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 475,000 player faces to spice up your copy of Football Manager.
- 480,827
- 2025.00 - Released on 29 Oct 2024
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'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.
This is what the MP folder should look like:
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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mons
Either you have not downloaded all the parts of the megapack, or you have installed it wrongly. For the whole megapack to work properly, you should have one folder and one folder only with 159,000+ images in it. Is this the case in your megapack folder?
aqs123
Some of the players and managers faces do not seem to be showing for some reason, e.g. France and Holland. Anyone know why this is happening?
Thanks in advance.
Francis Canning
mons
This is due to licensing reasons and you need to download this file to fix it.
Make sure that all the images are contained within one folder only. If you do it correctly, you will get a prompt asking you whether you want to overwrite existing images - you should say yes/OK.
Adam Peck
mons
Cristiano7
mons
Cristiano7
devftw
mons
devftw
Thank you for the fast response but i made a stupid mistake when unpacking some megapack updates. I unzipped them all into the megapack folder but they were still within the "sortitoutsi" folder. For some reason the whole pack stopped working because of that.
It's all fixed now.
mons
medintern
Just a quick point for clarification for me. Should the folder be: "Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 201x > graphics > faces" OR as your screenshot shows "Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 201x > graphics > players > cutouts > megapack 7.0" ??? Or should it be "Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 201x > graphics > megapack 7.0" because if you follow the instructions on the download page "Once you've downloaded it you'll be presented with a ".zip" file. Extract this file to the following location "My Documents » Sports Interactive » Football Manager 2013 » graphics". " -- that is what will be there.
Just trying to be certain am doing it correctly.
mons
medintern
simonloschiavo
mons
You can always generate one yourself with FMxml or a similar program. Besides, 7.07 will be out quite soon, anyway...
simonloschiavo
coldpost
So I've been running on just 7.0 for the last couple of weeks as I only bought FM15 then and decided I'd upgrade my graphics tonight...
I downloaded the 7.0 torrent file originally and then downloaded the 7.1 update pack thinking I had to DL all updates seperately??? Reading a few of the posts in here am I right to assume this is where I've gone wrong and thats why none of my faces are showing now? SHould I have just DL the 7.6 megapack?
If so how the hell do I fix this.... please...
Thanks in advance
******Scratch all of the above - They've now returned*******
Any Ideas on a player that was updated in update 7.1 so I can test to see if his face is there?
Veteran Manager is very confused by all of this - Apologies
mons
I'm afraid I can't download 7.01 again right now, but if everything was done correctly, then you should have 152,772 images (7.0+7.01) in one folder and one folder only, or very close to that number.
deadw00d
mons
Everything in the main megapack folder
Tiger_Man_Jr
mons
Are you sure you've downloaded the whole megapack and not just an update pack? How many images in all do you have in your MP folder?
Tiger_Man_Jr
I downloaded the complete file, i even paid to download it all at once, i have 124,093 images
ive also got the logo megapack to and not all those icons are visible either. I put the downloaded folders into the graphics folder and extracted them there, so there is a few sub folders now, could that be the issue? but wouldn't that cause all logo's to disappear not just some?
mons
You don't seem to have downloaded the whole pack, I'm afraid. The 7.07 full pack contains just over 160k images. What version did you get?
I also use the metallic logopack and I can confirm that there are folders for clubs, comps, nations etc. and each contains a further 4 sub-folders, so the folder structure seems fine. I suspect that somehow the download did not complete itself for this pack as well.
In both cases, I can only suggest downloading them again...
Tiger_Man_Jr
I did click download complete pack, im just in the process of downloading them again. I'll let you know if that was the issue. Thank you for your help.
EDIT: the problem is solved, you where correct. all players now have faces. Thank you very much
joehaisman
Please help me guys.
i have downloaded the packs and placed them in the correct place and untucked the correct things in preferences.
looking through the files it doesn't seem to have a XML file, I'm on a mac and all the creators seem based for pc ??
Regards
Joe
mons
If you want to, there is also a config file generator for Macs here.