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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dalemarshall
Should i delete the old config file and replace it with that one?
mons
dalemarshall
Still the same
mons
kaixstone
I've downloaded the cut out facepack file, extracted it from winrar to documents>sports interactive>fm16>graphics>a folder i made called facepacks.
then gone into preferences, cleared the cache, reloaded the skin, restarted the game but still can't get the player faces in my game. can anyone give me any advice?
same for the logos and kit packs. when finishing installing from winrar it gives the "you need to have the following volume to continue extraction" message thought i have the parts and for the kits there is just the one part so i'm stumped. any help greatly appreciated!
kaixstone
mons
joedraper95
I added this face into my megapack but it's not showing up in my game?
I've reloaded the skin but no luck. Any suggestions?
Baja
You need to include it with his UID in config. file. Best thing you can do is to wait just couple of days with new update,and complete new config. file with him included.
mergaam
Iv been using last years cutout facepacks (7.08). How shoudl I go about to get the newest cutouts? Do I have to download the full pack, or download the 8.0x update packs? Or do I need to just download the latest update pack?
Thanks
Baja
There's no need to download full Megapack.You should just download all 4 updates from 8.0 - 8.03 on the bottom of the page
eman_resu
mons
I'm afraid I haven't. It's a bit strange that this problem started so spontaneously
Is there a particular trigger for the crash to happen?
eman_resu
Well I can't even start a game really. As soon as I try to continue, it crashes.
therifis
I have download the update facepack 8.0 - 8.03 but I don't see update packs 8 for the icons at the bottom of the download pack,should I download the mini icons pack (166.83MB) or latest icon changes (3.7MB) only?
mons
And I'm assuming that when you remove the facepack, the game loads normally? Do you have any other graphic add-ons you have installed recently?
Frankly, the icons pack is small enough to just bite the bullet and download the whole icons pack. It won't take you long and you'll be sure you have to whole file...
therifis
so I just need to download the icons mini pack to have the icons updated to v8,just wanna make sure I did the right thing sir
okay thank you for your response sir,downloading it now
mons
You're welcome
eman_resu
Yea it loads fine when I have no graphical mods installed..well, so far, im only about 6 weeks into the season but no crashes so far...no other graphics mods installed at the moment, though before I was using Metallic logos.
mons
Without actually seeing the contents of your graphics folder, there's not much I can say with certainty about what could the issue, though I suspect it is the case that there is an installation error with some files. Can't help you much more, I'm afraid
eman_resu
Well right now it's empty. But even when I just try to install the facepack, it still won't function. What can I show to you to help?
mons
eman_resu
Nope, any graphics pack that gets put on makes it crash, whether its badges or facepacks or what have you. Although it IS possible to install a data change, because I have the sortitoutsi data update installed and there hasn't been a single crash.
mons
Can you take a screenshot of the location you are placing the graphic files? Make sure the path is clearly displayed.
seanykav
Thanks
mons
Your megapack folder should contain no further sub-folders, i.e. you should have one folder and one folder only, with the 169,000+ images in there.There should also be a config.xml file in there.
If the above is correct, then perhaps you could upload a screenshot of the location and contents of your megapack folder, perhaps I can then be able to spot what's amiss.
PhilLFC85
https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/style/1/cut-out-player-faces
have they been discontinued or are they somewhere else now, last update had an icons pack update with it underneath main update but the latest one has not.
mons
The icons pack is still in the process of being created and should be available soon.
hihihi
i downloaded the 8.00 pack. I unzipped in my FM16>graphics>faces and it worked very well.
I decided to download the 8.01 and 8.02 and 8.03 pack/updates
I unzipped the updates in my folder "graphics>faces" but when i launched the game many faces disappeared. Did i do something wrong ?
Thank you (sorry for my bad english i'm french)
mons
You should have one folder and one folder only. Copy the images (and config!) from each update into the main megapack folder, overwriting when prompted. You should not have separate folders for each update pack.