Welcome to FMTV! FMTV is a new project aimed at helping people discover FM Content on YouTube. If you're a fan of FM use the links to find content organised in handy categories. If you're a creator you can add your videos to get access to an admin panel allowing you to categorise each video. Creators will need to login and categorise each video after it's uploaded. We're also looking for moderators to volunteer and help organise the app.
I am loathe to engage in hyperbole, but this just might be the most radical FM skin ever. Introducing Mustermann Iconic - a pseudo-attributeless skin which completely changes the way you interact with FM.
SI Forums: https://bit.ly/46zPxAP
FM Scout: https://www.fmscout.com/a-mustermann-iconic-fm24-skin.html
Sortitoutsi: https://sortitoutsi.net/content/64210/mustermann-iconic-v10-out-now
Football Manager Graphics: https://footballmanagergraphics.com/files/category/74-football-manager-2024-skins/
*WHAT IS A PIZZA CHART?*
https://theathletic.com/2746113/2021/09/12/a-guide-to-smarterscout-and-understanding-the-athletics-pizza-charts/ (requires subscription)
In simple terms, it’s a chart showing a high level view of how often a player performs a specific action and how that ranks when compared to their peers. The bigger the slice, the higher the player ranks. A player in the 90th percentile for a category means they perform that action more than 90% of other players.
The pizza chart is calculated at 5% intervals, and each concentric circle represents a 20th percentile. It is based loosely on the above article from The Athletic, adapted to work with the metrics available within FM.
I have analysed 26,000 players playing more than 900 minutes in the Top 20 domestic leagues, breaking down each metric by position. Due to limitations this means the underlying data is static. For example, an Attacking Midfielder who completes 4 dribbles per game will always be ranked in the 90th percentile, even if at that exact moment in your game world there may in fact more or less players better than them.
The same metrics are used for each position (except goalkeepers) to enable you to understand the tactical profile of a player. Forwards will be involved in a defensive capacity, and defenders will be involved in an attacking capacity, and understanding how a player compares in his position in all aspects of the game is important.
*WHAT IS AN ARCHETYPE?*
https://theathletic.com/3473297/2022/08/10/player-roles-the-athletic/ (requires subscription)
An archetype is another high level view of whether a player is elite at a particular combination of actions. An archetype will become active when their statistical output meets the threshold to mark them out as special at their position
They are based loosely on the above article from The Athletic, refined into fewer archetypes and adapted to work with the metrics available within FM. This utilises the same analysis from the pizza chart, and is once again static.
For example, a Quarterback is a midfielder who is above the 60th percentile in passes completed, progressive passes and open play-key passes. As a combination, roughly only 10% of players will meet this criteria.
*WILL YOU MAKE A "NORMAL" VERSION WITH NUMERICAL ATTRIBUTES?*
No. Sorry.
*HOW DO I CHANGE THE COLOUR SCHEME?*
Included in the download is a folder called Mustermann Iconic Alt Files. Inside here are the 12 colour schemes supplied. Simply choose a scheme you want and copy the file into the Mustermann Iconic/settings folder. Once done, delete the file “Mustermann Iconic settings” and rename the copied file to “Mustermann Iconic settings”. Inside FM, reload the skin, turning off caching.
If you want to set your own Colour Scheme, you will want to edit lines 214-241 inside the aforementioned file, using a text editor such as Notepad. Colours are defined as RGB values. I heartily recommend using https://colordesigner.io/color-palettes if you need help deciding on a palette.
*USAGE RIGHTS*
This skin is completely free for personal use, but may not be sold or placed behind a paywall. If you plan on using the skin publicly, or repurposing a unique element for your own released skin, you must provide credit and a link to this post.
*DONATIONS*
If, for whatever reason, you are so enamoured with this skin you want to send me a coffee, feel free to donate via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=S4SBRQG4K5FNG&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=GBP. I would like to stress there is no obligation whatsoever!
*MUSTERMANNFM*
A veteran of the FM series, going all the way back to Championship Manager Italia in 1993 (yes, I'm old). Creator of the Mustermann skins (links below) and recently started creating YouTube content. Awful sense of humour.
*MODS USED*
Cut Out Player Faces Megapack: https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/style/1/cut-out-player-faces
Standard Kits Megapack: https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/style/7/standard-kits
Background & Stadiums Megapack: https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/style/17/sortitoutsi-backgrounds-megapack
FMG Standard Logos Megapack: https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/style/25/fmg-standard-logos
Trophies Megapack: https://www.fmscout.com/a-fm23-trophies-megapack.html
*MUSIC*
Royalty Free Lofi - Matt Rosella
https://pixabay.com/users/mjrtist-23639224/
