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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  • 2024.07 - Released on 15 Apr 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
8 hours ago
86,000
Hey guys how can I change the user data folder, I didn't see it in this year version


im not a pc wizard, so can anybody give some advice.
i have new laptop with 128 ssd memory + 1tb hd memory: i ve installed fm on the ssd so it runs quicker.

now i downloaded the facepack. Can i put it on the 1tb HD drive? (because my ssd is rather small) Or is that not smart?
how do i link this to my game, because my sports interactce folder, where to put the "graphics folder", was put automatically on my ssd drive while installing fm?

Both of you should watch this video on how to change your user data folder. I do the same on my system and it all works perfectly fine. Although the steps are for FM16, they still work for FM17.



Tnx mates! Great job as always. There is a problem at iconfaces no. 68. It is the only picture that doesn't open. If you could publish iconface 68, it would be perfect! Thank you!

I'll try and upload it for you when I'm home later.
Spybus09
15 years ago
21 hours ago
61
Tnx in advance!
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000

Actually, there seems to be a problem with that particular icon also at my end. I've amended the main cut for 9.01, which will be released this week, so hopefully the iconface will be amended accordingly when it's created
Davke1904
10 years ago
2 days ago
185
Hi guys,

If you download this facepack for fm17 tru Torrent , do you have everything in this file?
or should you download all the other packs tru deposit files or upload net
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
Hi guys,

If you download this facepack for fm17 tru Torrent , do you have everything in this file?
or should you download all the other packs tru deposit files or upload net

The 9.0 torrent file will be enough.
Davke1904
10 years ago
2 days ago
185
Hi mons,

al the downloads you can download under fm2017 essentials will they work
for the normal game not the beta version or other versions! Just the buyed version
when it comes out!
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
Hi mons,

al the downloads you can download under fm2017 essentials will they work
for the normal game not the beta version or other versions! Just the buyed version
when it comes out!

Not sure what you're asking. Pretty much all graphic downloads will work from one version of the game to another
Davke1904
10 years ago
2 days ago
185
Ok thx for your respons!
erswrwer555
7 years ago
7 years ago
3
hi , i'm from turkey i was download cut out face but , i was delete config i need to cut out config please send me config [email protected]
Baja
14 years ago
3 weeks ago
35,837
hi , i'm from turkey i was download cut out face but , i was delete config i need to cut out config please send me config [email protected]

Download this program and make it
redmanftw
10 years ago
7 years ago
14
at faces folder i must put both the folder face and the iconfaces?
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
at faces folder i must put both the folder face and the iconfaces?

McG84
8 years ago
3 hours ago
2,573
Premium
Hello,

Anyone help in terms of updating the packs. I've downloaded the megapack but the latest updates aren't showing. When I download the latest facepacks, do I just copy the pics or do I need to include the config.xml icon as well into the megapack folder.

Anyone who can help please do so, this is doing my head in
1ronaldo
16 years ago
3 years ago
11
Hi, I'm downloading this for FM17.

I want to add the cut out faces but don't feel I need 8GB worth of photos. Which parts 1-20 will cover the main leagues and players e.g. England Prem-L2, Champions League, Spain, Germany, France, Italy?

Thanks
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
Hello,

Anyone help in terms of updating the packs. I've downloaded the megapack but the latest updates aren't showing. When I download the latest facepacks, do I just copy the pics or do I need to include the config.xml icon as well into the megapack folder.

Anyone who can help please do so, this is doing my head in

Just move all the CONTENTS of the update pack folder into the main faces folder.

From here: https://s16.postimg.org/aamo5jv8l/update_pack_1.png

Into here: https://s16.postimg.org/rcfi7na3p/update_pack_2.png

If you do it right, it should prompt you to merge and overwrite. Say yes, and you'll be done
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
Hi, I'm downloading this for FM17.

I want to add the cut out faces but don't feel I need 8GB worth of photos. Which parts 1-20 will cover the main leagues and players e.g. England Prem-L2, Champions League, Spain, Germany, France, Italy?

Thanks

I'm afraid it doesn't work like that, it's all or nothing. There's no way of automatically selecting images by league and/or division, or anything really. Just think of the admin involved in sorting them manually and keeping tabs on transfers, staff movements etc.
McG84
8 years ago
3 hours ago
2,573
Premium
It has prompted me to merge and overwitre, but I am still missing players like Dembele and Mor and Pullsic at Dortmund and Isak at AIK. The new pic of Messi works fine the one he's sporting a beard.

