StuartNG - Comments

Hi folks,

Anyone else having issues with English Premier league FM26 3d kits (and I don't just mean in the changing room).  I have just been tinkering and whatever Premier side I select, their 3d jerseys in-game just are a complete mess, as though I have used FM24 kits.  Just to clarify, I have no 3d FM26 Premier kits, just the 2d SS ones, that display just fine. 

Bizarrely, Championship (Portsmouth), Div 2 (Bromley) & Aldershot (Conference) all randomly checked and they are all fine in both the changing room start up screen, and in-game.

Has anyone else encountered this, and or playing as a Premiership team, and having no ‘in-game’ 3d kit issues?

As a caveat, I am using the following mods : 

alexmorak skin ([FM26] AlexMorak FM26 Theme/Skin v0.5 - Windows and MacOS Versions - Works with update 26.0.6)

adboard mod (Static Adboards For English Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two FM26)

pitch texture mod (FM26 Modern Pitches Pack | FM Scout)

Not sure if one of these is causing an issue, but I presume not, as surely that would affect the lower down teams that I checked out ……….

I have tried clearing the cache and a few other bits, but Premier league just seems broke (well for me anyway).

Any thoughts, or guidance gratefully appreciated.

Stuart

In essence, the new player/staff faces config file has the added ‘r-’ prior to unique player code line, so it now reads ……….

<record from="2002042512" to="graphics/pictures/person/r-2002042512/portrait"/>
 

The ‘r-’ doesn't get added to the actual player/staff picture.

Stuart

n.b. does not need to be bold in text, just added for extra awareness.

Should be just click on the zip folder, or top right link labelled richmond.2.zip

New config file created for those who were having issues with the player/staff faces not showing up in-game.

As an addition:

• Launch Football Manager 26 and go to Preferences.
• Navigate to the Audio & Visual (or Interface) section.
• Ensure the option to "Display pictures of players (and staff) generated by the game" is ticked. This setting allows the game to look for custom graphics for players who don't have default real-life photos.

1. Restart the Game: Completely close Football Manager 26 (and Steam/Epic if necessary) and reload it for the changes to take effect.

Please do the English National League too as well pal, as and when you get around to it. 

Great mod.  Really adds to the gaming / stadium experience.

You will need to go to the preferences tab in game, and look through the various options and tick allow player id (I think it says for skinning).  If you are not sure how to do that, send me your saved game on a private message.  I can look up the players/staff faces and send you them back with the right i.d's. I may not get around to this until tomorrow morning though, as I have few things to do tonight.

This is my file path, and it is separate from the big players database of pictures that I have (circa 250K!).  

C:\Users\xxxx\OneDrive\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 26\graphics\richmond\faces

I have slightly tweaked the home shirt, as I wanted to get the collar and back part right, and it looks better with player name on shirt in-game.  This can be downloaded from here, or just hit the last richmond zip file above.

It is one of the attachments, top right.  It is an fmf file and will be placed into the editor data folder, which will follow a path something like this …..

C:\Users\xxxx\OneDrive\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 26\editor data

When you load up the pre-game editor, my fmf file should be viewable and then any changes can be made to it, but you may just have to re-save it as another name.

Sorry, are you referring to the players and staff?  Yes they will work, sometimes the player id number changes, dependant on other players games / datbase size they have loaded up.  What I suggest, is if a player face is missing, then show player id in-game and just copy that new number across to the respective player image, remembering to edit the config line with the same number.  Save game, shut down and the re-load it in, that is what needs to occur to clear the cache and ensure that new player faces are implemented into the game.

Open my file In the pre-game editor.  Delete out Ted Lasso, then when you load up a new game just create yourself as Ted Lasso, making the character on screen to look like him and that would be the best way I reckon. 

