Our brand-new FM online kit creator is now available at fmkitcreator.com, using the same foundations as our existing PES and FIFA kit creators.

Big thanks go to @bolid74 , whose templates were used as reference for some of the ones we've added for this initial launch, as well as to @wfm18 and @DokteurHaisse whose 3d previewer was a great help too and from where we go the 3D model from FM.

What's included?

For the start, we have added 20 FM-specific templates based on different designs from various brands, both from this and last season.

As for graphics and patterns, they are the same ones already available in PES and FIFA, but converted to properly fit the FM kit model.

At the time of writing, there are almost 600 patterns and about 350 graphics available in FM Kit Creator! And we're planning to add more in the future, especially in the way of templates.

Minikits

Minikits, or 2D kits, are very important in the FM experience. We have therefore created a generator that will produce detailed minikits in the default style of the game - just click the 'Minikit' button in the bottom right of the 3D or Texture view, right next to the 'Download' button, to download a minikit that you can directly add to the game.

We will continue to improve the minikit generator, and possibly add more styles of minikits as well, in the future.

As suggested by @wfm18 we are also planning to create a bulk minikit generator where you could drop in any existing 3d kit graphics to be converted.

Proper sleeve graphics

The FM kit model comes with a less than ideal UV mapping (texture layout), which makes it difficult to add seamless graphics to the sleeves.

We've developed a new method from scratch, which aligns patterns and base designs with that mapping. It's not perfect, but it's a lot better than what can be easily achieved in Photoshop or similar software.

Showcase

Just like with the PES and FIFA versions, a Showcase section is also available. Here you can share your kit designs and check out the works of other creators.

Plus

To support development, a Plus membership is available - it's the same one already used for PES and FIFA, so if you are already subscribed there you already have full access on the FM side, too.

With Plus, you get additional save slots (100 or 500, depending on the tier, instead of 10) as well as access to exclusive graphics, patterns and templates. With Plus Ultimate you also get 1-week early access to all content.

Feedback

We'd love to hear your feedback in order to improve the FM Kit Creator experience going forward.

The best ways to reach us are the official email as well as our Twitter. You can of course also post feedback and ideas in this thread, which will be checked regularly 👍

Thank you so much @kitcreator for your efforts!

Today marks as a very important day in FM kit creation, by allowing more people to access easy kit creation for their own fantasy teams or to make existing teams and leagues.

That's one small step for a man, but a giant leap for mankind 😀

Perfect quote haha!

this is just a BIG announcement, thank you for all these days and make this happen!!

what a time to be alive! @wfm18 @kitcreator it's not perfect yet but I've adapted @DokteurHaisse 3d-to-2d photoshop script to produce FC12 and PR kits as well as kit backs (to have nicer lookingkits in player overview and tactics screens) it would be dope if right there in the fmkitcreator app you could pick the style of 2d kit you wanted too

Send me a PM about the Photoshop script 👍🏻

Thanks for this great tool!! one wish is  it possible to use a other style for the mini kits? (like  FC style)

Good job hope the comunity  try this tool and not have only requests! Even amateur job is better from nothing and with the  existence TEMPLATES is fun to create something …

Hey guys, really want to help with packs. Is there any tutorial? Is it really easy for those who have no Photoshop skills?

My first attempt at making 3D Kits with this creator. What do you think?

My first attempt  hope you like it. Hope we can ad FC style for minikits too

Looks nice, just the sponsor might be bit too big.

Not bad 👍 There's a good chance we will, in addition to improving the SS'12 one.

sorry been hella busy will pm tomorrow

Thanks 🙂

@kitcreator i want to delete some kits. How i do it?

I go to edit profile, publish and i see the kits but don't see the delete option

At the moment, deleting is only possible from the menu where you can load existing kits.

So to delete one, you have to open the creator, click the “Load” button, then hover over the kit you want to delete and click the trashcan icon.

Thanks for the help. I didn't see it because the background is white 😛 can you put more dark? 

It only shows when hovering a kit, but it's visible enough imo.

Yes 🙂 good work 🙂

We've identified the importing process as one of the main hurdles for newcomers so we decided to implement a feature where you can select a Team “Unique ID” and type of kit and can download a .ZIP that includes the kit texture, 2D kit and a config that links everything.

This means to import a kit you only need to extract it inside the graphics folder and then reload the skin ingame. Much better already and we're hopeful to add a team search in there, too, so you don't have to look up the ID outside the creator first.

The first version of this new feature is available on the site already, and we've also updated the ‘How to’ tab to improve it and add info about this new option for exporting / downloading.

Hello everybody, first time posting here.

I need some help with the 3d kits. After downloading the zip file  and putting the folder in the graphics section, the 3d kit does not work, 2d is fine though.

Also, is it possible to implement a third kit if my team only has 2 by default?

Is it possible that there's another file in the graphics folder for the team you're editing, perhaps from another pack? Please try it with just the 3 files from the zip file in there. It should work and we did a fair amount of testing prior to launch.

You can add a third kit with the “Football Manager 2022 Editor”, which is available on Steam. This only works for new saves, though. I haven't gotten it to work with any of the in-game editors yet.

Well, I re-did the whole thing from scratch and the new kits are working fine now.

Thanks a lot!

A small update has been released, adding custom sleeve cuffs and side panels, as known from the PES and FIFA creators.

Improvements to the Export feature and team search are planned for later this week 👀

I also made a kit for my own team. The program is very user friendly! But I encountered a problem after doing everything according to plan. When playing my first game with the new kits, my team still wears the old shirts (light blue), but the rest of the kit is in the ‘new style’. The ‘new style’ shirt is white, so maybe that has to do something with the problem? 

Also. with the 2D kit, only the home kit seems to be working.

Anyone who knows what I could have done wrong here?

Difficult to say what's going on there. It shouldn't really be possible for them to have a different shirt only as the shirt, shorts and socks are all on the same texture. So either they should all be “wrong” or all be the correct ones. The only thing I can think of would be a conflict with another kit in the graphics folder set to the same slot (team + kit type).

By the way, we released another update yesterday, introducing the fantastic new team search, powered by the Sortitoutsi database. Thanks again to the team for all the help and of course letting us use it without any issue 👍

The update also brings a number of updates for base designs.

• Increased maximum rotation for all base designs to 180 degrees
• Added "Mirror (center)" option to all base designs
• Added "Width ratio" setting to Checkers and expanded "Rows" to a maximum of 20
• Added "Offset", "Count" and "Mode" options to Zig Zag

Bit more info and a video of the team search in action can be found on the official blog.

As suggested before, we've added an option to search by FM Team on the Showcase, this should be useful in the future when more kits are shared on there 🔥

🔗 https://fmkitcreator.com/showcase/search

Based on popular demand, we've finally got around to implementing the FC'12 2D kit style:

This is already available in the “Minikit Generator” and will be in the kit creator itself shortly.

The SS style has also been updated to improve it a bit.

🔗 https://fmkitcreator.com/tools/minikit-generator/

These look amazing! Thank you so much for doing this.

How would someone contribute designs in order to create templates for brands?