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).
mons
17 years ago
6 hours ago
85,497
Try to find a better image and cut it then
andr3
12 years ago
3 hours ago
15,412
I don't know the name of the player.
I put the photo on google but I couldn't find the player...
Side Splitting Pass
14 years ago
2 years ago
29,534
Premium
I found this on the megafacepack...
http://s18.postimg.org/zbdhv38ad/84077.png


I remember him.

He's SI's best cut-out for FM2013 . He's not in the megapack (unless Mons lost his mind & thought he was an improvement ).

Here is the post where I mentioned him (scroll down the page to my November 12th post).

Edit: Just checked in case Mons had gone mad. His ID is 5112194 & he has a much better cut-out in the megapack.
andr3
12 years ago
3 hours ago
15,412
He's Neil Jeffrey Austin. Plays for Hartlepool.
Thanks for the information Side Splitting Pass.
pacouk
15 years ago
4 years ago
3,077
where has the release thread gone?
alexjp_COYB
13 years ago
7 years ago
41
I've accidentally deleted the config file - now the game has reverted to default with no pictures except in spain - I have all the cutouts in the graphics folder but they're not in the game. How do i rectify this? I've tried reloading skin
Side Splitting Pass
14 years ago
2 years ago
29,534
Premium
Or you could just redownload the 5.9 megapack update & use the config file in that.
mons
17 years ago
6 hours ago
85,497
where has the release thread gone?

No idea, somebody must have accidentally removed it. I've asked Rob to see if it can be recovered.
mons
17 years ago
6 hours ago
85,497
It somehow got deleted but Rob sorted it out for us
masteraap
12 years ago
9 years ago
4
Hello,

In my game the face of Neal Maupay is not visible, the rest is working fine.
I checked of maybe the problem was that it was programmed with an wrong ID but that was just fine.
maybe one of you could help me out?
mons
17 years ago
6 hours ago
85,497
What is his UID?
masteraap
12 years ago
9 years ago
4
O'Leary's Trainee
15 years ago
7 years ago
2,636
Hello,

In my game the face of Neal Maupay is not visible, the rest is working fine.
I checked of maybe the problem was that it was programmed with an wrong ID but that was just fine.
maybe one of you could help me out?


Did you try to clear the cache and reload the skin? Sometimes when you've updated the pack, pictures tend to disappear. This is if you're getting a white background only - not if it suddenly displays the default silhouette. Also, which I'm sure you've done... check that the image actually exists in your graphics folder...
masteraap
12 years ago
9 years ago
4
Did you try to clear the cache and reload the skin? Sometimes when you've updated the pack, pictures tend to disappear. This is if you're getting a white background only - not if it suddenly displays the default silhouette. Also, which I'm sure you've done... check that the image actually exists in your graphics folder...

Thanks for your reply!
i tried to clear the cache and reload the skin but after that the the picture of maupay wasnt still visible. I also checked if the picture was present in the folder and it was. i will send a screenshot of his player profile, maybe that will help you.
i hope to hear from you soon!
blackmetalboon
14 years ago
1 year ago
264
Thanks for your reply!
i tried to clear the cache and reload the skin but after that the the picture of maupay wasnt still visible. I also checked if the picture was present in the folder and it was. i will send a screenshot of his player profile, maybe that will help you.
i hope to hear from you soon!


If he has his picture in your folder then it may be a problem with your config file.

Open the config file in your Megapack folder (use Notepad to do this) and select Edit and choose the "Find" option, type in his UID and search the config.

If it doesn't find it, just copy and paste this line of code into your config file;

<record from="85120748" to="graphics/pictures/person/85120748/portrait"/>

Then clear the cache and reload the skin.

If it is still not showing, just double check that the cut-out image of the player is saved as a PNG image.
masteraap
12 years ago
9 years ago
4
If he has his picture in your folder then it may be a problem with your config file.

Open the config file in your Megapack folder (use Notepad to do this) and select Edit and choose the "Find" option, type in his UID and search the config.

If it doesn't find it, just copy and paste this line of code into your config file;

<record from="85120748" to="graphics/pictures/person/85120748/portrait"/>

Then clear the cache and reload the skin.

If it is still not showing, just double check that the cut-out image of the player is saved as a PNG image.


Thank you very much!! Your 1st suggestion worked!
kostas0sfp
12 years ago
5 years ago
21
sorry for the post ,plz i cant see Michu photo from swansea. i have download and try all the photo from forum but i cant. I have change the config but nothing.. any ideas ?
mons
17 years ago
6 hours ago
85,497
Which version of the megapack do you have? How many images in all do you have in your megapack folder?
kostas0sfp
12 years ago
5 years ago
21
Which version of the megapack do you have? How many images in all do you have in your megapack folder?


i have 5.0 version with the uptades. I chech the unique id , i fix the config but nothing ...I cant see ONLY Michu
mons
17 years ago
6 hours ago
85,497
Do you have all the updates? Again, how many images do you have in your megapack folder? Have you tried generating the config file automatically using fmXML instead of doing it manually?
Mrjooleo
12 years ago
1 year ago
9
Is there going to be more links to download? Rapishare is not working for me.. i go to the page and it does notihing! any help ?
olivierl84
12 years ago
1 day ago
159
Premium
@mons i only need to download the update for 6.0 megapack but if i click on the link on this website, it is doing nothing : http://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/download/changes/57
googol
13 years ago
1 year ago
5
I've already download 6.0 megapack from torrent, but the image count is on 134584.

On the icons pack it's correct: 134719.
Phil Armitage
10 years ago
10 years ago
5
Really struggling to get the facepack to load in the game. I've followed all the instructions, unzipped to Docs>Sports Interactive>FM2014 and created a graphics folder. I don't the skin cache check and uncheck but am having no joy. Same problem with logos too. Any advice?
Phil Armitage
10 years ago
10 years ago
5
Really struggling to get the facepack to load in the game. I've followed all the instructions, unzipped to Docs>Sports Interactive>FM2014 and created a graphics folder. I don't the skin cache check and uncheck but am having no joy. Same problem with logos too. Any advice?


*I've done the skin cache check
O'Leary's Trainee
15 years ago
7 years ago
2,636
*I've done the skin cache check


Have you tried re-loading the skin, while the cache is disabled?
Phil Armitage
10 years ago
10 years ago
5
Have you tried re-loading the skin, while the cache is disabled?


I have, yeah. Been out of the FM loop for a couple of years so am trying to get myself back up to speed! Does it matter how the graphics are organised in the folder?

I used to run all my graphics off an external hard drive drive, but no idea how i managed that now!
O'Leary's Trainee
15 years ago
7 years ago
2,636
Then I'm not sure what could be wrong. Check in the megapack folder to make sure there is a config.xml file in there.

If not, use this to generate a new config.
Phil Armitage
10 years ago
10 years ago
5
Then I'm not sure what could be wrong. Check in the megapack folder to make sure there is a config.xml file in there.

If not, use this to generate a new config.


There's a config file in all of the folders. Facepack came with one and created new ones for the logos pack. I'm really at a loss here.

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