OG.L Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 best skin i played on was vitroes or something lie that on fm10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange2000 Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Yes, Vitorios is the Best! I`m doing some skin like Vitorios2. I like Menubar panel from there. So, waiting for the RIGHT patch i`ve made some successful porting from 2010 version of Vitorios in Fm2011 with Seven skin as a base skin. Also i Make many customizations. but some work is needed... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
radestock Posted November 11, 2010 Author Share Posted November 11, 2010 This thread is about improvements to the skinning side of the game, not for pointing out your favourite skin. Please keep this on topic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manumanic Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Another way that FM could improve is to have live commentry on the game tha is being played, like in the real football matches and on FIFA... I think this would improve FM loads cos it would feel and seem more realistic.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajaj Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 I've tried 10+ skins, the default skin is the best one. BUT, it's tooooooooooo bright, especially on LED monitors (I've reduced brightness, contrast...everything to a very low level). fm2011 dark is not bright but black desktop or background is very bad for eyes according to studies. I think a light coloured skin with "Singular .EX" texture might be better. btw, the font is too small. I tried to adjust it from skins.fmf, but didn't work. It'll be nice if we are allowed to change it in preference; or just make it bigger in default skin, since not many gamers are still using 800x600. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
radestock Posted November 14, 2010 Author Share Posted November 14, 2010 So the light skin is too light and the dark skin is too dark? I've not read any studies where dark backgrounds are bad for your eyes, it's normally the opposite staring at brighter screen for long periods that people claim hurts their eyes. In reality studies have only really pointed towards a lack of contrast between text and background as causing actual eye strain as the eye difficultly focusing on text when it's not overly different from the background. Football Manager runs at a minimum of 1024x768. You'll also find the majority of people still run at 1024x768 in windowed mode even on larger screens. I know I run a 1920x1080 monitor and still run FM at 1024x768 in windowed mode. It's actually not overly common for people to run fullscreen on a larger screen or on a HDTV for instance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilmatt Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Is there a guide, or even just the XSD to the skin XML format anywhere? I think it would be a very useful resource. I've been trying to get the old motivation on teamtalk panel mod working again, and don't seem to be getting anywhere - the panels show up fine, but it seems like there's no data being fed to it. Some sort of guide to the XML format would possibly be helpful in working out where I'm going wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
radestock Posted November 16, 2010 Author Share Posted November 16, 2010 Nope, no guides. I've asked a few times over the years for at least some sort of reference for the XML but there's never been one forthcoming. I think it was planned when SI moved from Championship Manager to Football Manager and they overhauled things but it never came into fruition. The skinning side of things seems to be well down the list of priorities and never seems to get seen to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ter Posted November 19, 2010 SI Staff Share Posted November 19, 2010 This is probably a good time to suggest things so that I can bring them up in our feature meetings which will be happening soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grade Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Thanks for the heads up. Preview screen - a screen that appears after the fixture of the day screen and before selecting the team playing, where it show where the match is going to be played,with a photo of the stadium going to be played and on top of that screen the logos of the match. Here shows the top 3 players of both team, my team and the opposition to those who actually use opp. instructions and those that don't. Some more info about where the match is going to played to add biut more realism and fun. Organise the screen better to make the game simple to find stuff and go to the screen with minimum of clicks will make the game a bit faster. Also another issue is overload of information a user gets. The solution is either making subscriptions more detail to select what we want to get news, like the jobs of vacant managers positions be able to set which division I want to hear from. Another I would like is in the news showing fixtures of the leagues that are selected, but I'm not currently managing a club in. Like managing Man United, I would like to see fixtures of results of top portuguese division is one of the examples . The idea is making the game, simpler (retaining the complexity of football), faster and fun. That is for now for the skin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomDixon77 Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 A screen preview tool would be nice, ter. Especially for stuff that doesn't turn up too often. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomDixon77 Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 Oh, and try to make it even halfway possible to tinker with new interface features (the calendar bar and sections tabstrip are prime culprits of this sort of thing). Also, these, which I posted a while back: The ability to know what xml files are being used on any given screen, and a bit more flexibilty with what resources we can use where (access to a team's right side background logo or competition logos on match screens, for instance) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saftmfc Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 hey lads any of you looking for a future project? i would love someone to have a go at a skin based round the new sky online score centre http://live.skysports.com/ScoreCentre/live.html anyone else think so? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjericho Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 This is probably a good time to suggest things so that I can bring them up in our feature meetings which will be happening soon. I have some suggestions: 1- Numbered tactical sliders (and in training schedules) should come incorporated with the game. This was done by one of the members here, and all the credit goes to him, but this should already come with the game. 2- Option to change the attribute colors in the default skin(s), i.e. two or three sets of colors with each skin 3- More realistic faces and hairs for newgens. I mean, there aren't many bald 15 year olds out there, but in the game I'm always getting bald kids and others who have alrady lost half their hair. Also, there doesn't seem to be any notable differences between the look of a 16 YO newgen and a 45 YO. They all look the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
