Where is this button located?

I want to change it so it's not blue but where is it? I have extracted the skins.fmf file and i know it's in a sub-folder of the buttons folder but which one?

Anyone know the answer to this?

Hi Dave,

they are in menu/blue/

Hi Dave,

they are in menu/blue/

Cheers for the reply. I have overwritten all the graphics in the 'blue' folder with my own but still that button appears blue in my skin even though there are no blue graphics left in that folder!

They're the fragmented buttons i.e. button_bottom_left, button_bottom_middle, button_bottom_right etc not button_left, middle, right.

They're the fragmented buttons i.e. button_bottom_left, button_bottom_middle, button_bottom_right etc not button_left, middle, right.

Yeah i know. I've replaced every (and i mean every) button in the blue folder with my own and it still appears blue.

These are the buttons you mention in my blue folder, and they are not blue!

Just to mention that apart from one other button (the select database option when starting a new game) the blue button in the screenshot in the opening post is the only blue button in the entire game with my edited skin.

C:\Users\sparks\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2011\skins\sparks master 11\graphics\button\blue

and its the blue xml .. u need with in that

C:\Users\sparks\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2011\skins\sparks master 11\graphics\button\blue

and its the blue xml .. u need with in that

Sorry i don't understand. The button in question is blue in your skin too..

Have you replaced the standard 3 part buttons as well as the 9 part ones?

This is my blue folder, is this right?

You've put it in the wrong place, Dave. They should be in graphics\menu\blue, not the buttons folder (FM has lots of buttons dotted around all over the show)

in fm2011 your find the folder blue .. in both places .. they are in buttons blue and menu blue ... by changeing them in just one or the other will not work ... you need to do it in both

You've put it in the wrong place, Dave. They should be in graphics\menu\blue, not the buttons folder (FM has lots of buttons dotted around all over the show)

Awesome, fixed it! Cheers!

I think this topic should be a sticky...

Anyway I need help to... I can't find these buttons... I searched for them in the intro.xml which is located in the screens folder but I couldn't find it..

According to the intro.xml file they should be located in main menu/buttons/footer/button

Thanks michael... But that's not working for me....

I colored all the images red and it's still not changing...

Here is my intro.xml

<screen version="1.0" >

   <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="all" inset="0"/>

   <widget class="picture" file="main menu/background" scale_picture="false" keep_aspect_ratio="true">
       <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="all" inset="0"/>
	</widget>

 <!-- manager picture on the right hand side -->
 <widget class="picture" file="main menu/manager" transparency="1.0" scale_picture="true" keep_aspect_ratio="true" image_alignment="right">
   <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="all" inset="0"/>
 </widget>

<container>
	<layout class="arrange_horizontal_attachment" alignment="left, extend" layout="80,-1,490" offset="0" gap="0"/> 
	<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="vertical" inset="0" layout_children="true"/>
	<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="all" inset="0"/>

	<container/>

	<!-- main logo and buttons -->
	<container id="main">

		<!-- this container will display the intro screen logo -->
		<widget class="picture" id="losg" file="main menu/logo" auto_size="all" transparency="1.0">
			<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="top" inset="65"/>
			<layout class="centre_in_parent_attachment" alignment="horizontal" priority="1"/>
			</widget>

		<container>
			<layout class="centre_in_parent_attachment" alignment="horizontal" priority="1"/>
			<layout class="arrange_vertical_attachment" alignment="top" offset="280" gap="0"/>
			<layout class="fit_children_attachment" alignment="vertical,fill" offset="280" gap="3"/>
			<layout class="centre_in_parent_attachment" alignment="horizontal" layout_children="true"/>
			<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="horizontal" inset="0"/>

			<!-- start new game -->
			<container width="401" height="90" class="titled_box" appearance="boxes/main menu/top" >
				<layout class="arrange_horizontal_attachment" alignment="left" layout="104,-1,0" offset="10" gap="10"/>
				<layout class="centre_in_parent_attachment" alignment="vertical" layout_children="true" offset="4"/>

