Bandes
7 years ago
6 months ago
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That looks like the issue then, Football Manager must be unable to load files from your D drive


Kits are loading my logos and player images only the ones did not bind
rabcp
17 years ago
1 year ago
1,632
Kits are loading my logos and player images only the ones did not bind


That’s because the game loads them from your my documents and not a C drive, adboards are much more complex
Bandes
7 years ago
6 months ago
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That’s because the game loads them from your my documents and not a C drive, adboards are much more complex

ook :/
Thanks for you help

hmm ok but the ads of doc devil always went in Football Manager 2017
rabcp
17 years ago
1 year ago
1,632
ook :/
Thanks for you help

hmm ok but the ads of doc devil always went in Football Manager 2017


The adboards structure changed with FM18
DimaS06
15 years ago
5 years ago
10
Like Kosic has pointed out your folder structures are wrong, adboards config files work different to ones for kits and logos and therefore need to named correctly and all in lower case characters


My Steam along with the game installed on the disk E
e:\Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 2018\

The path to the folder with graphics, changed with the help of a line(--user_data_location="e:\FM2018\" when starting games from Steam and now it's here
e:\FM2018\
glenn28
15 years ago
2 years ago
57
I played with the files last night followed all instructions after resolving the names on kits issue. All files in the right places. Is there a conflict between the video ads and static ones as mentioned earlier in this thread?
glenn28
15 years ago
2 years ago
57
E.g. those clubs that have both video ads and static.
rabcp
17 years ago
1 year ago
1,632
I played with the files last night followed all instructions after resolving the names on kits issue. All files in the right places. Is there a conflict between the video ads and static ones as mentioned earlier in this thread?


Theres no conflict. I tested the patch before releasing it, as long as it’s installed according to the instructions and screenshots it will work, it seems that the only people having issues have not installed FM18 to there C drive so I believe that’s what is causing there issue
glenn28
15 years ago
2 years ago
57
Okay will try again. So if installed correctly you get video ads running with club adboards in game. Use Ipswich town as an example?
rabcp
17 years ago
1 year ago
1,632
Okay will try again. So if installed correctly you get video ads running with club adboards in game. Use Ipswich town as an example?


No the only clubs who have video ads are the English Premiership Clubs, the first page lists which clubs and competitions have video ads
glenn28
15 years ago
2 years ago
57
Sure is there default video ads that can be used then? I can get the club static adboards working, but not the video ones. Some clubs in the championship have them?
Sorry for being a pain. If not no worries.
Many thanks.
rabcp
17 years ago
1 year ago
1,632
Sure is there default video ads that can be used then? I can get the club static adboards working, but not the video ones. Some clubs in the championship have them?
Sorry for being a pain. If not no worries.
Many thanks.


For some reason FM still loads up video boards for clubs which don’t have video adboards assigned to them (Sheff Utd is one example that springs to mind) however video adboards can be assigned to any club by editing the xml file
Tommy Hughes
12 years ago
35 minutes ago
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For some reason FM still loads up video boards for clubs which don’t have video adboards assigned to them (Sheff Utd is one example that springs to mind) however video adboards can be assigned to any club by editing the xml file


Hmm... would it be possible to apply some sort of "static" video boards for those teams lacking actual video boards? (I am not at all familiar with the technical side of FM's adboards, but as soon as I read about the issue you mentioned, I began wondering if the game could be tricked into showing so-called video boards that would actually still be static ad boards.) Could that be easy to do and could that provide an easy fix?

Just brainstorming here.
rabcp
17 years ago
1 year ago
1,632
Hmm... would it be possible to apply some sort of "static" video boards for those teams lacking actual video boards? (I am not at all familiar with the technical side of FM's adboards, but as soon as I read about the issue you mentioned, I began wondering if the game could be tricked into showing so-called video boards that would actually still be static ad boards.) Could that be easy to do and could that provide an easy fix?

Just brainstorming here.


