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.
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- 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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mons
fontanslb
Using WinRar it extracted quite a few faces (some are missing). But at one point I got a message that the 'header was corrupt' or something to that effect.
I'll play for now, there are enough faces in there to make it enjoyable!
bakizp
Your download was corrupted probably because some connection errors,bad internet etc.This file is huge,and browser's integrated download manager is poor when dealing with massive files.You need some specialized download manager which is able to resume broken downloads,and could even speed up your download.Try Internet Download Manager or some similar program.Google "download manager" or something like that.
fontanslb
You're probably right. Going to give it another go with internet download manager (even though Firefox does also resume broked Downloads I think). (On my brother's laptop it worked perfectly fine so now I see he's got all the faces I want them too haha
Thanks for the reply brother! Mons too
Outlaw King
Again, apologies if this is the wrong thread but has anyone seen this before?
mons
Apologies, I must have missed the original query. Are you sure about that? There doesn't seem to be any SI Rangers pics
Outlaw King
No worries.
When I booted the game up for the first time, they defo had pictures.
Done my usual > megapack, then extract the faces (usually just for Scottish teams), and they're not there?
Noticed a few wee issues as well (like Jason Cummings have wrong face, etc.), but weird that they've disappeared...
Gaurav Chaddah
mons
Have you changed the skin cache tickbox as indicated in the OP?
Scott Leach
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
mons
How big is the file that you have managed to download? Try extracting it with the Mac version of Winrar
Scott Leach
Thanks, managed to extract the smaller icons, but the full player faces pack i've downloaded on here is 8gb. Trying to extract that and all it says it preparing, and has done for a few hours. Should it take this long or shall download again?
mons
It should definitely take a wee while. Extracting an 8GB file tends to do that
Scott Leach
Thanks, i gave up first time round, and have re-downloaded it, and had been 'preparing' for a good few hours. Leaving it overnight now, fingers crossed.
necris
mons
fmXML automatically generates a line of code for every image contained in the folder it is tasked to. So, either the face isn't actually there or the file extension of the image is incorrect. The cut-out extension needs to be .png. PNG and jpg won't work.
Scott Leach
Still 'preparing'... any suggestions? Left it overnight, plan on leaving this morning too to see.
mons
That's definitely not right. It should take a while, but not that long.
What program(s) did you try to extract the file with?
DCOLE123
thanks
Scott Leach
I've been using RAR Utility downloaded from the App Store. Should i download the file again through a torrent as it's has just been downloaded through Safari thus far. Could you direct me to a suitable torrent to download it through?
mons
You should have one folder and one folder only, overwriting the images and config file when prompted
Just download Winrar and extract the file with it
BramB96
Just bought FM16 and added the complete new facepack.
I was wondering why the faces of players like Phil Jones, Memphis Depay, Ashley Young, Josh Stones, Jordan Henderson, Kolo Toure and Mamahdou Sakho(+much more) aren't showing up!
Those players all had faces in the 2015 version of the facepack.
Anyone else with the same problem? Or anyone knows a fix for it?
Thanks!
mons
Have you amended the preferences as indicated in the OP? How many images in total do you have in the MP folder?
BramB96
Yes did all like the OP said.
Might have found the problem, my folder contains 127.569 files. This should be around 155.000 right?
This is strange while the page of the MP says it should be that amount, but I just clicked on download full pack.
Maybe a problem while downloading?
Thanks!
EDIT: Re-downloaded the package. It works fine now!
emildebski85
How do you do? As a paying member i hope someone attends to this.
Zoff
Do you have Chrome?
emildebski85
Yes i use Chrome (and can't resume the dl if that's what you are thinking about)?
emildebski85
Zoff
Scott Leach
I am having a mare with this face pack. Now extracted all images, they're sat in graphics, in a sortitoutsi folder, then faces. Config file is present and all faces are viewable. I've reloaded skin and cleared cache in game and still not getting the faces in the game. I have noticed that the standard shadow picture which is on all player profiles is no longer present.
Any suggestions now? Sorry to be a pain.
Thanks