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
4 hours ago
85,497
Hi just dowloaded mega pack update 6.1 and unzipped it into same graphics folder the other faces are in. also ensured config.xml document was there too but after doing the update in game via preferences and refreshing the skin as instructed all the faces are now gone in the game. Please help..

Also maybe nothing to do with it but I have also installed the 'Real name fix' patch at same time. It worked no problem but could this have done something? Thanks

You should have read the instructions more carefully, my friend. You should have one folder and one folder one with all the images therein. Just copy the 6.01 images and the config into the main megapack folder, overwriting when prompted.
metsfan1115
10 years ago
10 years ago
1
Hi after downloading the the mega pack 6.0 from the torrent, The Unarchiver (i have a mac) said that the files could not be extracted using this application.
Does anybody know why this isn't working, I thought I followed the instructions exactly. Thanks
mons
17 years ago
4 hours ago
85,497
lord_mandrake
12 years ago
1 month ago
3
Hi to everyone !!!!

First of all, sorry for my english. I'm from Argentina and my english it's not to good.

I've got a premium membership but I had a problem trying to download the complete 6.1 megapack.
The download speed is not higher than 20/25 KB/s but if I try with rapidshare or uploaded links, I had 50/60 KB/s.

What do you recommend me ??? I do not understand why is happening this if I colaborate for a premiun membership.

Thanks for all !!!!
Lord Mandrake.-
mons
17 years ago
4 hours ago
85,497
I tried just now and got a download speed of around 1mb/sec

Could you try restarting your modem and trying again?
rkelly85
17 years ago
10 years ago
10
Shad Kahn: Is his face anywhere on these packs?
peterpansnr
13 years ago
3 days ago
15
Premium
Hi.

Just upgraded to Facepack 6.0, got some of the faces i didn't have before, but lost some I did have before on FP 4.0 even though when I checked the ID the missing player faces were in the same folder as the others, but for some reason they hadn't registered by the game. Any idea as to why?
mons
17 years ago
4 hours ago
85,497
Shad Kahn: Is his face anywhere on these packs?

Use the megapack search tool to look for the person's UID to see if he is in the megapack.


Hi.

Just upgraded to Facepack 6.0, got some of the faces i didn't have before, but lost some I did have before on FP 4.0 even though when I checked the ID the missing player faces were in the same folder as the others, but for some reason they hadn't registered by the game. Any idea as to why?

Can you confirm that the preferences are in the manner displayed in the screenshot in the OP and that all your images are located in one folder and one folder only? If yes, then please upload your config file and tell us how many images you currently have in your megapack folder.
peterpansnr
13 years ago
3 days ago
15
Premium
Use the megapack search tool to look for the person's UID to see if he is in the megapack.

Can you confirm that the preferences are in the manner displayed in the screenshot in the OP and that all your images are located in one folder and one folder only? If yes, then please upload your config file and tell us how many images you currently have in your megapack folder.


Thanks for getting back to my post.

Yes, I can confirm that it's as the OP is.
They are all in one folder.
There are 113,376 files in the folder.
However, I don't know how to upload the config file.
mons
17 years ago
4 hours ago
85,497
You have somehow managed to download only a partial amount of the megapack images. 6.01 contains around 136,000 images so you're missing over 12k images...
peterpansnr
13 years ago
3 days ago
15
Premium
You have somehow managed to download only a partial amount of the megapack images. 6.01 contains around 136,000 images so you're missing over 12k images...


Ok, i'll look into this. Thanks. Still, some players who are in the pack I have don't show...
emreozmen
11 years ago
5 years ago
2
Guys i need a config sample. I tried everything but i couldnt insert my faces to game. Could you help me , please?
mons
17 years ago
4 hours ago
85,497
Guys i need a config sample. I tried everything but i couldnt insert my faces to game. Could you help me , please?

You can use fmXML (available from this link) to create a config file for any folder containing pngs named as UIDs. Hope this helps.
dreofficial
13 years ago
10 years ago
5
Hi Guys,

In short, I've downloaded the face pack but it wont work on my mac. I created a 'graphics' folder and within that a subfolder called faces (which is where the images are).

The problem I have is when I try and run FM from steam, it doesn't work. I get as far as the load up screen, and the 'kick it out' message and then it starts saying 'loading' in all these different languages repeatedly. I then have to force quit.

What do i need to do?
Rowan
16 years ago
2 weeks ago
1,970
It probably takes about 5mins to fully load all the images, so be patient (it doesn't slow gameplay down, just game-start)

I have a Mac and it works fine if you have followed the instructions.

PS. We have a Technical Support thread HERE, please use it in future.
dreofficial
13 years ago
10 years ago
5
[quote name='Rowan' user_id='111143' id='120647' timestamp='1384675873']
It probably takes about 5mins to fully load all the images, so be patient (it doesn't slow gameplay down, just game-start)

I have a Mac and it works fine if you have followed the instructions.

