FM22 Backgrounds (by stevemc)

[stevemc]

FM22: Stadium Pack (1/7)

Hi all,

As per the last 3/4 years, I work on background projects, this one is adding stadium pictures to the background of clubs and stadiums throughout the game from all over the world, I’ve been doing this for my own personal use, but decided to share with the community, something I've built up over 3-4 years now and continue to improve.

All are 2560x1600 at 227px, which is basically MacBook Pro Retina size, so the quality is superb in most instances. They have been compressed to their smallest file size possible without loss of quality. It currently covers 223 different countries, some deep into the lower leagues too, all over the world so it's pretty extensive (1.8Gb in file size) but I am however happy to update this over time, likewise if you notice any errors or any additions you'd like please let me know in this thread and I'll correct/add them.

Stadiums in England are complete down to level 8 too (Northern Premier, Southern League, Isthmian League etc).

Steps to add to your game;

1. > Download here <

2. Unzip and place here: ‎⁨ 

[PC] Documents⁩ ▸ ⁨Sports Interactive⁩ ▸ ⁨Football Manager 2022 ▸ ⁨graphics⁩ ▸ ⁨backgrounds⁩ ▸ ⁨stadium

[MAC] Users ▸ YOURNAME ▸ Library ▸ Application Support ▸ Sports Interactive ▸ Football Manager 2022 ▸ graphics ▸ backgrounds ▸ stadium

3. Go to preferences (advanced and select interface) and ensure "Reload Skin" is ticked (you may need to clear your cache too) and click "confirm".

 

If you are going to redistribute these or include with a skin, please ask permission first.

Hope you enjoy them as much as I do...

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Some examples below (from beta):

Edited November 7, 2021 by stevemc

[stevemc]

FM22: Competitions Pack (2/7)

Hi all,

As per the last 3/4 years, I work on background projects, this one is adding competition pictures to the backgrounds throughout the game from all over the world, I’ve been doing this for my own personal use, but decided to share with the community, something I've built up over 3-4 years now and continue to improve.

All are 2560x1600 at 227px, which is basically MacBook Pro Retina size, so the quality is superb in most instances. They have been compressed to their smallest file size possible without loss of quality. It currently covers 515 backgrounds over the world so it's pretty extensive (170Mb in file size) but I am however happy to update this over time, likewise if you notice any errors or any additions you'd like please let me know in this thread and I'll correct/add them.

Steps to add to your game;

1. > Download here <

2. Unzip and place here: ‎⁨ 

[PC] Documents⁩ ▸ ⁨Sports Interactive⁩ ▸ ⁨Football Manager 2022 ▸ ⁨graphics⁩ ▸ ⁨backgrounds⁩ ▸ ⁨comp

[MAC] Users ▸ YOURNAME ▸Library ▸ Application Support ▸ Sports Interactive ▸ Football Manager 2022 ▸ graphics ▸ backgrounds ▸ comp

3. Go to preferences (advanced and select interface) and ensure "Reload Skin" is ticked (you may need to clear your cache too) and click "confirm".

 

If you are going to redistribute these or include with a skin, please ask permission first.

Hope you enjoy them as much as I do..

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Some examples below (from beta):

Edited November 7, 2021 by stevemc

[stevemc]

FM22: Nations Pack (3/7)

Hi all,

As per the last 3/4 years, I work on background projects, this one is adding national flags to the background of nations throughout the game from all over the world, I’ve been doing this for my own personal use, but decided to share with the community, something I've built up over 3-4 years now and continue to improve.

All are 2560x1600 at 227px, which is basically MacBook Pro Retina size, so the quality is superb in most instances. They have been compressed to their smallest file size possible without loss of quality. It covers every nation in the world (40Mb in file size).

