michaeltmurrayuk Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Football Manager 2018 and Football Manager Touch 2018 - Skinning, Modding and Graphics Knowledge Base Welcome to the latest version of the Skinning Bible which has been newly rechristened the Skinning, Modding & Graphics Knowledge Base. This thread should over time contain links to the most important and useful threads in this subforum, however what I have also been doing over the last few years is tagging any interesting or informative threads with a skinning tag, so whilst I try and build up the content in this thread if you cannot see the answer to your question here or you are just starting out skinning then have a browse through the forum and open up any of the thread with a skinning tag which should give you some useful if random bits of skinning knowledge. Like in the past this thread will be split into several parts; How To Create Football Manager Graphics Guides Football Manager 2018 Skinning Guides Links to Useful Threads Whilst I am in the process of checking and updating the various guides you can find some useful information for FM18 in the below threads; FM18 Skinning & Graphical Changes FM18 Skinning/Graphics Information If you have any comments or suggestions on the layout or spot a useful thread that has been missed please use the suggestions thread here If you want the FM2017 thread then see this thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted November 15, 2017 Author Share Posted November 15, 2017 (edited) How To Create Graphics for Football Manager 2018 and Football Manager Touch 2018 Contents 1. How To Create A Config File 2. How To Create Standard Football Manager Logos 3. How To Create Player Faces 4. How to Create 3D Kits for FM2018 Please Note that these are still the FM2011 guides, however the basics details still apply (and might even one day get updated ). After you have created your graphics please follow the Graphics & Skin Installation Guide thread to get your newly created graphics into the game. Edited December 22, 2017 by michaeltmurrayuk Added 3D Kits Guide Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted November 15, 2017 Author Share Posted November 15, 2017 How To Create Skins for Football Manager 2018 and Football Manager Touch 2018 Football Manager 2018 Skinning Guide The following guides will talk you through the basics of creating a skin, and whilst they were written for FM2015, the basic information still applies and should be enough to get you started, though I am in the process of updating them for FM18 (yes really this time). Also note that whilst Football Manager 2018 and Football Manager Touch 2018 are now separate games the information applies to both of them, you just need to remember if you are using the Touch Mode to make sure you are editing the Touch files and putting them where the Touch Mode is looking, also some of the file locations may have changed so you might need to go looking for some of them. Football Manager 2018 Skinning Guide Part 1: How to Extract Default Files & Understanding File Structure Football Manager 2018 Skinning Guide Part 2: The BasicsFootball Manager 2018 Skinning Guide Part 3: Changing the Font Settings Football Manager 2015 Skinning Guide Part 3: Changing the Text Colours Football Manager 2015 Skinning Guide Part 4: Editing the Skin Graphics Football Manager 2015 Skinning Guide Part 5: Editing the xml files Football Manager 2018 Skinning Resources/Mods for Skinners The following links provide instructions on how to modify certain screens, these links are primarily for skin makers as applying the mods requires you to edit the files, though end-users can still use them you'll just have to create the finished files from the instructions yourself rather than having a ready to use file to download. I've also linked to some Guides from FM15-FM17 as the basic information in those guides should still apply, though you won't be able to just download the linked files for FM2018 as some of the coding will have changed as will some of the file locations but they should be enough to get you started. [FM18][GUIDE] How To Replace the Pitch Textures [FM17][GUIDE] How To Stop the Blurring Effect [FM16 Guide] How to Create and Add Trophy Images[FM16 Guide] How To Customize Match Player Ratings Screens [FM16 Guide] How To Recolour the Star Ratings [FM15 Guide] How to Add an Image to the Match Pitch Screen[FM15 Guide] How To Increase Transparency of Screens[FM15 Guide] Editing the League Table[FM15 Guide] How to Edit the Sidebar[FM15 Guide] How to Add Content to the Action\Menubar Football Manager 2018 Skinning Mods for End-users and Skinners. The following links provide mods for end-users, these are files that just need downloading and putting in the correct location with next to no editing of files needed by the end-user. If you are creating a skin then you can still include the mods with your skin if you get the permission of the mod creator. [GUIDE] How to Locate or Move Your User Data Location [FM18][SKIN] Football Manager 2018 Base Skins How to Add a Manager Picture[FM18][MOD] Match Day Backgrounds Mod [FM18][MOD] Match Review Screen Mods[FM18][MOD] Match In-Between Highlights Mod[FM18][MOD] Competition Review Screen Mod [FM18] Player tutoring panel [FM18] Player Profile Popup Analyser Mod Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted November 15, 2017 Author Share Posted November 15, 2017 (edited) Links to Useful Threads for Football Manager 2018 and Football Manager Touch 2018 Below are links to threads that contain useful information for Football Manager 2018, note that these threads are not guides so it is best to read the entire thread first as the information may be