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#598992 sortitoutsi 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
17 years ago
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Ball doesn't change when the competitions changes. For ex. Champions League. Why?

The balls are working fine in such competitions. Double check your installation and ensure The balls folder is in your "Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2021/graphics/pictures folder and that you DELETE the old "balls" folder when installing any updates.
#595705 sortitoutsi 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
17 years ago
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717
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Segunda B from Spain is missing in the config file

Segunda B is in the pack
#595585 sortitoutsi 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
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Ball doesn't change when the competitions changes. For ex. Champions League. Why?

Champions League ball is there and shows for me.
#594490 sortitoutsi 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
17 years ago
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any chance of doing a community shield ball please Bart & MajesticEternity

You're very keen on balls that are used for one match in a season Jeff. Worry no more, the Community Shield ball is in the updated set today.
#582089 sortitoutsi 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
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It's a fantastic job. I'll use it.
The game uses yellow tools in winter.
Do you have any thoughts on working on the EPL winter official ball? (Yellow )

I'm still looking into how to automatically select the winter ball, otherwise it means releasing two sets of balls and having to manually swap sets during the Winter months.
#580928 FM 2021 FLUT skin dark - Version 16.0
bartdude
17 years ago
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Still the best and I'm totally confident that the Flutskin won't be beaten. In the past, some have said his skins are "too busy" or "too much information". Complete nonsense, you can never have too much information in Football Manager. Others claim that rival skins are "the best". That's rubbish. Before you download a skin, take a look at the size of the file. A bigger file equals more information and creativity. The Flutskin will be far higher than any rival skin, with the exception of Andromeda, who incidentally is totally inspired by Flut and accepts he's the master. 99% of rival skins are merely pimped versions of the default skin. With v1.0, I'm running at 4K and 150% zoom, so had to fiddle with the numbers to get the player screen shirt name and number right. To those having difficulty with those adjustments, just read what Flut has already published about making such changes. Like many, I'm very much looking forward to how far Flut can take his FM21 skins. Lastly, although you don't have to, if you haven't already made a donation, seriously consider it. He makes the skins in his own time and it involves a considerable amount of work. For sure, we all love a freebie but I believe that unique work should be rewarded.
#580916 sortitoutsi 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
17 years ago
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Thank you for considering it.

Make some noise in support peoples and we might get to see some classic 3-D footballs on our screens.

I do have some balls from 2017-18 but as my partner says, it depends if a decent graphic of older balls is available, otherwise quality will suffer.
#580914 sortitoutsi 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
17 years ago
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Doesn´t work on the fm2020?

I'm guessing you missed my original post where I announced the balls and the reason I could now create balls again, as I did for FM17 and FM18. With FM19 & FM20, it was impossible to replicate balls with any kind of accuracy. In FM21, Si has thankfully completely changed the ball graphic. So being totally different, the FM21 ball will not work in FM20.
#580603 sortitoutsi 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
17 years ago
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Could you add the danish Superliga ball? 🙂

Remarkably similar to the Liga Nos ball but will do. Ok, follow the instructions in the READ ME file and you're done.
#580468 sortitoutsi 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
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Great job! Well done! Here are the greek superleague official ball pics for the next update... Tnx in advance

Ok, I'll try to find a suitable image to use for the next update.
#580466 sortitoutsi 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
17 years ago
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Dazzling, superb work.

Can we please get some retro 3-D football balls in the future?

Could be done with a completely new retro pack but it depends how many want it.
#580228 sortitoutsi 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
17 years ago
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I'll try if this works when I get to playing friendlies in my save, but if anyone wants to test it out right away, you can add this to the config.xml of the ball pics and see if it shows up correctly in a friendly match:

<!-- Friendly matches -->
<record from="(file name of the ball you want to be used in friendlies)" to="graphics/pictures/balls/104551/default"/>

It works, well done mate. I'm currently looking at youth leagues.
#580208 sortitoutsi 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
17 years ago
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You need to load up the pre-game editor, type in the league you are after, and it will show you the unique id for that and other leagues. Unfortunately I am not near my laptop, so can't get this information for you.

Or check it in the game by clicking on "Show screen IDs in Title Bar to assist skinning" under skin setting in preferences, then search for league from main title bar.
#580204 sortitoutsi 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
17 years ago
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[quote name='mackboss' user_id='151011' id='579998' timestamp='1607180695']
How dou you know the ID of every ball...??

I've done the Spain Segunda B ball and i don't know how put it in the config...???

Thank You...
[/quote
Send me the ball and I'll return a modified config
#580194 sortitoutsi 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
17 years ago
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all the files are in PNG format?

do i just extract the ball i want to the folder? or do i extract ALL of them into the folder?