				<widget class="action_button" appearance="main menu/buttons/new game/button" click_event="NEW " auto_size="all">
					<string id="hint" value="Choose this option to start a new game."/>
				</widget>

				<container>
					<layout class="arrange_vertical_attachment" alignment="top" offset="0" gap="2"/>
					<layout class="fit_children_attachment" alignment="vertical,fill" offset="0" gap="2"/>
					<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="horizontal" inset="0" layout_children="true"/>

               		<widget class="text_button" text="New Game[Comment button which lets you make a new one, etc]" click_event="NEW " multiline="false" spec="text" colour="white" style="semi_bold, shadowed" size="14" alignment="left">
                   		<string id="hint" value="Choose this option to start a new game."/>
					</widget>

					<widget class="text_button" text="Choose this option to start a new game." click_event="NEW " multiline="true" spec="text" colour="grey3" style="semi_bold" size="6" alignment="left"/>
				</container>

				<widget class="action_button" id="ibng" appearance="main menu/buttons/main/button" click_event="NEW ">
					<string id="hint" value="Choose this option to start a new game."/>
					<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="all" inset="0"/>
				</widget>

			</container>

			<!-- load last game -->
			<container width="401" height="90" class="titled_box" appearance="boxes/main menu">
				<layout class="arrange_horizontal_attachment" alignment="left" layout="104,-1,0" offset="10" gap="10"/>
				<layout class="centre_in_parent_attachment" alignment="vertical" layout_children="true"/>

				<widget class="action_button" appearance="main menu/buttons/load last game/button" click_event="RLGA" auto_size="all">
					<string id="hint" value="Choose this option to load the game you played last ('[%string#1 - name of game goes here]')."/>
				</widget>

				<container>
					<layout class="arrange_vertical_attachment" alignment="top" offset="0" gap="2"/>
					<layout class="fit_children_attachment" alignment="vertical, fill" offset="0" gap="2" priority="1"/>
					<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="horizontal" inset="0" layout_children="true"/>

					<widget class="text_button" height="60" text="Load Last Game[Comment button which lets you resume your previous game]" click_event="RLGA" multiline="false" spec="text" colour="title" style="semi_bold, embossed" size="14" alignment="left, bottom">
           </widget>

           <widget class="text_button" id="resi" height="60" text="Choose this option to load the game you played last ('[%string#1 - name of game goes here]')." click_event="RLGA" multiline="true" spec="text" colour="grey" style="semi_bold" size="6" alignment="left"/>
				</container>

				<widget class="action_button" id="resb" appearance="main menu/buttons/main/button" click_event="RLGA">
					<string id="hint" value="Choose this option to load the game you played last ('[%string#1 - name of game goes here]')."/>
					<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="all" inset="0"/>
				</widget>

			</container>

			<!-- load game -->
			<container width="401" height="90" class="titled_box" appearance="boxes/main menu">
				<layout class="arrange_horizontal_attachment" alignment="left" layout="104,-1,0" offset="10" gap="10"/>
				<layout class="centre_in_parent_attachment" alignment="vertical" layout_children="true" offset="4"/>

				<widget class="action_button" appearance="main menu/buttons/load game/button" click_event="OPN?" auto_size="all">
					<string id="hint" value="Load a previously saved game."/>

					<record id="contextual_event">
						<flags id="event_id" value="ldgc" />
						<flags id="event_target" value="scrn" />
					</record>
				</widget>

				<container>
					<layout class="arrange_vertical_attachment" alignment="top" offset="0" gap="2"/>
					<layout class="fit_children_attachment" alignment="vertical,fill" offset="0" gap="2"/>
					<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="horizontal" inset="0" layout_children="true"/>

