retired_lsokolowski

Hi All,

Hoping for some Mac specific help. I played FM2007 on Mac no problem. It was simple and easy to add skins, player pics, logos etc.

However, I am playing WSM08 so basically FM08 on a Macbook Pro and the game files are different. There is no longer a designated graphics folder so no-where to put any facepacks etc. When you create a graphics folder per some of the other suggestions it causes the game to crash. When loading you get a white screen at load up and thats all. This does not happen before you create graphics folder.

I need someone to let me know how and where to put graphics files so the game will still load. Sorry if this is a duplicate message but I tried reading all mac threads and it seems everyone is having similar if not related problems.

Can't update Java on the Mac either if you are running leopard as apple don't have a Java 6 update yet. But the game loads perfect without messing with graphics so don't think its Java related anyway.

Any help would be awesome because quite frankly FM08 or WSM08 is great but nowhere near as much fun without the player pics etc.

Post here or email me any suggestions links etc.

Thanks
Sean

retired_drakegrady

hiya fella,

i also run fm08 on a macbook pro.

if you send me links to the files you've downloaded i'll try and install and see if i can get it to work.

retired_lsokolowski

Thanks...where exactly are you installing the files too? can you let me know?

I tried creating a graphics folder at username/applications/sportsinteractive/worldwidesoccermanager08 and the game crashes? weird!

I have tried a whole bunch of different files but here is one link:

http://www.fmformation.net/downloads.php?do=file&id=625

I'm not going to lie, this is driving me nuts!
Cheers for the help.
Sean

djake

It sounds like this problem may be specific to WWSM on a Mac, as I have no problem with FM on my Mac, and I have loaded additional logos, team kits, etc.

You might want to check out the Mac Support Forum elsewhere on this site.

retired_merissa16

i run WWSM on my macbook and ive successfully integrated player photos into the game w/o any crashes.

i have the photos setup like this:
documents/sports interactive/worldwide soccer manager 2008/graphics/players/...

in the player directory, i have it broken down by teams (i d/l'd a premiership pack). the key thing is that every team in my directory has an XML file which ID's every photo. the XML files are necessary for the game to know where the photos are located and who they are assigned to. most of the facepack creators have already created the XML file(s) for you, but you may want to check to make sure otherwise it wont work (or perhaps the XML file is not written correctly).

retired_lsokolowski

black russian

Thanks for the heads up. I will give it a try. Have you had any problems with the white screen crash?

Thanks

retired_lsokolowski

black russian...can you send me a link for your face packs and I will try them as I am still having problems.

cheers
Sean