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So as per normal with FM each year, I take the time to download all the new kits, logos and faces etc, along with the licence fixes, something I have down every year since the game started. There is no way I can play it without this in game facility as it just does not feel professional.
However, for this year's version, I am having major issues. So I have added everything to the graphics folder etc as per normal, but every time I try to load up the game, once it gets through the initial adverts etc, the game freezes and then crashes whilst on the game loading page (where you have all the foreign welcome messages in the bottom right corner). The game becomes non responsive and I end up having to force quit the game (I have a MacBook).
Im not sure where to go form here or how to get around this. Any help would be very much appreciated as I dont know if this is a problem others have encountered.
Thanks
However, for this year's version, I am having major issues. So I have added everything to the graphics folder etc as per normal, but every time I try to load up the game, once it gets through the initial adverts etc, the game freezes and then crashes whilst on the game loading page (where you have all the foreign welcome messages in the bottom right corner). The game becomes non responsive and I end up having to force quit the game (I have a MacBook).
Im not sure where to go form here or how to get around this. Any help would be very much appreciated as I dont know if this is a problem others have encountered.
Thanks
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mons
Andrew♣
stevehanks
Yes it does work. I removed all the downloaded files from the graphics folder and it loaded with no issues.
Any idea how to work around this?
Andrew♣
stevehanks
Nothing appears on the actual game, but on the Mac 'Force Quit' window, I get the following message:
Football Manager 2017 v 17 . 1 . 2 f 903034 (not responding)
What are your thoughts?
Thanks
stevehanks
Got them from the sortitoutsi site. Do you need the specific folders?
mons
How long are you waiting before manually exiting the game? I suspect it's just loading the graphics and maybe taking you a while because you have an older PC. How large is your graphics folder, incidentally?
Andrew♣
First step: Go to the following directory: Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2017/
Second step: Now, create a new folder named “graphics“. Then, inside the graphics folder, you should create a new folder named “facepacks” [graphics is necessary, the names of subfolders inside graphics are not important, as I have not "facepacks" but "Megapack 7.0" and "Megapack TCM15"]
Third step: Open the .zip or .rar file (with WinRar), and extract the content to the following directory
Fourth step: Start Football Manager 2017 and go to Preferences -> Interface and untick Use Caching to decrease page loading times, and tick Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences.
Fifth step: Press Confirm button.
Andrew♣
just link the page so i know which one you downloaded, have you tried other facepacks from other sites, that is what i would do first...
stevehanks
I have left it for maybe 10 minutes then had to force quit. Altogether the graphics folder, which includes the face mega pack, logos and kits, is abut 8-9 Gb.
stevehanks
Will try this first, thanks
mons
Can you remove the graphics then load the game?
Once it loads normally, put the graphics back in its previous place, go into the preferences and have them in this manner:
Click Yes or OK to the subsequent message. Be prepared to wait: on slower computers I've had to wait up to 15 minutes for the game to load at times.
Once it loads, re-enter the preferences and tick the use skin cache button. This should help ensure the above loading time wait is not as long in any future instances.
stevehanks
Facepack from https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/style/1/cut-out-player-faces
Kits a mixture from https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/packcat/2/257/ss1617-league-kits
Logo pack from https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/style/3/metallic-logos
stevehanks
Have just tried this. Was able to reach the preferences page, then came out of FM, moved the packs back into the games graphics folder, went back into FM, then when I unticked and ticked the relevant boxes, clicked on 'Reload Skin'. I waited for 20 minutes for this to load but it just kept on loading without finishing and going back to the game menu page. In the end it became a non responsive program.
Have also checked the files I have downloaded and these are no different to the ones a get every year. In fact I have not changed anything that I normally do, so really have no idea as to why it does not want to load once I place the downloaded packs in the graphics folder.
VP.
stevehanks
Will give this a go
zarko_safc
gawa_ram1
I'm also on a Mac.