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Installation Q. How do I install the Adboard Patch?
PC
1. Extract the contents of the rar folder to your desktop.
2. Move the ads folder to the following directory: My Documents /Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2015/graphics/pictures. This will now give you the following directory: My Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2015/graphics/pictures/ads
3. Open up the My Documents /Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2015 folder and create a new folder called 'ads' giving you the following directory My Documents /Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2015/ads
4. Move the 'Club adboards' and 'no club adboards' folder from your desktop to a new directory you make in My Documents /Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2015/ (The name doesn't matter)
5. Decide if you want to use the 'Club adboards' or 'no club adboards' once you have decided copy and paste the fm.xml file from 'club adboards' or 'no club adboards' folder to the ads folder you created earlier
Make sure that the ads & pictures folder names are in lower case
You should now have the following folder structure.
6. Open up FM15 and access the in game preferences menu.
7. Go to the 'display' tab and untick 'use skin cache'
tick 'reload skin on confirm'
untick 'clicking on an ad board takes you to its owners website'
Go to the 'general' tab and set size of text & images to 100% (if not already)
Confirm these changes
8. Reload FM15 and enjoy
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Apple Mac 1. Extract the contents of the rar folder to your desktop.
2. Move the ads folder to the following directory: My Documents /Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2015/graphics/pictures. This will now give you the following directory: My Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2015/graphics/pictures/ads
3. Open up the My Documents /Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2015 folder and create a new folder called 'ads' giving you the following directory My Documents /Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2015/ads
4. Move the 'Club adboards' and 'no club adboards' folder from your desktop to a new directory you make in My Documents /Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2015 (The name doesn't matter)
5. Decide if you want to use the 'Club adboards' or 'no club adboards' once you have decided copy and paste the fm.xml file from 'club adboards' or 'no club adboards' folder to the ads folder you created earlier
Make sure both 'ads' folders are in lower case
6. Open up FM15 and access the in game preferences menu.
7. Go to the display tab and untick 'use skin cache'
tick 'reload skin on confirm'
untick 'clicking on an ad board takes you to its owners website'
Go to the 'general' tab and set size of text & images to 100% (if not already)
Confirm these changes
8. Reload FM15 and enjoy
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Q. Why are there two different xml files?
A. As the folder names suggest one xml file contains club specific ad-boards and one doesn’t. This has been done as in previous patches people have complained that they see clubs specific ad-boards in cup competitions. Due the way the xml file there is no way around this using code. The only solution would be the use of two files.
For example say you are Arsenal and want Arsenal specific ad-boards in the Premiership and the Champions league ad-boards in the Champions League you would follow these steps;
1. Load up FM with the Club Specific config file in use
2. Play your league game (Arsenal ads will show)
3. Before your Champions League game Save and quit FM15
4. Replace the club specific config file with the non club config file.
5. Re boot FM15
6. Play your Champions League match (Champions League ads will show)