DanBeats90

Sorry to be dim, can you put it really simple terms - what exactly am I looking for in this file? What would I need to edit or delete?

Hi all. Complete skinning rookie so I would appreciate a bit of help: in the match tablet, how can I delete an individual tab and change their names? One is called 'Around the Grounds' - I'd like to get rid of it or change the name if possible. Thanks in advance.

Thanks both for your replies. I think it is more likely to be the patch - I forgot that this has only very recently been released and you are right, there are a few issues elsewhere in the game since its release. I will continue using the skin and change autosave settings to ensure I don't get whacked again (lost a whole evenings worth of progress last night!)

Hi all. Love the skin @keysi, it makes the game infinitely more immersive. One query - I’ve just experienced the game crashing for the first time in forever (last few editions have been rock solid for me) and the only change I’ve made in last few days is adding the skin. FM can prove quite demanding for my laptop in terms of processing (I’ve got a fairly basic gaming laptop hooked up to a 4k monitor); I’m just wondering whether anybody knows if the skin is more demanding or whether I’ve just been unlucky? Thanks in advance.

Hi all. Got a save going with Perth Glory in the Australian A-League. When I started the save I got a warning that there were no A-League/MLS transfers in season one in Real World mode. No problem, it added to the challenge as far as I was concerned. Got to the summer transfer window at the end of season one and I could start signing players, which I did. Two nights ago I got to Sat 13th July 2024 and saved the game (both AI teams and me had been signing players up to that day). I loaded the game again last night and now can't sign anyone - when I click 'Approach to SIgn' on free agents I get the 'A-League/MLS can't sign players in season one of Real World' message again. For clarity, the only thing I did before loading last night was delete the cache folder to load in some player pic graphics. Any ideas what is going on and when I can expect to sign players again? Not the end of the world if I have to wait until the end of season two, I am pretty happy with my squad though. Thanks in advance for your help.

Long time lurker, first time poster so here goes: This thread hasn’t been as fun to follow this year - too many trolls with a genuine nastiness to their comments. I don’t watch YouTubers but will watch their alpha videos because for me it adds to the excitement. They’ve earned the privilege of alpha access through years of slogging away and establishing a solid viewership. Hats off to them. The personal comments are no more than petty jealousy. Pineapple on pizza is delicious. End of debate. And I’m not a fan of Greggs. Chuck Norris doesn’t mind the gap. The gaps minds Chuck Norris. The beta is definitely coming Thursday.

Thanks. In the mean time can you tell me where I can find the .ivf file for the Man vs Fat ad board? Just so I can delete it and at least play the game. Or failing that how can I turn ads off completely?

Hi all. Anyone else getting a really pixelated ‘Man vs Fat Football’ video ad? When I start a match (any match in any league from what I can see) I get a proper ad first (Prostate Cancer in the EFL, for example) and then it goes to this and only this for the remainder of the match. The reason I’m curious whether anyone else has had it is that I’ve looked at a number of YouTubers recent videos and can’t find a single other example of it. I’ve logged this as a bug and I’ve had a reply from SI so hopefully they can resolve it. But I’m curious if anyone else has had it and if so, what did you do to fix it (I’ve searched through the ads graphics files using the Resource Archiver and can’t find any reference to this ad, either as a video or in the config). Any help will be hugely appreciated - this is driving me mad and is a total immersion breaker for me at the moment.

Just played a Bundesliga game and the same pixelated ad came up. I've looked through all the FMF files that I can open using the archiver and I cannot find a Man vs Fat Football ivf file anywhere. I tried signing in to FMFC to see if that affected things but that didn't work either.

PKM attached with the glitched adboards. If there is a workaround then that would be massively appreciated! Middlesbrough v West Brom.pkm

Another game where you can see it even more clearly. I'll add a PKM below as well.

Other info that might be useful - I am playing through Epic. I am seeing the ad in all English matches (and I’m not seeing it on YouTubers saves in England). I haven’t tested matches in different countries. If it can’t be fixed then I’d really appreciate somebody telling me how to get rid of this particular ad (I’ve used the Resource Archiver to have a rummage in the files and can’t find anything). It’s a real immersion breaker when the rest of the game looks smooth/4k and then this ad keeps appearing where you can’t even make out the words because of how badly rendered it is. Thanks in advance.

Thanks for pointing me in this direction. I’ve followed the advice given and it does seem to have improved things to a point where the matches run smoothly.

I should add as well that I have graphics/rendering set to High and no custom graphics/mods added.

Hi all. Looking for some inspiration for an Italian save, starting in Serie C and working up (either with one club or as journeyman - not sure which yet). Any good club recommendations? Ideally somebody that isn’t a big favourite at this level (e.g. Pescara) to make it more of a challenge. Thanks in advance!

No I’ve got it through Epic and I’ve got the same issue. It’s so frustrating. I’ve always avoided jumping on the bandwagon of criticism that inevitably follows any game release because when you step back, 9 times out of 10 SI deliver an awesome game that’s superb value for money. But for the first time possibly ever I cannot escape the feeling that this game is half baked. The lack of features, fine I can deal with that because last year’s game was good. But introducing an immersion breaking bug with a patch and then still not fixing it for 6 weeks is taking the mick a little. Whether real or imagined, SI need to acknowledge that there is a perceived complacency / sloppiness amongst a number of fans of the game that they need to get on top of ASAP.

Can you give us a very rough idea of when this will be patched? i.e. will there be a mini-patch in Jan or are we going to have to wait until March for the update? It is such a frustrating issue, made worse by the fact that the game was running fine until the Dec patch! Is it too simplistic to say just undo the change made in the Dec patch that has caused so many people to have this issue? It’s really disappointing, I can’t remember another version of FM where there was an issue that was so badly affecting a huge number of players that has gone untouched for almost 6 weeks now. Very sloppy, especially from such a mainstream game.

Hi. This looks awesome and I'd love to give it a go. I like the default skin with the game though so if I wanted the default skin but just the numerical attributes replaced with stars, what would I need to keep/delete? Sorry if this is obvious, I'm a complete novice at this sort of thing! Thanks in advance for your help.

If you look in the match engine section on the bugs forum, the first 6 or 7 posts are all related to lagging after the last patch - loads of people having issues with it. And I figured this was the best place for my question - the forum info referred to this as the Skinning and Graphics Section.

Hi all. Like a lot of people I’m having lag/stuttering issues after the latest patch. After playing with graphics settings it helps a lot to turn crowds off in the ‘Match’ settings. However it also gets rid of the seats in the stadium, rendering every ground a soulless grey bowl. My question is - how can I get rid of the crowds but keep the seats? Thanks in advance.

I've been playing around with various things trying to smooth out the ME. I've had the most success by turning crowds off - that makes a massive difference. The only down side is when you turn the crowds off the seats disappear as well, turning every stadium into a giant grey bowl. Anyone know why this is and how to fix it? I can absolutely live without the people but I'd like the seats back!!

Hi all. I think it is a known issue that the adboards are causing lag in the match engine. I've tried multiple supposed fixes and nothing has improved the issue for me. So I have two questions: 1. Is there an easy way to turn the adboards off? 2. When can we expect a hotfix for this? It was working fine before the patch but games are now borderline unwatchable in big stadiums.

I always start my first save during the beta with the intention of carrying on. Sometimes easier said than done though, e.g. I got sacked yesterday after 5 games due to a bug with board expectations. I’m quite keen to go again with a proper save but the question I have is, will all fixes for bugs be save-game compatible? (With the exception of data fixes - I’m aware these require a new save).