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Dark Polish FM21 Skin v2.1

Dark skin for FM 2021 with some tweaks and new functions.

By Updated on Dec 13, 2020   134256 views   111 comments
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Downloads: 29081 / Size: 15.4 MB / Added: 2020-11-14
Football Manager 2021 Skins - Dark Polish FM21 Skin v2.1
Default dark skin how I believe it should be. If you want to keep originality of the game with some not intrusive visual improvements, Dark Polish is what you are looking for. It's clean and low-res friendly.

New in version 2:1:

1. Improved Instant Result button design:
- button is now located at match day header panel, based on FM 2021 Touch,
- this also solves the problem of squad view buttons overlaping each other in certain scenarios,
- button colors are now dynamic (reversed competition colors),
- changed icon from "whistle" to "fast forward", feels more intuitive,
- improved confirmation popup - the "yes" button is now bigger and positioned in straight line under the instant result button, so it's more comfortable to click through them.

2. Various improvements:
- removed color accents from team sheet paper, since they make custom logos poorly visible in too many cases,
- improved edges quality of default logos,
- sharper @2x default continent logos,
- fixed red highlight of unavailable player when chosen on tactic screen list,
- fixed "white on white" continue button in certain scenarios during press conferences and manager appointment.

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New in version 2:0:

1. Enhanced background selector:
- club color theme is not covered by backgrounds anymore.
- background selecting works properly now. Originally they could change chaotically, clicking on previews from 5 to 10 enabled background next to it. I managed to fix it.
- previews display entire backgrounds instead of some extreme zooms.
- previews are smaller now and there is no forced darkening inside selector. This let's you see better in real time how exactly your changes look in-game.
- bg selector and opacity selector are closer to each other. You don't have to move cursor through entire screen anymore.
- opacity selector has 90% option now.
- opacity overlays are made on dark grey instead of black, which makes the effect more consistent with the skin.

2. "Huge" database option:
- when creating new game with Dark Polish Skin, you can now choose "huge" database option. Remember these options change mostly depth of selected data - main factor of database size is still "approximate player count" decided by number of playable leagues and/or custom preferences.

3. New main menu, based on FM21 skin:
- the one I made for FM20 was fine but it was brought to my attention it didn't scale well on very big resolutions. Eventually it was easier to make a new one than figure out the fix.

4. Instant result popup with more info:
- basic stats of our players.
- important match events like goals are on top.
- match stats with bar charts.

5. Fixed broken news feed pictures:
- player picture is now well-fitting with big story photo (I love you SI, but someone should be fined for that one)
- smaller news photos have backgrounds.

6. Full dark match screen:
- remaining purple elements are gone now.
- fixed visibility of continue button in match screen, it won't appear white on white anymore.

7. Minor visual fixes for instant result button, role suitability pies, profile circle icons, social media club avatars, sidebar selector and match scoreboard.

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Dark Polish Skin 21 includes:
- consistent shades of gray
- ProximaNova font from older FMs
- improved background selector
- "Instant Result" button with post-match popup
- "Huge" database depth option
- player pictures and role suitability pies on tactic screen
- past meetings panel under tactic screen (visible on high-res)
- ribbon navigation in Preferences
- club profile overhaul (original by Pikawa)
- stadium picture option in club profiles (default one has dynamic color)
- slightly modified player attributes section
- dynamic continue button colors
- coloured backgrounds of social media club avatars
- removed pointless club logo from news item (staff photos are a bit larger now)
- removed bold and uppercase from headings
- removed purple elements like circle icons and contrast boxes
- FM21 flags instead of old ones in language change menu









Make sure to check out other custom skins, from which I learned a lot. This skin would be impossible without them and Sports Interactive.

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Discussion: Dark Polish FM21 Skin v2.1

111 comments have been posted so far.

  • rodaz's avatar
    loved the dark scoreboard with club logos instead of 6-letter names!

    its still purple on 2D background :(

    PS. where can I donate to you for this amazing job? (personally my favourite skin and for sure the one I will use when the purple thing is fixed)
  • andrewkmicic's avatar
    Plz add version in instant result button
  • fudgefive's avatar
    @Ceyvol I LOVE the new tactics suitability circles! missed them so much from fm20
  • Mauve's avatar
    Can you maybe make the country flag a bit bigger at the player profile if that's an option?
  • TheStockportHatter86's avatar
    @Ceyvol I knew what I did, I clicked on how to look at a player's profile attributes first not profile :)
  • Ceyvol's avatar
    @Shark032 @Francisco Santos
    I will consider that. For now you can remove circles by going to "tactics icon info panel overview" and "tactics icon info panel overview match" files in skin folder and deleting container with "pos/role/duty indicator" comment in them.

    Do you not like circles option at all or only how they look like? Because I'm not really fan of their look myself and I'm planning to try making them more subtle and consistent with the rest.

    @rodaz
    I did not have time to work on anything related to match screens yet. I have it noted though.
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  • rodaz's avatar
    Beautiful skin, the best that was released so far but there is still a purple background of the 2D match view
  • Francisco Santos's avatar
    Can you make a version without the green balls in tactics pls? Thanks
  • Shark032's avatar
    This was my favorite skin, but i hate the suitability pies in tactics screen, If you could remove them in an alternate version, I'd download it right away
  • Relentless's avatar
    By far my favorite skin for FM21! Thanks for the great work you put in!
  • Timmitou's avatar
    Thanks for the update, looking great so far. Also thanks for adding the circles.

    (I too would like the finance info on the club overview screen, but that's a minor issue)

    Thank you for putting in the effort and time!
  • Mauve's avatar
    Hi mate beautiful job again, can you maybe make the country flag a bit bigger at the player profile if that's an option? I'll donate later this week.
  • CaptainTeeemo's avatar
    Suggestions for future updates:
    It would be great if you could add finance information of other club on club info profile section if its possible...
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  • Ceyvol's avatar
    @TheStockportHatter86
    I managed to fix search button, thanks again!

    I use sortitoutsi facepack with no issues. I think DF11 should work fine as well, although skin was not created with this style in mind.
  • TheStockportHatter86's avatar
    I got a question about the skin would it work with DF11 face packs or the cutout facepack from sortitoutsi?
  • Ceyvol's avatar
    That's odd. I will look into it.

    You can always revert to standard preferences by deleting "preferences all panel" file in skin folder. Thanks.
  • TheStockportHatter86's avatar
    The search button in prefences isn't working for me :(
  • Ceyvol's avatar
    I fixed what I could for today. Any other reported issue I'm still going to investigate, but I need more time.

    Enjoy
  • DanJames9121's avatar
    Love this skin, cannot wait for the update!
  • Cass's avatar
    Best skin this year, waiting for fix :)
  • GMBerkut's avatar
    @Ceyvol
    Thank you for quick response! =) I understand that you need time to update the skin. I just wanted to know is it a skin bug or a mistake on my side. Now I know what the problem is. And I'm ready to wait end of your work. Thanks again! Good luck.
  • Ceyvol's avatar
    @GMBerkut
    It's due to yesterday game release/update. I need time to fix the skin based of what changed.
  • GMBerkut's avatar
    Hello Ceyvol! Thanks for the skin - it is realy very good! But I have one problem - the player names are not displayed in the tactics window.

    Is it my wrong or bug?
  • Ceyvol's avatar
    I'm aware of release bugs, will fix them soon.
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  • rodaz's avatar
    on the 2D gameview I mean

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