					<widget class="text_button" text="Load Game[Comment button which lets you load a game]" click_event="OPN?" multiline="false" spec="text" colour="title" style="semi_bold, embossed" size="14" alignment="left">
						<string id="hint" value="Load a previously saved game."/>
						<record id="contextual_event">
							<flags id="event_id" value="ldgc" />
							<flags id="event_target" value="scrn" />
						</record>
					</widget>

					<widget class="text_button" text="Load a previously saved game." click_event="OPN?" multiline="true" spec="text" colour="grey" style="semi_bold" size="6" alignment="left">
						<record id="contextual_event">
							<flags id="event_id" value="ldgc" />
							<flags id="event_target" value="scrn" />
						</record>
					</widget>
				</container>

				<widget class="action_button" id="iblo" appearance="main menu/buttons/main/button" click_event="OPN?">
					<string id="hint" value="Load a previously saved game."/>
					<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="all" inset="0"/>

					<record id="contextual_event">
						<flags id="event_id" value="ldgc" />
						<flags id="event_target" value="scrn" />
					</record>
				</widget>

			</container>

			<!-- load quick start -->
			<container hidden="true" width="401" height="90" class="titled_box" appearance="boxes/main menu">
				<layout class="arrange_horizontal_attachment" alignment="left" layout="104,-1,0" offset="10" gap="10"/>
				<layout class="centre_in_parent_attachment" alignment="vertical" layout_children="true" offset="4"/>

				<widget class="action_button" appearance="main menu/buttons/load quick start/button" click_event="LQS?" auto_size="all">
					<string id="hint" value="Load a quick start."/>
				</widget>

				<container>
					<layout class="arrange_vertical_attachment" alignment="top" offset="0" gap="2"/>
					<layout class="fit_children_attachment" alignment="vertical,fill" offset="0" gap="2"/>
					<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="horizontal" inset="0" layout_children="true"/>

					<!-- The text for this in data/skus/demo/screens/ is Load Demo Game. Kept it to Load Quick Start here for now to keep translation. This button/text is hidden in non-demo builds -->
					<widget class="text_button" text="Load Quick Start[COMMENT - button which lets you load a quick start]" click_event="LQS?" multiline="false" spec="text" colour="title" style="semi_bold, embossed" size="14" alignment="left">
						<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="horizontal" inset="0" />
					</widget>

					<widget class="text_button" appearance="" text="Load a quick start." click_event="LQS?" multiline="true" spec="text" colour="grey" style="semi_bold" size="6" alignment="left"/>
				</container>

				<widget class="action_button" appearance="main menu/buttons/main/button" click_event="LQS?">
					<string id="hint" value="Load a quick start."/>
					<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="all" inset="0"/>
				</widget>

			</container>

			<!-- network -->
			<container width="401" height="90" class="titled_box" appearance="boxes/main menu/bottom">
				<layout class="arrange_horizontal_attachment" alignment="left" layout="104,-1,0" offset="10" gap="10"/>
				<layout class="centre_in_parent_attachment" alignment="vertical" layout_children="true" offset="4"/>

				<widget class="action_button" appearance="main menu/buttons/network/button" click_event="join" auto_size="all">
					<string id="hint" value="Choose this option to join a network game.[COMMENT: game start screen, hint text for Join Network Game button, use top ten matches as this string is only slightly altered to remove references to starting a game]"/>
				</widget>

				<container>
					<layout class="arrange_vertical_attachment" alignment="top" offset="0" gap="2"/>
					<layout class="fit_children_attachment" alignment="vertical,fill" offset="0" gap="2"/>
					<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="horizontal" inset="0" layout_children="true"/>

					<widget class="text_button" appearance="" text="Join Network Game" click_event="join" multiline="false" spec="text" colour="title"  style="semi_bold, embossed" size="14" alignment="left">
						<string id="hint" value="Choose this option to join a network game.[COMMENT: game start screen, hint text for Join Network Game button, use top ten matches as this string is only slightly altered to remove references to starting a game]"/>
					</widget>

