Update 07.04.2026:
Update to version 5.1
For updates and further information, please check here
To install the skin, do this:
- Download the bundles archive
- Locate your game directory. For steam this will usually be:
\Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 26\fm_Data\StreamingAssets\aa\StandaloneWindows64\ - For Gamepass installations it should be
\XboxGames\Football Manager 26\Content\fm_Data\StreamingAssets\aa\StandaloneWindows64\ - Make sure you have an unmodded Game, as you will otherwise create an unhealthy mix of modded files and those from this skin
- In case you're unsure, verify your gamefiles first!
- Copy and paste the files form the skin archive into the above game directory. When asked, choose to overwrite/replace the existing files.
The mirror links will now directly point to the Skinbuilder site - where you can download them and directly manage the Skin (including easy updates!) in the tool.
For some quick guidance, you might want to check here.
Credits:
My special thanks goes to lotsgon, sic, MW90, MrTini23, LuckyLuke - and in general to the community on FMML discord, for massive support and sharing stuff and ideas while trying to work into this new environment, as well as ongoing - as this is and has been incredibly valuable - and finally to my old friend Flut who teached me so many things in the past. To show my respect, I selected two of his backgrounds for the Startmenu.
Additional credits going to
- TinyHips for sharing his prematch lineups
- Ferrigi97 for providing a load of additional prematch lineups as of V3.0
Enjoy.
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xxx Darkside xxx
Thats on purpose as I want it like that.
You can edit MatchExperienceGridComposition-Large.json within Skinbuilder and bring it back…
Matt270275
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xxx Darkside xxx
ok…
moonwalker699
Football Manager 26 - Gyazo
Stages is missing after latest update. I know this i a preview version. But is it possible for to bring it back, or do I have to wait for your update???
Matt270275
sorry mate i sent a question but then didnt need the answer lol. i thought id deleted the post. thanks for the skinbuilder and base, im really getting to grips with it now
xxx Darkside xxx
Almost done with technically redoing the layouts (necessary to make dynamic and multi-layert tiles porperly working), also added some additional redone layouts and color finetunings. I expect to be ready for 3.5 release within th enext coule of days…
Btw, which stages is missing?
Pedro Martinsf
Why are the letters green and the news background is glitchy ?
Tactics page some options are full purple, should i delete the skins folder and check file integrity to restore to default?
xxx Darkside xxx
Are you on latest Skinbuilder beta version?
Pedro Martinsf
im on stable version, i will try with beta then
xxx Darkside xxx
Yeah, that's the requirement… usually each new beta provides extended functionality which I'm using in each new version of the skin. So it's required to use the latest beta (the version I suggest in update announcements) if you want it to work properly - unless you use the bundled version. In this case it doesn't matter…
Pedro Martinsf
i've done that and the news page now its good, but still have some purple text and green text
xxx Darkside xxx
I have nothing like that in my skin. You're using current 3.5 preview version? Did you apply it on a clean gamefiles installation?
Pedro Martinsf
ye im using 3.5 preview version, i'll try to make a clean installation and apply it again
Pedro Martinsf
ye all working now, ths for the help m8
moonwalker699
It works now, after I ran the FM Skin Builder again. Keep up the good work. Your skin is awesome!
xxx Darkside xxx
Should be fine in next release …
Matt270275
HI mate, is it possible to make the team header one solid colour without transparency without affecting the messages tile ?
xxx Darkside xxx
You can switch to teamcolor…
Matt270275
thank you for reply. how do i go about that please ?
xxx Darkside xxx
Check the skin, I've even isolated the setting…
Matt270275
do you men the TEAM HEADER folder ? If so ive applied this and it does extend the team colour but its not a solid colour
xxx Darkside xxx
Screenshots for Version 3.5 Release…
moonwalker699
After your release today I got the same issue again. The table disappeared….Sorry!
xxx Darkside xxx
You're on latest Skinbuilder beta?
moonwalker699
I updated to the Skinbuilder, and now i seems to work…Thanks!
xxx Darkside xxx
Due to a minor bug on portal overview during transfer deadline day, I uploaded the fixed versions. The portal will now switch to this look, during deadline day… :-)
When the deadline day ends, fixtures will come back…
TRFC
Hello! Amazing work with this skin, it's a miracle. I've just downloaded the latest version (you updated it just 20 minutes ago actually, what great timing) and followed the instructions to build the skin in FMSB, but I get the following error during the build:
“Unknown unit 's' in value '30.0s', treating as unitless”
Do I need to worry?
xxx Darkside xxx
No, just a leftover from trying to slowdown the prematch lineup animation :-)
Most likely, will remove it in the next version… and it's just a warning anyway, so no reason for concerns during build … ;-)
ARookieKeeper
Positively fantastic stuff. Thank you so much.
ARookieKeeper
Apologies for double posting.
One question: is it possible to have multiple options for ad boards, like we have for lineups? Like, for instance, adding Tiny Hips' Generic Ad Boards or Tupai Art's National League Enterprise ad boards as options?