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).
Macon
13 years ago
1 year ago
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Could it be an issue with config.xml in the icons file? The references all end in portrait, not icon
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
86,070
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....

Then it's probably a config issue since the sizes are the same as intended. Can you look into the respective configs and post a screenshot from each?
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
86,070
Could it be an issue with config.xml in the icons file? The references all end in portrait, not icon

Started my earlier post before you made your last comment.

Try swapping the configs around and see if that works...
Macon
13 years ago
1 year ago
4
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Yep: I manually edited the configs to map the structure which was in the previous versions of the main pack and the icons pack, and everything works fine now. Thanks!
giftedgiggsy11
13 years ago
5 months ago
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Going back to my post on the previous page. Any ideas my icons aren't working? Everything else works fine.
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
86,070
Read the conversation trail immediately above your post to see if it helps...
Cymro
17 years ago
3 weeks ago
6,379
Going back to my post on the previous page. Any ideas my icons aren't working? Everything else works fine.


In the config file, change all where it says portrait to icon.
giftedgiggsy11
13 years ago
5 months ago
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Thanks. Yes i wasn't sure if the persons problem above was the same as what i was experiencing, i've changed them all to icon and now they work.
oO SioS Oo
17 years ago
5 months ago
2
Premium
Hello All,

I have just transferred my old faces from FM15 to FM16 along with logos and flags etc but my faces dont seem to be working ?

I have a feeling the config file may be missing, please can someone supply me with the mega pack config file so I can try that an see what happens without having to download it ?

Many Thanks
Michael
Deleted Account #694507
Downloaded .rar file, but it won't extract. All other .rars have done, but this just one just stays on the download icon. Have left it overnight but still no luck. Anyone else have this problem/know of a solution? Am on a MacBook Pro
6scholl6
12 years ago
9 hours ago
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I think the config file for the icons is wrong, isn´t it? There is in the config "portrait" instat of "icon".
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
86,070
Hello All,

I have just transferred my old faces from FM15 to FM16 along with logos and flags etc but my faces dont seem to be working ?

I have a feeling the config file may be missing, please can someone supply me with the mega pack config file so I can try that an see what happens without having to download it ?

Many Thanks
Michael

If you have transferred over everything from your FM15 to your FM16 folder, then your config file should be included. It's pretty easy to check whether it's there or not, just open the FM16 megapack folder and search for a file named config.xml.

If it's not there, you can always download the 8.0 update pack and thus ensure you have the latest images and the latest config file.



Downloaded .rar file, but it won't extract. All other .rars have done, but this just one just stays on the download icon. Have left it overnight but still no luck. Anyone else have this problem/know of a solution? Am on a MacBook Pro

Did the rar file download fully? What is the size of the file which you have downloaded?




I think the config file for the icons is wrong, isn´t it? There is in the config "portrait" instat of "icon".

We're working to fix this oversight. In the meantime, you can manually replace all the instances of "portrait" with "icon" in the iconfaces config file.
f18ter
10 years ago
5 months ago
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Are you sure that you have downloaded the full file? How many images do you have in your megapack folder?
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Yeah I have 163,029 items in the folder. So I'm not sure what is going wrong
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
86,070
Yeah I have 163,029 items in the folder. So I'm not sure what is going wrong

I'm not sure what your issue is then. I'll need more details to hopefully be able to pinpoint the problem; "it's not working" doesn't really give me enough info to work with.

What is the date modified of your config file? Have you modified the preferences to look like the ones in the OP?

Perhaps uploading screenshots of (a) your megapack folder [showing clearly the location and amount of images included] and (b) an example of a player who has an image in the megapack folder yet does not appear in game, would help me further...
f18ter
10 years ago
5 months ago
17
Premium
What is the date modified of your config file? Have you modified the preferences to look like the ones in the OP?

Perhaps uploading screenshots of (a) your megapack folder [showing clearly the location and amount of images included] and (b) an example of a player who has an image in the megapack folder yet does not appear in game, would help me further...
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Date modified for config file is 10/27/2015 6:01pm . Yeah the preferences are the same. Shaqiri was a player i found while scrolling through the megapack that didnt show up in the game. Heres the screenshots
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
86,070
Date modified for config file is 10/27/2015 6:01pm . Yeah the preferences are the same. Shaqiri was a player i found while scrolling through the megapack that didnt show up in the game. Heres the screenshots

Everything looks absolutely fine there I'm mystified tbh.

Looks like a config issue, however, because there is a blank space where the face should be, rather than the default no cut-out black image.

