Skinning, Modding and Graphics Bible: Football Manager 2015 Version

Hopefully over time this thread will become the one stop shop for all of your skinning and modding needs.

Also over the last few years I have been tagging various threads that contain useful information, if you see a random tagged thread that it will contain some usful information, further to that on the search screen you can search the tag cloud and it should (if the search feature is working) bring up a list of threads with that tag. The tags you want to look out for are 'skinning' and fm20XX skinning' (where XX is the version of FM i.e. fm2015) as they should cover most skinning related threads in this forum.

Like in the past this Thread will be split into several parts:

- How to Create Football Manager Graphics Guides.

- Football Manager 2015 Skinning Guides.

- Links to Useful Threads.

If you have any comments or suggestions on the layout or spot a useful thread that has been missed please use the suggestions thread here

If you want the FM2012 thread then see this thread.

If you want the FM2011 thread then see this thread.

If you want the FM2010 thread then see this thread.

Contents

1. How To Create A Config File

2. How To Create Standard Football Manager Logos

3. How To Create Player Faces

4. How to add a Manager Picture

Please Note that these are still the FM2011 guides, however the basics details still apply.

After you have created your graphics please follow the Graphics & Skin Installation Guide thread to get your newly created graphics into the game.

Football Manager 2015 Skinning Guide

The following guides will talk you through the basics of creating a skin, also see the next post for links to threads that will help you to edit specific screens within FM2015.

[FM2015 Guide] How to Extract Default Files & Understanding File Structure

Football Manager 2015 Skinning Guide Part 1: The Basics

Football Manager 2015 Skinning Guide Part 2: Changing the Font Settings

Football Manager 2015 Skinning Guide Part 3: Changing the Text Colours

Football Manager 2015 Skinning Guide Part 4: Editing the Skin Graphics

Football Manager 2015 Skinning Guide Part 5: Editing the xml files

Football Manager 2015 Skinning Resources/Mods for Skinners

The following links provide instructions on how to modify certain screens, these links are primarily for skin makers as applying the mods requires you to edit the files, though endusers can still use them you'll just have to create the finished files from the instructions yourself rather than having a ready to use file to download.

[FM15 Guide] How to Add an Image to the Match Pitch Screen

[FM15 Guide] How To Increase Transparency of Screens

[FM15 Guide] Editing the League Table

[FM15 Guide] How to Edit the Sidebar

[FM15 Guide] How to Add Content to the Action\Menubar

Football Manager 2015 Skinning Mods for Endusers and Skinners.

The following links provide mods for endusers, these are files that just need downloading and putting in the correct location with next to no editing of files needed by the enduser. If you are creating a skin then you can still include the mods with your skin if you get the permission of the mod creator.

[FM2015 Skin] Match In-Between Highlights Skin

[FM15 Mod] Scoreboard Logos

[FM15 Mod] Match Titlebar Team Names

[FM15 Mod] Match Screen Kits Mod

How to get skins to work with patch 15.2

[FM15] Sidebar Mods

Below are links to threads that contain useful information for Football Manager 2015, note that these threads are not guides so it is best to read the entire thread first as the information may be spread throughout the thread.

FM15 Skinning - Updated file locations

[FM15] Condition bar and remove circle percent in table

[FM15] Other Panels Mods

How to Edit the Stadium Overview Screen

How to Recolour the Blue Board Confidence, Knowledge Bars

How to Move the Match Incidents Popup (Caption Box)

Changing the Views available on the tactics screen

How to adjust the mail icon and colour on the sidebar

How to Replace the Effect on the 2D Keeper Shirt Back