How To Add A Picture To Your Manager

Like with the last couple of versions FM19 no longer allows you to add a picture to your manager instead encouraging you to use the Facegen system.

This is a simple mod that re-enables to old option to use a picture for your Manager. Though with some limitations.

Introduction

Like with the last couple of versions Football Manager 2019 no longer allows you to add a picture to your manager instead encouraging you to use the Facegen system. However the previous mod still works so at the moment you can add a manager picture with a bit of work though it may be disabled again in a patch and still has the same limitations as the previous versions of the mod.

Thanks to some work from Cyrius50 at www.manager-online.fr it is now possible to add a Manager Picture when adding your Manager to the game, however at the moment it isn't possible to apply the picture to existing profiles nor to change the image so make sure you are happy with it before applying it.

Installation Instructions

After downloading and extracting the below zip file you should have a folder called panels.

If you are using the default skins:

- Place the panels folder into your User Data Location which by default is:
Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2019\

If you are using a custom skin:

- Place the panels folder inside the folder for the skin you are using, by default this will be:
Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2019\skins\<skin_name>\

Where <skin_name> is the name of the folder for the skin you are using.

If done correctly the contents of your panels\human folder located in either of the above locations should look something like this:


If you are asked to overwrite any files then you are best checking the manual instructions further down as it means the skin you are using has already customized the file used so you'll need to modify the file yourself.

- Next load up the game and if the skin cache is on turn it off and reload your skin, then follow the below steps to add your picture. (Once you have confirmed the Add Picture box has appeared you can turn the skin cache back on).

Manager Picture Mod Download Page[sites.google.com]

How To Add Your Manager Picture

When you have installed the mod on the Add Manager panel select either Edit Profile or New Profile, then on the Profile screen you should see a new option above the Social Networks as in the below picture:



Clicking on 'Choose Picture' should take you to the file select popup, from here browse to the location on your hard drive where your image is selected and select the image, in the below example I have selected an image of the FM19 logo imposed on a red version of the default face.



Once that is done fill in the rest of your profile as normal and continue through the profile settings and once you are into the game your image should now be showing:



Again this method has it's limitations:

• You cannot assign a picture to an existing manager, if you want an existing manager to have a picture you would need to retire that manager and create a new one to take over but you won't be able to keep any of your in-game progress.
  
  
• It isn't possible to change the image after the profile has been created so make sure you are happy with the image before you get too far into your game. Whilst you can now edit your manager in game this feature doesn't allow you to change the profile picture nor will editing the face here override the set picture.
  
  
• Also be aware this feature is unsupported and might be removed in a patch, also I have only tested to see if the image will appear I have no idea if it will cause any issues further into the game, so it is used at your own risk.

How To Create The Mod

These instructions are only really needed if you want to know the code used to create the mod or are using a custom skin that has a modified version of this panel, if you just want to use the mod then refer to the download link and instructions at the start of this guide.

To create the mod for Football Manager 2019 you will need to extract the add manager profile panel xml file from the panels\human folder found inside the panels fmf file. If the skin you are using already has a copy of this file then it is best to use that one instead.

If you have extracted the add manager profile panel file you will need to copy it into the panels\human folder for the skin you are using. (If you are using the default skins you can just place it in the panels\human folder directly in your User Data Location instead of inside a skin) and if the folders don't exist just create them.

Now there are a few changes we need to make to that file, so open the file and locate the following section of text (Line #25):

<layout class="grid_layout_attachment" row_layout="20,30,24,20,30,24,20,30,24,1,22,30,160" mode="auto" vertical_gap="5" vertical_offset_start="35" vertical_offset_end="0">

That line tells the game how many rows to to display on the Add Manager Screen, so what we need to do is add a couple of extra rows for the Manager Picture items to fit in.

It doesn't really matter where you add the extra rows it will just affect where you have to add the later code and where the picture box will appear in game.

For example we are going to add the Manager Picture just above the Social Media boxes and in the above code the 1 value denotes a spacer, the 22 and 30 are for the Social Media rows and 160 is for the Experience box at the bottom.

And as the Social Media buttons are a good size we'll just copy their row sizes so the code now looks like this:

<layout class="grid_layout_attachment" row_layout="20,30,24,20,30,24,20,30,24,1,22,30,22,30,160" mode="auto" vertical_gap="5" vertical_offset_start="35" vertical_offset_end="0">

If you want different row heights then you can just input different numbers.

