FM24 Rensie Custom Skin
Football Manager 2024 is the 20th game in Sports Interactive’s Football Manager series and will be the last of its kind. It means also the last Rensie custom skin of its kind.
The Football Manager 2024 custom skin edition is a collection of the work I have done through the years since I started making skin(s) in 2016. There are edits within the player overview/profile, staff overview, club overview, match screens, both player and staff popup profiles and many more things including player faces within the tactics or team talk screens…
I’m sure you will realise how many small things were done within this skin throughout the years mainly by playing the game. As your save progresses, you will find more and more small things I edited.
Selectors
One of the most useful things within the skin is 100% the selectors. They are across various screens. They are in the player overview/player attributes page. They are also within the home screen where you can find many useful things including data hub widgets, reworked finances widgets and more. You can also move the vertical dividers to make these three widgets wider or narrower.
Selectors within the player overview also include the tweaked analyser polygon and a completely new analyser polygon dedicated to new set pieces roles in the FM24. As always, don’t forget to untick the “Automatically override custom panels” in the Preferences to avoid constantly refreshing the custom panels.
FM Stag Stats
The same as in the FM23 I added the data metrics to my custom skins. These data metrics were made by Adam/FM Stag. You can find them in the player overview tab and in the selector on the right side of the player overview screen. The same as in the selectors within the player attributes screen and player pop-up profile. I adapted it to all these three parts separately to ensure the table fits properly while using the 1920x1080 resolution with 100% zoom, both in-game and on Windows.
Gallery
Q&A
What resolution is this skin created for?
I’m using the most common 1920x1080 resolution with 100% zoom. The skin works with the Full Mode and Windowed as well. If you play in Windowed mode, the screen will be a little bit lower in height logically but I tested the skin in both Full and Windowed mode to ensure widgets and panels don’t move wrongly. Don’t forget to set your Windows Zoom to 100% too before you will say it doesn’t work.
Does the skin include the Instant Result button?
Yes, it’s easier to add this button than to answer all questions about why it’s not in the game.
Why do the panels in the home screen or player overview reset?
Untick the “Automatically override custom panels” in the Preferences.
Is it the best skin?
Personally, it’s the best skin I made and I’m happy with it. Overall, NO, it’s not the best skin. If some other creators around the FM community would like to promote this skin, don’t call it ”The best skin” or something similar. It’s not true. We already have four or five “best skins” on YouTube… Thank you.
If some of you want to host/share this skin on your website, insert the link back to this post, not the direct download link.
Does this skin support background images?
Yes, there is an alternative ‘client object browser.xml’ file in the skin folder/panels/client_object including examples and the read-me file on how to allow background images.
What font(s) are you using in the skin?
The font of the skin is Source Sans Pro. The shirt numbers are made with the Puma 2022/2023 font. If you would like to use the default GT America Standard font, quit the game, go to the skin folder and delete the ‘fonts’ folder.
I like one panel in the skin by Wozzie and two panels in the skin by Flut. Will you add everything to your skin for me?
I’m very grateful for every feedback and I will always try to repair it if something in the skin doesn’t work properly. But no, I won’t update the skin just because someone likes something different. If you would like to learn something about skinning, just go to the SI Forum/Skinning Hideout, there are always people who are willing to help.
Did you know you can make the “Stadium Tour” with the Rensie skin?
Yes, this little hack still works. You can find all about it in this post - HERE.
Credits & thanks
Wozzie for all his work and inspiration.
Tom - TCS/WTCS as he is always able to help in the skinning hideout of the SI Forum or Twitter. The same as with Wozzie, his TCS skin is always an inspiration.
FM Stag for his updated data metrics.
snowofman, MustermannFM, _Ben_, Groot, Flut and many more for inspiration and continuous help.
FM Grasshopper for testing the skin and all the help.
A side note about the credits: I always try to make notes straight into the XML files. That means you can easily find what panels/widgets were taken from other skins no matter if I let them how they were or I modified them. I'm making the description/titles of widgets mainly because of myself but also because of other authors/creators to ensure it's 100% clear where it was originally used. Even if it would be only one person who would open that XML file. It’s just about to pay at least minimal respect to other creators. For example this…
How to install:
If you’re in the game just quit the game to eliminate crashes or issues with the game.
Download the skin.
Move the “FM24 Rensie” file to your skins folder Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2024/skins and unzip the folder.
Run Football Manager 2024, go to Preferences and select the “FM24 Rensie” skin on the Overview screen or in the Interface tab.
Conclusion
If you think this work deserves some kind of donation, you can send how much you want to the CoffeehouseFM website account. I don’t want to use it for myself. We will use it partly for funding the website in the future and for some charity (as I did in the past).
Thank you.
