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FM 2018 FLUT skin dark - Version 2.1

A skin for the regular career mode of Football Manager 2018. Version 2.1 released on 26 August 2018.

By Updated on Aug 25, 2018   423787 views   739 comments
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Football Manager 2018 Skins - FM 2018 FLUT skin dark - Version 2.1

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

  • The main tweaked panels are:
  • 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

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.
  • “New”
    • match full time review panel
    • human profile
    • manager home
  • Major tweaks
    • Last eleven (club overview panel)
    • Main tabbed box in player overview panel
    • Non player profile
    • Match team talk panel
    • Team hierarchy panel
  • Other tweaks
    • 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

    1. Create the folder "skins" if it doesn't exist.
    2. Start FM18 and go to Preferences screen and then into the Interface tab.
    3. You should see FM 2018 Flut Skin dark - Version 2.1 as an option in the skin drop down of the Overview box.
    4. 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.

    • Bartdude's avatar
      Yet more icing on a near-perfect cake !
    • RodoDS's avatar
      Hey Flut! How do I make it so the CA and PA show with the 1-200 value?
    • Flut's avatar
      Hi apvmoreira: thanks :-)
      Regarding the alt file I explain above what is and why I included it (in the red text). Is a match in between highlights.xml extracted from the FlutSkin 1.1, for those people who experience crashes during a match.
    • apvmoreira's avatar
      Flut, what's new in the alt panel? do you have SS for us to compare?

      Thanks again for this amazing skin!
    • ingey1968's avatar
      Thanks flut!
    • Flut's avatar
      Hi ingey: You can remove it in player additional attributes panel1
      delete the following code:


      <container>
      <layout class="fit_children_attachment" alignment="vertical" offset="0" />
      <layout class="arrange_horizontal_attachment" layout="-3,-1,17" alignment="top,extend" offset="0" />
      <layout class="centre_in_parent_attachment" alignment="vertical" inset="0" apply_to_children="true" />
      <!-- Current Ability -->


      <widget class="label" auto_size="vertical" alignment="left, can_scale" font="title" size="7" colour="accent">
      <translation id="text" translation_id="251893" type="use" value="Current Ability[COMMENT: scout report panel box heading]" />
      </widget>
      <!-- <widget class="team_stars_label" lrge="true" id="CAic" auto_size="all" value="15" />-->



      <widget class="attribute_label" alignment="centre" colour="white" style="semi_bold" use_attribute_colour_as_bg="true" size="9" appearance="boxes/custom/attributes/paper" height="22" >

      <record id="object_property" get_property="Pcab"/>
      <record id="widget_properties" alignment="centre,can_scale" />
      </widget>

      <container/>
      </container>


      <container>
      <layout class="fit_children_attachment" alignment="vertical" offset="0" />
      <layout class="arrange_horizontal_attachment" layout="-3,-1,17" alignment="top,extend" offset="0" />
      <layout class="centre_in_parent_attachment" alignment="vertical" inset="0" apply_to_children="true" />
      <!-- Potential Ability -->


      <widget class="label" auto_size="vertical" size="7" alignment="left, can_scale" font="title" colour="accent">
      <translation id="text" translation_id="251894" type="use" value="Potential Ability[COMMENT: scout report panel box heading]" />
      </widget>
      <!--<widget class="team_stars_label" lrge="true" id="PAic" auto_size="all" value="15" >-->




      <widget class="attribute_label" alignment="centre" colour="white" style="semi_bold" use_attribute_colour_as_bg="true" size="8" appearance="boxes/custom/attributes/paper" height="22" >

      <record id="object_property" get_property="Ppab"/>
      <record id="widget_properties" alignment="centre,can_scale" />
      </widget>

      <container/>
      </container>

      Hi vonreichsm: :-)

      Hi zigaliro: I don't know if I understood what is the panel you are talking about. However I think you are talking about the match inbetween highlights panel, which have 6 panels. Lots of stats are displayed and visible in that panels (namely in the two central panels, and you also can choose match stats in the right and left top panels). Additionally, I like this panel as it is now. Thus I don't intend to change it (at least as long as I think they're fine). Sorry.
    • zigaliro's avatar
      Hey, I don`t really like match panel or whatever is called during the match. You can`t really see match stats, the box is too small. Please make it better, for example 1 large box in the middle.
    • vonholzminden's avatar
      Thanks Flut. It works now fine for me.
    • ingey1968's avatar
      hey flut, which panel is this so i can remove the ca and pa from the card?

