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In preferences, you can turn on ID's (search ID in preferences and tick it) this shows if the page you want to add a background to has a unique ID code, in which case you can use a config file to code shots to different screens in the game.

Check the ID's if they are different on the screens, then yes you can.

Sorry, the skin I created (which is basically the default skin with a few small tweaks) doesn't have stadiums on the club screen page.

https://community.sigames.com/forums/topic/568508-fm23skin-football-manager-2023-base-skin/ Instructions in the first post.

I believe this is your parental controls with Sky, you'll need to login and change them. I posted the skin I use which supports these, further up the thread^^

Possibly in my instance, but I've seen this pop-up in YouTube videos too.

Another UI bug, circled in red, showing two different pieces of information for the same outcome (face and the heart). I've seen this a few times, and it corrects itself after half time.

I wouldn't be against a yearly subscription model option (not limited to) for this game if it came with regular communication, support and more smaller updates throughout the calendar year, Alpha/Beta logins for pre-testing and pre-feedback ahead of feature rollouts etc - could be a viable option for the hardcore FM audience.

The bizarre thing is the majority of the FM community really want the best for the game and want to help things to improve, to have that at your fingers tips from SI's point-of-view is amazing and should be positively tapped into - but it's just becoming a negative space due to the lack to responses back, feels like it's all one way, then SI do whatever they want anyway despite raising feedback and populating the bugs forum for years, or in some cases people actually having direct conversations with SI. The big FM YouTubers are all over this too now, this is the second video DoctorBenjy has hosted regarding FM23 and FM in general - the lack of FM content this year on FM23 from DoctorBenjy and Zealand is so quiet it's almost deafening. Without serious improvement, this negative social cloud which is just beginning to bubble up is going to grow over the coming FM releases, now is the time to react. Some great feedback and thought provokes in this vid:

Very true. SI are aware of all of this stuff, but nothing appears to get done, despite the amount of times it's reported, which is so frustrating

Another example here too, of odd pointless, interactions. Jan Oblak, apparently not happy at his playing time and should be starting more games. He's transfer listed. Has been for two months. He's listed because he was warned about his poor form three times, he disagreed so I put him up for sale and immediately dropped him, this was a conversation within the game with him. I'm guessing this is just simply linked and coded to his playing time being set at "First Choice Goalkeeper" rather than him realising the actual situation that's going on around him, which breaks immersion. Pointless asking Koke, although he could simply say "you're on the transfer list mate, you're up for sale". What's even odder is when I go in and have the conversation with him, the option is there for me to say "I'll look to sell your for the good of your career" to which he responds with "I don't want to leave boss, I just want to play, I'll show more patience in future". He's already up for sale, what's he not understanding?

Here is the perfect example to back up my argument that staff interaction is somewhat flawed, and doesn't matter how good staff attributes are as they go away and do whatever they like. Here is Andrea Berta suggesting a recruitment focus for AM(R) as we are weak in this area, according to the assistant manager, who's on the touchline for every single game. I don't play with AM(R) or AM(L), never have, my formation is 3-4-1-2. His suggestion is pointless, and in real life this idea wouldn't even be brought to the table for discussion, certainly not from someone as good and experienced as Andrea Berta. Andrea Berta is one of the best Director of Football appointments you can make, look at his attributes - but he's not joined up with how I'm managing the club, so what's the point? Might not seem like a biggie, but the FM is littered with these inconsistencies which just begins to grind down the immersion.

