Creating a Theme

bigtrouble77 · 10-11-2019, 04:23 PM

Now that FHM6 is out I really want to create a custom theme, but I'm not sure how to... or even if it's possible. Are there any docs or accessible locations to the existing theme? If there is, I can't find it.

JeffR · 10-11-2019, 04:25 PM

You would need to modify the data in one of the folders in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Franchise Hockey Manager 6\data\skins - but there are a lot of things that would need to be changed, and there's no documentation for it, so it'd require quite a bit of trial-and-error.

bigtrouble77 · 10-11-2019, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by JeffR

You would need to modify the data in one of the folders in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Franchise Hockey Manager 6\data\skins - but there are a lot of things that would need to be changed, and there's no documentation for it, so it'd require quite a bit of trial-and-error.

Fantastic, that's all I need.

bigtrouble77 · 10-11-2019, 04:47 PM

Do I need to register the skin somewhere so it can be selected in the UI? Just cloning an existing skin with a new directory name does not result in a new skin being available in the in-game menu.

JeffR · 10-11-2019, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by bigtrouble77

Do I need to register the skin somewhere so it can be selected in the UI? Just cloning an existing skin with a new directory name does not result in a new skin being available in the in-game menu.

I don't think it can dynamically identify additional skins (although I'll see if it's possible to add that.) You would have to directly modify one of the existing ones (making a backup copy first, obviously.)

bigtrouble77 · 10-11-2019, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by JeffR

I don't think it can dynamically identify additional skins (although I'll see if it's possible to add that.) You would have to directly modify one of the existing ones (making a backup copy first, obviously.)

Thanks for the clarification, I'll do that for now.

10-11-2019, 04:23 PM	#1
bigtrouble77 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 125	Creating a Theme Now that FHM6 is out I really want to create a custom theme, but I'm not sure how to... or even if it's possible. Are there any docs or accessible locations to the existing theme? If there is, I can't find it.

10-11-2019, 04:25 PM	#2
JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 17,418	You would need to modify the data in one of the folders in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Franchise Hockey Manager 6\data\skins - but there are a lot of things that would need to be changed, and there's no documentation for it, so it'd require quite a bit of trial-and-error.

10-11-2019, 04:47 PM	#4
bigtrouble77 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 125	Do I need to register the skin somewhere so it can be selected in the UI? Just cloning an existing skin with a new directory name does not result in a new skin being available in the in-game menu.