[FM21] [SKIN] Light Skin WIP - Help Required

[KennedyBakircioglu]

Hello,

I'm working on an actual light skin not just one with a lighter background, so far I have achieved quite a bit of success but a few items are still not quite right.

Here are some screenshots of the skin so far, first 2 are fine, the last 4 images show some issues.

 

As you can see, the above issues are boxes being black with the text also black, plus the image directly above is missing the players name?! and the contract / transfer offer above this isn't showing certain items such as wage, preferred playing position etc.

If anyone wants to have a look at this and tinker with it I have uploaded it here.. https://www.mediafire.com/file/he5pkvyfurv2bpz/LIGHT+V2.zip/file 

*Please bear in mind, this skin is a work in progress and has issues, the download has been made available in the hope that proficient skinners such as @michaeltmurrayuk @bluestillidie00 to name but a few may be willing to help get this light skin completed.

Edited December 29, 2020 by KennedyBakircioglu

[Black Citizen]

 This is perfect since I am managing Parma.

[tedesco]

Why and How can I change backgraound photo ?

[KennedyBakircioglu]

2 hours ago, tedesco said:

Why and How can I change backgraound photo ?

 

Hi Tedesco,

Unfortunately I require some assistance from more experience skinners to resolve these issues, i've made this skin available in the hope that we can as a community get this fixed.

[tedesco]

This Skin is great. It gets even better after fixes like this are made.

[PandaBearGrylls]

I hope someone could help you, i really love your skins.

[majesticeternity]

you can maybe contact FLUT, as he does amazing skin work, and either he can help you, or your progress can help him or both.

[TimD]

Dear, I was already able to download your skin and fix the font of the sidebar. I added the club logo in big as well. I found this solution by checking the base white skin of last year. Now, I will check on the other issues on your screenshot. As I am a real beginner, It may take some time. To contact a pro might be better

[TimD]

New update: Fixed the 'black boxes'. The screenshots are in Dutch:

 

Now I'm fixing the value's at the top!

[KennedyBakircioglu]

Fantastic work @TimD  

This is the exact reason I started this thread and made the skin available, it's great if people can chip in and add their own expertise to it, we might then finally get a light skin after all.

[TimD]

Can't seem to get the transfer fee etc. fixed. Someone else? @Kennedy Bakircioglu, could you contact FLUT as he might help us?

I can see that someone else is trying to create a white skin as well and is getting the same in this topic: 

@WHUkain21, did you already found a solution? 

For everyone to download the working file including the fixes on the sidebar and the 'black areas": https://www.mediafire.com/file/leiyxpuglbs1rpl/LIGHT_V2.zip/file

[tedesco]

CAN IT BE ADDED COMPATIBILITY TO THE POSITION TO THE TACTICAL PAGE?

 

 

Edited December 21, 2020 by tedesco
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[bluestillidie00]

56 minutes ago, tedesco said:

CAN IT BE ADDED COMPATIBILITY TO THE POSITION TO THE TACTICAL PAGE?

 

 

let people get the actual skin working first before requesting features. 

[TimD]

Update for the skinner to help me regarding the transfer fee: I can see that all the files that use this dropdown (contract negotiations, transfer fee, loan offer, ... in files such as contract offer details.xml and human constract offer details.xml), use the class "negotiation_cash_widget". Where can I find this? 

Below a screenshot of what I'm looking for. I guess that will fix the issue of the invisible offer fee (for transfers, loans and contracts)

Edited December 21, 2020 by TimD

[PequenoGenio]

25 minutos atrás, TimD disse:

Update for the skinner to help me regarding the transfer fee: I can see that all the files that use this dropdown (contract negotiations, transfer fee, loan offer, ... in files such as contract offer details.xml and human constract offer details.xml), use the class "negotiation_cash_widget". Where can I find this? 

Below a screenshot of what I'm looking for. I guess that will fix the issue of the invisible offer fee (for transfers, loans and contracts)

Have you used the RA to extract the widgets?

[TimD]

Just now, PequenoGenio said:

Have you used the RA to extract the widgets?

Yes.

Edited December 21, 2020 by TimD

[TimD]

Other issue I'm facing, when hoovering over the status of a player: 

[kbos80]

Hi TimD - thanks for making this skin ... a couple of questions:

1. how do you get the stadium backgrounds?  I downloaded Mini Stadiums pack https://www.fmscout.com/a-mini-stadiums-superpack-fm21.html ... but it doesn't show up.

2. without the stadiums I have a super light background and the mid-range player attributes which are in yellow become hard to read against the background

Any advice appreciated.  Thanks.

[TimD]

On 24/12/2020 at 03:12, kbos80 said:

Hi TimD - thanks for making this skin ... a couple of questions:

1. how do you get the stadium backgrounds?  I downloaded Mini Stadiums pack https://www.fmscout.com/a-mini-stadiums-superpack-fm21.html ... but it doesn't show up.

