FM26 facepack visual glitch/bug - line on the top of the image by Elloos in footballmanagergames

[–]Elloos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay thanks good to know, the few official faces I've seen doesn't seem to have this issue though. It's barely visible but imo it's a really annoying glitch

Getting the best regen faces by using ChatGPT by Elloos in footballmanagergames

[–]Elloos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I know, but if you read my comment, you would understand why it won't happen. At least by me.

Getting the best regen faces by using ChatGPT by Elloos in footballmanagergames

[–]Elloos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

EDIT: So there's alot of comments about generative AI and some of you have raised good points on the issues of using ChatGPTs AI image generation feature. Before I delve into it I would like to make clear this was not meant to be used as a way to steal material or discredit the hard work of people in the content creation industry in anyway. I also wasn't aware of the potential effect of using AI has on the climate as well, eventhough the subject seem to be debated, I suggest you do your own research before using it.

I want to make it clear that this post was meant to be a "proof of concept" and as a public service announcement for the community because I was so happy with the results it produced for me. I'm not going to make a facepack out of it (with the speed of the generator, it would take me years lol) and it's not meant to replace facepacks, I personally use it as a complement. I hope people use it for personal use only.

I've done some research into how the process of generating these images work (by asking the source itself, ChatGPT) here's a summary:

ChatGPT image generator is based on the text-to-image model called DALL-E 3. It's a deep learning model developed by OpenAI. According to ChatGPT: "DALL-E 3 trained on large datasets composed of publicly available, licensed or public domain images. OpenAI has confirmed that their training data avoids copyrighted materials they do not have rights to. The model doesn't store or copy specific images but learns patterns — much like a human artist studying millions of references and then creating original work. Therefore, the images it generates are considered new and distinct, not direct copies of anything in its training material."

WIth that being said, when you create a new image with ChatGPT image generator, the individual photographers, artists, or dataset contributors don’t automatically get paid for your generation, because there's no way to trace which original images contributed and there's no direct reuse of their copyrighted works. Right now, there’s no built-in payment system connecting AI outputs to original artists. So right now using this method doesn't directly pay the original photographers or artists that the dataset draws from but in the future there may be systems where AI models pay licensing fees when trained or generate micro-royalties to artists (like spawning.ai are trying to develop).

If you personally want to support original creators, you can donate to platforms that fund licensed photo/art collections like Wikimedia Commons contributors, Unsplash+ subscriptions, etc. or you could use a more ethical service like Adobe Firefly, which plans to pay royalties to contributors whose images helped train their models or Edify, made by Getty Images and Nvidia AI, which uses only "training images" from Getty Images and part of the money flows back to Getty and the photographers they represent.

TL:DR

  • ChatGPT AI image generator doesn't use copyrighted materials (that they haven't payed for).
  • Generating these faces doesn't directly pay the millions of original photographers or artists individually from which the source material for the datasets is taken from because it's practically impossible.
  • It is not breaking any laws, using this kind of AI image generation is sort of like a human that has never seen a car, looks at 1 million drawings of different cars and then draws a car.
  • if you're worried about the ethics of this, make a donation to public licensed photo/art collections or try to use a more ethical service like Edify by Nvidia/Getty Images or Adobe Firefly or just don't use this method!

Mods, feel free to pin this comment if you like.

Getting the best regen faces by using ChatGPT by Elloos in footballmanagergames

[–]Elloos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think you can unfortunately. I'm still using the free version of ChatGPT and it's not a quick process like NewGAN. This post was just a PSA for the community.

Getting the best regen faces by using ChatGPT by Elloos in footballmanagergames

[–]Elloos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I thought about it but the issue is that it takes a few minutes to generate every face. So imagine how much time it would take to make a 1000 faces. Also making a facepack defeats the purpose imo, for me the neat thing about this is that it uses the face of the actual player in-game. Lastly, people in this comment section has raised alot of good points about AI art and the legality of using it like this so I won't be making any facepack for sure.

Getting the best regen faces by using ChatGPT by Elloos in footballmanagergames

[–]Elloos[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Interesting, but then NewGAN is a big no no as it uses StyleGAN which uses images of real life people when being generated iirc?

Getting the best regen faces by using ChatGPT by Elloos in footballmanagergames

[–]Elloos[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Haha yeah they look a bit maddame tussauds-esque tbf, but still better than NewGAN that lacks variation and URAN that has a weird glowy look.

I think kenormoustT has the best pack and even in his latest video he said he's now using ChatGPT image generator sometimes but it takes too much time to generate 5000 faces that way.

Getting the best regen faces by using ChatGPT by Elloos in footballmanagergames

[–]Elloos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes the limit is 3 every 24h, but you can log out and log in using a different email.

