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.
- 482,917
- 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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Swedie
Great work from all involved!
bakizp
There is a trick to download at full speed from uploaded.net
Go HERE and paste the uploaded.net link into the box there.No more 50 kb/s
Do note that there are times during the day when site is offline for downloading.You can check it on the homepage list before trying.At 00:00h it's always online.
And there is a limit of 800 Mb per day.
NUFC-OMS
mons
Do you still have a temporary file saved in your downloads folder? If yes, can you post a screenshot of it? Maybe just changing the extension manually to .rar will be enough, but I'd like to have a look first to confirm...
NUFC-OMS
I'm downloading it again first mate see how it gets on fingers crossed thanks!
The temp file is in the Chrome downloads where it says server failure I cant find the file in my file explorer downloads as succh if that makes sense???
mons
Can you try and click the arrow beside the Chrome download bar down at the bottom and select the show in folder option? Does that work? If yes, what is displayed?
NUFC-OMS
Right mons if I open the downloads folder from Chrome there is no sign of it. Ive downloaded it twice:
If I right click on them it just says reload, print etc if I click on it it just redirects me to the download page off SI. There is no option to show in folder as you can see mate :-S
mons
Hmm, that's strange. Do you know where you downloads go by default? e.g. Documents, Desktop, Downloads? Can you check in there if there's anything which could conceivably be one of the files?
NUFC-OMS
Yeah I've already checked in File manager>Downloads and neither of those two zip files are there. I actually watched both downloads reach 8.4 GB then those errors came up
mons
Sorry to appear pedantic, but where is File manager>Downloads? Do you mean the folder in the attached image?
To be sure you're looking in the right folder, go to this page and click any of the download completed request buttons as a test. Once you do, you should get a window showing you the path it is to be saved in. Navigate to that section manually and see if there's anything around that size in there at the date and time when you downloaded them. I'm finding it very strange to understand how you downloaded a file that big but have nothing to show for it. Usually, even if the file was only partially completed, there is still a partial file left of some sort
NUFC-OMS
Mate thats what I'm trying to say they're nowhere to be seen!!!
mons
If the download was interrupted, then they could be renamed as UNFINISHED_DOWNLOAD or something of the like, but it looks unlikely.
As an alternative, can you scroll to the bottom of this page 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 any subsequent update packs separately
Riordave1875
Downloaded a few things after the first time to make sure it wasn't me but everything else went through just fine.
Sometimes it'll show network error. Other times it'll just stop and stay like the image above
mons
@Rob , sorry to bother - but not sure if this is an issue you are aware of or if it's something somehow rectifiable from the user's side?
Footygamer
Do you have any extensions that help you manage the download that may be interfering?
I can't tell from your screenshot what browser you're using, can you tell me your operating system and browser?
thebambambam
mons
To be fully up-to-date, you should download update packs 8.03-8.09 and update packs 9.0-9.02, and apply them chronologically. You can also download the torrent file for the full 9.0 pack then download the 9.01 and 9.02 update packs.
Hope this helps
Riordave1875
Using Google Chrome on Windows 7. Only extensions I have running are Adblock, BetterTTV (Twitch addon) and Google Docs.
But like I said earlier, all other downloads go through fine for me without issue. I was even able to download the 9.01 update to the cut-out megapack but for whatever reason 9.02 gets to like 110-120 of 133 and just stops
mons
Can you try downloading it in incognito mode?
Footygamer
I know it sounds stupid but are you 100% sure you have enough space and aren't running really low?
Riordave1875
Positive. Had much more files than I currently have with no issues
Riordave1875
NUFC-OMS
Can I just transfer FM16's facepacks over to 17? I dont have a torrent I use atm and it will probably take longer than a Zip file to download. On my system info it says 'Installed RAM 6.00GB (5.88 GB usable)' if that makes any difference ???
mons
Last resort: did you try downloading it in incognito mode? Not sure adblock has anything to do with that error message tbh.
Yes you can transfer FM16's facepack over, but to be up-to-date it's best to have all the images. Given that the regular download isn't working for you, it may be more practical to use the torrent - it really doesn't take that long.
thebambambam
thanks mons for the answer, sorry for being a noob, but where can i find the torrent file for the 9.0 pack? Because I can only find the browser download link on the donwload page.
mons
At the bottom of this page until you come to the torrent tabs and download the 9.0 version.
slickloff
Harrison Spence
mons
If you want to download the whole icons pack, you need to download the 9.0 update pack. Alongside the new and improved images in the "regular" update pack, this file contains the entirety of the 9.0 icons megapack.
Each subsequent update pack will include the icons update pack and the main update pack within the same file for ease of access.
sirfrosinone