michaeltmurrayuk Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 A skin designed to work better on Netbooks and other computers who's screens are limited to a 1024x600 resolution. Skin is based on the default FM09 skin, with the most changes being the maximising of the screen content area. I haven't made that many graphical changes, just focused on the coding for this version. I've fixed all the screens that don't scroll and have removed as many scroll bars as possible. The main squad screen fits upto 9 subs (20 players without scrolling): The main header should show if you are running on a battery and patch 9.0.3 the battery icon in the top left hand corner, on the quick links and menu items I've just disabled the advisor and tutorial buttons, the main logos have been shrunk down to small logo size as there was nowhere else to fit them in, I've also made the mail button flash again when you have mail. Player Profile Screen: I've managed to remove all the scroll bars from the profile screen. There maybe a couple of minor issues if a player gets loads of bans and injury info, whilst the nationality and caps will sometimes overlay the face, which is better than cutting off the face (as the faces don't seem to be resizable). The pitch screen has gone through a few changes: The header has been reduced to the match info with just the home and squad quick links plus the manager and options menus and the date in short format. On the actual pitch I've removed the timebar and TV view button and moved the camera to the top of the panel (that modification will be released on its own for those of you who don't need this skin but want a bigger pitch). The TV view I've left alone apart from increasing the size of a couple of widgets to stop text being cut off. One minor issue with the pitch is that the back arrow is covered up when the continue button displays match analysis. I've also modified the Tactics screen inside and outside of a match: The menus have been put inside submenus to stop them scrolling off the screen, I've also moved the Target man and play offside buttons to stop the instructions from scrolling. The player rows have also been reduced so you now fit the full team and subs onto one screen for each of the match screens. On the snapshot screen I've increased the amount of upcoming fixtures and league positions shown as the scroll bars would be their anyway. The Right Sided Skin sees two changes, sidebar moved to the right and the top left recoloured from gray to the clubs foreground colour: http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/8616/rightj.jpg INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: Extract the files from the zip, and place the netbook09.fmf (or the netbook09_r.fmf if using the right sided skin, if using the right sided skin in below instructions replace 'netbook09' with 'netbook09_r') and config.xml files into your skins folder, by default this is: My Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2009/skins Now if you can go into the preferences menu without the game crashing select the netbook09 skin in the dropdown menu, if it doesn't appear turn off the skin select always reload the skin and click confirm go back into the preferences menu and you should now be able to select the netbook09 skin. (Once the skin is loaded you can turn the cache back on and turn off always reload skin). If you cannot get into the preferences screen there are two alternative methods to change your skin: 1. Create a desktop shortcut to FM09, right click on the shortcut -> properties, select the target box go to the end and type: ' --skin=netbook09' without the ' and remember to include the space, when you load the game using this shortcut it will select the skin referenced there 'netbook09' in this case. 2. Manually adjust one of the xml files, first you may need to enable view hidden files, then browse to: XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\settings Vista: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\settings Inside that folder will be a list of xml files (they may all be inside a Version 901 subfolder for some reason), now you want to scroll down until you find the 'skin.xml' file open this with notepad and you will see something like this: <record> <string id="valu" value="netbook09"/> </record> where it says netbook09 will be the name of your currently selected skin, to select the netbook09 skin type netbook09 as shown above and save the file. The game will now load with the netbook09 skin selected. DOWNLOAD PAGE (includes links to both left and right versions of the skin - extracted versions are available at the bottom of the page, if you want to edit the skin use those links (or extract it yourself) if you just want to use the skin use the main link) Terms of use This skin can be used for any purpose as long as its non-commerical (i.e. you don't charge people to use them, or don't make money directly from using them). You are free to modify this skin or reuse the xml files for any non-commerical purpose, all I ask is you include a credit to me. Redisribution terms: You can post this skin anywhere on the internet provided its posted asif with credit to me and that it's not advertised as exclusive to your site or paid area. You are free to translate the skin/readme/instructions into another language if you want. --- If I've missed anything or there are any problems let me know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny1903 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Absolutely great work thanks alot! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zapatero Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Looks good, thanks. Is there no way to move the caps info lower? And maybe move the size & weight line to its position? In my language, the caps info fills almost the whole line, which doesn't look too good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted March 10, 2009 Author Share Posted March 10, 2009 I've made a slight tweak to the profile page, found the code to resize the player pic (both facegen and actual picture), have shrunk it down a bit so it and the club logo no longer interfere with the profile details: Links above have already been updated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Quality. Nice work michaeltmurrayuk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zapatero Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Great. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
akarol Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 WOW! Can't wait to get home and try it out. I hope that this skin allows me to run in non-windowed mode where I can get the 20% performance loss back. Thanks a lot man! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny1903 Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I was playing a match earlier in the LC and the game went to extra time. I noticed that the game clock went missing and it was just a blank box. Has anyone else had this issue? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted March 10, 2009 Author Share Posted March 10, 2009 Thanks I've updated it and the time should now display during extra time, let me know if there's any problem with the display of injury time during extra time or with the display of pens, as they are not very easy to test. And if anyone has noticed any other problems feel free to point them out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
