FM26 3D Stadium Megapack V3.0 - Total Rebirth!
FM26 3D Stadium Megapack V3.1 - The World Cupdate!
The Update for the World Cup is further down!
Hey everyone!
It is time for 3.0, the big one! Close to 1700 hours have been put into it, and I am super happy it finally releases!
This wraps up everything since 2.4 went public back in March, and a LOT has changed in the two months since. Below it's organized by what's different now. If you're coming from 2.4 directly, every section below is new to you. These are the Patch Notes, so if you're interested read through them at your own pace. It is quite long!
But before we go in, I want to express my gratitude to everyone who has supported this mental project. Whether you've been here since day one or this is your first time, the support allowed this idiot to spend the time and effort on this, and hopefully enhance your experience.
So, genuinely, thank you.
CROWDS:
This is where the most visible work has gone in.
Crowds react to what's actually happening in the match.
26 different match moments now have their own animations: goals, dramatic saves, VAR checks, red cards, full time, boring 0-0 stretches, the lot.
Up to 17 different animations sprinkled across the stands per reaction so the whole crowd doesn't do the same dance.
Reactions ripple across the stands naturally instead of all firing at once.
The frame stutter that used to come with mood changes is gone. Old version hitched visibly every time the crowd switched reactions. Now it's seamless.
Choreographies. The home end now holds up colored cards forming an image at scripted match moments.
Crowd colors pull from each team's actual kit colors.
Performance: in heavy stadiums at cranked-up settings, average FPS went from 108 to 165, and big stutters over 50ms went from 452 per match to basically zero.
Crowd attendance now is accurate to in game attendances, so no more full stadiums when 4k/25k should be there.
STADIUMS:
The stadium plugin had a structural rebuild and every stadium got passed over by hand.
Post-processing included. This gives night matches a colder look, and day games a warmer look.
Bench placement: Every stadium got home and away bench empties added so substitutes show up in the right spot. Manual per-stadium work, took a while.
Camera placement: The stadiums with camera issues in broadcast mode are all tackled and now have no roof in the way anymore. If they do, please let me know.
Stadium segmentation: same stadium can serve different teams in different competitions via ID mapping.
Pitch shader rewrite (Partial): Rewritten the pitch shader and rolling out gradually.
All stadiums now have their lighting overhauled. Took the most time, but it now looks good.
Using the Tilde key ( ~ Key, next to 1 and above Tab) now copies the stadiumID for you to map.
LIGHTING
Lighting toggle got a performance pass. Was making 28+ expensive object searches per call, now caches. Dynamic GI updates only fire when something changes. Noticeably smoother.
Skybox stutter fixed. No longer forces dynamic GI updates every time the skybox is reapplied.
Memory leak from skybox materials being duplicated and never cleaned up between matches. Long sessions stable now.
Bloom tweaker is added. Use Numpad 1 to tweak the bloom of your matches. Only affects custom-lighting stadiums, vanilla stadiums keep FM's own bloom system.
Vanilla stadiums no longer get the wrong skybox/exposure after you've played a custom one.
Bloom threshold vs per-light lens flare conflict resolved. Floodlight flares no longer wash out.
CAMERAS
Custom Camera: (NOT Free Camera) got added.
Player nametags now line up correctly with custom cameras. They were drifting before.
FM's dynamic zoom still works on top of your custom positions. The camera still zooms based on where the ball is, just from your placement.
Toggle keybind: F1. F2 toggles LookAt re-aim - off is smoother when FM blends between sideline cameras, on is smoother for static presets. Try both.
Free Camera:
FreeCam Bloom Tweaker: Numpad 1 during a match opens the in-game adjustment panel. Arrow keys tune intensity, threshold, scatter, iterations, player brightness clamp. Saves automatically.
FreeCam ball tracking. Three modes cycled with F4:
Mouse: original free-look. WASD flies, mouse looks around.
LookAt: WASD flies, camera auto-aims at the ball with smooth easing. Cinematic.
Chase: camera follows the ball at the offset you had when you switched in. WASD steers the offset live. Broadcast camera you can move.
FreeCam now takes priority correctly when toggled on after CameraInject is already active.
WEATHER
New plugin: WeatherOverhaul. Custom rain and snow particles that work alongside FM's weather system. Looks the part now.
Weather particles no longer randomly stop mid-match. The stadium's internal weather system was killing the custom effects. Sorted.
BALLS
Custom ball lighting completely rewritten. Tested across night, day-shadow, day-sun and vanilla stadiums. Should look correct everywhere.