    • Flut's avatar
      Hi troy and ingey: thanks!!! :-)

      Hi vonreichsm: thanks!! Regarding your question, you can edit it in human mini profile4.xml, in the following code:

      <container>
      <layout class="arrange_horizontal_attachment" layout="-4,1,-3,1,-3" offset="0" />

      <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="vertical" inset="0" apply_to_children="true" />

      <container id="abcd">
      <layout class="arrange_vertical_attachment" layout="-1,-1" offset="0" gap="-5"/>

      <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="horizontal" inset="0" apply_to_children="true" />



      <!-- name -->
      <widget class="person_button" id="namv" font="fonts/title" size="9" alignment="centre,can_scale" >
      <!--<layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="horizontal" inset="87" />-->
      <record id="object_property">
      <integer id="get_property" value="Psnm"/>
      </record>
      <boolean id="info_popup_enabled" value="true" />
      </widget>



      <widget class="nation_button" id="natB" alignment="top,can_scale" font="fonts/capitals_bold" colour="title" size="8" icon_alignment="top" dspf="0">
      <record id="object_property">
      <integer id="get_property" value="Pnat" />
      <integer id="set_property" value="valu" />
      </record>
      </widget>

      </container>
    • vonholzminden's avatar
      Hi Flut, thanks for the great update. I´ve one little thing. Have a look at the picture. Right of my Manager Picture there is the "Deutschland" a little bit cut off. Could you please tell me how i can fix it? Thanks for help:

    • ingey1968's avatar
      great job as always flut, keep up the good work, you are the man!
    • jeromus81's avatar
      @DexterHovis, that worked! Thank you so much!
    • troy's avatar
      Big thanks Flut
    • Flut's avatar
      Hi sathanasias: thanks :) Regarding the league table, in my game everything is okay.
    • ingey1968's avatar
      @dexterhovis. Thank you! That lawn mower was driving me batty
    • sathanasias's avatar
      Hi Flut.
      Great job, as always!

      A small fix is needed: the "League table" panel in Home screen doesn't work
      https://prnt.sc/i06cl0

      Thank you very much for your incredible work!!
    • DexterHovis's avatar
      jeromus81
      I imagine that you have the DS8 Backgrounds Megapack installed. If so, go to
      >>DS8 Backgrounds Megapack>>Players>>backgrounds
      and edit the config.xml file by deleting the third line from the end
      <record from="none" to="graphics/pictures/person/none/background"/>
      This will remove the lawnmower.
    • jeromus81's avatar
      @lordjazz, thank you for your help! Sorry i'm a bit of a newbie at this but where do i find the config.xml file and how do I open it? Is there one main config file or do i have to change the file in each separate country? Sorry for all the questions!!
    • Dan.Giambra's avatar
      Hey Flut, I've been have been having the same crashing problem. In between highlights my game crashes. I think it's happens if there is a yellow card. I'm running it on a Mac and version 1 worked fine, but once I updated to 2 through 4 it keeps crashing.
      Any idea would be helpful, thanks
    • Carlito_85's avatar
      @Flut: I'm not sure what caused it but I've been having issues with the Scouting meeting in my inbox. Basically nothing shows up in the panels and none of the buttons work

      https://i.imgur.com/OdHACUx.png
    • lordjazz's avatar
      Hi jeromus81
      That lawnmower picture is from the background pack. It is in the players/backgrounds folder. Just delete the entry in the config.xml file and you will get background pictures for every team you view.
    • jeromus81's avatar
      Hi there, sorry to bother you again. The tactics seem to work now but i still get that lawnmower image in my main screen similar to what I shared yesterday. I uninstalled the game and restarted. Downloaded all the packs from scratch and still get the lawnmower image! Any idea how i can find it and remove it so i can get the normal images everyone else seems to have! :-) . Thank you!!
    • lrqvm's avatar
      Flut - Thank you, your solution worked for me. great!
    • Flut's avatar
      @jeromus: there is a missing picture. Did you changed any files of the skin (graphics or xmls)?

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