Yes it’s possible but as off yet none have been made that are suitable for the Championship in due course I’m sure some will be produced and some Championship clubs will have video adboards
zeus1976
16 years ago
6 hours ago
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hello my friend

Why is this situation happening to me, are all ads black?

only clubs that do not have video are correct.
image...

thanks
rabcp
17 years ago
1 year ago
1,632
hello my friend

Why is this situation happening to me, are all ads black?

only clubs that do not have video are correct.
image...

thanks


Your screenshot is too small so I can’t really see what isn’t working? Which teams/competitons are not working for you?
rabcp
17 years ago
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Leeds don’t have any video adboards coded to them which is why they are not displaying, for some reason FM still loads up the boards for some clubs who don’t have in game video ads instead of the static pitch side adboards
chris
18 years ago
10 hours ago
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Leeds don’t have any video adboards coded to them which is why they are not displaying, for some reason FM still loads up the boards for some clubs who don’t have in game video ads instead of the static pitch side adboards

which stadium has video ads is hard coded. So you cant disable or enable them.
The solution is to have at least on line of videoads for the teams that play in such stadiums, and if there is not a specific club adboard then must be added to the league lines ads.
I tested it with greek superleague and is working
rabcp
17 years ago
1 year ago
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which stadium has video ads is hard coded. So you cant disable or enable them.
The solution is to have at least on line of videoads for the teams that play in such stadiums, and if there is not a specific club adboard then must be added to the league lines ads.
I tested it with greek superleague and is working


You can disable video ads through code via the xml file but it looks like you would need to this separately for each club. Just giving every club/competition a line of code with video ads isn’t really much of a work around
chris
18 years ago
10 hours ago
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You can disable video ads through code via the xml file but it looks like you would need to this separately for each club. Just giving every club/competition a line of code with video ads isn’t really much of a work around

How we can disable it. I think that the existance and the positions follow the stadium. You know how to disable it?
kosic
12 years ago
1 day ago
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rabcp please when are you gonna update patch fm18 adboards ?
columbuscrewdude
13 years ago
1 day ago
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Premium
Hi Rabcp thanks for all the hardwork on these adboards, they look great and are working fine. Like a couple other posters I've lost names/numbers in the 3d match. I just wanted to clarify this is a bug on SI part or is it something that we can fix?
The Miller
11 years ago
7 hours ago
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I gave up on these ads cos i followed evey step on numerous occassions and i couldnt get them to work.
Dark Sword
12 years ago
1 year ago
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Thanks a lot for your great adboards. But I have no names/conditions in the 3d match. Can you fix it?
rabcp
17 years ago
1 year ago
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I’m going to post an FAQ over the weekend as people are experiencing the same issues. It looks as if video ads are very bugged this year which is causing a lot of these issues
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any chance of doing a new everton video ad please has the other is out of date many thanks
rabcp
17 years ago
1 year ago
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F.A.Q

Why are my video adboards are black?
This issue here is down to what I believe is a bug in the game. In FM17 when clubs had no video adboards assigned to them they loaded static adboards into the video adboards slots instead, for some reason FM18 is not doing this and just displays dead video adboards, the below image shows the difference between FM17 & FM18
https://s26.postimg.cc/4ig2amitl/fm18.png https://s26.postimg.cc/4h64h7gzt/fm17.png


Iv'e lost jersery names and numbers in the 3D engine?
This is down to a bug and hopefully SI will resolve this soon.
To get numbers to appear its a simple fix......just place the following fonts folder into the simatchviewer_uncompressed folder
Download Fonts Folder Here folks
Bandes
7 years ago
6 months ago
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There are news?
KAEDE AK.
7 years ago
2 years ago
38
Hi,Rabcp
I'm trying to make CSL videoads bymyself.
I have a problem about the lcd texture.Should I copy and paste over again and again to stitch those layers or just enlarge on layer? Which is better?
Many thanks!

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