FM20 Adboard Patch - V1.4 Out Now!!!

FM20 Adboard Patch

Features

• Generic video ads for English Premiership, French Ligue 1, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A & Spanish Liga Santander
• Adjusted all club ads to display properly with FM20 stadium models
• Adjusted ads for Cardiff City, Fulham, Huddersfield Town, Notts County, Yeovil Town, Leyton Orient & Salford City to represent new leagues for FM19
• Updated video ads for all English Premiership ads

I have dedicated 1000's of hours, making and coding adbaords for Football Manager since 2008. These adbaord patches have attracted over 100,000 downloads and remain the only real way to inject some personality into the Football Manager match engine. While this is a free patch if you wish to donate as way of thanking me for my time you can do so by the link below


Links
v1.0
Download
v1.1
Download - PC
Download - MAC
V1.2
Download - PC
Download - MAC
V1.2.1 (Dortmund Fix)
Download - PC
V1.2.1 (Champions League Fix)
Download - PC
V1.3
Download
V1.4
Download

Africa
Algeria
Ligue Professionnelle 1 (M2RDZ Ads)
South Africa
Premier Soccer League

Asia
Australia
A-League (Video Ads) (sigames ads)
China
Super League (Video ads) (KAEDE AK)
Hong Kong
Premier League
India
I-League
Indonesia
Liga 1
Iran
Persian Gulf Pro League (Persee Ads)
Malaysia
Super League (rafney87 Ads)
Singapore
S.League
South Korea
K League Classic (Video Ads) (sigames & tnals473 Ads) & K League Challenge (Video Ads) (sigames & tnals473 Ads)

Europe
Austria
Football Bundesliga (Doc_Debil & Kosic Ads) (Video ads) & Erste Liga (Doc_Debil Ads)
Belarus
Vysheyshaya Liga
Belgium
Jupiler Pro League (DylaanAG ads)
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Premier League (kosic Ads)
Bulgaria
First Professional Football League (kosic Ads) & Second Football League (Windhook Ads)
Croatia
Hrvatski Telekom Prva Liga
Cyprus
Cyta Championship
Czech Republic
HET Liga (kosic) (Video ads) & National Football League (Kosic)
Denmark
Alka Superliga (rabcp, kosic, sigames & Zefph Ads) (Video ads)
England
Premier League (Video Ads), Championship (Video Ads), League One (TV_Capper Ads), League Two (TV_Capper Ads) & National League
Finland
Veikkausliiga
France
Ligue 1 (Video ads) & Ligue 2 (sigames) (Video ads)
Germany
Bundesliga (Video ads) (sigames ads), 2. Bundesliga, 3. Liga, Regionalliga Nord, Regionalliga Nordost, Regionalliga West, Regionalliga Südwest & Regionalliga Bayern (All Doc_Debil Ads)
Greece
Greek Superleague (Mysterio ads) & Football League (ansta1970 Ads)
Hungary
OTP Bank Liga
Iceland
Úrvalsdeild Karla
Israel
Ligat Winner & Liga Leumit (Itayn Ads)
Italy
Serie A (Video ads) & Serie B (kosic) (Video ads)
Malta
BOV Premier League (mons Ads)
Northern Ireland
Danske Bank Premiership (woodysj/rabcp Ads)
Norway
Eliteserien (einherjer83 Ads) & OBOS Ligaen (einherjer83 Ads)
Poland
Ekstraklasa (sigames/kondi192) (Video ads)
Portugal
Liga NOS (Video ads) & LigaPro (gs1728/rabcp Ads)
Republic of Ireland
SSE Airtricity League Premier Division
Romania
Liga I
Russia
Russian Premier League (Video Ads) & Football National League (map788 & rabcp Ads)
Scotland
Premiership (Video ads), Championship, League One & League Two
Serbia
SuperLiga (Video ads) (boyshane ads)[/size][/b]
Slovakia
Fortuna liga & 2.Liga (kosic Ads)
Slovenia
PrvaLiga Telekom Slovenije (Aljo24 ads)
Spain
La Liga Santander (Video ads) & La Liga 1|2|3 (grabek & rabcp Ads)
Sweden
Allsvenskan
Switzerland
Raiffeisen Super League (benno & Kosic Ads) (Video ads) & Brack.ch Challenge League (benno Ads)
The Netherlands
Eredivisie (rabcp/sigames) (Video ads) & Jupiler League
Turkey
Süper Lig (Video Ads) (aragornx17 ads) & TFF First League (Video Ads) (aragornx17 ads)
Ukraine
Vyshcha Liha
Wales
JD Welsh Premier League (RhylFCkiko ads)
JD Welsh Cymru North (RhylFCkiko ads)
JD Welsh Cymru South (RhylFCkiko ads)

