O'Leary's Trainee - Comments

Maybe something like this?

Use the New Request button when making a request. Also - look around a little to see if it may have been done - like this one just last page.

The only way to do so without re-installing would be to download the OLT Default Replacements file.

As long as you still have the original SI hair images, all you need to do is replace each config and hair .xml file in each ethnic subfolder with the ones from my replacements. Those .xml's are untouched from the originals. If you no longer have the default hairs at all, then also copying the Default Replacements hairs will replicate an original install, but with shirts on the player hairs.

Apart from that - only a re-install is able to reset your game to default, I'm afraid.

Well, the original hair-folder should be untouched if you've installed correctly. So just removing the olt hairpack folder would uninstall my pack.

Unless you also installed the default replacements - but that only replaces the default images with ones with shirts.

Make sure you have ticked the "Show pictures of generated players (and staff)" option. Then reload the skin. That's the only thing I can think of if they've got silhouette pictures.

If not - ensure you have the config.xml file next to the folders as show in the picture above (install instructions).

Uhm... dude...

You need to provide the images to cut. Also - use the "New Request" button. And... only three requests per person. Read the rules in OP.

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Rekooner:



It's great that you want to help out with the cutting, but please take a moment to read through the tutorials and do a little practicing. Many of your cuts have snow around their heads. Check against a dark background so that you can see that when working on them.

I don't mean to be harsh on you, but as it is - many great source images are going to waste. You just need a little more practice and you'll be good to go.

You may also want to tone down the sharpness and contrast that you tend to add. Just a little.

In french:
(Using Google Translate)
C'est génial que vous voulez aider à la coupe, mais s'il vous plaît prendre un moment pour lire les tutoriels et faire un peu de pratiquants. Beaucoup de vos coupures avoir de la neige autour de leurs têtes. Vérifiez sur un fond sombre de sorte que vous pouvez voir que lorsque l'on travaille sur eux.

Je ne veux pas être dur sur vous, mais comme il est - beaucoup de grandes images source allez perdre. Vous avez juste besoin d'un peu plus de pratique et vous serez prêt à partir.

Vous pouvez également atténuer la netteté et le contraste que vous avez tendance à ajouter. Juste un peu.

Yeah, the outline on those could use some work.

It's great to see players wanting to develop their skills and help out cutting images. There are lots of great tips to read in the "Guide To Cutting" thread. I'd suggest you read up on those. Don't know what software you're using, but with a little tutoring from there and some practice - you'll be surprised how much better you can become in a relatively short time.

Welcome to the forums! And thanks for helping out.

As for player ID's - you need to look them up in the editor (or in game). There's no automatic search function on this site.

For your San Lorenzo players. You'd have to look them up in the editor and collect the pictures in a Team Pack, that you can request in the Team Pack requests. Read the rules in that thread for how to properly request. Most importantly is that each player image is saved as their unique ID.

If you're going to make the team request, I'd hope the source images are bigger than your example picture there, or you'll probably have to wait a long time before a cutter wants to take it on.

EDIT: Yeah, I just checked the link to the players... those are going to be hell trying to cut.

There are 8 No ID images cut for the megapack that gets into the config file as well. I noticed this as I was trying out an edited league, and some players I had created appeared with images. Could you remove those for the next update so we don't get those images loaded to the game?

You'd just need to sort all images by "name" and you'll find them right at the bottom of the faces folder.

Hadn't notice myself

I did some touching up on the hairs to remove some of the whiteness around them a couple of years back, so I don't want to go through them again. SI must have changed them over the years, while I'm still using the same hair images they had a couple of versions back. That's probably why it appears dark brown.

Something I may have to change for next time.

Thanks, all!



I wish I knew what it is that goes wrong for you "all balds" folks. No matter what I try, I am unable to replicate such a problem.

Here's what you should try.

1. Ensure that it truly has been installed in the correct manner. See OP for istructions.

2. Again, ensure that you have cleared the cache properly. Don't just untick the cache box and reload the skin. You need to click the button that reads "clear cache". Confirm that you want it to clear upon next restart. Exit the game and then re-enter.

3. Untick "show generated faces" in preferences and confirm. Exit the game. Next time you restart, re-enable player faces and see if they are re-assigned using new hairs.

4. Completely uninstall OLT HairPack and revert to defaults. Make sure those work as usual and there are no issues. Then, follow instructions and install OLT HairPack again - make sure you follow every step of the install instructions so that it is done correctly.

If all of this fails, then I can only assume it's some memory leak problem. What are your computer specs? Does this happen only on a previously saved game, or do you get all balds even if you start a new fake players game?

