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Ha! I did think that! I seem to have stumbled on a fudged workaround - it seems that turning my WiFi off and playing offline stops the rogue ad from appearing. Not ideal but not the end of the world, at least I can go back to playing. Thanks again for all your help, it was the Bidstack stuff that made me think it might be something to do with being online as opposed to a rogue file buried deep within the resource archiver.

Correct, but they haven't given me a workaround to solve the issue so I can go back to enjoying the game (not surprising as they are quite protective of their ads). Hence why I then came here to see if somebody had a fix. That's okay isn't it? I'm being careful not to infer tone from a couple of lines of text but it seems you are suggesting I have done something wrong.

Okay, and where did you get the apply_bidstack XML file? I had a look in my own preferences folders and couldn‘t see anything.

Okay, so what do I need to do? What do you mean by reapply? Sorry, I’m a bit of a noob, I need it explained in very simply terms!

Yeah its the same ad all game for me. I’ve tried deleting all the ad graphics, downloading an ad mod, changing ad preferences… nothing works!

Thanks for getting back to me - what do you mean by reapplying Bidstock? What is Bidstock and how do I reapply it!? (Apologies for asking what is presumably an obvious question!)

Hi all. Anyone else getting a really pixelated ‘Man vs Fat Football’ video ad? When I start a match (any match in any league from what I can see) I get a proper ad first (Prostate Cancer in the EFL, for example) and then it goes to this and only this for the remainder of the match.

The reason I’m curious whether anyone else has had it is that I’ve looked at a number of YouTubers recent videos and can’t find a single other example of it. I’ve logged this as a bug and I’ve had a reply from SI so hopefully they can resolve it. But I’m curious if anyone else has had it and if so, what did you do to fix it (I’ve searched through the ads graphics files using the Resource Archiver and can’t find any reference to this ad, either as a video or in the config).

Any help will be hugely appreciated - this is driving me mad and is a total immersion breaker for me at the moment. I’ve pulled apart the graphics files using the resource Archiver, checked all the Ads folders, deleted them one by one and still this ad appears, every single game for every single game/league. It’s driving me bonkers! Please help!!

Hi all. Anyone else getting a really pixelated ‘Man vs Fat Football’ video ad? When I start a match (any match in any league from what I can see) I get a proper ad first (Prostate Cancer in the EFL, for example) and then it goes to this and only this for the remainder of the match.

The reason I’m curious whether anyone else has had it is that I’ve looked at a number of YouTubers recent videos and can’t find a single other example of it. I’ve logged this as a bug and I’ve had a reply from SI so hopefully they can resolve it. But I’m curious if anyone else has had it and if so, what did you do to fix it (I’ve searched through the ads graphics files using the Resource Archiver and can’t find any reference to this ad, either as a video or in the config).

Any help will be hugely appreciated - this is driving me mad and is a total immersion breaker for me at the moment. I’ve pulled apart the graphics files using the resource Archiver, checked all the Ads folders, deleted them one by one and still this ad appears, every single game for every single game/league. It’s driving me bonkers! Please help!!

Hi. I'm trying to update this for the latest FM23 patch but I'm getting an error message relating to the number of Icelandic teams. What do I need to change to rectify this? If it is complicated then I (and many others I assume!) would hugely appreciate it if the OP could update for us. Thanks in advance for your help.

Hi. I’m having exactly the same issue but i cant figure out how to get round it. In my graphics folder I have pictures > sortitoutsi > and then two folders, faces (cutouts) and staff (what I want for my PA and PO). All works fine except regen staff pictures disappear totally (not even a silhouette). Any ideas what I’m doing wrong?

Edit: Using Notepad + + I've managed to isolate the lines of the config for the pictures I want, but there are a couple of thousand lines per picture, which I'm assuming means there are a couple of thousand regen characters in the game with the same face now. Any ideas how to whittle it down to the exact ID for my PA, PO and player liaison officer?

It definitely isn't an issue with my laptop - never had issues with previous versions of FM and this version worked perfectly until the recent patch. I know Mods on the SI forum have acknowledged the issue so hopefully a fix will be out soon.

Hi all. I think it is a known issue that the adboards are causing lag in the match engine. I've tried multiple supposed fixes and nothing has improved the issue for me. So I have two questions:

1. Is there an easy way to turn the adboards off?

2. When can we expect a hotfix for this? It was working fine before the patch but games are now borderline unwatchable in big stadiums.

This sounds awesome. Do you know if Nancy Lorraine home and away are going to be in the pack?

Hi @jroberts and to all else creating kits. Firstly thanks so much for all your work creating kits, it massively improves the immersion in the game and I incredibly grateful for your hard work. Could I please make a request - if possible could somebody take a swing at Eintracht Frankfurt's home shirt for this season? @jroberts I tagged you as I can see from your Twitter that you have already completed a boat load of German kits and they are stunning.

Many thanks in advance.

Pictures in the link below.

Eintracht Frankfurt 21-22 Home Kit Released - Footy Headlines