FM26 - 3D Stadium Megapack BETA 2.4: "Gotta Visit 'Em All"
Hey everyone, March update is here. This one nearly warrants a 3.0 tag. Full lighting overhaul, major performance fixes, and a big batch of new stadiums. Here's what's changed since the last release. In fact, we have 32 new/updated stadiums taking the total count to well over 200 now!
As always, we have a monthly survey! I will make sure that is uploaded tomorrow too!
Performance, Bug Fixes and Stability:
Crowds got three performance passes:
LOD was enabled by default but no LOD meshes actually exist in the bundle — this was tripling draw calls for literally nothing. Forced off now.
GPU argument arrays were being created fresh every single frame for every batch. Now allocated once and reused.
Shader setup that didn't need to happen every frame was running every frame. Moved to where it belongs.
Stadium pitch scaling completely rewritten. The switch from FBX to GLB exports broke pitch alignment — lines weren't lining up with FM's goals and corner flags. New system auto-detects the orientation from the mesh itself. Works on all 150+ existing stadiums and all new ones without any manual work.
Lighting has been overhauled:
Floodlights converted from directional lights to spot lights with tightened angles. Before this, only one light was actually doing anything — URP can only render one directional as the main light. Spot lights work properly as additional lights (up to 8).
Post-processing added to the lighting bundle — Bloom, Lens Flare, Color Adjustments. This replaces FM's own post-processing that gets killed when custom lighting takes over.
Skybox ambient lighting now always stays on for custom stadiums.
Players now properly receive light from both vanilla and custom lights.
Lens flare support added.
Stadiums Added:
ENGLAND:
Portsmouth
Hull City
Blackburn Rovers
SCOTLAND:
Motherwell
Hibernian (redone lights)
POLAND:
Górnik Zabrze
Lechia Gdańsk (Polsat Plus Arena)
Stadion Narodowy (NT Variant)
Stadion Narodowy (Cup variant)
Raków Częstochowa
Lech Poznań
Jagiellonia Białystok
HUNGARY:
Ferencváros
DENMARK:
FC Copenhagen (Parken)
SLOVAKIA:
Slovan Bratislava
CROATIA:
Hajduk Split
TURKEY:
Beşiktaş (Reworked)
Çaykur Rizespor
SERBIA:
FK Radnički Nis
FK Novi Pazar
PORTUGAL:
CS Marítimo
FRANCE:
Stade Brestois (Reworked)
Toulouse FC (Lighting fixes)
Saint Étienne
NETHERLANDS:
FC Twente
Sparta Rotterdam
NORWAY:
Rosenborg
BRAZIL:
Arena Fonte Nova
ARGENTINA:
Club Atlético Córdoba
KAZAKHSTAN:
FC Almaty
USA:
Gillette Stadium
SPAIN:
Real Madrid (Grass issue fixed)
Installation:
The link below is where you can download the files. The password is that which you received earlier in your mailbox if you have lost the passkey, shoot me a DM and I'll send it your way!
BACK UP THE FILES FOR YOU TO ADD AGAIN LATER IF YOU HAVE CUSTOM KITS/CONFIGS. FINAL WARNING
STADIUM PACK
Or the torrent at the bottom.
KITS
OR
NOTE: If you changed your configs from last version to now, they will be set to my versions. This means you will have to redo them yourself!
THIS UPDATE IS A STANDALONE ALL IN ONE, IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO REMOVE ALL YOUR EXISTING FILES FROM EARLIER PATCHES (REMOVING THE FOLLOWING FILES):
You can then add in the new files!
Installation path for Steam is:
Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 26
Installation path for Xbox Game Pass is:
XboxGames\Football Manager 26\Content
Installation path for Epic Games is:
Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager26
From there to install the kits, be sure to extract them first and place them in the
"Football Manager 26/BepInEx/Plugins/CrowdInjectV2" folder so your Kits folder contains the leagues/nations.
Steam Deck (Desktop Mode):
Download the Linux version of BepInEx
Download r2modman and extract it
In that folder you go to r2modman app image
Follow the path -> home-deck-config-r2modmanplus-local-fm26-profiles-default-
Add my files to that path.
You can make a shortcut on your homescreen of the r2modman app image and click execute
Search game: -fm26 and then select profile
Showing on this screen is bepinexpack-footballmanager26 click on it and install
In the top left click on start modded, not vanilla.
Game will load
Again huge thanks to Luke for the find.
Furthermore, when you install the files, make sure you place all subfolders into those directories above. That is two folders and 4 loose files. If you do not do that it will not load.
If you are having extraction issues, try using winrar or winzip to extract the files.
The first boot after an update to FM or running for the first time will take a long time.
IT HAS NOT FROZEN, IT IS LOADING. DO NOT INTERRUPT IT!
Should you get an anti tamper message do this:
Remove the files from the directory when FM is closed.
Boot the game, play a match, close FM.
Reinstall the files whilst FM is closed.
Then you will be able to play.