I need more info, because I would like to once and for all figure out why some of you experience this. It's very rare, but that doesn't make it any more fun for those who get a game full of shaved heads.

The game would still use darkbrown_3050, so instead you'd get a "false bald" player. You can, however, replace it with another one that you like. Just copy another darkbrown hair and name it darkbrown_3050 to replace it if you don't like the sunglass dude. There's only that one hair, though, that sports those

Either that, or go into the config files and remove 3050 as well.

I actually haven't tried removing the defaults myself. But, I don't see why it wouldn't work. Especially if you've done it before and it didn't cause any troubles.

I'm not quite sure that it doesn't require a numerical _01 by default, or it would assign a non-existing hair, creating a "fake bald" instead. There are tests I've been meaning to do, but I just haven't had the time to go through all that yet.

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The rest of you - thanks again! It makes it all worth while, knowing you guys are enjoying this.

You can download the Default Replacements. All that does is add the shirts to the default hairs.

Thanks, guys!

Hope your FM experience will be enriched with these new hairs!

OLT Expanded Hair Pack v4.0:

I always thought there were way too few hairstyles to offer any variety in NewGens in the game, and while I rectified most of that problem with the previous three versions of my OLT Hairpack, I still feel more are needed. I focused on ensuring all ethnic groups were represented in all colors and lengths in this version. In doing so I was hoping to eliminate the problem of "false balds", thinking they were the result of perhaps not having a hair available in the correct style. While this update significantly reduces the "false balds" problem, it doesn't entirely eliminate it. So, I'm still trying to figure out what is going on there.

Here is a short breakdown of what V4 brings to the popular OLT Hair Pack:

LARGEST UPDATE EVER:
This time I added more than 900 new hairs to the pack! 947 new ones, to be exact! Also, in addition to this - those are all truly unique. In the past I used to recolor a lot of hairs to add the same style in different colors. I don't do that any more. So a dark brown hair style will not have an identical match in light brown (of the new ones). That means that I actually cut 947 unique styles of hair this time. It's been a lot of work - but add so much more variety. It's worth it in the end!

ALL COLORS AND LENGTHS REPRESENTED:
As I already said above - I've made sure that each ethnic group (afro, asian, euro and so forth) have hair images for all lengths (long, short, medium) and all colors within each of these lengths. It's kinda hard to find an Afro with long red hair, for example... but I've managed them all in the end! Reason I did this was that I was hoping the problem with "false balds" would go away. It didn't - not entirely. But the problem is MUCH smaller than it used to be, so you'll rarely see shirtless balds if using the shirts version, and the Default Replacements.

BALD PLAYERS:
And, speaking of bald players. Let's talk about the "real balds". I've ensured these now appear with the shirt as well. They also come in a variety of styles, so that bald players can now have full beards, goatees, moustaches or earrings. There are even a couple of styles of spectacles and a small neck tattoo variety. I continue to try out new things to add to the variety, and I feel these things have really put some character to the players. These are very rare, also, so you won't be seeing them often. That's what makes it all the sweeter when you come across them.

NEW SHIRTS:
Last year I introduced shirts on the players. I was never really happy with that dull grey t-shirt I put them in, and I always wanted to get a proper football jersey on them. I've been trying to figure out a way to add these with color coding to represent the current team they're playing for, but I've come to the conclusion that this is not going to be possible the way things are set up right now. So, I went with one that I feel is neutral enough, and doesn't catch your attention too much. White with a blue trim. I feel it works tremendously well. Let me know how you guys feel about it, so I can keep that in mind for the future. Hopefully, colors won't be an issue, if ever there is a way of using color coding... let's hope SI

In addition to my Hair Pack, I also decided to offer an additional download to add shirts to the default hairs as well. It looks kind of weird if only players with my hairs get realistic shoulders, while the defaults still appear as heads on a stick. So make sure you get the default replacements as well!

IN THE FUTURE:
Next time around I'll be focusing on replacing a lot of the hairs that are not up to snuff. Over the years that I've been doing this thing, I've learned a few tricks and I've become better at creating much more realistic hairs for the players. The more realistic the hair - the more realistic the whole player looks. So, while I've been focusing on numbers up until now, next update will probably not add that many to the hair count. However, it should ensure that no players have a bad hairday... well, they might - but not because the hair is poorly cut.

I still haven't given up on the idea of color coded shirts, either. I'll continue to try and figure out a way to do this, since it would add so much to the game. There is a certain joy to looking at a player and seeing him in your team colors after you purchase his services.

I'll also continue to look into the "false bald" problem, and will do an update immediately if/when I figure this problem out.


You can't go wrong using this, guys!
Enjoy!


