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The FM16 Adboard Patch
PLEASE NOTE: If you have an alternate version or previous years version of the ad-board pack - please delete it and re-install the new pack. Many of the files and folders have been re-named and this will avoid leaving unnecessary duplicates
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PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE LATEST VERSION OF THE PACK - THIS IS CURRENTLY
16.01
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The FM17 Update page is here: https://sortitoutsi.net/forums/topic/31714/the-fm17-adboard-patch
YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE MAIN FILE
ANY UPDATES ARE OPTIONAL - BUT ARE RECOMMENDED
ANY UPDATES ARE OPTIONAL - BUT ARE RECOMMENDED
Update History
16.01 - Main Pack Release
- Date Created
- 10 Dec 2015 18:03:40
- Date Updated
- 10 Dec 2015 18:03:41
- Last Comment
- 18 Jan 2018 01:17:58
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tv_capper
Q. How do I install the Adboard Patch?
PC
1. Extract the contents of the rar folder to your desktop.
2. Move the ads folder to the following directory: My Documents /Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2016/graphics/pictures. This will now give you the following directory: My Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2016/graphics/pictures/ads
3. Open up the My Documents /Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2016 folder and create a new folder called 'ads' giving you the following directory My Documents /Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2016/ads
4. Move the 'Club adboards' and 'no club adboards' folder from your desktop to a new directory you make in My Documents /Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2016/ (The name doesn't matter)
5. Decide if you want to use the 'Club adboards' or 'no club adboards' once you have decided copy and paste the fm.xml file from 'club adboards' or 'no club adboards' folder to the ads folder you created earlier
Make sure that the ads & pictures folder names are in lower case
You should now have the following folder structure.
6. Open up FM16 and access the in game preferences menu.
7. Go to the 'display' tab and untick 'use caching to decrease page loading times'
tick 'reload skin on confirm'
untick 'clicking on an ad board takes you to its owners website'
Go to the 'general' tab and set size of text & images to 100% (if not already)
Confirm these changes
8. Re-start FM16 and enjoy
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Apple Mac
1. Extract the contents of the rar folder to your desktop.
2. Move the ads folder to the following directory: My Documents /Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2016/graphics/pictures. This will now give you the following directory: My Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2016/graphics/pictures/ads
3. Open up the My Documents /Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2016 folder and create a new folder called 'ads' giving you the following directory My Documents /Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2016/ads
4. Move the 'Club adboards' and 'no club adboards' folder from your desktop to a new directory you make in My Documents /Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2016 (The name doesn't matter)
5. Decide if you want to use the 'Club adboards' or 'no club adboards' once you have decided copy and paste the fm.xml file from 'club adboards' or 'no club adboards' folder to the ads folder you created earlier
Make sure both 'ads' folders are in lower case
6. Open up FM16 and access the in game preferences menu.
7. Go to the display tab and untick 'use caching to decrease page loading times'
tick 'reload skin on confirm'
untick 'clicking on an ad board takes you to its owners website'
Go to the 'general' tab and set size of text & images to 100% (if not already)
Confirm these changes
8. Re-start FM16 and enjoy
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Q. Why are there two different xml files?
A. As the folder names suggest one xml file contains club specific ad-boards and one doesn’t. This has been done as in previous patches people have complained that they see clubs specific ad-boards in cup competitions. Due the way the xml file there is no way around this using code. The only solution would be the use of two files.
For example say you are Arsenal and want Arsenal specific ad-boards in the Premiership and the Champions league ad-boards in the Champions League you would follow these steps;
1. Load up FM with the Club Specific config file in use
2. Play your league game (Arsenal ads will show)
3. Before your Champions League game Save and quit FM16
4. Replace the club specific config file with the non club config file.
5. Re-start FM16
6. Play your Champions League match (Champions League ads will show)
tv_capper
More Leagues and Cups than ever before...