radestock Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 Can't think of anything new other that what's I'd mentioned already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
radestock Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 Actually, not sure if I've mentioned this but it would be good to have access to ALL the classes FM uses. At the moment there seems to be a select few but it would be damn useful if the base classes (like 'button') were all the classes folder. Classes are the easiest way to make global changes to things and yet they're fairly useless to skinners at the moment. Oh and if that SIOS reference documents actually happen it'd be amazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grade Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Just remember another one. Put the names of the players in tactics screen and on the match screen few pixels bigger. Not that much, but 3 or 4 bigger, so that wouldn't force so much the eyes to focus on tiny letters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ter Posted November 23, 2010 SI Staff Share Posted November 23, 2010 This is more to do with the skinning system rather than specifics about the UI design. Last chance for any ideas for next version. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
radestock Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share Posted November 24, 2010 Some sort of ability to animate things would be great. Not stupid spinning logos etc. I mean, if it were possible for menus to slide out when a button is press, of fade in/out etc. It would just add that little bit more class to things. Perhaps some sort of rotation setting for images (e.g. rotation="30") Text, really need to be able to use other fonts in skins without them looking terrible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dw420 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 More editable 3d match stuff... Info on the stuff that are already editable... Intelligent pitch texture usage...currently there is a lot of mirroring going on...without reason eg. corner area textures Referee kits/ medic kits Managers should show in 3d match Benches should have more variations...they all look like 1950s -1970s benches Allow for people to customise the pitch lines...as it stands only the semicircles and spots [penalty spot etc] are editable. No paint job should look 100% perfect since its on grass... Better basic 3d kit textures.. Better 3d ball textures... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignavus Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 1. An ID index : For show all existing ID's in xml.. Has this been included yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
b.paterson Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 My Request is to introduce the ability to create and manage our own custom views when we staff search (similar to player search and shortlist sections). If this is not possible then can we have a panel editor program so editing is easier for people that don't know how to modify the .xml files. Regards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakesypvfc Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 I dont know whether this is the right place to ask, but does anyone know of a guide anywhere to help make skins from scratch? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamweesel Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I'd have rather posted a new thread but since this thread exists, here's my idea/request. A skin based on the FIFA Manager game series. Frankly, the skin and the graphical representations are the only worthwhile thing in that game and in my opinion that skin looks fantastic. An FM skin based on that would be sensual. Here are some Screenshots Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMtillidie Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 A Skin Editor application, for us none coders who can easily convert their PSDs into skins. For instance, you import your PSD into it, and can use the editor to locate where the buttons are and the screens that they take you to. For certain graphics i.e Player tabs there could be a list of the graphics and you simply drag your graphic ontop of each one to replace them. agree with this, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wyer Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 I think a sky sports style skin or maybe a MOTD skin would be great but i have no idea on how to start or go about it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
radestock Posted October 30, 2011 Author Share Posted October 30, 2011 We're not going to get anything like that for licensing reasons. If you're talking about someone making one then this is for official game improvements implemented by SI rather than 3rd party stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louwen Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 agree with this, Seconded. (thirded?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjericho Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 An option to disable the attribute polygon and put the player's face in the center of that space. And obviously numbered tactical sliders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I'm not sure if this is a skin issue or not; if it is, here's my suggestion: Something annoys me that occurred in FM11 and still occurs in FM 12 with default and bkgd skin that I use. When playing a match, if I click on the drop=down menu to change tactics with shouts, the menu often gets stuck until the changes are made. It means for a minute or two the menu is obscuring half the pitch. What to do to make the drop-down go away with a click while it's processing the change? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