Now if you scroll down a bit you'll notice a load of code that looks like this:

<record>
    <string id="column_layout" value="-1" />
    <integer id="horizontal_offset" value="10" />
    <integer id="horizontal_gap" value="0" />
</record>
<record>
    <string id="column_layout" value="-1,-1" />
    <integer id="horizontal_offset" value="10" />
    <integer id="horizontal_gap" value="5" />
</record>
<record>
    <string id="column_layout" value="-1" />
    <integer id="horizontal_offset" value="10" />
    <integer id="horizontal_gap" value="0" />
</record>
</list>
</layout>

This code tells the game how to layout the columns in each row, so again we need to add some code to position the Manager Picture code and again where you add the code will depend on where you want the Manager Picture option to appear, in this example we placed the code above the Social Media boxes so we need to add the new code above that.

When you scroll through the code each record corresponds to each row so just count them off to you get to the right place, in this case we want to enter the new code above the last three entries (shown above) which correspond to the Social Media buttons, header text and the Experience box and we need to add in two rows one for the header and another for the picture box and as the Social Media records already contain the code we need we can just copy them so that section should now look something like:

<record>
    <string id="column_layout" value="-1" />
    <integer id="horizontal_offset" value="10" />
    <integer id="horizontal_gap" value="0" />
</record>
<record>
    <string id="column_layout" value="-1,-1" />
    <integer id="horizontal_offset" value="10" />
    <integer id="horizontal_gap" value="5" />
</record>
<record>
    <string id="column_layout" value="-1" />
    <integer id="horizontal_offset" value="10" />
    <integer id="horizontal_gap" value="0" />
</record>
<record>
    <string id="column_layout" value="-1,-1" />
    <integer id="horizontal_offset" value="10" />
    <integer id="horizontal_gap" value="5" />
</record>
<record>
    <string id="column_layout" value="-1" />
    <integer id="horizontal_offset" value="10" />
    <integer id="horizontal_gap" value="0" />
</record>
</list>
</layout>

On the above lines the string line tells the game how many columns you want on the row - you'll notice the top record only has one as we only have the header text, whilst the second record has two because we have two items to add to that row. The integer lines control the layout of the items but for the most part you shouldn't need to adjust them.

Now we have set up the table next we need to add the actual code to call the Manager Picture, if you scroll down you'll see the code that is used to display the various items and we now need to insert our Manager Picture code in here and where you put it depends on where you added the above code, in this case we are adding it above the Social Media stuff so scroll down until you need this section of code:

<widget class="spacer" />

<!--  encapsulate social media widgets to aid code driven removal whilst keeping layout intact -->

The widget is just the space (the 1 row) and the comment is the start of the Social Media code, so we want to add our code inbetween this two bits of code.

So just paste the following code into the gap between the above lines:

<!-- Manager Picture -->
        <container> <!-- Title -->
            <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="all" apply_to_children="true" inset="0" />
            <widget class="label"  alignment="left, centre_y" style="semi_bold">
            <translation id="text" translation_id="292605" type="use" value="Manager Picture[COMMENT: add_manager_panel; select manager picture]" />
            </widget>
        </container>

        <container> <!-- Button -->
            <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="all" apply_to_children="true" inset="0" />
            <widget class="icon_button" id="slpc" alignment="left, centre_y" icon="icons/actions/select picture" fixed="true"  auto_size="vertical">
            <translation id="text" translation_id="361086" type="use" value="Choose Picture[COMMENT: Minor wording change, meaing the same, us etop 10 matches; Add Manager Wizard - Button that lets the manager select a picture of himself for his ingame manager profile]" />
            <event id="click_event" event_id="sepi" event_target="sepi" />
            </widget>
        </container>

        <container> <!-- Text -->
            <layout class="stick_to_sides_attachment" alignment="all" apply_to_children="true" inset="0" />
            <widget class="text"  alignment="left,centre_y" size="7" multiline="true">
            <translation id="text" translation_id="292607" type="use" value="Select a picture to be used on your profile[COMMENT: add manager panel, option asking the user to select a picture for their profile]" />
            </widget>
        </container>
<!-- End Manager Picture -->

In that code the first container just contains the header text, the second is the important bit with the actual button, whilst the last one is just some explanation text. If you want you can play around with the alignments and font settings to suit your needs.

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[michaeltmurrayuk]

The default in-game option only allows you to use your picture to generate a 3D face from, this guide allows you to just use an image like you can for players.

[Dexphobic]

no need for a mod just click add manager picture when setting up a profile