Tommy Hughes - Comments

My guess: using the Resource archiver of FM22. 🙂

Hi! I've found my own solution for this issue and keep the following reminder/note prepared for myself so I can easily return to it and redo the changes for the latest Flut Skin version that I put in use:

"
NOTE TO SELF: I found the file controlling the showing of number attributes CA & PA in player profile!
D:\USER\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2022\skins\fm2022flutskin_dark\panels\player\player additional attributes panel.xml
changed line
             <record id="object_property" get_property="Pcab"/>
INTO:
<!--              <record id="object_property" get_property="Pcab"/> -->

and changed line
             <record id="object_property" get_property="Ppab"/>
INTO:
<!--              <record id="object_property" get_property="Ppab"/> -->

NOW the CA/PA numbers are not showing in player profile!

NOW, DO THE SAME TO: 
D:\USER\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2022\skins\fm2022flutskin_dark\panels\player\player additional attributes panel1.xml
And NOW the CA/PA numbers won't be showing in the hovering player profile!
"

When done correctly, this small adjustment causes the CA/PA number boxes to appear “censored” with a bright red color, not showing any number value.

I meant in no way to belittle the actual injustices, crimes against humanity and other atrocities going on (and having been going on for a long time) by the corrupted regime that hardly consider the good of the very people it's supposed to represent, but rather pondered the situation in terms of the "FM universe", if you will.

Many of us want to escape the rotten reality around us by immersing oneselves with the alternative worlds inside video games , but of course some of us don't even have that possibility.

While we may disagree on the complete removal of Russian teams  of FM database, I respect your opinion and in no way consider my own suggestion a 100% infallable and absolutely only solid and correct way to proceed.

That's what this world needs most anyway, and always has needed: respect, understanding of different subjective points of view and non-confrontational discussion and acceptance of them. Aggression, escalation, bullying, hatemongering and fighting belongs to the few big strong leaders (who would seem to either want the world all to themselves or alternatively to watch it all burn so they don't have to die alone). I think most of us regular people just want to be safe and live our lives free.

I'm actually not sure whether I agree with possibly completely banning/removing Russian teams/leagues  (apart from Rus national team in WC 22) in this virtual setting. On one hand I understand it (as I do get its necessity in the real world), but then again there had to be a line drawn somewhere between realism and playability concerning Covid as well, and I think they made the right call not to implement corona in FM.

I'm not sure disabling Russian leagues or national team would be the fairest option to ordinary Russian people, and anyone else on this planet, who wish to manage those teams and include them into their FM save's football world. It might actually further demonize all Russian people as a grouped nationality. We need to remember who the actual culprit and EVIL in this situation is: their highest echelon of "leadership" if you can even call it that, as it doesn't lead but rather forces, threathens, assassinates and lies its way into riches as their own people, not to mention their neighbours, helplessly suffer.

Basically:  F Covid ---→ do not alter FM to fully reflect Covid reality.  F Putin to deepest hell --→ alter WC 22 for reality but let the rest of the FM universe play out as if the world was a better place and the sick, narcissistic DICK-tator didn't exist.

As a comparison, should the existence and terror regime of Saddam Hussein have been penalized by removing Iraq off the footballing map? I feel that would only be a sanction towards the nation and its people, not the sick leader. It doesn't make much sense in the virtual wolrd of football. Otherwise FM should have, since ages ago, simulated Blatter & FIFA's corruption as well, if the game was to be the exact realistic representation of the game of football with all its beauty - AND ugliness.

Also, I'm sure most would agree that FM 22 should not be altered to reflect the current status of football in Ukraine, but instead the situation before these latest horrific assaults should remain the applied “realistic fantasy setting" of Ukrainian football at the early parts of the current season. To deprive anyone of the possibilty to include Ukrainian clubs, their cancelled leagues, their (now possibly bombed-to-ground) stadiums and active players in their save, as it was until a while ago, would be an undeserved blow without any positives to achieve. I don't feel it's the added pinch of realism I myself crave for. I just wish people and things were as they were - free, unassaulted and alive. 😢 At least in video games we can still have that alternate reality within our grasp. How things should be instead of the hellish era a single lunatic has kicked off.

