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DISCLAIMER:
THIS IS NOT MY WORK, I ADAPTED THE EXISTING SOUND AND CONFIG FILES ONLY TO WORK WITH FM2021
The main thanks for this addition goes to:
- Original Patch for FM12 - FM14 by MBarbaric (original creator of these audio additions)
- Ported to FM15 by zzpiggy
- Modified Commentary Sound Files by Bart
The commentary (English only) is NOT the same, nor from the same source, as the popular FM Scout download for FM 2020.
This is improved commentary with less overlaps, although some still occur. I downloaded these audio files a year or two ago from some website so all credit for these improved commentary goes to the original creator.
There was another posting with audio commentary/crowd sounds for FM2021 out here, which both had issues.
The reason for this is that there is now a VAR section in the xml file and simply overwriting the files with the ones that have the commentary from previous versions caused crashes and issues with VAR texts. I manually edited the "match_events.xml" which took me lots of hours of editing and comparing in order to merge the commentary code into the existing file, the result is working commentary with VAR and no crashes!
Installation:
a) Navigate to your installation folder …………..\"Football Manager 2021\data" and make a backup of the two original files (this way if you have issues or want to revert back, you still have the original files), they are named: “simatch.fmf” and “simatchviewer-pc.fmf”
b) Copy the downloaded 7z file and extract to the same folder ………………….\"Football Manager 2021\data" (where you installed your copy of Football Manager 2021). (Make sure you have a program called “7-Zip” installed, if not and you extract with another program you might get error messages).
c) Start your Football manager 2021 game (make sure it wasn't running while copying the files over), empty cache completely and reload cache/skin for the changed .fmf files to be loaded correctly.
d) Load your game and play with audio commentary.
Again, this is not my work. I merely edited the existing audio and config file(s) to make it work with FM 2021.
Make sure when you play matches in 3D to (preferably) play in “full match” or “comprehensive” in order to have the best experience.
Also reduce speed to just one or two clicks above average.
If you play in “key” or some cases in “extended” mode in combination with high speed action, the commentary will be overlapping (or cut off) more frequently.
Known issues:
Overlapping comments still occasionally occur but a lot less frequent than in previous versions.
Have fun with this addition, even though not perfect, with the added sounds it enhances the experience (at least it does that for me)
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kingrobbo
cheers👍
removed your other duplicate threads😉
a31632
Corrected upload with new full download link
Bielsa is a Legend
Has this file removed the duplicate phrases?
gladman
Hi, I only have the commentators voices but no crowd sound. Do you know why ?
Thanks!
Question: have you studied a long time the Files. “simatch.fmf” and “simatchviewer-pc.fmf”?
because i am sure, with that files, you can edit/include fan chants / crowd chants.
My Dream is, to play 3d Match and feel stadium athmosphere.
i find a patch: here: https://www.fmscout.com/a-fm21-better-crowd-sounds-mod.html
he wrote, that to include files, hew edited the Files. “simatch.fmf” and “simatchviewer-pc.fmf”
so, that i wrote/ask, if you have study the two files
i did not like his Patch, because it has that same Issues, you wrote for commentary patch.
(which had issues. The reason for this is that there is now a VAR section in the config file and simply overwriting the config file with the one that has the commentary from previous versions caused crashes and issues with VAR texts.)
so, my Dream is, to play 3d match with great stadium athmosphere ( and no Commentary)
🙂
kfnielsen
Many thanks for this
makes my game way more realistic
a31632
I have played many matches with this new version and it is very rare that it duplicates the exact same phrase at the same time. Sometimes the two commentators overlap but that even happens in real life sometimes ;-)
a31632
No idea, the crowd sounds are included together with the commentary. Likely you didn't clear the cache completely and reloaded the skin/cache or you didn't exit the game while replacing files.
a31632
OP updated with new full download link
a31632
Thanks a lot, it's not perfect and sometimes repetitive but there are plenty of alternative commentary lines so always fun to hear something completely new too.
It does make it a lot nicer though, prior to this I usually turned the sound off completely as the standard sound sucks (but that's just my opinion)
proton6
Read the disclamer
mackboss
Great work man…!!!
Sounds much better than old versions…!!!
Cheers…!!!
Bielsa is a Legend
its a no from me,poor commentary that doesnt flow, the crowd chants are better
its like watch BT sports!
Project Update: yes to crowd chants + no to Commentary:
🙂
please read my Post from https://sortitoutsi.net/content/58033/football-manager-2021-proper-audio-commentary-patch#comment_627397
i hope you/we (we=Community) can make them better
🙂
Bielsa is a Legend
commentary is poor, lots of cut n shuffle from fifa
Florin.Hangu
The patch is not bad. But there are some errors in the comentary.
It is possible to remove the comentary, as there are not fit for this game and keep only the crowd?!
a31632
Yes, it’s possible. The commentary files in the sounds folder is in CAPITAL letters while the crowd sounds are in small letters.
So you will need to delete all sound files in CAPITAL letters from the folder to keep just the ambient sounds
Thanks a31632 good work
i can confirm it works with the VAR
it is possible, that you release like alternative File: the Files for data Folder just only with crowd chants without Commentary.
that would be fine. Thank You!
🙂
i hope we can find ways to include crowd chants in combination with Team ID´s
Ford K Collins
Feel like a fool, but where can I find the sounds folder to delete the commentary files? Thanks for your help…
a31632
You will need the Resource Archiver to extract simatchviewer-pc.fmf.
When done you can edit the sounds folder, after that you create the archive again with the same tool.
Tommy Hughes
Actually, I've tested extracting the simatchviewer-pc.fmf into \simatchviewer-pc\ folder, adding new sounds into the \sounds\ sub-folder, writing them into the match_sounds.cfg and leaving the extracted \simatchviewer-pc\ folder like that. It works. As long as the folder is in Football Manager 2021\data\ where the original simatchviewer-pc.fmf is, the game reads the extracted folder first and the .fmf package only if there is no \simatchviewer-pc\ folder to read. So, I keep the folder extracted so I can easily add new sounds etc. there without the need to extract/archive again and again.
a31632
Good to know, I imagined as it was all packaged into .fmf files you would need to have that done. That makes making changes a lot easier. Thanks for sharing!
hey guys,
🙂
i am massiv interesting in that Files crowd chants without Commentary.
i have many Chants on my PC - great Quality Files, who are example include in pes game.
it would be fantastic to include that to fm21 Game.
🙂
so, the big big big Question in last Years FM was: it is possible to set Chants to Team ID´s?
so, that in 3 Match, when you play (example): Bayern Munich - Mönchengladbach = that we can hear Bayern and sometimes Mönchengladbach Chants
🙂
gladman
Hi, I have done exactly as instructed but still get only commentary but no crowd sound. Do you think that its something to do with having a Mac?
Bielsa is a Legend
same on pc and commentary is rubbish
i have reinstalled my crowd sounds
a31632
Thanks for venting multiple times you don't like this download, always good to get some feedback! ;-)
a31632
Could be, I have tested only with Windows. Maybe try the other download for commentary here (it causes crashes and VAR doesn't work, but if that also only gives commentary than you know it's not these files, it would have to be related to the Mac)
Try it:
SOUND MATCH COMENTARY MATCH FM 21 (sortitoutsi.net)
Bielsa is a Legend
You are most welcome.
hopefully somebody extracts the crowd sounds
the match engine is not sophisticated enough to support commentary
gladman
Thats great, thank you.