Ter

Naming of files
All filenames should be in lowercase

Where should I put downloaded custom content?
Windows
Custom content should now be placed in the user data folder, which is normally "Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2007\". You can usually get to this location quicker by going through "My Documents". I would recommend creating a "logos" subdirectory and ensure that all logopacks are installed in their own unique directory structure such as "logos/english championship" for example.

It is suggested that you DON'T follow the same directory structure that the main game uses as this could cause conflicts with the logos that come with the game

Mac
Information soon...

What are config.xml files and why do we need them?
Config files are needed to let the game know that the images should be linked to an object in the game and displayed in relation to that object in various places throughout the game. A typical config file looks something like this...

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">&lt;record&gt;&lt;!-- resource manager options --&gt;&lt;!-- dont preload anything in this folder --&gt;&lt;boolean id="preload" value="false"/&gt;&lt;!-- turn off auto mapping --&gt;&lt;boolean id="amap" value="false"/&gt;&lt;!-- logo mappings --&gt;&lt;!-- the following XML maps pictures inside this folder into other positions in the resource system, which allows this folder to be dropped into any place in the graphics folder and still have the game pick up the graphics files from the correct places--&gt;&lt;list id="maps"&gt;&lt;record from="championship/barnsley" to="graphics/pictures/club/606/logo"/&gt;&lt;record from="championship/birmingham" to="graphics/pictures/club/609/logo"/&gt;&lt;record from="championship/burnley" to="graphics/pictures/club/622/logo"/&gt;&lt;/list&gt;&lt;/record&gt;</pre>

The main part you have to take notice of are the lines that start off &lt;record from="...
Each record is used to link one object in the game to a file on your computer. Config.xml can be created/edited in any text editor.

Logo Types
<LI> Club 'club'
<LI> Competition 'comp'
<LI> Nation
<LI> Continent 'continent'

There are now five different variation of logo in Football Manager 2007

Normal
&lt;record from="FILENAME" to="graphics/pictures/TYPE/UNIQUEID/logo"/&gt;

Huge
&lt;record from="FILENAME" to="graphics/pictures/TYPE/UNIQUEID/logo/huge"/&gt;

Small
&lt;record from="FILENAME" to="graphics/pictures/TYPE/UNIQUEID/icon"/&gt;

Background Left
&lt;record from="FILENAME" to="graphics/pictures/TYPE/UNIQUEID/logo/background/left"/&gt;

Background Right
&lt;record from="FILENAME" to="graphics/pictures/TYPE/UNIQUEID/logo/background/right"/&gt;

Filling in the information
<LI> FILENAME - This should be replaced with the filename (without extension) so if you have a file named afc wimbledon.png then you would only need to enter afc wimbledon
<LI> TYPE - This should be replaced with what you are assigning the image to from the logo types stated above
<LI> UNIQUEID - This should be replaced with the unique id of the object you are assigning the image to. You can find the unique ID by either viewing these in the editor or switching on 'Show Unique IDs' in the Preferences and viewing the team/comp/etc in game and noting the number in the titlebar.

Examples

Assigning a huge logo to a team
&lt;record from="afc wimbledon" to="graphics/pictures/club/5110769/logo/huge"/&gt;

Ter

I'm going to keep adding more stuff to this as we go along, but this is a decent starting point.

If you have any questions about this stuff then post them here and I'll add them to the post above if they are relevant.

Uysaler Emircan

It is much better and easier now
Thanks Ter.
Waiting for much info and maybe actions about logos

afterware

Thanks Ter.
What about "small" photos for players.
Where are they supposed to be seen?
And what is the "record" line syntax?

TIA

Ter

the syntax for small players are the same as the small logo type only you have 'person' as the type. These wil display in the breadcrumbs menu of players.

Ede

where can i find the nations logos?
like the 3lions for england for example?
or where do i have to put them if they are not yet in?

eL B:)tTiNh:o

Does this mean these pictures will now automatically overwrite the graphics in the original folders?

For example, I add logo's for teams for the Dutch premier division, which are allready there. Will I see the ones I've added, the ones that came with the game or will it choose radomnly, like in previous versions?

mallen102000

Ter could it be possible to edit it so that on the match screen the smallr logos don't appear and you just have the backgound logo as I think this would look rather great :cool:

Veg

Does this mean that we can't put the dowloaded graphic to the folder were the graphic that comeds with the game is stored?

I don't have enough space on my C: drive to store all my graphics there.

Bluebirds

Ter, is it just logos we should be saving in My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2007\ or anything else as well?