Ball Mods

[Dagenham_Dave]

Does anyone know if there's a download somewhere to have a new match ball. I'm struggling to see the ball in this new game as the areas around the goals are so bright. I also recently downloaded the new pitch textures but they made everything way too dark. The contrast on this year's 3D view is blinding and it's making it difficult to watch the match in this view. I'm thinking a brighter ball might help, as daft as that sounds. 

[lembergman]

@Dagenham_Davehttps://sortitoutsi.net/content/52497/fm20-better-3d-balls

[Dagenham_Dave]

31 minutes ago, lembergman said:

@Dagenham_Davehttps://sortitoutsi.net/content/52497/fm20-better-3d-balls

Yeah, I tried them before, but they are all patterned balls, which still makes it difficult to see. Thanks though. I've reduced some of the graphical settings and it's made it slightly better. 

[michaeltmurrayuk]

If you are having issues with the lighting or the visibility of the ball then it is worth raising the issue in the bugs forum if you haven't already.

In the meantime if the FM20 custom balls work, then you can use them as a base and edit them, if you make the patterned graphic all white that should result in a bright white ball or you can make it all Red (RGB 255,0,0) and the game should then still recolour it for winter and you can change the colour from the colours panel in the Preferences Screen if need be.

[Dagenham_Dave]

11 hours ago, michaeltmurrayuk said:

In the meantime if the FM20 custom balls work, then you can use them as a base and edit them, if you make the patterned graphic all white that should result in a bright white ball

Sounds like a plan, except I have absolutely no idea how to do that! This is how it looks in the folder...

There isn't a config file or anything for me to change stuff. Any ideas?

[majesticeternity]

5 hours ago, Dagenham_Dave said:

Sounds like a plan, except I have absolutely no idea how to do that! This is how it looks in the folder...

There isn't a config file or anything for me to change stuff. Any ideas?

What color do you want the ball to be? Black, white, or blue?

[Dagenham_Dave]

4 hours ago, majesticeternity said:

What color do you want the ball to be? Black, white, or blue?

All white

[majesticeternity]

7 hours ago, Dagenham_Dave said:

All white

Should work...

ball.zip

 

[Dagenham_Dave]

14 minutes ago, majesticeternity said:

Should work...

ball.zip 788.81 kB · 0 downloads

 

Hmmm, still seems to be a patterned ball, must be the default one as I deleted the other ones I had in there first.  Assuming this file has to be put in the mesh, then ball folder? I've cleared cache and reloaded skin, but still the same. 

Edited November 14, 2020 by Dagenham_Dave

[majesticeternity]

did you restart the game as well? it doesn't really change without a new load of the game.

if you did, seems like it's not working then...

did you try removing that ball folder, cache, reload, etc, then going into Preferences > skin colors, and change the ball color to white?

[michaeltmurrayuk]

Looks like the location of the ball graphic has changed for FM21, so we'll need to wait for the full release to see what has changed.

In the meantime you can change the colour through the Skin Colours panel from the Preferences Menu to see if that will help and log visibility issues in the Bugs forum in the hope that changes can be made for the full release.

[Dagenham_Dave]

1 hour ago, majesticeternity said:

did you restart the game as well? it doesn't really change without a new load of the game.

if you did, seems like it's not working then...

did you try removing that ball folder, cache, reload, etc, then going into Preferences > skin colors, and change the ball color to white?

Only thing I didn't do was restart the game, I'll give that a try. Although given what @michaeltmurrayuk was saying, we might need to wait till full release anyway. 

Thanks for your help on this though, appreciated. 

[Dagenham_Dave]

One thing I did notice was when installed on the laptop, the files now look like this...

Unsure if the white_ball file's icon should display that (know nothing about skinning, etc, sorry)

[Dagenham_Dave]

Ah, after a restart, it's worked!! Bright white ball, nice work sir. 

[majesticeternity]

Good to hear!

[michaeltmurrayuk]

Hmm I got it working on a fresh save game, so at the moment it might be hit and miss as to whether it works which suggests something has changed with the game files, but we won't be able to check until the full release for certain.

[kennedfn]

Can u make the EPL ball?

if it is allowed 

[frank_olaf]

How do I get this mod to work? I downloaded the file majesticeternity provided, put the four files in \Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2021\mesh\ball, reloaded the skin, I have use skin cache turned off and I restarted the game, but I still see the original ball.

