Issue Adding Custom Portraits

Hey all. I'm having a problem that I can't solve. I use the Panini Portrait Pack and it works with no problems. In FM2012 I always created custom portraits for my newgens in the Panini style and added them to the game - I've done hundreds of custom portraits in this manner in FM2012. My problem is that, in FM2013, my custom newgen portraits do not work. Here's what I do:

1. Find the players unique ID #
2. Open the Panini template in GIMP, create the portrait, and save it as (unique ID #).png
3. Drop the new portrait into my Panini Megapack folder (my documents/sports interactive/football manager 2013/graphics/players/megapack)
4. Use fmxml to generate a new config file.
5. Fire up FM, go to preferences/interface, and untick "use caching..." while ticking "reload skin..." and confirm.
6. In FM2012 this results in the newgen having my custom portrait. In FM2013 this does not work - the newgen face is still there.

I've tried moving my newgen portraits to another folder and creating their own config file (this shouldn't matter) and reverting to the default skin (I use Steklo). Any new portraits that I add for existing players appear in the game using the above steps - just not newgens.

What am I missing? Thanks in advance!

You can't replace the Newgens in FM13 mate

Check out and add your voice to THIS thread

hopefully SI will fix the problem in a future update.

What a giant kick in the balls. Hopefully they put this back in ASAP. Thanks for the reply!