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#865320 Darkside Base Skin V 5.5 - * Update 31.05.2026 * - * Win & MacOS bundles *
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By Darkside63 20 January 2026 - 18:54 PM UTC 

You will get into that mate… In the beginning it's some learning curve, but when you start slowly and doing it step-by-step, you will get a feel for it… For what you doing in your thread, Skin Builder would be a blessing for you. You would just need to create the pictures as you do, put them in the proper folder and adjust the mapping. Skin Builder will create the proper bundelfile(s) for you… It's worth a try ;-) 

Thanks mate, I'll keep trying. Love that you put both the skin builder file and the one that goes straight into the standalone folder. Gives me some guidance on where things go. I'm going to give the skin builder a good go at the weekend when I've got more time

 

#865311 Darkside Base Skin V 5.5 - * Update 31.05.2026 * - * Win & MacOS bundles *
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@Darkside63 Well done mate, this is the best one so far. Would love to get into this and do a West Ham one when I get more knowledgeable on how to create these in skin builder

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I've been working on a few others for below teams. Some I've done more than one so if anyone is interested drop me a message and I can share screen shots of what I've done and send over if you like them. I've done 

 

Arsenal x 2

Athletico Madrid x 1

Barcelona x 1

Bayern x 3

Brechin City x 1

Chelsea x 1

Dortmund x 1

England 1966 x 1

Leeds x 1

Liverpool x 1

Man City x 2

Man Utd x 3

Marseille x 1

Richmond AFC x 2

Roma x 1

SC Farnese x 1

Spurs x 1

Stuttgart x 2

West Ham x 5 (my boys)

 

A couple of fun ones from UK tv

 

Only Fools and Horses x 2

Red Dwarf x 2

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By DrewJS66 18 January 2026 - 16:55 PM UTC 

Any chance you could do a Liverpool bundle please bud? Keep up the good work.

here you go buddy

 

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By 1seasonwonder 18 January 2026 - 18:38 PM UTC 

hi mate i found this pic which is twice in size as the previous one. 

https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blta90d05ad41a54a71/blt28c4d22398a08d0c/66a11d7b92e62309d898dbea/GettyImages-1399536028.jpg

 

the person who helped me previously had the same problem, it wouldnt work but would only work if they were the dimensions i told you previously. this is 5568x3712. probably worth testing to see. he had exactly the same issue you're encountering now. 

 

Here you go, sorry for the delay mate. It was an issue on my laptop, all my new files wasn't syncing when I saved them so wasn't updating. Works now though buddy

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By Darkside63 18 January 2026 - 18:56 PM UTC 

Does work in game… 

 

Think I may have found an issue on my laptop, onedrive is stuck in sync so all files are not updating. Need to fix that

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Wonder if anyone on here can confirm if anything has changed with FM lately. I've been making these themes for a few days now and they have all been working fine. Since yesterday, any new ones I try to produce don't seem to work but I can put the old ones I created into the game and they work first time. I've tried

  • resetting all files back to originals and updating
  • Uninstalled FM and reinstalled
  • Used a bundle file, bundle file pictures/documents from one that is working to create new themes

 

None of these are currently working in game. I'm no expert on this. Any help would be awesome.

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By 1seasonwonder 18 January 2026 - 15:04 PM UTC 

Someone recently mentioned that pics dimension must be 3840x2180 and over to work… not sure if this is something worth checking? 

 

I've got a mixture of sizes. Just refreshed all files, uninstalled the game and tried the older ones I've done and they work. I'm wondering if its to do with pics I'm converting to PNG, let me see if I can find that pic or similar

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By 1seasonwonder 18 January 2026 - 11:46 AM UTC 

thanks mate, does this work? https://www.ilromanista.eu/writable/uploads/immagini/GettyImages-1399462667.jpg 

Might have to bear with me for a short while, some reason none of the themes I'm creating lately are coming through into the game. I've converted to PNG and resized the image as it was quite big but not working. I'll supply as soon as I sort it mate

 

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By 1seasonwonder 17 January 2026 - 11:14 AM UTC 

thanks mate, will send something over. is there an image minimum dimension or size requirement? so i dont waste your time with wrong types of images.

