Released: 4 December 2016
Sky Sports 2 Skin Features
- Hidden Sidebar option - copy across the panels folder from Hidden Sidebar folder in _skin_options_ folder (make a back-up of client object browser and sidebar menu panels if you wish to revert back to the standard sidebar options in future)
- High Sidebar option (titlebar shifts to the right) - within client_object folder in panels just rename this clearly labeled option client object browser
- TV logo selector in-match
- Background selector (stable)
- Instant result button
Sky Sports 2 Skin Preview
Sky Sports 2 - Download Links
Choose your preferred version below:- High res version, optimal at 1920x1080, zoomed 125%
(same link as the red "download now" button) - Low res version 1366x768
How to install the Sky Sports 2 Skin in FM17
- Download the .rar archive and use a tool such as 7-zip for Windows or The Unarchiver for MacOSX to extract its contents.
- Move the extracted folder "Sky Sports 2 (high res or small res)" to your skins folder:
\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2017\skins\ - Run Football Manager 2017 and go to Preferences > Interface.
You should see "Sky Sports 2” as an option in the skin drop down of the General options section.
Hit the Confirm button.
Credits
- theBantams, Andromeda BLK '15-'17 for long-term inspiration and content
- Pikawa, CFM Skin '17 for content
- Wannabrewchup '17 for content
- Emil Debski, Vitrex '17 and his team for inspiration and content
- Flut '17 for content
- Gunzo, GZ skin '17 for content
- Sirwill, Clinched '16 for content
- Bluestillidie00 TCS '17 for content
- Artdektok '16 panel content
- Wkdsoul and the rest of the forum for contribution and inspiration
- And particular thanks to Ivan/Bossland (yacs2 '16) for contribution and inspiration and Michael Murray for content and forum contributions
Graphics: trophies, stadium, city, logos, kits and facepacks found on fmscout or sortitoutsi. Ivan's flags contained within skin download.
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Discussion: Sky Sports 2 - FM17 Skin
39 comments have been posted so far.
There is a low res. version too, which was always my initial intention, that may or may not be more appropriate.
It depends on your system and what zoom setting you prefer but a lot of skins don't account for 'zoom' whereas I've gone about it the opposite way.
PS: sorry for random pictures' name.
[img] https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2-QSASjbbmJSnJFc3A0dnJ5YUE [/img]
Find this line and add the bolded bit:
<widget class="label" id="bNAM" size="12" alignment="top, centre_y, can_scale" style="bold" font="fonts/YOUR FONT NAME">
Add whatever font you prefer to the font folder and make sure its name is reflected in the code above.
Clear cache and reload skin for changes to take effect.
NB: This is just for the name. The number involves editing 100 individual graphics. It's a ton of aggravation.I won't bother explaining that unless you specifically ask.
I love this skin and I ve made some colour changes by myself but i have 2 questions:
How can i change the font in the kit behind the player's profile photo?
Thanks
I've used the high res. version myself, zero problems. Just tested the small res. version again, no problems. All I will say is the game won't allow me to test low res. in windowed (probably because I have a high res. computer) so I cannot provide support for such a specific low res. setting, I would advise anyone who insists on this setting and has problems not to use the skin.
I would ask the above and whether you've downloaded the correct version for your computer and whether you are using the skin at its optimal settings? (i.e. high res. at 125% zoom)
I can't help if you don't help me with more information.
https://www.mediafire.com/?8rlh2tgcjwhra6i
I've done the tactics screen 4 times for different resolutions and scenarios (i.e. windowed mode) which leads me to think you may have the wrong one as it's one I've thoroughly tested.
(low res. link provided within post)
There's very few limitations tbh with what you can do re. fonts. Several file types are accepted although there might be an element of trial and error, I'd just encourage you try out a few and see how it goes. You will see there's an Opentype Font File named signature within my skin so you just need to replace this with your preference. Name your new one 'signature' and you won't even need to touch the code. As I say there's so many options, Googling font websites might be a good place to start unless there's a kind of font you have mind which you can search for more specifically. There's many which provide free font downloads. You'll soon learn what file types are supported that's the only real consideration to be aware of.
@MeDaveT If you don't appreciate other peoples hard work then don't bother posting horrible comments to the creator he's put his heart into making good skins like this i'm a massive sky sport fan and these are the sort of skins i like to use most.....
@portvale1994 - do you mean the signature font? On player and club overviews? You can delete the signature.xml in the font folder fairly straight forwardly if it's not to your taste or even replace it with an alternative if you have one in mind, as I say not too difficult at all to remove/replace. I haven't changed much else in the way of fonts...
re. an update I'm quite happy with the released version, I held off release on purpose to incorporate everything, near enough from the start. There's a few optional updates on the SI forum thread though... I've been working on a few things for my personal skin and been keeping in mind whether they would add value to this skin so I've not completely ruled it out it will just depend how worthwhile it'll prove to be. So far it's mostly cosmetic so content-wise I'm struggling to improve it substantially... I'll keep everyone posted of any potential updates.
Cheers in advance mate and keep up the great work!!
@God like, I've uploaded a couple panels on the official SI forum which you can place in your panels folder so attributes without the boxes becomes an option. See: https://community.sigames.com/topic/391184-fm17-skin-sky-sports-2-status-v1-released-41216/ and follow instructions.