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
17 hours ago
85,497
It says that there should be 134 719 faces. But when I have downloaded all it´s 131 536..

WHY?

BECAUSE.

Please don't post in caps, it's considered as shouting, and therefore as rude.

What download method did you use?
Lebohang Mokoena
17 years ago
5 hours ago
11,679
Hello,

I'm looking for a Ledley King cut out to use in FM'14. Can anyone help me find one or if possible do a cut out for me?

Appreciate any help anyone maybe able to offer.

Thanks.


http://sortitoutsi.net/cutoutfaces/116/115952/4000326.png
syztemlord
12 years ago
4 months ago
2
Premium
I fixed my problem with no images showing up, all the preferences where ok but I changed the data folder to another location and it worked fine.
Maximus_Skillz
11 years ago
2 months ago
48
Premium
Hi, bit confused about which update I need to download.

I currently have 5.0 from FM13, do I need to download 5.1,5.2 ect. and then 6.0?

Or can I just download 6.0? If so, do I need to delete 5.0?

Trying to save as much download data as possible

Thanks guys
mons
17 years ago
17 hours ago
85,497
Hi, bit confused about which update I need to download.

I currently have 5.0 from FM13, do I need to download 5.1,5.2 ect. and then 6.0?

Or can I just download 6.0? If so, do I need to delete 5.0?

Trying to save as much download data as possible

Thanks guys

Did you download any update packs from the 5.0 series? If you downloaded from 5.01 up to 5.10, then you just need 6.0 and 6.01 to be fully up-to-date.

If you just downloaded 5.0 and then never download any update packs, you have two options:
a) Download the whole 6.01 megapack (which is over 6GB), or;
b) Download the individual update packs 5.01 to 5.10, and 6.0 and 6.01 - and you'll be fully up-to-date that way.
Beast72
17 years ago
3 years ago
0
I too have just over 131,000 images in my megapack..........I'm sure I haven't missed anything but I'm 3000 images shorts somewhere along the line. However it' not images that I'm noticing I'm missing ie - from the big leagues so could be a bunch of Asian faces I guess..... I'm not that fussed tbh, certainly not enough to redownload 6GB lol

1 problem I have encountered however is my game still seems to be pulling faces from the built in SI pack...noticed it when I replaced a Sheff Weds player Cameron Dawson with a cleaned up cut out (player ID 29090574). Anyway I checked in game & the image still seemed to be the previous cut so I replaced with a renamed pic of Lukaku and still getting the SI cut. Any ideas?
mons
17 years ago
17 hours ago
85,497
Make sure that the preferences are in the way displayed in the OP, otherwise the game may pick up the default images in some instances instead of the ones in the megapack.
Beast72
17 years ago
3 years ago
0
Make sure that the preferences are in the way displayed in the OP, otherwise the game may pick up the default images in some instances instead of the ones in the megapack.


Nope, figured it out. Seems this lad isn't in the Megapack hence the reason it was pulling from the original SI cut out .fmf file. Found that out after extracting the graphics.fmf file, deleting the player pic folder and resubmitting the edited .fmf file.
brewster
13 years ago
1 week ago
1
Premium
faces won't load. install directory is d:\games\steam\steamapps\common\football manager 2014

i put the pics in c:\users\david\my documents\sports interactive\football manager 2014\graphics\faces

did the reload skins etc.

i have 136,056 pics thereabouts, any ideas?

the config file is in the faces directory

RESOLVED: I put the graphics\faces directories in the public users instead of the david directory! HAPPY DAYS!
Tatavo
11 years ago
2 weeks ago
2,748
Hey guys,

I am having a problem with my cut-out images. I have downloaded the 6.0 and now 6.01 megapacks, but before I downloaded the 6.01, the 6.0 megapack that I was using was fine. All the images worked. Then, I was even updating some of the images with those in some of the threads posted here. Once again, everything was good. For some reason though, now whenever I try to replace an image or 'update' - like using the 6.01 pack, it won't work. I do the exact same things before, but it won't work. I even tried deleting the pic of one player and then reloading the skin, but it was still there.