DOWNLOAD HERE:

- OLT Expanded Hair Pack v4.0
- OLT Expanded Hair Pack v4.0 (No Shirts) (Only download this if you don't want shirts on the players)
- OLT Default Replacements - Adds Shirts to the default hairs!

Newgens will never look the same once you install this!


FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE ALREADY INSTALLED A PREVIOUS VERSION:
Please delete the old "olt hairpack" folder before installing this one, to prevent any unwanted effects. Further instructions on how to install below.



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Install:
- Extract "olt hairpack" folder into the following directory:
- [YOUR FM INSTALL FOLDER*]\data\facegen\hair
- DO NOT OVERWRITE THE EXISTING ORIGINAL FOLDERS (afro, asian, euro, hispanic, mixed_race). You should have the "olt hairpack" folder in this directory IN ADDITION to the other ones, or you will mess up your game.

* Steam Users (default):
- C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\football manager 2014
* Others (default):
- C:\Program Files\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2014

Note: In the facegen/hair folder, you should notice five folders already (afro, asian, euro, hispanic & mixed_race). These are the default hairs for the game. You should add the "olt hairpack" folder to those five in there so you don't write over the original hair styles. So DO NOT extract the "afro", "asian", "euro" & "hispanic" folders from within the "olt hairpack" folder directly into the "facegen/hair" folder. Extract the actual folder "olt hairpack" into this directory.

If you have a previous version of the OLT Hairpack installed, I recommend deleting the "olt hairpack" folder before installing the new one (all old hairstyles will still be there).

This is what your install folder should look like:


IMPORTANT!
After installing this update you need to clear the cache and restart your game for them to take effect. So, go into Preferences/Interface and click the button "Clear Cache", then untick "use cache" and enable "reload on confirm". Then confirm and exit the game. Restart the game, and the new hairs should now be in effect. You can then safely return the settings to use caching for increased loading times.



- You may redistribute this file, provided you distribute the original .rar file, including this readme.*

- Enjoy

* I would, however, prefer you use the official Mediafire link contained in this post, so I can keep track of the downloads.



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Known issues:

- Regens sometimes change hairs upon installation of new updates, but as long as the hair folders remain the same, so will the hairs.

- There is still an issue where some players are not assigned a hair and appear bald with no shirt. I'm still trying to figure out a way to solve this!

- Rarely, some extreme featured faces may not align 100% with the hair image. Most notably with the bearded ones. But, 99% work just fine!



------VERSION HISTORY--------


Version 4.0
Afro: 169 NEW (315)
Asian: 115 NEW (237)
Euro: 272 NEW (692)
Hispanic: 222 NEW (351)
Mixed: 169 NEW (321)

TOTAL: 1.916 new hair styles


Version 3.0
(Including white border removal on old hairs + shirts!)

Afro: 83 NEW (133)
Asian: 18 NEW (121)
Euro: 118 NEW (420)
Hispanic: 20 NEW (118)
Mixed: 6 NEW (6)*
*All afro's currently used for mixed as well...

TOTAL: 804 new hair styles


Version 2.0

Afro: 1 NEW (50)
Asian: 99 NEW (103)
Euro: 44 NEW (302)
Hispanic: 2 NEW (98)

TOTAL: 553 new hair styles


Version 1.0

Afro: 49
Asian: 4
Euro: 258
Hispanic: 96

TOTAL: 407 new hair styles

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PS. Anyone who wants to see a specific hairstyle with my next release are welcome to post a picture of it here, and I'll get it done for use in the game.

The picture has to be a "mugshot" type picture - head held up, looking straight forward.

I'll even do YOU (You can blur out your face to protect your identity) I'm in there from the initial release... always a good chuckle when I recognize a player with my own head of hair...

Also noteworthy... it's better if the picture has good contrast and lighting. Natural colors is important, so don't provide those yellowed out cell phone pictures...

All missing images, and those that are improvements over the current MP image will certainly get into the megapack from these releases. So, if you're patient and can wait for the MP updates, there's no real need to download these packs.

However, not ALL images will be added to the MP, so if you're particular about getting this year's kits on the players - it could still be worth it.

Just remove the line you're getting the error from.

It's just trying to add the Megapack logo (which is a jpeg) to the person 0, who does not exist. Removing that one paragraph, and saving, and you should be fine.

Rekooner... please try to leave a little bit of shirt in the images you cut. You're doing a good job, so keep it up - but keep a bit of shirt to avoid the chicken neck effect.

Pictures are saved as their unique ID. To find out a players ID, you can turn "show unique ID's" on in preferences in game... or look them up in the editor. Then all you need to do is replace the image with one you've made yourself.