danmegtheman Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 hey people. just wanted to know if anybody managed to get the adboards to work? ....and please be so kind as to help me getting them to work. i installed everything the way it should be, deleted skin cahe and reloaded the skin new -> it didnt work. im kind of confused because in the former versions it worked perfectly. is this a known issue? has everything changed according zo the format or the xmls? thank you in advance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Work fine for me and the coding hasn't changed so you must be installing them wrong (instructions are exactly the same as for FM13). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortiis7 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 can u please put download link of working adboards? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abaddon879 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 You can't link to it, but if you search the web for "football manager adboards patch", you will find it easily. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmegtheman Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 i cant imagine!i didnt install them wrong! definitely! same procedure as last year and the year before. in detail i did this: copied the the xml here: C:\Users\ivan\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2014\ads and the graphics here: C:\Users\ivan\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2014\graphics\pictures\ads i deleted skin cache! and reloaded skin! i really dont know whats wrong! any ideas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
8SZAD Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Work fine for me and the coding hasn't changed so you must be installing them wrong (instructions are exactly the same as for FM13). Not working for me either.....I am no novice mate......installed as always.....NOTHING Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmegtheman Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 thats what happened to lots of people who arent novices! im sure theres something wrong.. could something have changed? are there different beta versions? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmegtheman Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 Work fine for me and the coding hasn't changed so you must be installing them wrong (instructions are exactly the same as for FM13). I did NOT install them wrong! believe me! i play FM since lots of years, created lots of skins, add on graphics and so on..... there IS definiteley something not okay! they also worked in FM13 and in my despair i also tested linking FM to FM13 Folder(because theres the structure 100% right, because they worked there).....result: all other graphics work, adboards DONT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaytonBhoy Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Yeah you guys are right. Adboards aren't working properly. I have white ones all round the stadium at the moment after some experimenting. And when I say experimenting I mean trying everything, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmegtheman Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 Yeah you guys are right. Adboards aren't working properly. I have white ones all round the stadium at the moment after some experimenting. And when I say experimenting I mean trying everything, yeah theres somethin wrong with it! anybody from SI a clue? beta issue? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfnielsen Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 mine isnt there either but remember we are playing a beta Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 thats what happened to lots of people who arent novices! im sure theres something wrong.. could something have changed? are there different beta versions? Nothings changed, my ones from FM13 work fine I suggest you check to make sure the file path and names in the xml file exactly matches the path and names of the graphics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaytonBhoy Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Nothing I have done works. Nothing. I moved the graphics folder entirely between one folder and the other, copied the ads folder to its opposite in the 2014 folder and .... not a thing. And then, just to prove that I wasn't going daft, I re-installed everything back again in the 2013 folder. Works like a charm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 For everyone having problems make sure that the filepaths and names in both the xml file and folders exactly match. for example: pictures/ads/europe/england/clubs/fulham/ is NOT the same as: pictures/ads/Europe/England/Clubs/Fulham/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridius Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 For everyone having problems make sure that the filepaths and names in both the xml file and folders exactly match.for example: pictures/ads/europe/england/clubs/fulham/ is NOT the same as: pictures/ads/Europe/England/Clubs/Fulham/ Now everything works fine! I only changed folders name. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
handy500 Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Works for me now...Basically go to your folders and if there is any with capital letters change them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmegtheman Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 yes! seems to work great when changing capital letters into lowercase. i still dont understand why this must be done by some users, whilst others dont need to change it. i even dont understand why the adboards worked in FM12 and FM13 without changing it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfnielsen Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 damn I just remade all my folder in my ads work a lot a **** but now its working I sure Im going grey hair this year again ffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Douglas Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Is there a quick fix in changing all the files in my ads folder to lower case ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortiis7 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 no,u need to do it yourself Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
8SZAD Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 So let me get this right I have to change all folders with capital letters to lower case.....am I right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortiis7 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 yes correct Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