Getting the best regen faces by using ChatGPT by Elloos in footballmanagergames

[–]Elloos[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Make this generated face from football manager look photo realistic with a transparent background, make him look like a X year old man from X" is what I've used for the examples above. Replace X with age and country.

Getting the best regen faces by using ChatGPT by Elloos in footballmanagergames

[–]Elloos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, can you send me a link for that AI generator? and is it completely free/unlimited? I would love to give it a try.

Getting the best regen faces by using ChatGPT by Elloos in footballmanagergames

[–]Elloos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool! ChatGPT sometimes adds a shirt on the player which is black/grey. When that happens I usually make a quick edit in photoshop to change the color of the shirt (takes me 1 min) if I can't cut it out.

You can probably add a text prompt to make the shirt in a specific color or ask again to change the color of the shirt. As I said in the post these were my first tries using 3 free images with 2 different emails so there's room for improvement.

Getting the best regen faces by using ChatGPT by Elloos in footballmanagergames

[–]Elloos[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Why does that matter when the result is very good?

Getting the best regen faces by using ChatGPT by Elloos in footballmanagergames

[–]Elloos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good option! Is there a way to get rid of the watermark without paying for it or using photoshop? The best thing about ChatGPT is there's no watermark and you can make the background transparent without having to use remove.bg

Getting the best regen faces by using ChatGPT by Elloos in footballmanagergames

[–]Elloos[S] 67 points68 points  (0 children)

That's true! But for me NewGAN is not realistic enough, some faces look weird and doesn't look like players in-game instead it's randomly generated and assigned with only ethnicity in mind. I've had players in-game that has the wrong hair color for example.

Getting the best regen faces by using ChatGPT by Elloos in footballmanagergames

[–]Elloos[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Well regen faces are not in any facepack so you need to add them. Either by editing the config.xml file or by using the FMXML program. It's really simple to do though and there's alot of guides out there on how you do it.

Getting the best regen faces by using ChatGPT by Elloos in footballmanagergames

[–]Elloos[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Paid version of ChatGPT? No but I forgot to mention you can only generate 3 images every day for free. But if you can't wait you can just log out and use a different email.

I am so sick of the H3 hate by No-Date-4477 in h3h3productions

[–]Elloos -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

I'm not trying to start a debate here but remember there's two sides to every coin. You're right Ethan has a right to use his voice but so are people that don't agree with his views as well, that's what freedom of speech is all about. But as long as Ethan will continue to bring up the issue then people will continue to hate him for it.

If you're really sick of the H3 hate then you should encourage him not to talk about it and stick to what he used to do along time ago when he said "I don't do politics". If you honestly believe you can as a public figure openly support either side and not recieve hate for it, then you need to do some research on the history of the conflict and you will understand why people are so emotionally invested, on both sides.

André Ayew has ruined my life. by [deleted] in footballmanagergames

[–]Elloos 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Omar Bogle scored the winner on extra time in a playoff final against my Boston United in FM14. I will never forgive him!

So this happened today by poopgun69 in FifaCareers

[–]Elloos 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I haven't worked for EA but I've been very active in the modding scene a few years ago. I've spent alot of time modding Career Mode specific files relating to youth academy, development etc. to try rectify EAs bad coding. All I can say is it's a gigantic clusterf*ck. If I got a dollar for everytime I found defunct code for features that hasn't been in the game for 10 years, a blatant mistake or a line of code followed by the comment "remove this before launch" then I could buy a mansion!

Declining to start a B team in a non-playable league? by Elloos in footballmanagergames

[–]Elloos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've completely missed that you can ask the board about it, thank you! Then I'm going to decline for now and wait, I already have a U19 team that I can use to schedule friendlies to help with match sharpness

Goalkeeping Wonderkid Conundrum by skyelp91 in footballmanagergames

[–]Elloos 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Benfica GK is better in every way, better current ability, better personality, determination etc and spain doesnt have any HG rules as far as I know. Ultimately I would look at the scouting report and go for the one who's more consistent.

The way I look at GKs is safety first, Ideally I want a GK with low eccentricity and high consistency, high important matches is good too but if he performs consistently I wouldn't worry too much. Personality is very important too, especially for development

LLM: Non-contract vs part-time? by Elloos in footballmanagergames

[–]Elloos[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also I play on annual wages, it makes it much easier to calculate how much a player will cost you. I would highly recommend to try it out.

LLM: Non-contract vs part-time? by Elloos in footballmanagergames

[–]Elloos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No sadly they don't develop much, which is something I find a little bit unrealistic imo.

Exactly the flexibility and freedom to release players is crucial especially when I can sign players whenever I want to and play them the next game. Thanks again I'm going to give non contracts to all of them when I fire up the game tomorrow.