					<widget class="text_button" appearance="" text="Choose this option to join a network game.[COMMENT: game start screen, hint text for Join Network Game button, use top ten matches as this string is only slightly altered to remove references to starting a game]" click_event="join" multiline="true" spec="text" colour="grey" style="semi_bold" size="6" alignment="left"/>
				</container>

				<widget class="action_button" id="netb" appearance="main menu/buttons/main/button" click_event="join" disabled="true">
					<string id="hint" value="Choose this option to join a network game.[COMMENT: game start screen, hint text for Join Network Game button, use top ten matches as this string is only slightly altered to remove references to starting a game]"/>
					<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="all" inset="0"/>
				</widget>
			</container>

		</container>

	</container>

   <container/>

</container>

   <!-- footer graphic under the minor buttons -->
<widget class="picture" id="pict" file="main menu/footer/bar" auto_size="vertical" cached="true">
    <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="bottom" inset="0" priority="1"/>
    <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="horizontal" inset="0"/>
</widget>

   <!-- minor buttons and small logos -->
   <container>
       <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="all"/>

       <!-- buttons -->
       <container height="35">
           <layout class="arrange_horizontal_attachment" alignment="left" offset="0" gap="5"/>
           <layout class="centre_in_parent_attachment" alignment="vertical" offset="1" layout_children="true"/>
           <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="left,bottom" inset="0"/>
           <layout class="fit_children_attachment" alignment="vertical" offset="1" gap="0"/>
           <layout class="fit_children_attachment" alignment="horizontal,fill" offset="0" gap="5"/>

		<!-- activate (only for digital download that requires a manual activation or copy protection that has activation/deactivation -->
		<widget class="icon_button" id="itma" hidden="true" text="Activate[COMMENT: Intro Screen: Button text for activating a serial number manually (only valid for versions distributed through digital download systems.]" auto_size="all" spec="text" click_event="ACTI" style="embossed">
			<string id="hint" value="Choose this option to activate your copy.[COMMENT: Tooltip for button that activates the game (if copy protection or digital download requires this).]" />
		</widget>

		<!-- deactivate (only for digital download that requires a manual activation or copy protection that has activation/deactivation -->
		<!-- position is the same as for activate, only one of them is visible at any time -->
		<widget class="icon_button" id="itmd" hidden="true" auto_size="all" spec="text" click_event="DCTI"
			text="Deactivate[COMMENT: Text for deactivating a copy of the game (displayed for digital download versions or copy protection systems that has activation/deactivations]" style="embossed">
			<string id="hint" value="Choose this option to deactivate your copy.[COMMENT: Tooltip for button/menu that deactivates the game (if copy protection or digital download requires this).]"/>
		</widget>

		<!-- tutorial/help  -->
		<widget class="icon_button" text="Help" auto_size="all" spec="text" click_event="sHLP" id="tutt" style="embossed">
			<string id="hint" value="Click here to get help about this screen.[COMMENT - hint text for button which displays intro screen help topics]"/>
		</widget>

		<!-- check for update -->
		<widget class="icon_button" id="chua" text="Check For Updates[COMMENT - intro screen; button for checking for patches]" auto_size="all" spec="text" click_event="CHUP" style="embossed">
			<string id="hint" value="Choose this option to make sure you have the latest version.[COMMENT - hint text for button which checks for new patches]"/>
		</widget>

		<!-- fm club -->
     <!-- removed for FM2011 -->
		<!--<widget class="icon_button" id="cmct" text="FM Club[COMMENT - intro screen; button for FM Club website link]" auto_size="horizontal" spec="text" click_event="CHUP" colour="white" style="embossed" appearance="main menu/buttons/footer/button">
			<string id="hint" value="Join now for free and get special offers and the chance to win great prizes![COMMENT - hint text for button which takes user to FM Club website]"/>