Steps to add to your game;

1. > Download here <

2. Unzip and place here: ‎⁨ 

[PC] Documents⁩ ▸ ⁨Sports Interactive⁩ ▸ ⁨Football Manager 2022 ▸ ⁨graphics⁩ ▸ ⁨backgrounds⁩ ▸ ⁨nation

[MAC] Users ▸ YOURNAME ▸Library ▸ Application Support ▸ Sports Interactive ▸ Football Manager 2022 ▸ graphics ▸ backgrounds ▸ nation

3. Go to preferences (advanced and select interface) and ensure "Reload Skin" is ticked (you may need to clear your cache too) and click "confirm".

 

If you are going to redistribute these or include with a skin, please ask permission first.

Hope you enjoy them as much as I do..

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Some examples below (from beta):

Edited November 7, 2021 by stevemc

[stevemc]

FM22: Continents Pack (4/7)

Hi all,

As per the last 3/4 years, I work on background projects, this one is adding backgrounds to the 7 continents in the game, I’ve been doing this for my own personal use, but decided to share with the community, something I've built up over 3-4 years now and continue to improve.

All are 2560x1600 at 227px, which is basically MacBook Pro Retina size, so the quality is superb in most instances. They have been compressed to their smallest file size possible without loss of quality. It covers every nation in the world (1.5Mb in file size).

Steps to add to your game;

1. > Download here <

2. Unzip and place here: ‎⁨ 

[PC] Documents⁩ ▸ ⁨Sports Interactive⁩ ▸ ⁨Football Manager 2022 ▸ ⁨graphics⁩ ▸ ⁨backgrounds⁩ ▸ ⁨continent

[MAC] Users ▸ YOURNAME ▸Library ▸ Application Support ▸ Sports Interactive ▸ Football Manager 2022 ▸ graphics ▸ backgrounds ▸ continent

3. Go to preferences (advanced and select interface) and ensure "Reload Skin" is ticked (you may need to clear your cache too) and click "confirm".

 

If you are going to redistribute these or include with a skin, please ask permission first.

Hope you enjoy them as much as I do..

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Some examples below (from beta):

Edited November 7, 2021 by stevemc

[stevemc]

FM22: Media Sources Pack (5/7)

Hi all,

As per the last 3/4 years, I work on background projects, this one is adding pictures to the media sources throughout the game from all over the world, I’ve been doing this for my own personal use, but decided to share with the community, something I started in FM21 and I'm continuing to improve.

All are 2560x1600 at 227px, which is basically MacBook Pro Retina size, so the quality is superb in most instances. They have been compressed to their smallest file size possible without loss of quality. It currently covers 118 media's over the world (31Mb in file size) but I am however happy to update this over time, likewise if you notice any errors or any additions you'd like please let me know in this thread and I'll correct/add them.

Steps to add to your game;

1. > Download here <

2. Unzip and place here: ‎⁨ 

[PC] Documents⁩ ▸ ⁨Sports Interactive⁩ ▸ ⁨Football Manager 2022 ▸ ⁨graphics⁩ ▸ ⁨backgrounds⁩ ▸ ⁨media_source

[MAC] Users ▸ YOURNAME ▸Library ▸ Application Support ▸ Sports Interactive ▸ Football Manager 2022 ▸ graphics ▸ backgrounds ▸ media_source

3. Go to preferences (advanced and select interface) and ensure "Reload Skin" is ticked (you may need to clear your cache too) and click "confirm".

 

 

If you are going to redistribute these or include with a skin, please ask permission first.

Hope you enjoy them as much as I do..

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Some examples below (from beta):

Edited November 7, 2021 by stevemc

[stevemc]

FM22: Referee Pack (6/7)

Hi all,

As per the last 3/4 years, I work on background projects, this one is adding referee pictures to the backgrounds throughout the game from all over the world, I’ve been doing this for my own personal use, but decided to share with the community, something I've built up over 3-4 years now and continue to improve.

All are 2560x1600 at 227px, which is basically MacBook Pro Retina size, so the quality is superb in most instances. They have been compressed to their smallest file size possible without loss of quality. It currently covers 369 referee backgrounds over the world so it's pretty extensive (roughly 90mb in file size) but I am however happy to update this over time, likewise if you notice any errors or any additions you'd like please let me know in this thread and I'll correct/add them.