Tell you what, try creating the config yourself; it's really very easy. Literally a drag-and-drop job. Download this file and follow the steps outline in this video
james muir
10 years ago
4 months ago
4
Premium
Hi, i'm just downloading the Megapack 2016 faces.


its saying that it will take 6 hours. Is that the normal time it takes?

thanks
Deleted Account #694507
Downloaded both full pack and updates for 8.0, but when I try to extract on UnrarX (also tried RAR Extractor Free), both say they can't extract the .rar files as there is nothing to extract. Any advice?
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
86,070
Hi, i'm just downloading the Megapack 2016 faces.


its saying that it will take 6 hours. Is that the normal time it takes?

thanks

It really depends on your bandwidth and the server load. It's a 7.5GB file, so it's bound to take a while...



Downloaded both full pack and updates for 8.0, but when I try to extract on UnrarX (also tried RAR Extractor Free), both say they can't extract the .rar files as there is nothing to extract. Any advice?

Try using Winrar.
f18ter
10 years ago
5 months ago
17
Premium
Everything looks absolutely fine there I'm mystified tbh.

Looks like a config issue, however, because there is a blank space where the face should be, rather than the default no cut-out black image.

Tell you what, try creating the config yourself; it's really very easy. Literally a drag-and-drop job. Download this file and follow the steps outline in this video


Downloaded, made the config file, and unfrotunately didn't ned up fixing anything, just the couple faces that did work are gone also now
It's so frusturating because I feel like I've tried everything and it's been over 10 hours tryign to tget this to work! It's worked so past couple iterations so I don't get whats going so wrong now!
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
86,070
Downloaded, made the config file, and unfrotunately didn't ned up fixing anything, just the couple faces that did work are gone also now
It's so frusturating because I feel like I've tried everything and it's been over 10 hours tryign to tget this to work! It's worked so past couple iterations so I don't get whats going so wrong now!

Let's speak via PM, I may be able to offer a solution...
Soilmate
10 years ago
2 weeks ago
3
Still no torrent?
luka1612
13 years ago
7 years ago
25
Hello all,

Please if I missed it somewhere and it already been mentioned, I downloaded the new 8.0 pack, installed it correctly, but all the players pictures are very blurry, is there something I am doing wrong?

Thank you in advance for help,

BR
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
86,070
Hello all,

Please if I missed it somewhere and it already been mentioned, I downloaded the new 8.0 pack, installed it correctly, but all the players pictures are very blurry, is there something I am doing wrong?

Thank you in advance for help,

BR

How large is the file that you are downloading? And did you download the full file or just the update pack? Either way, it looks like you have downloaded the icons pack instead of the main pack, or that the config files have been somehow swapped.
luka1612
13 years ago
7 years ago
25
How large is the file that you are downloading? And did you download the full file or just the update pack? Either way, it looks like you have downloaded the icons pack instead of the main pack, or that the config files have been somehow swapped.


Hello Mons,

I have downloaded the full pack(I like to download from scratch for every new FM version), and the file is all ok, it is the exact 163029 images like it is written in OP. But yes I also downloaded small icons pack as well, and put all of them as usual, graphics folder in FM16 folder in Documents. If you can help regarding the config file issue you r mentioning, I would be much grateful.

Thank you
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
86,070
Can you open both config files using notepad? The one in the main pack should have loads of lines of code all of which end in /portrait, while the config file in the icons pack should have the lines of code ending in /icon. Looks like they're swapped around...
caaz7
12 years ago
1 year ago
10
What folder do i place them in so they come up as mini icons as they are currently coming up very fuzzy on the big icons?
luka1612
13 years ago
7 years ago
25
Can you open both config files using notepad? The one in the main pack should have loads of lines of code all of which end in /portrait, while the config file in the icons pack should have the lines of code ending in /icon. Looks like they're swapped around...


Dear Mons, yeah that is what is causing the problem, only that both Megapack and icon pack have the same config file whit all the lines ending in portrait. ok I guess that with the new update for the icons pack the config file will be corrected also.

Thanx for help,

BR,
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
86,070
Dear Mons, yeah that is what is causing the problem, only that both Megapack and icon pack have the same config file whit all the lines ending in portrait. ok I guess that with the new update for the icons pack the config file will be corrected also.

Thanx for help,

BR,

You don't need to wait. Go to the config.xml in the icons folder and open it with notepad. Click the edit button then choose replace. Replace /portrait with /icon. Job done
luka1612
13 years ago
7 years ago
25
You don't need to wait. Go to the config.xml in the icons folder and open it with notepad. Click the edit button then choose replace. Replace /portrait with /icon. Job done

You r the best... thanx a lot Mons...

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