How do I add my own photo to my Manager Profile?

The game seems not to have uploaded my name or photo (I was down as 'unknown User'). Got round the name thing by adding my nickname (sorted) but how can i get my picture added now?

Any solutions welcome

The game seems not to have uploaded my name or photo (I was down as 'unknown User'). Got round the name thing by adding my nickname (sorted) but how can i get my picture added now?

Any solutions welcome

As far as I know...you can only add your manager picture at the start of the game, but i'm not 100% sure on that though.

Pretty sure you should be able to do it the "regular" way (i.e. how you normally add facepacks into the game): you need to find your unique ID, and work through the xml file.

Pretty sure you should be able to do it the "regular" way (i.e. how you normally add facepacks into the game): you need to find your unique ID, and work through the xml file.

um... i have no clue how to edit the XML file....

i saw my unique ID it is like a heaps long number....

First create a config.xml in the location:

My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\graphics\managers

The config.xml file should be:

<record>

<!-- resource manager options -->

<!-- dont preload anything in this folder -->

<boolean id="preload" value="false"/>

<!-- turn off auto mapping -->

<boolean id="amap" value="false"/>

<!-- logo mappings -->

<!-- the following XML maps pictures inside this folder into other positions

in the resource system, which allows this folder to be dropped into any

place in the graphics folder and still have the game pick up the graphics

files from the correct places

-->

<list id="maps">

<!-- Auto generated by fmXML -->

<record from="nameofyourpic" to="graphics/pictures/person/youruniqueid/portrait"/>

</list>

</record>

Replacing the bold parts with the name of your pic and your unique ID.

Yuor pic must be in the same folder as the config.xml and must have no spaces and be lowercase preferrably at 180 x 180 px and saved as a .png.

untick Skin Cache and tick Reload Skin in FM09 Preferences and it should work.

how do you create a config file? is it just a normal notebook file? thanks.

how do you create a config file? is it just a normal notebook file? thanks.

Use Notepad and when you go to save change the "type" at the bottom to "All Files" from "Text Files" and give it the name config.xml

thx for the guide

so is it best to just copy and paste all of this into a notebook file (exactly as below)?

<record>

<!-- resource manager options -->

<!-- dont preload anything in this folder -->

<boolean id="preload" value="false"/>

<!-- turn off auto mapping -->

<boolean id="amap" value="false"/>

<!-- logo mappings -->

<!-- the following XML maps pictures inside this folder into other positions

in the resource system, which allows this folder to be dropped into any

place in the graphics folder and still have the game pick up the graphics

files from the correct places

-->

<list id="maps">

<!-- Auto generated by fmXML -->

<record from="nameofyourpic" to="graphics/pictures/person/youruniqueid/portrait"/>

</list>

</record>

Yes but change the "nameofyourpic" to the actual name of you .png file and change the "youruniqueid" to your actual unique ID.

After you have pasted that into Notepad do a save as and remember to change the type to "All Types" and give it a name as "config.xml"

Have to say I tried that, and I still don't have a pic showing. I am using the FLex09 skin and even with the reload using that config there is no managers pic

What is the location of your config.xml file ANd the location of your PNG file on your PC?

Doesn't matter what skin you are using.

Remember you need to take Skin Cache off and Reload Skin on.

Both the file and the pic are in the folder/graphics/managers

Have double checked everything, reloaded and now it doesn't even show the default pic outline on my Mangers page ?!?!?

No one able to think wot it could be ?

Skin Cache off? is your pic the right dimensions?

How do you find unique IPs?

I have it ticked as show in preference.

Doesn't matter found it was right infront of me

I redid the config file and no picture shows up?

Picture has been resized too, still doesn't work.

First create a config.xml in the location:

My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\graphics\managers

The config.xml file should be:

<record>

<!-- resource manager options -->

<!-- dont preload anything in this folder -->

<boolean id="preload" value="false"/>

<!-- turn off auto mapping -->

<boolean id="amap" value="false"/>

<!-- logo mappings -->

<!-- the following XML maps pictures inside this folder into other positions

in the resource system, which allows this folder to be dropped into any

place in the graphics folder and still have the game pick up the graphics

files from the correct places

-->

<list id="maps">

<!-- Auto generated by fmXML -->

<record from="nameofyourpic" to="graphics/pictures/person/youruniqueid/portrait"/>

</list>

</record>

Replacing the bold parts with the name of your pic and your unique ID.

Yuor pic must be in the same folder as the config.xml and must have no spaces and be lowercase preferrably at 180 x 180 px and saved as a .png.

untick Skin Cache and tick Reload Skin in FM09 Preferences and it should work.

So if I want to add staff pics to say my assistant and scouts would I just add this line numerous times.

<record from="nameofyourpic" to="graphics/pictures/person/youruniqueid/portrait"/>

swapping the proper names and unique ids for the guys?

Got it working.

Use lowercase letters for name

I got it to work with this in the config instead.

