Before every FM27 match there is always the same routine: team news, both line-ups and the warm-up. Over a whole season, that adds up to a lot of waiting. Skip to Kickoff FM27 skips that presentation and takes you straight to kick-off. It is a small, free plugin with nothing to set up at the start.
What Skip to Kickoff FM27 does
When you enter a match, the mod waits until the match engine is ready and jumps straight to the Kick Off moment. It does not touch the game’s startup or the match speed: it only cuts the presentation before the whistle. Also, if you prefer to choose when to skip, you turn off the automatic mode and use the F1 key.
The screens the mod skips before the whistle (Image: FMPortugal)
Where this mod comes from
The original mod is called Faster Match Startup and was made for FM26 by Valerio Corso (Brululul), who published the code on GitHub under an open licence. This version was rebuilt for FM27 and released by lam2: the file now looks for FM27’s match controller, but it keeps the original’s name and options. So the credit for the idea goes to Valerio.
The options
After the first launch, BepInEx creates the file BepInEx\config\brululul.fastermatchstartup.cfg. Open it in Notepad and change what you like:
- ManualTriggerKey: the key to skip by hand (F1 by default).
- AutoSetupOnSceneLoad: with
true, it skips on its own; withfalse, it only skips when you press the key. - AutoSetupExtraDelaySeconds and AutoSetupMaxDurationSeconds: how long it waits before skipping and how long it keeps trying before giving up. Only worth changing if the skip fails.
The options in the config file (Image: FMPortugal)
Who it is for
It is for anyone who plays a lot of matches per season and wants to save a few seconds on each. If FM27’s slow startup annoys you too, add FM27 Skip Intro. And to speed up the matches themselves, see the startup and camera mods, with Match Speed.
Download Skip to Kickoff FM27
There are two files, both from 9 November. They work on Windows and only in single-player careers.
Already use BepInEx mods? You only need the plugin, under 10 KB. Never used them? Pick the version with BepInEx included, about 35 MB.
Download – Plugin only Download – With BepInEx
With BepInEx included
- First, close FM27.
- Then open the game folder. On Steam, right-click Football Manager 27 and choose Manage > Browse local files.
- Finally, extract the ZIP and copy everything in it (the
BepInExfolder, thedotnetfolder,winhttp.dlland the doorstop files) into that folder. The first launch takes a little longer.
Plugin only
Close FM27 and copy fastermatchstartup.dll into the game’s BepInEx\plugins folder.
Things to watch
There are no reports yet from people who tested it on FM27, so try it on an unimportant save first. On FM26, the mod also skipped the pre-match team talk. If you want to give the talk, set AutoSetupOnSceneLoad to false and press F1 after it. On FM26, some players also lost online play with the mod, and plugins cause problems on Mac. To remove it, delete fastermatchstartup.dll or use Steam’s file check.
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