Seems the issue is with the wonderkids that don't seem to be showing.

I can locate the pics of those players in my faces file plus they're all in the config ID page.

Latest - Got them all working apart from Pullisic his pic is blurry for some reason
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
It has prompted me to merge and overwitre, but I am still missing players like Dembele and Mor and Pullsic at Dortmund and Isak at AIK. The new pic of Messi works fine the one he's sporting a beard.

Seems the issue is with the wonderkids that don't seem to be showing.

I can locate the pics of those players in my faces file plus they're all in the config ID page.

Latest - Got them all working apart from Pullisic his pic is blurry for some reason

How many images in total do you have in your megapack folder, out of curiosity?
McG84
8 years ago
3 hours ago
2,573
Premium
I have 176,555 in my megapack, is roughly the amount I should have?
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
I have 176,555 in my megapack, is roughly the amount I should have?

It should 177,000 but the difference is not that important. I thought it may have been the case that you downloaded a partial version of the megapack.

I'm not sure how you managed to get an icon version of Pulisic instead of the main cut. Just save the 8.06 cut from here instead of it, and you'll be fine
McG84
8 years ago
3 hours ago
2,573
Premium
It should 177,000 but the difference is not that important. I thought it may have been the case that you downloaded a partial version of the megapack.

I'm not sure how you managed to get an icon version of Pulisic instead of the main cut. Just save the 8.06 cut from here instead of it, and you'll be fine


Cheers mons for that

In terms of the media files, are they more or less good to go now?

Also the FM2017 database, should that be up and running in the next few weeks?

Thanks once again for your assistance
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
Cheers mons for that

In terms of the media files, are they more or less good to go now?

Also the FM2017 database, should that be up and running in the next few weeks?

Thanks once again for your assistance

The real names fix is available and ready to go. As for the FM17 database, we hope to have it online in the next few weeks, yeah.
SamNicholls2000
7 years ago
4 years ago
4
I downloaded the cutout facepack on mac, I followed all the installation steps, yet this did not work at all. The logo and licensing packs worked fine, but the facepack did not. Any advice?
redsinthroneroom
12 years ago
3 months ago
10
What panels are you guys using for large pics? I had the massive pics in 16 working, copied everything over including the panels folder and the pics, logos, kits etc are working fine, but the profile images are small.
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
What panels are you guys using for large pics? I had the massive pics in 16 working, copied everything over including the panels folder and the pics, logos, kits etc are working fine, but the profile images are small.

Give it time for some kind-hearted skinner to release a modified panel to enable larger faces
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
I downloaded the cutout facepack on mac, I followed all the installation steps, yet this did not work at all. The logo and licensing packs worked fine, but the facepack did not. Any advice?

How many images do you have in total in your megapack folder? Do you also have a config.xml file in there?

What is displayed in-game: Is it a blank space or is it the default black cut?
wixta79
15 years ago
1 month ago
15
Premium
Can you try taking it out of the graphics folder for the time being and loading the game without the folder?


yes this works but why can't i use the graphics then? if i'm mid game i can put them in fine, but next time i load the game up it gets stuck
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
yes this works but why can't i use the graphics then? if i'm mid game i can put them in fine, but next time i load the game up it gets stuck

Without the graphics it still loads, right?

Load the game without graphics and enter the preferences. Make sure that the use skin cache button is ticked and reload the skin. Quit the game then place the graphics folder in the right place. Open the game again. Does it still get stuck now?

Out of curiosity, how long are you waiting for the game to load? Also, can you give me a screenshot of the exact place (displaying the path clearly) where you are placing the graphics?
SamNicholls2000
7 years ago
4 years ago
4
How many images do you have in total in your megapack folder? Do you also have a config.xml file in there?

What is displayed in-game: Is it a blank space or is it the default black cut?



I don't have a config.xml file, only a visit sortitout link and 78,687 files are in the folder, the whole facepack was downloaded though
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
I don't have a config.xml file, only a visit sortitout link and 78,687 files are in the folder, the whole facepack was downloaded though

I'm afraid you don't have the full megapack as you're missing just under 100,000 images. Looks like you'll have to re-download it.

Which download method did you use to download the file and what was the total final file size?

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