[FM11][RELEASED] Stadium/Teamscreen Background Packs

[Stamatis]

This is brilliant!! Looking forward to the release mate

[charlielane]

i have used these in 2011 demo great stuff

[niallmcfc]

Any chance these can be uploaded to filefront as i cant donwload off megaupload

[beezer1967]

How you getting on with them geordie my man?

[geordie1981]

Had a bit of a disaster last week and lost all of my work including action files so I've had to start again but should have a base stadium pack with almost 200 pictures ready for tomorrow. I didn't have the heart to go through all of the leagues 1 by 1 again so I've been going by stadium capacity instead which means a lot (every) league will be incomplete, however through regular updates I've set myself the ambitious task of getting every stadium, team and Nation that I can find a good pic for in the game so keep checking back every week or two for those.

Edit; forgot Ive already done England and Scotland so they'll be in the pack along with a couple of improved pics taking it upto 370 odd pics

[beezer1967]

**** sake mate,

that is bad luck,it's happened to me before as well,once when my pc got a virus.

just keep plugging away,your packs are by far the best i have seen.

cheers

[FmGeenieScout]

Geordie. will these downloads work with fm2011? If so do you need to have a specific skin runnng for them to work. Because i remember last year i could never get the backgrounds working with the skin i used. Base i think

[geordie1981]

Yes they'll work with the base skin but you won't be ble to read anything on the page, Radestock has produced a version of the default skin with an overlay though so download that and you'll be fine. There are plenty of dark skins in production as well which are better for using bgs so als good this year.

[Finknottle]

geordie, sorry to hear about your loss of your 'stuff'. What news of FM '11 backgrounds, please?

[geordie1981]

Basically because I've been hitting play on an action file for the best part of a year I can't actually remember how I made them in the first place and the tutorial that I based them on is no longer online. So there'll be no team packs until I can figure out how I done it in the first place.

No such problems with the stadiums I'm back up to 400 and as soon as I hit 500 I'll release the pack and post updates once or twice a month.

[Finknottle]

geordie1981, Am I correct in thinking that the backgrounds that you made for FM '10 will not work with FM '11?

[geordie1981]

They still work but if you want read anything on the page I would recommend using radestock's version of the default skin or the galaxy skin which should be on page 1 or 2 in here. I'll test some of the other skins in time.

[roe]

Nice backgrounds. Might just be me but the stadiums don't seem to be showing? All I've got are the club flags?

[SPE3D]

Nice backgrounds. Might just be me but the stadiums don't seem to be showing? All I've got are the club flags?

You sound like you're having the same problem as me and Geordie. Try clicking on a goalscorer then pressing the back button. Does the stadium background show now?

[roe]

I've tried that but it only seems to work for one match. The others are just staying with the club flag. Strange.

[SPE3D]

I've tried that but it only seems to work for one match. The others are just staying with the club flag. Strange.

Yeah you got to do it everytime. Thats the way backgrounds work.

[xenardo]

Excellent work mate!

Would be awesome if the Italian and Spanish leagues are released too!

[Sheddy]

The Scotland Downloads are not working in any of your links for various reasons?

[geordie1981]

Just megaupload acting up as per usual, it'll be back up soon.

[poma]

Does it work in FM11?

[geordie1981]

Yes they do.

[Sharpy07]

Will these backgrounds work with the default FM11 skin?

[paulbluecat]

These work a treat on the galaxy skin. have mixed it with other packs but have the flags when looking at teams and have stadiums when playing games. Awesome work

[geordie1981]

Quick update. I'm a gardener, it's winter which means I have the time to blitz through these now. I've updated most of the empty stadium pics for England and Scotland where quality and stadium position would allow because I remember some guy saying he'd preferred the pics with crowds on a matchday in a pm I think. Anyways I've also got 200+ random pics from around the World so it's just a case of filling out the leagues now. I'll keep posting new pics in here as I go just so that the people I've been promising a megapack to know that I'm doing my damnest t get it out there.