North America
Canada
Canadian Premier League (sigames) (Video ads)
Mexico
Liga MX
USA
MLS (sigames) (Video ads)

South America
Argentina
Primera División & B Nacional (Natarin Ads)
Brazil
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Campeonato Carioca, Campeonato Gaucho, Campeonato Mineiro & Campeonato Paulista
Chile
Primera División (Natarin Ads) & Primera B (Natarin Ads)
Colombia
Categoría Primera A
Peru
Primera División (Natarin Ads)
Uruguay
Primera División (Natarin Ads)

Cup Competitions

Continental Cups

Africa
CAF Champions League, CAF Confederation Cup & CAF Super Cup

Asia
AFC Champions League & AFC Cup

Europe
UEFA Champions League (Video Ads), UEFA Europa League (Video Ads) & UEFA Super Cup (Video Ads) (rabcp & aragornx17 Ads)

North America
CONCACAF Champions League

South America
CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL Copa Sudamericana & CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana

World Wide
FIFA Club World Cup

Domestic Cups

Asia
China
CFA Cup (Video ads) (KAEDE AK)
Iran
Hazfi Cup (Presee Ads)
South Korea
Korean FA Cup (tnals473 Ads)

Europe
Austria
UNIQA ÖFB Cup (Doc_Debil Ads)
Belgium
Croky Cup (DylaanAG ads)
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Cup (Windhook Ads)
Czech Republic
MOL Cup (Kosic)
England
FA Cup (Video Ads), EFL Cup (Video Ads), FA Community Shield (Video Ads), Checkatrade Trophy (Video Ads) & FA Trophy (Video Ads)
France
Coupe de France (Video Ads), Coupe de la Ligue (Video Ads) & Trophée des Champions (Video Ads)
Germany
DFB-Pokal (Video Ads) (sigames & Doc_Debil Ads) & DFL-Supercup (Video Ads) (sigames & Doc_Debil Ads)
Greece
Football Cup OPAP (ansta1970/rabcp Ads)
Italy
TIM Cup
Norway
Norwegian Football Cup (einherjer83 Ads) & Norwegian Mesterfinalen (einherjer83 Ads)
Poland
Puchar Polski (kondi192 Ads) & SuperPuchar Polski (kondi192 Ads)
Russia
Russian Cup (map788 Ads)
Switzerland
Swiss Cup (Benno Ads)
The Netherlands
KNVB Cup
Turkey
Turkish Cup (Video Ads) (aragornx17 ads) & Turkish Super Cup (Video Ads) (aragornx17 ads)
Scotland
Scottish Cup (Video Ads), League Cup (Video Ads) & Challenge Cup
Slovakia
Slovak Cup (kosic Ads)

South America
Argentina
Copa Total Argentina (natarin)
Brazil
Copa do Brasil
Chile
Copa Chile (natarin)

Clubs

Europe

Belgium
Anderlecht, Antwerp, Cercle Brugge, Charleroi, Club Brugge, Eupen, KAA Gent, KRC Genk, KV Kortrijk, KV Mechelen, KV Oostende, Royal Excel Mouscron, Sint-Truiden, Standard Liege, Waasland-Beveren & Zulte Waregem (all DylaanAG ads)

