FM 2018 FLUT skin dark - Version 2.1
Skin for FM 2018 regular career mode and widescreen (1920x1080).
This skin is compatible with cutout, DF11, scope and PMSC facepacks.
In this version, I included:
- “round country flags” and “round continents logos” specially made in metallic style by brian-q from sourtitoutsi. Those graphics will be displayed in the title bar.
- background maps for confederations, also made by brian-q. Thank you brian by your great work and for your collaboration!!!
- pitch textures for 3D match edited by myself
NEW pack of sites for news panel: If you want to replace the current news sites pack in the news panel by other different pack, you can download HERE a pack specially made by Doddo04 for dark FlutSkin. Thank you my friend!! The pack includes a read me file in order to know how to install it.
Once again, thanks to all FM fans (your suggestions keep me trying to make the skin better) and especially to all the fantastic FM skinners whose creativity contributes a lot to produce the FLUTSkin as it is today since FM 2013. Thank you all!!
Main changes in FlutSkin V 2.1 are in
- Nation overview panel
- Match review panel
- Inbox Press conferences
- Inbox content with competitions player odds panel
- Inbox content with home grown info panel
- Inbox content with player training focus
- Pre-match opponent scout report news
"New" in FlutSkin v. 2.0
- Restyled boxes (subsection and bordered) in most of panels. Now the boxes have round corners
- Some country locator flags and round flags were also tweaked by brian-q
- Contract Offer Inbox
- Inbox team of the week panel (animation front/back kits)
- Training overview panel
- Target List/Development list/Unwanted list panels
- Team managers history panel
- Team injuries overview panel
- Risk assessment panel
- Panel overview league table
- Team container records summary
- Board room
- Affiliated clubs panel
- Non player profile
- Team training coaches panel
- Past meetings fixtures panel
The main tweaked panels are:
Main changes in FlutSkin V 1.9
- Club overview panel tweaked and new information included in drop down arrows (club icons, legends and favourite personnel)
- Match in between highlights tweaked
- Full match review tweaked
- New selection information default views included in the team squad panels
- “New” match preview panel (new tabs with home and away analysis included)
- “New” coach report panel, overview player report, analyst player report
- “New” medical report panel
- Scouting assignments tweaked
- Scouting centre tweaked
- Club knowledgment tweaked
- Other tweaks here and there…
Main changes in FlutSkin V 1.8
- New coloured country locator
- “New” match overview panel
- “New” match lineups panel
- “New” match in between highlights panel
- “New” match full time review panel
- “New” match mid time panel
- “New” team staff overview
- Match titlebar tweaked
- Competition fixtures roundup tweaked
- Fixtures details panel tweaked
- Player attributes changes tweaked
Main changes in FlutSkin V 1.7.
- "New" match titlebar with new scoreboard
- Match inbetween highlights teams stats tweaked (some information included/changed)
- Non player profile and non player profile popup tweaked (now with attributes background boxes)
- Player profile popup tweaked (new information included)
- Tutor information panel tweaked (current ability and potential ability included)
- Icon in actions bar displaying the number of unread messages included
- Bugs due to SI update fixed
Main changes in FlutSkin V 1.6.
- “New” player overview popup panel (new information and new options in drop down arrows included)
- New inbox training (new information included)
- New match preview panel (new opposition manager information and tab with lineups included)
- Player overview tweaked and PMSC faces option added
- Autohidden sidebar included (however the pack includes the alternative files for those who prefer the regular sidebar)
Changes and fixes in FlutSkin V 1.5.
- match full time review panel
- human profile
- manager home
- Last eleven (club overview panel)
- Main tabbed box in player overview panel
- Non player profile
- Match team talk panel
- Team hierarchy panel
- Match preview panel
- Various inbox panels
- Various graphics files
Changes and fixes in FlutSkin V 1.4.
