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#410148 Fidney's SS Style Default Kits for FM18 & FM19
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the problem is simple: the uploaded.net domain is obscured in Italy and probably in other countries ... this is why I can not download the file


Hi mate - I understand what you were saying, but I was confused because the download is hosted at sortitoutsi.net NOT uploaded.net

However, for anyone who has problems, I have now uploaded to my MEGA account. Link below and also in the OP.
ALTERNATE DOWLOAD LOCATION AT MEGA.NZ
#409979 Fidney's SS Style Default Kits for FM18 & FM19
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the uploaded.net domain is actually blocked, at dns level, on all Italian isp for a court order... can you hosting the file on another service???
thank you


I can upload them to my MEGA account this evening, but I am a little confused with the problem to be honest.

These were uploaded directly to this site and according to the link they are hosted at https://sortitoutsi.net (like all the kit packs), not at uploaded.net
#409758 New Vanarama Logos AND English U23 & U18 Logos
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Well I was gonna do them but there no point now...



When it comes to the Metallic Logos you are the master my friend.

Do feel free to remake these if you wish - I only made them because I'm too impatient to wait, and I know you are busy enough without someone bugging you for a set of logos they can make themselves (using the template you kindly supplied) - and then as I'd made them it seemed selfish not to share

If you do want to remake these, this is an excellent source of high quality Vanarama logos, courtesy of Vanarama themselves - HERE

(Please feel free to add mine to your pack if you so wish)
#409755 Fidney's Chalkboard Backgrounds for FM2018
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Which is the folder whero to extract files ?
Tks


Doesn't matter too much - I have them in this location:
C:\Users\Andy\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2018\graphics\pictures\backgrounds\competitions

The game isn't too fussy when it comes to backgrounds and there is no a specific location they need to be in as long as they are somewhere after the bold bit in the path above they should work fine.
#409753 Fidney's SS Style Default Kits for FM18 & FM19
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Hi, uploaded.net link for download not working


Sorry, not sure whar you mean.

I've just check the download and it's working fine.

Have you managed to get these OK now?
#409752 Fidney's SS Style Default Kits for FM18 & FM19
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thank you for the answer and your help. I will try this soon when i have the time and i will let you know. BTW what i should be looking for to know if its not working or if its ok? What will happen with the kits if its not working?
BTW i want to use the SS kits for certain leagues but i would like to have your default SS kits as a base in the game so even those teams that doesnt have custom kits, will have the default kits in SS style. So should i first install your default kits and then the specific ones for certain leagues? thanks again


Sorry for delay in replying, not had much free time for a few days.

My default kits installed in correct location and working:
https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/4e9c/daxws51ajvnttga4g.jpg

My default kits installed in not quite the right location:
https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/2b98/2ckn11193q36xkg4g.jpg
Not the overlay/texture is too big for the kit - this is because the game is using the SI overlay/texture instead of mine (and before you say it, I know that the SI effect looks better than mine, but my PhotoShop skills are not up to matching it ).

And here are my kit backs, goalkeeper backs and numbers working OK:
https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/971f/ws76t9as0yrkd6o4g.jpg

And here is where they are not:
https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/88a6/6cfy4h5blx28sw04g.jpg
Notice the numbers are too wide for the shirt backs. You can't really see anything wrong with the overlay/texture on the outfield shirts, but you can clearly see on the goalkeeper shirt that the SI overlay/texture is being used as the arms are in a slightly different position - elbows out - compared to mine.
#408813 Fidney's SS Style Default Kits for FM18 & FM19
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So according to the instructions - because my PC is using Czech language and thus the folder is not called "documents" but "dokumenty" does it mean i cannot use these kits because as you said above, even if one letter is different then the path written in the instructions, it wont work. Am i correct? thanks for answer.


If you have English language installation of Windws and the English Language installation of FM2018 then the file paths must be exactly as I stated (even having a folder called "Kits" instead of "kits" will cause the overlay/effects not to work properly). But for a foreign language installation of Windows, FM (or both) then - and I am guessing here - as long as the file paths you have match the Czech langage paths in your installation / game then they should still work.

