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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   423786 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.

    • Carlito_85's avatar
      Hi Flut. Regarding the player profile and removing the code for the front of the shirt (2D Kits), you mentioned to Badass that removing the shirt code from all player profile files will do it. However I was only able to find that code in player personal details panel2.xml

      Which other files do I need to be looking in? Also should I be looking for the exact same code in those files? Thanks again for all your help.
    • Flut's avatar
      Hi donvitor: Thanks :-) Regarding your problem, in my game the sort order is okay. However I did a small change in a xml in order we can choose the sort order of the player clicking on the headings (in green). I think with this you can solve your problem choosing selected position as a sort order. Place it in panels/match

      [url= https://mega.nz/#!rgNDGRSZ!c_CmZdr7KXNpxojqVpriYzlSFXpJm1V_HwVlRfkn1So]DOWNLOAD[/url]

      Thank you Nikke!!!

      Hi nikolaosek: sorry about that work you have to do in order to adjust the fonts. However I like a lot the style of fonts I choose and, unfortunately the greek alphabet is not included. However, if you find the equal fonts including the greek alhpabet, if you want you can send me and I included in the skin. And yes, is better to delete the 1.0 (but you can include the changes you did on it, in this new version - namely the fonts).
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    • nikolaosaek's avatar
      REALLY flut?????? I should go all the way with the fonts everytime an update comes?? pffffffffffffffff man plz fix this, its annoying...
    • nikolaosaek's avatar
      Do I have to delete the 1.0 version or I paste the 1.1 on the old one?
    • Nikke177's avatar
      Hi again @Flut
      Just wanted to say thank you for the quick release of the new version! And thanks for this amazing skin. Keep up the good work :D
    • donvitor's avatar
      Hey. I love the changes I've noticed so far for 1.1.
      One of my favorite changes are the in between highlight stats. The more the better. (Would love the option to have an even more detailed view for my team, and a more bare bones for the opposition. Asymmetrical panels kind of.)
      However, regarding the current panels, the order of of the players are off for me. Even before subs and moving players around the formation. And doing those things it gets really disorientating.

      https://i.imgur.com/H8XATzz.jpg
      https://i.imgur.com/PIibwq9.jpg

      Something easily fixable on my end, or something you might work on for next update?
    • Flut's avatar
      Hi Akron: thanks. I tested in this new version and in my game works well.

      Hi carlito: the code in the club overview is the following (as you can see all the insets are in "0". Try to adjust changing some of them (namely the all inset, decreasing the value for negative one) but your problem is weird.

      <container >
      <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="all" inset="0" scale_picture="true" apply_to_children="true" />
      <widget class="background" file="backgrounds" id="bgnd">
      <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="top" inset="0" />
      <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="horizontal" inset="0" />
      <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="left" offset="0" gap="0" />
      <record id="object_property">
      <integer id="get_property" value="bgnd" />
      <integer id="set_property" value="file" />
      </record>
      </widget>
      </container>
    • Arkon's avatar
      Hi Flut,
      Just one more small problem - Transfer & Wage budget adjustment frozen
    • Arkon's avatar
      Daswrack
      Being fixed in version 2
    • Daswrack's avatar
      Great skin, thanks for this.

      I have a small problem in the tactics, I am not able to switch between the sides or attacking/defending for corners, free kicks etc.

      Does anyone have the same problem and how can I fix it?
    • Carlito_85's avatar
      Hi Flut. Thought I'd let you know I managed to fix everything, and even managed to get the alternate city pic showing up in the club overview :D

      https://i.imgur.com/xHZx43K.png

      The only issue I'm having is that I can't get the city pic to fit to the box on the left. Any idea how I can resize the image within the config? I'm thinking it might need some kind of specific line of code added to it like the stadium has.
    • Flut's avatar
      @Carlito: you can edit it in club overview stadium9. I can't explain how to do it since I would need to do many instructions. Sorry.

      @galeg: thanks. That bug is already fixed and will be included in the next release.
    • galeg's avatar


      On this screen (season preview) the top part of the text is cut off of New Managers.
    • Carlito_85's avatar
      Flut big thanks for all your help so far. Really enjoying using this skin.

