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

Update History
16.01 - Main Pack Release
Comments
tv_capper
16 years ago
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Installation

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.

http://i1154.photobucket.com/albums/p527/tv_capper/SIMON-LAPTOPTB/pic01_zpsc88294c8.png

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
16 years ago
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Competitions

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
16 years ago
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As in previous years other users are welcome to produce boards to be added to the pack, either to update current boards or fill missing gaps

The following users deserve a special mention for the amount of work in the pack, or number of boards produced:

RabCP - (Original Creator) Scotland/EPL
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
16 years ago
9 minutes ago
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F.A.Q.

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
16 years ago
9 minutes ago
13,277
Clubs

This list serves two functions:
1. Shows what clubs are individually covered
2. Identifies gaps any user may wish to fill
MORE DETAIL TO FOLLOW


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
9 years ago
1 week ago
276
That ad boards are too awesome!!! THX!!!
rabcp
16 years ago
3 months ago
1,632
So just a head up but this thread isn't showing up on the message board, I can only find and access it through the link on the fm15 patch thread :/
tv_capper
16 years ago
9 minutes ago
13,277
It is there... We are just in a different place as we been given sortitoutsi file hosting from the start this year

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
12 years ago
5 years ago
6
The adboard isn't working on my own game. I Followed the procedures very well but still not working. please help.
rabcp
16 years ago
3 months ago
1,632
It is there... We are just in a different place as we been given sortitoutsi file hosting from the start this year

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


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
16 years ago
9 minutes ago
13,277
Anyway going to give the Scottish ads a quick update then may move on to La Liga, Ligue 1 or the Serie A
Would you be able to take a look at Portugal? Have been left a message stating the boards in the pack are outdated
We only have club boards currently for Sporting, Befica & Porto
(Otherwise I'd suggest Ligue 1, there's a few gaps including Monaco)
jura007
12 years ago
2 years ago
25
Please update Czech League - now it´s Synot Liga and has new sponsor
zeppos
15 years ago
4 years ago
1
Hmmm, causing my game to crash when launching 3D pitch. I've tested all the custom components (various graphics packs, editor data, edt/lnc/dbc/fmf files) and the culprit turned out to be these ad boards. Without them the game runs perfectly fine, With them it always crashes whenever 3D pitch loads. Using the latest AMD GPU drivers on FM v16.2.

Strangely enough it used to work when I first tested it. Perhaps it's now conflicting with some other graphics component.
AMPAM
11 years ago
44 minutes ago
96
Some adboards are outdated.
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
13 years ago
6 months ago
8
Is there a fix for this soon? It causes the game to crash :/
finalthrd
10 years ago
2 years ago
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Spybus09
15 years ago
3 weeks ago
61
First of all tnx for your awesome work. I play Greek league and I've found that at Greek Cup matches around the stadium there are Bundesliga ads. Probably an error at XML file? Could you fix it please? Thank you in advance!
zeppi7
12 years ago
1 month ago
38
Premium
Game crashes. Help pls?
JFT39
11 years ago
4 years ago
42
FA Cup ads are still out of date going back a couple of seasons, any update in the works?
Deleted Account #215144
well done again lads
tv_capper
16 years ago
9 minutes ago
13,277
FA Cup ads are still out of date going back a couple of seasons, any update in the works?
I'm looking at updating them but snowed under with work at the mo so it will take a while...
tv_capper
16 years ago
9 minutes ago
13,277
Is there a fix for this soon? It causes the game to crash :/

Game crashes. Help pls?
It's working fine for me and I haven't had any crashes - maybe you have a conflict somewhere?
Try removing the pack and any previous versions and doing a fresh install
Silent Hastati
12 years ago
4 months ago
21
In lower leagues where the generics are loaded up, I'm noticing a few of the boards still have their defaults. This occurs with both the club and no club XMLs, and does not effect clubs or leagues that have their own specific boards.

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.

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/jUftwn8g6UzBp2TyhB2Lsjb1CujHyYTNcHXuG8Sp.jpg
tv_capper
16 years ago
9 minutes ago
13,277
In lower leagues where the generics are loaded up, I'm noticing a few of the boards still have their defaults. This occurs with both the club and no club XMLs, and does not effect clubs or leagues that have their own specific boards.

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.
The ad boards will only show if that specific club or league has Ad Boards created for it. Most creators focus on the major leagues as that is where most FM users play.
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
12 years ago
4 months ago
21
That doesn't quite seem right as there are replacements for the 10 generic boards as well, in both ads graphics folders and the xml file, but 4 of those 10 are not being selected.