Why is this happening? Does this have anything to do with Steam Workshop? Can anyone help?

Thanks.
O'Leary's Trainee
15 years ago
7 years ago
2,636
If you've been using Steam Workshop it's been creating duplicates of you megapack images. I'd suggest avoiding the Workshop at all costs (if and when you do want to use it, remove your entire graphics folder first).

The other thing, I suspect, you're having a problem with is the cache. It's no longer (always) enough to just reload the skin and unticking the cache box. You'll find a new button just above these settings that reads "Clear Cache". Click this one, then reload skin with cache unticked. After this, you need to RESTART your game. Now they should appear, and you can go back into preferences and return the setting to normal.
Maximus_Skillz
11 years ago
2 months ago
48
Premium
Did you download any update packs from the 5.0 series? If you downloaded from 5.01 up to 5.10, then you just need 6.0 and 6.01 to be fully up-to-date.

If you just downloaded 5.0 and then never download any update packs, you have two options:
a) Download the whole 6.01 megapack (which is over 6GB), or;
b) Download the individual update packs 5.01 to 5.10, and 6.0 and 6.01 - and you'll be fully up-to-date that way.


Thanks mons! I'll update 5.01 to 6.01 as you've said.

Your help is always appreciated!
Tatavo
11 years ago
2 weeks ago
2,748
Just tried it. Doesn't work, even after I do all that you said and start a new game.
Tatavo
11 years ago
2 weeks ago
2,748
So, I just deleted the entire 'faces' folder and yet they are still appearing when I start a new game and reload the skin. What the hell is going on?!
mons
17 years ago
17 hours ago
85,497
So, I just deleted the entire 'faces' folder and yet they are still appearing when I start a new game and reload the skin. What the hell is going on?!

What was the path in which you originally placed the cut-outs?
Grag
16 years ago
1 year ago
1
Premium
Hi

I have a problem. I just saved the Face Mega pack in the graphics folder and when i launched the game, most faces are not displayed.

I can get the Championship players faces and the La Liga but i don't get anything else. What seems to be the problem? The kits display well but i have a problem with the faces..

many tks
Tatavo
11 years ago
2 weeks ago
2,748
c:\users\my documents\sports interactive\football manager 2014\graphics\faces

I have FM 2013 too, and used the 6.0 megapack for it too, but those images are in the FM13 file path. Could that be part of the problem?
mons
17 years ago
17 hours ago
85,497
Hi

I have a problem. I just saved the Face Mega pack in the graphics folder and when i launched the game, most faces are not displayed.

I can get the Championship players faces and the La Liga but i don't get anything else. What seems to be the problem? The kits display well but i have a problem with the faces..

many tks

Make sure that the preferences are as displayed in the screenshot in the opening post.

How many images do you have in the megapack folder?




c:\users\my documents\sports interactive\football manager 2014\graphics\faces

I have FM 2013 too, and used the 6.0 megapack for it too, but those images are in the FM13 file path. Could that be part of the problem?

You haven't told me what your problem is here
Tatavo
11 years ago
2 weeks ago
2,748
My problem is that I cannot update my player images. I've downloaded 6.01 and placed it in the same folder as above, over-writing the older images, but when I load the game, set the preferences, even clear cache, etc. They don't show up.

I've even deleted the entire 'faces' folder in my FM drive, but when I load a new game and adjust the preferences again, they still show up (as the old ones, not updated). I'd like to know how this can be fixed so that I can continue updating the faces in the game, like I was doing just 2 days ago.
skordo
13 years ago
1 year ago
3
i got the premium account but it doesnt let me to download with idm.why?cant get the max speed from the browser itself
mons
17 years ago
17 hours ago
85,497
My problem is that I cannot update my player images. I've downloaded 6.01 and placed it in the same folder as above, over-writing the older images, but when I load the game, set the preferences, even clear cache, etc. They don't show up.