Croatia
Dinamo Zagreb (Ultra banners only)

Czech Republic
Czech Het Liga
Sparta Praha (Kosic) (Video ads) & Viktoria Plzen (Kosic) (Video ads)

England
Premiership
Arsenal, Aston Vila, , Brighton, Burnley, , Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Everton, Fulham, Leeds United, Leicester City, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Newcastle United, , Sheffield United, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United & Wolves (All Video Ads)
Championship
Barnsley, Birmingham City (rabcp) (Video ads), Blackburn Rovers (rabcp/TV_Capper) (Video ads), Bournemouth (rabcp) (Video ads), Brentford (rabcp) (Video ads), Bristol City, Cardiff City (rabcp) (Video ads), Coventry City (rabcp/TV_Capper) (Video ads), Derby County (rabcp) (Video ads), Huddersfield Town (rabcp) (Video ads), Luton Town, Middlesbrough (rabcp) (Video ads), Millwall, Norwich City (rabcp) (Video ads), Nottingham Forest (rabcp) (Video ads), Preston North End, QPR, Reading, Rotherham United, Sheffield Wednesday (rabcp) (Video ads), Stoke City (rabcp) (Video ads), Swansea City (rabcp) (Video ads), Watford (rabcp) (Video ads) & Wycombe Wanderers (All other ads made by Beast72)[/color][/size][/b]
League 1
Accrington Stanley, AFC Wimbledon, Blackpool, Bristol Rovers, Burton Albion, Crewe Alexandra, Doncaster Rovers, Fleetwood Town, Gillingham, Hull City, Ipswich Town (rabcp/Beast72) (Video ads), Northampton Town, Oxford City, Peterborough United, Plymouth Argyle, Portsmouth, Rochdale, Shrewsbury Town, Sunderland (rabcp) (Video ads) & Swindon Town (All TV_Capper Ads)
League 2
Bolton Wanderes, Bradford City, Cambridge United, Carlisle United, Charlton Athletic, Colchester United, Crawley Town, , Exeter City, Forest Green Rovers, Grimsby Town, Lincoln City, Mansfield Town, MK Dons (rabcp/TV_Capper) (Video ads), Morecambe, Newport County, Notts County, Oldham Athletic, Port Vale, Salford City, Scunthorpe United, Southend United, Stevenage, Tranmere Rovers(TV_Capper Ads), Walsall & Wigan Athletic (Beast72 & RhylFCKiko Ads) [b][size=8][color=blue](All other ads made by TV_Capper)
National League
Barnet (TV_Capper Ads), Chesterfield (TV_Capper Ads), Eastleigh (TV_Capper Ads) & Yeovil Town (TV_Capper Ads)
National League North
York City (A11_Smithy Ads)

France
French Ligue 1
Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Monaco, Nice, PSG & Saint Etienne (All Video ads)
French Ligue 2
Paris FC

Germany
Bundesliga
Augsburg (Aljo24 & rabcp ads), Bayer Leverkusen (Video ads), Bayern Munich (Video ads), Borussia Dortmund (Video ads), & FC Koln (Video ads), Freiburg (Aljo24 & rabcp ads), Mainz (Aljo24 & rabcp ads), Schalke 04 (Vassilis_3 ), Union Berlin (Aljo24 & rabcp ads) & VFB Stuttgart (jeff roberts) (Video ads)
2.Bundesliga
Fortuna Dusseldorf (Aljo24 & rabcp ads), Greuther Furth (crackvictor ads) & Paderborn (Aljo24 & rabcp ads)

Greece
AEK Athens, AEL Larissa, Aris Thessaloniki, Asteras Tripolis, Lamia, OFI Crete, Olympiakos, Panathinaikos, Panetoklikos, Panionios, PAOK Thessaloniki, Volos & Xanthi (all Mysterio ads)

