Home
FM Discord
YouTube Channel
FM24 Data Update
FM26 Data Update
FM26 OOP Player Roles
Downloads
Graphics
Challenges
Blog
Forums
Videos
Tactics
FM26
FM26 Real Name Fix
FM26 Shortlists
FM26 DB
FM26 Men's Wonderkids
FM26 Women's Wonderkids
FM26 Men's Club Finances
FM26 Women's Club Finances
FM24 Update
FM24
FM23
FM Saves
FM Database
FM Guides
Installation Guides
Records
Search
#247192 SS 14-15 Download Pack update thread
Fidney
Great work fellas.
One small thing - you have 2 sets of kits for Hong Kong:
"hong kong_1" & "hong kong_2" and "hongkong_1" & "hongkong_2"
Only the second ones (without the space between hong and kong) are in the config, but I think those are the older kits.
#246916 Overlapping Kits
Fidney
Thanks to you guys for your feedback and persistence in getting it sorted out otherwise I would never have learned myself that they couldn't be just put anywhere. Hopefully this will help others too (and I hope that not too many people tried them and binned them thinking they don't work properly!)
I updated the installation instructions in the OP in my default kits thread earlier today, and added a note about making sure that the GK backs and numbers were placed in exactly the right location and that the file path was case sensitive, so hopefully that will do the trick.
#246732 Overlapping Kits
Fidney
In your file-path you have a directory called Kits, if you change this to kits (without a capital) then it should work. I've just fired up my game and tried it the opposite way round by changing my kits to Kits and when I do the goalkeeper texture and the narrower numbers don't show.
This game can be so frustrating at times - some things are really easy to edit/mod whilst for others everything has to be so exact that the slightest innocuous looking change makes all the difference.
I have to confess I didn't know any of this until you posted your problem. I was just lucky that I copied the SI Games directory structure when working on these - if I'd tried to do it in another location then I'd have just thought you couldn't change them and given up!!
#246309 Overlapping Kits
Fidney
In the top half, the goalkeeper backs and the numbers are both in the locations I specified - the last part of which mirrors exactly the file path in the SI Games .fmf archive for the standard defaults (pictures\kits\2d\goalkeeper\back) which are:
C:\Users\Andy\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2015\graphics\pictures\kits\2d\goalkeeper\back
and
C:\Users\Andy\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2015\graphics\pictures\kits\2d\numbers\default
However, in lower half I moved the goalkeeper backs and narrower numbers to the following:
C:\Users\Andy\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2015\graphics\andy test\goalkeeper\back
and
C:\Users\Andy\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2015\graphics\andy test\numbers\default
And as you can see, in the lower half neither the goalkeeper effect nor the narrower numbers are working.
Guessing it is because the effect.png for the goalkeeper isn't referred to in the config, so the game must look down a defined path for it, and for the numbers, the file path is actually showing in the config itself.
So the upshot is, they do need to be placed in exactly the file path I have specified or they won't work.
#246104 Overlapping Kits
Fidney
It is correct that effect.png is not mentioned in the config - just having it in the right directory is all that is required.
Do you have the pack in the following location?:
C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2015\graphics\pictures\kits\2d\goalkeeper\back
That is where I have them, and my the GK effect is working fine for me:
#245874 Overlapping Kits
Fidney
However, looking at your screenshot I don't think you've done that because you are still showing the standard numbers that are just a bit too wide for the kits - see your number 29 and and compare it to the number 29 in my screenshot.
So, if you've manually put the kits somewhere then check the directory where you have the goalkeeper backs and make sure that it contains the texture overlay, which is a file called effect.png, that looks like this:-
Hope this helps - let me know if not.
#245340 Overlapping Kits
Fidney
It's not the kits that are overlapping, it's just the fact that the texture overlay (which is what gives the kits the realistic effect) is the same shape as the standard default kits.
There is a SS style kit default pack you can get which will solve your problem. See my thread here:
http://sortitoutsi.net/forums/topic/13457/default-kit-pack
This shows you what the kits on the tactics screen look like if you use that pack:
Make sure you use the full pack as it also includes a narrower set of numbers to fit the narrower kit style.
Hope this helps.
#244326 SS Default FM15 Kit Pack
Fidney
The pack also includes a set of narrower numbers for precisely this reason. Have you applied the whole pack or just the default kits themselves?
The numbers should be in the following directory:
C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2015\graphics\pictures\kits\2d\numbers\default
Hope this helps
#243467 Chalkboard Backgrounds
Fidney
Link in opening post.