Steps to add to your game;

1. > Download here <

2. Unzip and place here: ‎⁨ 

[PC] Documents⁩ ▸ ⁨Sports Interactive⁩ ▸ ⁨Football Manager 2022 ▸ ⁨graphics⁩ ▸ ⁨backgrounds⁩ ▸ ⁨referees

[MAC] Users ▸ YOURNAME ▸Library ▸ Application Support ▸ Sports Interactive ▸ Football Manager 2022 ▸ graphics ▸ backgrounds ▸ referees

3. Go to preferences (advanced and select interface) and ensure "Reload Skin" is ticked (you may need to clear your cache too) and click "confirm".

 

If you are going to redistribute these or include with a skin, please ask permission first.

Hope you enjoy them as much as I do..

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Some examples below (from beta):

Edited November 7, 2021 by stevemc

[stevemc]

FM22: Manager/Staff Pack (7/7)

Hi all,

As per the last 3/4 years, I work on background projects, this one is adding managers/staff pictures to the backgrounds throughout the game from all over the world, I’ve been doing this for my own personal use, but decided to share with the community, something I've built up over 3-4 years now and continue to improve.

All are 2560x1600 at 227px, which is basically MacBook Pro Retina size, so the quality is superb in most instances. They have been compressed to their smallest file size possible without loss of quality. It currently covers 4665 manager/staff backgrounds (plus club legends - who doesn't like signing a club legend? ) over the world (club & country) so it's pretty extensive (roughly 1.2Gb in file size) but I am however happy to update this over time, likewise if you notice any errors or any additions you'd like please let me know in this thread and I'll correct/add them.

Steps to add to your game;

1. > Download here<

2. Unzip and place here: ‎⁨ 

[PC] Documents⁩ ▸ ⁨Sports Interactive⁩ ▸ ⁨Football Manager 2022 ▸ ⁨graphics⁩ ▸ ⁨backgrounds⁩ ▸ ⁨staff

[MAC] Users ▸ YOURNAME ▸Library ▸ Application Support ▸ Sports Interactive ▸ Football Manager 2022 ▸ graphics ▸ backgrounds ▸ staff

3. Go to preferences (advanced and select interface) and ensure "Reload Skin" is ticked (you may need to clear your cache too) and click "confirm".

 

Updates Released (v1)

When applying an update pack; download, extract are drag the folder contents into this location, and ACCEPT any overwrites:

[PC] Documents⁩ ▸ ⁨Sports Interactive⁩ ▸ ⁨Football Manager 2022 ▸ ⁨graphics⁩ ▸ ⁨backgrounds⁩ ▸ ⁨staff

[MAC] Users ▸ YOURNAME ▸Library ▸ Application Support ▸ Sports Interactive ▸ Football Manager 2022 ▸ graphics ▸ backgrounds ▸ staff

> Staff Update Pack 1 <

 

Updates Released (v2)

When applying an update pack; download, extract are drag the folder contents into this location, and ACCEPT any overwrites:

[PC] Documents⁩ ▸ ⁨Sports Interactive⁩ ▸ ⁨Football Manager 2022 ▸ ⁨graphics⁩ ▸ ⁨backgrounds⁩ ▸ ⁨staff

[MAC] Users ▸ YOURNAME ▸Library ▸ Application Support ▸ Sports Interactive ▸ Football Manager 2022 ▸ graphics ▸ backgrounds ▸ staff

> Staff Update Pack 2 <

 

Updates Released (v3)

When applying an update pack; download, extract are drag the folder contents into this location, and ACCEPT any overwrites:

[PC] Documents⁩ ▸ ⁨Sports Interactive⁩ ▸ ⁨Football Manager 2022 ▸ ⁨graphics⁩ ▸ ⁨backgrounds⁩ ▸ ⁨staff

[MAC] Users ▸ YOURNAME ▸Library ▸ Application Support ▸ Sports Interactive ▸ Football Manager 2022 ▸ graphics ▸ backgrounds ▸ staff

> Staff Update Pack 3 <

 

If you are going to redistribute these or include with a skin, please ask permission first.