The Netherlands
Ajax (TV_Capper)

Norway
Aalesund, Arendal, Asane, Bodo Glimt, Brann, Bryne, Elverum, Floro, Fredrikstad, Ham Kam, Haugesund, Hodd, Jerv, Kfumoslo, Kongsvinger, Kristiansund, Levanger, Lillestrom, Mjondalen, Molde, Nest Sotra, Notodden, Odd, Ranheim, Raufoss, Rosenborg, Sandefjord, Sandefjord, Sandnesulf, Sarpsborg, Sogndal, Stabaek, Start, Strommen, Stromsgodset, Tromso, Ullkisa, Valerenga & Viking (All einherjer83 Ads)

Portugal
FC Porto (Video ads)

Russia
Akhmat Grozny, Arsenal Tula, CSKA Moscow, Dynamo Moscow, Krasnodar, Krylia Sovetovy, Lokomotiv Moscow, Orenburg, Rostov, Rubin Kazan, Spartak Moscow, Sochi, Tambov, UFA, Ural Yekaterimburg & Zenit Saint Petersburg (map788 ads) (All Video Ads)

Scotland
Scottish Premiership
Aberdeen, Celtic (Video ads), Dundee United, Hamilton, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Livingston, Motherwell, Rangers (Video ads), Ross County, St. Johnstone & St. Mirren
Scottish Championship
Alloa Athletic, Arbroath, Ayr United, Dundee, Dunfermline Athletic, Greenock Morton, Hearts, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Raith Rovers, Queen of the South
Scottish League One
Airdrieonians, Dumbarton, East Fife, Falkirk, Forfar Athletic, Montrose (Montrosefc ads), Partick Thistle & Stranraer
Scottish League Two
Albion Rovers, Brechin City & Queen's Park

Slovenia
Aluminij, Celje, Domzale, NK Bravo, Maribor, Mura, Olimpija Ljubljana, Rudar Velenje, Tabor Sezana & Triglav Kranj (all Aljo24 ads) (all Video ads)

Spain
La Liga
Alaves, Athletic Bilbao, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Cadiz, Celta Vigo, Eibar, Elche, Getafe, Granada, Huesca, Levante, Osasuna, Real Betis, Real Sociedad, Sevilla, Valencia, Valladolid & Villarreal (all crackvictor ads) (all Video ads)
Spanish Segunda División
Albacete, Alcorcon (Video ads), Almeria (Video ads), Cartagena, Castellón, Espanyol (Video ads), Fuenlabrada(Video ads), Girona (Video ads), Las Palmas (Video ads), Leganés (Video ads), Lugo (Video ads), Malaga (Video ads), Mallorca (Video ads), Mirandes (Video ads), Oviedo (Video ads), Ponferradina (Video ads), Rayo Vallecano (Video ads), Sabadell, Sporting Gijon (Video ads), Tenerife (Video ads), UD Logroñés, Zaragoza (Video ads) (All crackvictor ads)
Spanish Segunda División B
AE Prat, Alaves B, Algeciras, Amorebieta, Andorra, At Baleares, At Bilbao B, Atletico Madrid B, Badajoz, Badalona, Barakaldo, Barcelona B, Burgos, Cadiz B, Calahorra, Castellon, Celta Vigo B, Cartagena, Cordoba, UE Cornella, Coruxo, Cultural Leonesa, Deportive La Coruna (Video ads), Don Benito, CD Ebro, Ejea, Espanol B, Extremadura (Video ads), G Tarragona, Getafe B, Granada B (Video ads), Guijuelo, Haro Deportivo, Hercules, Ibiza UD, Internacional Madrid, Irun, Izarra, La Nucia, UP Langreo, Las Palmas Atletico, Las Rozas, SD Leioa, Levante B, Linense, UE Llagostera, Lleida, UD Logroñes, Marbella, Marino Luanco, UD Melilla, Merida, Murcia, Numancia (Video ads), Orihuela, Osasuna B, Oviedo B Vetusta, Pena Deportiva Santa Eulalia, Pontevedra, Racing Ferrol, Racing Santander (Video ads), Rayo Majadahonda, Real Madrid Castilla, Real Sociedad B, Recreativo Huelva, Salamnca, San Fernando, San Luqueno, Sanse, Sevilla Atletico, Sporting Gijon B, Talavera, Tudelano, UCAM, Unionista CF, Valencia B, Valladolid B, Villarreal B, Villarrobledo, Villarrubia & Yeclano (all crackvictor ads)