2. without the stadiums I have a super light background and the mid-range player attributes which are in yellow become hard to read against the background

Any advice appreciated.  Thanks.

Hi @kbos80, 

1. The mini stadiums are shown on other skins. Even if they would work, that would not work great as the pictures are not big enough to full a full background. That would reduce the quality and sharpness increasingly. You should look for a background stadium package instead of mini stadium package.

2. I use a white background (controlled in base settings) and change the opacity to 70%. This makes it very visible and keeps the text good readable as well (as you can see in my previous screenshots).

Hope this helps.

[TimD]

On 21/12/2020 at 15:29, TimD said:

Update for the skinner to help me regarding the transfer fee: I can see that all the files that use this dropdown (contract negotiations, transfer fee, loan offer, ... in files such as contract offer details.xml and human constract offer details.xml), use the class "negotiation_cash_widget". Where can I find this? 

Below a screenshot of what I'm looking for. I guess that will fix the issue of the invisible offer fee (for transfers, loans and contracts)

Could I please get some feedback from a skinning guy? It already took me lots of time this week to investigate further, but still can't fix it...

Hereby my latest version: https://www.mediafire.com/file/ktr8mmwhner73yn/LIGHT+V3.rar/file

Edited December 26, 2020 by TimD

[KennedyBakircioglu]

Hi All,

I've been away from the forum for a short while what with Christmas, looking at trying to get more done on this although I really think I hit a brick wall much like @TimD who by the way I want to thanks for all your efforts!

[Xpert]

I am not a skinner neither...but there is a light skin made by Priisek

You can find it here

Inside panels/widgets there is a file called "negotiation widget horizontal"

 

Maybe if you take a look...you might understand ...I don't

[TimD]

3 hours ago, Xpert said:

I am not a skinner neither...but there is a light skin made by Priisek

You can find it here

Inside panels/widgets there is a file called "negotiation widget horizontal"

 

Maybe if you take a look...you might understand ...I don't

Close, but unfortunately . I think it is related to the dropdown icon, but not the text itself. Thank anyway!

[KennedyBakircioglu]

Okay, I've managed to get these fonts to show but only in white so far, they only seem to appear when the RGB value is at least 1,1,1 if set to 0,0,0 it shows nothing, however 1,1,1 should be black so I'm really not sure what the connection is here.

 

Edited December 27, 2020 by KennedyBakircioglu

[ucdark]

hace 5 horas, KennedyBakircioglu dijo:

Okay, I've managed to get these fonts to show but only in white so far, they only seem to appear when the RGB value is at least 1,1,1 if set to 0,0,0 it shows nothing, however 1,1,1 should be black so I'm really not sure what the connection is here.

 

255 is white i think, try alpha value 0 maybe 

[Xpert]

Please share the newest version !

[Olas Nick]

On 27/12/2020 at 17:18, Xpert said:

light skin made by Priisek

This is not a light skin, this is a dark skin with light background

[michaeltmurrayuk]

Contract Cash Text is one of those tricky to find ones;

It's controlled by negotiation widget horizontal xml file found in the panels\widgets folder

In that file locate this code near the bottom;

<record id="alternative_main_kind" class="edit_box">
<record id="properties">
<integer id="width" value="125" />
<flags id="colour" value="text" />
<boolean id="show_clear_text_icon" value="false"/>
</record>
</record>

And add the bit I've highlighted in red.

[KennedyBakircioglu]

@michaeltmurrayukThank you ever so much! I've done what you suggested and it's worked perfectly.

Latest download for the WIP (almost fully useable now!) https://www.mediafire.com/file/i49ql3428rq4mi7/Light_Skin_v3.1.zip/file

The remaining issues are shown below..

Edited December 29, 2020 by KennedyBakircioglu

[michaeltmurrayuk]

comparison list should be player scout report comparison small from panels\player in the table add colour="X" bit to the column for the name.

Player bar should be match players bar widget from panels\widgets - add colour bit to person_button widget.

Injury news item looks hardcoded (or at least well buried somewhere) as the inbox content with physio files that control that panel don't seem to like the main methods to recolour the text.

[michaeltmurrayuk]

Found the injury one as expected it's buried away in the player details panel small squad status from panels\player. (On the plus side that should fix all instances where content is laid out with pic next to name and squad status).

[Alexpuk2002]

Downloaded the latest version of the skin and there are some colour issues on the press conference. Issues are:

1. The colour of the text in the dark boxes could be changed to white

2. Same issue with the question text.

3. The match information seems to not show in the top right corner. The times are there but the players names aren't

[Alexpuk2002]

Also the box with the player name in the tactics screen is white and the text for the name is white too.

