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 475,000 player faces to spice up your copy of Football Manager.
- 480,827
- 2025.00 - Released on 29 Oct 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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MisterStubbs_
mons
The file was created using winrar and so I always suggest using it to extract the images. I've never had that issue, I'm afraid.
Are you sure it's 166,873 and not 176,873? Not all English players are in the megapack, you know
Not exactly. Can I see inside your sortitoutsi/faces folder?
mons
Yep. If you do it right, you should get a prompt to overwrite x amount of files; say yes. If you don't get it, then you've probably installed it wrongly.
bucket_legend
I've got 174,189 inc Icon Pics. No thats fair enough, just they'r some the players people rave about managing lower div clubs thats all.
Henry Finnis
I am downloaded the 9.02 megapack and the folder has the pictures in it. I put it in the correct location ie. SI - FM17 - graphics.
I load up the game and do the whole process of preferences - clear cache - reload - and so on. (Tried multiple different sequences)
However still no player faces are being showed and I have no idea why. No config file was downloaded so I tried creating one as it was demonstrated in the 1st page of this thread but still no luck.
Any suggestions?
mons
Hi there,
Which download method did you use to download the megapack? How large was the ensuing file and how many images were contained therein?
Can I have a screenshot of the location where the images are located? Please make sure the address bar/path are clearly visible.
You really should have a config file included in the download, whichever version or method of the pack you used. It's a bit strange that yours' didn't.
Henry Finnis
Hi Mons, thanks for replying.
I torrented the megapack. I did this on my family PC then transferable the files onto my macbook via a external hardrive. You dont think something got mixed up here? Though I did this exact same thing with the megapack 4 a couple of years ago and that ended up working on my macbook.
Not too sure what to do with the config file I created, using the app I downloaded I places the whole sortitoutsi folder into the app to have a config file created. But maybe I was only meant to place the just faces folder into the app?
Attached is the location pathway
Henry Finnis
I took the config file out of the megaback 4 folder I used to use and copied it into the folder of the new megapack and it worked! However I only have some of the faces. The megapack 9 which I recently downloaded only has 65,000 off photos in it so I must be missing some?
I now remember as I was transferring the files onto the my external harddrive I got notifications that some files weren't transferring across properly (I cant remember the exact text it gave me sorry). The file I downloaded is 8.26 GB so I am guessing that is the complete file so I think the problem lies in that not all the files got transferred across with a mixture of no config file being downloaded or transferred.
I might now go try transfer the files again and see what the exact problem is and get back to you.
Sorry for the mess.
mons
I think the section in bold is basically it. From the screenshot you uploaded, it's clear there's a number of missing images. For example UID 6 has an image in the megapack, as does 8 etc. Plus, if you have 65,000 images, then you're missing over 100,000 images since the megapack head count is over 178,000.
When you transferred the files over from your family PC to your external HD, do you mean you transferred the extracted megapack folder or the rar file that you torrented?
LFC47
mons
I've moved your post to here
I'm afraid that due to the nature of the facepacks, it's not possible to have league-specific packs since each image would have to be manually selected and saved by us, and subsequently updated with transfers, loans, retirements, staff movements etc etc, which is frankly impossible to keep up with.
Downloading the whole megapack does not slow down your game and it is really easy to keep up-to-date with all the new and improved images by downloading the monthly update packs
YenooR
Not exactly. Can I see inside your sortitoutsi/faces folder?
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andy alves
Like messi, it shown the old facepacks, but not the new one.
Like manchester city, some face shown, but some dont. As i checked the config and face already true. But it just wont shown.
Please help me.
mons
I don't believe there is a one-click download available for Sao Paulo. However, this page contains all the cutouts of the squad currently in the database. You can save them manually and then generate a config file by using the method outlined here.
FM08 had a limit of 50,000 images per config. Anything above that limit would not be read by the game. The way around this is to manually split the megapack into packs of less than that amount and generate a config file for each folder by using the method outlined here.
chokosc
mons
Yes, there is a torrent. Check the opening post for help on how to find it
chokosc
Thanks! Was used to it being in the downloads
LucasFMujica
mons
Yes, read the first paragraphs of this thread for instructions on how to find it
halotzi
Do you have torrenet file for ver 9.0?
I couldnt find it on the cut-out megapack download page
Nevermind i found it! thanks for great pack!
Do you know if there is logos torrenet file? like Metallic Logos Megapack?
hipunkcat
I had to wipe my pc this last week and when i transferred over my old files i lost the config files for faces and iconfaces for some reason. Can someone direct me to where to find both files fr the large megapack of cut it outs? Thanks!
mons
There's one here
If you download the 9.02 update pack, then you will get the latest config file for both the main pack and the icons
hh21
mons
I have no idea which version of the megapack you have, so I suggest that you create one yourself using fmXML which will do it automatically for you pretty much instantly. There's an instruction video here) to show you how to do it, but it's really very easy
Joern III
sorry for my english. i download the new megapack but can´t open it with the unarchiver. can't also
install the stuffit expander 2010. i have done what i can but i have no chance to get the megafacepac
is here someone how can write me how i can download and install the pack with iMac ?
thanks for help
mons
Try using Winrar for Mac
Joern III
thanks, but can´t install win rar. don't know how to do. think i give up.
fm... no fun with mac.
mons
There's different versions of Winrar for different operating systems. If you scroll down that page, there is a link to download the Mac version of Winrar.
I've not installed it on a Mac before, but I don't imagine it to be any more difficult than clicking OK a couple of times. If you can't figure out how to install Winrar, then I'm not sure I can recommend that you to attempt to install this pack, even though the setup steps are relatively straight-forward...