Enjoy
#242894 Chalkboard Backgrounds
Fidney
Correct, they should just display on pages concerning those competitions, and it certainly works that way for me.
I use the default skin - are you by any chance using a different skin?
#242887 SS Default FM15 Kit Pack
Fidney
Sorry it's taken me so long!
#227668 SS 14-15 Download Pack update thread
Fidney
#227664 Chalkboard Backgrounds
Fidney
Thanks for letting me know I'd messed the config up. I've now replaced the update with a fixed version containing a fixed config.
Fixed config attached to this post for anyone who downloaded update 2015.02 before 7:45pm on 12/12. Apologies to all.
#226173 lnc File Query
Fidney
In a config file, to display a logo you can use an ID number or a name, for example here I can use:
<record from="u21c" to="graphics/pictures/comp/under 21s cup/logo"/>
And even though I haven't quoted the ID for the Under 21s Cup, the logo will still show in the game, so I'm happy. Or half happy, because I want to change the name as well.
However, I can't get the same logic to apply in an .lnc file:
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" under 21s cup "Barclays U21's Cup" ""
I've tried the above with and without speech marks around under 21s cup and with and without capital letters. Can anyone tell me if I'm bashing my head against a brick wall here, or just missing something obvious?
Alternatively, does anyone know how to find the competition ID for this? I believe it is dynamically assigned when your game starts, but in previous versions of FM (up to FM2012 or 13) you could still see the ID if you chose to display it in the title bar so once you had your save running you could create your lnc with ease.
Really grateful for any advice and guidance.
Many thanks
#225816 Chalkboard Backgrounds
Fidney
Should work fine on the default dark skin (it's the one I'm using in the screenshots). I don't believe there's a checkbox this year - I expected to have to hunt down the appropriate setting, but I was pleasantly surprised to find they worked in my game the moment I dropped them into place.
#225814 Chalkboard Backgrounds
Fidney
#225572 ⬇️ Home Thread - Metallic Logo Megapack
Fidney
Fantastic update as usual. Many thanks.
#217604 SS Default FM15 Kit Pack
Fidney
If you are using a another custom version of the defaults then you will need to delete them, but if you are using the default defaults (the ones SI built into the game) then you don't need to delete anything and you only need to put these in the location specified for the game to use them instead of SI's.
#217071 3D kits FM05-24 Technical Help Thread
Fidney
Tested this by removing my custom graphics and playing as Feyenoord.
SI's 2D Kit looks like this:
SI's 3D Kit looks like this (so it doesn't look like an intentional change, which is good news for 3D kit makers):
In game it looks like this:
I've reported it as a bug over on the SI forums, so we'll see what happens.
#216979 3D kits FM05-24 Technical Help Thread
Fidney
Yes, swapping the colour of the sleeves does work BUT if you look at the 3D templates the top left should be the left sleeve. It was ever since they introduced 3D kits, but in FM2015 the top left is now the right sleeve.
Very weird.
#216919 Chalkboard Backgrounds
Fidney
Done 2 slightly different versions - hope these are OK for you
#216914 3D kits FM05-24 Technical Help Thread
Fidney
I have a strange problem with some 3D kits I have created for a fantasy team - the left sleeve is appearing in match as the right and vice-versa in Fm2015.
Here's the kit, which has a green left shoulder and a green left sleeve:
And here it is in match - green left shoulder, but yellow left sleeve and green right:
Everything else appears to be the correct way round. Same kit worked perfectly in FM2014.
I've extracted the graphics fmf from the game an looked at the 3D kits by SI and they haven't changed the layout of them.
I'm totally flummoxed by this - anyone seen similar? Anyone got any ideas?
#216026 Chalkboard Backgrounds
Fidney
Cool, thanks
Evil-Muffin7, Deano1903 & Stefanozz many thanks for your kind comments
dharrison - I'm on a PC so afraid I can't help with the Mac filepath, but I can say that I am using the default unmodified skin, so if you get them in the right place then they should work fine.
castor.troy (one of my all time fave bad guys!!
#216020 SS 14-15 Download Pack update thread
Fidney
Hi hammer9, just letting you know that the Conference North download still seems to be the previous version - it doesn't contain the changes stated.
#214908 SS Default FM15 Kit Pack
Fidney
Err, oops!!!
#214900 SS Default FM15 Kit Pack
Fidney
I am proud to release my new and improved Default Kits Pack (now with bending body lines - new from 04/02/15)
This includes SS style fronts and backs (used on the tactics screen), LS style goalkeeper backs (used on the tactics screen) and a set of narrower numbers (to fit the SS style backs).
