pvt.rylow#6089 - Comments

A new Picture Pack has been released for the version with the software, it has around 13500 new pictures and 4 completely new ethnicity categories.

I plan to do another pack for the software version and after that I will work on updating the bundle version to refresh it a bit.

Go to c:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\com.cprrylow\NG_Regens Manager 26\ and delete the app_config.json file. After that restart the software and it will show you the initial setup wizard again so you can setup all your folders

The team of me, myself, and I thank you for the kind words 🙂

It does work with FM24 and will use all pictures as long as they are inside of my folder structure, so if you want you can repackage other facepacks inside

Hi, to quickly remove all the configs create yourself a new FM26 profile and activate it by selecting "Assign pictures manually" in the wizard and assign 1 picture for a player with ID 1234 by randomly picking from Afroamerican folder. This will delete all those config.xml files created by your real profile and will add 1 config.xml into the Afroamerican with 1 mapping that will basically instaload into the game with no delay. When ready to play again simply re-activate your real profile

https://ngregens.org/

Yeah memory scan fails because it expects Windows process structure which on Linux looks completely different. 

The only solution for FM26 I can think of right now (for FM24 you can use shortlist export) would be the VM workaround - I have described the idea in the Mac guide here https://ngregens.org/fm26macvmpreparation You would have to adapt it to Linux (but since you are on Arch I guess you know what you are doing) and use Windows VM instead of Mac.

@wonbrz 

ja piernicze, never saw that one before… So you made a generation, reloaded the game and now get that for newgens or even for real players? You have unpacked the main pack into the FM graphics folder, so \graphics\NG_Regens\ right?

Maybe ping me up on Discord, probably be easier to tshoot there

@hieucao911 @Cshabi

To me, both of those errors look like access issues. Unfortunately, I don’t know your systems well enough to provide more detailed advice. The only thing that comes to mind right now is to try right-clicking the icon and running it as administrator.

@ckbksk 

If players are missing faces completely (currently this affects only female newgen players from SEA, South Asia, and Middle Eastern countries), then as soon as I release packs for them, you will be able to perform additional picture assignments, and they will receive faces in your existing save.

For players who already have faces assigned from a pack but are missing a more specific pack (e.g. female South America): when I release new packs, the currently assigned faces will be kept, and only newly generated players will receive faces from the newer, more specific packs.

Yes, since the bundle is so limited in what it can do I only put “big” nations there as that will fit with most players. I will update it when I will tweak UK and Germany in about an update or two, for now I train on “smaller” nations and the bundle simply doesnt support Georgia or Kazakhstan packs…

Yes, that is correct. My theory is something (maybe a Defender or another AV) is blocking the software from accessing the folder. The software needs read/write access to the NG_Regens folder to function correctly. You can probably check inside of your AV or under Windows Security → Protection history if you see something about access to the folder being denied

Hi, just to be sure, NG_Regens folder directly has ethnicity subfolders, so f.e. \Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 26\graphics\NG_Regens\Afroamerican?

Hi, I must admit you are the first one mentioning the game showing you newgen face for your manager. You manager does get find as a staff and therfore gets a face assigned, but it was always ignored by the game, thats why I never bothered filtered it out… I will check on the latest fm patch and get back to you

Hi, if this is something drastic like white/black mismatch that means there is something wrong going on, probably ID Recycling. So that should not happen in the first place.

But to answer your question, you are doing it absolutely correctly with manual remap, I think you are hitting a rare GUI bug that happens on some resolution where buttons get “stuck” for some reason. You can pres “Tab” key on your keyboard until the “Yes, Re-assign” button is visually selected and press Enter afterwards. That should re-map the player.

If you have further questions feel free to ping me up on discord

Hi, my GPU is currently overloaded with image generation for the next picture pack, I will check later this week. It def worked on FM24, FM26 I must admit I havent played much, need to check. But you are the first one mentioning that.

