retired_lolograndison

Hi Folks,

I am going to try and make some stadium backgrounds for the new FM07.

I have made a good start on the scottish leagues but was wanting to know if it will actually work in the demo? or do i have to wait until the real game.
if it works in the demo could somone please explain to me how it works and i will get have a look at what i have done so far see if it is any good.

retired_Levowen

It works fine in the demo. You make a backgrounds folder in the pictures folder, you make a folder in that called whatever country you want to call it, and in there you place the JPGs, along with an XML file. You can make two kinds of backgrounds, ones that appear when you click on a team, and ones that appear when you play at that team's stadium on a matchday.

This is an example from a config.xml file for a normal background, seen whenever you click on a team:

<record from="arsenal2" to="graphics/pictures/team/602/background"/>

This is an example from a config.xml file for a matchday background, seen whenever you play a match at that team's stadium:

<record from="england/arsenal2" to="graphics/pictures/stadium/602/background"/>

That should get you started

retired_Levowen

EDIT: Excluding the england/ bit on that second config.xml line, sorry.

retired_lolograndison

do i have to re-laod the game before they will show up?

retired_zion

You'll have to turn skin cache off

retired_lolograndison

hmmm i have that unticked and re-load the skin but when i look back at the games there is nothing there do i have to play a game first?

retired_Levowen

Looking back at the games doesn't prooduce a picture of the stadium, which is a good thing in my opinion; you can only see the stadium picture when you're watching a match "live".

Bear in mind stadium IDs are sometimes different from team IDs (especially if they've moved stadium within the last two years). There's currently no editor for FM 2007 though, so to find out what those ID numbers are, you'll have to wait until the final release.

retired_Pinkie83

Actually, you can select the 'show unique ID' option in preferences.

retired_dkrstic

That wont display stadium IDs though - you'll need the FM2006 editor for it. They haven't changed.

retired_lolograndison

i have downloaded the english one that another guy made just to have a look at it and he is using the same config setup as what i used but when i put that into the game as well nothing shows up when am playing the game live!