Today, I've had my first personal connection to the corona virus when I was told about a new special procedure involving my work to ensure the safety of people there with low resistance to viruses.

Then I heard that my lower league team's futsal practices have been cancelled for now.

Also, our upcoming lower league football season is already under threat - it might get delayed and reduced into a mere stump at the backend of the upcoming summer. Having practiced and/or played sports since I was 12 or 13-years-old and never missed a training, unless having been forced to do so by an injury, this feels really weird, unreal and kind of empty too.

I do not mean to undermine any people directly affected or threatened by the corona virus. This is simply my own experience. I wish you all the best. Stay safe out there!

#521729 2019/20 Premier League

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By Eric Portapotty | On 13 March 2020 - 18:13 PM UTC

Well literally everything has gone to shit eh

Yup. Imagine how cursed Liverpool would feel if, to top up all the slip-ups and misfortunes and so-close-and-yet-so-far situations of recent years, it were announced that there will be no Premier League winner this season. Yikes! With the lead they have it would be pretty unfair IMO.

The relegation battle zone, on the other hand... no team deserves to go down based on the table at this very stage of the season. And there are three teams courting the 18th spot that have the same exact number of points, but Bournemouth has the worst goal difference (by a single goal compared to Watford). Once again, yikes!!

#521637 Coronavirus and football- Serie A suspend all fixtures until 3/4/20

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The amount of potential income missed really tells the enormity of these decisions. Money usually trumps everything but now sports leagues and many other businesses around the world are forced to take a big hit because there are no other options. The joke that "when a nation like Italy cancels its football matches things are really severe" is actually a very serious truth.

#519842 FM 2020 FLUT skin dark - Version 2.2

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I would prefer the previous style of position familiarity indicators (circles) as well. Thanks for the great work, Flut! Yours has been my number one skin of choice for FM 20.

EDIT: Oh, you had already answered the question about player position familiarity. That was fast! =)

#518703 FM20 Better 3D Balls

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21 Feb 2020 21:32:49

By RhylFCKiko | On 21 February 2020 - 21:21 PM UTC

Can we get the EFL Delta ball?

I read in one comment that the ball in question cannot be made for FM 20 because of its color. Apparently the ball mesh template was changed once again for this year's game and some color cannot be implemented in the match balls. If this is all true it's pretty embarrassing for SI, really.

Oh wait, sorry. For some reason I thought you meant the English Premier League ball. I don't know about this one. Maybe it's possible. If someone knows better, please do confirm either way.

#518474 FM20 Data Tweaks v6.1 [07/10/2020]

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20 Feb 2020 17:40:06

By SirTAVARES | On 20 February 2020 - 16:30 PM UTC

with this new update, feel free to ask for changes since i'm starting the file again

That is good to hear!

#518398 SS' Official Kits Thread (NO REQUESTS)

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20 Feb 2020 10:28:47

By bolid74 | On 20 February 2020 - 08:22 AM UTC

I'd like to take this opportunity, when a lot of you guys are requesting kits, to invite you to consider taking matter to your hands and stop depending on other people to make you kits.

I'm inviting you all to try my NE templates, which is a set of premade kits in all available catalogue colors, and this season there are both 2D and 3D kits in the pack. There are 80 common kits in the pack at the moment, but that number grows every week. These premade kits can be used in all paint programs, and only set of photoshop skill that you'll need is to copy and resize and place logos. That can be learned in one afternoon with some help from google or YouTube. At the end, you'll have the ability to change your kit every season or to make real kits which are in the pack.

Check this topic for download and updates:
https://sortitoutsi.net/forums/topic/51973/3d-template-kits-thread-for-fm20-only?page=2#comment_517770

A short video demonstration on how to quickly make full set of kits in 6 minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ24sig9APs&t=281s

Thank you, much appreciated!

#517865 3D Kits Official Thread FM 05-24 (NO REQUESTS)

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16 Feb 2020 14:54:08

By lembergman | On 16 February 2020 - 00:39 AM UTC

@bolid74 @M6
first try, what do you say?

Nice!

#516447 Award Overhaul - 160 NEW

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07 Feb 2020 16:30:42

By areinke | On 07 February 2020 - 16:27 PM UTC

Must the file be pasted in the "editor data" folder?

Thx

Yes, that's right.

#515209 balls

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By DazS8 | On 31 January 2020 - 17:16 PM UTC

create a folder called TEXTURES and place the ball you wish to use in to it.
then place the textures folder into.....sports interactive\football manager 2020\

Actually, I think \textures\ is the folder where to place the pitch textures etc. and \mesh\ is the folder where to place the custom \ball\ folder and its contents.

so: (USERNAME)\documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2020\mesh\ball\

#514748 How to prevent B team player from playing for 1 game?