Hope you enjoy them as much as I do..

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Some examples below (from beta):

Edited February 25, 2022 by stevemc

[stevemc]

If you want my complete Background Pack experience for FM22, you'll want to download all 7 packs:

I don't do player backgrounds (I'm not a fan of them) and I don't know if my packs are compatible with anyone else's background packs, you' have to test for yourself.

Once downloaded, your file structure inside the backgrounds folder should look like this:

 

This skin I use is my own, basically the Base Skin with a few small tweaks.

If you'd like to request an addition, feel free to post in this thread and I'll include in the next update.

Edited November 7, 2021 by stevemc

[Watson156]

Great work as ever 

[BadAss88]

What skin are you using?

[stevemc]

1 minute ago, BadAss88 said:

What skin are you using?

My own work-in-progress skin, basically the Base Skin with a few tweaks I like.

[stevemc]

21 minutes ago, Watson156 said:

Great work as ever 

Cheers mate 

[stevemc]

@JordanMillward_1 I can see you've combined all my threads into one overnight, in this case, could you delete the duplicated posts between each pack post? I've labelled them up so it's obvious "DUPLICATE POST - PLEASE DELETE." 

Thanks...

Edited November 7, 2021 by stevemc

[statomatic7]

@stevemcAmazing work!! FM for me isn't the same without these packs, Thanks for your efforts

[TCSSkin]

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[Gee_Simpson]

Excellent work as ever mate, I love these @stevemc👍🏻

Missed out on the last few updates for FM21 as I had stopped playing so I'll just download these in full again.

[stevemc]

I'd always recommend downloading in full as I make 100's/1000's of changes 

[Lucas78]

As always, a must have add-on. 

Thanks a lot 

[stevemc]

Download link now added for the FM22 Manager/Staff Pack (7/7) now the Ajax staff are linked up.

Enjoy!

Edited November 8, 2021 by stevemc

[lembergman]

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[stevemc]

All requests will be picked up in future updates 

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[Jonezie1803]

Will you be doing this for individual clubs at all?

[stevemc]

1 hour ago, Jonezie1803 said:

Will you be doing this for individual clubs at all?

What do you mean?

[taylormonk]

Steve, as ever fantastic work, massive fan of your work. 

In terms of the base skin, is it available yet or anything that is you'd recommend short term?

[Gee_Simpson]

10 minutes ago, taylormonk said:

Steve, as ever fantastic work, massive fan of your work. 

In terms of the base skin, is it available yet or anything that is you'd recommend short term?

I would recommend OPZ Elite. It's amazing, I've used it for 3 years running now, supports backgrounds of course. You can find it on FM Scout. 

[taylormonk]

9 minutes ago, Gee_Simpson said:

I would recommend OPZ Elite. It's amazing, I've used it for 3 years running now, supports backgrounds of course. You can find it on FM Scout. 

Thanks @Gee_Simpson, I'll check it out. 

[Jonezie1803]

51 minutes ago, stevemc said:

What do you mean?

Sorry, my bad, brain wasn't engaged and just realised the stadium backgrounds are for the clubs, which is what my question was originally about haha my bad.

Great work on the backgrounds though, love them all

[stevemc]

30 minutes ago, taylormonk said:

Steve, as ever fantastic work, massive fan of your work. 

In terms of the base skin, is it available yet or anything that is you'd recommend short term?

You are more than welcome to use mine, it's just the Base Skin with a few tweaks; colour swooshes change for each team on the screens, faces on tactics screen/subs bench/teamtalk screens, stadium pic on fixtures screen, scoreboard mod.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/mgws26seyrh09lc/base22.zip/file

[stevemc]

Just now, Jonezie1803 said:

Sorry, my bad, brain wasn't engaged and just realised the stadium backgrounds are for the clubs, which is what my question was originally about haha my bad.

