I would like to share with you my newgen replacement pack. The pack currently consists of:
175,000 male player pictures across 60 different ethnicity categories
18000 female player pictures - this base pack is still under development, not every nation/ethnicity is covered yet.
18000 staff pictures for both male and female.
You can have a preview of my pictures and (almost all) ethnicity categories here:
MALE PICTURE SHOWCASE
FEMALE PICTURE SHOWCASE
For FM26, you can get the pack in two versions:
a) Single Bundle File (NG_Regens Lite Experience)
This is a single bundle file that you can place in your FM26 folder. It's easy to install and use, but it's significantly limited in what it can do, how many faces it includes, and what methods are used to assign faces to newgens.
b) Full Experience with Custom Software
I recommend the full experience with my custom software. It supports more than 15 times the number of pictures, categories, and assignment methods.
FULL VERSION for Mac and LINUX/SteamDeck(FM26 AND FM24)
I have a completely new version for you that reads information directly from Savefiles and requires no SIP deactivation and no sudo. It is in early testing stage, but I still think it is better for you to go directly that way now as the experience is THAT much better. Another major difference: You do not need to have the game running in the background. You still can, but it is no longer required.
Follow the guide here:
FM26/FM24 MAC/STEAMDECK/LINUX GUIDE
FULL VERSION FOR WINDOWS(FM26 AND FM24)
On Windows at this point in time you actually have a choice between two different versions. The one that reads information directly from a running FM instance and the new one that reads all information from a savefile. As of April I think it safe to switch my recomendation. I now recommend you start with the Savereader method. Only if for some reason it doesnt work for you should fallback to the memory reader.
Try this first: FM26/FM24 WINDOWS SAVEFILE READER METHOD GUIDE
If you have problems, try this instead: FM26/FM24 WINDOWS MEMORY READER METHOD GUIDE
If you can open the page from your phone, but not from your pc, then it is your Windows Antivirus/WebFilter - You can try to whitelist *.ngregens.org somewhere in its settings. As another workaround you can try to set your Windows DNS Settings to use Google DNS 8.8.8.8 or Cloudflare DNS 1.1.1.1. You can find (not mine) guide on how to do that on your Windows machine here
THE BUNDLE REPLACEMENT METHOD:
If you're on Windows, I strongly recommend using the full experience of the pack with my custom software. However, if your platform isn't supported yet or you don't want to deal with the software I've created, I have a bundle file for you to use with the bundle replacement method. Just keep in mind that this bundle represents only about 5-10% of the full experience (it's not me limiting you to force software adoption - this is simply how the bundle method works).
1. Download the updated bundle file from here: https://download.ngregens.org/ui-newgen-portraits_assets_all.bundle
2. Go to your FM26 install directory. By default, it should be \Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 26\fm_Data\StreamingAssets\aa\StandaloneWindows64\
3. Make a backup of the ui-newgen-portraits_assets_all.bundle file in case you want to revert to default faces.
4. Copy the file you downloaded in step 1 into the FM26 folder, replacing the original file.
5. Start FM26, go to the Preferences screen, and select "Detailed" in the top menu. Then select "Audio & Visual" in the left menu and check the "Use pre-generated pictures of players (and staff) rather than dynamically-generated images" option (as shown in the screenshot).
6. Restart the game.
To revert (or migrate to my full-featured experience with the custom software), uncheck the "Use pre-generated pictures of players (and staff) rather than dynamically-generated images" option and copy the original bundle (that you backed up in step 3) back into the FM26 directory.
If you are interested in FM24 version with shortlist export method for both Windows and Mac you can still download and use the old 25 version of the software below.
This is project costs me 100-200e monthly to develop and support, so your donations are greatly appreciated!
Stay tuned!
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BELOW IS THE OLD SHORTLIST EXPORT METHOD FOR FM23 AND BELOW FOR ALL PLATFORMS:
Due to how diverse the pack is, I had to create my own expanded folder system to accomodate all 55 categories, so the pack requires a custom NG_Regens Manager 25 software
Installation guide:
1 - Get the main NG_Regens facepack here
2 - Copy the NG_Regens folder into your FM Graphics folder. It would be the same folder where you have put the original newgan facepack or where you put real facepacks. In my case that would be “Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2024\graphics\faces\”
3. Download the NG_Regens Manager 25: Mac
4. Watch the NG_Regens Manager 25 guide on Youtube
If you need a detailed video guide on shortlist export process you can find it here
Deepdive into new version 1.2 features
I will redo all three current Youtube videos into one, but this is a time consuming process, so bear with me.
