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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   423792 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.

    • jeromus81's avatar
    • Flut's avatar
      Hi jeromus: that picture is not from FlutSkin. maybe is a default background picture of your base skin or something else...Clean the cache, exit the game and reload it. And, of course you should have the stadiums background packs in order to display the stadiums as background.
    • jeromus81's avatar
    • Flut's avatar
      @lrqvm: in fact it seems there is some games that crashes in that situation. It seems that the problem is related to the match inbetween highlights panel.xml.

      I couldn't found the responsible code instead lots of tests. Thus the solution is replace that xml by the same from the 1.1 version.
      Here is (overwrite the other one)


      https://mega.nz/#!at1wCbQI!ZdUOX0DN5_Ug7_j5BMkMrE1kSQLeCbk1ZAXSkwfTZTE


      @jeromus81: the skin does not include the image you refer to. Could you please put a screenshot?
    • jeromus81's avatar
      Hey, does anyone know how to get rid of the lawnmower image as your main screen in the FLUT skin? Ideally to the stadium picture that is included in the background packs?
    • lrqvm's avatar
      The game freezes in 3d game when a yellow/red card is showed. My game only works with 1.1 version of the skin.
      Any solution?
    • Flut's avatar
      Hi galeg: it also happened with me a few days ago: I don't know why but I clean the cache and the problem did not reappear.
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    • galeg's avatar
      In all of my inbox panels every b is bold for some reason.
    • Flut's avatar
      Hi Lajoie: thanks. In meantime I sent you a Private Message.

      Hi Infiltrator: that icons show you your first goalscorer, your player with the most assists, etc (the icons are the same of those displyaed in the preview_info_popup - the cards displayed when you put the mouse on the player picture in some panels with the pitch).
    • Infiltrator's avatar
      Probably a very stupid question.. What do these icons want to say in the tactics screen, when in the match in between highlights? You got a star, a ball, and other things next to a player? :-)
    • Lajoie's avatar
      Sorry it's the same, doesnt work. Don't hesitate to ask me if you need help to test
    • Flut's avatar
      Sorry Lajoie: could you please also test this new file? Thanks?


      https://mega.nz/#!zwEBUS5Q!Nd5r0E_zPLrStDlOH8J9Jonp7pjvUlUleC_hPuT8WUM
    • Lajoie's avatar
      It's weird because in my solo career your file works but in my online career it doesn't... same crash than usual.
    • Flut's avatar
      Hi lajoie: many thanks for your help. Could you please test with this file?


      https://mega.nz/#!O0tDXBhQ!2mNiKH-tG3JZanJmFJGpwBT3Qs9WiIs5-fzBogJHkxA
    • Lajoie's avatar
      Hey Flut,
      I have the same problem than others people my game crash when the between panels appears in matchs. I isolate the xmls corrupted and it seems to be ''match in between highlights panel" (104 Ko). I believe than this bug occurs with laptop and Mac, and this since version 1.2 (1.1 was fine). Could you test this xmls with a laptop for your next version ? Thanks a lot !
    • Flut's avatar
      Hi jemo: could you please put a screenshot? Is really difficult to understand all the problems and demands if the people doesn't show specifically what is the panel...
    • jemo81's avatar
      Under my coaches I really miss the ability to see which stats that influence e.g. tactical coaching rating. etc.
    • Flut's avatar
      Hi fero: sorry but I can't help you. As I already said in my game there is no problem. Thus i can't try to find what xml causes the problem. Maybe you can try using try and error method. Start by exclude part of xmls in the match folder and reload the game. If there is no problem, you know that one of the excluded xmls causes that problem. After that you can include the excluded xmls but, for instance, only two of them. Reload the game and try again...you can proceed in that way in order to, finally, know what is the xml responsible for that freezes.
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    • fero1907's avatar
      Hi Flut,
      I just downloaded last update but it didnt solved my problem either. In the match when I tried to change tactics or when an incident happen and turn into tactics screen, after I make changes, the screen freezes and I cant click any where. At first version of the skin, there was no such problem but after second version this problem started. Thanks in advance,
    • EvilArtefact's avatar
      @Flut: sure

    • Flut's avatar
      Hi armbi: great!!

      @icreatedthisaccount2comment: I can't make it works this year. Thus, sorry but I will not include it.

      Hi vonreichsm:for change the colours of the button go to graphics/buttons/link/inbox and change the colours in the following code

      <record id="font_spec">
      <flags id="font" value="fonts/link_button"/>
      <colour id="colour" name="link_button_inbox"/>
      </record>

      <colour id="red_replacement" name="link_button_inbox"/>

      Hi Evil: could you please put a screenshot of the panel?

      @femster: as I don't use a Mac I can't help you. Sorry. However, you can try to load the skin without one folder and look if the problem persists. After that try with other folder "deleted" and so on...maybe you can identify the folder that causes the problem. After that, do the same for the files in that folder (start by "delete" an half of them, reload the game etc...in order to find the file responsible for crashes).
    • femster's avatar
      Hi, Since the latest update 18.2.1 on my Mac I cannot use the skin anymore without getting a crash as soon as I click most things on the screen. I have to remove it for the game to work.

      I have seen this issue on the SI Games forums from a few users as well.

      Any help would be welcome as I want to continue to play with this skin
    • EvilArtefact's avatar
      First of all many thanks Flut for this great skin I use ever since.
      All the panels are really fine for me.
      One thing as a possible update:

      Response View to Staff Adverts: Is there a chance to get some attributes on the view to get a first clue or even the ability/reputation/personality/? Right now the view is a little spartan.
    • vonholzminden's avatar
      @Flut,
      nice Flut now it´s a little bit better. But could you please telll me how i can change the font color of the font at the bottom right "Auslosung ansehen" and so on?

    • icreatedthisaccount2comment's avatar
      Any chance you could add the hidden attributes panel to the player info? I suppose it's a bit "cheaty" but hell, I loved it in previous games.

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