The file paths are not my decision - they are dictated by how the game installs. For my English language installation of Windows and FM2018 the paths to the relevant folders are:

C:\Users\YOUR NAME\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2018\graphics\pictures\kits\2d\outfield\front\default
C:\Users\YOUR NAME\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2018\graphics\pictures\kits\2d\outfield\back\default
C:\Users\YOUR NAME\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2018\graphics\pictures\kits\2d\numbers\default
C:\Users\YOUR NAME\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2018\graphics\pictures\kits\2d\goalkeeper\back

The part in red is the default save game / content folder set up by FM2018 when it installs. The part of the file path in blue mirrors the file path to those same SI equivalent folder that you see if you use the Resource Archiver to extract the file graphics.fmf archive (which you can find (in English) in the following location:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2018\data\game

I suggest that as long as the file paths you use match how the above appear in your Czech installation then they should still work OK, but it is not something I can test.

Hope this helps, and I'd be grateful if you could let me know whether or not you can get them working and if my theory is correct.
#408681 Fidney's Chalkboard Backgrounds for FM2017
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These have now been released as a FM 2018 pack HERE

This thread will no longer be updated. Any further updates will be posted in the FM 2018 thread.
#408678 Fidney's Chalkboard Backgrounds for FM2018
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Created using Kremmen's awesome Metallic Logos (thanks Kremmen), I am proud to present the FM 2018 release of my Chalkboard Backgrounds.

https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/9143/6ikh4z4lwzc65ub4g.jpg

https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/301f/42l6r9dcwix9clx4g.jpg

https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6edc/6189g3f9668fa914g.jpg

https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6885/whrxcfdscbhc9y04g.jpg

https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6bfb/fg7e7nqixi5sc1x4g.jpg

https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/1968/kvq440w4hl8zzwp4g.jpg

https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/2e4c/pbcyjxn48qm3dnj4g.jpg

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/0bc3/ma1p9qkcz754ftu4g.jpg

If you have have my packs from the FM2017 thread HERE then you can update to 2018.00a by doing the following:
1. DELETE the folder called "Eng U23 U18" and all it's contents (these are now updated and included in the main directory)
2. Download the update to 2018a here:
Chalkboard Update 2018.00a (from 2018.00)

Alternatively you can get the full 2018.00a pack here:
Chalkboard Backgrounds FULL 2018.00a

Updates:
Chalkboard Update 2018.02 (from 2018.00a) **ADDED 21/12/17**
#408614 Fidney's SS Style Default Kits for FM18 & FM19
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Folks,

The eagle eyed brian-q has spotted an error I made with the numbers when I first introduced them to my default pack in February 2015!!

The number "34" is different to all the other numbers. For those who have alrady downloaded by SS'18 default pack v1 here is a replacement "34"
https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/0b8e/ryyiyp76u97pbrg4g.jpg
Simply save this over the existing file called 34.png that you will find in the following directory:
C:\Users\YOUR NAME\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2018\graphics\pictures\kits\2d\numbers\default
CARE - There are several files called 34.png in the pack, all in different folders - please make sure that the ONLY one you replace is the one in the above location.

Pack updated to v2 which contains the corrected "34".

#408612 Fidney's SS17 Default Kits
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okay I know it is a bit of a small thing..... but the number 34 is somehow different than the other numbers.....


I've just spent ages looking at kit style 34, until I realised that you literally meant the number 34!!!!

And you are 100% correct, there is something off with that one - and there has been since I first included the number in my FM2016 default kit pack in February 2015. Same numbers were in my FM2017 and now my FM2018 packs, so it's taken nearly 3 years for anyone to notice!

New number 34 below:
https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/0b8e/ryyiyp76u97pbrg4g.jpg
Simply save over the existing 34.png and all should be good.

Thanks for spotting my error
#408605 New Vanarama Logos AND English U23 & U18 Logos
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I cannot see that Metallic Logo versions of the new Vanarama logos have been done yet, nor (bar two) of the English U23 & U18 logos, so I present here for your delight and delectation full sets - normal, small, back left and back right - of both (which includes all 4 styles of the Vanarama logos).

Full credit to Kremmen for creating the style and for providing the Photoshop action - he did the hard work, all I did was find a few piccies and then run the actions.

https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/94f0/8eyslo9gavamcb64g.jpg

Vanarama LINK

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6ef8/5fbjbdodu4bb5ld4g.jpg
My U23 & U18 logos also include a full set of configs, so you can just drop them in a new directory.

U23 & U18 LINK


Enjoy

P.S. If these have already been done then let me know and I'll get rid of them.
#407790 SS' kits Technical Help Thread
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I get exactly the same thing - when I download the pack I just get a file called "Isthmian" which does not have a file extension.

However, if I manually change it from "Isthmian" to "Isthmian.rar" then it unzips just fine.

