Cut Out Player Faces Megapack

Our Cut-Out Faces Megapack is the biggest collection of Football Manager Player Faces available. All players are available in the default cut-out style. When you download our Cut-Out Faces Megapack, you'll receive over 450,000 player faces to spice up your copy of Football Manager.

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  • 2024.06 - Released on 17 Mar 2024
Cut Out Player Faces Megapack

Installation Instructions

1. How do I install the cut-out megapack if I’m using Steam on Windows?

Watch this YouTube tutorial video, which should you guide you on the steps you need to follow to install it. Although it is for an older version of FM, the steps are still the same.  You need to use Winrar (or a similar program) to extract the downloaded file.

 

This is what the MP folder should look like for the respective version of FM you're using:


Anything beyond the blue line is up to you and how you want to structure your folders. 

 

The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:

 

To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.

 

Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).

 

Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked

 

After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.

 

Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.

 


2. How do I install the cut-out megapack if I’m using a Mac OS?

From FM20 onwards, there's been a substantial change to how Mac FM documents are stored. Previously the files would automatically go in the Documents folder here:

Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x

 

Now the files will instead appear in the following location:

Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x

 

By default this folder is hidden, so to access you need to do as follows:

Open Finder
Click ‘Go’ from the menubar
Press and hold down the ‘Option’ (Alt) key
This will bring up the ‘Library’, click to enter then go to ‘Application Support’ -> ‘Sports Interactive’ -> ‘Football Manager 202x -> graphics’ (create the last folder if necessary

 

Anything beyond this path line is up to you and how you want to structure your folders.

 

The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:

 

To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.

 

Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).

 

Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked

 

After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.

 

Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.

 


3. I don’t want to have the megapack in the default user data folder – can I place it elsewhere and how would I do so?

You need to change your user data location. Simple steps on how to do so can be found here.

The above step does not apply if you’re playing on Gamepass, in which case the user data location has to be the default one (i.e. Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 202x)

It is recommended that the user data location is not placed within the Steam installation folder as this may cause issues.

 


4. How do I install the cut-out megapack if I’m using Gamepass?

If you're using Gamepass, then you have to use the default user data folder - point 4 above does not and can not apply to you.

Frequently Asked Questions

If you've never downloaded the pack before, you should just download the larger "complete pack".

If you're not a premium member, it is recommended that you download the base megapack via torrent by going to our cut-out megapack download page. After which, you should then download all the update packs released to date and apply them chronologically.

If you're a premium member, just download the most recent complete pack.

If you already have a version of our Cut-Out Faces Megapack installed, then click "Download Latest Changes" and you'll be presented with a list of all the updates we've released since you've last downloaded a file. Simply download any you might have missed, starting with the oldest.
Watch this YouTube tutorial video, which should you guide you on the steps you need to follow to install it. Although it is for an older version of FM, the steps are still the same. You need to use Winrar (or a similar program) to extract the downloaded file.

This is what the MP folder should look like:
https://i.imgur.com/85lGeDc.png

The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:

https://i.imgur.com/jbZkFfw.png

To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.

Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).

Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked

After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.

Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.
From FM20 onwards, there's been a substantial change to how Mac FM documents are stored. Previously the files would automatically go in the Documents folder here:

Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x

Now the files will instead appear in the following location:

Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x

By default this folder is hidden, so to access you need to do as follows:

Open Finder
Click ‘Go’ from the menubar
Press and hold down the ‘Option’ (Alt) key
This will bring up the ‘Library’, click to enter then go to ‘Application Support’ -> ‘Sports Interactive’ -> ‘Football Manager 202x’

Anything beyond the blue line is up to you and how you want to structure your folders.

The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:
https://i.imgur.com/jbZkFfw.png

To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.

Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).

Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked

After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.

Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.
You need to change your user data location. Simple steps on how to do so can be found here.

The above step does not apply if you’re playing on Gamepass, in which case the user data location has to be the default one (i.e. Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 202x)

It is recommended that the user data location is not placed within the Steam installation folder as this may cause issues.
If you're using Gamepass, then you have to use the default user data folder (i.e. Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 202x)
The torrent file includes the base megapack uploaded just before that year’s FM version is released. Any and all subsequent update packs are to be downloaded separately.
For those who have never used torrents, in the vast majority of cases, it's just a question of downloading the client program (a small file, less than 1MB) and then downloading the megapack torrent file (a tiny file, around 20k) and then letting the program do the job.

Torrent files need a torrent client to be downloaded. I personally use µTorrent but other common clients are BitTorrent, Vuze and Deluge. For those using torrents for the first time, here is a general walk-through on how to download torrents and a specific guide for µTorrent.