That is why I feel like, what it comes to the "bubble" of FM, a mad ruler's actions have needlessly devastated the state of both Ukranian and Russian football alike. (Not that it's a matter of much gravity amid all this actual horror going on this very moment, but in the context of Football Manager and what real-word events it should or should not reflect.) Why should one nation be punished and wiped off the (simulation of) earth, when the other, at least, absolutely should not?

P.S. My intention is not to make this a political discussion, but rather an examination of humanity, and the questioning behind the looming decision to shame and blame and erase a whole nation off a video game (the last safe haven in this ugly world where things can be good instead of evil and where you can always load a previous save if things go tits up). Is this really the best course of action to help bring down a modern day Napoleon who's probably never even seen a video game?

Holy crap! What is he, like a Championship-level striker (attribute-wise)?

Thank you very much for your skillful and diligent work!

That's their third kit - buttoned special shirt template and ankle-length shorts are required. =)

That's great to hear.

Name the selected ball picture file to bulgaria.png

Then add these two lines into the ball pack config.xml:

        <!-- Bulgaria First Division -->
 <record from="bulgaria" to="graphics/pictures/balls/75000/default"/>

Wow, that bright orange playing field looks more like Djokovic versus Nadal than a football match! 🙂

Sorry to hear, man. All the best to you, truly and sincerely.

(And apologies for sort of “eavesdropping”, it feels like, and butting in. Been a member here for a long time, not to mention that I would sympathise for the struggles of my fellow man regardless.)

I suppose for most of us long-standing members of the community, FM has been a considerable part or backdrop of our lives in one way or other for quite some time. Not too many games/game series are like that, really.

My journey as a manager began in 1999 with Championship Manager 99-00. Time spent on the game has varied through the different stages of my life, and (after having a kid in 2013) slowly but surely declined up to this year's game that I've barely touched - apart from the idling, testing, modding, editing, planning a perfect save, prepping and finally playing the early stages of a new season or two.

Since July I've been dealing with a divorce after fifteen more-or-less great years and a kid to boot.

Not feeling like pretty much any free time activity, even sports or computer games, mattered (for 2-3 months) was a whole new experience for me. To me, games have always been a safe haven of solace, enjoyment, carefree imagination, trying on different roles, learning new things and deep immersion.

I decided to buy FM 22 to add normalcy in my life, and to prepare myself for the first Christmas holiday alone since… well, forever, I suppose. Surprisingly, I've hardly had the motivation, time or level of concentration required to play the game I'm basically very interested and excited about.

I also play football IRL, and usually play FM actively during the off-season to deal with the footy withdrawals, but not this year apparently.

Also, didn't mean to hijack your post @Rich B , but rather to open up and share around the “campfire” that is Football Manager. It oddly connects us throught this great community, though our ages, locations and walks of life must vary quite a lot. And that is something pretty neat.

I wish you all a very good 2022. Stay safe and stay well!

Unfortunately it's not possible.

I noticed the pacos kit files are named slightly wrong:

Config says pacos_1, pacos_2, pacos_3

The files are named pacos1, pacos2, pacos3.

I think I found what's wrong.

Look at your config: the third kit config is currently:  …team/691/kits/away,

It SHOULD be: …team/691/kits/third

Congratulations, and good job!!!

Congrats, looks good!

Isn't it a “wee bit” ironic that companies want to shove their logos, jingles, brand names and titles into anything and everything - and then when they get some free advertisement in a neutral or even positive context, they loose their shit and claim their “misused” trademark from a literal private, non-profit individual modder who's, if anything, actually doing them a favor.

What a friggin' nightmare. 😢

@rabcp The fruits of your hard work (and many other community creators like you) have given FM that added sprinkle of realism and real-life football magic that keeps me playing it year after year. At least until now.

Each time I launch the early beta without the crucial additions, I realize how empty and unrealistic the vanilla game feels. The true spirit of my beloved real-life football emerges the same time as I get to install the versatile custom-made modifications and additions.

They really bring to life the game I WANT to love, WANT to play and WANT to never get tired of. But I think I already would have a long time ago, were there no such dedicated people contributing, creating and setting their brilliance loose on the skeletal frame of the game to add the meat that makes it more authentic and life-like.