I get the same problem with some of the others too - England North West Counties league just downloads as "North" - again if I add the .rar it works OK.

There was a similar problem with downloads a while back and if I remember correctly it's something to do with a site setting somewhere.


Actually it is a FireFox issue, which last occurred to me about a year ago, and I reported it in the "New Server" discussion. It was fixed by Rob - see this post:
https://sortitoutsi.net/forums/topic/28257/new-server?page=1#comment_352549
#407370 Fidney's Chalkboard Backgrounds for FM2017
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Update 2018.00 out now - once again version matches Kremmen's awesome Metallic logos (used with his kind permission).

Link in OP
#407184 Fidney's SS17 Default Kits
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This pack does not work in Football Manager 2018.

If you are looking for default kits for FM18 then please see this thread:
https://sortitoutsi.net/downloads/view/37502/fidneys-ss18-default-kits
#407179 SS' kits Technical Help Thread
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im not sure what you mean?.... this link you download right? - https://sortitoutsi.net/downloads/view/34232/england-isthmian-premier-league-ss039201718-new-010917

then you open this pack with .rar to folder (SI)?


I get exactly the same thing - when I download the pack I just get a file called "Isthmian" which does not have a file extension.

However, if I manually change it from "Isthmian" to "Isthmian.rar" then it unzips just fine.

I get the same problem with some of the others too - England North West Counties league just downloads as "North" - again if I add the .rar it works OK.

There was a similar problem with downloads a while back and if I remember correctly it's something to do with a site setting somewhere.
#402928 ⬇️ Home Thread - Metallic Logo Megapack - FM24 Update 2024.05 Released [03/03/2024]
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Just brought my metallic logo collection up to date by catching up on the last 3 downloads.

Excellent work (as always), and thank you very much for sharing - these really do enhance the game.
#402926 Home thread for the FM24 Cut-Out Megapack - 2024.06 OUT NOW [17/03/2024]
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Just caught up on the faces by downloading the last 5 updates. Many thanks to all the cutters and everyone who has worked on these packs, they really enhance the game.

Quick question if I may - the highest ID in FM17 is 1394631847, but I've got 8 or 9 faces with a higher ID, which are also on the config - who are these guys?
#401792 Fidney's SS17 Default Kits
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Hi @Fidney.
I have discovered a possible small error from SI. shirt nr. 22 and 23 are identical with shirt nr. 31 and 32. I the editor shirt nr. 22 and 23 are called "double vertical stripe left and right" which match how they look.
In the editor shirt nr. 31 and 32 are called "double horizontal stripe left and right". two things.... How can you have a horizontal stripes in left or right? and the two shirts does not match the (strange) description.
Can you make me two shirts (both front and back) with small double horizontal stripes top (31) and bottom (32) for shirts nr. 31 and 32?

Thanks in advance :-)



I think it's probably more an error in description of the kits.

22 and 23 are double vertical stripe left and right, and the 31 and 32 are double horizontal stripe (left space) and (right space) which is a bad description I agree but the kits are different - for 22 and 23 the stripes are directly next to each other, whilst for the 31 and 32 there is a gap between the stripes. Small difference but a difference nonetheless.

We already have 2 kits with double horizontal stripes - 21, where the stripes are against each other, and 30 where there is a gap between them, which again leads me to believe the design of 31 and 32 is correct.

My SS default kits match the actual design of the SI kits, regardless of the description.

However, I have made a couple of kits as you requested:-

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ddd8/ef4fjyhfkq3a4934g.jpg http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/b64c/3r753mp7e5xrn2z4g.jpg
http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/3ac2/qjltc26qx10rbfb4g.jpg http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/91fd/z28shjcdfayfcti4g.jpg

Hope they are OK for you.
#382472 Fidney's Chalkboard Backgrounds for FM2017
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Update 2017.08 out now - once again version matches Kremmen's awesome Metallic logos, used with his kind permission.

Link in OP
#380000 Fidney's Chalkboard Backgrounds for FM2017
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Fidney...When's the next update out .Thanks


Just released :-), link in OP.

Thanks once again to Kremmen for creating the awsome Metallic Logos and for allowing me to use them in my pack.
#379954 ⬇️ Home Thread - Metallic Logo Megapack - FM24 Update 2024.05 Released [03/03/2024]
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Okay, Update 7 is done despite having a bad week with another bout of illness and my PC getting buggered up while updating - can't catch a break lately ho hum...link in the OP and in the DL section.