Great work on the backgrounds though, love them all

That's what I thought, I was wracking my brain trying to figure out what you were on about

[Gee_Simpson]

13 minutes ago, stevemc said:

You are more than welcome to use mine, it's just the Base Skin with a few tweaks; colour swooshes change for each team on the screens, faces on tactics screen/subs bench/teamtalk screens, stadium pic on fixtures screen, scoreboard mod.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/mgws26seyrh09lc/base22.zip/file

I use OPZ Elite but I'll have a look at this also.

[BadAss88]

1 hour ago, stevemc said:

You are more than welcome to use mine, it's just the Base Skin with a few tweaks; colour swooshes change for each team on the screens, faces on tactics screen/subs bench/teamtalk screens, stadium pic on fixtures screen, scoreboard mod.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/mgws26seyrh09lc/base22.zip/file

Like your skin, just all the purple accents annoy me  Any chance you'll work on that?

Edited November 12, 2021 by BadAss88

[stevemc]

3 minutes ago, BadAss88 said:

Like your skin, just all the purple accents annoy me  Any chance you'll work on that?

I quite like the pink/purple accents

[stevemc]

 

For anyone wanting a new picture for Club Nacional de Football in Uruguay, add the file attached to this post, and move to this location and overwrite:

Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2022/graphics/backgrounds/stadium/uruguay/club-nacional-de-football.jpg

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[lembergman]

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[dansh1989]

Hi does anyone know if these backgrounds show in the areas highlighted around the 2d pitch? I know in the last few years they haven't but the grey track around the pitch is smaller this year so was wondering if they show or not? Thanks

[stevemc]

FM22: Manager/Staff Pack (7/7): Update Released 

When applying an update pack; download, extract are drag the folder contents into this location, and ACCEPT any overwrites:

[PC] Documents⁩ ▸ ⁨Sports Interactive⁩ ▸ ⁨Football Manager 2022 ▸ ⁨graphics⁩ ▸ ⁨backgrounds⁩ ▸ ⁨staff

[MAC] Users ▸ YOURNAME ▸Library ▸ Application Support ▸ Sports Interactive ▸ Football Manager 2022 ▸ graphics ▸ backgrounds ▸ staff

> Staff Update Pack 1 Download Here <

This will add a further 216 staff members to the original download link, taking the total to around 4,880 staff backgrounds. 

Edited November 15, 2021 by stevemc

[Gee_Simpson]

11 hours ago, stevemc said:

FM22: Manager/Staff Pack (7/7): Update Released 

When applying an update pack; download, extract are drag the folder contents into this location, and ACCEPT any overwrites:

[PC] Documents⁩ ▸ ⁨Sports Interactive⁩ ▸ ⁨Football Manager 2022 ▸ ⁨graphics⁩ ▸ ⁨backgrounds⁩ ▸ ⁨staff

[MAC] Users ▸ YOURNAME ▸Library ▸ Application Support ▸ Sports Interactive ▸ Football Manager 2022 ▸ graphics ▸ backgrounds ▸ staff

> Staff Update Pack 1 Download Here <

This will add a further 216 staff members to the original download link, taking the total to around 4,880 staff backgrounds. 

Says the folder is empty when I open it?

[stevemc]

12 hours ago, Gee_Simpson said:

Says the folder is empty when I open it?

Must be an issue at your end as it's 100% working and not empty:

 

[MIRKOFERRARI]

@stevemcmy folder is also empty ....

@stevemc PROBLEM SOLVED

Edited November 17, 2021 by MIRKOFERRARI

[Gee_Simpson]

2 hours ago, stevemc said:

Must be an issue at your end as it's 100% working and not empty:

 

That's a weird one, I'll try it again later when I'm on my PC. I just tried on my mobile and yep it's full, so hopefully it will be there on my PC this time.

