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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DadInk
Where torrent link?
it was a couple month ago
HELP
mons
Have a look at the first post of this thread to see where you can download the torrent from. You also need to download 9.01 and 9.02 to be fully up-to-date
DadInk
thx
Sune Sutton
I've tried downloading the facepack four times now, but every time it finishes downloading, it says; "Failed - network error".
What shall I do?
Best regards Sune
mons
In the location in which your downloads are saved, is there a temporary file saved nonetheless?
hjs
Something went wrong while i was extracting the Megapack.
Any solutions ?
mons
The file did not download fully. You only have 57000+ images whereas the full megapack is for 178000+.
You'll have to try and download it again, I'm afraid.
hjs
kemzo
NUFC-OMS
bautie
since putting the new packs on I have started noticing their is a lot more faces that have gone missing? I have a lot of blank faces?
NUFC-OMS
mons
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.
Have you installed the latest pack(s) in (a) separate subfolder(s)? You should have one folder and one folder only with all the images in it. When you apply the pack, you should get a prompt asking you if you want to overwrite x amount of images. If you didn't, then you didn't install it correctly and it will mean that you will only see the images from the latest update pack (i.e. ca. 2,000) rather than the whole pack (i.e. ca. 178,000)...
NUFC-OMS
mons
The update packs are relatively small and they aren't available via torrent, no. Not sure that's what you're asking tbh...
TheStudioMK
I also signed up for another site, wont mention any names, but had the same problem on there too... maybe I am just cursed
NUFC-OMS
I just meant is there torrents for logos kits etc but its ok i think ive got everything now cheers mate
mons
Hiya there. Can you give me screenshots of the file(s) you have downloaded and the location(s) they're in? I'm sure it's nothing which can't be rectified
There is one for logos but not for kits, I don't think.
AR24654
mons
Looks like you'll have to re-download it from scratch, I'm afraid...
AR24654
Sure thing ill try again.
RaZpnE
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?
bautie
I'm certain I did but if their a quick way to download the full pack again?
mons
Before you go to the bother of doing so (perhaps unnecessarily), how many images do you have in your MP folder? Even better, could you upload a screenshot of it?
Ross Southgate
I downloaded your cut out facepack and have followed all the instructions to the tee and it still won't work???
Please help!!
Ross Southgate
Finding it very strange!
All and any advice welcome
mons
Hi there, I've moved your posts to this thread, which is the dedicated thread for assistance with installation for the cutout faces megapack.
Can I have screenshots of :
* the contents of your megapack folder (displaying the path clearly)
* how the images currently look in-game
* your interface in-game preferences?
Let me know if the above is clear, happy to elaborate further if necessary...
Ross Southgate
Appreciate your help. I'm struggling to supply you with what you requested. Can't find the folder my screens hits are stored! As you can see I'm not gods gift to computing.
The plot thickens however as I have now noticed that some of the faces have loaded but not all of them. I'm playing a save with Liverpool. All my staff have their faces but none of my playears.....it's like that for almost all he teams actually. Strangely Grujic has his face as well as one of my young signings Kuki.
Clearly it's working just not in totality.
Any advice??
Ross Southgate
Hi Mons.
Appreciate your help. I'm struggling to supply you with what you requested. Can't find the folder my screens hits are stored! As you can see I'm not gods gift to computing.
The plot thickens however as I have now noticed that some of the faces have loaded but not all of them. I'm playing a save with Liverpool. All my staff have their faces but none of my playears.....it's like that for almost all he teams actually. Strangely Grujic has his face as well as one of my young signings Kuki.
Clearly it's working just not in totality.
Any advice??