[minneapolisjon]

Geordie - Awesome work. But that's the norm for you. Your BG megapack will be huge.

Always a fan of your work.

cheers,

minneapolisJon

[beezer1967]

Quick update. I'm a gardener, it's winter which means I have the time to blitz through these now. I've updated most of the empty stadium pics for England and Scotland where quality and stadium position would allow because I remember some guy saying he'd preferred the pics with crowds on a matchday in a pm I think. Anyways I've also got 200+ random pics from around the World so it's just a case of filling out the leagues now. I'll keep posting new pics in here as I go just so that the people I've been promising a megapack to know that I'm doing my damnest t get it out there.

Im a postie mate so i don't like the cole wintr weather either lol

can't wait for your packs bud.

[Da_Funk]

I'm becoming crazy to find the installation path.

FM11/graphics/backgrounds? or skin/graphics/backgrounds? I can't understand from the OP, nor any link it gives to me.

[WKTHFC]

your backgrounds look class!

looking forward to a megapack

[Gee_Simpson]

Yeah I can't wait for the megapack.

I used these in FM10 and will do so again in FM11.

[geordie1981]

Thanks for the comments. I'd just like to fore-warn people that I have a new way of doing these which results in a better quality finish however that also results in a much, much larger filesize. So I'll seperate them into Nations within the pack so those with limited space on their computers can delete what they don't need.

Anyways to update, Liga BBVA done Serie A next. Can't be boshed to load up the game for a screenshot so here's a proper preview.

Remove the letter from the end of the filename and you can use them now if you wish.

[Finknottle]

Geordie, I'm now totally confused about which packs are which. At the present I am using the FM'10 stadiums and backgrounds with the galaxy skin. I am thinking that, as yet, you have not done the stadiums and backgrounds for FM'11. If you have where are they,please? If you ain't done them yet, any idea when, again please? With your packs the game is brilliant.

PS. I have just seen the gigantic first post, sorry. I am hoping that the team 'flag' backgrounds are still in the packs.

[geordie1981]

I'm trying to get the flags back in order, I've got all of the PSD files (background images) for them I just need to remember how I put them all together before I created the action file.

Sorry about the confusion I'm just posting the screenies to keep everyone upto date as to where I'm at progress wise, I've been promising a megapack for months now with nothing from me but soons and maybes so figured this was a good way of showing that it is actually happening now and I am still working on it.

[Finknottle]

I'm trying to get the flags back in order, I've got all of the PSD files (background images) for them I just need to remember how I put them all together before I created the action file.

Sorry about the confusion I'm just posting the screenies to keep everyone upto date as to where I'm at progress wise, I've been promising a megapack for months now with nothing from me but soons and maybes so figured this was a good way of showing that it is actually happening now and I am still working on it.

geordie. It is not your fault. It is my senility. At my age though, it is allowed. The club background 'flags', in my opinion make the game graphics brilliant. My main and selfish reason for asking about them is this. Could you make the white part of the flags a little clearer/brighter, if you get my poor explanation? I appreciate the amount of work that must have gone into it all. You have my utmost admiration.

[geordie1981]

I'm not sure how much brighter I can make it, I use colour code R248, G248, B248. pure white is R,G,B, 254 so not much difference. I'll give it a shot and see what I can do though.

[Finknottle]

I'm not sure how much brighter I can make it, I use colour code R248, G248, B248. pure white is R,G,B, 254 so not much difference. I'll give it a shot and see what I can do though.

Well done, that man!

[geordie1981]

I've tried to do it, basically the problem is that those dark bits are actually the shadows from the creases in the flag so I'd have to remove them and then it'll look a bit plain like the National flags you get on wiki.

Anyways I've sorted the flags out now, might try to weave a stadium pic or something into the background.