- “New” Player Attributes panel
- “New” team report summary panel
- “New” non player profile
- News (drop down arrow to choose different leagues/continents news included)
- Non player popup profile (tweaked)
- “New” inboxes panels: Pre-Season report; pre-match opponent; post-match team.
- Player overview panel (tweaked in some panels)
- Other small tweaks here and there
- Instant result (fixed, although is not the same I used in previous versions since that older code causes crashes)
- Match-team talk (bug regarding morale fixed; some new information included)
- TV Logos (removed, since I couldn’t found the way to make it works well, yet)
Major changes in FlutSkin V 1.3.
- Player overview popup (tweaked)
- Team Squad Tactics Panel (row height decreased)
- Player Overview panel (new information included in the boxes; position ability bar graphics included)
- League stage views (capitals letters included; different colour for the club points)
- Continent overview (tweaked and missing information included)
- Team talk panel (half time rating included in the full time view)
- League overview panel (tweaked and missing information included)
- Agent Profile (tweaked)
- Person Information panel (new)
- Pre-match opponent scout report news (inbox) (player positions included in the pitch view)
- Match lineups (kits on the pitch moved to not cover the player picture)
- Tactics overview panel (kits on the pitch moved and subs bench kits increased and tweaked)
- Tactics overview panel match (tweaked)
- Opposition instructions (tweaked)
Major changes in FlutSkin V 1.2.
- Match squad team talk (new stats included)
- Human profile (awards panel included)
- Match mid review (new panel and information with drop down arrows; some match stats information added)
- Match full review (new match stats included)
- Player Overview panel (height and weight units fixed; some "new" information added in drop down arrows)
- Stadium overview panel (pitch description information added)
- Match inbetween highlights panel (new, with more information and 6 panels)
- Training overview panel (bar graph for team happiness included and some layout changes)
- Sidebar (club logo included)
- Many tweaks in several inbox panels
Major changes in FlutSkin V. 1.1.
- Many inbox panels tweaked (pre season, pre,match, post match, etc, etc)
- Match Preview Panel (new panels included)
- Match In between highlights (tweaked and with new information included in the drop down arrow)
- Tactics overview match/Tactics overview panel (tweaked and player faces included/new background pitch included)
- Sidebar and back/next buttons (sidebar moved to down and includes the buttons)
- Match titlebar (now transparent)
- Match lineups panel (player faces with kits included)
- Player overview panel (height and weight information included)
- Match Introduction included (with automatic animation and option to choose the introduction of several leagues made for FM17 by JOVOVICH)
- Opacity selector included
Released: 26 August, 2018
A special thank you to PATRES10 from fmslovakia for the 2D default kits (especially tailor-made for FlutSkin).
As always FlutSkin is completely free to download and I hope you enjoy it. However, this year, if you want, you can reward my work donating whatever amount you wish. Any small amount is really appreciated.
You can do so by clicking the button down below:
Resolution requirements:
This skin was made to work properly in 1920x1080 (1080p) full screen mode. As a result, some panels won’t work properly in other resolutions (and also in 1920x1080 windowed mode).
IMPORTANT NOTES:
In this pack I included a read me file in order to install the skin, the pitch textures addon and the default sidebar (I included two versions: a) "normal" sidebar; b) sidebar coloured according the club colour). I also included a TUTORIAL PDF with instructions regarding the structure of your Graphics folder in order to view the citypics, the kits and the competition logos in player details and in title bar.
You can download the 2D kits for displayed in player overview panel and titlebar HERE
You also can download the citypics (and much more…) in the Backgrounds Superpack made by DAZS8 and VULRAK (with some contribution from myself and other FM Fans), HERE
For those one who experience crashes during the match (for example, when a yellow card is shown) the “alt match in between highlights panels folder” contains a file (match in between highlights.xml) for replace the original one. That xml is from FlutSkin 1.1 and works well in this version. You just have to follow the instructions in the read me file.