My interpretation of what's happened:

SI have agreed new commercial deals with advertisers. They've agreed to have a set degree of visibility guaranteed for the advertisers.

To ensure that visibility to their adverts, SI have decided to take down custom adboards and force their set adboards in their place.

To those who defend SI and say they have no choice, it's the advertisers who require the specific visibility: wake up.

SI has sold advert space in your game and mine. They've chosen the greedy route and placed our virtual football simulation experience for sale. They've agreed to have adverts to be forced on us and data collected about our decision to click or not click the links on those adboards that lead to the corresponding web sites of said advertisers.

I'm upset. And the way I see it, this is on SI. They wanted to monetize the match engine one step further this year. What's next? No custom 3D kits? Will those be sold as DLC? One thing the game industry has proven time and time again is that its greed has no boundaries. However, individual companies can choose their way. It'll be interested which way SI are heading. That will effect my future decisions on whether to support and buy FM or not. (And whether it'll appeal to me anymore or not.)

The ability to customise - and thus make FM more realistc - has been the crucial factor behind my buying each FM game for years and years now.

I've bought Football Manager (or Championship Manager) since the 99-00 iteration, with the exception of maybe 2 or 3 games. If I end up getting off the train in the near future, I will be very sad about it. It will feel like losing a connection to my youth and the very core of my seemingly endless love for football.

So, by the same logic if I don't include full Israeli leagues in my FM save I'd be in danger of being called out as a biggot who has something against Jewish people?

What I mean is: I don't think anyone really cares about or condemns your choice of leaving the OPTIONAL detailed womens' leagues unticked in your own FM save. 😉

I would imagine plenty of girls and women who are interested in and involved in football, either for a living or as a hobby, would be very VERY interested. Do we want to keep the girl juniors somewhat potentially alianated while the boys get their FIFA's, PES's and FM's without even realizing what a privilege they are enjoying?

And I'm not saying all females have an issue with controlling male footballers or managing in men's football. But just think of how many male gamers are saying they are having trouble identifying with a female character in a plot-heavy adventure game, let alone a football simulation. More choice is not a bad thing is all I'm saying.

Just imagine the opposite: Imagine Miles and SI catering for female football only, and telling us men: “No, sorry. You won't have your leagues and teams to manage unless your side of the sport of football absolutely financially explodes into a huge business.” How would you feel about it?

Didn't the crazy Super League idea, that fortunately flopped, remind us that football in its purest form is about something other than greed and markets and finances? That it shouldn't be only measured in money, and it should be in some way made more accessible for us ALL?

I just don't see why we men and boys couldn't allow women and girls feel the same joy of playing FM through the leagues and players they strongly identify with (gender-wise), just as men most often identify/are interested in managing the men's football clubs & teams?

It certainly is no skin off my nose, and I want fans of women's football (men and women) to be able to have the opportunity to manage women's leagues in FM, because football is football, and at it's best its a sport, a form of human culture, and then something more. I want all people interested to be part of that magic.

Thanks, these look nice!

Yes, exactly.

The download link is missing, though. 🙂

Something's missing here. 😉

It's an optional add-on that you need to install separately if you want to use it. So it isn't part of the Flut skin as is.

Congrats! 🙂

I tested a Presser and my background board with the sponsor logos did not appear. Back to the drawing board it is. 😢

I can't open the Data Hub either, or attend staff meetings (that I've scheduled for every week).

Found another mention of this issue here:

https://sortitoutsi.net/content/59018/data-hub#comment_660136

And here:

https://community.sigames.com/bugtracker/football-manager-2022-bugs-forum/football-manager-2022-early-access-beta-bugs-forum/user-interface/data-hub-isnt-opening-r2414/

The person there says the data hub started working again after they removed their custom skin. (Didn't mention which skin it was.)

EDIT: Can confirm removing the Japan Clubs Overwiev fix helped; both Data Hub and Staff Meeting work now.

@flut  I do kindly hope some fix can be found so the Japanese clubs can be accessed again soon?

I'm hoping to start a career in japan at some point.

The same happens to me. I'm also using Flutskin (Beta2 Version.)

Cannot open Data Hub or attend staff meetings.

I have some files in the \editor data\ folder now, but the issue appeared in Beta stage of the game, when I had nothing placed yet in the forementioned folder.