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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  • 2024.06 - Released on 17 Mar 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).
mons
17 years ago
4 minutes ago
85,497
@Mike Coll, just got home and checked. I do not have a C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2016\data\graphics\ folder, so you can very simply delete the folder now. I assume it's empty, right?
Mike Coll
9 years ago
1 day ago
55
Premium
@Mike Coll, just got home and checked. I do not have a C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2016\data\graphics\ folder, so you can very simply delete the folder now. I assume it's empty, right?


Done all that and hasnt worked since i moved it to where you suggested - the folder i shown you has a few things within it.

I downloaded via steam and have a HP laptop rather than a Mac if that helps or provides you with information thats useful too!
mons
17 years ago
4 minutes ago
85,497
Done all that and hasnt worked since i moved it to where you suggested - the folder i shown you has a few things within it.

I downloaded via steam and have a HP laptop rather than a Mac if that helps or provides you with information thats useful too!

Let's continue this discussion via PM - I have a proposal
MarcekYNWA
8 years ago
5 years ago
278
MISSING FACE HATEM BEN ARFA. After downloading updates from sortitoutsi suddenly Ben Arfa is on a free transfer and faceless ... this is a joke or what the hell?
mons
17 years ago
4 minutes ago
85,497
@MarcekYNWA , there is no need whatsoever to spam the forum with the same post in four separate threads. I have no idea what is wrong with Ben Arfa in your game, but asking the same question once and in a civil and understandable manner is a much better way to go about it. This is Ben Arfa's cutout history - the last time an image of him was added was in 7.08, which is around a year ago now. So, whatever's happened has got nothing to do with this pack.

If you can give us a bit more detail, maybe I can manage to understand your problem and help you solve it, or forward you to a place where you can get help with your issue.

Secondly, I have uploaded 8.06 to sendspace, as per your earlier request.
MarcekYNWA
8 years ago
5 years ago
278
@MarcekYNWA , there is no need whatsoever to spam the forum with the same post in four separate threads. I have no idea what is wrong with Ben Arfa in your game, but asking the same question once and in a civil and understandable manner is a much better way to go about it. This is Ben Arfa's cutout history - the last time an image of him was added was in 7.08, which is around a year ago now. So, whatever's happened has got nothing to do with this pack.

If you can give us a bit more detail, maybe I can manage to understand your problem and help you solve it, or forward you to a place where you can get help with your issue.

Secondly, I have uploaded 8.06 to sendspace, as per your earlier request.


After downloading this update. https://sortitoutsi.net/football-manager-data-update Ben Arfa as a free player. No face. With this is a problem. Updates face 8.06 already downloaded. Previously, everything was ok. The game is original, zero problems, and here such surprise. Ben Arfa free transfer, without a face. I do not know what this could go.
mons
17 years ago
4 minutes ago
85,497
After downloading this update. https://sortitoutsi.net/football-manager-data-update Ben Arfa as a free player. No face. With this is a problem. Updates face 8.06 already downloaded. Previously, everything was ok. The game is original, zero problems, and here such surprise. Ben Arfa free transfer, without a face. I do not know what this could go.

As I've already shown you, Ben Arfa's face has not been changed with this file for around a year now. Therefore, the issue is nothing to do with this megapack but somehow with the data update. I would suggest that you ask in that forum for a solution.

Also, can you confirm that your megapack folders are located anywhere within Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager / graphics please? If they're anywhere else, then you may have issues.
MarcekYNWA
8 years ago
5 years ago
278
As I've already shown you, Ben Arfa's face has not been changed with this file for around a year now. Therefore, the issue is nothing to do with this megapack but somehow with the data update. I would suggest that you ask in that forum for a solution.

Also, can you confirm that your megapack folders are located anywhere within Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager / graphics please? If they're anywhere else, then you may have issues.


Do you have me for an idiot? Yes they are in the right place in the Football Manager sit for a few good years. Everything was ok until upload this update (which is great, but it has this tiny defect)
mons
17 years ago
4 minutes ago
85,497
Do you have me for an idiot? Yes they are in the right place in the Football Manager sit for a few good years. Everything was ok until upload this update (which is great, but it has this tiny defect)

Great way of showing your appreciation for somebody who's trying to help you

I only ask because of this conversation earlier this week in which a user mentioned that he had been placing his graphics in the installation folder instead of the Documents folder. I thought your's may have been a similar case.

If you have a problem with the update file, then please post in that forum. It's got nothing to do with this pack, I'm afraid.
MarcekYNWA
8 years ago
5 years ago
278
Great way of showing your appreciation for somebody who's trying to help you

I only ask because of this conversation earlier this week in which a user mentioned that he had been placing his graphics in the installation folder instead of the Documents folder. I thought your's may have been a similar case.

If you have a problem with the update file, then please post in that forum. It's got nothing to do with this pack, I'm afraid.


I did a clean install. Upgrade from you. (From this forum, the presence of which I gave), it faces the MEGAPACK. And still the same. Where do I write this comment? For how to say you are not an admin?
mons
17 years ago
4 minutes ago
85,497
I did a clean install. Upgrade from you. (From this forum, the presence of which I gave), it faces the MEGAPACK. And still the same. Where do I write this comment? For how to say you are not an admin?

I may be a staff member but I mostly take care of this forum (and the real name fix), so I can't really help on any data update issues as I'm not involved in that aspect and I honestly wouldn't know what to do.