      I forgot to ask this in my last post but how would I go about re-positioning the stadium details in the club overview? I figured out how to move the icons but I can't figure out how to move the text in the 6 small panels so they're more centered vertically.
    • Flut's avatar
      Hi all: for see the 2D kits in player profile only in the case you have it, you can use the following folder. Extract it and place it in the logos folder of the game. This is the way I think the problem described by Badass it will be solved.
      Thanks again, ingey, for all of your help here. :-)


      https://mega.nz/#!68FxkCaR!D8FJIWRmtvqEg4a5CVn0U8EEjfR5tSFnWKPoOJWSCEc
    • ingey1968's avatar
      also I noticed you said there is suppose to be a stadium pic behind the player, that's not true. it depends on what type of graphics you use. for example I use dazs8 mega pack and behind my players I have a pic of that player, example below

    • ingey1968's avatar
      another thing you could do is what I did, install nation kits so any club that has no kits, the home nation of that player shows. I also have a problem with whats behind certain players, it reverts to a default pic. I'm going to replace it with a pic I like better, pic example below. I know it doesn't fix it all the way but best your going to do for now if you want to use the skin

    • ingey1968's avatar
      @badass did you make your graphics folder structure the way flut says to in his html included in the download? if not that could be your problem. I use to have all sorts of problems until I did it the exact way the html lists
    • nikolaosaek's avatar
      Hi again, I got a bug here. Look at pic. Its a bug or something I should fix?
    • Nikke177's avatar
      Hi @Flut
      Thanks for the fast response. Looking forward to the next version of the skin! My absolute favourite skin I have ever used.
    • Badass88's avatar
      @Flut: But then I lose all the kits in all the player profiles right? I just dont want city pics instead of 2d kits when I dont have the kits for the teams, if I do have the kits for the teams I wanna see the kits, do you understand?

      How is it in your game? I'm guessing you see the kits for the teams you have and you don't see anything for the kits you dont have? How come I see the city pics?
    • Flut's avatar
      Hi Akron: sorry. I intended to answer you in my last comment. In the next release it will be transparent. cheers.
    • Arkon's avatar
      Hi, Great Skin - just a small problem on the 3d match page - the top-bar is solid and not transparent as in the original game
    • Flut's avatar
      Hi fascinoso73: in all of the files player profile details you should increase the value of vertical inset (now 15). After that you need to increase the value of top onset (now 4) in order to adjust the image.

      Hi Trendar: Sorry but I didn’t understood your question. Could you please put a screenshot in order I can take a look on the “problema” you talked about?

      Hi Nikkel: Thanks. Regarding your question this bug is already fixed and will be included in the next version.

      Hi Scarecrow: the first question is already answered, Regarding your suggestion, what are that information you are talking about? Where that information is currently displayed? Could you put a screenshot?

      Hi Carlito: You can reduce it but all the map will be also reduced because is the same graphic. Go to club overview panel and change the values of height (now 65) and inset (now -10). You should use try and error method in order to adjust as you want.

      <container class="bordered_box" appearance="" >
      <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="all" inset="0" scale_picture="true" apply_to_children="true" />
      <widget class="picture" id="flag" height="65" image_alignment="top" scale_picture="false">
      <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="all" inset="-10" />
      <boolean id="keep_aspect_ratio" value="true"/>
      <flags id="image_alignment" value="top"/>
      <record id="object_property">
      <integer id="get_property" value="flag"/>
      </record>
      </widget>

      Hi galeg: regarding the first bug I already answered. Regarding the second one, could you please put a screenshot?

      Hi Badass: the solution is to delete the code for 2dKits from the titlebar and from the player overview panel.
      For that you should delete the following code:

      Titlebar (titlebar.xml)
      <widget class="picture" id="lftB" scale_picture="true" keep_aspect_ratio="true" image_alignment="top, left">
      <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="top" inset="0" />
      <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="left" inset="60"/>
      <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="all" inset="0" />
      <record id="object_property">
      <integer id="get_property" value="mbpc"/>
      <integer id="set_property" value="file"/>
      </record>
      </widget>

      Player overview panel (in all of the files player profile details)

      <!-- This is the shirt -->
      <widget class="picture" id="lftB" scale_picture="true" keep_aspect_ratio="true" image_alignment="centre">
      <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="top" inset="0"/>
      <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="left" inset="-45" />
      <attachment class="test_setting_attachment" get_setting="show_portraits" default_value="true" set_property="hidn">
      <list id="value">
      <boolean value="false" />
      </list>
      </attachment>

      <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="all" inset="0" />

      <record id="object_property">
      <integer id="get_property" value="mbpc"/>
      <integer id="set_property" value="file"/>
      </record>
      </widget>


      Hi jeff44: I will release it soon
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    • fascinoso73's avatar


      Hi Flut, I would like to replicate the face of the player, what should I change?
      I would like the cut out smaller

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