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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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).
craig123z
11 years ago
11 years ago
1
HELP! I paid for premium membership and downloaded the cutout facepack. I now have a ZIP folder, but I cant open or extract it because a message comes up saying its 'invalid'

What do I need to do?? Cheers.
Rowan
16 years ago
1 month ago
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By craig123z | Permalink | On 16 November 2012 - 04:34 AM
HELP! I paid for premium membership and downloaded the cutout facepack. I now have a ZIP folder, but I cant open or extract it because a message comes up saying its 'invalid'

What do I need to do?? Cheers.


What size is the finished zipped file?

Download and use winRAR or 7zip to extract the file. You may get an error message, but you can ignore and it should still work, how many images do you then have?
Rowan
16 years ago
1 month ago
1,970
By KenzieQP | Permalink | On 15 November 2012 - 10:29 AM
I’m having some difficulty getting all the faces into the game. I’m guessing that it’s only the 5.01 update pack faces that are appearing in my game, I could be wrong.

I’ve followed the instructions and extracted the 5.0 mega pack into the graphics folder, then added the contents of the 5.01 update pack into the 5.0 mega pack folder. I now have a total 118,255 items in this folder, including an 8.18MB config xml document.


I didn't spot it before, but just realised the size of your config is wrong. It should be 8.6mb. HERE is my one, try replacing what you have with it.
Kevin
17 years ago
1 year ago
48
I have added some new faces to my game but they are not showing up can ayone help please.Thanks.
mons
17 years ago
2 minutes ago
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Franakamura
12 years ago
6 years ago
12
Hi,

Link to problem I posted in incorrect thread:

Problem

I downloaded the megapack, all 12 parts plus the 13th part the update?

Help please! Thanks in advance!
KenzieQP
11 years ago
9 years ago
9
By Rowan | Permalink | On 16 November 2012 - 08:13 AM
I didn't spot it before, but just realised the size of your config is wrong. It should be 8.6mb. HERE is my one, try replacing what you have with it.


The config in download link is also 8.18mb and not 8.6mb, at least that is what it says for me. I tried it nonetheless, without any success.
apk25
15 years ago
11 months ago
6
Tried various ways of doing this, never had a problem in the past, but when i am extracting it gets to 24% and stops.

I have downloaded it various times, tried winrar & 7zip, but still get the same problem.
mons
17 years ago
2 minutes ago
85,897
By Franakamura | Permalink | On 18 November 2012 - 14:06 PM
Hi,

Link to problem I posted in incorrect thread:

Problem

I downloaded the megapack, all 12 parts plus the 13th part the update?

Help please! Thanks in advance!

How many images do you have in your MP folder?






By KenzieQP | Permalink | On 18 November 2012 - 14:27 PM
The config in download link is also 8.18mb and not 8.6mb, at least that is what it says for me. I tried it nonetheless, without any success.

Same again, how many images do you have in your MP folder? Remind me again, what was your issue?





By gary busey | Permalink | On 18 November 2012 - 17:10 PM
Tried various ways of doing this, never had a problem in the past, but when i am extracting it gets to 24% and stops.

I have downloaded it various times, tried winrar & 7zip, but still get the same problem.

What download method are you using and what is the total file size?
Franakamura
12 years ago
6 years ago
12
Ok lads,

Downloaded all 12 parts again but only have 116,629 images and not the 118, 255, any ideas?

In addition I downloaded the update. If I extract the update do I overwrite the existing config file?

I went into the game and most of the faces are there but a few are missing. When I say missing I don't mean the silhouette, where the face is it's just blank, like there's nothing there. Any idea why that's happening?

Thanks

Edit: I went into one of the 'missing' images via windows browser and it says cannot dispplay the image as the image is missing?
mons
17 years ago
2 minutes ago
85,897
Could you put up a screenshot of your MP folder please?
Cavaill
11 years ago
6 years ago
1
hi, i downloaded the last version of the megapack, placed the folder on my documents, created the xml file with fmXML, but when i run the game, all the player images are pixeled with a very low resolution, any ideas?
blackmetalboon
14 years ago
1 year ago
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By Cavaill | Permalink | On 20 November 2012 - 04:06 AM
hi, i downloaded the last version of the megapack, placed the folder on my documents, created the xml file with fmXML, but when i run the game, all the player images are pixeled with a very low resolution, any ideas?


