If you get a black screen when you run FM, then likelihood is you are encountering a problem with the skin or the skin caching feature. There are various things you can do to fix this.
1. Reset the skin to default
2. Delete the cache folder
3. Turn off the cache option
4. Check your hard disk for errrors
5. Re-install the game
1. Reset the Skin to Default
Options -> Preferences -> Display & Sound
Select the '
Skin:' option, change the skin to any skin, then '
Confirm'.
Try a match then, if fixed, perfect!
You can try going back to
Options -> Preferences -> Display & Sound
Then choose your previous skin.
2. You can try to
Delete the cache folder to see if it helps.
- From 6.0.2 onwards:
Go to your documents folder: (Windows) C:\Documents and Settings<your username="">\My Documents\
(Mac) Mac:<your home="" folder="">/Documents/), then go into the "Sports Interactive" folder and then "Football Manager 2006" folder.
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- Right click the folder name 'Cache'
- Choose 'Delete' (Mac: 'Move to trash').
Try to run the game.
3. Turn off the cache option
This will increase the startup/launch time (the time from you click the shortcut or executable until the game is up and running) quite considerably.
The best place to do so is in the game itself -
Options -> Preferences -> Display & Sound and then you need to
untick 'Use Skin Cache' and click 'Confirm'.
4. Check hard disk for errors
Windows
- Open Windows Explorer.
- Go to My Computer.
- Right click on the partition/drive where FM is installed.
- Choose Properties.
- Go to 'Tools'.
- Click 'Check Now' under 'Error-checking'.
- Turn on 'Automatically fix file system errors' and 'Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors'.
- Click 'Start'.
- Wait until it's finished - it may take a long time. It will let you know the results of the scan once it has finished.
- If you are trying to check the Windows drive (normally C: ) for errors then it may ask you to do the check on the next reboot, because it needs exclusive access to files currently locked by Windows (and possibly other system-critical applications). Choose 'Yes' and then reboot your system. Windows will then automatically start a disk check - let it finish.
Mac OS X
If you have installed the game to a different disk than the one Mac OS X is installed to, you should be able to verify your disk without rebooting.
- Open 'Finder'
- Go to 'Applications'
- Run 'Disk Utility' (it may be in 'Utilities' subfolder)
- Select the disk to verify.
- Choose 'Verify disk'.
- Once it has completed, choose 'Verify permissions'.
- Note that you cannot verify the same disk Mac OS X is installed on without rebooting from the Mac OS X DVD.
If you want to verify the same disk as the Mac OS X installation, you need to
- Put the Mac OS X dvd in the drive.
- From the DVD, choose 'Install Mac OS X'.
- Reboot from the DVD when it asks you to.
- When the installer has started, go to the Mac menubar.
- Choose 'Tools', and then 'Disk Utility'.
- Follow the instructions above for verifying the disk(s) and permissions.
5. Re-install the game
If all else fails, re-install the WHOLE game.
Hope I helped.
MiiCK.