claytonsgold Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I'd like to see a complete beginners guide to skinning, I've downloaded loads over the years mainly from Tomdixon77(many thanks to him and everyone else) and would like to give something back. But there is NO walk though for beginners on how to use the resource archive and make a skin form scratch. Sorry about the double post. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minneapolisjon Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 The ability to customize the 3D match graphics would be fantastic. For example: The ability to set your stadiums default seat color to something other than the standard assigned Options for choosing your stadium's pitch "cut pattern" Ability to customize the actual stadium based upon a variety of different sets - such as the open corners at Wolves and West Ham - The leveling of select decks on each individual side of the pitch - putting words into the seating pattern, i.e. the club's name These things always gut me, espically when the game strives for realism in everything, and then I see yellow seats at Perilli Stadium for my beloved Burton Albion, when it's actually black seats with the yellow "Burton Albion." Even if it's just an option to customize these in the editor, at least the community can create some fantastic works with that (There's a shocker, a background GFX guy wanting to be able to adjust the 3D stadium) Just my thoughts, minneapolisJon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lii Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Now we can give a club a kit used only in a competition, say ECL, by editor. I would like that we are able to assign a picture to that kit in config.xml. At this time, we can only set home, away and third kits. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimpy Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I reckon the ability to add in tabs like a web browser would be a game changer. Would be so useful to be able to open a couple of screens at once Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
radestock Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 Love that idea. Can imagine it'd mean a massive revamp though - FM is still very linear in design at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie McMahon's Secret Lover Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Would like to see the dark skin for the full game with the "instant result" button Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
radestock Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 Just deleted a couple of posts regarding the name of a skin. Please keep this thread on topic and free of clutter so genuine suggestions do not get lost. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mons Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 To ensure that finalised graphic packs don't get lost down the page and are easily accessible for new users, I think it would be a good idea to have a sub-forum for downloads (like is currently the case in the Editors Hideaway forum). The main forum would then be a place in which WIPs are posted and requests for assistance are made. Ideally, posting in the download sub-forum should not be possible and threads could only be moved therein by the mods, when they are notified that a pack is ready for downloading. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
radestock Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 That's not what this forum is about. We are a help forum, not a repository for people looking for downloads. The sort of thing you're talking about is the domain of 3rd party fansites. Obviously we do allow people to showcase their work (even this initially only used to be for skins) but that is really extending our purpose beyond what it's supposed to be - hence the ban on requests for download links etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mons Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 That's not what this forum is about. We are a help forum, not a repository for people looking for downloads. The sort of thing you're talking about is the domain of 3rd party fansites. Obviously we do allow people to showcase their work (even this initially only used to be for skins) but that is really extending our purpose beyond what it's supposed to be - hence the ban on requests for download links etc. Fair enough, understood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elrethiel Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Not sure if this goes here, but in future releases it would be great if we could get: 1. Multiple monitor support, especially in match, that way I could have the game on one screen and all the stats on the second one. 2. support for player faces in other places than their profile. I relate much easier to a face than a name, specially foreign ones, so if I could have faces in the team line ups, and even in the match report snippets it would be awesome. 3. more variety in regen faces, if OLT's pack has shown something is that regen's don't have to look bland and that this issue can be solved by adding more variety to hairstyles and facial hair. Thanks, and please let me know if this suggestions should be in a different post instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomDixon77 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 One thing I'd like to see is when SI change something in the layout (the tabs menu and action strip that was introduced in FM13, for instance) it isn't done in such a way as to force everyone to use that layout, so all you get are skins with different graphics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmbrann Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Is it possible to make a skin where the filters doesnt go away during team-selection? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torwin Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Would there be a chance to make a skin with the graphical skill bars rather than numbers? I was always using that option, and I cannot seem to find it in FM 14 anymore... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter T Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 I was just checking some posts in the Tacticw forume and i came across this: so, i had an idea about a retro/vintage skin! Since i have no idea how to do it, is there anyone who can and wiiling to try one? Better yet, is there a retro/vintage skin already by any chance? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjericho Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 I think when you click the "reload skin" button in the preferences screen, after the skin is reloaded the game shouldn't exit the preferences screen. Because usually I reload to update the logos/faces packs, and then I have to go to the preferences again to tick the box to use cache. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdawson6 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Is this a normal delay on getting base skins where the backgrounds work? I know some skin makers have found a way but I'd really like to have a less complicated option like we had last year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gico86 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I'm probably dreaming, but I would like to see a big graphic revolution, something like the classic Ultimate Soccer Manager Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvertonblokesMobile Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Hi guys, I dont know if this is possible, but can you do a skin that makes the tactics screen look and play like FM14? Im really struggling with the current layout. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 "Instant result button" skin for FM15 would be great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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