Edited November 16, 2021 by Gee_Simpson

[stevemc]

Maybe try a different browser, or different method of extracting.

I've tried it on a PC and a MAC and both were fine.

[acearts]

I have a weird issue whereby all the backgrounds work fine. Except for the stadiums?

I am using your skin linked above and still have the issue unfortunately. Im sure its a simple fix im just a newbie with editing.

I absolutely love this pack and cant wait to use it properly. Just hoping that I can sort the issue with stadiums not showing as backgrounds (they are just replaced as exemplified below)

 

[acearts]

Ive tried with multiple skins (including yours and still get the issue). Hence why in the SS above im trying it on the FmEnhanced skin

[Gee_Simpson]

On 16/11/2021 at 16:28, stevemc said:

Maybe try a different browser, or different method of extracting.

I've tried it on a PC and a MAC and both were fine.

I tried to open with a different extractor and that worked btw

[Jonny B Gods]

17 horas atrás, acearts disse:

I have a weird issue whereby all the backgrounds work fine. Except for the stadiums?

I am using your skin linked above and still have the issue unfortunately. Im sure its a simple fix im just a newbie with editing.

I absolutely love this pack and cant wait to use it properly. Just hoping that I can sort the issue with stadiums not showing as backgrounds (they are just replaced as exemplified below)

 

 

Its happening to me too...

[DrazdaCZ]

On 15. 11. 2021 at 15:48, stevemc said:

FM22: Manager/Staff Pack (7/7):  Aktualizace vydána 

Při použití aktualizačního balíčku; stáhnout, extrahovat, přetáhnout obsah složky do tohoto umístění a PŘIJÍMAT všechna přepsání:

[PC]  Documents⁩ ▸ ⁨Sports Interactive⁩ ▸ ⁨Football Manažer 2022 ▸ ▸ ⁨graphics⁩ ⁨backgrounds⁩ ▸ ⁨ personál

[MAC]  Uživatelé ▸ VAŠE JMÉNO ▸Knihovna ▸ Podpora aplikací ▸ Sportovní interaktivní ▸ Football Manager 2022 ▸ grafika ▸ pozadí  ▸  zaměstnanci

> Staff Update Pack 1 ke stažení zde <

Tím se k původnímu odkazu ke stažení přidá dalších 216 zaměstnanců, takže celkový počet zaměstnanců bude přibližně 4 880. 

I found a mistake in Boris Kočí's photo by Karel Jarolím

[stevemc]

18 hours ago, acearts said:

Ive tried with multiple skins (including yours and still get the issue). Hence why in the SS above im trying it on the FmEnhanced skin

Have you tried removing all skins, and just trying the backgrounds with the standard skin that comes with the game, to see if they show?

All I can think of is they are either installed in the wrong location, you've not cleared your cache or they are clashing which another custom download you are using.

Or try, removing all your mods completely and add them back in one at a time, starting with Stadiums first.

Edited November 18, 2021 by stevemc

[stevemc]

6 minutes ago, DrazdaCZ said:

I found a mistake in Boris Kočí's photo by Karel Jarolím

Thanks, I'll fix this in the next update. 

[stevemc]

FM22: Manager/Staff Pack (7/7): Update Released v2

When applying an update pack; download, extract are drag the folder contents into this location, and ACCEPT any overwrites:

[PC] Documents⁩ ▸ ⁨Sports Interactive⁩ ▸ ⁨Football Manager 2022 ▸ ⁨graphics⁩ ▸ ⁨backgrounds⁩ ▸ ⁨staff

[MAC] Users ▸ YOURNAME ▸Library ▸ Application Support ▸ Sports Interactive ▸ Football Manager 2022 ▸ graphics ▸ backgrounds ▸ staff

> Staff Update Pack 2 Download Here <

This will add a further 110 staff members to the original download link, taking the total to 4,983 staff backgrounds.