			<record id="click_event">
				<flags id="event_id" value="OURL" />
				<string id="url" value="www.footballmanager.com/fmclub" />
				<boolean id="byct" value="true" />
				</record>
		</widget>-->

		<!-- view match -->
		<widget class="icon_button" id="abvm" text="View Match" click_event="PLSM" auto_size="all" spec="text" style="embossed" >
			<string id="hint" value="Choose this option to watch a previously saved match."/>
		</widget>

		<!-- credits -->
		<widget class="icon_button" text="Credits" auto_size="all" spec="text" click_event="CRED" id="hoft" style="embossed">
			<string id="hint" value="Click here to see the people behind [%string#1 - current name of game, e.g. FM2007].[COMMENT - hint text for button which displays game credits]"/>
		</widget>

	</container> <!-- container with logos -->

       <!-- buttons -->
       <container height="35">
           <layout class="arrange_horizontal_attachment" alignment="right" offset="0" gap="5"/>
           <layout class="centre_in_parent_attachment" alignment="vertical" offset="1" layout_children="true"/>
           <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="right,bottom" inset="0"/>
           <layout class="fit_children_attachment" alignment="vertical" offset="1" gap="0"/>
           <layout class="fit_children_attachment" alignment="horizontal,fill" offset="0" gap="5"/>

        <!-- preferences -->
        <widget class="icon_button" text="Preferences" auto_size="all" spec="text" style="embossed">
            <string id="hint" value="Change your game preferences.[COMMENT: intro screen: preferences button hint]"/>

            <record id="click_event">
                <flags id="event_id" value="PREF" />
                <flags id="event_target" value="scrn" />
				</record>
		</widget>

		<!-- quit -->
		<widget class="icon_button" text="Quit" auto_size="all" spec="text" id="qttx" style="embossed">
			<string id="hint" value="Choose this option to exit [%string#1 - current name of game, e.g. FM2007] and return to the real world...[COMMENT - hint text for button to exit game]"/>

			<record id="click_event">
				<flags id="event_id" value="QUIT" />
				<flags id="event_target" value="scrn" />
			</record>
		</widget>
	</container>


       <!-- SI logo -->
       <widget class="action_button" appearance="main menu/sports interactive" auto_size="all" >
		<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="right" inset="5"/>
		<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="bottom" inset="40"/>
           <string id="hint" value="http://www.sigames.com/" />

           <record id="click_event">
               <flags id="event_id" value="OURL" />
               <string id="url" value="http://www.sigames.com/" />
               <boolean id="byct" value="true" />
		</record>

	</widget>

       <!-- SEGA logo  -->
       <widget class="action_button" appearance="main menu/sega" auto_size="all" >
		<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="right" inset="60"/>
		<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="bottom" inset="50"/>
           <string id="hint" value="http://www.sega-europe.com/" />

           <record id="click_event">
               <flags id="event_id" value="OURL" />
               <string id="url" value="http://www.sega-europe.com/" />
               <boolean id="byct" value="true" />
			</record>

	</widget>

       <!-- footballmanager.com -->
       <widget class="action_button" appearance="main menu/wwwfootballmanagernet" auto_size="all" >
		<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="left" inset="10"/>
		<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="bottom" inset="40"/>
           <string id="hint" value="http://www.cro-manager.net/" />

           <record id="click_event">
               <flags id="event_id" value="OURL" />
               <string id="url" value="http://www.cro-manager.net/" />
               <boolean id="byct" value="true" />
		</record>
	</widget>

</container> <!-- container with buttons and logos -->


   <!-- when visible, this panel will cover the movie test panel and take mouse/key events -->
   <container class="splash_movie_panel" id="spmp" movie_finish_event="spmf" hidden="true">
       <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="all" inset="0"/>
	</container>


</screen>

Look for where it says:

<!-- minor buttons and small logos -->

Then a little way underneath that there is a widget for each button:

