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
Thank you for the tip and I actually already have everything else set up from the license fix to the logopacks and brighter footballs.

Only thing I've been waiting for years is multiple monitor support. I cant believe why it has been added yet because a game like FM will benefit immensely from it. Unless it now is supported and I'm missing something.
Thinking about switching to a 21:9 monitor to at least be able to have more information screens open in FM.

I'd love to help but I haven't the slightest idea how to do something like that
Zeo
11 years ago
1 year ago
12
I'd love to help but I haven't the slightest idea how to do something like that


No worries, I wish I knew enough to build something myself but unfortunately I don't.
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
I'm sorry for my english. I wanted to ask if you can give me or tell me where and how I have to put the downloaded files in premium mod face megapack

You can either follow the instructions included in the readme file, or watch the helpful video guide on this page.

If you still have issues, feel free to post them here and we'll try to give you a hand.
vincenzo88
7 years ago
2 years ago
12
You can either follow the instructions included in the readme file, or watch the helpful video guide on this page.

If you still have issues, feel free to post them here and we'll try to give you a hand.

ok then just end up downloading the file open and inside there is the explanation of how to do?

vincenzo88
7 years ago
2 years ago
12
Then I wanted to know if it exists in your site a database that adds the lower divisions of Italian championships. as excellence derie d etc ... because I have not found
Noobmaster69
11 years ago
2 months ago
13
Hey guys.
Everytime I try to extract the parts it says "CRC failed" What does that mean? Thx in advanced
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
Hey guys.
Everytime I try to extract the parts it says "CRC failed" What does that mean? Thx in advanced

1.open rar using winrar.
2.go to tools ,repair archieve.
3.select "treat corrupt file archive as rar "
4.click ok.
5.repairing starts and close and new rar file is recovered and its name is repair.file.rar.


It could well be that one or more of the files you downloaded got corrupted at some stage of the download, for example.
vincenzo88
7 years ago
2 years ago
12
I downloaded Player Cut Out Faces Megapack but does not stop the download and there a problem?
Noobmaster69
11 years ago
2 months ago
13
I'm using UnrarX for Mac. So a guide to do it for that?
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
I'm using UnrarX for Mac. So a guide to do it for that?

I use a PC, so wouldn't have an idea. Trying downloading winrar for Mac, or look for an online guide to get a better idea of what to do...
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
I downloaded Player Cut Out Faces Megapack but does not stop the download and there a problem?

Amico, e meglio che scrivi in Italiano perche non fai molto senso in Inglese...
Zeo
11 years ago
1 year ago
12
Hi Mons, I know this might be not the right place here. But just a quick Q because I'm wondering if more people have the same issue.

When creating the manager profile I used my own pic to generate a face on the 3d manager model and it looked quite good to be honest. Now i've started my game and when i go to my manager profile I just see a completely different and generic face there.

Have you had an issue like this?

I'm thinking about just putting a nice cut out profile pic in there as I've always done, but I actually was liking the way the 3d model was created.
Zeo
11 years ago
1 year ago
12
I'm using UnrarX for Mac. So a guide to do it for that?


Probably you have the same issue I had where the files were corrupt. Mons advised me to download it via torrent using this link and it did the trick. Perfect file.

I suggest you download the torrent file which contains the whole 9.0 megapack. To find it, 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 separately as a single file download.
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
Hi Mons, I know this might be not the right place here. But just a quick Q because I'm wondering if more people have the same issue.

When creating the manager profile I used my own pic to generate a face on the 3d manager model and it looked quite good to be honest. Now i've started my game and when i go to my manager profile I just see a completely different and generic face there.

Have you had an issue like this?

I'm thinking about just putting a nice cut out profile pic in there as I've always done, but I actually was liking the way the 3d model was created.

It's a known bug, I'm afraid. Hopefully SI sort it out soon...
vincenzo88
7 years ago
2 years ago
12
Amico, e meglio che scrivi in Italiano perche non fai molto senso in Inglese...

ok allora stavo scaricando il mega pack delle facce di fm 2017 però arriva a un certo punto e si blocca il download. volevo sapere se e un problema
Zeo
11 years ago
1 year ago
12
It's a known bug, I'm afraid. Hopefully SI sort it out soon...


Thanks for your help again. I hope they fix it soon.
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
ok allora stavo scaricando il mega pack delle facce di fm 2017 però arriva a un certo punto e si blocca il download. volevo sapere se e un problema

Non ne sono a conoscenza di una problema simile.

Pero, il file da scaricare e un puo grande e puo succedere che la connezione del internet si interrompe parzialmente, e cosi si fermo.

Suggerisco allora che provi a scaricare il megapack con torrent. Se hai problemi a trovare il link per scaricarlo via torrent, scorrere sul fondo di questa pagina fino ad arrivare alla scheda torrent e di la scaricare la versione 9.0. Per essere pienamente aggiornato, si dovrebbe anche scaricare eventuali pacchetti di aggiornamento successive.

Per favore, se rispondi a questo post fallo con quote, e non reply, perche cosi mi si viene uno notificazione e ti posso rispondere piu rapidamente...
vincenzo88
7 years ago
2 years ago
12
quali file devo inserire per far funzionare il pack? solo face e iconface o anche altre?
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
quali file devo inserire per far funzionare il pack? solo face e iconface o anche altre?