How to add Flut Skin in FM18
Download and extract the .rar file (using either 7-Zip for Windows or The Unarchiver for Mac).
Place the "fm2018flutskin_dark21" folder here:
Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2018\skins
- Create the folder "skins" if it doesn't exist.
- Start FM18 and go to Preferences screen and then into the Interface tab.
- You should see FM 2018 Flut Skin dark - Version 2.1 as an option in the skin drop down of the Overview box.
- Hit the Confirm button.
Please note this skin is provided as is. It has nothing to do with Sports Interactive or SEGA and won't be supported by them.
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Discussion: FM 2018 FLUT skin dark - Version 2.1
739 comments have been posted so far.
1. For full time review panel, go to match full time review panel.xml, and edit the default height in the following codes
<!--match info-->
<widget class="match_info_panel" id="minf" default_height="100" minimum_height="60" priority="1" file="match/match info overview popup">
<record id="object_property">
<integer id="get_property" value="objt" />
<integer id="set_property" value="objt" />
</record>
</widget>
<!--adaptive match info-->
<widget class="match_info_panel" id="min2" default_height="132" minimum_height="100" priority="2" file="match/match info overview popup scorers">
<record id="object_property">
<integer id="get_property" value="objt" />
<integer id="set_property" value="objt" />
</record>
</widget>
2. For match mid match review panel.xml
Go to mid match review panel.xml and edit the default height in the following codes
<container class="vertical_adaptive_container" inset="0" offset="0" gap="6">
<!--match info-->
<widget class="match_info_panel" id="minf" default_height="90" minimum_height="90" priority="1" file="match/match info overview popup">
<record id="object_property">
<integer id="get_property" value="objt" />
<integer id="set_property" value="objt" />
</record>
</widget>
<!--adaptive match info-->
<widget class="match_info_panel" id="min2" default_height="120" minimum_height="120" priority="2" file="match/match info overview popup scorers">
<record id="object_property">
<integer id="get_property" value="objt" />
<integer id="set_property" value="objt" />
</record>
</widget>
<!--match stats/analysis/best/worst players-->
<widget class="match_analysis_panel" id="Anal" default_height="-1" minimum_height="500" priority="1" file="match/match analysis panel overview">
<record id="object_property">
<integer id="get_property" value="objt" />
<integer id="set_property" value="objt" />
</record>
</widget>
</container>
3. For the league, go to competition roundup panel.xml and change the value 400 in the following code
<container class="bordered_box" appearance="" >
<layout class="arrange_horizontal_attachment" alignment="top,extend" layout="-1,400" gap="0" offset="0" />
<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="vertical" apply_to_children="true" inset="0"/>
4. For german Bundesliga intro, go to match preview lineups panel.xml and change
<widget class="client_object_viewer_xml_panel" file="match/lineup intro bundesliga" id="4itr" hidn="true">
for
<widget class="client_object_viewer_xml_panel" file="match/lineup intro bundesliga" id="4itr" hidn="false">
and
<widget class="client_object_viewer_xml_panel" file="match/lineup intro flut" id="1itr" hidn="false">
for
<widget class="client_object_viewer_xml_panel" file="match/lineup intro flut" id="1itr" hidn="true">
Hi Esketit
IIn order to work well you can’t delete the 2D default kits folder from the skin.
Regarding the colours you can return to default colours deleting the following code in the fm2018flutskin_dark settings.xml (don’t forget to reload the game)
<colour name="goalkeeper_line" red="236" green="137" blue="182" />
<colour name="sweeper_line" red="141" green="198" blue="63" />
<colour name="defender_line" red="247" green="148" blue="29" />
<colour name="defensive_midfielder_line" red="102" green="198" blue="240" />
<colour name="midfielder_line" red="51" green="178" blue="232" />
<colour name="attacking_midfielder_line" red="61" green="79" blue="198" />
<colour name="attacker_line" red="11" green="23" blue="102" />
<colour name="substitutes_line" red="136" green="126" blue="0" />
how can i increase the box (more space for yellow cards and for goals) in the yellow circle?