Here is the code in question pointing to the default file replacements.

		<record id="101" path="pictures/ads/default/warchild heroes"/>
		<record id="102" path="pictures/ads/default/kickitout"/>
		<record id="103" path="pictures/ads/default/fm live"/>
		<record id="104" path="pictures/ads/default/gamesaid"/>
		<record id="105" path="pictures/ads/default/sigames"/>
		<record id="106" path="pictures/ads/default/fm"/>
		<record id="107" path="pictures/ads/default/sega"/>
		<record id="108" path="pictures/ads/default/si"/>
		<record id="109" path="pictures/ads/default/just giving"/>
		<record id="110" path="pictures/ads/default/mirror football"/>
However entries 102, 104, 105, and 107 don't seem to be getting called properly for some reason.
tv_capper
16 years ago
9 minutes ago
13,277
However entries 102, 104, 105, and 107 don't seem to be getting called properly for some reason.
I agree that some aren't showing - I will double check the files
Silent Hastati
12 years ago
4 months ago
21
Also I got some adboards I made for personal use for the Ryman Premier League (ID:5103714) here if you want them. Not as high quality as I couldn't figure out the banner effect, and finding high enough res logos was a pain for most of these small companies, but still if you want them you're free to use them. Should also work for the regional Ryman leagues (IDs: 30004922, and 3004923) as the main sponsor adboard doesn't have the league titles, just main sponsor.

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.

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/77TzXMB48gEh2AqCrr1W4ubxW9sZ8ZzooubTrHWq.png

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?

			 
			<list id="5103714">
				<integer value="51220"/>
				<integer value="51221"/>
				<integer value="51222"/>
				<integer value="51223"/>
				<integer value="51224"/>
				<integer value="51225"/>
				<integer value="51226"/>
				<integer value="51227"/>
				<integer value="51220"/>
				<integer value="51221"/>
				<integer value="51222"/>
				<integer value="51223"/>
				<integer value="51224"/>
				<integer value="51225"/>
				<integer value="51226"/>
				<integer value="51227"/>
				<integer value="51220"/>
				<integer value="51221"/>
				<integer value="51222"/>
				<integer value="51223"/>
				<integer value="51224"/>
				<integer value="51225"/>
				<integer value="51226"/>
				<integer value="51227"/>
				<integer value="51220"/>
				<integer value="51221"/>
				<integer value="51222"/>
				<integer value="51223"/>
				<integer value="51224"/>
				<integer value="51225"/>
				<integer value="51226"/>
				<integer value="51227"/>
				<integer value="51220"/>
				<integer value="51221"/>
				<integer value="51222"/>
				<integer value="51223"/>
				<integer value="51224"/>
				<integer value="51225"/>
				<integer value="51226"/>
				<integer value="51227"/>
				<integer value="51220"/>
				<integer value="51221"/>
				<integer value="51222"/>
				<integer value="51223"/>
				<integer value="51224"/>
				<integer value="51225"/>
				<integer value="51226"/>
				<integer value="51227"/>
			</list>
                 
		<record id="51220" path="pictures/ads/europe/england/ryman premier/bluefin"/>
		<record id="51221" path="pictures/ads/europe/england/ryman premier/boux"/>
		<record id="51222" path="pictures/ads/europe/england/ryman premier/macron"/>
		<record id="51223" path="pictures/ads/europe/england/ryman premier/munichtrophies"/>
		<record id="51224" path="pictures/ads/europe/england/ryman premier/nickrowe"/>
		<record id="51225" path="pictures/ads/europe/england/ryman premier/precisiongk"/>
		<record id="51226" path="pictures/ads/europe/england/ryman premier/robertdyas"/>
		<record id="51227" path="pictures/ads/europe/england/ryman premier/ryman">
	</record>
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
14 years ago
5 hours ago
300
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Will there be a ad pack for the UEFA Nations League?
Persee
10 years ago
2 years ago
1,591
Here in case you missed them capper:

Updated pack of UEFA Champions League 2015-2016

Preview:
http://s21.postimg.org/xh0rbzu4n/prev_1.jpg
http://s21.postimg.org/ciuldwu9z/image.jpg

Download Link:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/zqov7b




Asian/AFC World Cup qualifiers (to be updated with identical adboards once AFC qualifiers final round start)

https://www.sendspace.com/file/z7ftyp
einherjer83
11 years ago
58 minutes ago
3,658
Have anyone figured out what makes the game crash?
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

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