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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  • 2024.06 - Released on 17 Mar 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).
DadInk
8 years ago
1 day ago
874
backup my pc , want to download megapack
Where torrent link?
it was a couple month ago
HELP
mons
17 years ago
33 minutes ago
85,496
backup my pc , want to download megapack
Where torrent link?
it was a couple month ago
HELP

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
8 years ago
1 day ago
874
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

thx
Sune Sutton
8 years ago
1 day ago
2
Please help me!
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
17 years ago
33 minutes ago
85,496
Please help me!
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

In the location in which your downloads are saved, is there a temporary file saved nonetheless?
hjs
16 years ago
2 years ago
1,643
Premium
Hey guys,

Something went wrong while i was extracting the Megapack.
Any solutions ?

http://oi64.tinypic.com/34docj7.jpg
mons
17 years ago
33 minutes ago
85,496
Hey guys,

Something went wrong while i was extracting the Megapack.
Any solutions ?

http://oi64.tinypic.com/34docj7.jpg

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
16 years ago
2 years ago
1,643
Premium
ok,hope that it will be done quickly & without errors.
kemzo
11 years ago
3 weeks ago
4
NUFC-OMS
17 years ago
1 day ago
45
Premium
Mons I cant find the Torrent link I'm going to try it on Utorrent now seeing as I still get the "failed -network error" message after its spent hours downloading when I click directly on the zip file???
bautie
12 years ago
5 months ago
50
hi

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
17 years ago
1 day ago
45
Premium
Success!!! The torrent worked a treat is there torrents for the logos kits etc too??? And can you recommend a decent skin too please Mons???
mons
17 years ago
33 minutes ago
85,496
Mons I cant find the Torrent link I'm going to try it on Utorrent now seeing as I still get the "failed -network error" message after its spent hours downloading when I click directly on the zip file???

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.



hi

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?

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
17 years ago
1 day ago
45
Premium
I'll download the updates is there torrents available for all the other addons too mate???
mons
17 years ago
33 minutes ago
85,496
I'll download the updates is there torrents available for all the other addons too mate???

The update packs are relatively small and they aren't available via torrent, no. Not sure that's what you're asking tbh...
TheStudioMK
11 years ago
3 years ago
7
Really hoping someone can help... I been playing FM forever... but I never bother with any of the packs... but really want to add them this time around, I have a pretty good computer (i7 with 32 Gig ram) but... what ever I do I cant seem to get any of the packs to work I have watched the YouTube tutorial and read all the info, but what ever I do it just doesn't work I just don't get it...

I also signed up for another site, wont mention any names, but had the same problem on there too... maybe I am just cursed I have FM17.2 I am taking it that the packs should still work ? Does it matter about any of the other settings such as the 3D options ?

NUFC-OMS
17 years ago
1 day ago
45
Premium
The update packs are relatively small and they aren't available via torrent, no. Not sure that's what you're asking tbh...


I just meant is there torrents for logos kits etc but its ok i think ive got everything now cheers mate
mons
17 years ago
33 minutes ago
85,496
Really hoping someone can help... I been playing FM forever... but I never bother with any of the packs... but really want to add them this time around, I have a pretty good computer (i7 with 32 Gig ram) but... what ever I do I cant seem to get any of the packs to work I have watched the YouTube tutorial and read all the info, but what ever I do it just doesn't work I just don't get it...

I also signed up for another site, wont mention any names, but had the same problem on there too... maybe I am just cursed I have FM17.2 I am taking it that the packs should still work ? Does it matter about any of the other settings such as the 3D options ?

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




I just meant is there torrents for logos kits etc but its ok i think ive got everything now cheers mate

There is one for logos but not for kits, I don't think.
AR24654
9 years ago
1 year ago
3
I had downloaded 1.6 GB of the pack on Google Chrome and then suddenly my download failed after a network error.Is there anything i could do to resolve this problem?
mons
17 years ago
33 minutes ago
85,496
I had downloaded 1.6 GB of the pack on Google Chrome and then suddenly my download failed after a network error.Is there anything i could do to resolve this problem?

Looks like you'll have to re-download it from scratch, I'm afraid...
AR24654
9 years ago
1 year ago
3
Looks like you'll have to re-download it from scratch, I'm afraid...

Sure thing ill try again.
RaZpnE
11 years ago
1 year ago
11
I'm currently trying to download the full pack after subscribing. I keep getting to around 5GB downloaded and I get the message download failed. Then there was error's with the download. I subscribed to here thinking I would solve this problem because I had trouble downloading the torrent and part's. Very frustrating. What am I doing wrong? and any tips to make the download go smoothly with no fails?
mons
17 years ago
33 minutes ago
85,496
I'm currently trying to download the full pack after subscribing. I keep getting to around 5GB downloaded and I get the message download failed. Then there was error's with the download. I subscribed to here thinking I would solve this problem because I had trouble downloading the torrent and part's. Very frustrating. What am I doing wrong? and any tips to make the download go smoothly with no fails?

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
12 years ago
5 months ago
50
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)...


I'm certain I did but if their a quick way to download the full pack again?
mons
17 years ago
33 minutes ago
85,496
I'm certain I did but if their a quick way to download the full pack again?

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
7 years ago
1 month ago
18
Hi Guys,

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
7 years ago
1 month ago
18
My kit and logo packs work perfectly!

Finding it very strange!

All and any advice welcome
mons
17 years ago
33 minutes ago
85,496
Hi Guys,

I downloaded your cut out facepack and have followed all the instructions to the tee and it still won't work???

Please help!!

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
7 years ago
1 month ago
18
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??
Ross Southgate
7 years ago
1 month ago
18
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...


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??

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