<widget class="icon_button"

they contain the lline appearance="main menu/buttons/footer/button" so to get the buttons looking different you'd need to edit the button graphics in main menu/buttons/footer/

OK so I found the images in the base skin that I extracted and transferred them to

\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2011\skins\cm11 v2\graphics\main menu\buttons\footer

And still it doesn't change... Am I doing something wrong?

http://content.screencast.com/users/arthmael/folders/Jing/media/c10f4ecf-f3ff-4863-b0de-22359df15a0e/2010-11-13_1347.png

OK so I found the images in the base skin that I extracted and transferred them to

\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2011\skins\cm11 v2\graphics\main menu\buttons\footer

And still it doesn't change... Am I doing something wrong?

http://content.screencast.com/users/arthmael/folders/Jing/media/c10f4ecf-f3ff-4863-b0de-22359df15a0e/2010-11-13_1347.png

Read it -> "main menu/buttons/footer/button"

If you are suggesting that I put it in a button folder... I have already done that and it didn't work...

http://content.screencast.com/users/arthmael/folders/Jing/media/ae80e1f8-cfda-4645-b940-d4e9a703df5f/2010-11-13_1412.png

Actually, I was talking rubbish, sorry.

I just looked at one of the buttons in your code and assumed they were all the same. You'll actually need to add some code to each button. For example at the moment you have:

<!-- view match -->
<widget class="icon_button" id="abvm" text="View Match" click_event="PLSM" auto_size="all" spec="text" style="embossed" >
<string id="hint" value="Choose this option to watch a previously saved match."/>
</widget>

You'll need to add in an appearance="main menu/buttons/footer/button" attribute so it'll look like:

<!-- view match -->
<widget class="icon_button" id="abvm" text="View Match" click_event="PLSM" auto_size="all" spec="text" style="embossed" appearance="main menu/buttons/footer/button">
<string id="hint" value="Choose this option to watch a previously saved match."/>
</widget>

It might actually be a better to put your graphics in a different folder if you're having to add it to each button anyway. So for example you could use appearance="mystuff/footer/button" and it would look for 'button' graphics in 'graphics/mystuff/footer/'. I always like to make my own folders to keep things separate.

Awesome... TY, it worked great...

Screenshot

Also I am looking for these... If its to much trouble you can just tell me where to look in the xml files...

ScreenShot

Awesome... TY, it worked great...

Also I am looking for these... If its to much trouble you can just tell me where to look in the xml files...

ScreenShot

The drop down is in graphics > menu

The tabs are in graphics > button > tabs

The budget indicator is in graphics > button > custom > budgets

Thank you for the quick reply...

Now I would like to know if there is a way for me to find out where the files are located so I don't have to ask each time...

I'm also having problems with locating this background of the subtabbed part.... Also I would like to change the text color..

http://screencast.com/t/hEN57xqD

Could someone please help me with this?

EDIT: Got Help... TY

I have managed to find the buttons with a little help....

But again I can't seem to locate these...

Please help me... I am almost done with the skin..

EDIT: Also I still haven't changed the color of the text in the selected tab... I need help with that too..

Have a look in buttons/embedded (show filters button) and menu/embedded (selection and views buttons). Not sure about the two above without looking (can't at the moment)

M

EDIT: Also I still haven't changed the color of the text in the selected tab... I need help with that too..

Thats in the skins settings.xml - <colour name="selection" red="230" green="180" blue="30" />

Thank you all... I think I'm finally done..

What about this one:

buttons/custom/forward i think!

buttons/custom/forward i think!

No, not that one..

What about this one:

Any ideas chaps? Also where is the blue button located in the contract offer screen?

graphics\table\custom\arrow right\on

Cheers Matt.

Any idea where this one is:

If i can swat that i think it's the last blue one in my skin!

I believe its button/toggle/first

those can be grabbed from base-widgets

Does anybody know how to change the colour of my screenshot shortcut?