Balls appearing black in non-custom stadiums fixed. Custom materials were using a shader incompatible with FM's vanilla lighting. Now grabs FM's own shader and applies it to custom materials.
Memory leak in ball injection (cached textures not cleared between competitions). Long multi-comp sessions don't eat memory anymore.
Custom ball textures per competition still work as before, just better-lit now.
COMPATIBILITY & PERFORMANCE
Full FM 26.2 / 26.3 compatibility.
Cross-plugin performance audit. Lighting, cameras, crowds, seats, stadiums all got cleaned up in one pass. Average FPS up 50%, worst-moment FPS up 275%, big stutters basically eliminated.
Major FPS killer found and removed: a second camera was re-rendering every crowd instance every frame. Reducing FPS for nothing, this is obviously removed.
Crowd cleanup between matches. Old crowd objects were stacking up invisibly.
Six silent failures in stadium injection were swallowing errors without logging. If your stadium wasn't loading and the log was empty, this is why. Errors now properly reported.
Newgen screens going black after custom lighting fixed. Ambient now properly restored on UI enter/exit.
Bundle load time logging so we can track which stadiums are slow.
2.4 went out with 213 stadiums total. Since then the focus has been a mix of new additions and major reworks on the existing roster.
EVERY stadium shipped before this version got the bench/lighting/camera overhaul somewhere along the way. If you played a stadium pre-2.4 and revisit it now, it's not the same stadium.
KNOWN ISSUES
Some choreographies don't fire on shared bundles where the same stadium bundle is used by multiple teams (ongoing work, edge case for non-league teams playing in famous stadiums).
All the new stadiums:
Argentina:
Club Atletico Cordoba
El Cilindro (Racing Club)
El Monumental (River Plate)
Union Santa Fe
Belarus:
Dinamo Minsk
Belgium:
't Kuipje (KVC Westerlo)
Achter de Kazerne (Yellow Red KV Mechelen)
Cegeka Arena (K Racing Club Genk)
Club Brugge
KV Kortrijk
Planet Group Arena (KAA Gent)
Royal Antwerp
Sint-Truiden
Stadion am Kehrweg (KAS Eupen)
USG St. Gilloise
Brazil:
Alfredo Jaconi (Esporte Clube Juventude)
Allianz Parque (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras)
Arena Condá (Associação Chapecoense de Futebol)
Arena da Baixada (Athletico Paranaense)
Arena Grêmio (Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense)
Barradão (Esporte Clube Vitória)
Beira-Rio (Sport Club Internacional)
Castelao (Ceara)
Castelao (Fortaleza)
Couto Pereira (Coritiba Foot Ball Club SAF)
Ilha do Retiro (Sport Club do Recife)
Independencia (America Mineiro)
Maiao (Mirassol)
Mangueirao (Remo)
Maracana (Flamengo)
Maracana (Fluminense)
Mineirao (Atletico Mineiro)
Morumbi (Sao Paulo)
Red Bull Bragantino
Neo Química Arena (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista)
Sao Januario (Vasco da Gama)
Vila Belmiro (Santos)
Uruguay:
Centenario
Croatia:
Hajduk Split
Maksimir (Dinamo Zagreb)
Denmark:
Brøndby Stadion (Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening)
Midtjylland
Nordsjaelland
Parken (Football Club København)
England:
Bramall Lane (Sheffield United)
Coventry Building Society Arena (Coventry City)
Fratton Park (Portsmouth)
Hull City
King Power Stadium (Leicester City)
Portman Road (Ipswich Town)
STōK Cae Ras (Wrexham)
The Den (Millwall)
The New Lawn (Forest Green Rovers)
The Peninsula Stadium (Salford City)
Toughsheet Community Stadium (Bolton Wanderers)
Turf Moor (Burnley)
Vicarage Road (Watford)
Greece:
Agia Sofia (AEK Athens)
Apostolos Nikolaidis (Panathinaikos AO)
Atromitos
Georgios Karaiskakis (Olympiacos SF Piraeus)
Kleanthis Vikelidis (AS Aris Salonika)
Levadiakos
Oficrete
Panetolikos Ground (GFS Panetolikos)
Panserraikos
Toumba (AS PAOK Salonika)
Volos
Hungary:
Ferencvaros
Netherlands:
AFAS Stadion (AZ Alkmaar)
De Goffert (NEC Nijmegen)
Het Kasteel (Sparta Rotterdam)
FC Twente
Vitesse
Norway:
Intility Arena (Vålerenga Fotball)
Lerkendal Stadion (Rosenborg BK)
Poland:
Arena Zabrze (Gornik Zabrze)
Jagiellonia
Legia Warsaw
Narodowy
Narodowy Cup
Polsat Plus Arena Gdansk (Lechia Gdansk)
Rakow
Stadion Poznan (Lech Poznan)
Portugal:
Estadio D. Afonso Henriques (Vitoria Guimaraes)
Estádio do Marítimo (Club Sport Marítimo - SAD)
Serbia:
Cukaricki
Karađorđe (FK Vojvodina Novi Sad)
Novi Pazar
Ofkbeograd
Rajko Mitic Stadium (Red Star Belgrade)
Stadion FK Partizan (FK Partizan Beograd)
TSC Arena (FK TSC Bačka Topola)
Čair (FK Radnički Niš)
Spain:
Andorra
Cartuja
Spotify Camp Nou (FC Barcelona)
Sweden:
AIK
Turkey:
Alanyaspor
Antalyaspor
Başakşehir
Demirspor
Rizespor
USA:
Orlando City
Gibraltar:
Victoria Stadium
Should you wish to join the Discord server to help provide accurate and detailed feedback, feel free to join here:
What that allows me to do is gather feedback in one area instead of chaotically everywhere.