Update notes/Changelog
v3 UPDATE FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Fixed the inset of the linked header within the Season Stats in player selectors
Adjusted the 'horizontal_offset' from 15 to 3 in the match caption panel small to have all texts aligned to the left
Fixed the 'select_event' ID within the Scouting overview panel to show action buttons again
Edited the post-match (press officer) report with results/league table & reactions
Reorganised the player's personal details in the player overview + changed the colour of "Age" from white to "FM24 accent"
Edited the inbox headline part - added unread messages info & staff ID number with the option to copy = you can simply edit the pictures of the Press Officer, Personal assistant etc. (credit to 'BouFitty')
Edited the inbox news category colours to "fm24 accent" - all of them.
Added the role duty into the Formations widget within the match selector
Edited the match players bar widget (the bottom part of the match) (tweaked the file from the WTCS skin)
Edited the layout width (from -3,-9 to -2,-7) of the inbox
Added Preview Location left/right toggle buttons to the set piece creator screen to avoid one more click
Added the unit training summary with rating to the Training Overview (inspired by the Olas Nick/Light Skin)
Edited the inbox summary of the player's training report (inspired by the Olas Nick/Light Skin)
Edited the inbox injury report
Edited the inbox with the players' development update
Edited the inbox with the players' fitness update
Edited the scouting knowledge map in the human manager profile
Added "praise/criticise" buttons to the training widget within the player overview selector
Added captain icon to the match players bar widget
Added Player Statistics + Analytical Data + Customise buttons to the match stats tab within already played match
Added Win/Draw/Loss percentage Record to human manager profile
Added the preferred formation info to the human manager profile details instead of media handling (not working)
Edited Team Selection inbox content - added pitch background, pitch width from 350 to 450
The main menu strip (under the title bar/search bar) was changed from primary/secondary colours to "blue grey 800"
The team squad facts within the team squad screen were changed from primary/secondary colours to FM24 accent & bg (text)
The stadium overview was edited
Club overview edits: the stadium info now includes icons; the trophies widget moved to the middle of the right side;
The right top container is now a tab bar with: the club/board culture; club facts; league history graph; and key players (from Tato skin/deleted the player card graphic and adapted the whole container to the FM Rensie skin layout with personal details); key staff (from Tato skin/edited fonts & boxes & added more attributes too all five staff members); fixtures & results (from Tato skin/edited fonts); the Last starting XI (from Tato skin)
Increased the width of the modal popups when you open the data hub or instant result, for example
Increased the width and height of the modal popup of the individual instructions
Increased the width and height of the modal popup of the team selection advice
Edited the instant result popup overview
And many small tweaks…
v2 UPDATE DECEMBER 12, 2023
Fixed issue with the custom backgrounds + added the alternative client object browser.xml with read me how to change it
Fixed disappearing info in the player overview details
Added the custom view button back to the Schedule/Fixture screen
Slightly reduced the width of the match time bar in the match title bar
Changed colours for low & high stat within the "Last 5 matches" column in the custom views
Changed colours of the status icons slightly
Added the Assistant speech bubble advice column back to the custom view within the opposition instructions screen
Added the picking buttons back to the team squad screen
Fixed the bug with the 'Ask Agent' button within custom views
Added 'Biography' tab to the non-player profile and made it the default tab
Added the "Non Player History" widget to the non-player profile with career/job history instead of player achievements (the wrong file was linked)
Added the "Notable Events" as a new widget to the match selectors
Added the "Match Momentum" as a new widget to the match selectors
Added the "Formations" of both teams as a single widget to the right match selector with a vertical pitch
Added the "Recommendation" widget back to the scouting centre views after the property ID was changed
Fixed height of the rows within coaches’ training categories appointment
Added the CoffeehouseFM.com logo to the sidebar with the link
Added the CoffeehouseFM.com link to the logo within the intro panel on the start screen
Changed the colour of three small icons within the tactics pitch from purple to bg (buttons/custom/tactics/pitch switch - thanks TCSSkin for finding it)
New start screen background image instead of the 3D manager scene
Edited how the formation looks like during the match for both home & away teams (the roles of your opponent appear after 10-15 minutes of the match depending on the quality of your analysts)
Edited the Pre-Match Tactical Advice screen
Allowed custom views via the right mouse button within the scouting centre panel and scouting centre recommendation
Edited colours within the mailbox item with the award winners/placing to match it with the rest of the skin
Edited & cleaned the Staff overview screen
Changed the tab headings from subtle box to contrast box with the blue grey 900 colour
Added the ID button in the titlebar from the Sas/FME skins + tweaked it to match it with the skin colours
As always when updating the skin - quit the game. Go to the Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2024/skins and delete (or backup) the original version of the skin before you copy/paste the downloaded updated version.
Also, don’t forget to clear the cache folder in the App data and don’t forget it’s like a new skin with the updated config file so the colours of the attributes will be changed to default.
FM Slack alert!
There were a lot of changes within many social media including Twitter (now “X”) and it’s not the same as in the past. We can’t see many things due to the algorithm, weird preferences and many other reasons I don’t even want to know.
There are many Discord servers and I’m sure they are good and useful. But I will probably always be a bigger fan of Slack. Or better worded the Football Manager Slack. Feel free to join us with this link. The link is also in the picture below.
You will find a short channel summary in the ‘generalchat’ so it will be easier for you to navigate through the channels.