Be aware that it will take a substantial amount of time to download the file due to its sheer size and that other people depend on you hosting the file to get it so please leave your torrent client on after you have fully downloaded it. The etiquette is generally accepted to be to upload as much as you download, although this might not always be possible. The older the torrent file, the less likely it is that there will still be users seeding it.
You need to copy and overwrite the faces and the new config file from the update pack into the faces folder and follow the same procedure for the iconfaces folder.

If done correctly, you should be asked if you want to overwrite files – accept. You should have one folder for faces and another folder for iconfaces, and no sub-folder whatsoever in them.

These steps are to be repeated for every update pack downloaded, and they are to be installed chronologically.
Please report this so that they can be reuploaded.
Extracting the file will take a while, but it shouldn't take the hours and hours that the program extracting will sometimes say it will. To speed it up, it is recommended that you have as few programs running as possible so that the system can dedicate as many resources to the extraction as it possibly can.

Secondly, for files as large as this, the calculation of the extraction time will be wildly incorrect at the start. After a while, it'll show a more realistic timeframe, which shouldn't be more than an hour or two if you have a good setup and few programs running at the same time.
You might have a poor internet connection or your browser might have some extensions which interrupt this download. Having loads of downloads ongoing and/or streaming may also de-prioritise this download.

Try using Google Chrome in incognito mode (or the equivalent mode for other browsers) and you should be able to resume the download from the point it was interrupted, if that happens.
This download has two folders: one is the faces folder which contains the cut-outs which should be displayed on this screen. There is also a file titled config.xml which tells the game which images to assign to which person. The other folder is the iconfaces folder which contains the smaller images displayed near a person's name on the menu which comes up when you right-click on them, and also includes a different config file for this folder.

The likelihood is that you've put the iconfaces in the faces folder, or used the wrong config file for each folder. As a result, the smaller images (in 25x18) are being upscaled to be displayed in the person's profile, hence the blurring. Re-install the update pack again, making sure you put the contents of each folder in the right place.
The most recent update pack will include the most recent config file, so you can choose to download it and use it from there.

Alternatively, you can download fmXML and generate a config yourself. There's a video on YouTube on how to use it but it's really easy and the instructions are quite straight-forward.
Down the years, after an update pack was released, it was noted that some images included therein where of the wrong person, with a wrong extension or duplicated. Due to the way the download system is structured, these cannot be removed from the download, so there may well be a couple of hundred images’ worth of difference, depending on the version you download.
Our megapack covers 25,000 teams and it's impossible to cater for these kind of requests since players and staff get transferred or sacked or retire etc and recreating and reuploading 25,000 different smaller packs would be an impossible task. That's why we have all the images in a megapack so that everything is captured therein.
These persons do not appear in the default database for licensing reasons. This means that they only appear in your save-game because they were added via a custom file, generally the real name fix file. However, this means that their UID (which is what is used to map a person's image to the right individual) is different, and so the game cannot assign the image to them from your existing facepack.

To get them to show, you should individually download the cut-out faces that you want from here (or use the UID to find them in your existing facepack if you don't use the cut-out megapack), put them in a separate folder to your existing facepack and create a config file just for them using the method outlined in here (which works for all facepack styles, not just the cut-out megapack).
puma1104
14 years ago
7 years ago
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By puma1104 | Permalink | On 05 November 2012 - 12:12 PM
I have downloaded the facepack twice , each time i try to unzip it i get an error message "Central directory not found " Any ideas how to fix please ??i am using winzip

Got it working thanks , i should have read the instructions properly , used winrar and it worked !! Thanks enjoying the pack
Asperiini
15 years ago
11 years ago
1
Hi,

I cant get this facepack working... I dunno what is wrong...

i have putted the files @ C:\Users\XXX\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2013\graphics\faces

and it doesnt load the faces on FM 2013..

What is wrong?
Rowan
16 years ago
2 weeks ago
1,970
Have you followed the instructions regarding tick boxes in game preferences? Have you unzipped the pack? how many images does it have inside the folder and does it have a config file?
alfie103
12 years ago
2 months ago
11
Premium
Hello,

I downloaded the Megapack 5.0 using Jzip and I put the folder into C:/Users/Alfie/My Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2013/Graphics/Facepacks but this didn't work.

I then read the ReadMe with the megapack and it said you need to move the actual images instead of the folder so i tried to do this with Jzip but it came with an unsupported compression method error. the message has come up for each image. the config file is there and the total amount of images is there. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
mons
17 years ago
2 hours ago
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By alfie103 | Permalink | On 06 November 2012 - 23:17 PM
Hello,

I downloaded the Megapack 5.0 using Jzip and I put the folder into C:/Users/Alfie/My Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2013/Graphics/Facepacks but this didn't work.

