Skin Problems

Hi. I've just installed the game and downloaded the 'Dark Horizon' skin. I thought it was in the right place, but when selecting it in 'Preferences' and clicking confirm, it wont load up the new skin. I gave up after 20 minutes. Now the game is just a black screen when I load it up. Maybe the default skin went missing. Can someone help me please?

I'd already downloaded the skin to my desktop before installing the game, then I just copied the rar file to the skins folder. Looking back, I had to create a skins file because I couldn't find one in my D drive.

Unfortunately, I've deleted the Dark Horizon skin completely, but the game still blacks out....so I think I'm in trouble!!

Thanks

You could ask in this forum... http://community.sigames.com/forumdisplay.php?f=17

I've never had it screw up for me so I'm unsure as to what I'd do to fix it.

You could also try this:

If you have a shortcut on your desktop you can do the following:

* Right-click on the FM shortcut.

* Choose "Properties" from the pop-up menu.

* In the "Target" field, add the --reset_preferences command line option after "fm.exe", so it should look like this:

"C:\Program Files\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\fm.exe" --reset_preferences

* Press OK and then try to run the game as normal, using the shortcut.

You'll want to remove the command after you run the game, as otherwise it will continue to reset your preferences every time you launch.

If you don't have a shortcut you can make one and then perform the instructions on the shortcut you've made.

* If you purchased and installed the game through Steam you should be able to find the fm.exe in the following directory:

C:/Program Files/Steam/SteamApps/Common/Football Manager 2009/

* If you purchased and installed the game from a boxed DVD copy you should be able to find the fm.exe in the following directory:

C:/Program Files/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2009/