F.A.Q.
Q: Why did you create a new folder structure? / How can I unpack your pack into the old NewGAN "Italmed/YugoGreek..." folders?
A:
First off, huge shoutout to the original NewGAN team—they did an amazing job, and their work is still being used by thousands of people today. Even my project builds on the filters and views they created, so big respect to them. Seriously, none of this would be possible without their foundation.
That said, the original NewGAN pack came out about five years ago, and it was built using the tools and structure available at the time. It only has 14 categories for the entire world. A lot of care went into the big football nations, but unfortunately, many other countries kind of got lumped together in ways that don’t really make sense.
Let’s do a little experiment: I could show you a few images from my pack, each from a different category. In the old NewGAN setup, all of those would’ve ended up in the same group—meaning a player from one of those countries could randomly get any of those faces.
Notice the difference? That’s why it’s just not possible to repackage my set back into the old structure without losing all the nuance (or simply creating a mess).
Discussion: NG_Regens Newgen Megapack with Women's Football Pack 2 - FM26, FM24 and below
389 comments have been posted so far.
Did it work before for you? If this is your first time, make sure you have C++ redistributables installed, there is a link in the beta installation guide.
If nothing helps, ping me up on discord
I am sure as hell that I have the game opened and the save loaded. Is it because of the game got updated today?
Okay! I'll manually insert the various faces. But do I have to rename them? Or does the program filter them automatically? For example, rename: "NED1" to "PP5Netherlands0001111"
BTW Turning Smart App Control off does not turn Microsoft Defender off, they are two separate features, so you are not turning all protection off, only the "smart" one.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/3849686/smart-app-controll-most-idiotic-feature-ever-made
If you start a new save and want completly new config, then you have to merge Uran pictures into my folder system.
You can copy/paste photos from any other pack into my folder system and they will be automatically used by the system. But they need to be manually assigned into my folders by you
I have a question: I loaded the Uran "players" folder as described in your image, but I can't find any "config" files inside it, and there's no Uran image in the other config files in the other folders either.
How can I fix this?
Thanks, and sorry for my English.
Also, I think you're looking at that from the wrong perspective. You see images assigned to "useless" players as lost, when in reality they don't actually matter. What I mean by that is: if a picture is assigned to a player you will never see, it's the same as not assigning this picture at all. You only care about the number of assigned pictures when you realize you've seen a duplicate. But since you don't see those "useless" players, they actually don't matter.
It only affects the final size of the config.xml file, which does affect your loading times a bit, but that's the only downside of simply assigning a face to absolutely everyone. And as soon as the game is loaded, it has zero further implications on speed or CPU/GPU load.
My advise to test would be:
1. temporary move every facepack that has something to do with regens out of your picture folder.
2. Unpack a fresh NG_Regens base pack into the FM pictures folder, connect it with the software and generate yourself a new fresh test config.
If that makes the pictures load correctly it means there is something wrong with your existing configs. If you want further help, then ping me up on Discord, it is easier to tshoot there
Sadly I got the problem that the pictures are not being shown ingame. There's just an empty space. I saw your tips on reddit, that some other configs may prevent the file from working, but I just deleted old configs from other newgan packs. Strangely, the faces I assigned by myself for my team at the beginning of FM26, where the packs didn't work then, are the only faces the game detects, even though I've placed them for testing outside my graphic folder. So my conclusion is, that this config, which I guess shouldn't be detected blocks the new config from NG_Regens. At this point I've tried for hours, changing paths and deleting stuff, but it ends with the same outcome.
Also checked some ID's randomly as suggested on reddit too and they seem to be correct. If there's anything else I can do, please let me know. It will be gladly appreciated. Thanks!
What is important to understand - having a duplicate somewhere in the game, randomly seeing a duplicate and actually realizing that you have seen a duplicate are 3 completely different things and only the last one affects your experience.
F.e. there are 6000 pictures in the english pack so you will have to have a REALLY bad luck to get the same face on someone in your team twice.
Not sure what affects that, only SI can tell
Yeah, the bundle unfortunatelly really is like a demo mode. Picture count is incredebly low + inability to differentiate between jp/cn/kr... You can try my bundle, it has different faces from my pack, but it has the same problems
First of all thanks a lot for this massive work. I'm eagerly awaiting decent japanese regens as I'm playing the female game this year for a change (officially in the game there's just the 1st div but I added the 2nd and 3rd, so I have a lot of "fake players").
I'm using the bundle thing that BassyBoy released, the quality is great but the amount of repetition of the same faces is insane unfortunately.