
FM 2018 FLUT skin light - Version 2.1
Skin for FM 2018 regular career mode and widescreen (1920x1080).
This is the FLUTSKIN – Light, Version 2.1 for FM 2018.
This skin is compatible with cutout, DF11, scope and PMSC facepacks.

In this version, I included:
- “round country flags”, “round continents logos” and default logos specially made in metallic style by brian-q from sourtitoutsi. Those graphics will be displayed in the title bar.
- new 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
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:
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 light FlutSkin. Thank you my friend!! The pack includes a read me file in order to know how to install it.
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)
- Team dynamics overview (tweaked)
- 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, sidebar icons only. 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_light21" 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 light - 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.
Discussion: FM 2018 FLUT skin light - Version 2.1
297 comments have been posted so far.
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Could you please advise on how to remove the background attribute panels as you did on previous releases of the FM?
Thank you. Sorted.
I deleted "tactics overview panel match.xml" as you suggested and ended up without an in-match tactical screen.
Hi Peter Li: I really don't know what are you talking about
Hi Dexter: regarding the first problem, I think I already fixed it. Concerning the second one, you just have to delete the following xml:
tactics overview panel match (located in panels/tactics)
Hi Mrgolsheep: you can replace the default letters in league stage panel views.xml
Search for every code font=”fonts/capitals” and delete it.
I found that team name's word in league stage panle are all capital letters.
I want team names to have lower-case letters so I change the font "capital" into the other font but it didn't matter.
How should I change the font or xml file?
Thanks a lot!
An observation. At the end of each match whenever I give the team talk after we've won and I tell them that it was a good win some of the players' morale goes to abysmal even though their individual reactions show the players to be extremely delighted. This happens after each match and seems to affect random players. Below is a link to a screen shot. This doesn't happen when using the standard skin.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1r95SdoQyFcZP2Zr7PiznufNAieN_SJ4y
And a request. Can we please have the new standard skin screen when viewing the mid match tactics screen? This has the advantage of giving a lot more information on the left hand side of the screen. Here is a link to a screen shot
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MPTzjSxFm5VSiOiRAi2pkHkQ6XmvGvfB
Cheers
DexterHovis
Regarding the second one, yes, I did that in order to have always the home team formation on the left and the away on the right since when I included the two I don’t know why but the default changed every time we go to a new match. Thanks for your support.
Hi Mrgolsheep: thanks.
A correction to my previous comment. The issues seem to occur in the four panels on the extreme left and right. Everything seems correct in the middle two panels.
A couple of issues with the screen that comes up in between the match highlights.
1) When you click on either the home or away body language switch a simplified player rating screen is shown rather than the body language.
2) There is an option to show the away team's formation but there is no option to show the home team's formation.
The skin looks much better after the update to version 1.3
Thanks for replying!
Kits icon's problem I will try to solve it. If I succeed, I will comment again.
I believe FLUT Skin is the best one in FM and thanks again for your work!
Hi Mrgolsheep: the bug regarding the role/position I think is a bug of the game after the update, since I tried to look at the default skin and it happens the some thing. Regarding the second one I don't remember what you should do. A few years ago I had the some problem and I solved it but I really don't remember now how to fix it (it concerning an overlay.png or an effect.png...). sorry...
Here is the screenshot, and I have the other problem in this ss.
http://chuantu.biz/t6/178/1513449693x-1404792722.png
Thanks a lot!
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Hi Mrgolsheep: could you please put a screenshot?
Hi pmpou: sorry but I couldn't see your screenshot. Could you please put another?