This picture is for the halftime, but i want the same after the match (next picture).
And do you know how i could increase the league table in the yellow circle so that is wider?
again me. Now wverything is working, but the intro is at every matchday the flut intro. I have to change it at every matchday. Could you please tell me, how i could change it to for example the german bundesliga intro?
i tested because i wanted do find the "bug" with the intro. In your latest version of the darkskin2.0, the panel "lineup intro flut) is there. In my downloadversion of your skin2.0 it wasn´t. did you upload a new version? and it is enough that i copied the panel to the folder match or are there more files?
sorry. Now it works fine for me. Didn´t know why, but one panel (lineup intro flut)in the match folder was missing.
I have an problem with your skin, i cant see it in my game preferences
other skins working…
could it be that the intro is not working at the dark version?
For some reason your skin isn't appearing in my drop down menu. Ive done everything as instructed and I've downloaded other skins that are appearing but for some reason not yours.
Is there anything you can suggest? Cheers
Unfortunely for me tho, thats not the problem, let me try to explain the best I can.
I can actually fix this, if I delete your 2d folder that came in with the download, but then, this happens.
https://i.imgur.com/0ZO8wme.png - credit Screenshot to mykal.
So two things can happen. I can delete the 2d folder from /kits and solve the problem above, but then this happens
https://i.imgur.com/nKxvU74.png
If i leave 2d folder on, then the kits are fixed, but that tactic pitch problem happens.
I downloaded ur skin, +df11, + city backgrounds + fc'12 kits and your 2d kit, am I missing something here?
Also can you explain me how to change the following colors to the default color? I know where is the xml, but dont really know what to change in the code.
https://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc374/LCCB/Sem%20nome_7.png - SS credit to LCB
Thank you for your time man!
I'm running into a problem though, and maybe you can help
Can you explain me how to fix this? the back shirt is not appearing at all. I read all the pages and afaik no one had this issue, am I missing a file or something?
Again, thanks!
How to edit the layout (in Xml) for Club General tab???
i already edit club overview panel.xml for club profil tab, i cant find the layout for club general view...
I use your skin on 1366 x 768 ress, and i'm trying to edit if possible so it can work perfecly on my ress...
thanks
<widget class="picture" id="lftB" scale_picture="true" keep_aspect_ratio="true" image_alignment="top, centre">
<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="top" inset="0" />
<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="left" inset="0"/>
<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="all" inset="0" />
<flags id="image_alignment" value="centre"/>
<record id="object_property">
<integer id="get_property" value="mbpc"/>
<integer id="set_property" value="file"/>
</record>
</widget>
This problem has existed for a few years, I can't figure out how to simply remove the 'club back right' logo from the titlebar and player overview.
I know you said that we can use the kits, but I don't want to. The kits you linked are FC12, and I use SS' style - I don't want to mis-match.
I want to know if it's possible to just remove the placement for the club back right entirely to avoid the issue?
No i just installed your latest update, the older version was spot on
love you skin
but I've been having a few problems and was hoping you can help.
first one is the transfer/wage bar where you can adjust between them, the bar moves but won't adjust my wage or transfer?
Second thing is in the match in between highlights i get blank boxes and i can't change them to things like stats,feedback and all the other ones
Any idea?
thanks
Thanks for the advice regarding the white boxes". The new code seemed to work fine.
However, I have noticed some issues with the kits/player models in match engine. Firstly, the kits were all the same blue, then after clearing cache and reloading skin, the players were all messed up. I then deleted 3D kits folder that I was running with downloads of various kits which seemed to bring back correct models. Having put the folder back though, the models are no longer messed up, but stripes are the wrong way etc.
Is this a known problem with your skin and 3d kit downloads? Or is there something I can do as a fix?
Thanks