adds each as a new board of yours. Back up everything, in the same window, downloads every board you own as one .zip of .tfs files.
- Where
- Import, at the top of My boards. Download file on each board, and Editable file in Export.
- Plan
- Every plan, including the free Beginner plan.
- Last checked
Step by step
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Save a board as a file
The board itself, as a .tfs file. It opens fully editable in any Total Football Studio account: send it to another coach, or keep it as a backup.
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Open Import on My boards
Bring boards into your studio: from a file, from a link someone sent you, or from your Football Manager tactic.
A .tfs file is a board saved from Total Football Studio, with Download file on My boards or in Export. Every board comes in as a new board of yours; nothing you already have is changed.
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Or paste a link
A board someone shared with you, if they allowed copies, or one of our official systems.
Anyone with the link can save their own copy to edit in their studio. Yours stays exactly as it is.
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Back up everything
One .zip of .tfs files, a folder for each of your folders. Import it here to bring them all back.
From a Football Manager tactic
Lay your tactic out on the position grid you know from the game. You get a real board, ready to animate, share and present.
Add a second shape for when you do not have the ball. The board gets a phase for each, and Play moves every player from one to the other.
Tap a player to give him a role. Roles go into the board’s notes, one line per player.
Football Manager is a trademark of Sports Interactive. Total Football Studio is not affiliated with Sports Interactive or SEGA, and reads nothing from the game or its files.
What a file leaves out
Your players’ names go in the file. Photos, your club and your signature never do: the coach who opens it signs it as theirs.
No player names go in the file, and never photos, your club or your signature. Turn on "Include names and faces" above to keep the names.
Questions
Can I save a board as a file, and import it again?
Yes. Download file on My boards, or Export then Editable file in the studio, saves a board as a .tfs file. Import on My boards opens .tfs files, a backup .zip, or a link somebody shared with you, and adds each one as a new board of yours; nothing you already have is changed. Player photos, your club, your crest and your signature never go into a file, so the coach who opens it signs it as theirs.
Can I back up all my boards?
Yes, on every plan. Import on My boards has Back up everything, which downloads every board you own as one .zip of .tfs files, with a folder for each of your folders. Import that zip on any account to bring them all back. Boards you restore count towards your plan’s board limit like any other.
Can I turn my Football Manager tactic into a tactics board?
Yes. Import on My boards has From Football Manager: lay the tactic out on the same position grid as the game, give each player a role, and add the shape you defend in if you want one. You get a board with a phase for each shape that moves every player from one to the other, ready to edit, share and export. Nothing is read from the game or its files, and Total Football Studio is not affiliated with Sports Interactive or SEGA.
Can I import boards from another tactics app?
Not as files. Other tactics boards save their work in formats only they can open, so there is nothing a different app can read. Rebuilding is quick: pick a formation and pose each phase, or lay a shape out on the Football Manager grid in Import. Boards made in Total Football Studio move freely between accounts as .tfs files.