If you posted a screen shot of the problem it may help.

Are you using any skins? I think someone had a simular problem as some skins have a larger panel for the player image so the game stretches the image to fit which can cause this problem.
Franakamura
12 years ago
6 years ago
12
By mons | Permalink | On 19 November 2012 - 22:21 PM
Could you put up a screenshot of your MP folder please?


When you say a screenshot of my MP folder mate what exactly do you mean as I can't get the folder with all the images on one shot? Do you want me to take a screenshot of the folders details?

One of the guys that was missing was Izaguirre of Celtic, the other day I actually got someone to do a pic of him for me on here so I copied that into my MP folder, overwrote the existing file (that windows couldn't open) and when I went into the game he was there.

If you let me know what screenshot you want I will do this evening from home.
KenzieQP
11 years ago
9 years ago
9
By mons | Permalink | On 19 November 2012 - 18:46 PM
Same again, how many images do you have in your MP folder? Remind me again, what was your issue?


I have a total 118,255 items, including an 8.18MB config xml document.

I’m having some difficulty getting all the faces into the game. I’m guessing that it’s only the 5.01 update pack faces that are appearing in my game, I could be wrong.

I’ve followed the instructions and extracted the 5.0 mega pack into the graphics folder, then added the contents of the 5.01 update pack into the 5.0 mega pack folder. I’ve also selected the correct in game preferences as shown. I’ve tried changing skins and extracting the mega pack and update pack into separate folders, which have made no difference.

From what I can see very few faces are showing up in the game. A few well known faces that are showing up are Lionel Messi (+ the majority of Barcelona), Edgar Davids, Alexander Buttner and Craig Bellamy. No Ronaldo, Rooney, van Persie, etc. Also, very few English Championship and Scottish Premier League faces appear, which used to appear originally.

Any advice to get all faces working in my game would be appreciated.
Franakamura
12 years ago
6 years ago
12
By Franakamura | Permalink | On 20 November 2012 - 10:35 AM
When you say a screenshot of my MP folder mate what exactly do you mean as I can't get the folder with all the images on one shot? Do you want me to take a screenshot of the folders details?

One of the guys that was missing was Izaguirre of Celtic, the other day I actually got someone to do a pic of him for me on here so I copied that into my MP folder, overwrote the existing file (that windows couldn't open) and when I went into the game he was there.

If you let me know what screenshot you want I will do this evening from home.


Sorry mte how do you do a screenshot on this forum?
JohnBlaster
11 years ago
4 weeks ago
16
Finally i made it work for me guys... simple...
Downloaded the 5.0 Megapack by torrent, then just added the 5.1 update to the 5.0 Megapack and voilá lol.

Gr8 Megapack


Thanx Sortitoutsi and FM Base...
Arron69
13 years ago
7 years ago
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By Rowan | Permalink | On 15 November 2012 - 13:59 PM
Andi -

I'm not sure why that keeps happening. I don't think the problem is at this end. Obviously it's a very large file and requires a reliable connection. You could try downloading a Download Manager (check google, lots of free ones) and copy the link into that and trying to download that way. If there are any breaks in connection it won't effect the download and will resume.


That did the trick, thanks.

Andi.
mons
17 years ago
2 minutes ago
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By KenzieQP | Permalink | On 20 November 2012 - 17:59 PM
I have a total 118,255 items, including an 8.18MB config xml document.

I’m having some difficulty getting all the faces into the game. I’m guessing that it’s only the 5.01 update pack faces that are appearing in my game, I could be wrong.

I’ve followed the instructions and extracted the 5.0 mega pack into the graphics folder, then added the contents of the 5.01 update pack into the 5.0 mega pack folder. I’ve also selected the correct in game preferences as shown. I’ve tried changing skins and extracting the mega pack and update pack into separate folders, which have made no difference.

From what I can see very few faces are showing up in the game. A few well known faces that are showing up are Lionel Messi (+ the majority of Barcelona), Edgar Davids, Alexander Buttner and Craig Bellamy. No Ronaldo, Rooney, van Persie, etc. Also, very few English Championship and Scottish Premier League faces appear, which used to appear originally.

Any advice to get all faces working in my game would be appreciated.

What version of the game are you playing? I've heard reports of this megapack having some problems displaying in Football Manager Classic mode, but apparently the patch released yesterday solved the issue.