spread throughout the thread. I've also includes some useful threads from FM2015-FM2017 in the below post, again you may need to modify some of the information in the older threads but the information in them should give you a starting place, though I haven't had chance to check them for FM18 yet. Football Manager 2018 Threads Remove Role Suitability from Tactics Pitch, Recolour Scouting Card Items and Remove Scrollbars from Comparison ScreenClub Overview Panel Modding ThreadRecolour the TitlebarHow to Remove the All Caps Font Setting in the Headers How To Change the Team Talk BackgroundChanging Role Suitability back to FM17 wheelHow to Add FMT style boxes behind the attributesResize Player Picture on Player Overview ScreenEdit the Competition Overview ScreenRecolour Player Instructions Mentality BoxSidebar - Next Match Icon LocationDefault In-Between Highlights Panel - Resize KitsEditing Pre-Match Line ups ScreenHow to Adjust the Match Pitch PositionMatch Stats Panel - Resize Text Player Role Rating Graphic Location Touch Mode - Remove Attribute BoxesScout Report Pro/Con Icon ColoursHide Attribute Values, Change Comparison colours, Change Comparison Default Screen2D Pitch Match Ball LocationInbox - Colour Names for various itemsScout Report - Recolour Knowledge Box BackgroundTactics Screen - Change Text SizesPlayer Overview Screen - Remove circle behind logos, use Flag for NationalityMatch Title bar - Set team names side by side, set team names to fixed colour, extend logos behind names Icon Location - Inj, Wnt, Unh, Int, SusBase Skins - Change Default Background ImageMatch Screen - Quick Tactics Panel change iconsCompetition History Screen - Recolour the text in the columnsTactics Screen - Add Past Meetings Panel backSquad Dynamics Panel LocationProcessing Box Popup LocationNation Small Flag - Set whether to display text, full country name or three letter nameTitlebar - Change Font used in TitleAdd Inbox Icon to the HeaderTeam Talk Panel - Resize the reaction panelNews Item - Post Match Analysis, edit Green Box colourMatch Tactics Panel - Change Green colour, reorient pitchEdit Colours in the GraphsTactics Screen - Player Instructions - Recolour Green BoxRecolour Help IconsManager Profile - Edit panel heightsPlayer Info Popup Panel - Add Attribute AnalyzerTactics Screen - Recolour Overlay IconsTitlebar - Increase its heightMatch Screen - Resize the commentary box and text sizeRecolour Training performance arrows Edited September 28, 2018 by michaeltmurrayuk added new links - up to date :) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted September 28, 2018 Author Share Posted September 28, 2018 Links to Useful Threads from Previous Versions Below are links to threads that contain useful information from previous versions of FM, again you may need to modify some of the information in the older threads but the information in them should give you a starting place, though I haven't had chance to check them for FM18 so some of the information may no longer apply. Also if using code from previous versions make sure you read this thread first so you are aware of the changes you may need to make to older code to get it to work in FM2018: Football Manager 2017 Threads Get the AI Roles and Duties to Appear on the Formation Screens Locations of various graphics - Team Comparison Page, Competitions Headers, Search Dropdown, Intro Panel Background Replace Dutch and Gib National Logos Recolour the Actionbar to Teams Secondary Colour Add Competition and/or Background Logos to the Header Get the Match Ratings to Recolour with Rating Edit Competition Overview and League in Focus Screens Adjust Row Heights on Tactics Screen and Intro Screen Recolour the Table Rows Recolour the 5 Last Games Bars Recolour the Picking Boxes on the Tactics Screen & Location of Save Game Popup Box Increase the transparency of the Inbox, Social Feed and News Screens Change Pitch Orientation on Team Report -> Squad Depth Screen Change Background Images on News Screen Edit Text in Role/Duty box on Tactics Screen Graphic location of Inbox -> Competition Expectations boxes Increase Pitch on Inbox -> Team of Week Screen Modify Zoomed Shirt Back Graphics, Squad Number and Name Shirt Back Changes for FM17 Match Feed Box Location Recolour Top Boxes on Player Comparison Screen Editing the Continue button Recolour the Player Box on the Match Preview Formation Panel Match Commentary - Change the size of the Box and Text 2D Classic Pitch - Change the Text Size for the Players Match Caption Box - Recolour the Yellow Text Sidebar - Change Icon and Text Colour Player/Team Instructions Popup - How to Resize it Competition Stats - Recolour the player names for your side Stadium Background - How to show an image of your Stadium in the Background FM and Date Buttons in Header - Change colouring from Accent to style to old actual colour style 2D Classic Pitch - Resize the pitch Inbox - Press Conference News Item Player/Team Instructions Popup - Add Mentality Value to the Mentality bar Licensed Images - How to Remove them so only the default generic images display Football Manager 2016/2015 Threads Career Achievements Change Colour FM15 Skinning - Updated file locations [FM15] Condition bar and remove circle percent in table [FM15] Other Panels Mods How to Edit the Stadium Overview Screen How to Recolour the Blue Board Confidence, Knowledge Bars How to Move the Match Incidents Popup (Caption Box) Changing the Views available on the tactics screen How to adjust the mail icon and colour on the sidebar How to Replace the Effect on the 2D Keeper Shirt Back [FM16][MOD] Kit Titlebar Colours Mod Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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