Switzerland
FC Basel (Ultra banners only)

Wales
Aberstwyth, Ammanford, Bala Town, Bangor City, Barry Town United, Cardiff Met Uni, Carmarthen Town, Cefn Druids, Colwyn Bay, Connah's Quay, Flint Town, LLandudno, Newtown, Prestatyn, Rhyl, STM Sports, Swansea Uni & The New Saints (All RhylFCkiko ads)

Asia
AFC World Cup Qualifiers (Presee Ads)

Europe
UEFA World Cup Qualifiers (Persee/tv_capper/rabcp Ads)
UEFA European Championship (crackvitor Ads)

World Wide
FIFA World Cup (Video Ads) (aragornx17/crackvictor ads)



Europe
England (crackvictor ads)
France (crackvictor ads)
Germany (crackvictor ads)
Norway (einherjer83 Ads)
Russia (map788 ads)
Spain (crackvictor ads)

F.A.Q

Where should I install the files too?

XML files


Graphics

If playing on a MAC system install the graphics to this path;
Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/football manager 2020/graphics/pictures/ads

Videos


Bidstack Fix

Video Guide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5pi0g-teKM&t=25s
Why are there two different xml files?
As the folder names suggest one xml file contains club specific adboards and one does not. This has been done as in previous patches people have complained that they see clubs specific adboards in cup competitions. Due the way the xml file there is no way around this using code. The only solution is the use of two files, the pictures below demonstrate the difference in the xml files.




Why are my video adboards are black?

Either your video ads are in the wrong location or your system can not cope with HD graphics.
- Ensure you video ads are in this location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 2020\data\simatchviewer_uncompressed\videos
- Try re-naming the 'HD' folder in the above location to 'SD' this tricks the system into treating the video as SD files.
- Within FM21 open up the preferences menu and ensure with the ‘Match’ tab that the ‘graphics quality’ is set at least medium.

What happened to the static ads?



This error occus when FM can not find the correct static ads.
- Ensure the static ads are the the following location:
PC - Documents/Sports Interactive/football manager 2020/graphics/pictures/ads
MAC - Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/football manager 2020/graphics/pictures/ads
- Ensure this path (graphics/pictures/ads) contains only lowercase charcters.

Credits

• Aljo24 - Slovenia & Germany
• All_Smithy - England
• Ansta1970 - Greece
• Balek - Russia
• Beast72 - England
• Benno - Italy & Switzerland
• Boyshane - Serbia
• Crackvictor - Germany, Spain and International
• Doc_Debil - Austria & Germany
• DylaanAG - Belgium
• Einherjer83 - Norway
• Grabek - Spain
• Gs1728 - Portugal
• KAEDE AK. - China
• Kondi192 - Poland
• Kosic - Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy & Portugal
• M2RDZ - Algeria
• map788 - Russia
• Mons - Malta
• Mysterio - Greece
• Natarin - South America
• Persee - Iran
• Rafney87 - Malaysia
• RhylFCKiko- England & Wales
• Tnals473 - South Korea
• TV_Capper - England
• Woodysj - Northern Ireland

How to make and code Static Adboards

Static adboards should be 1024 x 128 and in png format, below is a video demonstrating the creation of a simple static adboard.
https://youtu.be/IiilCjasmkc
Once you have made an adboard save it to a folder within My Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2020/graphics/ads

