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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ajo250392
same thing with the logos megapack
never happened on FM 2016
not sure what the issue is, any help will be appreciated
cheers
zeppi7
b13v3r
Im having the same question?
where placing this? what will bring this in my game?
anyway, thx 4 making oce again my game brilliant!
mons
Sorry mate, I completely forgot to answer you.
This is what it refers to...
mons
Can you try on another browser?
Nycklick
Chrome, the most updated version, Windows 10 with Anniversary Update, it just says in the Chrome "network error", yeah in the end, I get 100 % but it doesn't finish just stucks and shows an error
mons
I'll leave it to Rob to answer as he's more technical than me, but can I ask if there is some sort of temporary file left over in the download location? Named as unconfirmed_download or something of the sort? If so, you maybe be able to rename it and add a .rar extension, and thus make the file "appear".
Footygamer
So you have the file and can open it? Sorry i'm confused by the "have 100%" thing.
BlackS0ull
Sorry if I wasn't able to find my answer to the next question but....
If I downloaded the Megapack torrent version, is in fact the version 9.0 so I don't need to download other things? Am I right?
Thanks!
LATER EDIT:
I saw the response.
It contains everything in the last pack 9.0 torrent version.
mons
Nycklick
Well, I'm downloading cut-out megapack. It's going fine until it says 8,3 GB / 8,3 GB (which is 100 %). Just before it's finished it stucks and then couple of seconds after that it shows that error. So I downloaded three times and every time the exact same thing happened.
ad Mons: there is only during the process of downloading, when it shows the error it disappears
Footygamer
Okay I understand a bit better now. Nobody else has reported this issue so i'm guessing it must somehow be related to you setup.
Have you tried downloading any of the other megapacks, such as the metallic logos, do they end okay?
Do you definitely have enough space on your system?
Try in Chrome Incognito Mode, if it works in that, then it will be one of your extensions which is causing the problem.
Nycklick
ajo250392 reported the same issue.
I tried Metallic Logos but it seems they are not working at all, couple of other users experienced the same issue (download doesn't even begin). I have over 400 GB of free space, so I'm gonna try incognito mode. Thanks
EDIT: Metallic Logos downlading, let you know about the ending.
Footygamer
What do you mean "Metallic Logos" is not working at all? You mean the same problem happens, or it's literally not working at all doesn't even start?
Can you please try to avoid being vague and be as detailed as possible, it's very difficult to investigate these issues when the information is vague
Nycklick
Well, Metallic Logos got downloaded great. No problems at all. I downloaded with Incognito Mode. Therefore my issue is gone because I used torrent for cut-out
Footygamer
Okay that's good, but can I just clarify some things so I can help anyone else who has the same problem.
The metallic logos failed on chrome normal, but worked on incognito?
Are you able to list all the extensions you have installed? You should be able to see them all by clicking here: List Chrome Extensions
Nycklick
I tried to download M. Logos on normal Chrome and it showed me (in browser after clicking on download) some kind of error message which I don't remember, unfortunately. In Incognito it worked perfect.
I'm using Adblock, Buffer, Checker plus for Gmail, Todoist.
If I encounter some more problems (for example when downloading updates), I'll let you know.
seanykav
I have extracted them into the graphics folder and unticked 'using cache' but still no luck.
Any ideas?
All the badges are working, most of the kits but the spanish ones i have downloaded still are not appearing either.
thanks
mons
How many images in total do you have? You probably need to have the whole pack for the images to appear. For a quicker download, I recommend you download the megapack through torrent
seanykav
sirfrosinone
zeppi7
Same on grome. Network error
mons
Following from @Rob's advice above, can both of you try downloading it with Google Chrome in incognito mode?
sirfrosinone
mons
Yes, please try that, as it appears that there may be some extensions installed on your regular browser which are somehow hindering the download for completing.
zeppi7
Still no joy in that mode
Footygamer
Very strange. I've tested it repeatedly without issue. Please answer the following questions.
What operating system are you using? E.g. mac/windows
What browser are you using e.g: chrome/Firefox/opera
Does it always stop on the same file size, if so what is the exact size in bytes?
In your downloads you should see something like files1.sortitoutsi. net?key=12345 what does it say?
sirfrosinone
sirfrosinone
WutangFM
have added this great megapack into FM17, but is there anyway I can use the new images from the game? They have been replaced by older pictures from the pack?
thanks