Quite a big pack with 1400 odd new and updated logos so pork away



big thanks to Schweigi for making some much available and as usual to everyone who posts up or sends me logos - can't do it without your help

Extract the file to your Docs/Sports Interactive folder and allow files to be replaced - only logos are affected so don't worry.

Cracking on with #8 right now and only 2,800 to sort through - the pile is getting smaller hehe...


Awesome update as usual, thank you for all your hard work and for sharing.

P.S. Hope you've fully recovered from your recent bout of illness and are fighting fit again.
#373761 Fidney's SS17 Default Kits
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Is there a default kit pack without sponsor logos etc, like there has been for previous versions of FM?

Thanks for any help.


Sorry for the late reply, I haven't been on these boards for a while.

The sponsor logos are simply a layer that is placed on top of the kit. The game by default does this for the club badges, and I've simply enhanced that layer with a shirt manufacturers logo and a sponsor.

If you prefer to have just the club crests showing on the shirts (without manufacturers logo and sponsor) then do the following:
a. After installation, navigate to the folder "Crest Only - by SI" (C:\Users\YOUR NAME\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2017\graphics\pictures\kits\2d\outfield\front\default\logos\Crest Only - by SI)
b. COPY the files named 0 - 13.
c. Navigate back a step to the "logos" folder.
d. PASTE the files there, replacing files 0 - 13 that are in that folder.

Hope this helps.
#373760 Fidney's Chalkboard Backgrounds for FM2017
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Update pack 2017.05 now released, keeping the backgrounds in sync with Kremmen's awesome Metallic Logos.

Link in OP.
#373759 Fidney's Chalkboard Backgrounds for FM2017
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My friend, great job!
Are you thinking of doing too: confederations; nations and clubs or just for competitions?


No sorry, just doing them for competitions I'm afraid.
#367215 Fidney's SS17 Default Kits
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for me is not working at all, path is correct but I'm not using default path.
Fm17 is using drive C but I don't have a space there, so I created my own folder on another drive and I changed it through the Steam, after that all graphic content is working perfectly in game except your default kits.
Since Fm17 folder, I have exactly the same path.
My path looks E/sports interactive/football manager 2017 and later accordingly your path.


Sorry mate, this will only work installed on the C drive - I have never been able to make it work if I put it anywhere else. The game seems to have the file path hard coded.
#365198 Fidney's Chalkboard Backgrounds for FM2017
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Update pack 2017.03 now released, keeping the backgrounds in sync with Kremmen's awesome Metallic Logos.

Link in OP.
#363205 Fidney's Chalkboard Backgrounds for FM2017
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Update pack 2017.02 now released, keeping the backgrounds in sync with Kremmen's awesome Metallic Logos.

Link in OP.
#361066 3D template sleeves wrong way round (for Kit Makers)
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Guys - just so you know, this is actually a bug in the game (appeared last year, I reported it, was never fixed and I reported it again this year HERE).

The top image Beast has posted is correct, it is left sleeve then right sleeve - see attached SI's own 3D texture for Blackburn as evidence - their right sleeve is the blue one.
#360240 SS 16-17 Download Pack update thread
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HELLO, I am really stuck. I have created a team on FM17 in the National League Premier. I have created both my png kits and logos but struggling on how to add them to the game. Can anyone help? THANKS


OK, you need to take the kits and logo's you have created and place them in a folder, then add a config.xml file like the one attached. In the config xml file (opens in Notepad) you will see the following lines

<!--LOGOS-->
<record from="biglogo" to="graphics/pictures/club/2062002129/logo"/>
<record from="smalllogo" to="graphics/pictures/club/2062002129/icon"/>
<record from="backleftlogo" to="graphics/pictures/club/2062002129/logo/background/left"/>
<record from="backrightlogo" to="graphics/pictures/club/2062002129/logo/background/right"/>

<!--KITS-->
<record from="homekit" to="graphics/pictures/team/2062002129/kits/home"/>
<record from="awaykit" to="graphics/pictures/team/2062002129/kits/away"/>
<record from="thirdkit" to="graphics/pictures/team/2062002129/kits/third"/>

Change the words I have above in green to match the names of the files you have created (without the .png extension), and change the number I have in red to match the ID of your team (when you created it in the editor it will have given it a unique ID).

Then take the whole folder and drop it anywhere in C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2017\graphics\pictures and you should be good to go.

NOTE - If you are using any editor files created by other that also add clubs, then the ID of your created club in the game may differ to the ID it was given in the editor.