<record>

<boolean id="preload" value="false"/>

<boolean id="amap" value="false"/>

<list id="maps">

<record from="YOUR PNG" to="graphics/pictures/person/UNIQUE ID/portrait"/>

</list>

</record>

NOTE; Put the name of your png between the " " marks. no capital letters. Then your unique id number where it says UNIQUE ID.

CLICK ME

I got it to work with this in the config instead.

<record>

<boolean id="preload" value="false"/>

<boolean id="amap" value="false"/>

<list id="maps">

<record from="YOUR PNG" to="graphics/pictures/person/UNIQUE ID/portrait"/>

</list>

</record>

NOTE; Put the name of your png between the " " marks. no capital letters. Then your unique id number where it says UNIQUE ID.

CLICK ME

Hey WH what was the name of your folder in the graphics folder that you put it all in. was it pictures or managers?

Yuor pic must be in the same folder as the config.xml and must have no spaces and be lowercase preferrably at 180 x 180 px and saved as a .png.

I did say that mate, it must be lowercase.

Hey WH what was the name of your folder in the graphics folder that you put it all in. was it pictures or managers?

The folder doesn't matter, as long as the config file and your pic are in the same folder and in the Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\graphics" folder in your My Documents.

I made a folder called managers in the graphics folder. It wont make any difference if the pic and config file are together.

Everything has to be lowercase. Also size makes no difference, my pic is 800 by 600 and it automatically resizes it.

I have typed in the following but i still can't get it to work. The greyed out picture has disappeared which is something.

Can you please tell me where i am going wrong a s i have untcked skin cache etc.

<record>

<!-- resource manager options -->

<!-- dont preload anything in this folder -->

<boolean id="preload" value="false"/>

<!-- turn off auto mapping -->

<boolean id="amap" value="false"/>

<!-- logo mappings -->

<!-- the following XML maps pictures inside this folder into other positions

in the resource system, which allows this folder to be dropped into any

place in the graphics folder and still have the game pick up the graphics

files from the correct places

-->

<list id="maps">

<!-- Auto generated by fmXML -->

<record from="conormcauliffe" to="graphics/pictures/person/1394653253/portrait"/>

</list>

</record>

your config.xml file AND your conormcauliffe.png are in your My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\graphics folder?

Turned OFF Skin Cache?

Turned ON Reload Skin?

Yes. They are both in the same folder, turned off skin cache and turned on "always reload on confimrtion".

Its driving me nuts!

I even put my picture within Arsenal and copied down an extra line on the code.

No uppercase in your picture name OR the xml?

I put my in \Football Manager 2009\graphics folder/manager folder.

Try that.

I don't have a 'graphics' folder... what shall I do? Create one?

Try this.

<record>

<boolean id="preload" value="false"/>

<boolean id="amap" value="false"/>

<list id="maps">

<record from="YOUR PNG" to="graphics/pictures/person/UNIQUE ID/portrait"/>

</list>

</record>

NOTE; Put the name of your png between the " " marks. no capital letters. Then your unique id number where it says UNIQUE ID

Mine works (see the click me link on my first post.)

C\My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\graphics\managers

If the folders are not there you need to create them.

i found it easier to setup up a new game and cancelling the wizard and you will see on your top right side screen there is button to click to add a photo to your self on the game . hope that helps but if u already have a game going i dnt no how to edit the manager to add the photo. i tried following the the above information but no luck.

i found it easier to setup up a new game and cancelling the wizard and you will see on your top right side screen there is button to click to add a photo to your self on the game . hope that helps but if u already have a game going i dnt no how to edit the manager to add the photo. i tried following the the above information but no luck.

This works initially but about December in the first season the picture just dissappears. I have already loaded all my facepacks, logos etc so I have loaded the picture as described aboved and then gone into preferences and unticked " always reload on confirmation". This should keep all graphics constant and hopefully the picture will not go missing. Another thing i noticed is that the unique ID seems to change with each game so I assume you would need to create a new congig.xml file each time you start a new game.

I've created a player and want to add him in, how do I do it for him?

Yes. They are both in the same folder, turned off skin cache and turned on "always reload on confimrtion".

Its driving me nuts!

I even put my picture within Arsenal and copied down an extra line on the code.

recheck the picture name and try adding the extension on the end of it (ie .jpg or .png)

anyone who still cant get this working:

when you save as, make sure you select xml from the drop down list of file extensions. for some reason just calling it config.xml wont give it the correct permissions.

i used a free app called Notepad++ to do this with: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

also DONT use the image extension e.g. .png on the end of the filename in the config.xml

finally make sure and reload the skin by switching to another and back again

it worked for me then

edit: if you still cant get it to work pm me a link to the image you want to use and i'll make you a config.xml

i tried it with mine and when i unticked the skin thing it cut off and said something like junk and then sum other words.my pic is not a png it is a JPEG is that why it did not work.

sorry but do you do the same if you want a picture of different players in there profile like i type in bojan and a picture comes up then i type pato a picture comes up but i type anderson an theres no picture how do i get a picture for anderson on his player profile not mine his were at has all his attributes

Where do I find my Managers unique ID?