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By Tough Guy | On 26 January 2020 - 04:20 AM UTC

I have a cup game and want 3 B team players to play for Main squad. The problem is that the B team has a game on the same day as Main squad. When I get to Main squad selection the B players show as Unavailable because they played a game earlier that day.

How can I prevent the B team players from playing on that day?

Do I have to move them to the Main squad and then move them back to B team after game?

I manage Strasbourg in Ligue 1 and I'm pretty sure I can choose a 2nd team player and set: availability for 2nd team->Next game->Unavailable without having to move them up to the First Team for the furation of the 2nd team match. Also I've noticed that if you set lineups (choose players for positions in Squad View) for your 2nd team or Youth team, your coaches managing those teams usually go with the precise lineup that you chose - even if you're not actually in charge of them. That was often not the case in FM 19 and other earlier iterations.

#514512 Spain - Liga Santander SS'2019/20 Relink! (26/01/20)

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By hammer9 | On 26 January 2020 - 15:29 PM UTC

so Athletic third there.

Perhaps stakel84 got the SS Kits mixed up with the 3D kits?
I just checked and the third kit was included in the SS Kits, but missing in the 3D pack downloaded from this site, so I added it from last year's (season 18-19 for FM19) 3D pack and edited the config.xml.

#514179 Editor question

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By antman713 | On 24 January 2020 - 15:32 PM UTC

A question for those more experienced than myself with the editor/databases.

Before starting my latest save I wanted to try and create a ‘British Cup’. The idea being that the current league cups in each of the British countries basically all get merged into one with increased prize money and reputation.

I tried all sorts but struggled to find a format to use clubs from different nations without creating a ‘continental competition’ ie Champions League.

I gave up in the end and started the save without it but it’s still bugging me, just wondered if it is actually possible?

Thanks

Yes, I do think it's possible. Off the top of my head I'd say that because the clubs involved are from different countries you would have to create a continental competition. I imagine it's possible to create a lower reputation (compared to UEFA's CL & EL) continental cup and set the rules so that you can specify the participants. There are actually many pre-season tournaments like that created for FM, so it should be doable to make one and incorporate it to the actual season.

I would either ask for help from community members who have made multinational leagues or cups before (I remember seeing them around, both national team and club competitions that combine teams of multiple nations into one competition) or download one of their league/cup files and study it in FM Editor to see how it's been set up.

Hope that helps!

#514161 England - English Leagues Level 1-6 3D'2019/20 for FM20 Relink! (19/07/20)

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By bolid74 | On 24 January 2020 - 11:28 AM UTC

Pink and black kits are both declared "alternative away" by Leicester, meaning equal importance. So it's up to me how I want to put them in the pack.

So I took into consideration kit clash algorithm which will almost never show 3rd kits if home and away are very different. But if home and away are similar (both dark), match engine will much more use 3rd kit.
Combination of blue home, black away and pink third will show 3d kit more often.

That is top notch kitmaking/kitpacking!

#514101 France - Ligue Two SS'2019/20 Relink! (19/01/20)

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23 Jan 2020 21:46:30

By hammer9 | On 23 January 2020 - 21:38 PM UTC

France - Ligue 2 SS'2019/20 by shooto Relink! (19/01/20)
(updated - Added third kits for Auxerre, Caen, Lens, Nancy, Lorient & Sochaux)

This link seems to lead to the Ligue 1 SS Kits file.

#513973 Graphics problems

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By Jay89 | On 22 January 2020 - 19:26 PM UTC

Hi all, just wondering if anyone can help - I'm having a few issues that I've not come across in previous versions of FM - some faces from the mega pack aren't pulling through on to the game despite my best efforts! There's no graphic when I load the game up that shows the dressing room on the home screen (not that bothered about this) and when I play a match there is nothing on the screen but I get the commentary and also can't view the screen when creating a tactic. I'm running the Wannachup-FM20-Instant-Result skin on a Macbook Pro - I've used this skin on previous versions and never had an issue! Any help appreciated

Hi!
There have been reports of the things you described happening when a custom skin made for earlier version of FM 2020 has been used in a newer (updated) game version. If you have a look at where you downloaded your current skin from, there might be a new compatable version of Wannachup-FM20 skin already available. Using the latest version should erase the issues you're facing.

I'm using the Dark Flutskin for PC and I've had to download and re-install about 4 or 5 different versions already to avoid those nasty glitches.

#513273 [FM20] Realistic Transfer Preferences 2.0 - A Collab by Daveincid and majesticeternity

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Brilliant!