akarol Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Guys, what resolution should I set the game to? I am able to get to the Preferences page with AsTray running in the background and was able to enable the skin that way. However, everything is still scrolling vertically when I have it set to 1024x768. Also, I am unable to get the game to open without AsTray running in the background, unless I have the "-windowed -small_screen" extensions in the shortcut target. Am I stuck with the window mode? Please say it ain't so!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted March 10, 2009 Author Share Posted March 10, 2009 To enable full screen mode you need to have a screen resolution of 1024x768 or greater. If you are running the game in 1024x768 then there shouldn't be any ingame scroll bars (well nearly none) If you are running at 1024x600 you'll still need to use the " --windowed --small_screen" commands to load the game, if you maxmise the window and autohide the taskbar then this skin should remove the scroll bars. EDIT: I take it your using AsTray to set the screen resolution above the screens native size, if you are doing this there is no way to remove the scrolling as your screen isn't physically big enough for the resolution. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Spot on Mr Murray. Much appreciated. Muchas Gracias !!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny1903 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I downloaded the updated extra time clock earlier. However when I went to play a match I got that XML Error and the game closed. I rolled back to the previous version you uploaded and it worked. Not sure whether it was just my comp playing up or whether it was because of the extra time clock update in the new skin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Do you remember what file it says caused the problem? Was it any match it crashed on or a specific time/event? You could try redownloading it its possible the download was corrupted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttk0 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Thank you for the great skin it really rules. i have a small problem tho, look at the underlined score board ... ;(;(;( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 I wasn't expecting people to run the skin in larger resolutions, but it should now be fixed (version 1.3 should be up) and has hopefully not broken the injury time display. (Everything should now stay in position, with just the teambar areas stretching to match your resolution now). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny1903 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Fixed my problem I had earlier...i'll report anything else back should I find something Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttk0 Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 is version 1.3 available now ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 Yes the links are updated, to make sure you get the right one check in the readme file and it should say v1.3 (it may not say 1.3 in game as I may have forgotten to update the version number in the xml file, but the readme is correct and the modification/creation time for the fmf file should be 11/03/09 21:25 for v1.3) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttk0 Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Ty very much, now it is a joy to behold! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nubei Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 is there any way to get this to run full screen? my text goes blurry in windowed mode for some reason i tried the command, --fullscreen_width=1024 --fullscreen_height=600 but it just starts in 1024x768 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 No the minimuim resolution for the game to be run in fullscreen mode is 1024x768. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
akarol Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 It really ****es me off that there is no netbook resolution support. How hard could it be to make it compatible with the lower resolution? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheat2win Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Thank you, this skin is awesome! It's a shame they always forget about low resolution gamers... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spzero Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Incredible. Just what I needed. Now I have FM in everything that can run it... Made things a little more manageable, which is all I ever wanted anyway. Thanks! I found something. Interacting with players from other teams (sometimes) have the ability to scroll down not on screen. I tried it with Kranjcar and I couldn't scroll down to choose my options. However, when i did it for Crouch, I was able to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 Do you mean that the scroll bar didn't appear when it should (so you couldn't get access to all the options) or that the scroll bar appeared but the game wouldn't let you scroll using your mouse wheel? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amnon Tamsut Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Thake you very very much. i sent an email for si because of this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amnon Tamsut Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Sorry about the double but it wont work help!. when i double click on the game nothing is happens it just wont start. the fm.exe appears on task manager/processes but it wont work. please help!. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 Sorry about the double but it wont work help!.when i double click on the game nothing is happens it just wont start. the fm.exe appears on task manager/processes but it wont work. please help!. You may need to add the --small_screen --windowed command to the fm.exe shortcut. First if you don't already have a desktop shortcut to the fm.exe create one, then right click on the shortcut and select properties. In the box that pops up select the shortcut tab and the third line down should be a target box select the line next to it, that has the location of the game in it and scroll to the end and add this to the end of the line: " --small_screen --windowed" (don't include the " but include the first space) So the target box should look like this: "D:\Games\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\fm.exe" --small_screen --windowed (The actual location of the fm.exe may vary depending on where you installed the game and whether you are using steam or not). If you can also add the --skin=netbook09 command to the line as well if you cannot get into the preferences screen. (the skin command will tell the game to load with the netbook skin already loaded) If you add the skin command the target line should look something like this: "D:\Games\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\fm.exe" --small_screen --windowed --skin=netbook09 If you are using the rightsided skin use this: "D:\Games\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\fm.exe" --small_screen --windowed --skin=netbook09_r Again the bit within the quote marks may be different depending on where you install FM, its the bit after \fm.exe" that you need to add to the end of the target line. When you load FM09, maximise the window as that should resize the window so it is no longer cut off, you can also move or auto-hide the windows taskbar to give yourself some extra space. