Football Manager 2021 Base Skins

 

Please note that these skins will only work with the Full Mode of Football Manager 2021, Football Manager 2021 Touch Mode Base Skins will be released after that version has been released.

As with most recent Football Managers for you to make certain changes in Football Manager 2021 you need to create a new skin. Thankfully over the last few years some more stuff has been moved out of the skins folder so you only really need the Base skin if you are wanting to edit the skin graphics, fonts or colours. If you want to edit the match graphics or the most of the panel xml files you no longer really need the base skins.

So to make things easier for people I've put up some base skins that are identical to the default skins that come with the game, so you can add new files/graphics to these without messing up the original skins, and anything that isn't located in these new skin folders will be taken from the default locations within the game.

For Football Manager 2021 at the moment you have three skins to choose from the Default (Purple) Skin, and two Dark Skins one based on the FM21 colouring (Purple accents) and one based on the FM20 colouring (Cyan and Yellow accents). Light Base Skins will follow but with no default light skin this year they require a bit more work.

I'll also upload the Dark (and when they are ready Light) Versions to the Steam Workshop later for those that want a Dark/Light skin but don't need to edit them.

Full instructions on when and how to use the Base Skins can be found on the download page, please ensure you read the page in detail before downloading the Base Skins as it will save you problems in the future. 

Base Skins for Football Manager 2021 Download Page

If you have any further questions on the Base Skins please ask any questions in the Skinning Hideout on the Official SIGames Forums.

Football Manager 2021 - Pre-Release Beta Is Out

For those of you who have purchased a Digital Copy the Pre-Release Beta of Football Manager 2021 is now live on both Steam and Epic.

My Guides and Content will be slowly updated for FM2021, however at the moment we are unable to access the game files as the older versions of the Resource Tool won't open the FM21 fmf files so we are limited in what info we can access until the full release of the game so it won't be possible to update most guides and content until after the full release of the game.

In the mean time I'll be updating some back end stuff on my sites, so you may see my main site go down for a bit over the next years as Google keep on nagging me to switch over to their new sites platform so we'll see how that goes.

Football Manager 2020 - Mint Skins Collection

Thanks to taking a break and due to the current downtime I have actually managed to just about get an actual proper skin released.

These skins are an evolution of the personal skin I've used over the years but never managed to put into a releasable state until now (if you've followed my progress in Dafuge's Challenge over the years you'll likely recognize parts of it) and is based on the Default Light Skin and started life off with a green and blue tint (hence the name) before I went on a bit of a tangent for FM20 and based the colours loosely on the BBC Sport Website.

Football Manager 2020 - Match Screen Mods

Welcome to my Match Screen Mods for Football Manager 2020, yes horribly late but hey better late than never.

There has been no real changes this year apart from updating some of the code to reflect FM20 coding changes, though I have had to remove the Widget code as the game doesn't like you playing around with them this year. For the most part if you are using the updated FM19 panels with no problems then you can carry on using them, though if you are having problems then you can switch to this version as some of the changes made may fix the issue you are having.

The mod this year incorporates the main Match In Between Highlights mod with the various Match Review Screens.

The IBH panel and its Review panel have both been expanded out to eight panels, for the Review panel each of them are fully resizable in game by grabbing the divider between the panels and dragging it until you get the size you want, you can also drag the divider to the corner of the screen to fully hide a panel if you don't need all of them. However for the IBH panel you can only adjust the width in game (as the game won't remember the height) though I have set the two outer panels to be split vertically by default, and if you don't want one of these panels you can hide them by dragging the divider to the side so the panel is hidden.

For the Half-Time and Full-Time Review Panels these have with one selectable panel on the left and two on the right.

I have also added in some alternative views for the Overview, Match Stats and Formation which can now be selected like the other views via the drop-down menus in the top right corner, I've also re-worked the Player Rating panels these now use the Full Panel but with the Basic view added in and you can change the views by select the drop-down box on the left of those panels.

And like last year there is only the need for one version of the mod regardless of which skin or even which mode of FM you are using, though some of the information or screens might not show up in the Touch Mode as it doesn't support the same data as the full mode. (Unless you are using the Workshop version then you'll need to pick the one that suits the Default Skin you prefer). 

Please note that whilst I haven't tested the mod on the Touch, GamePass or Epic Store versions of the game it should still work with those versions.

And as always outside of the match screen this mod make no changes, so it should be compatible with any skin that hasn't already altered these panels.

Football Manager - Skin Installation Guide (FM20 Update)

Welcome to the new and improved Football Manager Skins and Graphics Installation Guide.

This part of the guide will show you how to install skins correctly into Football Manager.

This version includes updates for Football Manager 2020, and information related to the Epic Game Store and Microsoft Store (GamePass PC) Versions of FM19 and FM20.

This guide will show you how to install the most common types of graphics (faces, logos, kits)  correctly into Football Manager.

For Football Manager 2018 and older this guide applies to the Steam version.

For Football Manager 2019 it applies to both the Steam and Microsoft Store (GamePass PC) versions of the game.

For Football Manager 2020 it applies to the Steam, Microsoft Store (GamePass PC) and Epic Store versions of the game.

Regardless of whether it was a boxed copy, CD-key or direct purchase and the instructions are generally the same regardless of your OS, whether it is the Full Mode or Touch Version you are playing or the store you are using and any differences will be noted in the instructions.

Please note you are advised as always to run a virus scan on any file downloaded from the internet. 

It is also advisable to read any instructions on the download page for the content you are installing (or found in the readme that comes with the download) as they may contain any extra instructions that are specific to that file.

Football Manager - Graphics Installation Guide (FM20 update)

Welcome to the new and improved Football Manager Graphics Installation Guide.

This version includes updates for Football Manager 2020, and information related to the Epic Game Store and Microsoft Store (GamePass PC) Versions of FM19 and FM20.

This guide will show you how to install the most common types of graphics (faces, logos, kits)  correctly into Football Manager.

For Football Manager 2018 and older this guide applies to the Steam version.

For Football Manager 2019 it applies to both the Steam and Microsoft Store (GamePass PC) versions of the game.

For Football Manager 2020 it applies to the Steam, Microsoft Store (GamePass PC) and Epic Store versions of the game.

Regardless of whether it was a boxed copy, CD-key or direct purchase and the instructions are generally the same regardless of your OS, whether it is the Full Mode or Touch Version you are playing or the store you are using and any differences will be noted in the instructions.

Please note you are advised as always to run a virus scan on any file downloaded from the internet. 

It is also advisable to read any instructions on the download page for the content you are installing (or found in the readme that comes with the download) as they may contain any extra instructions that are specific to that file. This is especially important for multi-part mega-packs that may need to be extracted in a certain order.

Football Manager 2020 - How To Locate or Move Your User Data Location

This guide explains where your default User Data Location is stored and also explains how to move it if you wish.

Your User Data Location is the place on your hard drive where user generated content is stored, this includes data generated by the game such as save games, tactics and shortlists. It also includes graphics (kits, logos, faces etc) and skins that you may have downloaded or created

Thankfully Football Manager 2020 has finally added the option to view or move your User Data Location back into the game, though the option is a bit hidden.