Tommy Hughes - Comments

#506920 FM19 Adboard Patch - EPL Update Part 2 Out Now!
Tommy Hughes
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Please pardon my ignorance here. I haven't used an adboard mod before. Is this patch only usable for FM19 or can I use it on FM20 with the instructions above? Or should I just wait for an FM20 mod to come out. Thanks for all the hard work as this looks to make the game really cool.


You can apply it to FM 2020 the same way as FM 19.
#506784 FM2020 Licensing and Real Name Fix File v2.3 for FM20.4.1 [released on 28/04/2020]
Tommy Hughes
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Well spotted and thanks for the heads-up As you can imagine, that file was added in today's update to reflect the end of Chelsea's transfer embargo as per the CAS decision a few days ago. I've released a new version of the file, which includes that file for users who are only now downloading this fix. The only other change is a couple of very minor Serbian/Montenegrin club name changes, so there is no real need for anyone to re-download this unless they're as extremely pedantic about things as I am


So am I. Cheers for the speedy answer and the revised fix!
#506779 FM2020 Licensing and Real Name Fix File v2.3 for FM20.4.1 [released on 28/04/2020]
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@mons

There was a patch for FM 2020 today and I was just about to do what I always do after new patches - re-install the files from your wonderful Real Name Fix, when I noticed a new file that had been added into \data\database\db\2010\dbc\ named "chelsea embargo.dbc".

Now, I'm quessing this patch doesn't require a whole new version of Real Names Fix to be created, right..? But I'm unsure what to do with the forementioned new file. Should I copy it amongst the files in the Real Names Fix version \dbc\ folder or just completely remove the \dbc\, \edt\ and \lnc\ folders and replace them with the newest version (v1.2) Real Name Fix folders without adding in the chelsea embargo.dbc?

Hopefully I managed to explain my issue in a somewhat coherent way...
#506767 Language Overhaul - Increase the Immersion
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Not impressed with this.

Playing with Leeds, my English signings are being sent on language course as they don’t speak “north British English”



Aye, one bloke dus a wee bit of talken in Scaatish and 'em rest go: "Good gawd gentlemen, I believe we're in a dire need of some sort of linguistic interpretation, or better yet, a course to learn what this fellow is saying."
#506735 Smarter AI Managers
Tommy Hughes
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if using option 1, does it make ai managers harder to beat?


I reckon so. Probably makes them adapt better to your tactical plans and changes in a match. Also it should make the AI managers plan ahead better and patiently nurture and develop their youth talent in a more realistic way instead of just offloading them as "not good enough - yet".
That is what the description says and that's what I'm hoping. I haven't tested it myself yet.
#506395 Realistic Weather 2.0
Tommy Hughes
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should I start a new game or not ???


Yes, starting a new save is required for all editor data files, since they have to be selected (check-marked) when starting a new save and database.
#506394 Award Overhaul - 160 NEW
Tommy Hughes
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should I start a new game or not ???


Yes, starting a new save is required for all editor data files, since they have to be selected (check-marked) when starting a new save and database.
#506341 Realistic Weather 2.0
Tommy Hughes
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This sounds wonderful, can't wait to try it out!
#505958 Players and Staff Changes Thread(FM19)
Tommy Hughes
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will there be a missing player file this time?
Eg. Keito Nakamura of Twente is not in the database because he's loaned from a J-leaugue team...


You can suggest it here:

https://sortitoutsi.net/forums/topic/49252/tweaks-by-sirtavares-fm19-file
#504553 2019/20 Champions League
Tommy Hughes
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So Bruges score a last minute equaliser and then get the scorer and another player sent off during the celebrations

And it looks like Mourinho has been coaching the ball boys at Spurs already
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50567915


I saw the replay of the Brugge match - the goal-scorer took off his shirt and received a second yellow and his teammate jump-kicked and broke the corner flag in two during their celebration. Well, to be fair, it was a real leg-breaker of a tackle... so, worthy of a second yellow I suppose?
#504263 Board blocks all transfers
Tommy Hughes
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I felt some clubs had very over-ambitious visions during Beta. Kept me from starting a save with many sides because I felt I'd be unfairly judged and couldn't hold down the job, barring a miracle. When my relegation-threatened club want pretty football, possession-style play and a playoff spot finish - minimum - I don't feel like I'm at the helm at the underdog team that I should be.

Let's hope those issues - or those "quirky phenomena" are in the past now that the full version is out.
#504117 FM 2020 FLUT skin dark - Version 2.2
Tommy Hughes
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Can we all take a moment to recognise the incredible work that FLUT does for us. Give your respect, give your praise, give your money if possible!

It takes the game onto a different level of amazing. We don’t appreciate how lucky we are to have somebody this committed, fast and talented working this skin for us.


Hear hear!

I do have one problem with the dark Flut skin (version 1.4), though. I've tried to edit a gradiant layer with moderate opacity for the player history screens, because many of them end up unreadable with the background pictures showing with 100% opacity.