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilic Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 great. I'm trying it asap Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amnon Tamsut Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 10Q michaeltmurrayuk it works on window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spzero Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Do you mean that the scroll bar didn't appear when it should (so you couldn't get access to all the options) or that the scroll bar appeared but the game wouldn't let you scroll using your mouse wheel? Hm, I never tried scrolling with my mouse wheel. Whenever I used to do it, I always click the up/down arrows. But to further explain what was happening, the up arrow becomes super-imposed on top of the down arrow so that it becomes impossible to press the down arrow scroll, no matter where I put the mouse. I tried using the mouse wheel for scrolling but it wasn't working. I tried it interacting with Vagner Love but because of the tons of information displayed, the scroll bar wasn't even displaying at all... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacca03 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Dear michaeltmurrayuk, Great work. Many thanks. Just one small question. Wheneever I click the "Preference" menu, the game crashes. Is that suppose to happen? I've a Lenovo S10 and started the game using the following command: "D:\Games\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\fm.exe" --small_screen --windowed --skin=netbook09 Many thanks again. Tacca03 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 It appears to happen to a few people - whats the max resolution supported by the Lenovo S10? - I'm assuming it crashes as when you go into the preferences screen the game tries to get a list of resolutions and if it cannot find any 1024x768 or greater ones it crashes. Unfortantley removing the resolution coding leaves you unable to click confirm on the preferences screen. One possible solution if possible is to add a custom resolution through the display driver or a third party program of 1024x768 or greater, so the game should then read that you have a viable resolution and hopefully not crash. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sureshot Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 can u see moral and condtion at the same time on tactics screen on this skin ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 If the screen resolution you are using is high enough then yes, if you are using 1024x768 or smaller then no. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amnon Tamsut Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 But why its like this?, they(si) cant creat a compatible version for the notebook pc because from what i see theres alot players who need to suffer from this hopefully in 10 it would be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amnon Tamsut Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 There's a problem in january i can't change my squad and it looks like this: you can see at the bottom that i can't chage my squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
akarol Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 I totally agree. I think it's unfair for SI to ignore the netbook customers when they comprise a huge portion of the market. A game such as FM is ideal for netbook users as it isn't graphically intensive. Why eliminate the choice from them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 Ok new version is up (HERE - same link, just make sure it says v1.4 in the preferences menu.) Version 1.4 Changes: - Re-enabled squad info table at bottom of squad page (needed to register players in Spain) - Reduced row heights in squad view, to reclaim some space. - Moved Searchbox clear button. - Tweaked position of scroll bar in the tree menu for the right sided skin. Screenshot: I couldn't fix the player interaction issue as it doesn't happen in my game, if anyone is still getting this problem and can recreate it at will, if they have a save game they can upload I can see if I can fix it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amnon Tamsut Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 You are a king!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amnon Tamsut Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 It dosent work: sorry to bother. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 Are you running a custom database? As according to that screenshot Madrid are playing in England? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amnon Tamsut Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Yes but that was just an example here i with Stoke city: (start of season 1) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 The Premier League doesn't have any restrictions, so the rules bar won't appear, if you load a game in Spain does the bar appear? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amnon Tamsut Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 The Premier League doesn't have any restrictions, so the rules bar won't appear, if you load a game in Spain does the bar appear? Yes, and again 10q. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Grant Appleyard Posted May 13, 2009 SI Staff Share Posted May 13, 2009 Hi michaeltmurrayuk, I just wanted to say, great work on this skin. I've tried it on an HP-Mini and a Samsung NC10 to good effect. Although I can't promise anything at this stage, suffice to say we are looking at FM on netbooks now at SI, and possibility of supporting them in the future. Thanks again, and keep up the good work. Cheers Grant ps i'll also look into the preferences crash. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 No problem, the main problems are the crashing preferences screen and the fact that the full_screen command line command doesn't work when trying to set a 1024x600 resolution. The ability to get the game into full screen mode would free up an extra 60pixels for the height. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherlover Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Grant A. - Just wanted to chip in and say that any support S.I. could give to Netbooks would be greatly appreciated. Any news on fixing the preferences crash? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTMDan Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 I hope you can support the game fully on netbooks in the future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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