#512995 FM 2020 FLUT skin dark - Version 2.2

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By stakel84 | On 15 January 2020 - 17:50 PM UTC

It's the 'teams' folder within the Google Maps Background Megapack that is causing the issue. I don't want to get rid of this folder as I want the stadium pictures - so, I guess the only way is to go through the config file and manually delete the lines of code with the 'logo/background/left' in it.

Hi!

You can actually do a mass edit instead of having to manually change each entry in Notepad by using the Find and Replace with... option where you write the exact line of text you wish to find in the file and change into the first box and then enter the replacement text into the other text box.

If you wish to remove certain line(s) of text and not replace it/them with anything, all you have to do is leave the second text box (replace with) empty.

There should be no harm (game crashes etc.) in mass editing the lines you mentioned so that the various stadium IDs/picture names remain in the config.xml but the part 'logo/background/left' is removed. It should simply cause those particular lines to not work, so the game reads the lines and cannot read and apply the unfinished lines, so it should just ignore them and, therefore, not load the 'logo/background/left' pictures that you want to get rid of.

It's worth a try before going through the whole ordeal of manually finding and deleting each line that mentions the 'logo/background/left' in the config.xml. Just remember to make a backup of the config file before testing the solution I suggested, just in case you need to do the editing the other way.

Hope that helps!

#512502 Portugal - Liga NOS SS'2019/20 Relink! (12/01/20)

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By Jony Santos | On 12 January 2020 - 15:17 PM UTC

Belenenses not work

I think the ID in the config file is wrong and 1474 refers to a lower league team named almost identically with the Liga NOS club.
The Liga NOS Belenenses has the following ID: 83255937. Change the ID in the config and it should work.

#511883 FM20 Adboard Patch - V1.4 Out Now!!!

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By rabcp | On 09 January 2020 - 00:55 AM UTC

EPL Static club ads preview 2

Crystal Palace

Norwich City

Man City

Nice!

#511165 Realistic Pitch Textures - v1.1

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Thanks ever so much, majesticeternity! It's looking really nice so far!

#510554 3D Kits Official Thread FM 05-24 (NO REQUESTS)

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By Cymro | On 31 December 2019 - 15:11 PM UTC

Seems there is a > missing at the end of the code for the home kit. Could be the problem there.

Well spotted!

#510544 3D Kits Official Thread FM 05-24 (NO REQUESTS)

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By M6 | On 31 December 2019 - 14:37 PM UTC

Can you try changing the filenames to napoli_home, napoli_away and napoli_third, and make the same change in the config.xml as well? It could be that the config files cannot handle empty spaces in filenames. It's just a hunch but it's worth a try.

#510148 Derbies Overhaul 2.1 - 500 NEW

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By fmilln7 | On 28 December 2019 - 19:26 PM UTC

can you let me know what differences using this file we would see in the game? thanks!

It also affects the matches between those rival teams involved in a derby match. The result against a rival club will matter more, just like in real life. It brings tension and meaning to the fixtures. Could also seal your fate and get you sacked if you're on a dismal run of form and lose or revitalise the team and turn the tide for the better if you grab a big win, again, just like in real life.

#510044 Realistic Injuries

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By fmilln7 | On 28 December 2019 - 11:07 AM UTC

which folder do we put this into? is it in the editor data like the derbies folder?

Yes, that's right.

#508821 3D Leagues - Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil (Full), France (L1-2), Poland & Scotland (L1-4) 3D'2019/20 New! (15/12/19)

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By reme | On 20 December 2019 - 22:41 PM UTC

Thank you !! I am assuming these are for FM 19 also being in this folder section.

Yeah, just checking because the text on the upper sleeve of the page says "Football Manager 2020 Downloads" and "Football Manager 2020 Graphics" but also "3D Match Kits 19/20 for FM19".

#508741 3D Leagues - Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil (Full), France (L1-2), Poland & Scotland (L1-4) 3D'2019/20 New! (15/12/19)

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Are these 3D kits for FM 19 or FM 20? Either way, thank you!

#508646 FM2020 Licensing and Real Name Fix File v2.3 for FM20.4.1 [released on 28/04/2020]

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@mons

FM 2020 received a patch today and I just noticed that Windows Explorer's very recent "date modified" date suggest something in the \db\2010\ folder has changed today.

Do we need a new version of the Real Names Fix or are we good to proceed?

#508318 Derbies Overhaul 2.1 - 500 NEW

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By tm91 | On 17 December 2019 - 16:57 PM UTC

Just a head's up - the Glasgow derbies which involve Queen's Park seem to have QPR listed instead. Any idea how to fix them so changes take effect in the middle of a save game? Other than that, this is great work!

Good spot!

I hope this will be fixed soon, because I've been planning a Scottish league save for a while now...
I did try to change it in the pre-game editor myself, but haven't yet found a way to do it.