FM2012 Skinning and Graphics FAQ - Up to the minute info

This thread will contain all the pertinent infomation with regards to the skinning and graphics aspects of FM 12. Obviously a lot of the guide threads will contain out of date information so if anything has changed we will post it here first.

You can find the old FM11 FAQ HERE

There isn't a resource archive tool included with the FM2012 demo and unfortunately the Resource Tool from previous versions doesn't work with the FM2012 Demo, so we'll need to wait until the full game is released before any skinning can be done.

Note that the FM2012 Tool cannot extract FM2011 fmf files, to extract those you'll need to use the FM2011 Tool.

You need to download it separately through Steam. It can be found in the Tools section within Steam. To get to it do the following;

Open Steam -> Library -> All Games -> Tools -> Football Manager 2012 Resource Archiver. And then Install”.

The initial run may require to install direct X files.

It appears the formatting of the fmf files has changed for FM2012 so you cannot use the fmf files from FM2011 in FM2012 (nor vice-versa) if the game tries to read the fmf file it will crash.

If you want to use the graphics you will need to use the FM2011 Resource Tool to extract the files (the FM2012 tool will not extract FM2011 files) and then either copy them into the graphics folder in your User Data Folder for FM2012 or use the FM2012 Resource Tool to recombine the files so FM2012 can read them.

Most old graphics from FM2011 should work in FM2012 the only exceptions so far being:

- FMF files.

- Skins.

- 3D kits orignially made for FM2010.

Yes you should be able to edit the trophy image however you won't be able to assign different graphics to different competitions.

To replace the default trophy image your new image needs to be called default and placed in \graphics\pictures\trophies inside your User Data Folder (you may need to create those folders) which by default is Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2012\