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 480,000 player faces to spice up your copy of Football Manager.
- 482,917
- 2025.01 - Released on 04 Dec 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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starspangledbanner
C:\Users\vaio\Downloads\rebuilt.sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_8.00.rar: Unexpected end of archive
What are these? Can't seem to find a way around it. :/
starspangledbanner
I've managed to get the pack into the right folder, C:\Users\vaio\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2016\graphics\faces... I've got 138,003 items in the folder which sounds about right but in the game i've got loads of players faces missing. Debouchy and Mertesacker, Alexis Sanchez and Welbeck all missing from Arsenal, the first team I checked. What have I done wrong? :/
mons
There should be over 163,000 images in your megapack folder and so there are a number of missing images. It looks to be like the download was truncated part-way, according to the error message you posted. I would suggest that you try downloading it again...
Jamie Frankland
I downloaded all the updates yesterday for FM16. I have done the correct procedure in moving the MP to the correct folder. I have cleared cached in the game, ticked the correct reload in the game.
Also cleared cache in the c drive and still not all graphics appear.
Kits and logos work perfectly.
Help please!!!
ipswichjon
Same i badges d logos work but all the faces have gone now
starspangledbanner
Just tried unzipping the Stadium Backgrounds download and WinRAR punched up the same errors. Something wrong with my program it seems. Any suggestions?
richacarle
Just got a macbook and won't let me use this file after downloading it. Had no trouble last year when doing it on a pc. Am i being stupid??
mons
I'm not a Mac user so can't really offer any specific help. However, can you try extracting the file with the Mac version of winrar instead of iZip - that may be the issue. Also, are you sure that the file downloaded fully?
ClarkyQPR
I have downloaded some faces etc, saved them in the appropriate folder, then clear the cache to get the "new" faces working within the game.
However, there are now some faces that I didn't download that were working fine, but now that are missing, for example Charlie Austin, he is not the only one there are quite a few.
What am I doing wrong?
Cheers
Cube
Face-pack install guide:
''Put files from archive into “Graphics” subfolder of your Football Manager data folder. Here is the path you need for that:
My Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2016/Graphics/faces
If you don’t see Graphics subfolder, just create it manually.
Go to FM 2016 Preferences –> Interface.
Untick “Use caching to decrease page loading times” setting.
Enable “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” setting.''
Mike Coll
mons
Looks like you're not managing to download the full megapack. How many images does your megapack folder contain please?
Mike Coll
Couldnt tell you now im afraid, i deleted the whole folder and download.
Re-downloading the content now, how many images should it contain so I know it downloaded ok?
mons
Over 163,000.
wicksyFM
mons
This is a licensing issue and has nothing to do with this file per se. Download this file to fix this.
emildebski85
I have now waited 2-3 times X 1 -2 hours in order to downlload the newest version of the cut-out facepack, just to learn it stop downloading after 4.2GB the first time, 1.2GB the second and 6.8GB the third?!?!
"Unknown network error"?!?!
What is going on?
charjamol
Outlaw King
wicksyFM
i already have that installed. the french players faces from the facepack have suddenly gone. they was there. pressed continue. then they was gone. all faces are in the graphics folder and the config is set up right.
AnnieRuOK
PhilLFC85
Deano1903
Or you could use the editor?
PhilLFC85
mons
After the beta was patched, the above file needs to also go into the 1601 directory...
mons
I'm afraid not. There isn't any way of sorting out the megapack in any way, be it league, country or nationality...
IrishOwen
Not much detail but if you want league only faces, then you can't. Well, you probably could but they will be out of date. Nobody does that anymore it's mainly megapacks with lots of leagues.
fontanslb
Whenever I try to open or extract the fully downloaded megapack I get the message saying "Can not open file 'C:/Users/set up/Desktop/sortioutsi_cutout_megapack_8.01.rar' as archive "
I have downloaded, deleted and re-downloaded the file 3 times and each time this has happened.
Has anyone experienced similar problems and if so is there a way around it?
The Logo Megapacks worked a treat but the faces I'm having real trouble with
First time in about 4 FM's I can't yet get the faces!
mons
How large is the file you are managing to download?
fontanslb
7.47GB is what it shows when I right click the ZIP folder (The full file is 7.48 right?)
Obviously not downloading fully, something wrong with my downlod or laptop in that case. It's certainly not a lack of diskspace...
I shall try downloading it again after clearing up some more diskspace running a mini clean, see if it solves it