How to code an adboard
Open up the ads.xml file located My Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2020/ads

Step one
First of all you have to load the graphics into FM20 which is done by the following piece of code the near the top of the xml file
<!-- Hibernian ads -->
<record id="2191" path="pictures/ads/generic/macron b"/>

What this code means
<!-- Hibernian ads --> identifies to whoever is reading the xml file what this piece of code is for adboards specific to Hibernian
<record id="2191" - Assigns a unique id number to specific adboard (you makes this number up but make sure it is not already in use elsewhere in the config)
path="pictures/ads/generic/macron b"/> - Location of the adboard which has just been given a unique id number

Step Two
The next bit of code determines where the previously assigned ad-boards will be displayed
<!-- Hibernian, rabcp -->
<list id="1517">
<integer value="2191"/>
<integer value="2192"/>
<integer value="2193"/>
<integer value="2191"/>
<integer value="2192"/>
<integer value="2193"/>
.
.
.
</list>

What this code means
<!-- Hibernian, rabcp --> -identifies to whoever is reading the xml file what this piece of code is for adboards specific to Hibernian with the content made by rabcp
<list id="17"> - Unique id of the competition/clubs the ad-boards are for
<integer value="2191"/> - Positions adboard number 2191 in to be displayed for games in the assigned competition/club.

When we load up Football Manager we can no see that our adboard is displayed within the game

Positioning Adboard's

I was asked by @wkdsoul if it was possible to position adboards in certain positions and thought I'd put together this tutorial to demonstrate how its done. While is it possible to place adboards in certain positions it mainly works with clubs who use pitch side LCD ads. The process is a little complex as bar the pitchside adboards the adboard numbers at times follow no logical pattern and can repeat numbers depending on the stadium model.

The support files in this link are needed for this method - Download

Step One
We have the Juventus stadium displaying generic adboards, however we want to place a fan banner in the middle of the goal, to do this we have to know how to assign adboards to certain positions


Install the attached graphic files and open up the ads.xml file in the football manager folder and the XML Insert LCD file from the download. in the XML Insert LCD file locate the following code;

<!-- Club section for club ID #661 -->
<list id="1139">
<integer value="3500"/>
<integer value="661000"/>
<integer value="661001"/>
.
.
.
</list>

Change the <list id="1139"> code to include your clubs ID number, paste this into the Ads.xml file and load up FM18 again, Our match with Juventus now looks like this;

We now have adboards which tell us which number each adboard is within the xml file, note that not all adboards are unique and adboard '0' will be repeated 3 times on this screen.


Step Two
We now need to assign our banners to correct positions. My code here assigns my 3 new adboards to the game (See the guide on page 1 for more detailed instructions).
<!-- Juventus ads -->
<record id="8000" path="pictures/ads/generic/black"/>
<record id="8001" path="pictures/ads/europe/italy/clubs/juventus/drughi"/>
<record id="8002" path="pictures/ads/europe/italy/clubs/juventus/sud"/>

I want a plain black adboard to display at adboard '0' and my banners behind the goal, in this case Drughi as adboard '32' and Sud as adboard '31'.

We now go back to our first piece of code to place these 3 new boards in there correct position, we know that <integer value="661000"/> represents adboard '0' so we change this to <integer value="8000"/>, likewise we change <integer value="661031"/> adboard '31' to <integer value="8002"/> 'Drughi' and <integer value="661032"/> adboard '32' to <integer value="8001"/> 'Sud'
<!-- Juventus -->
<list id="1139">
<integer value="3500"/>
<integer value="8000"/>
<integer value="661001"/>
.
.
.
<integer value="8002"/>
<integer value="8001"/>
</list>

load up FM18 and we get this result

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZkg8Gt-e84&t=208s

Required Resources

• Adobe Photoshop
• LCD Texture - Download
• Gif to Avi Converter - Link
• XMedia Recode - Download
• Calculator

In this post, I'll explain how to make a simple scrolling video adboard, if people want it I can post a few minor guides for more advanced effects with video adboards such as spinning images, zooming in and out of images etc.