Quelli dovrebbe essere abbastanza
vincenzo88
7 years ago
2 years ago
12
Quelli dovrebbe essere abbastanza

allora ho scaricato il mega pack per le facce e lo inserito nella cartella player che sta dentro quella della crafica ma le facce non sono state aggiunte. io ho scaricato il file zip che si chiama: sortitotsi_cutout_megapack_9.00_canges. e esatto ? aspetto risposta il file e grande 321.516KB
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
allora ho scaricato il mega pack per le facce e lo inserito nella cartella player che sta dentro quella della crafica ma le facce non sono state aggiunte. io ho scaricato il file zip che si chiama: sortitotsi_cutout_megapack_9.00_canges. e esatto ? aspetto risposta

Credo che ai scaricato il file sbagliato. Quanto e grande? Dovrebbe essere allincirca 8.3GB.
vincenzo88
7 years ago
2 years ago
12
Credo che ai scaricato il file sbagliato. Quanto e grande? Dovrebbe essere allincirca 8.3GB.

quello quando finisce di scaricare mi da errore e non trovo quello che mi ha detto di torrent. potrebbe darmi il link diretto per il download per quello di torrent
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
quello quando finisce di scaricare mi da errore e non trovo quello che mi ha detto di torrent. potrebbe darmi il link diretto per il download per quello di torrent

Te li ho gia dati qua
vincenzo88
7 years ago
2 years ago
12

si sono andato però non trovo il modo per andare a scaricarlo su torrent sotto alla pagina non ci sta scritto...
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
Hai premuto sul pulsante torrent, come nella figura annessa?

vincenzo88
7 years ago
2 years ago
12
Hai premuto sul pulsante torrent, come nella figura annessa?
si adesso ho fatto come da screen però
come scarico mi scarica un file bianco che non si apre come provo a aprirlo mi dice scegli il metodo come aprire il file cosa devo fare? scusami ma non riesco proprio
vincenzo88
7 years ago
2 years ago
12
Hai premuto sul pulsante torrent, come nella figura annessa?

cosa devo fare aprire il file megapack poi aprirlo con utorrent? e scaricarlo?
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
si adesso ho fatto come da screen però
come scarico mi scarica un file bianco che non si apre come provo a aprirlo mi dice scegli il metodo come aprire il file cosa devo fare? scusami ma non riesco proprio


cosa devo fare aprire il file megapack poi aprirlo con utorrent? e scaricarlo?

Se ti capisco bene, si. Se possibile, prego usare la punteggiatura nella tua scritta, perche non sono sicuro che ti sto capendo.

Qua c'abbiamo una sezzione per aiutare la gente riguardante il megapack delle faccine. Forse e meglio se usi Google Translate, forsi riesci a capire che cosa si deve fare.
Dan Arlow
10 years ago
6 years ago
2
HI guys, bit of a query.

Ive had the 7.0 MP over the last 2 iterations of the game and its suited me fine (as a long save player I normally end up with regens faces before to long anyway). Anyway, I thought Id get the facepacks up to date as there are some players coming through now who didnt have faces before (Donnarumma being the one who tipped me over the edge).

I play in the ITA structure, specifically doing the San Marino Challenge. Before I started I had the faces of most of the players in my squad and throughout the division, but since I updated the MP I have lost a significant number of player faces.

I started by going through and sequentially installing the updated MPs (7.01-9.01) and this caused me to lose the faces I had already but gained some who I didnt have. I then downloaded the full MP, deleted all player faces I had and re-installed the new full MP. I am still left without the majority of my squad Including all of the player faces from the SM national side. Is there any reason for this? Also is there anyway to restore the faces I had originally?

Thanks in advance for any answers and I hope this makes sense because Im a few pints deep whilst writing


EDIT: Looking a little deeper it would appear that I have lost all of the faces of players who are included in the base game. How would I go about retrieving those?
mons
17 years ago
8 hours ago
86,000
HI guys, bit of a query.

Ive had the 7.0 MP over the last 2 iterations of the game and its suited me fine (as a long save player I normally end up with regens faces before to long anyway). Anyway, I thought Id get the facepacks up to date as there are some players coming through now who didnt have faces before (Donnarumma being the one who tipped me over the edge).

I play in the ITA structure, specifically doing the San Marino Challenge. Before I started I had the faces of most of the players in my squad and throughout the division, but since I updated the MP I have lost a significant number of player faces.

I started by going through and sequentially installing the updated MPs (7.01-9.01) and this caused me to lose the faces I had already but gained some who I didnt have. I then downloaded the full MP, deleted all player faces I had and re-installed the new full MP. I am still left without the majority of my squad Including all of the player faces from the SM national side. Is there any reason for this? Also is there anyway to restore the faces I had originally?

Thanks in advance for any answers and I hope this makes sense because Im a few pints deep whilst writing


EDIT: Looking a little deeper it would appear that I have lost all of the faces of players who are included in the base game. How would I go about retrieving those?

Can you please check and tell us how many images you have in your MP folder? P.S. You need to have one folder and one folder only, i.e. no sub-folders for each update pack.

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