PS. We have a Technical Support thread HERE, please use it in future.

Thank you Rowan. I saw the technical support thread afterwards and am going through it now. When you say game start your're not talking about 'loading saved games' are you? I ask because im not even getting to that point. It's not letting me launch football manager, it's still not responding after 15 mins, when i leave the load up screen and return to the dock. After hovering over the FM icon it says 'not responding'
mons
17 years ago
4 hours ago
85,497
If you have a very slow computer, it may take a bit more than 5 minutes to load the splash screen, which is the when you are loading up the game prior to arriving on the start screen and which is what Rowan was referring to.

Be patient, it's entirely normal for it to take a while to load and even for it to appear not to be responding, it's just loading. If 30-40 minutes have gone by and it's still not loaded, then you may have to ctrl+alt+del the application, but I've never known of an instance when that had to happen...
peterpansnr
13 years ago
3 days ago
15
Premium
Hi.

I downloaded the Megapack again but still only have 113,376 images in there.
However, the main issue is players who are in the megapack (amongst the 113,376) are not showing whilst others are. This must be a config issue. How can I upload the config file? I've tried to attach it here.

I didn't download via torrents but rather the 'download complete megapack 6.1' button here: http://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/style/1/cut-out-player-faces

I've been trying to sort this for a week now and it's doing my nut in.
MarkP2470
10 years ago
2 months ago
1
Premium
which download folder is the xml file in?
Whey
12 years ago
8 years ago
5
Steam Workshop creates a separate folder for each and every image. Each one with it's own config xml... it's just plain weird.

I tried opening it up in game, and gave up after about 15 minutes of loading time. Found in my folders that it had started copying the entire MegaPack folder into a Workshop folder, and had sorted each image into it's own folder. Total mess.

Reminder - if one ever wants to look at Steam Workshop... remove current graphics folder first!

PS. Thank God it copied, instead of moved the pictures. That would have been an ever worse mess, as I'd have to move each image one by one back into the Megapack folder.


So basically what I have to do here is to just install the pack as previous, but stay away from the steam workshop?
Or do I have to first create the graphics folder outside of the Football Manager 2014 folder, add the facepack logo folder into the graphics folder and then put it into the FM 2014 folder?

I'm kind of a little confused here. I'm pretty sure it's very simple once I get it explained it to me but, yeh... That's me.
Whey
12 years ago
8 years ago
5
Never mind my last post. I got it to work
rigge77
16 years ago
6 years ago
1
Hi

I have made an facepack for missing pictures of Luton Town but don't get it to work, i have done everything that has to be done, with a sperate folder for them, i have downloaded the mp and that is working, but i don't understand what's wrong with my pictures, they are png files in 180x180 size and the config file is attached here, can you see what's wrong?
mons
17 years ago
4 hours ago
85,497
Can you upload the images as well as a screenshot of the folder they're in? There doesn't seem to be much wrong with the config, truth be told. Are the preferences as displayed in the OP?
LIAM A MILLS
10 years ago
6 years ago
6
Hello guys very thankful for all the time and effort you guys go through to make these megapacks.
Just got a question ive downloaded all of the megapack and there are faces missing for a few liverpool players but on the cut out search thread its says they have cutouts but they dont appear on my saved game was wondering if anybody could explain why this is happening cheers

heres the players whose pictures arent showing up

Harry Wilson
Sergi Canos
Pedro Chirrivella
Ryan Kent
Jordan Rossiter
mons
17 years ago
4 hours ago
85,497
How many images in all do you have in your megapack folder? Can you confirm that all the images are contained in one folder and one folder only? Which version of the megapack have you downloaded?
jasmcgov
10 years ago
1 week ago
4
THE MEGAPACK AT 6.6GB is too large for my download speeds.

Is the pack available at smaller sizes - 1gb per file for example?
Footygamer
17 years ago
1 day ago
75,247
THE MEGAPACK AT 6.6GB is too large for my download speeds.

Is the pack available at smaller sizes - 1gb per file for example?

How would that make any difference? Downloading 6 1gb files will be the same speed as downloading one 6.6gb file
jasmcgov
10 years ago
1 week ago
4
Because the download gets timed out at about 3/4gb.
Conection would stay on for 1gb per download if downloaded separately.
jasmcgov
10 years ago
1 week ago
4
Tried again but connection lost at 3.91gb of 6.6 !!! Impossible download 6.6 in Thailand!!!!! Looks like totally wasted premium membership !
mons
17 years ago
4 hours ago
85,497
I'm sorry to hear that, but I don't know what we at sortitoutsi can do about your internet connection in Thailand?

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