HOW TO USE THE NEW STUFF:
Choreographies fire automatically once your team has them authored. No keybinds needed for normal play. F9/F10 are for testing.
Bloom tweaker: Numpad 1 in match.
FreeCam ball tracking: F5 to use Free Camera, F4 to cycle modes, after activating FreeCam.
Numpad + toggles the crowd off for screenshots.
Tilde (~) during a match logs the current stadium_id, team_ids and bundle name to the BepInEx log AND copies the stadium_id to your clipboard. This is your stadiumID to map a custom stadium to. Works in vanilla matches too.
CROWD TOOLS:
Since I cannot really explain how they work in text, here is a visual guide.
Features:
The pack features 278 stadiums from all around the world. It contains a custom made crowd system which has seen a significant performance boost causing nearly no stutters or lag, even on older hardware. Now with the ability to make the crowds have custom kits on them.
If you come across a bug, feel free to let me know, but do so respectfully please 😀
As for macbooks,
Hope this can help some peeps!
Windows Installation Instructions
(1) Download the “Football Manager 26 - 3D Stadium Megapack v3.0 - The Total Rebirth.zip", and “FM26 3D Stadium Megapack Version 3.1 - The World Cupdate.zip”
(2) Open all zip files so you are left with the folder Football Manager 26 - 3D Stadium Megapack v3.0 - The Total Rebirth
(2.1) If you are installing for the first time and want the world cup stadia, you download the pack and drag and drop the extracted BepInEx folder into the “Football Manager 26 - 3D Stadium Megapack v3.0 - The Total Rebirth” folder. Overwrite files if needed!
(3) Open the following location on your computer
Windows Steam
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 26
Windows Epic
Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager26
Windows Gamepass
Xboxgames\Football Manager 26
(3.1) If you have an earlier installation of the stadium megapack, REMOVE them! Failure to do so will result in issues. Do not skip this step!
(4) Copy the following files from “Football Manager 26 - 3D Stadium Megapack v3.0 - The Total Rebirth"
- BepInEx/
- dotnet/
- .doorstop_version
- changelog.txt
- doorstop_config.ini
- version.dll
IMPORTANT: Do not copy the whole “Football Manager 26 - 3D Stadium Megapack v3.0 - The Total Rebirth” folder. Only the files inside it e.g.
GOOD: SteamApps\common\Football Manager 26\BepInEx
BAD: SteamApps\common\Football Manager 26\Football Manager 26 - 3D Stadium Megapack v2.4 - PUBLIC\BepInEx
Steam Deck Installation:
Steam Deck Desktop Mode:
- Download the pack
- Download r2modman and extract it
- In that folder you go to r2modman app image
- Follow the path "home-deck-config-r2modmanplus-local-fm26-profiles-default"
- Add my files to that path.
- You can make a shortcut on your homescreen of the r2modman app image and click execute
- Search game: -fm26 and then select profile
- Showing on this screen is bepinexpack-footballmanager26 click on it and install
- In the top left click on start modded, not vanilla.
FAQ:
- What about MacBooks?
- Although it has no native support you can use crossover to play with it. I am not going to help in Mac related questions though as I just don't know anything about it.
- Will it be free?