Worldwide
World Cup & Club World Cup
Continental
Africa
Champions League, Confederations Cup & Super Cup
Asia
AFC Cup & Champions League
Europe
UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Super Cup & European Qualifying
North America
Canadian Champions Cup, CONCACAF Champions League & Superliga
South America
Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamerica & Recopa Sudamericana
Domestic
Algeria
Ligue 1
Argentina
Primera Division, Nacional B & Copa Argentina
Australia
A League
Austria
Bundesliga, Erste Liga & Ofb
Belarus
Vysshaya Liga
Belgium
Jupiler League
Brazil
Serie A, Copa do Brasil,
Campeonato Carioca, Campeonato Gaucho, Campeonato Mineiro & Campeonato Paulista
Bulgaria
Premier 'A' League
Chile
Primera Division, Primera B & Copa Chile
China
Super League
Colombia
Copa Mustang
Croatia
Prva Hnl
Cyprus
Premier League
Czech Republic
Synot Liga
Denmark
SAS Ligaen
England
Premier League, Championship, League 1, League 2, Conference, Conference North & Conference South
FA Cup, League Cup, Community Shield & Johnstones Paint Trophy
Finland
Veikkausliiga
France
Ligue 1, Coupe de France & Coupe de Ligue
Germany
Bundesliga, Bundesliga 2, Liga 3, Nofv Nord, Rl Bayern, Rl Nord, Rl Nordost, Rl Suedwest & Rl West
Pokal & Supercup
Greece
Super League, Football League, Football League 2, Football Cup OPAP & National C Cup
Hong Kong
First Divison
Hungary
Soporoni Liga
Iceland
Urvalsdeild Karla
India
I League
Indonesia
Premier Division
Iran
Persian Gulf League
Israel
Ligat Winner & Liga Leumit
Italy
Serie A, Serie B & Coppa Italia
Japan
J League
Malaysia
Super League
Malta
Malta League
Mexico
Primera Divison
New Zealand
ASB Premiership
Northern Ireland
Premiership
Norway
Tippeligaen, Obos-Ligaen & Super Cup
Peru
Descentralizado
Poland
Ekstraklasa, Puchar & Superpuchar
Portugal
Liga Sagres, Liga Vitalis, Taca Liga, Taca de Portugal, Super Taca, & Carlsberg Cup
Qatar
Stars League
Republic of Ireland/Eire
League of Ireland
Romania
Liga 1
Russia
Premier Division, Division 1 & Russian Cup
Scotland
SPL, Scottish League, Scottish Cup & League Cup
Serbia
Superliga
Singapore
S League
Slovakia
Coron Liga
Slovenia
Prva Liga
Spain
Liga BBVA, Liga Adelante, La Liga & Copa del Ray
South Africa
ABSA Premiership
South Korea
K League & K League Challenge
Sweden
Allsvenskan
Switzerland
Super League, Challenge League & Schweizer Cup
The Netherlands/Holland
Eredivisie, Juplier League & Dutch Cup
Turkey
Super Lig & Turkish Cup
UAE
Football League
Ukraine
First League
Uruguay
Primera Division
USA
MLS
Wales
Welsh Premier League
tv_capper
The following users deserve a special mention for the amount of work in the pack, or number of boards produced:
beast72 - Championship
benno - Central Europe
natarin - South America
Grabek71 - Poland
itayn - Israel
rafney87 - Malaysia
einherjer83 - Norway
KieranSTFC
zecha - France
RhylFCKiko - Wales
Persee
How to code ad-boards
Open up the ads.xml file located My Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2016/ads
First of all you have to load the graphics into FM16 which is done by the following piece of code the near the bottom of the xml file
<record id="2191" path="pictures/ads/europe/clubs/scotland/spl/hibernian/puma"/>
<record id="2192" path="pictures/ads/europe/clubs/scotland/spl/hibernian/skysports"/>
<record id="2193" path="pictures/ads/europe/clubs/scotland/spl/hibernian/espn"/>
What this code means
- Just identifies to whoever is reading the xml file what this piece of code is for competitions/clubs..
<record id="2191" - Assigns a unique id number to specific ad-board (you makes this number up but make sure it is not already in use elsewhere in the config)
path="pictures/ads/europe/clubs/scotland/spl/hibernian/puma"/> - Location of the ad-board which has just been given a unique id number
The next bit of code determines where the previously assigned ad-boards will be displayed
<!-- Hibernian, rabcp -->
<list id="17">
<integer value="2191"/>
<integer value="2192"/>
<integer value="2193"/>
<integer value="2191"/>
<integer value="2192"/>
<integer value="2193"/>
.
.
.
<integer value="2191"/>
<integer value="2192"/>
<integer value="2193"/>
</list>
What this code means
<!-- Hibernian, rabcp --> - Just identifies to whoever is reading the xml file what this piece of code is for competitions/clubs along with the author of the adboards.
<list id="17"> - Unique id of the competition/clubs the ad-boards are for
<integer value="2191"/> - Positions adboard number 2191 in to be displayed for games in the assigned competition/club. This code needs repeated 45 more times as there are 46 adboard spaces on the maximum pitch size
tv_capper
Q: Will the boards show if I play using the 2d view?
A: Yes, If you play the Full game. They will not show up in Classic mode
Q: Will this pack 'rotate' like the default boards from SI?
A: Yes, they will
Q: Which XML should I use?
A: We recommend using the Club XML, it will give a more authentic matchday experience
Q: I like using a text size of larger or smaller than the 100% setting, can I still use this?
A: We recommend using the 100% setting for at least the install. You should be able to re-scale your text after installation
Q: Can I contribute to the Ad Boards Pack?
A: Yes, Just make sure any boards you supply are accurate. FM is a simulation and the object of this pack is to make the game as realistic as possible!
All Boards must be 1024 x 128 and in PNG format
Q: Do I need to download the entire pack each time?
A: I hope to release smaller update packs after changes to avoid people having to re download the entire pack (like last year)
Q: I've found a problem with some Boards/Club/League in the pack, what should I do?
A: Please make sure you have followed each step of the instructions.