Also, KenzieQP, sorry if I've asked you this already, but are all the files in one folder and one folder only?






By Franakamura | Permalink | On 20 November 2012 - 20:41 PM
Sorry mte how do you do a screenshot on this forum?

Here's how to take screenshots of your PC screen. You can then attach the image to any post you make.






By JohnBlaster | Permalink | On 20 November 2012 - 20:44 PM
Finally i made it work for me guys... simple...
Downloaded the 5.0 Megapack by torrent, then just added the 5.1 update to the 5.0 Megapack and voilá lol.

Gr8 Megapack


Thanx Sortitoutsi and FM Base...

Good to see you've sorted your problem out

Not sure what FM Base have got to do with it - this file was created and is hosted and administered here only...
lilbod
17 years ago
2 weeks ago
3
I'm having exactly same problem as KenzieQP, 118,255 items, including an 8.18MB config xml document and seeing no Premier League clubs faces.

Downloaded torrent 5.0, extracted to documents\sports interactive\football manager 2013\graphics\faces\megapack 5.0 also tried getting the 5.1 update and extracting all images and config.xml to one folder so they are all together, overwriting old files and nothing!

Have reloaded skin etc, this pack has worked on previous versions of FM but can't seem to get it to work here. it's setup exactly same as previous versions too, what am I doing wrong?

Oh just to add, I did try another face pack (just for Liverpool) and that worked fine, so I know I'm putting it in the right place and doing the right thing
Franakamura
12 years ago
6 years ago
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By mons | Permalink | On 21 November 2012 - 18:18 PM
Here's how to take screenshots of your PC screen. You can then attach the image to any post you make.


Alright mate,

Installed the update and all seems to be working, thanks for your help. You guys do trojan work.
mons
17 years ago
2 minutes ago
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lilbod and KenzieQP, do you have any other facepacks installed at all? Both of you seem to know what you're doing so I'm a bit mystified...

Could either or both of you post a screenshot of your MP folder? Displaying clearly the folder path if possible.
lilbod
17 years ago
2 weeks ago
3
I'm currently starting from scratch and removing the pack completely and then extracting and installing again.

Have no other facepacks anymore as I deleted them once I downloaded this.

Will let you know how I get on once I've tried it again.
lilbod
17 years ago
2 weeks ago
3
YES!! IT'S WORKING!!

Afraid it was a case of user error, instead of deleting my other facepack I actually just moved it directly into the documents\sports interactive\football manager 2013\ folder

Happy now though
Dandynamite1000
11 years ago
10 years ago
6
I can't extract this, every single piece of software I use said it has an "Unsupported compression type" WinZip, 7-Zip, right-click extract all....

With 7-Zip and Windows it said this, with WinZip it says Central Directory cannot be found.

This is kind of annoying become I only became premium so I didn't have to go through all the issues with torrenting etc and now even this isn't working!?


No worries sorted it out, just use WinRar like you said, must learn to read
Pjb11
11 years ago
11 years ago
5
Hello everybody

Now i'm going to apoligise in advance for my tech lingo as i am not too clued up.
But this is the deal,i used to be an cm/fm addict up to 09 addition where i would play 24/7 if i could,always had facepack/logo updates and was pretty good at setting them up etc troublefree.

I went and bought a new laptop LAST WEEK for the sole purpose of fm13 and getting back onto it after a few years out.
As you do i have come here to download all the extra's you download as a proper FM geek to add to that realness.

I have downloaded everything to megapack,logos etc etc.

But when i unzip to the folders when it gets to end of unzipping i get this error (after it lists thousands of files it has just tried unzipping)

administrative privileges may be required,severe error: file creation failed

any ideas?

Like i said this laptop is brand new,out the box and online to download fm and then install.

any help is muchly appreciated,i am dying to play fm but as im sure alot of you will understand its got to have all the faces/logos etc

Thankyou
mons
17 years ago
2 minutes ago
85,897
Try extracting the images with winrar.
Side Splitting Pass
14 years ago
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If Mons suggestion doesn't work try extracting the files to somewhere else on your computer & see if that works. If it does you should then be able to move the files to the correct folder.
ninth
11 years ago
11 years ago
7
Can I just add all the faces to a folder names faces in the graphics folder without having a folder inside the faces folder? So graphics/faces <all pics in the faces?
mons
17 years ago
2 minutes ago
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