 

Has to PNG but I can convert if you're struggling. Size should be around laptop screen wallpaper size, 1920 x 1080 but can be slightly bigger/smaller. Again I can resize if you need me to. It's just if it's a really small image it might distort making it bigger

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By 1seasonwonder 15 January 2026 - 19:10 PM UTC 

hi my friend, its great that someone is out there helping us put some colour into this dull fm26 skin… do you only do backgrounds with logos? If I send you one similar to that of Leeds with their stadium, can you create that type of ui background bundle? 

Yes mate, only managed to work out the backgrounds, happy for you to send your background with or without a logo

 I can put it in no worries

 

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By Mark C 123 15 January 2026 - 17:34 PM UTC 

Could i get a manchester united 1 if possible please

 

Example 2

 

See above comment on how to install. Close down the game whilst updating the file and I would make a backup of the original file in case you want to revert back. File name is the same as the attachment ui-backgrounds_assets_common.bundle

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By Mark C 123 15 January 2026 - 17:34 PM UTC 

Could i get a manchester united 1 if possible please

 

Done a couple of examples for you I'll post on separately, Wallpaper, updated file and screen shot

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By Doddo04 14 January 2026 - 20:00 PM UTC 

Please a Stuttgart one

 

Example 2,

 

See above comment on how to install. Close down the game whilst updating the file and I would make a backup of the original file in case you want to revert back. File name is the same as the attachment ui-backgrounds_assets_common.bundle

 

 

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By Doddo04 14 January 2026 - 20:00 PM UTC 

Please a Stuttgart one

 

Done a couple of examples for you I'll post on separately, Wallpaper, updated file and screen shot

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By Darkside63 14 January 2026 - 13:13 PM UTC 

…and just to give you an idea, this was done without much effort (forget about the colors though)

 

 

Is there an easy guide for creating, or You Tube video. I've looked at your skins you've created and got as far as naming my skin and setting up folders. All looks confusing TBF. Also says on the website  The schema_version must be 2.

 

 I'm unable to see how to change this. Looks like yours are version 1.

 

Any further help would be awesome please mate

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By Bielsa is a legend 14 January 2026 - 07:56 AM UTC 

Good work my friend. The game is all about personalisation and immersion, look forward to hopefully seeing a Leeds United theme over time

 

keep it going mate

 

Here you go buddy, I've included the wallpaper too, It looks pretty good TBF. Guide is on one of my previous posts on here but give me a shout if you get stuck

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By Darkside63 14 January 2026 - 17:48 PM UTC 

Check my thread here… In the first posting there is a direct link to it.

 

Thanks man I'll take a butchers

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By Darkside63 14 January 2026 - 11:41 AM UTC 

This should be possible (not perfectly, but majorly) already with Skin Builder…

 

Skin builder, where do I get this from please mate?

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By Bielsa is a legend 14 January 2026 - 07:56 AM UTC 

Good work my friend. The game is all about personalisation and immersion, look forward to hopefully seeing a Leeds United theme over time

 

keep it going mate

Thanks buddy. Let me have a go at a Leeds one mate

 

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Yeah it's not a big change like some of the themes some have put together but it's just a little something the personalises the game in my opinion. Glad you like them thanks mate

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By e1twat0 13 January 2026 - 21:13 PM UTC 

This is the Brechin file, follow the below path to locate the folder. Find the file with the same name and make a copy of it just in case you want to change it back. You will need to quit out of the game while you do this, then reload.

 

Original file name - ui-backgrounds_assets_common.bundle

 

Once you've made a copy of the original, copy and paste the attached file over writing the original. Start the game

 

Here is the SC Farnese one, follow the above, you won't need to make a copy of the original just replace the Brechin file.

 

Hope you're happy with these.

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By e1twat0 13 January 2026 - 21:09 PM UTC 

How do these look?

 

This is the Brechin file, follow the below path to locate the folder. Find the file with the same name and make a copy of it just in case you want to change it back. You will need to quit out of the game while you do this, then reload.

 

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 26\fm_Data\StreamingAssets\aa\StandaloneWindows64

 

Original file name - ui-backgrounds_assets_common.bundle

 

Once you've made a copy of the original, copy and paste the attached file over writing the original. Start the game

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