Hi all,

I am creating an AFC Richmond database mod to share and have created the squad, staff pictures, and have attached the pictures (correctly sized) into a config file in the usual folder structure as I have done many times.  However, none of the photos are displaying in-game.  I read somewhere that you have to change the config line to ……    <record from="20002042502" to="graphics/pictures/person/r-2822173318/portrait"/>  - the key addition being the r- prior to the unique player id.  However, both this, and ones where I didn't alter and add the r- string don't work.  

Just to clarify the r- is only added in the config file, not on the actual player picture itself.

Anyone shed any light into what the issue could be?

As I said, no issues with pre-existing database players, this just seems to affect newly created players.#

Many thanks.

Stuart

I have created an AFC Richmond FM26 database, which will have kits, logos and staff and player faces but want to run some more tests, so hope to have it out over the weekend.

This is a known bug in the game, which hasn't been fixed yet bizarrely.  It does not affect your 2d or in-game 3d kit colours though, which is at least one good thing.

That's great, looking forward to that.

Hey alexmorakgaming, does your skin need an update with the new .06 release, or will it run fine as it is?

Thanks in advance.

Made by me on kit creator for FM24, but thanks for converting to FM26, was looking to get around to doing this.  No issues from me for the conversion work you have done.  

Cheers,

Stuart

Here are a couple of stills with the AFC Richmond 3d kits on display ……

I have ported my FM24 save over.  If you have FM24, download the file and then in FM26, there is an option to carry over a save.  However, this would be starting in the July 2023 season, so a bit of a historic.  With the new season in the making (Ted Lasso) it may motivate someone to release an FM26 version.  

I have created the  FM26 kits for anyone to use if you wish.

Should these sleeve patches be seen only during league games, or will they appear on the kits during pre-season friendlies?  Thanks in advance.

So I conducted a test, by using the CS George Cross kits in another modded league patch (Malta) and they worked just perfectly.  So clearly not a config / 3d kit issue.  Wonder if it is the Australian league mod?  I think there was some mention of Brazil leagues mod issues, not sure if it was the same thing?

Hi guys, 

Whilst playing FM26 on the laptop, using an Australian mod, I noticed that my selected team (Caroline Spring George Cross FC) 3d kit seems to be all over the place.  Now, I have created the 2d / 3d kits in the right format and saved them correctly in config folder, so really not sure what is going on.  As an aside a modded USA (USL) & Malta league runs fine with the kits that I have made, and I followed the same format, so really not sure what is happening.  I have no other kits from FM24 copied into my file path, which of course could have been one school of thought.  Checked everything, and it should be working.

I have attached the screenshots below, including my created home 3d kit for the team.  As you can see, bar being red/white, it bares no resemblance to what is seen during the game.  2d kits show up just fine.

Anybody have any ideas, or similar experiences, it would be good to hear. 

Cheers,

Stuart

P.S. here is the config files structure ……….

3d : <record from="george cross_1" to="graphics/pictures/team/15086250/kit_textures/home"/>
<record from="george cross_2" to="graphics/pictures/team/15086250/kit_textures/away"/>

2d: <record from="15086250_2" to="graphics/pictures/team/15086250/kits/away"/>
 <record from="15086250_1" to="graphics/pictures/team/15086250/kits/home"/>
 

Will this patch need to be downloaded again post the two patches by SI today and Friday?  Does it affect the file, or will an updated version have to be created?

Does your mod allow for these to show in FM26?  Is it possible (like FM24) to do this for all clubs?  I have stadium and town pics from FM24 and would like to see them useable in FM26.  Many thanks.

Hey there, can the following be added to the pack - Hamrun Spartans (third), Tarxien Rainbows (third) & Zabbar white kit (not sure if 2nd or third kit).  Attached is the 3d kits for ease and reference.

It certainly doesn't work at the moment, which is a great shame.  Will need some of the expert skin modders to work their magic, if at all possible.

Hi, what changes have been made to the original file?

Cheers

Does this mod work with the new patch update from SI, which dropped last night?

Thanks in advance.

I presume a new version will have to be produced post this latest update last night?  Thanks in advance Alex.