1.
First of all, we need to make our adboard, In Photoshop create a new image sized 2816 x 88 pixels, this is the adboard size I have been using to date. Within the game adboards are repeated twice behind the goals and three times along the pitch. This is where the calculator comes in, the gaps between all images (e.g. Sportsdirect.com in this case) need to be the same size. they should also be half the size at the start and end of the image. This will ensure that when the ads line up they maintain the same pattern.

Once made from the Layer menu select Merge Layers, then copy the adboard.

2.
Create a new image double the length of the adboard (5632 x 88 pixels) and paste the adboard at the start and end of the new image. Again, merge the layers, we need this size of image to create the scrolling effect. As you can see because of the above calculations the gaps between all images are the same size when combined.


3.
Now we create our image for the actual adboard, sized 2816 x 88 pixels. We want the adboard to scroll from left to right so once the previous (5632 x 88) image is pasted onto this image we want the end of the adboard to be line up with the edge at left hand side of our new image.


4.
We now need to create the image effect, to do this we create a Video Timeline, select the Window Menu thenTimeline. Once the Timeline Menu appears at the bottom of the screen select the Create Video Timeline option.


5.
In Photoshop, the standard timeline is 5 seconds, for this adboard we want to make it 10 seconds. To do this we click on the end of the layer one timeline (highlighted) and drag right until the timeline becomes 10 seconds long.


6.
We now want to create our start and end points of the animation of the adboard. With the timeline bar at the start of the timeframe (Blue Arrow) click the position action then drag the blue arrow to the end of the timeline and click the position action again


7.
With the timeline now at the 10 second point we drag the image all the way across from left to right until the end of the image now meets the left edge of the border, this creates the scrolling effect, if you select the play option in the timeline tab you'll see the effect in photoshop.


8.
We now save the image. File → Export → Save for Web (Legacy)

9.
Open up the saved image, this time the image will display each separate frame in the timeline and as a layer. We now want to give our adboard a LCD texture. Open the Video.png file and copy the image and then switch back to your gif. Click the tab with 3 lines and then Select All Frames then click on the very last layer.


10.
Paste the adboard texture. Every frame will now just be the texture, however once we apply the Multiply effect we will now have every frame displaying our intended image with a LCD effect. We then save our final adboard again. File → Export → Save for Web (Legacy)


11.
We now need to convert our Gif file. First we go to convertio, upload your gif file choosing a .avi conversion and download the converted file.

11.
...

we now have a finished useable adboard.

How to code Video Adboards

Open up the ads.xml file located My Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2018/ads

First of all you have to load the graphics into FM18 which is done by the following piece of code the near the top of the xml file

<!-- Hibernian ads, rabcp -->
<record id="2190" path="video_ads/scotland/clubs/macron" animated="true"/>
<record id="2191" path="pictures/ads/europe/clubs/scotland/spl/hibernian/marathonbet"/>
<record id="2192" path="pictures/ads/europe/clubs/scotland/spl/hibernian/skysports"/>
<record id="2193" path="pictures/ads/europe/clubs/scotland/spl/hibernian/espn"/>

What this code means

<record id="2191" - Assigns a unique id number to specific ad-board (you makes this number up but make sure it is not already in use elsewhere in the config)

path="video_ads/scotland/clubs/macron" animated="true"/> Location of a video adboard which has just been given a unique id number

path="pictures/ads/europe/clubs/scotland/spl/hibernian/marathonbet"/> - Location of a static adboard which has just been given a unique id number

The next bit of code determines where the previously assigned ad-boards will be displayed

<!-- Hibernian, rabcp -->
<list id="1575">
<integer value="2190"/>
<integer value="2191"/>
<integer value="2192"/>
<integer value="2193"/>
<integer value="2191"/>
<integer value="2192"/>
<integer value="2193"/>
</list>

What this code means

<!-- Hibernian, rabcp --> - Just identifies to whoever is reading the xml file what this piece of code is for competitions/clubs along with the author of the adboards.