[michaeltmurrayuk]

Player Name on Tactics Pitch are set by the various tactics player name colour variables (different ones for different statuses, and the box colour is set by the picking player colours all declared in the settings file - though the box code has likely been changed as it normally shares the same code as the subs bench so it'll be set from whatever tactics icon file is now being used.

[Alexpuk2002]

2 hours ago, michaeltmurrayuk said:

Player Name on Tactics Pitch are set by the various tactics player name colour variables (different ones for different statuses, and the box colour is set by the picking player colours all declared in the settings file - though the box code has likely been changed as it normally shares the same code as the subs bench so it'll be set from whatever tactics icon file is now being used.

Thanks @michaeltmurrayuk that solved the tactics screen issue for me. How is the light skin coming along at your end? I can see there are a lot of colour issues with it this year

[Alexpuk2002]

What controls the purple box on the team selection screen. I want to change it to a white box so it's easier to read.

[tedesco]

[michaeltmurrayuk]

16 hours ago, Alexpuk2002 said:

Thanks @michaeltmurrayuk that solved the tactics screen issue for me. How is the light skin coming along at your end? I can see there are a lot of colour issues with it this year

It's progressing along;

The main box graphic colours are placeholders at the moment (light teal, blue, indigo and blue grey boxes) as it makes it easier to find the white text.

Main things that are left are the Competition, Processing & Match screens, plus the inbox items and various interaction panels - those last two are the problem as they will be time consuming to check.

So no ETA as it all depends on how difficult the remaining stuff is to find and change, but at this point the initial release will likely concentrate on the broken unreadable stuff - so the tactics pitch will likely stay dark, and the training icons this year appear to be hard-coded to white.

 

And for your tactics screen the purple should be controlled by the background colour declared in the settings file, otherwise the tactics with embedded section tabs panel found in the panels\match folder should control it.

[michaeltmurrayuk]

Comp, Scouting & Transfers screens are now pretty much done (The transfer screens where a bit of a fuss as the code is split all over the place).

Another preview pic that is most likely to be the final colour scheme and the final update for the year ;

[Xpert]

Happy New Year everyone !

 

Please share the updated version...excellent work btw

 

[PequenoGenio]

Em 31/12/2020 em 20:44, michaeltmurrayuk disse:

Comp, Scouting & Transfers screens are now pretty much done (The transfer screens where a bit of a fuss as the code is split all over the place).

Another preview pic that is most likely to be the final colour scheme and the final update for the year ;

Can´t wait for this. Another amazing job 

[IlGianni]

Hello from Italy, my english is so and so.

I only registered to make you my warmest compliments. When I found out that FM21 didn't have a light skin it was shocking. With all the resources they have, why the f*** didn't they consider that there are people out there that "might" have trouble with negative style views. I just can't play FM actually due to a problem with my eyes, after 10 minutes it gives me a headache. I made the mistake of buying it in beta. Never again.
 

I really appreciate your work and want to thank you sincerely.

 

I am not a skinner but if you want I can test it. I am waiting for any light skin to start a new carrier. I have a 21:9 32' display @ 3440x1440 with all sort of graphics (logo, ss, backgrounds, cities and facepack). It might be useful

Edited January 2, 2021 by IlGianni

[Guldish]

On 30/12/2020 at 18:55, Alexpuk2002 said:

Also the box with the player name in the tactics screen is white and the text for the name is white too.

 

How do i get player faces on the tactic side? 

[KennedyBakircioglu]

14 hours ago, Guldish said:

 

How do i get player faces on the tactic side? 

https://www.mediafire.com/file/t1ulr60mz2w1pzw/tactics.zip/file

Download the above, place this in your skin folder under 'panels' 

[tedesco]

Do you have a final corrected version?

[Guldish]

4 hours ago, KennedyBakircioglu said:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/t1ulr60mz2w1pzw/tactics.zip/file

Download the above, place this in your skin folder under 'panels' 

Thanx man! Where and how do i change background on tactics page and colour of text?

[michaeltmurrayuk]

Some more WIP screenshots;

Match, Processing, Club Info and Club Vision Screens are now largely done;

Hopefully if nothing goes wrong it will be ready for the weekend (or at least a version for testing will).

[mod43]

2 minutes ago, michaeltmurrayuk said:

Some more WIP screenshots;

Match, Processing, Club Info and Club Vision Screens are now largely done;

Hopefully if nothing goes wrong it will be ready for the weekend (or at least a version for testing will).

Looking good

[Alexpuk2002]

On 04/01/2021 at 21:21, michaeltmurrayuk said:

Some more WIP screenshots;

Match, Processing, Club Info and Club Vision Screens are now largely done;

Hopefully if nothing goes wrong it will be ready for the weekend (or at least a version for testing will).

Looking good Michael, I would be open to testing the skin for you if you need it.

[YgorMartins]

Any update?