Yes. 100%! If you see it somewhere and they're charging for it, step away, (kindly) report it to me and I will take the required actions if need be. My mods will always be free in its core, with you having the option to send a donation if you wish to do so!
- Will it work on FM24?
No. Plain and simple this will not work in FM24 due to the difference in game engine.
- Do I need to start a new save?
Nope! Fully compatible with your saves as well as match history. So if you won the final of the UEFA Champions League in your home stadium, you can replay it with your ground 😉 this is also the case for saves from FM23 and FM24.
Lastly, this has been a mammoth effort, but could not have been done without the support from everyone who has been involved. In the google sheet from earlier there is a credits page and if I forgot to put anyone on there, let me know and we'll get it sorted because this has been a huge collaborative effort from so many people on the background and the talented PES modders. Just insane!! You guys will all get a mention on here too in a follow up post.
Thank you everyone
If you think to yourself is there a way to support this? Then a donation would help tremendously. Feel free to do so at either PayPal or Buymeacoffee, but only if you actually want to and can! Also consider supporting me on Patreon if that is more in your alley!
Roadmap
You can track my progress on new stadiums here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BsD2dQ6SfYvn50CSVzcry2x3q99-farlzH194GAti7w/edit?usp=sharing
Credits
Please see the credits list on the google sheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BsD2dQ6SfYvn50CSVzcry2x3q99-farlzH194GAti7w/edit?gid=1179800599#gid=1179800599
EARLIER PATCH NOTES:
Update 1.1.4: https://sortitoutsi.net/comments/get/861481
Update 1.2: https://sortitoutsi.net/comments/get/861862
Update 1.3: https://sortitoutsi.net/comments/get/862755
Update 1.4: https://sortitoutsi.net/comments/get/863811
Update 2.0: https://sortitoutsi.net/comments/get/867237
Update 2.1: https://sortitoutsi.net/comments/get/870267
Update 2.3: https://sortitoutsi.net/comments/get/872240
Update 2.4: https://sortitoutsi.net/comments/get/874112
- Date Created
- 24 Dec 2025 16:07:53
- Date Updated
- 01 Jun 2026 17:30:16
- Last Comment
- 03 Jun 2026 20:50:13
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BassyBoyYT
You would uninstall by going into your FM folders, then removing the BepInEx and Dotnet folders, alongside the files named “doorstop_version” “changelog” “doorstop_config” and winhttp.
Per Former
Hi @BassyBoyYT what a great package.
Got an issue with Stuttgart stadium and its playground borders as well:
(Goal stands in the ground)
alexcanderbistov
I simply fixed the problem by launching Steam as an admin. I also have other downloaded files.
Tom Jayes
it seems im the only one having a problem with it loading into the game. Ive downloaded it and everything but i then go into game and the stadiums are not in there. what am i doing wrong? i use a HP pavillion laptop.
Johannamayer
There are a graphc bugs with Hillsborough too.With or without pitch size change, there are graphic bugs.I hope you will fix them because the mod is awesome.
McGod
thanks for the free work but disappointed no mac version
MB#22
As I wrote on YT comments, amazing work, absolutely love it! This was something that many of us wanted since the FM introduced 3D, and thanks to you, my man, now it's possible! So huge shout out to all your hard work!
However, here are some bugs/mistakes noticed on the currently published stadiums inside the pack:
- Legia has no .json file inside the pack, only the stadium
- Osasuna has a cameraman in the center of the pitch (just saw on Patreon you've fixed this!)
- Go Ahead Eagles stadium is wrongly oriented (overlaps with the pitch)
Also, the most important question:
I like to play games using an “aerial camera", but on most stadiums with huge stands and roofs, I'm unable to see the whole pitch; the roof blocks the view. Do you have any ideas on how to fix this? Will you address it in future updates?
EAEFStorys
Are any of you guys managing to get the floodlights working in any stadiums? I cannot. Also Ibrox during a sunny blue sky daytime match makes the whole screen overlay look like a blue tinge. Basically anything white, like adboards, player shirts, shorts, socks etc all appear like a faded shade of blue.
coombsey2557
same here i use behind the goal camera but most of the games the pitch is blocked out by huge stands and roofs can you please help me?
Christopher Mark Cannell
Just installed it love the stadium's, just the corner are not taken from the corner circle and the goals are slightly out of alignment with the pitch lines so goals look like they miss but it given as a goal this is at anfield, also fps drops a bit to about 30 from 40 on high or balanced as it seems to make no diffence, but i get 12 o2 15 fps at corners with or without the mod anyway.