For some reason I cannot make any change to it even when I edit the line <container class="titled_box" id="phit" appearance="boxes/subsection/standard/paper">
of the file \skins\fm2020flutskin_dark\panels\player\player history stats.xml.
#503774 FMT Stadium Superpack v FM20.1
Tommy Hughes
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Is there a way to add a new "default" stadium picture that is used for all stadiums that don't have a specified picture in the pack? Right now visiting the page of a club with no stadium picture looks really ugly.



I've found the following solution that was in a years old stadium background pack:

There was a picture named "default.png" in the pack and this line in the config made it show up for every stadium that didn't have their own picture assigned:

<record from="default" to="graphics/pictures/stadium/default/stadium"/>
#503133 How to make a custom start date easily
Tommy Hughes
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with this and the guide I have put up for real fixtures/results all users can make files for their own needs now so you dont have to wait for files to be updated you can crack on whenever you are ready to try a new save.


Brilliant!
#503117 Real Fixtures/results FM20 with custom start date
Tommy Hughes
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I've been testing the Fixture Generator and used it to create the Scottish Premiership Fixture & Result list. I was wondering about postponed matches in-between the completed matches. The program told me there were few errors ( "wrong scores" ) here and there in the list, but it did allow me to save the file. Will this thing work, though?
Is the FM 20 pre-game editor going to accept this fixture list and is the game going to move the postponed matches for a later date or do I have to do that myself while still in the pre-game editor?
#503039 Spurs sack Poch
Tommy Hughes
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Can't wait for Spurs to sign Matic in Jan.


Don't go scaring the Spurs fans like that!
#502757 Spain - Tercera Division Groups 1-18 SS'2019/20 Relink! (11/04/20)
Tommy Hughes
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In Spain Tercera Grupo 3 there are kit files for R.S. Gimnástica de Torrelavega (ID: 109011) but they are not in the config file so they don't show up in game.

In Spain Tercera Grupo 6 there is no away kit file for C.D. Olímpic Xátiva (ID: 67019708) but it is mentioned in the config file.

In Spain Tercera Grupo 1 there is a mistake in the name of a kit file, it is "rapido1b" but should be "rapido1".

Ok, this next one is a very odd problem:
(Absolutely none of the kits in the Spain Tercera Grupo 16 and 17 folder are working. Took me a long time to figure out why.Seems to be because you use the special Spanish n letter in one of the names, at least so i thought. Then i realized that in the Grupo 18 folder there is also this strange n present but that one seems to work even with it. Maybe i just had some weird glitch in the matrix or my kits didn't load properly the first time but once i changed the weird n in the 16 and 17 folder they started working fine. So...no idea. Are kits in 16 and 17 working for other people?)


Also, there are these two separate pairs of lines for Torina in Grupo 3 config.xml, both with different UID's:

(THIS is the WRONG UID for Torina. It actually uses the UID number of Santillana from this division: Spanish Regional Preferente Cantabria. I cannot find the kit pictures of theirs in the pack though...)
<record from="torina1" to="graphics/pictures/team/67173957/kits/home"/>
<record from="torina2" to="graphics/pictures/team/67173957/kits/away"/>

(THIS is the CORRECT UID for Torina)
<record from="torina1" to="graphics/pictures/team/67276750/kits/home"/>
<record from="torina2" to="graphics/pictures/team/67276750/kits/away"/>

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#502596 Spurs sack Poch
Tommy Hughes
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Also, isn't it funny how some might say Spurs haven't been that succesfull under Pochettino? Only one side at a given time can collect the silverware, but whether you are second or fift in line, does matter a lot. For the fans who follow their team through thick and thin, Spurs have clearly been on the up these last few years and the team has been able to upgrade their profile in the eyes of "outsiders" which is no mean feat.

To me, being within touching distance from silverware, is the closest you can get to give yourselves a shot at winning it. I bet lots of teams would like to get into a CL final, and when Tottenham got there "they lost the final, so it was a failure". It's a matter of perspective really, and a steady climb in the right direction is much better than a risky effort to dash and jump for to the summit. That's what I'm vary about with the appointment of Mourinho. And I'm not even a Spurs fan. But I have been admiring their sensible approach to gradual improvement and re-building and the positive club culture that has been the result of it. Hopefully that culture will not be dented in the near future. And hopefully Mourinho can actually prove his doubters wrong and show that he's done some self-reflection and renewed his way of managing a football club.
#502588 Spurs sack Poch
Tommy Hughes
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Holy smokebombs, Batman! That was super fast.

I can't see much sense in the hiring of Mourinho, unless Levy has suddenly changed his principals and is willing to sacrifice long-term stability and sensible financial planning for a shot at (possible, not in any way guaranteed) some sort of brief spiked spell of success within the next couple of years.
Also, why would the board/owners/Levy deny their long-term manager with a steady vision (Poch) the financial backing he asks for refreshing the team to keep it hungry, inspired and competitive - and now hire a new guy who is sure to expect allowance for big money moves to reshape the very core of the squad?
#502581 3D Kits Official Thread (NO REQUESTS)
Tommy Hughes
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Before I go and buy the FM 2020 in-game Editor, id appreciate if someone could confirm whether it can be used to add a third kit to a club with only two kits, home and away, by default?