Yes, all the files are in .png format, as was the default ball
#580190 sortitoutsi 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
17 years ago
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hi and thank you for this superb work .... a question in winter the balls stay white or turn yellow ??? @bartdude

As I said to Jeff, there may be an issue with the Winter ball.
#580189 sortitoutsi 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
17 years ago
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@bartdude
is there any chance to do a yellow winter ball or is that not possible cheers

I suspect there might be a problem with the winter ball showing. Need to investigate. Also getting the generic ball to show for friendlies and any leagues/competitions not covered in the pack.
#580187 sortitoutsi 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
17 years ago
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when we extract the balls from the win rar folder they are not in a yellow folder called balls they are all lose and we have to put them in a folder i just thought it would be easy if you could put them in a yellow folder please

Sorry mate, my bad. I double checked the zip file and yep, I hadn't put them in a balls folder. Darrell has sorted it.
#579726 sortitoutsi 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
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https://www.superettan.se/nyheter/nyheter-fran-superettan.se/select-presenterar-ligabollen-2021?app=1
Here is the how the new ball for the Swedish Allsvenskan and Superettan looks like for the upcoming season.

Drop this into your ball file and overwrite when asked. For others it will be updated in the next pack.
#579722 sortitoutsi 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
17 years ago
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@bartdude
any chance you can put them in a yellow folder please for when we extract them

What exactly are you asking for Jeff ?
#579659 Better Crowd Colours
bartdude
17 years ago
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717
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Do you maybe have some pictures to show it off? Sounds cool!

No pics available because FM Scout has deleted all FM20 content as far as I can tell. I could do a screen shot but hey, give it a go and if you don't like it, delete it.
#579657 Better Crowd Colours
bartdude
17 years ago
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Does it work with current save? Or do you have to start a new save?

It works on all matches, including save games.
#578989 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
17 years ago
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717
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Well guys, looks like I've been put to shame a bit today cos my partner in crime has now added no less than FORTY new balls. My paltry addition is the missing A-League ball ! Installation is same as before and best to delete your original pack and drop this full pack into your pictures folder. Check out the downloads section
#578982 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
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This is the one I made but I didn’t reverse the logo on one of the halves. Not sure if that makes a difference ....

That's pretty good but I prefer the inverted option. Try this one, in the attachment.
#578967 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
17 years ago
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Many thanks for that reply. I did on a previous message posted up an attempt I had made myself. Didn’t really understand the reverse view though. Where logos, writing appears backwards (as seen on some of your balls).

That's where my partner and I have a difference of opinion. None of my balls in the pack have such a configuration. I don't run the Malta leagues so I can't say if it's an issue. If so, let us know and we'll discuss it. In the meantime, I'll include a modified MOV ball and you can back up the original and try the alternative.
#578964 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
17 years ago
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Why do you have A-League in Config File but no picture

You're right ! Apologies. Will sort. Will be in next update but for now, here's an exclusive for you.
#578959 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
17 years ago
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717
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Just a very small note, the Malta ball is not quite right. The one you guys kindly created has writing on it that is specific only to La Liga. I believe the Malta used one is this ....

If you could make the small amendment it would be gratefully appreciated. I did give it a go myself but my version isn't as good as yours.

Many thanks.


The Malta ball in the pack is not absolutely correct but it's often difficult to find a decent graphic to work from when making minor league balls. The one in the pack is a decent representation of the current ball. I will have a look and see if I can tweak it. In most cases, if you can notice the writing in play then you need to have exceptional vision. I run FM on a 4K monitor and most small detail is not noticable or detracts from the match experience. Remember, it's not possible to replicate absolutely the detail/geometry of 3D match balls. However with the lack of absolute graphics quality in FM and the distance the balls are viewed from, I reckon they look pretty good.
#578666 Better Crowd Sounds for FM20
bartdude
17 years ago
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I don't use the FM20 mod with the FMF file as it did crash the game. I did overwrite the events folder in simatch, after backing up, naturally but I keep my sounds folder seperate in my user folder, so I can modify it, which I did initially because there were too many repeats and overlaps. I'll have another look after extracting the fmf files and see if I can overcome it, then maybe modify the the FM20 pack that was posted on FM Scout.
#578164 3D Match Balls Pack
bartdude
17 years ago
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Any chance you could do this Scottish league 2 football please?
Here’s a decent photo to go off 😉

Serious note, this pack is off the chart! Thank you so much from me.

Love the attachment lol. There is a Scotland ball in the default pack from Si but I will be looking at all British leagues with a view to changing any defaults with my own balls. Update coming soon !
#578160 Better Crowd Sounds for FM20
bartdude
17 years ago
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I was involved in the modifying of the match audio commentary/improved crowd sounds pack and I'm using it in FM21. However, you need to extract the data/simatch/events folder before overwriting with the FM20 "match_events" and "match_sounds" config files, or the game will crash if you attempt to overwrite the originally issued simatch files. If enough people are interested to have an audio commentary I could upload a mod.pack.