And for some reason the match screen when not in pitch mode now has fps of 20 for the commentary
TheGreatHadoken
No you don't, you just do what the prompt says. No need to uninstall anything at all. Happens to me when I have my PS4 controller plugged in and running through DS4Windows to trick the PC into thinking it's an Xbox controller. It's some sort of anti-0tamper check, and the response code the prompt leads you to will fix it immediately, but you may need to keep doing it. Uninstalling won't fix anything more than following the prompt and entering the response code already does. You'll just end up back at that message after re-installing everything and loading up again, at some point, if not the first time.
Lati
Nice but the game crash at the ending of the match
Nebukadnezar
Hey Bassy my boiiii….
I feel a real need to write to you & to thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I’m 41 years old by now, have been playing Football Manager games since the late ’90s, love football more than anything, and I myself played for Hertha BSC up to the B youth level. Especially in times like these, it gives me a bit of space to enjoy some time just for myself.
I lost my mother last year. I already lost my father when I was 11.
I “only” have my little sister left, living at the other end of Germany, but I’m grateful for that.
I also had hoped that FM 26 would be significantly better than it currently is.
And then you show up… BassyBoy… out of nowhere.
Your stadiums, your dedication & your communication with the FM community are incredibly valuable, and I want to thank you from my heart for that.
These times are quite hard for me, and I would love to donate, etc., but I still have debts to pay off (the first ones in my life, due to severe depression).
I hope you’ll stay with the FM community for a long time, so that at some point I can give something back to you, including financially.
Have a great start into the new year, and once again, many, many thanks to you.
Best regards
Benni
slibouze
Hi and thx for this work !
Is it normal that bepinex is running “under” fm26. i got that window loading
Nadirbiniou
I followed the steps by copying the downloaded files, but when I launch the game, I get this (see attachment).
thnak you.
seano4884
I get this Dos file running alongside my game now which looks like this…
Florian Keller
First up, great work. But is it normal that it rains at every game
Pačo Ilija
On rajko mitic players and ball are outside pitch but game engine doesnt register that,i am in year 35 i didnt experience this bug before or on other stadiums,i love your work and i appreciate your effort but mod kills game in a way that my 2k euro gaming laptop or 4k euro rig have issues to procces it.Mod slows down game atleast for 40%,computer resources are on maximum as i am running space shuttle here.When camera is moving players goes to air or to top of stadium.Further drop of fps is huge,normally i have 120fps in menus 60 during game with your mod on my fps is 6-12
Pačo Ilija
try to google first person camera view use f2,f3,f4,f5 keys to manage camera
Pačo Ilija
scoring with dinamo zagreb infront of 51k red army in belgrade is all i need all i want for chrismas
Bielsa is a legend
Was the shot so hard it moved the goals?
finally got Elland Road working but the seats are all white, when they are actually Blue, reasonable representation of the ground but the pitch lines are very patchy
StuartNG
I have noticed the white seat issue too, with a test on Arsenal and Everton. I am sure bassyboy will issue a fix in due course.
Bielsa is a legend
agreed, these are minor tweaks to a promising mod
i still cant get into the game though, FM24 was the stats and immersion leading up to a game, in 26 i find myself staring at the screen waiting for a match (its a shame they didnt just add the match engine to the FM24 base game)
StuartNG
Yeah, have to agree. I am still playing my Malta mod but struggle to get a campaign going as there are still too many issues with the actual game mechanics. Spend more time doing kits and making sure other mods are added to make it bearable currently.
Mortiis
im still not home so i wasnt being able to download this stuff, can someone tell me if there are some brazilian stadiums here? cuz they are no in that excel list
BassyBoyYT
Update 1.1.4 dropped!
This update fixes the pitches and line orientations. Please download it and extract it. Then copy over to the file location from the main installation guide.
EAEFStorys
Thank you Bassy, very much appreciated mate. Does it fix the floodlights issue not working in stadiums. And the blue tone color covering the goal frames, goal nets, electronic ad boards that have any white sections, and really anything else that appears on screen during a match that should be white color? Thank you.
Vadenok
Thank you dude for your work, how different are the updates here and on patreon, are they required to download, if so! then in what order ?
BassyBoyYT
On patreon it is all a week early access. This is one exception to that rule given it was so buggy. But on patreon a week early access to stadiums and other fixes.
BassyBoyYT
No not yet. That is custom lighting which I am adding right now to the stadiums individually. Once released, on patreon there is a week early access for them.