[geordie1981]

This is what they look like with stadiums enbedded into them, what do you think? Should I carry on or leave them as they were?

[Le Tissier's Nose]

I like it - but it's taken all the brightness out of your stadium pics which i thought was the whole point of this megapack? It does look very smart though!

Only other niggle would be too many team badges (especially on the player page like you've got there....) there's 3 newcastle badges on the screen, don't need them all. So personally i'd stick to just the stadiums and/or just the flags. But that's just me!

[scholes=legend]

Hope you wont be using the badge and stadiums for on matchdays goerdie, much prefer just the stadiums.

[geordie1981]

The flags are still for the team screen only I'm just having a play around with the design to see what people think, it'll still be pure stadiums on a matchday.

[Da_Funk]

The flags are still for the team screen only I'm just having a play around with the design to see what people think, it'll still be pure stadiums on a matchday.

I don't know if words like impressive or wonderful are enough

[Finknottle]

I've tried to do it, basically the problem is that those dark bits are actually the shadows from the creases in the flag so I'd have to remove them and then it'll look a bit plain like the National flags you get on wiki.

Anyways I've sorted the flags out now, might try to weave a stadium pic or something into the background.

That's very good,geordie. For myself I prefer them without the stadium in the background. Then I am being selfish.

[Gee_Simpson]

This is what they look like with stadiums enbedded into them, what do you think? Should I carry on or leave them as they were?

Yeah I really like that although as scholes=legend says, I think it's ok for team screens only and for matchday just stadiums.

[geordie1981]

Aye, the flags are still just for team screen sticking the stadiums in there is for personal reasons really because I'm spending all this time putting them together and I wouldnt get to see the majority of them otherwise.

I'll still do the flags without the stadiums for oescus and anyone else who prefers them that way which I'll send out via PM to interested parties when the time comes, just a case of deleting the stadium and saving into a seperate folder it'll take about 5 seconds.

[Finknottle]

Aye, the flags are still just for team screen sticking the stadiums in there is for personal reasons really because I'm spending all this time putting them together and I wouldnt get to see the majority of them otherwise.

I'll still do the flags without the stadiums for oescus and anyone else who prefers them that way which I'll send out via PM to interested parties when the time comes, just a case of deleting the stadium and saving into a seperate folder it'll take about 5 seconds.

geordie. Just in case I'm leading you astray. I want the flags and I want the stadiums. Just not in the one screen/picture. In other words, as they are now but with the shadows on the flags brightened up. Please don't make more work for yourself just because of me. As far as I'm concerned the stadiums and flags are good enough as they were/are for FM'10, which are what I am still using in FM'11. Kind regards.

[geordie1981]

Its not a problem, like I said it's only a few seconds extra work on each pic to revert it back to the FM10 design and as you've been very supportive and encouraging of my work in the past I'm more than happy to do that for you.

[Finknottle]

Its not a problem, like I said it's only a few seconds extra work on each pic to revert it back to the FM10 design and as you've been very supportive and encouraging of my work in the past I'm more than happy to do that for you.

geordie. With the matchday stadiums [i'm sure that should be stadia] but no matter and the club flags the game is immensely improved. I wish that I could sort out the facepacks but I am finding that a liitle daunting, what with the problems some people are having. I'll nip across to 'Susie' and see if they are there in divisional format. Keep going geordie, don't falter now. What a nice man we both are!

[Lone Gooner]

Will there be a mega pack available at all?

Are you planning on oding any other countries Geordie?

Thanks

[geordie1981]

I've given myself a target of just over a month to get as many leagues as possible done before releasing the megapack and there'll be a fair few more countries represented than currently listed in the OP.

[Lone Gooner]

I've given myself a target of just over a month to get as many leagues as possible done before releasing the megapack and there'll be a fair few more countries represented than currently listed in the OP.

Thanks mate, keep up the good work really appreciate it

So there will be just stadiums and flags available seperately is that right?