FM20 Adboard Patch - V1.4 Out Now!!!

Believe me, I've followed all the steps (on the first page here and in the txt-files) and tried doing all the installations maybe three or four times now. Spent hours trying to get it to work. Playing in the Bundesliga and it might be that the league is not working then, I don't know. Really a pity as I love the adboards and appreciate all the work that has been done.

@rabcp will you make a version for FM21 any time?

I have the same black boards in the Scottish Premiership. In FM 2020 it worked without problems. So probably no wrong installation on my end.

I'm still waiting for Inter Milan videoads
I'm trying to make it myself but I don't understand about the code for fm.xml file

@rabcp...did Inter Milan still in your w.i.p list?

Believe me, I've followed all the steps (on the first page here and in the txt-files) and tried doing all the installations maybe three or four times now. Spent hours trying to get it to work. Playing in the Bundesliga and it might be that the league is not working then, I don't know. Really a pity as I love the adboards and appreciate all the work that has been done.

Hi rabcp this is how it looks when I play in Leverkusen there are no boards from the club or there are no advertisements from the club in the stands

You are using the wrong xml file, switch to the clubs xml file

where do I find it and where does it go

Within the ‘football manager 2021/ads’ folder there are two additional folders, one called ‘clubs’ and the other ‘no clubs’ copy the xml file from the ‘clubs’ folder to the ‘football manager 2021/ads’ folder

@rabcp @mons

You asked what issiues I have, so I'll try to be as specific as I can here.

My specs
Mac, MacOS Catalina 10.15.7

Graphics folder
I extract first 1,0 and then 1,1 1,2 1,3 and 1,4 to the following directory:
/Users/myname/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2021/graphics/pictures

XML-folder and files
I follow the same steps with extracting 1,1 up to 1,4 to the following directory:
/Users/myname/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2021/ads

I then copy the XML-file from the clubs folder and paste it in the ads folder

Steam folder
I follow the same steps with extracting 1,0 up to 1,4 and paste the "simatchviewer_uncompressed" folder to:
/Users/myname/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Football Manager 2021/data

In the game
I have unticked "using skin cache" and "clicking on ad board takes you to owners website" and then reloads the skin. I have also tried to clear the cache.

Thoughts/problems
- When I hold the option key merging the files, it says that I cant merge because there are aldready a file named desktop.ini
- In the Football Manager 2021 folder, the following folders starts with a big letter (Caches, Preferences, Temporary) but not the other folders. Could that trouble something with the XML-file?
- I have attached a picture of how the adboards looks in game

I eventually got it to work

You need to keep over copying the xml file and also I just copied the video file to steam each time for the 6 updates, works fine now, even got a @mons seal of approval. He is a legend

Where can I download adboards patch v 1.4

Where can I download adboards patch v 1.4

There are links in the first post.

Is it possible to move video files and copy them to other teams? Will they show in game?

Yes, but you must register these movements in the ads->fm file.

tried moving from origin to new, but not showing

so for example
<!-- Leeds United ads -->
<record id="3226" path="video_ads/generic/kappa blue" animated="true"/>
<record id="3227" path="video_ads/generic/32red" animated="true"/>
<record id="3228" path="video_ads/england/clubs/leeds/burflex" animated="true"/>
<record id="3229" path="video_ads/generic/ladbrokes" animated="true"/>
<record id="3230" path="video_ads/england/generic/skybet" animated="true"/>
<record id="3231" path="video_ads/england/generic/ginsters" animated="true"/>
<record id="3232" path="video_ads/england/generic/wickes" animated="true"/>
<record id="3233" path="video_ads/generic/skysports" animated="true"/>
<record id="3234" path="video_ads/generic/utilita" animated="true"/>

These are new ones:-
<record id="85" path="video_ads/england/generic/adidas" animated="true"/>
<record id="7193" path="video_ads/england/generic/qnb" animated="true"/>
<record id="89" path="video_ads/england/generic/hisense" animated="true"/>
<record id="98" path="video_ads/england/generic/qatar" animated="true"/>

you have only done half the work, you then need to find this piece of code in the xml file:

<!-- Leeds, rabcp -->
<list id="671">
<integer value="20000"/>
<integer value="3226"/>
<integer value="3227"/>
<integer value="3228"/>
<integer value="3229"/>
<integer value="3230"/>
<integer value="3231"/>....

and assign your new ads in here too, which would give you

<!-- Leeds, rabcp -->
<list id="671">
<integer value="85"/>
<integer value="7193"/>
<integer value="89"/>
<integer value="98"/>
<integer value="3226"/>
<integer value="3227"/>
<integer value="3228"/>
<integer value="3229"/>
<integer value="3230"/>
<integer value="3231"/>....

also ensure that the ID's you have assigned each adboard too are free

The ads for Portugal are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy outdated.

The Portugal video ads are from last season so they are not wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy outdated 🙄

I am working on a version for FM21, first I need to reposition the static ads within stadiums as they move when new stadium models are introduced. The below image shows the process I potentially need to go through for 59 clubs which is quite time consuming.


Keep in mind due to a long overdue bug fix by SI the first video ad will display as black before the normal ones kick in

Hi mate, any idea when the updated version for FM21 might be available? thanks

you have only done half the work, you then need to find this piece of code in the xml file:

<!-- Leeds, rabcp -->
<list id="671">
<integer value="20000"/>
<integer value="3226"/>
<integer value="3227"/>
<integer value="3228"/>
<integer value="3229"/>

<integer value="3230"/>
<integer value="3231"/>....

and assign your new ads in here too, which would give you

<!-- Leeds, rabcp -->
<list id="671">
<integer value="85"/>
<integer value="7193"/>
<integer value="89"/>
<integer value="98"/>
<integer value="3226"/>
<integer value="3227"/>
<integer value="3228"/>
<integer value="3229"/>
<integer value="3230"/>
<integer value="3231"/>....

also ensure that the ID's you have assigned each adboard too are free