The default dark skin is based on the Dark Football Manager 2021 Skin, which whilst included with the game files hasn't been enabled by default.
The default dark skin is based on the Dark Football Manager 2021 Skin,
which whilst included with the game files hasn't been enabled by
default.
The skin layout is identical to the Default FM21 skin, however, the main
Purple colour has been replaced with Black. Whilst the Inbox and Scouting
Centre have both been made dark unlike in the Default Skin.
FM21 Default Dark skin creator is Sports Interactive skinning
moderator michaeltmurrayuk, you can check his Blogspot michaeltmurrayuk
for more base skins if you maybe wish to edit them yourself.
Default Dark FM21 Skin Features
- Identical layout to the default one in-game
- Purple colour replaced with Black
- Inbox and scouting centre are both made dark
- More "Dark Mode" consistency (Scouting, Inbox, Processing)
Skin Preview
Skin Installation Instructions
- zip
- rar
- 7z
The below software is recommended:
Once you’ve installed the extracting software on your operating system, create a new folder and place your downloaded skin rar in it.
- Windows users - WinRar (Choose the most recent .exe file)
- macOS users - The Unarchiver
Once you’ve installed the extracting software on your operating system, create a new folder and place your downloaded skin rar in it.
1. Extract the skin files as follows:
- Windows - Right-click on your rar. Choose WinRar from the menu, then select 'Extract Here'.
- MacOS X - Right-click (or ctrl + click) on your zip, rar or 7z. Choose 'open with' then select 'The Unarchiver'.
2. Locating Your User Data Location
Once you have downloaded and extracted your files, move them over to your ‘user data location’ so they can be read by the game.
The default location of your ‘user data location’ will be slightly
different depending on the OS you are using;
- Windows users - C:\Users\\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2021\skins*
- Mac OS X users - /Users//Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2021/skins*
*if this folder doesn't exist then just create a new folder and call it ‘skins’.
3. Displaying Skins In-Game
To select the skin in-game, load Football Manager 2021 and go into;
- Preferences > Advanced > Interface
- In this panel, you’ll find an option called ‘Skin’ with a drop-down menu next to it.
Select the drop-down menu to view your installed skins, then select and
confirm.
Skin Not Showing In-game
If the skin you want isn't showing then go to;
- Preferences > Advanced > Interface
Scroll down the interface page to Skin instructions, here you
must;
- untick 'Use caching to decrease page loading times'
- tick 'Reload skin when confirming changes in preferences'
- then select confirm
When you re-enter the preferences menu it should have refreshed the list
of skins to show your skin in the above list.
Once the skin is loaded you can turn the skin cache back on and un-tick the ‘always reload’ button.
Once the skin is loaded you can turn the skin cache back on and un-tick the ‘always reload’ button.
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- INFO
- Skins will only work on the version of the game they are designed for (so FM 21 skins will only work with FM2021 and not older versions of the game, nor newer ones) and Touch and Full Mode skins aren't compatible so if you are using the Touch version you will only be able to use Touch skins.