this_is_gav Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Is there a quick fix in changing all the files in my ads folder to lower case ? It was nice and easy with Directory Opus (), but if you're using the a built-in Windows Explorer, I've no idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Flag Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Is there a quick fix in changing all the files in my ads folder to lower case ? See http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/367299-Graphic-problem!-( for the solution. Worked for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranson52 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I have downloaded the Adboards and installed them ( I think ) correctly. How can I test they are working correctly without plowing through a series of matches. I haven't started the game yet, but need to know I have this correct ??? Any help much appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steff91 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 just play a friendly match or something like that m8... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranson52 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Yeah I tried that playing our U21's. Didn't work, so I guess it's back the drawing board. However I read the forum whre this is being developed, and they intend releasing an updated version for FM2014 so I'll wait for that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackS0ull Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I can confirm, after I've used Renamer and I've did a rename to small letter to all the files (including also the directories) the ADS are working perfect. thanks to all of you who have found the solution. Have a great evening Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daherlihy Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Just to confirm - is it just the file/folder names that have to renamed to lower case, ie. the XML / coding doesn't need to be changed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
melnibonian Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I'm sorry if the question is stupid but how do you change the folder names using Renamer? I seem to be able to add the files in the work window but not the actual folders EDIT: OK I've managed to sort it out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkladze10 Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Tearing my hair out with this. I have all other graphics working and know what I'm doing. I've made everything lower case and am using the fm no club xml file, all folders are in the correct place. No idea why it won't show but all I get are the default adboards. Can't understand why it wont work? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daherlihy Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 ^ have you renamed the folders to lower case also? have you ticked the option for the skin to be reloaded in FM settings when adjusting the preferences? have you reloaded the skin? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranson52 Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Hey, not sure if i'm allowed to do this, but follow this link: http://sortitoutsi.net/forums/topic/3126/2013-adboard-patch?page=14 I downloaded the file posted at the bottom of page 14, then follow carefuly the install instruction on page 1 of that thread, and it works !!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnr_ironside Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Hey, not sure if i'm allowed to do this, but follow this link:http://sortitoutsi.net/forums/topic/3126/2013-adboard-patch?page=14 I downloaded the file posted at the bottom of page 14, then follow carefuly the install instruction on page 1 of that thread, and it works !!!! If you don't want to download the +400mb file again, you can use a free utility at http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php to rename all the affected folders as lower case in just a few clicks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkladze10 Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I worked it out in the end. I had my SI folder located in a different place, whilst graphics worked the adboards wouldnt, As soon as I moved them back to the default "my documents" location they came back. Not ideal but at least it worked Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartdude Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 The adboards work fine. If anyone is having a problem they need to back and replicate EXACTLY everything they did in FM13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Flag Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 The adboards work fine. If anyone is having a problem they need to back and replicate EXACTLY everything they did in FM13 ...and if you do that then they won't work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footyslayer Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I had this problem and it was annoying me no end for ages. Last night I made sure all the folders and file names were lowercase, still didn't work. Then I changed all the capitals to lower case in the xml which goes in the ads folder and it worked! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Can you have adboards for International teams? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alokin18^ Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Not working here... i try everything, even re-install the game, remove all the graphics and still can't see default boards (i see black boards). Anyone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a31632 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Not working here... i try everything, even re-install the game, remove all the graphics and still can't see default boards (i see black boards). Anyone? I have the boards from FM13 version, changed all names to lower case (as indicated in this thread) and it worked. Make sure all names are lower case, otherwise it won't work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alokin18^ Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 I have the boards from FM13 version, changed all names to lower case (as indicated in this thread) and it worked. Make sure all names are lower case, otherwise it won't work. I try to install the version Fm 2014 Ad Board Patch 14.02. All the folder in Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2014\graphics\pictures\ads are with lower case. I don't what is wrong... i remove the ads pack, and still not seeing the game default ads board, still showing black boards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alokin18^ Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 This black board in game.. could be a hardware problem (conflict with integrated video card) or windows 8.1? I try using very high detail and hardware rendering, also very low detail and software rendering. In both case i see black board in game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alokin18^ Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Everything is working now Re-install the game and steam for the second time, remove all the cache file in users account in C. Restart the game without extra graphics, leave settings in preferences default and i see now the default board sigames. Then I add the extra graphics and ads board, made my settings in preferences (use very low graphics) and now i see the new ads boards I put again my files in E:\Games\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2014\graphics\pictures\ads and everything is working OK. No need using the default folder C:\My documents Uploaded with ImageShack.us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alokin18^ Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 If some one has the problem like mine, he should check in preferences does he use size for pictures and text zoom out 95%. If u are using zoom out, change back to standard 100 % and the problem with ads board will be fix Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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