These use a new and improved "effect" layer which looks much better on-screen
There are three versions of the fronts included:-
1. Plain
2. With neck hole
3. With neck hole and badges (used in the screenies)
LINK
Fidney's FM Default Kit Pack v2
Installation Instructions for WINDOWS ONLY (for other Operating Systems I suggest you extract the archive in a separate location and manually copy to the destination directories).
CARE - these instructions will REPLACE any existing files of the same name in the destination directory. There SHOULD be no effect on any other files in those directories - they should not be replaced or deleted.
However, for the sake of safety I strongly recommend that you back-up any files you have before following these instructions, so that you can replace them if something goes wrong.
1. Place Default Kit Pack v2.rar in the directory:-
3. If you get the message that the file already exists and do you want to replace, select "Yes to all".
4. Once unzipped the "active" default kits will be in the following directory:-
If you don't change anything these will be the version with neck hole and badges (used in the above screenies).
If you don't like these, then inside the same directory you will find 3 sub-directories containing the 3 styles - simply COPY the entire contents of the sub-directory containing your preferred style and then paste them into the default directory which will replace everything except the config.
Alternatively you can install them wherever you prefer - the outfield fronts and backs should work fine anywhere within the usual folders BUT the goalkeeper backs and the narrower numbers will ONLY work if they are placed in the following locations:-
...\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2015\graphics\pictures\kits\2d\goalkeeper\back
...\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2015\graphics\pictures\kits\2d\numbers\default
AND these are case specific - for example if you have Kits instead of kits then they will not work.
Enjoy!
#214890 Chalkboard Backgrounds
Fidney
#214888 Chalkboard Backgrounds
Fidney
My Chalkboard Backgrounds for FM20xx have been updated to version 2015.01 to match v 2015.01 of Kremmen's awesome metallic logos (used with his kind permission - many thanks mate).
Includes over 1800 full-screen backgrounds covering most competitions in the game (one for every competition where there is a metallic logo), including the English reserves and under 18 leagues, complete with config files.
Note - You need to have backgrounds enabled and be using a skin that supports backgrounds to use these.
This pack includes alternate backgrounds for the European Championships, World Cup and Olympics.
Installation Instructions - WINDOWS ONLY (for other Operating Systems I suggest you extract the archive in a separate location and manually copy to the destination directories).
CARE - these instructions will REPLACE any existing files of the same name in the destination directory. There SHOULD be no effect on any other files in those directories - they should not be replaced or deleted.
However, for the sake of safety I strongly recommend that you back-up any files you have before following these instructions, so that you can replace them if something goes wrong.
1. Place the pack or update in the directory C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 20xx\graphics\pictures\backgrounds\competitions (if this does not exist you will need to create it).
2. Extract the archive - This will over-write any previous verisons of the file. If you get the message that the file already exists and do you want to replace, select "Yes to all".
LINKS
Full Packs
FULL PACK v2015.01
FULL PACK v2013.09
Updates
Update 2016.02 (from 2015.10) *ADDED 21/10/15*
Update 2015.10 (from 2015.09)
Update 2015.09 (from 2015.06)
Update 2015.06 (from 2015.04)
Update 2015.04 (from 2015.03)
Update 2015.03 (from 2015.02)
Update 2015.02 (from 2015.01) FIXED
Update 2015.01 (from 2014.11)
Update 2014.11 (from 2014.08)
Update 2014.08 (from 2014.03)
Update 2014.03
Update 2014.02
Update 2014.01 (from 2013.12)
Update 2013.12
Update 2013.11
Update 2013.10
Vanarama Leagues
Vanarama Leagues v2
#209658 England - Conference Premier 14/15 Relink! (16/11/2014)
Fidney
Thanks hammer, SSKCC is great
So that's my excuse for offering up the difficult solution! I mean, why make things easy for yourself when you can do it the hard way
#208948 England - Conference Premier 14/15 Relink! (16/11/2014)
Fidney
I'm having the same problem with the Wrexham home kit. Fixed by the old "adding the year" trick to the line in the config, or better till duplicating the line (in the hope that it's a 2014 issue) and adding /2014 towards the end, like so:-
<record from="wrexham_1" to="graphics/pictures/team/741/kits/home/2014"/>
If it disappears again when your game ticks over to 2015 simply add the line yet again with 2015 at the end, and so on.