A quick search on the forums led me to this thread. Perhaps you can ask there if anybody has had a similar issue and, if yes, perhaps they can tell you how to solve it.
Sir William
13 years ago
1 year ago
142
I think I can explain the Ben Arfa situation, he is a free agent and in your game he is possibly in the French National Team, all french players stop having cut-outs when they're playing for their country (I don't know why, but it's been that way ever since I remember).
mons
17 years ago
4 minutes ago
85,497
I think I can explain the Ben Arfa situation, he is a free agent and in your game he is possibly in the French National Team, all french players stop having cut-outs when they're playing for their country (I don't know why, but it's been that way ever since I remember).

Hmmm, that's a very good spot - I hadn't thought about it. If you download and apply the real name fix, it removes this issue, which is a licensing matter. This fix is save-game compatible.

FAO @MarcekYNWA
MarcekYNWA
8 years ago
5 years ago
278
Hmmm, that's a very good spot - I hadn't thought about it. If you download and apply the real name fix, it removes this issue, which is a licensing matter. This fix is save-game compatible.

FAO @MarcekYNWA


I'll know if anything has changed after installing the fix.
mons
17 years ago
4 minutes ago
85,497
I'll know if anything has changed after installing the fix.

I've moved everything to this thread to keep everything in the right thread
isthatyoujoebob
9 years ago
3 days ago
3
Premium
Hi,

I have downloaded all the update packs however I am unsure as to where to put them ?

Please can anyone help?

Cheers
mons
17 years ago
4 minutes ago
85,497
Hi,

I have downloaded all the update packs however I am unsure as to where to put them ?

Please can anyone help?

Cheers

Place the images into the main megapack folder. If you are doing it right, you should be prompted to replace/overwrite images; which you say yes to.

You should have one folder and one folder only, with all the images in it, and no sub-folders.
isthatyoujoebob
9 years ago
3 days ago
3
Premium
Place the images into the main megapack folder. If you are doing it right, you should be prompted to replace/overwrite images; which you say yes to.

You should have one folder and one folder only, with all the images in it, and no sub-folders.


Thanks
RafinhaMikinha
10 years ago
4 months ago
5
I've bought a new laptop and after installing FM2016 I wanted to add the logos, kits and faces. I've copy the paste to:

C:\Users\xxxxx\OneDrive\Documentos\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2016\graphics

I´ve always manage to get all the ad-ons to work on my old laptop, but now the faces don't appear, the logos and kits are fine.

Any ideia why is this happening?
mons
17 years ago
4 minutes ago
85,497
I've bought a new laptop and after installing FM2016 I wanted to add the logos, kits and faces. I've copy the paste to:

C:\Users\xxxxx\OneDrive\Documentos\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2016\graphics

I´ve always manage to get all the ad-ons to work on my old laptop, but now the faces don't appear, the logos and kits are fine.

Any ideia why is this happening?

How many images in total do you have in your megapack folder? Which download method did you use? Can you please upload a screenshot of the folder?
RafinhaMikinha
10 years ago
4 months ago
5
I've one folder with 65443 itens and another with 1929 which is an update. I can't remember how I've done the download, I've done it when the game was released.

In the screenshot the folders are out of OneDrive, I've relocated but it still doesn't work (now not only the faces but logos and kits too). Previously they were located in OneDrive as I said.

This are the same exact folders I used on my old laptop, and the same location.
mons
17 years ago
4 minutes ago
85,497
I've one folder with 65443 itens and another with 1929 which is an update. I can't remember how I've done the download, I've done it when the game was released.

In the screenshot the folders are out of OneDrive, I've relocated but it still doesn't work (now not only the faces but logos and kits too). Previously they were located in OneDrive as I said.

This are the same exact folders I used on my old laptop, and the same location.

Bit in bold is what's wrong. Whichever download method you used, you should have substantially more than that. If you just downloaded the 8.0 torrent, then you should have well over 160,000 images.

Additionally, you should place the contents of update packs within the megapack folder. If you do it right, you should be prompted to confirm the overwriting of x amount of images - to which you say yes/OK. Basically, you need to have one folder and one folder only with all the images in it.

Looks like you'll have to re-download the torrent file, I'm afraid...
RafinhaMikinha
10 years ago
4 months ago
5
Bit in bold is what's wrong. Whichever download method you used, you should have substantially more than that. If you just downloaded the 8.0 torrent, then you should have well over 160,000 images.

Additionally, you should place the contents of update packs within the megapack folder. If you do it right, you should be prompted to confirm the overwriting of x amount of images - to which you say yes/OK. Basically, you need to have one folder and one folder only with all the images in it.

Looks like you'll have to re-download the torrent file, I'm afraid...


Ok, I'll see if that works.

Thanks for the help.
Tomaz Ordovic
7 years ago
5 years ago
2
Hi, I need some help.

I've downloaded part 1 of the cut-out faces megapack, but now can't access the links to all the other parts, only the updates. Where can I find the links again? Have I missed something obvious?

Thanks.
Svila
12 years ago
7 years ago
3
Same issue here. Please put back links to full cut-out megapack.
xCOLLZYx
11 years ago
7 months ago
1
Premium
Aha literally came here to see if it was just me or anyone else was experiencing it, there isn't the option to download the full-cut out pack.
mons
17 years ago
4 minutes ago
85,497
There was a bit of a problem behind the scenes with the upload of the latest pack and we're working to resolve it. While we do, some of the download link options may be down for a brief period so that they can be fixed. Should be fine soon
Svila
12 years ago
7 years ago
3
Well, I downloaded parts 1-8 and I hope I will not have to download them again
mons
17 years ago
4 minutes ago
85,497
I'm not really in charge of things from the technical standpoint, but I don't believe it will be necessary. Just bear with us for a short while
Pantoflas
7 years ago
7 years ago
4
Where can i find the link for the Cut Out Player Faces Megapack Complete Pack?
Thanks in advance!

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