I've even deleted the entire 'faces' folder in my FM drive, but when I load a new game and adjust the preferences again, they still show up (as the old ones, not updated). I'd like to know how this can be fixed so that I can continue updating the faces in the game, like I was doing just 2 days ago.

Can you please upload a screenshot of your current MP folder? Please try and display the exact path, the amount of images contained and the config.xml file if possible.




i got the premium account but it doesnt let me to download with idm.why?cant get the max speed from the browser itself

Forgive my ignorance, but what is idm?
Tatavo
11 years ago
2 weeks ago
2,748
Well, I deleted the entire folder (Megapack) now, but like I said, the pictures still appear in the game. I've even reloaded the screen, cleared cache, etc.

http://s8.postimg.org/velxah79x/FMpath.png

Here is the MP folder which is in my FM13 directory:

http://s8.postimg.org/fn56zkjrp/Untitled.png
mons
17 years ago
17 hours ago
85,497
I'm mystified.

Try ticking use caching to decrease page loading time from the preferences, then quitting the game and shutting off Steam. Then load it all up again and untick it again.
Tatavo
11 years ago
2 weeks ago
2,748
Nope. Doesn't work. Must be something related to the memory, or I don't know. I mean, I'm currently operating without a 'faces' folder and yet the player faces are still appearing. It's very strange. It's better than nothing, but before I was able to update the faces while now I cannot.
Tatavo
11 years ago
2 weeks ago
2,748
Should I try un-installing the game and re-installing? Am I even able to do that over Steam?
Grieveso
14 years ago
10 years ago
6
Hey you lovely lot

Can anyone tell me where to drop the ICON MEGAPACK about? Do i place it in beside the main megapack folder or do i create another faces folder within graphics. Any help would be much appreciated

Thanks
Grieveso
14 years ago
10 years ago
6
Also, im guessing the readme file hasn't been updated for a while, Downloaded both Megapack 6.0 and the latest icon pack and both reradme files say they are from FM13 version 5.00 and 5.01.....nothing to worry about??

Cheers lads
mons
17 years ago
17 hours ago
85,497
Nope. Doesn't work. Must be something related to the memory, or I don't know. I mean, I'm currently operating without a 'faces' folder and yet the player faces are still appearing. It's very strange. It's better than nothing, but before I was able to update the faces while now I cannot.


Should I try un-installing the game and re-installing? Am I even able to do that over Steam?

So you're saying that Rooney's face, specifically, is displaying, even now that you have no faces folder?




Hey you lovely lot

Can anyone tell me where to drop the ICON MEGAPACK about? Do i place it in beside the main megapack folder or do i create another faces folder within graphics. Any help would be much appreciated

Thanks

As long as it's within the graphics folder and not within the megapack folder itself, anywhere will do.




Also, im guessing the readme file hasn't been updated for a while, Downloaded both Megapack 6.0 and the latest icon pack and both reradme files say they are from FM13 version 5.00 and 5.01.....nothing to worry about??

Cheers lads

As long as the amount of files is correct, then you should have nothing to worry about.
Tatavo
11 years ago
2 weeks ago
2,748
Yes, Rooney's face, and even some of those faces that I downloaded (individually) to update the old faces.

All the faces from the 6.0 pack appear but none from the 6.01 will appear, even when I over-wrote the files. It's very strange. I'm thinking about uninstalling the game and then re-installing it, but I want to make sure I can do that, and not have to worry about paying again. (Perhaps a stupid question)
marrtac
16 years ago
12 hours ago
28,154
Yes, Rooney's face, and even some of those faces that I downloaded (individually) to update the old faces.

All the faces from the 6.0 pack appear but none from the 6.01 will appear, even when I over-wrote the files. It's very strange. I'm thinking about uninstalling the game and then re-installing it, but I want to make sure I can do that, and not have to worry about paying again. (Perhaps a stupid question)

Did you used steam workshop? If yes they it probably copied you faces to steam workshop folder in \my documents\sports interactive\football manager 2014

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