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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  • 2024.07 - Released on 15 Apr 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).
kfnielsen
17 years ago
13 hours ago
2,630
Premium
When u download the Icon update pack its showing the megapack insteed Mons
giftedgiggsy11
13 years ago
5 months ago
20
Premium
Hi all,

Just downloaded the full face pack and the full icon pack but the icons are not working, obviously i have cleared the cache and reloaded the skin but still not showing. Here is a screenshot of my folder.

Thanks.

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/Gr1mILFewzbqvK4IdA6HelNYIEdiGRbvc5xngyDu.jpg
budwaiser4
16 years ago
1 week ago
139
Where did you download it from please?

You may have to download part 9 again...

I downloaded it from uploaded, as the others parts. I've tried to re-download it but gives me the same error...

Now it works
Dave Arnold
10 years ago
1 year ago
46
Premium
When u download the Icon update pack its showing the megapack insteed Mons


Just noticed this myself. Was wondering why it was taking so long to download only 4.5Mb but then realised it was downloading the main faces pack again.
Woelfie
12 years ago
1 week ago
1
My icon pack also doesn't seem to work.
The icon faces replace the regular facepack pictures.. i have downloaded the icons pack and installed it to ..../graphics/faces/iconfaces ...
could this be a problem with the XML file maybe ?

i downloaded the 8.00 pack from this site: http://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/download-icons/1

Any help would be appreciated..
Zefph
14 years ago
6 days ago
141
Premium
I keep getting errors when I try to donwload the full mega pack.

It only downloads 250MB and gives me a winrar error. Tried different browsers, still no luck.

Why is it doing that?
callumt25
12 years ago
3 years ago
3
I can't seem to get the download to work, it stops just after downloading. Anything I can do to help this.
mons
17 years ago
1 hour ago
85,953
Those who are asking re the icons pack, it appears that there is a small issue with its download. Should be rectified shortly.



I keep getting errors when I try to donwload the full mega pack.

It only downloads 250MB and gives me a winrar error. Tried different browsers, still no luck.

Why is it doing that?

Could be an internet connectivity issue your end, but it could equally be an issue with the file availability from our servers. What is the winrar error being displayed?


I can't seem to get the download to work, it stops just after downloading. Anything I can do to help this.

How far along do you get when downloading before it stops? Is any error message displayed?
callumt25
12 years ago
3 years ago
3
Those who are asking re the icons pack, it appears that there is a small issue with its download. Should be rectified shortly.

Could be an internet connectivity issue your end, but it could equally be an issue with the file availability from our servers. What is the winrar error being displayed?

How far along do you get when downloading before it stops? Is any error message displayed?


The most recent attempt got 99MB, I didn't get an error but I'm on mac using chrome if that makes a difference? It shouldn't be my internet as I've downloaded other files correctly.
mons
17 years ago
1 hour ago
85,953
The most recent attempt got 99MB, I didn't get an error but I'm on mac using chrome if that makes a difference? It shouldn't be my internet as I've downloaded other files correctly.

So what happens then? Does the download stop outright or freeze or what? The more details I get, the more likely it is that any problem is identified and sorted quickly
callumt25
12 years ago
3 years ago
3
So what happens then? Does the download stop outright or freeze or what? The more details I get, the more likely it is that any problem is identified and sorted quickly


The download just stops and looks like it's finished, but only contains a few images. It did the same thing last but I put it down to heavy traffic being the evening of release and all that.
zaizai94550
12 years ago
1 month ago
11
Premium
Hey, I tried to download it directly from the website, the FULL MEGA PACK (8Go), as I am a premium member. But it only downloads like 100mo then it stops and the download is cancelling. That's odd because I did the same with Metallic logo pack, which worked perfectly.

Any reported issue regarding that? Also I tried to download it with torrent files but there is no torrent files for the new 2016 pack.

Regardless, you lads are doing a great job. Thank you.
kolarov84
12 years ago
1 day ago
82
Hy the new release 8.0 not work in fm 16....solutions?
mons
17 years ago
1 hour ago
85,953
Hy the new release 8.0 not work in fm 16....solutions?

Sembri che hai scaricato il file con le icone piccole invece del file piu grande con le faccine normali...
kolarov84
12 years ago
1 day ago
82
ho scaricato entrambi
arnienz
8 years ago
8 years ago
1
Can someone upload a torrent of the 2016 pack?
CBN
12 years ago
1 day ago
280
Premium
We are very happy to release the 8.0 version of this megapack, which is fully compatible with the FM16 beta. The full pack includes 162,802 images.

If you were fully up-to-date with the 7.08 version of this megapack, then you can just download the 8.0 update pack. This would bring you up-to-date with the 3,387 new and improved images collected since then.

If you are unsure which version you currently have or you want to download the pack from scratch, then you can download the megapack from the separate mirrors, or you can wait a very brief while for the torrent file to be made available on download.

As usual, I cannot but thank the many cutters and requesters who keep providing and producing the images which make up this pack - long may it last!