<list id="17"> - Unique id of the competition/clubs the ad-boards are for

<integer value="2191"/> - Positions adboard number 2191 in to be displayed for games in the assigned competition/club.

No as Hibernian play in a ground under 30,000 static adboards will display automatically as below;


To allow Hibernian to display Video ads the following piece of code needs added at the bottom of the xml file, this can also been done for competitons or international teams;
<!-- All Hibernian home matches have to use LED -->
<record id="1575" led_force_flag="true" concatenate_next="true"/>

This code then turns on video ads and gives the below result

This tutorial will explain how to create the rolling effect below.


Step 1

To begin my image has 3 layers, Background, Taxi and Logo. In this image we want to apply the rolling effect to the Logo layer. To apply this sort of effect we need to make a Smart object to do this we right click on the Logo Layer and select the Convert to Smart Object option.

Step 2

Our next step is to create a beginning and end of the animation, this is done by dragging the timeline to the desired start point and selection the Transform option, this will give our logo a starting position. Next we move the timeline along and again select the Transform option, this now gives us an end position. At this point the Logo should be dragged to the desired end position

Step 3

At this point our logo travel's from one end of the D Taxis text to the other, now we want to add a rolling effect. This is achieved by moving the timeline along 00.05 and again selecting the Transform option, now we want to rotate the angle 180 degrees this is done by selecting; Edit > Transform > Rotate then typing 180 in the angle field.

Step 4

Repeat the above step every 0.05 seconds mixing between 180 and 0 degrees....0..180..0..180..0..180..0..180..0

Now we have the finished effect, if the image is going from right to left instead then angles would be 0 and -180

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Some previews of static adbaord updates to Scottish and French clubs.

Looking forward to it

YES! Can't wait @rabcp Been using your adboards for years now. Also been using your FM 19 ad-boards in FM 20 and they work great. But of course, ad-boards specifically made for FM 20 are much better though. Can't wait.

Brilliant!!! Really looking forward to this. Thank you very much in advance.

@rabcp. I'm going to try to do some video adboards for a club I've created. Thank you for providing a tutorial and the tools you use. Xmedia Recode is only available on Windows, do you know of a similar software for macOS, please? Thanks.

Cheers

Great work Rab!!!
I hope you can do more German Teams.

@rabcp any chance of making the new prem league ad into a video ad please and also any chance of making a new fifa 20 video ad please many thanks

Sorry I've never owned a Mac so have no idea what video converter would be compatible, I hope you find one though.


Thanks, I'm planning on doing some Bundesliga teams.


I'll be sticking with the EPL anti racism adboard but I might make a FIFA 2020 one.

Cheers

Looks great already @rabcp
Any chance you will also create Italian Serie A adboards?

Potentially, at the very least I’ll be updating the generic Serie A video ads and adding ultra banners to Juventus, Inter, Roma & Napoli

Nice!

Looking great mate!

I'm playing LLM so haven't seen many video ads yet since the stadiums don't have it. I played one match at Wembley for the FA Trophy and it only used the built in game ads from SI. I assume that was normal since there probably weren't any FA Trophy specific ads in the patch. I recently played a friendly against Coventry and their video ads were blacked out. Do I have a problem? or is it just a function of the patch not working well with away friendlies? I'm in League 1 now and hope to enjoy this great patch.

By the way, these updates look great. This is the first time I've used the patch and I really enjoy it in my LLM save. When my team gets promoted I hope to enjoy these video ads too.

There should have been video ads for the FA Trophy Final! Maybe try renaming the 'HD' folder to 'SD', found here; C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 2020\data\simatchviewer_uncompressed\videos