The best way to tshoot this is to ping me on Discord (invite is in the app by clicking on Discord logo), but generally speaking good places to check:

1. Go to \Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 26\graphics\NG_Regens\BrazilMixed\ - do you see a config.xml inside this folder?
2. Have you ever tried the bundle replacement methid and changed your graphics setting? If yes, make sure your Audio & Visuals setting are the same as on the screenshot that I have posted in this thread in the end of December - 1st parameter ON, 2nd OFF

Hi, are you sure those are regens? Depending on what is the current date of your save not everyon ein U18 is automatically a regen. What portrait do they have - black silhouette or a default SI face?

Hmmm there is something wierdly wrong with your game for some reason, black silhouettes are only supposed to be on real players who miss picture, not on newgens… And default SI face on a newgen means the game hasnt even tried to load a face from the pack.

The only idea I have is that something go stuck when you were switching between the bundle method and the tool, but since you have already reinstalled the game I honestly not sure what else could that be…

If you want to tshoot more you can ping me up on Discord - invite is in the app in the bottom left - and we can try something together

Yeah, everything looks correct…

What do you see in-game for newgens - original SI faces, black silhouettes or just blank space?

No, it is either or unfortunatelly. Turning on the lazy/bundle method will require you to switch all “picture sources” at once. I am currently trying to figure out memory patterns for agents/press so they can be assigned via the tool just like it does it for FM24, but it is rather hard to tshoot because the game wont show you their IDs…

Hi, if you go with the tool you do not need to make any changes to the visual options. You only need to make those changes if you do the Bundle install method. For the tool method you want default settings, like this:

Also make sure your NG_Regens picture folder is inside of your FM26 Graphics folder, so \Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 26\graphics\NG_Regens\

Hi, something on your PC blocks the software from having write access to the NG_Regens picture folder, so it cant write the config files there. There were another 2 or 3 users with the same problem on the previous page of this thread, you may check with them how they have fixed it. 

Guys I'm on the road for Christmas, I will be able to support you again after the 26th

Hi, it is an FM bug (plus missing caching feature) where loading takes ages. Just let it run and it will load. I have an idea how I can make things a bit better, but for now simply waiting will fix it.

UPDATE: I have added a news item to the app, but I will duplicate it here. After you generate a config, go to your NG_Regens picture folder and rename the "config.xml" file to "_config.xml". You will need to temporarily rename it back to "config.xml" each time you perform a new memory scan. I hope this helps, and I will automate it as soon as possible.

Hi, regarding the manager picture, as far as Im aware SI blocks managerial picture assignment for some reason. 

Regarding your second question - blackshade are real players who miss a photo, so they are not being found automatically. But you can use the “Assign pictures manually” page to manually assign him any desired picture, you only need to know his ID. You can make FM show you the IDs of players or staff by turning on the respecitive option in the Preference menu.

Hi,

No, it should not be like that. Both male and female Algeria pictures are being pulled from their respective Maghreb folders, just like f.e. Marocco or Libya. Are you using any custom DB that could have for some reason change Algeria's ID or something?

Hi, this is the ID recycling issue, you can read about it in the guide in the “Important FM26 memory-scan workflow” section - it describes what it is, why it happens and what to do about that.

great to hear you fixed it! yeah, the error sounds a bit misleading with PathNotFound, when in reality it just means the program tried to write a file and something in OS has blocked it from doing so.

Hi, something is blocking the software from copying the config file into the picture folder. Maybe folder permission got set weirdly or that might be your AV. You can try to run as adminitrator to see if that helps. The guy above on the previous page had exactly the same issue and managed to solve it somehow, you can ask him what was the problem on his pc.

Hi, can you please do me a screenshot if the exact message you are talking about?

Basically the tool only compares size of the config.xml in your pictures folder with the size of config.xml it has inside of the profile. And if they dont match (f.e. if you have manually edited the config.xml to reassign some pictures) it will not count the profile as active.

But may be you mean something else, I would need to see the message