I then read the ReadMe with the megapack and it said you need to move the actual images instead of the folder so i tried to do this with Jzip but it came with an unsupported compression method error. the message has come up for each image. the config file is there and the total amount of images is there. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I'm not sure I understand what the problem is. Could we have a screenshot of your current MP folder?

Please try extracting the file with winrar instead of Jzip in the meantime.
alfie103
12 years ago
2 months ago
11
Premium
Here is a screenshot of the problem. Sorry I am rubbish at this but how do you unzip with winrar?
Godlike87
14 years ago
2 months ago
66
I've donloaded for FM2012 mod 200x200 from old topic mega pack and it's working only for players when I go to the staff member window his picture is invisble I've downloaded 180x180 mod from this topic http://sortitoutsi.net/forums/topic/720/lk-simple-hd-13 and problem is extactly the same :/
mons
17 years ago
2 hours ago
85,497
By alfie103 | Permalink | On 07 November 2012 - 12:25 PM
Here is a screenshot of the problem. Sorry I am rubbish at this but how do you unzip with winrar?

Download winrar. The process of extracting images is almost the same as with Jzip.
mons
17 years ago
2 hours ago
85,497
By Godlike87 | Permalink | On 07 November 2012 - 12:36 PM
I've donloaded for FM2012 mod 200x200 from old topic mega pack and it's working only for players when I go to the staff member window his picture is invisble I've downloaded 180x180 mod from this topic http://sortitoutsi.net/forums/topic/720/lk-simple-hd-13 and problem is extactly the same :/

I'm afraid that I've no idea what the problem is as the file is not related to our megapack. Sorry.
alfie103
12 years ago
2 months ago
11
Premium
Every time i try to open the megapack in my downloads it comes up in Jzip, how do i get it in Winrar. I do apologise.
mons
17 years ago
2 hours ago
85,497
Right-click on the file, choose properties.

Click the button named 'Change' beside the field titled 'Opens With:'

Hopefully Winrar will be there, and all future rar files will be opened with it.
alfie103
12 years ago
2 months ago
11
Premium
I think i have managed to use Winrar to extract the files to the megapack folder as above in my first post but a warning message message saying the file is corrupt from Winrar. Is this a problem as it is extracting anyway?
alfie103
12 years ago
2 months ago
11
Premium
I have got it to work now. Thanks very much for the help.
Godlike87
14 years ago
2 months ago
66
By mons | Permalink | On 07 November 2012 - 11:39 AM
I'm afraid that I've no idea what the problem is as the file is not related to our megapack. Sorry.

I now but for megapack from that theard problem is that same so I think maybe someone make a proper 200x200 mod for this megapack?
suss1690
12 years ago
2 months ago
18
Evening guys,

firstly, thanks for your great work again, the facepack makes the game!
Have looked on here, but cant find an answer to my problem.

I downloaded Megapack 5.0 unzipped it into the correct file and everything was working fine - all faces were visible.
I then last night downloaded and unzipped the 5.01 update into the "megapack 5.0" folder.
Also this evening as i started my game, I noticed FM is automatically updating on steam.

Now my problem - absolutely no faces are visible. I only have "reload skin on conformation" ticked and have also reloaded skin
but still no faces, any ideas??

I have 116,550 images in the folder, which I see should be 118,000 or so, so have i done something wrong to remove the faces when unzipping
the 5.01 update?

I used 7zip to unzip files also

Thanks for your help
mons
17 years ago
2 hours ago
85,497
Have you placed the 5.01 update pack in a separate folder? All the images should be in one folder only.
suss1690
12 years ago
2 months ago
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By mons | Permalink | On 07 November 2012 - 20:14 PM
Have you placed the 5.01 update pack in a separate folder? All the images should be in one folder only.


No I unzipped the 5.01 update into C:\Users\XXX\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2013\graphics\Megapack 5.0

It was after i done this the problem seems to have happed as until this evening i had not reloaded the skin
Brocktoon
11 years ago
4 months ago
2
Premium
Hi guys.

I wanted to alert you to a strange bug which I traced directly back to the face pack. It's in FMC mode and causes all of the stat names to become white, meaning it's impossible to see since the background is also white. The weird thing is that it won't go away, even after getting rid of the pack and deleting the cache. I used pack 5.0; going to update to 5.1 momentarily.

