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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SamNicholls2000
I used the link here - https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/style/1/cut-out-player-faces I downloaded the file twice now, the second time the file loaded some player faces, but still missing about 2/3 of the players. I'm just downloading it another time, and the file size is 8.3GB before extraction
LincolnCanary
I'm downloading from the website direct as a premium member, but the download keeps stopping around half way through suggesting some change at the server.
Is this an issue for anyone else?
Thanks,
Pebder88
Thanks.
MrDemus
McG84
Hi Mons
Just noticed that the FM2017 is up now, that was quick.
Seem SI have scored an own goal with the 3d manager's face. Can't see why I can't use one of my own pics like you could do last year.
mons
That is the correct file size so you're fine there. What program are using to extract the images? I recommend winrar.
For both of you:
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?
This file was created through Winrar so downloading Winrar for Mac should work in theory
It's a pity, agreed. Hopefully they'll add that functionality at a later date...
McG84
I see now that the database for is up and running. Will the players at their clubs be showing too?
Cheers
mons
Give it time and it'll be up and running as intended before you know it
McG84
Excellent, you guys have done a grand job :-)
teknotel
baktiislam
mons
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?
Put the faces images from the update pack (not the folder!) into your faces folder. If you do it correctly, you will be prompted to overwrite some files, which you should do.
Same process goes for the iconfaces.
David Forrest
Hi guys, I tried to download the Face Megapack 5 or 6 times, but it always failed around the 1GB point. I've looked through the forums, and it's certainly not a new problem, but I can't find anything like an answer about what to do. I'm sorry if this is a long ago solved issue, but I'm new to this site, so any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
mons
Hi there, it seems it's a very common issue of late, unfortunately. Can you answer the below questions to aid us to pinpoint, and hopefully solve, the issue.
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?
Korbi
mons
There aren't any journalists added to the default database and there aren't any images of journalists in this pack, so it's got nothing to do with FM.
Is this for FM17 please? And do you have any other facepacks installed besides this one?
teknotel
I am using Windows and Chrome.
It stopped first time last night at 292 MB. Because I tried about 20 times in fm2016 with no joy I didn't bother again and tried to download using a file downloading program.
This time it actually worked until the very end. When I checked it in the morning it gave me a error message saying something like there was a change in the remote server.
The file I downloaded says it is 8.28 GB, however I am not sure if it actually is here are some screens of the file and its properties:
https://i.gyazo.com/45e64b7afd800120417c449eb09567ce.png
https://i.gyazo.com/d7aa64364056183c36e5df91615466e3.png
I am up for trying again, but seriously, I cannot understand for the life of me why anyone would try to host a 8GB+ file for http download through your browser.
A torrent is surely the best way of doing this? I mean I can see literally no reason against it, I know you are obviously trying to protect your annual subscription fee and make it have some kind of value which is fine, but if someone really wanted to share your torrent with non paying members they could just make it themselves using the file as easily as sharing a official torrent. No one has bothered to that yet which suggests no one is really that bothered about it.
Personally I was very upset as I only subscribed to access the files and I cant access them because of the delivery method.
Please think about a torrent for your larger packs as this really is frustrating. Thank you.
IamRedorDead
I have logged this with SI and following their guidance when removing the graphics folder and playing with the default graphics folder the kit clash goes away.
Can this be linked to the megapacks????
Korbi
Yeah FM17. I only have the "Essential" Downloads from this site (so Kits, your Facepack and Logos).
The 3D faces of the journalists are not shown, that's what i meant. I'm gonna get a screenshot later and post it here.
mons
Hi there.
First of all, a torrent is already available and has been for many years now
Secondly, having had a look at your screenshots, I think you may not need to do the above. The file you downloaded presently has an extension of .rar.fmdownload. Delete the .fmdownload part from the filename, so that the last part of the filename is .rar
This should allow you to extract the file with Winrar.
Hope this helps and please let me know if the above work for you
This file only adds faces for players and has nothing at all to do with kits, logos or any other graphics whatsoever. I would be extremely surprised if this somehow affects kits, to the extent that I'd put down my mortgage on it. Do you have any kits and/or editor data files installed perchance? Could be caused by them.
Please do and I may be able to assist. However, this file does not add any journalists' faces for a number of reasons, so I doubt it's related to this megapack. But I'm happy to help you maybe solve the issue
gggfunk
mons
Moved your post to here. Read the reply to the post above yours'
Korbi
Only the hair for the journalists
My very weird manager. His hair are not blue and his glasses not pink
teknotel
mons
Can I have a screenshot of the location(s) where you've installed graphical add-ons please?
mons
Have a look at the attached screenshot
David Forrest
Hi,
thanks for your reply.
I'm using Windows 8, Firefox. The file size it stopped on when I was watching was the 292 MB point.
And all I can see written in the downloads is sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_9.01.rar .
I hope that's enough information, please ask if there's anything else you'd like to know.
Looking in the forums, it seems to have been a problem for years. What have people been doing in the past to successfully download such a large file? I've heard about a torrent link, maybe you could send me a link?
Looking forward to your reply.
gggfunk
Thank you so much mate. I should've noticed this before, shame on me
Cheers
mons
Scroll down this screen until you come to the torrent tabs and download the 9.0 version. To be fully up-to-date, you would still have to download the 9.01 update pack.
I disagree that it's been a problem for years, but when downloading such a large file, it's somewhat dependent on the stability of your internet connection and the site servers so it's inevitable that there will be people who have issues downloading it...
MathiasSvenson