TCSSkin Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Football Manager 2020 Base Skins Note: These base skins are for the full game, not Touch. Quote As with most recent Football Managers for you to make certain changes in Football Manager 2020 you need to create a new skin. Thankfully over the last few years some more stuff has been moved out of the skins folder so you only really need the Base skin if you are wanting to edit the skin graphics, fonts or colors. If you want to edit the match graphics or the most of the panel xml files you no longer need really need the base skins. So to make things easier for people I've put up some base skins that are identical to the default skins that come with the game, so you can add new files/graphics to these without messing up the original skins, and anything that isn't located in these new skin folders will be taken from the default locations within the game. For Football Manager 2020 you have three skins to choose from the Default skin, the Light skin and the Dark skin.Base2020 Skin - This is the Default skin and is based on the Default Football Manager Skin.Base2020 Dark Skin - This is the Dark Base Skin and is based on the Football Manager Dark Skin.Base2020 Light Skin - This is the Light Base Skin and is based on the Football Manager Light Skin. * Credit to @michaeltmurrayuk for the original post. Editing Fonts FM 2020 has seen more changes to skinning than usual, the biggest being a new format for fonts, changing from *.xml to *.fontxml, Luckily old files work and just need renaming. You can do this by opening a Command Prompt in this folder and running the command. ren *.xml *.fontxml .fontxml files can be edited in any text editor, and we've included all the relevant files for ease of use. To change the actual font, just copy your font of choice to the folder, and edit the fontxml files to match your new font. Editing Font and Skin Colours Font colors and skin graphic colors are generally controlled by the settings.xml file in the settings folder. Colors use the following format value="rgb(75,180,240) ", with 75 representing red, 180 representing green and 240 representing blue. You can use any image editor like Paint.Net to Photoshop to get the correct RGB codes then add them to your setting file. It's worth noting that the settings file priorities code in a descending order, meaning if you have two entries for one variable in the same settings file, the one that is higher up will be used. Generally to avoid any potential conflicts though it is worth commenting out any unused code (This can be done by surrounding the unused code with <!-- (CODE) --> Its also worth remembering some items are hard-coded meaning they can't be changed, others are in individual panels, and some are set in the fonts folder. Colours in the fonts and panels folder are prioritized over the settings file. For your changes to take affect Once you've finished making your changes to your skin, you’ll need to go into the Preferences -> Advanced --> Interface Menu and untick ‘Use caching to decrease page loading times’ if it is ticked and then tick ‘Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences’ then click confirm and your changes should be applied, if you have previousily ticked and unticked the required boxes a 'Reload Skin' button should appear in the bottom left corner, if this button appears you can click that if the Confirm Button is grayed out. Installation Instructions: For convenience sake, this year we've packed all three skins together, just extract the skin of your choice to your Skins folder and select it in game Download: https://www.mediafire.com/file/7q4rq0wxd9fre55/FM20_Base_Skins_v20.1.7z/file Base Skin with Background Support: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 (edited) Great job @bluestillidie00 Just wondering, how do you add a full-screen opacity panel overlay to these files to enable background pictures to show through whilst making type still readable? As currently, if you add a background pack, the picture shows through the skin 100%. Basically this; Edited November 5, 2019 by stevemc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
priority76 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 On 04/11/2019 at 23:50, bluestillidie00 said: Football Manager 2019 Base Skins Any chance you could update to include the updated version of the dark skin? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkdsoul Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 1 hour ago, priority76 said: Any chance you could update to include the updated version of the dark skin? The fix is in the game, base skin will be the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
priority76 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 1 hour ago, wkdsoul said: The fix is in the game, base skin will be the same. Hmm, I'm still getting the white inbox with the base dark skin, whereas it's dark on the default dark skin since the latest update. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkdsoul Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 10 minutes ago, priority76 said: Hmm, I'm still getting the white inbox with the base dark skin, whereas it's dark on the default dark skin since the latest update. prob updated the settings file. i'll have a look in a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanel Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Could these be updated? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCSSkin Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 @Sanel @priority76 Updated in Original Post. Wanted to wait for the game to release properly in case we got any more curveballs. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_thomas Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Just wanted to say thank you. I use the dark base skin every year to use old attribute colours from about 10 years ago, just copied the text refering to the colours from last years to this and it works perfectly. Also the match day panel from last year works perfectly (with backgrounds off). Top work! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR866Gunner Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 @michaeltmurrayuk was beaten to it for posting the base skins!! omg! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkdsoul Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 On 29/11/2019 at 15:19, JR866Gunner said: @michaeltmurrayuk was beaten to it for posting the base skins!! omg! LAST VISITED November 15, 2018 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR866Gunner Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 7 hours ago, wkdsoul said: LAST VISITED November 15, 2018 Oh. Has he left then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barkermush Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Hope not, he put lots of effort into helping the skinning community over the years.. and made tons of great guides. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkdsoul Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 On 01/12/2019 at 06:48, JR866Gunner said: Oh. Has he left then? Yes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pezzyhawkins Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Is it possible to get a base skin with the stadium pic available in overview page? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m.char Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Has anyone got a skin where the players shirts with there name and number on it is on the players profile?. Thanks...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robylfc Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Could anyone please tell me what panels do I need to add to this skin so I can have the mini stadium megapack working? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jockmick Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 How do I change the colour of the side bar? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthmael Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Hey guys how can I change the small panels in the player profile screen from 4x3 to 4x2 like shown in the attachments? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keysi Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 you have to edit player overview panel.xml. There are two 4 small panels containers so delete one of them, save the file, clear cache and reload skin. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthmael Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 11 minutes ago, keysi said: you have to edit player overview panel.xml. There are two 4 small panels containers so delete one of them, save the file, clear cache and reload skin. Thanks. Worked great. Is there a way to make the bottom row a little taller? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keysi Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 you can edit the minimum height of the containter(s) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthmael Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 8 minutes ago, keysi said: you can edit the minimum height of the containter(s) Great. Thank you for the help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivs Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Hi everyone. Is there a way to get rid of the small face icon? What xml code should I look in order to remove it in my skin? Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff.fit82 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) Em 04/11/2019 em 20:50, bluestillidie00 disse: .fontxml files can be edited in any text editor, and we've included all the relevant files for ease of use. To change the actual font, just copy your font of choice to the folder, and edit the fontxml files to match your new font. Ok, but there are LOTS of fontxml files... can you point us which one should we change to see the changes? PS: There are some way to make the mouse pointer smaller? Edited April 14, 2020 by jeff.fit82 add question Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCSSkin Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 37 minutes ago, jeff.fit82 said: Ok, but there are LOTS of fontxml files... can you point us which one should we change to see the changes? PS: There are some way to make the mouse pointer smaller? text.xml is the biggest one, but even then files are referenced elsewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthmael Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 How can I change the match screen? In the marked panels I would like to get the team formations... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkdsoul Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 See the match screens mods thread, Mike has a guide on how to change them 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
\'Appy \'Ammer Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 On 15/01/2020 at 12:15, pezzyhawkins said: Is it possible to get a base skin with the stadium pic available in overview page? Can this be done on the Base Skin? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR866Gunner Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 This might just be me but the file we extract using the archiver tool and place into the base skins dont actually contain any form of player profile panel/folder... how are we supposed to create out own panel without the default ones to start with!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkdsoul Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, JR866Gunner said: This might just be me but the file we extract using the archiver tool and place into the base skins dont actually contain any form of player profile panel/folder... how are we supposed to create out own panel without the default ones to start with!! extract the panels folder as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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