I tried another editor during Beta and, to my surprise, I couldn't create Watford a third kit because the club had two kits by default. Had there been three kits, it would've been possible to edit any one of them...
#502495 FM 2020 FLUT skin dark - Version 2.2
Tommy Hughes
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unfortunately there is a problem, during the game the videos are not seen and the screen remains black.


I think this posting holds a solution, Skin makers just need to edit it into their FM 2020 skin:

https://community.sigames.com/topic/503221-fm20-urgent-changes-to-client-object-browser-and-add-manager/
#502494 Dark Is Actually Dark FM20 Skin
#502458 Spurs sack Poch
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https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50480860

had placed a bet pre season that he would leave spurs before the 19/20 season finished.....but didnt think he would be sacked

timing is bizarre, something has happened at the club for sure



When the sacking didn't happen right at the beginning of the international break, I thought it wouldn't happen until after the next one or two matches, at the earliest. Seems I was wrong. The timing was surprising indeed.
#502389 Additional European Leagues FM20
Tommy Hughes
11 years ago
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Maybe it'll work if you load the FM 19 file into FM 2020 pre-game Editor and convert (save) it to FM 2020 file, which you can use in FM 2020?
#502153 Real Fixtures for 19/20 season using custom start date is working in FM20
Tommy Hughes
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https://i.gyazo.com/e5eae4c8dd45a45153b9c881de76e486.jpg

Here is the Bundesliga at week 10




Great news! I really appreciate your work. The first thing I was looking for the fully released FM 2020 was Real Names etc. fix followed by No Brexit (made it myself in the editor) and then I started looking for a way to find or create these real fizture lists & results. So BIG thanks to you!

P.S. Have you seen Real 19-20 Fixtures for Scottish leagues anywhere? Perhaps no-one's made them yet?
#502129 Cut-Out Faces Megapack TECHNICAL SUPPORT thread - please read first post before posting
Tommy Hughes
11 years ago
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His picture is in the folder and he was showing before i applied today's update - there is no UID for him in my config, are you using today's megapack update?


My bad, I was using the 12.0 Megapack. I hadn't noticed the 12.01 update pack was out. So that must be why he looks okay for me. If it helps, his UID is 85028014 and the line you need in the config.xml file is:
<record from="85028014" to="graphics/pictures/person/85028014/portrait"/>

EDIT: I see Mons already answered and helped with the issue. Cheers for that!
#502123 Cut-Out Faces Megapack TECHNICAL SUPPORT thread - please read first post before posting
Tommy Hughes
11 years ago
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Is Pogba missing in the latest update for anyone else? I have just applied the latest download and now he is blank, similar to Cancelo at City was prior to this update?


I just searched him in my facepack folder and found both his photo and a line matching his ID number in the config. It's possible that I haven't yet clicked his profile in FM 2020 while playing the game, but there's no reason why his picture should not appear...
(I'm using the latest megapack by the way.)
#501975 [FM20] Unlock Japanese Club Overview Panel Skin
Tommy Hughes
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Hi! And "arigato gozaimasu Dosukoi-san" for your work and for the much-needed way to finally unlock Japanese clubs' overviews!

I was just wondering will a new file version that unlocks Japanese clubs be required now (and perhaps after the full release of FM 20), since a recent update seems to have overwritten the skin.fmf that I had placed in my Football Manager 2020\data\game\ folder?

I don't know what they changed in the new skin.fmf, but I'm afraid to use the skin.fmf edited by you now, thinking it might cause some problems, stability-wise or otherwise, in the updated version of the game.

Would it please be possible for you to add/insert the unlocking of Japanese clubs' overviews into the newest skin.fmf, so that all the other possible advantages of the latest official file version would still remain available?
#501693 TCM19 Logopack by TCMLogos
Tommy Hughes
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is there anything going to be different in the 2020 one?


I assume some logos will be updated and also some logos will have different UID numbers, because few clubs in FM 2020 have had their UIDs changed from FM 19.
#501415 FM2020 Licensing and Real Name Fix File v2.3 for FM20.4.1 [released on 28/04/2020]
Tommy Hughes
11 years ago
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I'm 48, have early onset mermnory loss, and I'm completely stuck using a Mac (never used one before). I'm fine up to deleting the three decades folders, then it all gets so technical? please someone can they help me or send me a lik to a video I can keep pausing, flicking between the folder and the instruction page is breaking my brain


I use PC, so I wouldn't know how exactly it differes from the Mac version.
Otherwise, I would gladly help.

Hopefully there's someone who is familiar with FM on Mac and who can compile you, or refer you to, an easy step-by-step guide.