I took it to the SI forums. More details can be found there.

http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/326589-Text-for-stat-names-is-invisible
suss1690
12 years ago
2 months ago
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By suss1690 | Permalink | On 07 November 2012 - 20:15 PM
No I unzipped the 5.01 update into C:\Users\XXX\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2013\graphics\Megapack 5.0

It was after i done this the problem seems to have happed as until this evening i had not reloaded the skin


Mons, I've got it sorted - as you said, the images were within a folder called sortitoutsi in the "megapack 5.0" folder after i extracted, strange, however now working.
Thanks very much for your help!
suss1690
12 years ago
2 months ago
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By suss1690 | Permalink | On 07 November 2012 - 20:15 PM
No I unzipped the 5.01 update into C:\Users\XXX\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2013\graphics\Megapack 5.0

It was after i done this the problem seems to have happed as until this evening i had not reloaded the skin


Mons, I've got it sorted - as you said, the images were within a folder called sortitoutsi in the "megapack 5.0" folder after i extracted, strange, however now working.
Thanks very much for your help!
mons
17 years ago
2 hours ago
85,497
By Brocktoon | Permalink | On 07 November 2012 - 21:34 PM
Hi guys.

I wanted to alert you to a strange bug which I traced directly back to the face pack. It's in FMC mode and causes all of the stat names to become white, meaning it's impossible to see since the background is also white. The weird thing is that it won't go away, even after getting rid of the pack and deleting the cache. I used pack 5.0; going to update to 5.1 momentarily.

I took it to the SI forums. More details can be found there.

http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/326589-Text-for-stat-names-is-invisible

Reading that thread, it seems you've resolved that it's an issue with the Steklo skin rather than our pack...
Brocktoon
11 years ago
4 months ago
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By mons | Permalink | On 07 November 2012 - 21:06 PM
Reading that thread, it seems you've resolved that it's an issue with the Steklo skin rather than our pack...


Yep, was just coming to clarify that it was isolated to that. Really sorry about that if it sent you guys into a panic. That's my fault.
Mullen18
14 years ago
7 years ago
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Tip - Dont say "which I traced directly back to the face pack" lol
Cam3012
13 years ago
3 weeks ago
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Hi, I keep trying to download the complete megapack with my premium membership but every time it gets to 4GB it stops and says disk is full. However, I know for a fact that it is not as I am downloading to my external hard drive which has 300GB space on it. I know this isn't exactly a problem with the file but would anyone know what I could do?

Thanks
quike1992
17 years ago
1 month ago
31
Hi! Guys I have a problema. I used this pack in Football Manager 2012 but this year I can't see the faces. I see the logos or skins or kits but no faces. Someone know why? I put it in the right direction. Thanks.
ekatanos
12 years ago
1 year ago
8
Hi all,

as many of you I have pb with the megapack. it does not work at all

folder: ...documents/sports interactive/fm13/graphics/faces
faces = 118.337 files (I had errors when unzipping but at the end I passed on)
config.xml = 8,18MB
only "reload skins when....." is ticked.
I restarted the game but the faces are all black (as the first time I have loaded the game)
any ideas?

thx in advance
Mullen18
14 years ago
7 years ago
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The config is inside the megapack folder and it has millions of lines in it and isn't just blank right ?
Do you have any other facepacks ? maybe they are conflicting
You've unticked use caching too ? maybe try clearing the cache
ekatanos
12 years ago
1 year ago
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By Mullen18 | Permalink | On 08 November 2012 - 21:10 PM
The config is inside the megapack folder and it has millions of lines in it and isn't just blank right ?
Do you have any other facepacks ? maybe they are conflicting
You've unticked use caching too ? maybe try clearing the cache

thx for your reply.
I have no other facepacks.
yes I unticked use caching too (I think I have followed the instructions normally)
I will try cleaning the cache, I did not do it because I was afraid to make bigger mistake.
now I am re-installing the game... who knows?
I keep u informed
thx for all
Rowan
16 years ago
2 weeks ago
1,970
By Cam! | Permalink | On 08 November 2012 - 17:51 PM
Hi, I keep trying to download the complete megapack with my premium membership but every time it gets to 4GB it stops and says disk is full. However, I know for a fact that it is not as I am downloading to my external hard drive which has 300GB space on it. I know this isn't exactly a problem with the file but would anyone know what I could do?

Thanks


I would download directly to your desktop and move it over once download is complete...
stevenliuzhe
12 years ago
5 days ago
1
Premium
I've downloaded facepack 5.0 and 5.01, extracted all .png files and config.xml to C:\Users\Steven\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2013\graphics\faces\

Did exactly what have been instructed: tick reload skin and un-tick the one above reload skin

I got some faces like Buttner, Jack Butland. But most players have no faces at all. Please help me.

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