Thanks for any help

[Dagenham_Dave]

I think it's a bit hit and miss until the full game comes out. 

[FrazT]

I think that some balls are licensed and may be hard coded?  I also have not been able to get the downloaded white ball to work in the SPL and it wont change in preferences.

[FrazT]

On 15/11/2020 at 03:37, Dagenham_Dave said:

Ah, after a restart, it's worked!! Bright white ball, nice work sir. 

Can I ask which league you are managing in please?

[frank_olaf]

9 hours ago, FrazT said:

I think that some balls are licensed and may be hard coded?  I also have not been able to get the downloaded white ball to work in the SPL and it wont change in preferences.

That might be the issue. I'm playing in the Bundesliga and I tried changing the colour of the ball in the skin settings but it wouldn't change in the league. The colour change only worked in the champions league.

[Dagenham_Dave]

3 hours ago, FrazT said:

Can I ask which league you are managing in please?

Eredivisie

[FrazT]

12 minutes ago, Dagenham_Dave said:

Eredivisie

Thanks- looks like the SPL ball is hard coded

[majesticeternity]

Once the archiver is out, we’ll be able to take a better look and test 

[FrazT]

On 18/11/2020 at 13:47, majesticeternity said:

Once the archiver is out, we’ll be able to take a better look and test 

That is good news- I think from my checks that the ball colour is hard coded and is uneditable and I am sure that I will not be the only one who is struggling with this yellow ball.  Thanks for the reply and I will check back after full game release

[michaeltmurrayuk]

Looks like the problem with replacing the ball textures was because we can now have competition specific balls

I'll throw up a proper guide when I get a chance but for now the config xml entry looks like this:

<record from="<FILE_NAME>" to="graphics/pictures/balls/<COMP_ID>/default"/>

Graphics look to be just a plain png with 1024x1024 resolution.

The default licensed ball graphics can be found in the graphics\pictures\balls folder after you have extracted the graphics fmf file so you can use them as a reference point for creating new balls.

[FrazT]

You lost me somewhere  about the end of the second line there

[michaeltmurrayuk]

49 minutes ago, FrazT said:

You lost me somewhere  about the end of the second line there

Do you just want a plain white ball for Scotland?, as I can throw one together for you.

[FrazT]

Just now, michaeltmurrayuk said:

Do you just want a plain white ball for Scotland?, as I can throw one together for you.

Thanks, Michael- I reported it in the beta and Jack Joyce said that they had modified the yellow ball for the full game- thanks for the offer but let me have a chance to actually play the game and see if it better or not

[lembergman]

balls.rar

[Doddo04]

vor 7 Stunden schrieb lembergman:

balls.rar 8 MB · 12 downloads

Thanks Men!!! You are the best. One Question where must i install the ball files?

 

Edited November 24, 2020 by Doddo04

[lembergman]

@Doddo04These are the original files from FM21. They are already in the game. I just pointed out in the topic that the balls are different this year

[Doddo04]

vor 17 Minuten schrieb lembergman:

@Doddo04These are the original files from FM21. They are already in the game. I just pointed out in the topic that the balls are different this year

Oh thanks that`s great news

[Guest]

how exciting a white ball with a blue dot nothing good about them at all

[kennedfn]

Are the colors to EPL looked this year as well?

[lembergman]

I insert the spfl ball and registered it for friendly matches. that's how it is now

<record from="spfl" to="graphics/pictures/balls/104551/default"/>

where 104551 ID of competition

installation: documents/sports interactive/football manager 2021/balls

 

config.xml

[FrazT]

@michaeltmurrayuk and @majesticeternity

with thanks to you both, I can confirm that the changes made to the SPL ball after my report in the Bugs forum have produced a nice bright and highly visible yellow ball, so no need for any further action- thanks again

[Sheffield Hammer]

Please excuse my ignorance here. Ive got this all set up and working great.

So if I play in the Premier League, which ball will show up?. Will it be a default ball unless I specify one from this pack and set it in the config?

[michaeltmurrayuk]

Yes should work similar to logos - if a line isn't present for a competition in the config file then the game should just revert to using the default ball image, though you might need to exit the game to get new ball graphics to show rather than just reload your skin. Also not sure if setting a graphic will override the winter ball colour or not.

[vamcj]

Doesn't work for Classic 2D?