Downloaded the full pack. Have 163,029 files. What gives?
djcollings25
12 years ago
2 days ago
7
Premium
Hi anyone having prob downloading megapack?keeps failing
djcollings25
12 years ago
2 days ago
7
Premium
Hey, I tried to download it directly from the website, the FULL MEGA PACK (8Go), as I am a premium member. But it only downloads like 100mo then it stops and the download is cancelling. That's odd because I did the same with Metallic logo pack, which worked perfectly.

Any reported issue regarding that? Also I tried to download it with torrent files but there is no torrent files for the new 2016 pack.

Regardless, you lads are doing a great job. Thank you.


Im having the same problem.i thought id join as premium member and save time,but dose not work
edallen2
12 years ago
5 months ago
224
tried to download the icon update and chrome is blocking it.
santi71
12 years ago
2 weeks ago
101
Hello,

I accidently delete the file "config.xml" of my megapack 8.0 Can you please upload this for me? Thanks in advance
f18ter
10 years ago
5 months ago
17
Premium
I have been extracting dowloading moving everything around trying to get the facepack to work but it for me it hasnt. Been fiddling with it for over 10 hours now trying to figure out whats wrong. Config file is there. extracted MP 8.0 to My documents>Sports Interactive>Football Manager 16>graphics>faces> and when i load up the game only Emil Balayev and Joel Gerezgiher on Eintracht Frankfurt have their faces. As well as Niklas Thiel, Aymen Barkok, and Enis Bunjaki on the Under 19s.
Any help would be appreciated!!!
mons
17 years ago
1 hour ago
85,953

Devono essere messi in folders differenti, entrambi con un config.xml file.

Puoi farci vedere un screenshot del tuo folder con questi file.



Can someone upload a torrent of the 2016 pack?

It is being finalised and will be available shortly.



Downloaded the full pack. Have 163,029 files. What gives?

There's always a small amount of extra images due to duplicates, mistakes etc. which are not included in the config file. Nothing to worry about, really.




Hi anyone having prob downloading megapack?keeps failing

Read this thread.




tried to download the icon update and chrome is blocking it.

Working perfectly fine for me

Can you try downloading it with another browser?



Hello,

I accidently delete the file "config.xml" of my megapack 8.0 Can you please upload this for me? Thanks in advance

You can download it from the 8.0 update pack




I have been extracting dowloading moving everything around trying to get the facepack to work but it for me it hasnt. Been fiddling with it for over 10 hours now trying to figure out whats wrong. Config file is there. extracted MP 8.0 to My documents>Sports Interactive>Football Manager 16>graphics>faces> and when i load up the game only Emil Balayev and Joel Gerezgiher on Eintracht Frankfurt have their faces. As well as Niklas Thiel, Aymen Barkok, and Enis Bunjaki on the Under 19s.
Any help would be appreciated!!!

Are you sure that you have downloaded the full file? How many images do you have in your megapack folder?
Luke Fitch
10 years ago
1 year ago
6
Premium
I had the same problem with only certain face loading. Says there's 49287 facepacks in the folder so clearly not all of them have been downloaded. Trying again now
Gendo
12 years ago
1 year ago
1,194
Premium
My DL was pulling from here before stopping at 220 MB: http://fileserver10.sortitoutsi.net/?key=83129264
Deleted Account #195232
EDIT: Resolved!
mons
17 years ago
1 hour ago
85,953
Hey, I tried to download it directly from the website, the FULL MEGA PACK (8Go), as I am a premium member. But it only downloads like 100mo then it stops and the download is cancelling. That's odd because I did the same with Metallic logo pack, which worked perfectly.

Any reported issue regarding that? Also I tried to download it with torrent files but there is no torrent files for the new 2016 pack.

Regardless, you lads are doing a great job. Thank you.

Missed this!

There appears to be some teething issues for some users. Read this thread and post your issues in there, providing the details required to help pinpoint the root of the problem.



I had the same problem with only certain face loading. Says there's 49287 facepacks in the folder so clearly not all of them have been downloaded. Trying again now

There's clearly a problem with your download. Read this thread and post your issues in there, providing the details required to help pinpoint the root of the problem.



My DL was pulling from here before stopping at 220 MB: http://fileserver10.sortitoutsi.net/?key=83129264

As above. Enter this thread and post your issues in there, providing the details required to help pinpoint the root of the problem.
Macon
13 years ago
1 year ago
4
Premium
I've downloaded updates for the Megapack many times, and haven't had any problems getting them to work. However, after downloading the latest changed images, all real photos display in an extremely blurred fashion inside the game. I know it isn't a problem with the pack, because the images look fine when I'm outside the game - but what should I do to make them display properly again?

(Oh - I'm still on FM15)
mons
17 years ago
1 hour ago
85,953
I've downloaded updates for the Megapack many times, and haven't had any problems getting them to work. However, after downloading the latest changed images, all real photos display in an extremely blurred fashion inside the game. I know it isn't a problem with the pack, because the images look fine when I'm outside the game - but what should I do to make them display properly again?

(Oh - I'm still on FM15)

Looks to me like you downloaded the icons pack instead. Can you check the file which you've downloaded?
Macon
13 years ago
1 year ago
4
Premium
Nope, I've downloaded the main picture 8.00 changes pack (167Mg), and the icon changes pack (4.26Mg). I've just re-extracted from the RARs now, paying super close attention to the file path, and I'm sure I've done it right....

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