If they still do not work Please list the following:
Which XML are you using, what Clubs/League/Boards are affected & what you are seeing instead
This will help us to isolate the problem so we can attempt to fix it
tv_capper
This list serves two functions:
1. Shows what clubs are individually covered
2. Identifies gaps any user may wish to fill
Argentina
All Boys, Argentinos, Arsenal, Belgrano, Boca Juniors, Cipolletti, Colon, Estudiantes, Gimnasia, Godoy Cruz, Independiente,
Lanus, Newells, Olimpo, Quilmes, Racing Club, Rafaela, River Plate, Rosario Central, San Lorenzo, Tigre & Velez
Austria
Admira Wacker, Austria Wien, FC Gratkorn, Floridsdorfer, Groedig, Lask Linz, Rapid Wien, Ried, Salzburg, Austria Lustenau, SCR Altach, St Polten,
Sturm Graz, Austria Salzburg, SV Horn, SV Kapfenburg, SV Mattersburg, TSV Hartburg, Wacker Innsbruck, Wiener Neustadt & Wolfsberg
Belgium
Anderlecht, Club Brugge, Genk & Standard Leige
Chile
Denmark
FC Kobenhaven & Odense
England
France
Asse, Bordeaux, Guingamp, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, PSG, Rennes, Sochaux, Toulouse & Valenciennes
Germany
Greece
AEK Athens, Aris, Asteras, Atromitos, Ergotelis, OFI, Olympiakos, Panaitolikos & Panathinaikos
Italy
Malaysia
Felda United, Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Kuala Lumpur, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, PKNS, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, Terengganu & T-Team
Netherlands/Holland
ADO den Haag, Ajax, AZ, Feyenoord, PSV, Twente & Vitesse
Norway
Aalesund, Bodo Glimt, Haugesund, Lillestrom, Mjondalen, Molde, Odd, Rosenborg, Sandefjord, Sarpsborg, Stabaek, Start,
Stromsgodset, Tromso, Valerenga & Viking
Peru
Alianza Lima, Cienciano, Real Garcilaso, Sporting Cristal, Universidad de San Martin & Universitario
Poland
Portugal
Benfica, Sporting CP & Porto
Scotland
Spain
Switzerland
Aarau, Basel, Biel-Bienne, Chiasso, Lausanne-Sport, FC Zurich, Grasshopper, Lugano, Luzern, Servette, Sion,
St Gallen, Schaffhausen, Thun, Vaduz, Wil, Winterthur, Wohlen & Young Boys
Turkey
Besiktas, Fenerbache & Galatasary
Wales
Bangor, Prestatyn & Rhyl
batiron
rabcp
tv_capper
You need to select the following to find us:
Football Manager Downloads -- Football Manager 2016 Graphics -- Football Manager 2016 Graphic Mods
We're there alongside Debski's hair pack
adeile
rabcp
Ah ok, was just saying this thread can't be accessed from the main board though so people may miss it?
Anyway going to give the Scottish ads a quick update then may move on to La Liga, Ligue 1 or the Serie A
tv_capper
We only have club boards currently for Sporting, Befica & Porto
(Otherwise I'd suggest Ligue 1, there's a few gaps including Monaco)
jura007
zeppos
Strangely enough it used to work when I first tested it. Perhaps it's now conflicting with some other graphics component.
AMPAM
I noticed especially in competitions and Portuguese club
Please take a look
Example:
FC Porto from Portuguese league still has Nike adboards.
Last year sponsor was Warrior and this year is New Balance
Regards
ahasvold82
finalthrd
Spybus09
zeppi7
JFT39
tv_capper
tv_capper
Try removing the pack and any previous versions and doing a fresh install
Silent Hastati
I've included a picture of the signage, taken in a 2nd tier North Irish league, but it can be replicated in other lower leagues as well.
tv_capper
If a league or club is listed in the posts at the start of this thread - then boards will appear
Any leagues or teams not listed you will see the default FM Boards
Silent Hastati
Here is the code in question pointing to the default file replacements.
However entries 102, 104, 105, and 107 don't seem to be getting called properly for some reason.
tv_capper
Silent Hastati
The big hangup though is it's not a default league, it's the first English league that isn't unlocked by default, so I'm note sure if the IDs are consistent, although I think so as in the default DB it still shows logos properly if you view the teams. Someone would need to doublecheck that.
The main reason I'm posting this though is I'm having a hell of a time actually getting them ingame and would like some help. I double checked that my IDs line up and that I'm not using a preused integer, but I still can't get them to show up. I've included the code below, but I'm wondering if it's straight up impossible to have custom boards for non-standard leagues?
Edit: So I tried it with the English Confrence's ads (As in I told it to load Confrence Ads in the Ryman Matches and it worked) and it loaded, so the problem is in the ids being assigned, not the league reading them. Can someone tell me what the issue might be? I can't find the problem in the code.
Carsie
Persee
einherjer83
Ive deleted all the ad-boards and installed them again, but the game still crashes.
No problem with the game as soon as i delete/remove the xml-file