You could probably copy & paste my feedback from FM22 for FM23 and it wouldn’t be far different to this, and I could go on and on regarding points we’ve all raise over the last 3-4 years but it feels it doesn’t get recognised and worked upon but here we are, posting again. Players, Staff & Interaction Most of this area needs re-writing for me, some strange interactions in the game and your captain has become almost pointless in resolving any issues with team mates in FM23. There’s so many tasks to take care of, which I enjoy the most-part, but some I don’t trust to leave to staff - which I would do if the features work correctly. Director of Football and Technical Director offer daft contacts out, you can’t trust them to hire/fire staff, or bid for the correct type of player you want, even selling players they struggle with them - what’s the real point in hiring them? Then Loan Managers, trying to loan players to clubs as a “fringe” to sit on a bench - why would that be good for development? Yes, you can pre-set this but that’s not how it’s intended to work. Yes, you can sub-task to your staff, but there’s two issues I have with that; 1. If I let staff take control of so many areas, I might as well just play FM touch 2. I don’t trust the staff in the game, some of their decision are poor (no matter how “elite” they may be) The full-fat version of FM should be immersive enough for the user to want to use most of those full-fat features you've icncluded, sub-tasking them to staff because they’re bugged, or not immersive, is simply not good enough. Interaction is bugged, there’s no two ways about it, there are odd interactions buried throughout. Press Conferences are so repetitive it’s boring, it’s the SAME questions over and over again, some questions are asked at incorrect times, but you can’t give them to your assistant as it negatively effects your profile for future job interviews. Interaction I think can be solved and improved, but Press Conferences is a real tough one to make immersive and I do sympathise with SI on that. Repetition Throughout the Game & Matchday Something I brought up last year was how repetitive FM has become, arguably chore-like, and is becoming more bloated, and I know that’s difficult because it’s replicating real life but it all feels “samey” regardless of what country or level you manage in. Matchdays are all the same, the only thing I really do like is the broadcast licenses, like CL, EL, EFL etc, it’s great and offers differentiation from other match days, but I think that could go further too - all the popups and widgets in game should be branded too, branded Inbox messages etc. The Social Feed has been the same for years, please someone re-design it and make it feel like actual social media, same with the News screen. Stale. Stadiums need work, we all know this, lower league stadiums are out of proportion, higher up the ladder they all feel the game, with odd graphical placement of things - match days need to feel different, maybe try and attain stadium licenses, even if it’s just for big national stadiums, like Wembley, then cup finals can feel like a real event. Even a basic stadium editor would help the community add immersion. Matchdays are a biggie for me, they need real improvement in terms of stadiums, pitches, weather, lighting, match day widgets - no two matches should really look and/or feel the game. At the minute, a PL match feels no different to the EFL Cup final. Improvements The Squad Planner feature is a good idea, but it doesn’t work properly, it changes when it feel likes it and changes between the two views you can switch between - surely that’s a bug? Feels like a half-hearted addition. There’s a lot of odd things about the game in long-term saves, most highlighted already but we shouldn’t have to download Daveincid realism packs to achieve what the game should actually be like from day one - and don’t give me “resource” issues, he literally does it all on his own - why don’t SI just hire him to sort it out as by the sounds of it the conversations with dev’s go nowhere. AI squad building is still iffy in long-term saves, AI don't look after youth players, reputation issues etc - I think that ties into my point above on poor staff. The new Scouting System still needs improvement, again, feels half hearted. The new Manager Timeline, in all honestly, I barely use or look at. There’s also tons of poor UI and bugs littered throughout the game, too many to highlight, and also odd animations in match which need improving along with the graphics, it’s 2023 for God-sake, look at the tech that’s available! The skin could do with a few tweaks and tidy up’s to make certain information more readily available in the journey, and improve screenflows. Set Pieces have been the same for years, and are STILL bugged. International Management has not been touched for years and needs an overhaul. Big YouTubers have highlighted these and for me they cannot be ignored for FM24, too many people have highlighted this for at least 2 years now - missing these will hammer home people's thoughts that SI don't actually listen to their user base's feedback. I could write for hours on improvements, but SI will already know them as everyone posts them in here, but the proof is in the pudding, if/when they start to listen to this feedback? Curious to see if SI have focus-groups on this sort of thing. I love this game, and have done for years but it feels like it’s out growing itself now and is getting out of control in terms of being able to fix errors and bugs and becoming stale. PRO’s: UEFA licences - brilliant - MORE LICENSES PLEASE! I hope for FM24 SI can add the Premier League license as the UEFA is a brilliant execution. These do add immersion and differentiation throughout the game, which is badly needed. CON’s: Game is littered with bugs (some really silly too) that have been highlighted year-on-year and are still in there, arguably getting worse as more features are layered on top. Fix them, and improve the features you already have. Graphically still way behind what I’d expect from a game in 2023. So far I’d give it a 6-7 out of 10, but hoping the Winter Patch will push forward some improvements, but FM24 needs BIG improvements for this to progress, and I’d start by really fixing what’s already under the hood.

Untitled.mp4 Any idea what the goalkeeper is doing? Seen better animations on Sensible Soccer in the 90s. https://www.veed.io/view/47db462e-4189-4f7f-9e55-6bc2c55276ed?source=compressor-sharing

Sick to death of players arguing back when I'm confronting them for playing poorly, or continuously playing poorly when the facts of match ratings back up they ARE playing poorly, there's no two ways about it. Me going for the interaction in the first instance IS based on fact. Then they get the hump. And repeat.

Spamming the thread with a few more from me, I've left Newcastle United and joined Atletico, so been newgen shopping in the summer Carlos, came through the youth system: Javier Lastra, came through the youth system: Yaya Djimé, £28m signing from Valencia: Luca Di Giacomo, £16.5m signing from Juventus: Mlungisi Motloung, £500,000 from Sundowns: Raúl Liñares, came through the youth system: Mettin Zijm, £1.7m from FC Volendam: Juan Ondo, came through the youth system: Santiago Tadmor, £7.25m signing from Boca: Timur Hamzic, £39m signing from Atalanta:

Yeah will be, don't think there's any threads on here that I can post it in though

£11m and a very ageing squad

Yeah from The Managers Seat on YouTube.

Newcastle United: Season 6 (27/28) - Complete (Premier League) Previous post^^ Season 5 done, very good season overall again - CHAMPIONS AGAIN Premier League: Topped the league with 89 points, 96 goals scored from this young team - losing five games. We started poorly but I swapped to a 3 at the back set-up due to the quality of defenders I had available which made us much tighter and tougher to break down, which I enforced with some January transfers. Alexander Isak and Benjamin Šeško scored 33 goals each but Haaland took the golden boot with 40 goals. Community Shield: Started off with a a comfortable 3-1 win the Community Shield against Chelsea: Emirates FA Cup: WINNERS! Scraped past Manchester City 2-1. having been 0-1 down, dubious penalty decision went our way and set up off on a win. Carabao Cup: WINNERS! Very comfortable win 3-0 against a good Arsenal team, red card after 36 mins was the nail in they coffin. UEFA Champions League: Runner's up to Liverpool, game was quiet but exploded in extra time where it just passed up by, too many under performers in the final, really disappointed. Season Review: After turning into a Glory Hunter save, I've now won everything in England, unsure whether to give Newcastle United one more season for a crack at the Champions League, or move abroad. The Atletico Madrid job is available, but they're seriously skint with an ageing team...

Glad you got it fixed mate

You shouldn't need to touch the config file, if you are overwriting images like-for-like. You just drop the image in the folder, it overwrites, and it reflects in game.

I've never been a fan of these pop up screens during the game, I think they're hideous to look at, not designed well or considered, small font, too much space/gappy, nothing lines up - they look worse then there are multiple games going on: But you have the EFL branding, so why does that pop-up not look more like this and more in keeping with the branding? For me, those are the sorts of details that will help differentiate between different types of match days and tournaments.

Couple more January pick ups...

Yeah that's the case, that makes sense then - had the same issue with Ward-Prowse last season.