Turn on show Unique IDs from the preferences -> Display & Sound menu, then go to your managers profile and in the header underneath your managers name will be a long list of numbers this is your managers ID.

Turn on show Unique IDs from the preferences -> Display & Sound menu, then go to your managers profile and in the header underneath your managers name will be a long list of numbers this is your managers ID.

Thanks for that. I can not seem to convert my photo to a png file. It is a JPEG currently.

Ignore me...done it in paint...yes I am crap, I know..lol

Right I am miffed and frustrated. I have saved my config.xml file into a folder graphics>manager, my computer is recognising it as an XML document. I have converted my pic to a png file, it is called "NS". I have my unique manager ID. I have written my config file as below:

<record>

<boolean id="preload" value="false"/>

<boolean id="amap" value="false"/>

<list id="maps">

<record from="NS" to="graphics/pictures/person/1394644478/portrait"/>

</list>

</record>

I have unticked "use skin cache" and ticked "always reload skin on confirm" and have ticked "show background pictures" in the Display & sound preferences menu and reloaded and confirmed; yet still nothing! HELP before I go insane!

Rename the file to ns and change the NS in the config file to ns as the game doesn't always like capital letters, and I take it you have player/staff faces turned on?

Rename the file to ns and change the NS in the config file to ns as the game doesn't always like capital letters, and I take it you have player/staff faces turned on?

Success,must have been the caps thing...thank you very much for your help.

I'm having a nightmare with this and I'm not sure why - I've added a manager pic to my previous games on another PC.

Anyway, I'm actually running FM08 currently, but I believe the process is pretty much the same. I have checked that "Always Reload on Confirm" is ticked, that "Reload From Cache" is not ticked, and that the Unique ID here is correct. I've even tried recoding my original JPEG file as a PNG (again), and creating a new .xml file in Notepad++ rather than regular Notepad. Here's my config.xml:

<record>

<!-- resource manager options -->

<!-- don't preload anything in this folder -->

<boolean id="preload" value="false"/>

<!-- turn off auto mapping -->

<boolean id="amap" value="false"/>

<!-- picture mappings -->

<!-- the following XML maps pictures inside this folder into other positions

in the resource system, which allows this folder to be dropped into any

place in the graphics folder and still have the game pick up the graphics

files from the correct places

-->

<list id="maps">

<record from="js.png" to="graphics/pictures/person/1394650517/portrait"/>

</list>

</record>

If anyone can help out, I'd appreciate it. I know there must be something simple that I'm not doing. Thanks.

I'm having a nightmare with this and I'm not sure why - I've added a manager pic to my previous games on another PC.

Anyway, I'm actually running FM08 currently, but I believe the process is pretty much the same. I have checked that "Always Reload on Confirm" is ticked, that "Reload From Cache" is not ticked, and that the Unique ID here is correct. I've even tried recoding my original JPEG file as a PNG (again), and creating a new .xml file in Notepad++ rather than regular Notepad. Here's my config.xml:

<record>

<!-- resource manager options -->

<!-- don't preload anything in this folder -->

<boolean id="preload" value="false"/>

<!-- turn off auto mapping -->

<boolean id="amap" value="false"/>

<!-- picture mappings -->

<!-- the following XML maps pictures inside this folder into other positions

in the resource system, which allows this folder to be dropped into any

place in the graphics folder and still have the game pick up the graphics

files from the correct places

-->

<list id="maps">

<record from="js.png" to="graphics/pictures/person/1394650517/portrait"/>

</list>

</record>

If anyone can help out, I'd appreciate it. I know there must be something simple that I'm not doing. Thanks.

I thought I'd reply here in case it helps someone else.

After spending an entire morning trying to work this out, I realised that in reinstalling FM08, I'd forgotten about the situation with the German national team (cough). So when I fixed that, I started a new game, and my config.xml file worked perfectly.

I'm having a nightmare with this and I'm not sure why - I've added a manager pic to my previous games on another PC.

Anyway, I'm actually running FM08 currently, but I believe the process is pretty much the same. I have checked that "Always Reload on Confirm" is ticked, that "Reload From Cache" is not ticked, and that the Unique ID here is correct. I've even tried recoding my original JPEG file as a PNG (again), and creating a new .xml file in Notepad++ rather than regular Notepad. Here's my config.xml:

<record>

<!-- resource manager options -->

<!-- don't preload anything in this folder -->

<boolean id="preload" value="false"/>

<!-- turn off auto mapping -->

<boolean id="amap" value="false"/>

<!-- picture mappings -->

<!-- the following XML maps pictures inside this folder into other positions

in the resource system, which allows this folder to be dropped into any

place in the graphics folder and still have the game pick up the graphics

files from the correct places

-->

<list id="maps">

<record from="js.png" to="graphics/pictures/person/1394650517/portrait"/>

</list>

</record>

If anyone can help out, I'd appreciate it. I know there must be something simple that I'm not doing. Thanks.

I see you've solved your own problem, but I was trying to replace my photo today and got a solution here, and it should be noted that you do not add the .png extension on your picture name! My first attempt did not work but after I saw not to include that, and making the change it worked like a charm!